Military career: Starting with a recruitment letter

Chapter 6: After a long journey, I am still a young man when I return

"Brother, what is the People's Armed Forces Department?"

Chen Feng had no intention of joining in his brother's fun. After all, what was so interesting about writing a letter?

Just hearing the new term and knowing that his brother was going to join the army, Chen Feng's curiosity was immediately aroused. He moved a stool over and came to Chen Mo, lying down and moving forward.

Chen Mo didn't intend to hide the military enlistment from his brother. After spreading the paper flat, he explained, "The People's Armed Forces Department is called the People's Armed Forces Department. There are basically counties everywhere."

"Anyone who wants to join the army must report their name here. The People's Armed Forces Department will visit and verify the applicants. Once they pass the review, they will be handed over to the troops and sent to the barracks."

Chen Mo introduced it as simply as possible.

But these words still had a great impact on Chen Feng. In the past, there were not many people in his Chen family in the village who served in the army, and he had never heard of any brother of Chen Feng's age joining the army.

For Chen Feng, it was like opening up a whole new world to see his brother suddenly understand so much.

He leaned his head closer, his eyes wide open, ready to see how the letter was written.

Ignoring my brother's curiosity.

Chen Mo held the pen in his hand, and due to his habitual thinking, he quickly entered the state of Chen Mi in his previous life.

Since it is a letter to the Ministry of People's Armed Forces, it cannot be too superficial. If it fails to impress the Minister and Political Commissar of the Ministry of People's Armed Forces, then everything you do will be in vain.

Chen Mo thought for a moment and began to write.

Of course, there are some rules to writing letters, and you can't just write them randomly. In the army, there are different ways of writing for different situations.

For example, when writing a speech for a leader, no matter how serious the meeting is, you cannot just talk about the problems in a dry way.

It is necessary to appropriately use some rhetorical techniques such as parallelism, quotations, and examples to make the speech more powerful and solemn.

If you are giving instructions to subordinate units, you must be concise, easy to understand, and show the ability of the top management.

It can also be said that it makes the instruction file more concise, reduces interpretation errors, and is more readable and easy to read.

The letter is a manuscript, and my current identity requires me to write a letter to prove myself, so the so-called flowery words, parallelism, and quotations from classics are all unacceptable.

After all, the People's Armed Forces Department is not interested in short essays, but rather a clear introduction to your own situation in a few words.

Chen Mo is truly worthy of being the confidential secretary of the chief. Even though he hardly uses manuscripts in the army, his penmanship is still elegant, smart and extremely beautiful.

Chen Feng was stunned watching this. He had the impression that his brother's handwriting was very poor. Even the signature on the book was crooked.

When did you become so good at it?
He was dazzled by what he saw.

Unfortunately, Chen Mo, who is in working mode, will not be easily disturbed by the outside world.

In the letter, Chen Mo clearly expressed his desire to join the army, and also stated that he had made many preparations for this purpose.

In order to demonstrate his military qualities, Chen Mo gave it his all. He started with training, such as focusing on physical fitness, practicing formations diligently, and enforcing strict discipline, etc. He described all the aspects of collective improvement of soldiers very well.

Not only that, the army is currently facing issues such as reform and disarmament.

Chen Mo gave a detailed personal explanation of the changes in institutional reform and streamlining and reorganization, such as elaborating on lean organization, flexible command, quick response, and improved efficiency.

The formation of the seven military regions has greatly improved the firepower, assault power and mobility of the troops compared to the original eleven military regions, and has significantly promoted the combined training and combat capabilities.

After talking about his preparations for joining the army, he also briefly outlined the future development direction of the army in the tone of a younger generation.

In fact, these are easy for Chen Mo to come up with. After all, he is a man who has experienced the future. Before the seven military regions, there were twelve military regions, thirteen military regions, or even eleven military regions.

The main force of the army has been in the "mule and horse" era, and the optimized configuration of the navy, army and air force, including the development of special forces and electronic warfare, is relatively backward.

When the Falklands War broke out in 82, it was obvious that neither mule and horse production nor pure mechanization was anymore the mainstream development direction in the future.

To optimize strategic depth, achieve strategic transformation, and upgrade military branches, we must have strong naval, land, and air forces as a backing, as well as first-class special forces and electronic warfare technology.

Therefore, when talking about future development directions, Chen Mo prefers to mention specialization and electrification.

After writing a letter, not to mention the People's Armed Forces Department who were unaware of the details, even if his mentor in the previous life saw the letter, Chen Mo was sure that he would be able to arrange special recruitment treatment for himself.

