Military career: Starting with a recruitment letter

Chapter 370 The First Lesson of the Class: Are You Exaggerating Too Much?
The message came so suddenly that Chen Mo didn't have time to react.

He hadn't expected that this training program had so many hidden reasons behind it. Not only was he asked to teach the courses, but he was also required to take on some forward-looking research topics.

Foresight, simply put, is the exploration of future developments.

But these are not things that you can just say on stage whenever you want.
The trainees participating in the training program are not ordinary soldiers, and unlike when I led the Blue Army battalion, I could simply lay out the conditions for meritorious service and promotion to arouse the enthusiasm of the group.

The people here are all majors, lieutenant colonels, and even a few colonels.

Their rank, treatment, and everything else are higher than mine. Using meritorious service as a foundation for advanced teaching is simply ineffective.

after all.

How could someone who's already a lieutenant colonel still be interested in the merit system?
Every year, they themselves can evaluate various benefits for grassroots soldiers and key personnel within their units.

The method of leading the Blue Army battalion may not be suitable for Zhongpei's group.

Chen Mo sat motionless in front of the old principal, his brows furrowed, deep in thought as he pondered a solution.

But look at his posture.

In Li Yazhong's view, however, it was not thinking, but rather deliberately adopting a certain posture.

Enraged, Old Man Li glared and slammed his hand on the desk with a loud "bang".

They were having a good talk when suddenly a loud bang was heard.

Only someone like Chen Mo, who's used to having things slammed on the table, wasn't intimidated.

He glanced up at the old principal and saw that the man was staring at him with a livid face. Chen Mo gave a dry laugh and said, "Principal, I didn't say I wasn't going."

"I have to go. I'll be there for the opening ceremony later."

As Chen Mo spoke, he stood up with a serious expression and solemnly accepted the military order.

"Hmph! That's pretty much it."

Seeing that he had agreed, Li Yazhong waved his hand and said, "You little rascal, you don't know what's good for you. There are more than just you among the instructors at Zhongpei. What's wrong with you doing your part for the country's development?"

"You're making excuses and delaying things? You think you're qualified to negotiate?"

"I'll give you time to prepare. I'll see how you perform at the opening ceremony later."

While emphasizing this, the old principal slammed his desk down loudly, making it impossible for Chen Mo to stay in the office.

He didn't know what had suddenly gotten into the old man.

He was fine just a moment ago, but now he's suddenly gone berserk for no reason, making him afraid to stay here.

He had no choice but to get up and quickly dash out of the office, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

Until Chen Mo was completely out of sight.

The anger on Li Yazhong's face had just disappeared when he suddenly changed his expression as if he were performing a Sichuan opera face-changing act.

He was furious just moments ago, but in the blink of an eye he returned to calm, and couldn't help but laugh, "Old Liao was right, we can't treat this kid any better."

"Give this brat a little sunshine and he'll be radiant forever."

The "Old Liao" mentioned by the former principal is Liao Hongjun, the political commissar of the 63rd Army and also the political commissar of the Taishan Sergeant Academy.

This training program involved a lot of work. Not only did the Army Command send a group of officers, but the Jinyang Taishan Sergeant Academy also welcomed a group of students.

All of this is in preparation for cultivating new talent for the subsequent digital reform pilot projects.

Chen Mo was unaware of these things beforehand, after all, the entire Blue Army battalion had been transferred away from Taishan, and he had no acquaintances there.

His information network was naturally not as efficient as before.

This training session was held in China.

The above only requires him to pass the entrance examination at the Army Command and, if he is qualified to serve as an instructor, to share his experience of leading the Blue Army battalion with the trainees of the Central Training Program.

This lays the foundation for subsequent digitalization.

We should do our best to revitalize the third phase of mechanization reforms.

Instructor Lu was responsible for teaching campaign command, while Chen Mo was responsible for the students' forward-thinking ideas.

The instruction was issued by headquarters, but there was no specific appointment letter.

The Army Command is responsible for training officers, while the Sergeant Academy is responsible for training soldiers. The two academies can be said to be in a cooperative relationship regarding this digitalization initiative.

Chen Mo, on the other hand, graduated from the Military Academy.

So, when the old principal was on the phone discussing other matters that morning, he casually mentioned how to tell the scholar about this.

The only response from the sergeant academy was: "No need to mention it, just scold them."

translate.

That's the kind of person the scholar is. Without a specific order, you don't need to be too nice to him. Just tell him what you need him to do, and after that, no matter how he reacts, just yell at him and kick him out.

Because, in the eyes of many people above, Chen Mo has a very strong ability to withstand pressure, but he is also quite capable of causing trouble.

Many times, when you need him to do something, you can't be too nice to him; threatening and scolding him is usually enough to urge him on.

