Starting from the deputy company commander of the Soldier Assault Team

The division commander was still speaking, and Zhang Anbang didn't dare to lose focus, quickly bringing his thoughts back to the present.

"The army group is currently conducting an assessment, and we will need to wait until the assessment is completed before deciding who will take on the role. Once you return, in addition to handing over your duties, you should also thoroughly review the overall planning for the combined arms battalion."

In a few days, there will be an expanded meeting of the army group's standing committee, which you will attend as an observer. The meeting will definitely focus on matters concerning combined arms battalions, so you can't afford to look incompetent then.

……

Several days passed in the blink of an eye. Zhang Anbang was busy with the handover of the training department's work. The person he was handing over the work to was an old acquaintance, Gao Cheng, whom he knew very well.

Of course, Gao Cheng was not transferred here; he was seconded to the Training Section to assist in the work and perform the duties of the deputy section chief for a period of six months.

The core reason is that Gao Cheng assisted in the armored reconnaissance module of the military region's combined arms battalion special pilot project. This was a temporary staffing task and not a regular, routine job rotation.

This secondment is a good thing for both Zhang Anbang and Gao Cheng. For Zhang Anbang, the handover is very convenient, and the two are so familiar with each other that many tasks can be completed with just a little effort.

For Gao Cheng, this secondment not only made it easier for him to assist Zhang Anbang in building the reconnaissance module of the combined arms battalion, but also allowed him to train more comprehensively.

Most importantly, it makes it easier for him to learn new things about digitalization and information technology from Zhang Anbang.

Regardless of what others think, the two of them are like the First Emperor touching an electric gate—they've won so badly they're completely outmatched.

Besides this, there was another thing that made Zhang Anbang very happy, but it wasn't going home to hug his wife on the weekend. He could do this every two weeks, and it just so happened to avoid Gu Xiaonan's period. Every time he went home, he had to keep busy until midnight.

The only problem is that they use up the small umbrellas a bit quickly, but luckily they are both active-duty military officers, each counted as a person of childbearing age, and each of them can receive ten umbrellas per month, which they still can't use up.

What made him happy was that his partner instructor had also been confirmed. It was an old acquaintance, Hong Xingguo, who was currently handling the handover work at the 3rd Battalion of the 2nd Mechanized Infantry Regiment and would be able to join him in two days.

At that time, the two of them would need to attend the expanded meeting of the Standing Committee of the Army Group together, although Zhang Anbang was unsure exactly what they would be attending for.

But it's nothing more than the same old thing, like discussing the combined arms battalion plan, so in addition to handing over duties, Zhang Anbang has also been making preparations these past few days.

The army group standing committee meeting—what does that mean? It's full of major generals, senior colonels, colonels, and lieutenant colonels, all of whom are just junior officers, let alone a mere major. Even an expanded meeting is like that.

If something goes wrong, it won't just be him who loses face; the entire T Division will be disgraced, and his future prospects will be affected.

……

Several days have passed in the blink of an eye.

At 9:30 a.m. on that day, Zhang Anbang and Hong Xingguo followed behind Chen Shi and Liu Gang, standing in the corridor on the third floor of the group army's main office building.

This floor can be said to be where the army group's leaders are located. The offices of the army commander, political commissar, deputy army commander, deputy political commissar, and the standing committee members of the army party committee are all located on this floor.

All other departments and offices of the army group are also located in this building. The mail receiving, printing, communications, logistics, and motor pool are on the first floor, while the various business departments such as training, personnel, armored vehicles, and military affairs are on the second floor.

The fourth floor houses the main operations room, the main conference room, the confidential document room, and other departments.

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As the conference room door opened, Zhang Anbang and Hong Xingguo followed their division commander and political commissar into the conference room.

The entire conference room was solemn and orderly, with the Party flag and the national flag hanging in the center of the front wall, and three vertical inscription frames hanging on the left and right.

The left frame reads: "Firm and correct political direction, hard-working and simple work style, flexible and adaptable strategies and tactics."

The framed area slightly to the left of center reads: "Strive to build our army into a powerful, modern, and regular revolutionary army."

The other frame reads: "Politically qualified, militarily competent, with excellent work style, strict discipline, and strong support."

Below the three frames is a uniform long display board, printed with the Party Committee's sixteen-character principle: collective leadership, democratic centralism, individual deliberation, and decision by meeting.

This was Zhang Anbang's first time entering this conference room. However, following the division commander and political commissar, he didn't look around. He just glanced around a few times before looking away and followed the two leaders to the last seat of the attendees.

As the four sat down, all the attendees entered the conference room one after another. Within minutes, the entire conference room was full of people. On both sides of the long conference table, major generals, senior colonels, and colonels, each with their eye-catching shoulder insignia, stood out.

The atmosphere in the conference room was quiet and solemn. No one whispered to each other; the only sound was the soft turning of documents.

Zhang Anbang stood ramrod straight, his hands resting flat on his knees, his gaze fixed straight ahead, his expression calm and composed. This major, who was usually quite conspicuous, stood out even more amidst the ranks of generals and officers with their epaulets.

In the past, he was eye-catching because he looked young, but today he stood out because his 2.1 cents was the lowest among a group of mid- to high-ranking officers.

Every now and then, someone would glance sideways at Zhang Anbang in the audience seats.

These major generals, senior colonels, and colonels all knew very well that today's meeting, seemingly to discuss the pilot program for combined arms battalions, was actually just a formality.

In reality, it was a face-to-face assessment by the army group's party committee of the newly appointed pilot battalion commander. In other words, it was a special assessment of Zhang Anbang, the acting battalion commander of the pilot combined arms battalion, which is no exaggeration.

After the last member of the Standing Committee took his seat, the meeting room door was gently closed by the orderly, isolating it from all outside noise.

As the political commissar and secretary of the Party Committee of the group army, he was responsible for presiding over the expanded meeting of the Party Committee. He spoke first, saying, "Comrades, the focus of today's expanded special meeting of the Party Committee is the pilot construction of the heavy equipment combined arms battalion."

As a pilot project for the reform of the army group, this work had no precedent to follow and no old path to take. The T Division did a very solid job in the early stage of the plan demonstration and top-level planning, and the groundwork is commendable.

The pilot camp has just completed the leadership reshuffle and appointment, and has officially entered the initial implementation phase.

The core of today's meeting is to assess the situation, gather collective wisdom, and hear the insights and approaches of our frontline commanders. We need to see if our understanding of the new organizational structure, new system, and new training methods is adequate, and if we are implementing them effectively.

As soon as he finished speaking, the atmosphere in the room relaxed, and everyone's expressions visibly eased.

Zhang Anbang sat at the end, his fingertips lightly resting on his knees, secretly admiring the political commissar of the group army. "No wonder he's the political commissar of the group army. Just listen to how comforting his words are."

This level of understanding, this humble and open-minded attitude, this perfect grasp of perspective and sense of proportion.

However, although he spoke in a very humble manner, without any of the airs of a military leader, he fully demonstrated the democratic and pragmatic style of the Party Committee and its refusal to allow one-man rule.