Chapter 38 Promotion
When a group of senior officers wearing dark green generals appeared on the playground, Chen Xiuwen and the brothers in the company waved their big swords barefoot together. Although it was winter now, the playground was still full of enthusiasm.
The clerk who was left behind in the company headquarters and received the notice earlier rushed over to report: "Company Commander, it's not good. The division, brigade and regiment are all here to our company."
Chen Xiuwen just noticed that the group of senior officers appeared at the entrance of the playground, and hurriedly ran out of the team, took the clothes handed over by Ma Congping, and muttered in a low voice while putting on the clothes, "Damn it, why are you all here?"
The soldiers who were training heard the report just now. This was the first time that the division commander, brigade commander, and regiment commander came together to inspect. So many high-ranking officials came here together, and both Zhang Zhengjie and ordinary soldiers were at a loss and stopped at the same time.
"Don't stop if you are stopped. Keep practicing and just pretend they don't exist." Chen Xiuwen shouted in a low voice.
These big guys came to their own territory to conduct sudden attacks. Chen Xiuwen quickly calmed down when he was surprised. How to deal with the sudden inspections of his superiors? Chen Xiuwen has seen a lot of movies and TV series or novels in later generations. The higher the official, the more you are, the less you think he exists, so that it can be consistent with their psychology of sudden attacks and the happier they will be.
Sun Yuanliang and the others walked slowly towards this side. Chen Xiuwen quickly pretended to be panicked and ran to meet him while tidying up his clothes.
"Reporting the division seat, the first battalion of the 528th Regiment of the 264th Brigade of the 88th Division of the National Revolutionary Army, Captain and Company Commander Chen Xiuwen came to report, please give instructions." Running to Sun Yuanliang, Chen Xiuwen stood at attention, greeted a standard military salute, and shouted loudly.
When Sun Yuanliang heard Chen Xiuwen’s report, he was quite fresh, so he replied with a military salute and said, “Stop it.”
In fact, when he came in, he saw that the company was practicing big swords, Sun Yuanliang, Huang Meixing and others felt very novel. Big swords were not the standard equipment of the National Army. Except for some miscellaneous equipment that lacked weapons and ammunition, and equipped with some big swords, there was no team in the Central Army like Yi Company who had a big sword and conducted collective training.
"Company Commander Chen, are you?" Sun Yuanliang asked in surprise, pointing at the soldiers in the company not far away, waving his sword with a stern look.
"Reporter, we are conducting big sword fighting training."
Sun Yuanliang changed his usual kindness to grassroots officers and said calmly: "Big Knife Fighting Training? Why don't you train according to the training manual formulated by German consultants?"
"We did not train according to the training manual formulated by the German consultants, but only added some additional training based on our actual situation." Chen Xiuwen dared not openly deny the training method formulated by the German consultant for the national army. You should know that the current German general counsel, General Hans von Seckert, is extremely trusted by the chairman and even given the title of "spokesman of the chairman".
"Practical situation? Extra training? Then do you tell me what extra training you have added?" Sun Yuanliang continued to ask coldly.
"In addition to completing the training manual formulated by German consultants, we have also added the training of the big sword fighting training that we are practicing now, five kilometers of armed cross-country every day, four hundred meters of obstacle running and emergency gathering in the middle of the night." Chen Xiuwen quickly replied.
After listening to Chen Xiuwen's answer, everyone couldn't help but breathe a breath. The training manual formulated by the German consultant is currently mainly promoted in the Central Army. Everyone knows the contents, which are much greater than the previous training, in terms of quantity and intensity. This time, Sun Yuanliang came to inspect defense and also inspected a lot of military training. Some military training is still not satisfactory. Unexpectedly, when they came to this company, they actually added so many trainings in addition to completing the contents of the training manual.
The big knife and stab training is right in front of you, everyone knows the five-kilometer armed off-road and the emergency gathering in the middle of the night, and everyone has heard of this set in the training of the Central Military Academy Teaching Corps. However, this 400-meter obstacle is still a new term for them.
Sun Yuanliang looked up and noticed the single-plank bridges, low walls, shelves and the like built in the playground. He pointed at these and asked, "Is this what you call a 400-meter obstacle?"
"The Master's eyes are really like a torch. Yes, the Master's seat is the various equipment we imitate the four hundred-meter obstacles made by imitating the combat environment that may appear in battle." Because Sun Yuanliang's tone was not good, Chen Xiuwen couldn't understand what Sun Yuanliang meant. While answering, he flattered the Master's flattery.
Sun Yuanliang's mouth was slightly raised, but he still looked majestic and waved his hand and said, "Since it's new, go and take a look."
When I walked closer, I saw that there were quite a few patterns of this 400-meter obstacle, including five consecutive piles, wide trench, low slab, high bench, single-plank bridge, high slab, and barbed wire. Seeing that all the officials were very novel, Chen Xiuwen quickly explained the rules of the 400-meter obstacle running, from the starting point to the low position, prone up, run 100 meters in empty space, and enter the obstacle area. The obstacle area turns 200 meters back and forth, and is: In turn, it is: five-continuous piles, wide trench, low-board, high bench, single-plank bridge, high-board, and barbed wire mesh. Turn again, jump over the barbed wire mesh rail, then high-board, drill bridge holes, go up the high platform, drill low-board holes, go down deep pits, three-continuous piles, and finally turn again, run back to the starting point. There are seven groups of obstacles in total, but the methods of going back and forth through obstacles are different. In this way, there are 14 obstacles in total. The requirement is: one must pass through the obstacle reasonably within two minutes and one without pulling.