At first, Li Yazhong felt that doing so was somewhat inappropriate.

After all, Chen Mo was only visiting the Lu Commandery for the first time, and his performance during the entrance exam was not bad, so there was no reason to scold him.

But just now I saw that this brat was indecisive. I gave him a lesson, and he sat there for a long time without saying a word or expressing his opinion.

The former principal gave it a try.

Hey!
I have to say, it works really well!!
This brat didn't waste any time; he took the task and ran off, surprisingly smoothly.

. . . . . . . . . . .

Chen Mo had no idea that the old principal's sudden outburst was actually guided by a "master".

He was even less aware that he had already made his name among a group of old men.

He was inexplicably scolded, and came down from the headquarters building with a dark face.

I noticed that there were many students on the red board in the academy. Some were going to exercise classes after lunch break, led by their class monitors, while others were rushing to the teaching building.

Everyone was busy and enjoying themselves.

Chen Mo sighed.

He was completely baffled. Why were all the old men he was dealing with so short-tempered?

Damn it, not one of them knows how to speak properly.

The former principal asked him to give a lecture as a teacher during the induction ceremony of the training program.

The first lesson, which was during the class induction ceremony, was so important that I'm sure no one was unaware of its significance.
Despite being so cautious, I only thought about it for a moment and was already being scolded.

Where the hell can I go to seek justice?

Feeling resentful, Chen Mo returned to his dormitory to prepare for his upcoming class.

The trainees from the training program are all at a high level, and this time they are here to study courses on operational command.

If I go up there to give a lecture, I'm afraid I won't be able to impress these people if I can't come up with some interesting and engaging content.

Of course.

There needs to be some hype, but it can't just be a showy facade; it also needs to have substantial content to back it up.

After Chen Mo returned to his dormitory.

He opened the package in the metal cabinet, took out some of the documents he had brought from the Blue Army camp, spread them on the table, and looked at them one by one.

These things may not necessarily be useful for the upcoming lectures, but they can provide him with a lot of ideas to some extent.

Why would Commander Lu and his superiors want him to give a lecture?

To put it bluntly, it's because the Blue Army camp achieved results.

Compared to the Blue Army Battalion, other units that are in the third stage of mechanization reform are not only slow in implementation, but many cadres in these units are also completely unaware of the key points of the reform.

They talk slogans more than they actually do anything.

Take the 61st Division as an example. In the second half of last year, the division was to carry out information-based combat support reforms.

Goodness, how popular were they for the past six months?

The Jincheng Information Demonstration Battalion's deployment to the Red Army Division, and even the in-depth reforms of the 61st Division's auxiliary combat operations, haven't yielded any real results. There have been claims that auxiliary combat operations are worse than primary combat operations, and these claims have been presented with absolute certainty.

Some people may have forgotten that when the Blue Army battalion was successfully tested as the main combat unit, who made any suggestions for auxiliary combat?

I've never even heard of it.

Later, as the 61st Division's auxiliary operations deepened, various arguments advocating that auxiliary operations were the main system intensified.

Ultimately, because of this theory, after several exercises and seeing the performance of the 61st Division, the claim that the auxiliary combat unit was superior disappeared once again.

This is a typical example of someone who talks too much about slogans but does far more than they actually do anything.

If a unit like the 61st Division is like this, then other units must be even worse, and some units don't even know how to shout slogans.

This is the fundamental reason why the third phase of reforms could not be implemented.

Firstly, the cadres simply don't understand these things.

Secondly, the division headquarters, regimental headquarters, battalion headquarters, and grassroots companies, from top to bottom, don't really understand it either.

Since Zhongpei wants to solve this problem, it should allocate some units to conduct experiments and carry out digital reforms.

So the first thing to change is not the educational background of the cadres, because those who can stay in the command headquarters must have good educational backgrounds, otherwise they would not have passed the entrance examination.

To make these people realize the importance of reform, we need to start with the future.

These cadres need to understand the grand vision for the future development of the field army, and realize that if they do not keep up with the times, they will inevitably be abandoned by the times.

Only in this way will forward-looking courses be meaningful.

People in Zhongpei will feel more pressured.

That being said, Chen Mo did indeed feel the pressure of time when preparing lessons at the last minute.

Without sufficient preparation, one can only rely on later knowledge, come up with a fancy topic, and try to scare these old men and the students in the lecture.
. . . . . . .

Time passed bit by bit.

until 4 p.m.

The second part of the entrance examination for the training program finally ended.

More than 350 trainees were selected from the four group armies of the Kyoto Military Region to participate in the training at the Shicheng Army Command.

After two rounds of entrance examinations.

In the end, fewer than seventy people passed the test and were able to stay.

