Chapter 574: Entrance examination, this is not a graduate class
The next morning.
At six o'clock sharp, Chen Jun got up from the bed. At this time, Li Haiyao had already gotten up before him.
Packed the luggage and prepared a hearty breakfast.
Today is the day to report to the Hongdu Army Infantry Academy.
After Chen Jun got up and dressed, he raised his hand to hammer his still groggy head. He walked into the bathroom and washed his face with cool water. He felt that his hangover was better.
Just then when he walked to the dining table, Li Haiyao saw Chen Jun coming out, pursed his lips and smiled and said: "Let's eat."
"By the way, when I came back last night and saw how much you drank, I forgot to give you You said, I seem to have heard that this military graduate class is similar to the previous ones. It’s not the same as before, you have to be prepared.”
“Yeah.”
Chen Junti grabbed the fried dough sticks and took a bite: “I know, my uncle called me yesterday. He also gave me a special scolding.”
"I also heard that this graduate class seems to be quite special."
In fact, the Hongdu Army Infantry Academy does not sound very famous, and it is not as awesome as the National University of Defense Technology and the National Defense University.
But this understanding is not comprehensive.
Among the many military academies, this academy’s internal military command major is very powerful.
As the saying goes, there is a specialization in the arts, at least the value of this major is far higher than that of a science and technology college like the National University of Defense Technology, even compared to the National Defense University.
Not being famous does not mean that you are not strong in the field.
In addition to the military command major, the international relations major is also known to have insight into the international situation and be able to seize strategic opportunities.
There are many strategic experts in the army, all of whom came from the Hongdu Infantry Academy, or were named there.
Including the Shimen Mechanized Infantry College, they have now become branch campuses of the Hongdu Army Infantry College.
As for the military academy, it needs to be clarified. The Shimen Army Command College and the Shimen Army Mechanized Infantry College are two schools. The former was merged into the National Defense University and became a subordinate secondary college, which is the Joint Warfare College.
As for the Shimen Army Mechanized Infantry Academy, it is the branch branch of the Hongdu Army Academy.
It is precisely because these majors are so famous or so powerful that they have become the first choice for many army officers to take the postgraduate entrance examination.
At first, Chen Jun's name was mentioned there, and even the registration letter was given to him. He didn't think it was any surprise. However, yesterday his uncle reminded him intentionally or unintentionally.
Li Haiyao also mentioned this matter today.
Only then did Chen Jun realize that there is no smoke without fire. Going to Hongdu this time might not be that simple.
The two sat down and had a delicious breakfast, and then Li Haiyao accompanied Chen Jun in a taxi to Guanyin International Airport. They watched Chen Jun carry his luggage and take the boarding pass into the security check.
She then left alone and rushed to the research institute to work.
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The other side.
In the principal's office of the Hongdu Army Infantry Academy, Chen Baihua stood by the window with his hands behind his back, looking at the bustling crowd on the road downstairs, with a hint of worry in his expression.
After a while, he sighed and sat on the office chair again, holding his forehead with his hand, looking a little anxious.
Sitting on the sofa nearby, political commissar Zhang Shaoyang, with his legs crossed, looked at his old partner with a sad face. Political commissar Zhang couldn't help but said happily: "Old Chen, isn't it because the headquarters ordered you to set up a military Graduate class?”
“Again in previous years? It’s not like I’ve never done anything before. Why are you so worried this time?”
“You said such nonsense.”
Chen Baihua raised his head and glared at Lao Zhang angrily, grabbing him. The red-headed document issued by the Army Headquarters slapped on the table with a bang.
"Can this year be the same as in previous years?"
"The headquarters has given hard targets this year, clearly stating the system of big waves and last place elimination."
"Look at these registrations List, come on, take a look for yourself, how many of these old guys need to enter the military graduate class?”
Principal Chen slapped the table angrily: "This time, only people from the eastern part of the class are allowed in the class. My phone calls in the four war zones of the west, north, south, and central are almost exploding. I don't dare to let go and make arrangements for others." Come here."
"I have been a bachelor these days, going around in circles to offend people."