Of course, he wasn't stupid enough to write everything in the letter. All he could write were things that had been published in newspapers before.

The published information was just not that detailed. Chen Mo elaborated on the contents and added his own understanding to show his determination to join the army.

This degree is just enough to keep it within the confidentiality limit and is the upper limit of what outsiders can know.

It is not difficult for our Secretary Chen.

At the end of the letter, Chen Mo really signed his name and address.

Then he breathed a sigh of relief and put the cap on the pen.

"Did you finish writing?"

Chen Feng lay on the side with his eyes wide open. He knew every word written on the paper, but after connecting them together, he found that he couldn't understand it at all.

Things like "military region", "depth", "strategy" and so on are like reading a book of heaven to him.

"Well, go to the town early tomorrow to mail it. If there's still time, the letter should be delivered to the People's Armed Forces Department this afternoon, or the day after tomorrow afternoon at the latest." After figuring out the content of the letter, Chen Mo felt indescribably relieved.

The army, the people there, and the things there made him study and avoid them for twenty years.

Now I have the opportunity to return to the military camp and start over again with a brand new look.

He didn't know whether his mentor still needed him as a secretary in this life, but no matter what, Chen Mo had to meet his mentor before the unit was closed down and try his best to persuade him to change his mind.

Avoid what happened next from happening again.

In order to achieve all this and stand in front of his mentor again, Chen Mo knew that he had to give his all after joining the army.

Only by making progress, and making further progress, can you have the opportunity to stand in front of your mentor with a new identity.

This is the thought.

Chen Mo let out a long breath, then stood up and walked out of the main room and into the yard.

He looked up at the bright moonlight, as if he saw the lonely self in the sky gradually fading away, replaced by the rejuvenated Chen Mo.

After traveling for half a lifetime, he is still a young man when he returns. After traveling all over the mountains and rivers, he still feels that life is worth it.

Isn’t this a kind of rebirth?

"Brother, what are you doing standing in the yard? It's so cold."

Chen Feng trotted out. He felt that something seemed different when he returned home to see his brother this time.

He becomes less talkative, but gives people a more down-to-earth feeling.

"Nothing, let's go to bed."

Chen Mo smiled, took his brother into the house, locked the door, turned on the light in the main room, and went in to rest.

Early the next morning.

As soon as it was dawn, Chen Xuejun got up, packed his tools, and prepared to go out.

Liu Fenglan also came to the kitchen to light a fire and cook porridge. Although sweet potatoes are a bit sweet, they are not very filling.

The three children are all growing up, so Liu Fenglan has to prepare meals early so that the children can eat hot meals as soon as they wake up.

While the two were busy, Chen Mo also pushed open the door and came to the yard. The difference from yesterday was that he was no longer wearing school uniform, but changed into an old leather jacket given to him by his father.

"Dad, are you going out?"

Chen Mo looked at Chen Xuejun who was already carrying tools and putting them on the bicycle, and he asked.

"Well, someone from Kuaziying Village sent me a message a few days ago saying that their windows were broken. They were worried that the cold weather during the New Year wouldn't keep out the draft, so they asked me to make a new window frame."

"You wait at home. There's not much work over there. I'll try to come back early in the evening and take you to visit Fourth Grandpa."

"Tell your mother to go to town this afternoon and buy some candied horns or something, and bring them back to your Fourth Master's house in the evening."

"okay, I get it."

Chen Mo did not argue with his father anymore. In his father's eyes, he was just a kid who knew nothing, so it was useless to say anything.

He came to the front door and opened it. After watching his father ride away on his bike, Chen Mo returned to the kitchen.

"Mom, what time does the post office in our town open?"

"Someone's coming around at almost eight." Liu Fenglan responded and stood up from the stove. "Come on, sit there and watch the fire while I go into the house and stir some batter."

"Row."

"Mom, I need to go to town and visit the post office later."

"Going to town?" Liu Fenglan glanced at the yard and continued, "Your father took his rickshaw to Kuaziying. I'll go to your Aunt Xia's house and borrow a rickshaw for you."

"If you're going to town, forget about the fire. Hurry up. There's hot water in the thermos. Pour some water and wash your face. Go early and come back early so you can have dinner."

When Liu Fenglan learned that her son was going out, she didn't bother to make the dough. She hurried out and came back pushing a bicycle after a while.

He also took out a green two-yuan note from his pocket and handed it to Chen Mo.

"Go ahead and come back after you finish your work."

"Don't play around on the road, and don't run around even if it's cold."

"I know mom, I'll be back soon."

Chen Mo returned to the main room to pick up the letter he had written last night, then pushed his bicycle out of the house.

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(End of this chapter)