The elimination rate exceeded 80%, which is even more severe than the initial estimate of 70%.

Inside the auditorium of the combat department building.

On the tiered seating arrangement, the trainees, having overcome numerous challenges, sat ramrod straight, gazing ahead with extremely serious expressions.

No one felt fortunate to be able to stay, and even without instructors supervising them, no one uttered a sound.

If Chen Mo were here, he would find that those who were initially the most active, the most adept at verbally belittling others, praising their abilities, and enjoying putting others down are all gone.

All were eliminated.

While the training program is not yet a crucial turning point, nor does it mean that development would be impossible without it, it does represent the most promising group of talents for the major military regions in the future.

Those who remain are certainly not mediocre.

These people all participated in the sand table practice, which was confirmed by the judges, and finally, they received scores and were notified that those who could stay would be selected.

at first.

These people thought that since they had come to the auditorium, Director Lu would at least hold a proper induction ceremony, right?
After all, more than ten days have passed.

There was a ten-day break during that period, and the assessment only took two days to eliminate 80% of the people. Giving them a ceremony before formal enrollment is not an unreasonable request.

But who can think of it.

More than sixty people entered the auditorium one after another, and after sitting for more than twenty minutes, they watched as the principal, teachers, and school officials, as instructed by Lu, arrived.

No one went on stage to speak; they all rushed in, picked a seat, and waited.

"what's the situation?"

Du Qinglong, the battalion commander of the long-range artillery battalion of the 10th Artillery Brigade of the 65th Army, frowned and asked in a low voice, having previously discussed the topic with Chen Mo.

"I don't know, but it looks like some important person is coming."

Huang Shaoling was also completely confused. He had also discussed the same question with Chen Mo, and was the battalion commander of the artillery battalion of the 193rd Motorized Infantry Division of the 65th Army.

"Is there anyone in the command headquarters who's more important than the old principal?" Du Qinglong scoffed.

He is self-aware.

It's possible for important figures to come to the military academy, but for these students, the highest-ranking person they can see and have contact with is the former principal; it's impossible for anyone higher up.

Because such important people have nothing to do here; it can't just be a visit to offer condolences.

Seeing that many of the college's senior professors were coming over to choose seats, Du Qinglong suddenly remembered the scholar from beyond the Great Wall who lived on the second floor.

During the day, he practiced sand table exercises but didn't meet the scholar, who was admitted directly without taking the exam.

But classes are about to start, so why haven't we seen the scholar yet?
Du Qinglong was puzzled and kept turning his head to search inside the auditorium, but after searching around, he couldn't find anyone.

Just as Lao Du was harboring malicious suspicions about whether the scholar had been expelled.

Outside the auditorium, Chen Mo, dressed in a neat casual outfit, strode to the speaking position.

Seeing the scholar standing in front, Du Qinglong sneered and raised his hand, ready to invite the scholar to sit down in front of him.

Don't embarrass yourself on there.

Chen Mo seemed completely oblivious, placing the documents in his hand on the podium and casually adjusting the microphone.

"Hello, comrades."

"Let me introduce myself first. My name is Chen Mo, and I come from the Armored Regiment of the Kyoto Military Region."

"I am very happy to be standing here today, and I would also like to congratulate the members who have successfully passed the assessment and officially joined the combat team."

"Congratulations!!"

As Chen Mo spoke, he clapped his hands to himself.

The trainees at Zhongpei were confused about what was going on, and even more confused about why this dog scholar had run onto the stage and started acting so wildly.

But the school officials and senior professors present knew the situation perfectly well. For these academics, any induction ceremony was just a formality.

The real priority is to get into the classroom and start teaching as soon as possible.

As a temporary instructor, Chen Mo led the applause in welcoming the students, while the others followed suit with a few claps indifferently.

The hall resounded with applause.

The more than sixty training cadres present were all completely bewildered.

But what happened next was even more confusing.

After the welcoming ceremony, Chen Mo went straight to the projector and immediately projected the questions he had prepared onto the front of the auditorium.

The army is about to be phased out!

A few simple large characters appeared.

The officers below the stage widened their eyes instantly, completely unsettled.

Those students who didn't understand Xiucai's lecture were slightly better off, since they didn't know what the kid was doing either.

But those old men who were clapping just now knew exactly what was going on.

Especially the former principal, Li Yazhong, stared at the seven large characters "The Army is about to be eliminated," and even his breathing became uneven.

Dog day.

I asked you to give a lecture on forward-looking concepts, and this is how you demonstrate foresight?
Yes!
Advanced courses are also a form of academic research, and may contain elements of exaggeration.

But isn't that a ridiculous exaggeration?

The army is about to be phased out, damn it, everyone here is a member of the army!!
(End of this chapter)