"Also, the comrades who enter the class this time do not need to pass the graduation examination. Seventy percent of the people who come to enter the class will be eliminated, leaving only 30% for one-year training."
“Headquarters has said that there will be a hard elimination, and the elimination of the last place must be implemented to the end.”
After enduring the anger of Principal Chen, Political Commissar Zhang spread his hands helplessly. :"I said, Old Chen, how many times have you nagged me about this?"
"What's the use of bragging and staring at me? If you are capable, you can pat the table for Mr. Qin at the Army Headquarters. You really have the guts to glare at Mr. Li from the General Staff. Why are you so angry with me?”
“If it doesn’t work, you can talk to Mr. Shen from the east.”
I.
Hearing this, Chen Baihua sighed heavily and weakly stretched his body on the chair.
I have to be really brave to find those three people.
To develop the eastern part, it is necessary to select a group of hard-working high-level cadres and suddenly establish this military graduate class.
But in fact this kind of class is just a gimmick.
Is this a graduate class? This is a battle class.
The actual words of General Qin Longfeng of the Army Headquarters, the basic condition for joining the class is to pass the combat subject assessment.
If you can't beat the same batch of students in the battle test, what if you still want to have a place in the next promotion?
Want to eat shit?
A chicken who can't even talk about war on paper will be abused by the enemy on the battlefield.
These are Mr. Qin’s exact words.
This is essentially correct. After all, the eastern region has a prominent strategic position. Nowadays, the synthetic reform is advancing by leaps and bounds. It is understandable to want to select good generals.
But put all the pressure on the college. The entrance examination notice has not yet been announced, and Chen Baihua’s phone number is almost blocked.
If it is announced, there may be many seniors who will call and ask for the 30% quota for their juniors to join the class.
There is no such thing as a good job in the academy.
Whether he does it well or poorly, he will definitely end up with a lot of complaints.
But what can he do?
As we all know, what big bosses like most is to do things in reverse and put more pressure on their subordinates. If the increase is reasonable, it can be called exercise.
If it is unreasonable, it can still be said to be tempering.
Seeing that his old partner was really depressed, political commissar Zhang Shaoyang stood up happily, first poured himself a cup of tea, and then filled Principal Chen's cup.
He opened his mouth and said with relief: "Okay, okay, Old Chen, stop complaining. Who else in this graduate class has not come to report?"
"Everyone should be here, right?"
" "It's all the same."
Chen Baihua snorted coldly: "There is also a young man named Chen Jun who didn't come. Old Xu from the east called him personally to extend the deadline. This guy is really proud of himself."
"There is also Sun Zonghang, I heard it was because of the work unit I have something to do here and will be delayed for a few days.”
"Isn't this the end?"
Zhang Shaoyang curled his lips: "Originally, the eastern part selects its own cadres, and the headquarters just gives orders. Why are you so anxious to follow?"
"Speaking of this Chen Jun, I really have the impression that this boy is a student brought out by Xijing Lao Feng, and he has been very high-spirited in the military in recent years. "
"He is still the grandson-in-law of Mr. Li of the General Staff. This guy is so young. Come and join this battle class. Don't be eliminated. Whether he is good or not depends on one thing. If he is eliminated, many people will probably look at you. It’s Lao Chen’s fun.”
“Huh, am I still afraid of others seeing my fun?”
Chen Baihua straightened up angrily: "Don't underestimate this boy Chen. Although he is young and has little qualifications, he is a good fighter."
As he said that, Principal Chen sighed. He continued: "This class entrance examination was conducted unexpectedly. Most of the other comrades are around 30 or 40 years old."
"With enough experience, your energy will decrease. For those complex tasks Battle planning involves data, units, firepower, deployment, logistics, unit coordination modeling, and a huge sea of plans. It will be very difficult to calculate.”
“Maybe it’s not prepared in advance. Under such circumstances, I can really overturn the boat in the gutter, but I can't defeat this young young man."
"After all, the waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves ahead."
"Your thinking is so serious." Listening to Chen Baihua's emotion, Zhang Shaoyang shook his head and said nothing more.