The four hundred-meter obstacle running was definitely a new thing at that time. The officials who came to inspect were all figures who had been on the battlefield for a long time. You could tell at a glance that the simple obstacles in front of you almost covered all the terrain obstacles in all war environments. And after listening to Chen Xiuwen's introduction, everyone knew the significance of this training. No one expected that a young boy who had just graduated from a military academy could design such exquisite training.
Seeing these commanders stunned, Chen Xiuwen was also very proud and stepped forward and said, "Master, should you let a class come over to demonstrate to all commanders?"
Sun Yuanliang was also in the same shock at this time. Today, he came to inspect for a series of people. At first, he was just showing good deeds to Chen Xiude. However, when he came to the door, he was surprised when he learned about the situation from the sentry. A young master who had just graduated from a military academy and was from a wealthy family, was able to lead troops to this level in just one month. Sun Yuanliang had already determined that Chen Xiuwen was a talent. This happened that when facing Chen Xiuwen just now, he was abnormal, and his purpose was to see how Chen Xiuwen should deal with it. However, the answer Chen Xiuwen gave him was greatly beyond his imagination.
Originally, Chen Xiuwen wanted to send a class to demonstrate, but Sun Yuanliang had to randomly order the class to demonstrate, which was somewhat of an attempt to examine the training results. However, the eighth class that Sun Yuanliang personally named and demonstrated was the best class in the entire company in this project.
It turned out that although Huang Likui, the platoon leader of the third platoon, lost to Cheng Dean, this kid has been holding on. In other military skills training, the third platoon he led was only the second platoon with several veterans. However, among the five-kilometer off-road and 400-meter obstacles, the three platoons, the best results in the three platoons were, which also made him able to raise his head in front of Cheng Dean.
Chen Xiuwen initially required that he had to complete the 400-meter obstacle run within two minutes, mainly because when he was a soldier, he was qualified for two minutes and ten seconds, good for two minutes, and excellent for one minute and fifty seconds. In his opinion, the 88th Division was ace force, and his first company had higher requirements, so he put forward the requirement to complete the two minutes.
As a result, all the eighth squads in the demonstration ran the 400-meter obstacle in their later years. The commanders were shocked. Zhu Chi stood behind and stood in a row and sighed in a low voice: "The brigade, since the Battle of Songhu, due to the differences in the quality of the troops, the training results of the troops in the past two years have not been improved. Unexpectedly, Chen Xiuwen had such a big change when he came. This kid is really capable."
Huang Meixing had long been so happy that Chen Xiuwen showed her face to herself like this, and said proudly: "You just realized that I believed that Chen Xiuwen must be a talent on the battlefield in the Shanghai world. Today, we will also open our eyes to our teachers."
Sun Yuanliang did open his eyes. When Chen Xiuwen just reported, he encouraged Chen Xiuwen to have more meanings on the scene. However, hearing is false, seeing is true. At this time, he realized why Song Xilian and Huang Meixing had a high evaluation of Chen Xiuwen, and he even believed that their evaluation of Chen Xiuwen was not comprehensive enough.
Then, Sun Yuanliang visited the barracks of the first company with great enthusiasm. Everything in the barracks was neatly placed, the quilts were stacked into tofu blocks, and all the same things were placed in a line. They were not as messy as some troops, and the soldiers' dormitories were not much different from pigpens.
The group walked to the entrance of the company department and was interested in the company's financial disclosure and training rules posted on the sign at the door. Everyone noticed that the financial disclosure of the company was very meticulous, and even the quantity and unit price of the purchase were announced every day. The reward and punishment rules in the training rules also made them feel very fresh. The company did not use corporal punishment as the standard for punishment at all, and paid more attention to the overall reward and punishment measures. Chen Xiuwen also answered the questions raised by the superiors one by one.
When the company headquarters sat down, the sternness that could have been on Sun Yuanliang's face had already been wiped out. He praised the company's innovations in training and internal affairs management, and immediately ordered these to be promoted throughout the division in the future.
Then Sun Yuanliang smiled and said to Huang Meixing: "Brother Jingzhong, have you repeatedly complained to me that you 264th Brigade has removed too many officers this time? Look at you who have such a good subordinate, why don't you promote it?"
Of course, Huang Meixing would not object to the promotion of Chen Xiuwen. Zhu Chi also smiled and said, "Youqing, Chen Xiuwen is a member of your regiment. Since the teacher is speaking, what position should you promote the company commander Chen to hold?"
"Teacher, brigade, the battalion commander of our 528th Regiment is vacant. I think Company Commander Chen is very suitable for this battalion commander." Zhu Chi said hurriedly.
"Okay, I agree to appoint Chen Xiuwen as the major battalion commander of the 1st Battalion of the 528th Regiment." Sun Yuanliang stood up and said impatiently. Although Chen Xiuwen had only been a month after graduating from the Central Military Academy, what he saw today, Sun Yuanliang believed that Chen Xiuwen was completely capable of serving as a battalion commander, and that this would be able to further establish a good relationship with Shen Xiuwen's elder brother Chen Xiude. Why not do it?
As he said that, Sun Yuanliang smiled and walked to Chen Xiuwen who was at a loss, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Capital Commander Chen, I still say the same thing, do it well, I'll take good care of you."
Chen Xiuwen suddenly realized that this official was promoted too quickly. In just one month, he was already the major battalion commander. You should know that many of the students who graduated from the ninth class are still just second lieutenant interns or acting platoon leaders.
Chapter completed!