Anyway, it is not an exaggeration to say that this class entrance examination is a battle between dragons and tigers.
If you do this in the war zone, the final result will be that a few people will have a smoother path forward, and most people will miss the opportunity in advance.
Exit sadly.
But this is the inevitability of development. If the military reform is such a big move, there will definitely not be so much energy to spare for various assessments during the adaptation period.
Once you have your hands free, arrangements will be made to select good generals. The best will be better and the worse will be eliminated. It's all up to you.
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Pengcheng is not far from Hongdu, and Chen Jun arrived at the gate of the Infantry Academy before noon by plane.
Holding the black suitcase in his hand that had followed him through several wars, Chen Jun stood at the entrance of the Hongdu Army Infantry Academy.
The gate of this military academy is similar to that of the Xijing Army Border and Coastal Defense College. It is not as grand as the National Defense University or the National University of Defense Technology.
The door with gold characters on a black background has ten flags fluttering in the wind at the top. There are also two domineering stone lions squatting on the left and right sides of the door.
Although Chen Jun was dressed in casual clothes, his back was straight and his "military smell" was too strong.
Just after standing outside the yellow warning line for a while, a lieutenant ran over quickly from the sentry position and looked Chen Jun up and down.
He said in confusion: "Comrade, are you a student of our school?"
"Please show your travel certificate and student ID card."
"Oh, you misunderstood. I'm not a student here yet, but I will be soon."
Chen Jun smiled slightly, put down his suitcase, took out the report letter and military officer's ID card and handed them to the other party for verification.
"I am Chen Jun who came to report in the military graduate class. This is my ID."
Military graduate class?
The lieutenant's heart skipped a beat.
You know, many people from the army came to report during this period, but this is the first one as young as the person in front of me.
He opened the certificate and glanced at it, and saw that it was the director of the training and supervision department directly under the Eastern Theater Command. The lieutenant was even more shocked, and he quickly took the registration letter and confirmed that it was correct.
Hands the certificate back to Chen Jun with both hands.
"Hello, Director Chen, please come inside." The lieutenant led the way and led Chen Jun directly to the duty room. Then he continued: "Director Chen, all the leaders who come from the military graduate class must register here. .”
"Then I will take you to the dormitory and wait for the notice from the college. This is the notice from the school party committee."
"Okay, I understand."
Chen Jun smiled and asked from the lieutenant Take the ballpoint pen and sign your personal information in the order on the sign-in form.
While signing, he also glanced at it. What surprised Chen Jun was that there were quite a few people coming to the military graduate class this time.
His sign-in list has reached more than 180 people. He flipped through it casually and saw many names familiar to the 71st Army.
What surprised Chen Jun even more was that Ji Tong, that old turtle egg, also came.
What the hell, thinking about Lao Guidan’s age and his old face, Chen Jun wondered, does he look like someone who needs to attend a military graduate class?
According to regulations, non-command majors can continue to graduate school after graduation, while command majors must serve in the army for two years before applying.
Anyone who plans to be promoted to a colonel in the army or has a career will plan this in advance. Isn’t this old turtle egg almost forty?
Do you still need to take the postgraduate entrance examination at this age?
It's really off the mark.
Chen Jun glanced around, not only Old Turtle Egg, but he also saw several familiar people, all of whom were colonels.
Regarding this discovery, Chen Jun could only shake his head, acknowledging that his uncle was right what he said yesterday. The so-called graduate class is not as simple as it seems.
Looking at Director Chen, who was new to the report, he was looking through the sign-in list. The lieutenant on duty did not dare to rush him. In fact, everyone who came to sign in would look through it again.
Waiting for Chen Jun to finish reading, he helped carry the box and said with a smile: "Director Chen, your dormitory is behind the multimedia building. I will take you there."
"Okay, please."
Chen Jun nodded and watched as the lieutenant used the intercom to call for a tram, and then took them to the dormitory building.
Maybe it was because it was approaching noon, but there were quite a few students on campus. I watched students with stripes and stripes walking past both sides of the road.
Occasionally, someone would look at him curiously, and Chen Jun couldn't help but sigh.
He always thinks that he is still young, at least younger than the old turtle egg.
I really saw these students who exuded youthful atmosphere. Their eyes were clear and they were exuding vitality from the inside out.
I just realized that I am really no longer young.
Even without looking in the mirror, you can still notice that there is an old-fashioned feeling on your body. Even if it cannot be said to be old-fashioned, it cannot be compared with these students.
I have been busy with work before, but now when I see this group of students, I can’t help but think of my time in Xijing.
At that time, He Jing, Yang Fan, Liang Kui, Shen Congjun, Gao Mingming and others were the same way.
"Director Chen, the dormitory has arrived."
When Chen Jun was immersed in memories, the tram that took him stopped in front of a row of buildings.
There are three dormitory buildings here, each with six floors, and the architectural design is basically the same.
"Director Chen, I will take you to the dormitory first, and then I will go to the logistics department to get a temporary student dining card. With the card, you can go to the cafeteria to eat."
"Including the following You can use the dining card to buy toiletries and haircuts at various stores.”
"Okay, thank you."
Chen Jun did not deliberately show politeness. After all, he was now a colonel, and he had to enjoy the treatment he deserved. Being too polite would not only appear to be hypocritical.
Any other eggs are of no use.
I have to say that the treatment in the military graduate class is really good. The dormitories are all single-person, one-bedroom and one-living rooms.
The area is not very big, about forty or fifty square meters, which is more than enough for one person to live in.
This kind of treatment, in comparison, is already much better than that of students in the academy.
While the lieutenant went to help get the meal card, Chen Jun tidied up the dormitory, and then sent a message to Li Haiyao to report that it was safe.
Not long after, the dining card was delivered and told that the canteen was diagonally opposite the multimedia building in front.
Chen Jun nodded, and after the lieutenant left, he changed his casual clothes into military uniform.
When I usually work in a training institution, I spend more time wearing regular clothes than training clothes.
Now that he has come to the academy, he is not so particular about it. He puts on clean training clothes and goes downstairs to the cafeteria.
Being used to being busy at work every day, Chen Jun was really not used to being suddenly free. When he came to the cafeteria, it was lunch time.
There are quite a few students from the first class dining.
After Chen Jun glanced around and found no acquaintance, he walked straight to the self-selected meal and ordered a portion of roasted vegetables, a portion of braised prawns, and a portion of cumin mutton. Serve with some fried vermicelli as a staple food.
After swiping the card, I picked a table with free seats, sat down and had a good meal.
Wearing a training uniform and still a colonel, he sat down at the dining table without hesitation. The cadet soldier opposite him seemed to have lice all over his body.
I shook my legs unnaturally, then quickly pulled the food from the plate into my mouth, got up and left.
At first, Chen Jun didn't notice it, but as he was eating, he suddenly noticed someone staring at him.
The moment Chen Jun raised his head, the other party's voice came over: "Hey, are you really a bitch?"
Ji Tong, who was holding an empty dinner plate, was stunned. He looked at Chen Jun with disgust: "Damn it, I knew I wouldn't run into you here."
When Chen Jun saw it was this old boy, he didn't bother to respond and just lowered his head and continued eating.
Seeing this, Ji Tong put the dinner plate on the table, lifted up his trouser legs, and sat down opposite, staring at Chen Jun with strange eyes: "Tsk, tsk, tsk, you are such a fool. It’s different after going to the agency.”
"This camouflage uniform looks newer than mine. Hey, boy Chen, aren't you busy reorganizing the fourth battalion of the 92nd Brigade?"
"How is the progress?"
"It's okay."
Chen Jun ate his rice and responded vaguely.
Actually, the relationship between him and Ji Tong is a bit complicated. If you think so, the two of them have conflicts, even though they are all working-minded.
To be honest, the 179th Brigade had a lot of contact with the 236th Brigade in the past, and they were familiar with each other, but it was difficult to communicate in a friendly manner when they met.
"Damn it, I gave you two third-level sergeants in exchange for it. You were so stubborn and pushed back and forth. But when it was Lao Liu's turn, you were more proactive."
Ji Tong dismissed it. He curled his lips, looked around, and lowered his voice: "Old Chen, do you think there is something fishy about this military graduate class?"
"I came a week earlier than you. I have heard from many comrades in the past few days that this training may not be easy."
"I heard that too."
Chen Jun looked at it Lao Guitan finally got down to business. He put down his chopsticks and said with a smile: "If you want to talk about it, I'll come over and read it." It's normal for the postgraduate entrance examination, are you exaggerating a little?"
"Damn, what are you talking about?"
Looking at Chen Jun, he couldn't say a word that made sense for a long time. , Ji Tong stood up angrily, pushed the empty dinner plate towards Chen Jun, turned around and left.
"This old boy."
Chen Jun smiled, and after finishing the meal quickly, he packed up the two plates and put them down where the tableware was washed.
He just walked out of the cafeteria, thinking about the follow-up arrangements. He came relatively late, and the dormitory was assigned to the sixth floor.
When Chen Jun climbed to the top floor, he suddenly found that the door that had been closed next to him was opened, and there was a suitcase at the door.
Chen Jun glanced curiously into the room. When he saw the person coming, he was startled: "Old Sun?"
"Chen Jun?"
A well-built colonel in the dormitory was also very surprised. This man Chen Jun knew was Sun Zonghang, the deputy brigade commander of the Hesheng 2nd Brigade.
This is the other student that Principal Chen mentioned just now who is not in place.
Hesheng 2nd Brigade is also a unit under the 71st Army, but it is located too far away from the 179th Brigade, so there is no chance to meet.
When the 179th Brigade engaged in joint education and joint training, Sun Zonghang was also one of the trainees and stayed in the brigade for two months, so Chen Jun was very familiar with him.
"Are you here for the graduate class too?"
Chen Jun looked at Sun Zonghang and said tut. He didn't know the identity of Deputy Sun, but he was definitely a good player in the unit.
It is said that deputy positions are not popular and have a low sense of presence.
Sun Zonghang is an exception. When the 5th brigade was just reorganized, this old boy also served as the brigade chief of staff and concurrently as the deputy brigade. Later, it seemed that he was parachuted in as a cadre and took over the position of chief of staff.
Chen Jun also felt sorry for Lao Sun because of this incident. After all, the position of chief of staff will not be given up due to airborne landing. This position is more valuable than deputy brigade, and it is the most powerful competition for deputy division brigade commander. Of the candidates, if nothing else, there is no one.
Unexpectedly, I met him here again.
"Hoho, you are quite capable of doing things around. You went to the training department for a walk and then came back to class."
"You wait, I will pack things away. We are sitting here chatting, we haven’t seen each other for a long time.”
Sun Zonghang was very happy. After all, when he came to the college, he could meet people who were trained together in the same military school. The work of the unit is worthy of happiness.
Unfortunately, just as the two of them had reached an agreement, a captain suddenly ran up in the corridor.
When the other party saw Chen Jun standing at the door of the dormitory, he immediately stood at attention and saluted, and said in a loud voice: "Hello, chief!!"
"Reporting to the chief, the principal informed all members of the military graduate class to gather in front of the multimedia building immediately."< br>
“There will be an entrance examination.”
Entrance examination? ! !
The captain's voice was not quiet, and he shouted out all the other cadres who were originally locked in the room.
There is no mediocre person who can come to this kind of class. Just hearing the words "entrance examination", I realized that the recent rumors were correct.
I'm afraid it's not that easy to stay in this military graduate class. They only listen to the graduation assessment. This is the first time I heard that there is an assessment before entering the class.
In just a moment, the atmosphere in the entire building was extremely solemn.
Chen Jun and Sun Zonghang looked at each other, and neither of them said a word.
Everyone made some preparations and quickly started going downstairs.
Even the principal of the Army Infantry Academy came forward in person. It is not difficult to guess that this entrance examination is not that easy.
Just hearing this name, you should understand that if you fail the assessment, you may not even be able to enter the class.
That would be so embarrassing.
(End of this chapter)