Who taught you to be a recruit like this?

Chapter 1257 Parting Ways, Qi Meng's Choice!

"Report to the brigade commander!"

"Qi Meng, a graduate of Changshan Army Command Academy, has returned to report for duty and requests to officially rejoin the unit!"

In Lü Chong's office at the 33rd Combined Arms Brigade, Qi Meng saluted forcefully.

Lu Chong looked at Qi Meng, who was now full of energy and completely different from his previous reckless self, and couldn't stop smiling.

"Good, good, it's good that you're back!"

"I heard that you excelled in both exams and training at the military academy, and even went on a research trip to Frunze in Russia with Wu Jin!"

"You're not just an ordinary military academy graduate; you've been given a makeover, you're a real overseas returnee! Hahahaha!"

Faced with the brigade commander's praise, the old Qi Meng would have been overjoyed and grinning like an idiot.

But now, after nearly a year of training at military academy, he has become increasingly composed under the influence of culture and knowledge.

"Brigade Commander, the qualification to go to Frunze for further study was secured for us by Commander Qin Feng!"

"As for the 'double excellence,' the soldiers who go out from our 33rd Combined Arms Brigade are tough and fearless wherever they go!"

Qi Meng's current manner of speaking made Lü Chong even happier.

Even he could sense the changes in this kid; he would become another pillar of the brigade in the future.

Lu Chong offered a few simple words of praise, then got to the point and presented him with a new set of epaulets.

The cadets' shoulder insignia, which originally had one stripe, were removed, and replaced with the rank of captain with one stripe and three stars.

Seeing that he had now been promoted to captain, Qi Meng could not hide his excitement.

Although he was the slowest to progress and the slowest to rise among all the brothers.

But at his age, he is already outstanding among his peers.

The merits he made and the experiences he went through with Qin Feng are things that many soldiers would rarely encounter in their entire military career.

These experiences and perspectives are more valuable assets than military rank promotions.

After personally changing Qi Meng's military rank insignia, Lü Chong said, "Regarding your position, there are several options for you to choose from."

"First, I would serve as the deputy company commander in the special operations company."

"Although Li Jiasheng's current position is company commander, his actual rank is deputy battalion commander. The position of deputy company commander of the special operations company has been vacant for a long time. If you are willing, you can..."

"Brigade Commander, I'd like to be second."

Before Lü Chong could finish speaking, Qi Meng had already made his choice.

This surprised Lü Chong greatly, as these two "brothers in misfortune" had come out of the recruit training camp together.

They stumbled along the way, supported and encouraged each other, and even participated in many dangerous missions together.

Therefore, he instinctively assumed that Qi Meng would choose to serve as the deputy company commander of the special operations company and continue to partner with Li Jiasheng.

Lü Chong: "But I haven't mentioned the second point yet. What is it?"

Qi Meng: "I can guess. Before going to Wujin, I was a company commander in my unit, and I also wanted to try being a company commander and leading a team on my own."

"But you studied special tactics command at military academy?"

"I also used my spare time to teach myself mechanized command. The principles are the same, and they are all for infantry."

Seeing that Qi Meng was not joking, Lü Chong really looked at him in a different light.

"You really didn't waste your time at military academy. It made you clearly understand what you want and where your goals are."

"This is good news. Go to the Steel Knife Battalion later and find Zhou Fujun and Xu Tiancai. The organizational structure of each unit in the First Battalion has been adjusted. We'll see which company commander you'll be assigned to."

"Yes."

Qi Meng saluted and turned to leave the office.

Watching his departing figure, Lü Chong felt genuinely happy.

He felt fortunate to have witnessed the growth, progress, and transformation of one young soldier after another.

This is his pride and what he is most proud of. Even if he reaches the age where he has no choice but to change careers two years later, I think he has no regrets.

……

Qi Meng had just come downstairs when he ran into Li Jiasheng, who was waiting downstairs.

I noticed that the cadet epaulette with a horizontal bar on his shoulder had been changed to the rank of captain.

Li Jiasheng smiled and gestured with his chin: "You got promoted? Come on, my deputy company commander!"

After saying that, he put his arm around Qi Meng and headed towards the special operations company.

The special operations company has now separated from the Steel Knife Battalion and become a brigade-affiliated unit, with its barracks located within the brigade's training department.

In addition, Li Jiasheng's outstanding performance in the recent special forces competition has made the development of the special operations company more important to the brigade.

Therefore, Li Jiasheng naturally assumed that Qi Meng would be the same as before after his return.

"It's not the deputy company commander, it should be the company commander."

Qi Meng's response surprised Li Jiasheng.

"What, you want to take my place?"

He tapped the major's rank insignia on his shoulder.

Although he was called the company commander of the brigade's special operations company, he held the position of deputy battalion commander.

Qi Meng knew he had misunderstood, so he explained, "I'm going back to the Steel Knife Battalion to take over Wu Jin's previous position as the company commander of the mechanized infantry company."

"What?"

Li Jiasheng was at a loss for words: "You, you're not going back to the Special Forces Company?"

Qi Meng nodded: "The special operations company has enough of you. I want to develop in a different place. After all, two tigers cannot share one mountain, unless one is male and the other female."

Qi Meng's meaning was already quite clear.

Although Li Jiasheng was of a higher rank and had a better early career.

But at this moment, he already regarded Li Jiasheng as a competitor, though in a different field.

He wanted to take on a command role, to try using his brain, which he hadn't used much in the last twenty years.

He suddenly felt that it was cool to be able to sit in the command center and mobilize thousands of troops like Qin Feng.

It's even more exhilarating than personally wielding a gun and killing enemies on the battlefield.

Just like playing Go, placing a single piece can capture a large portion of the opponent's territory.

Li Jiasheng never expected that his good brother would come back as a completely different person after going to military academy.

He quickly understood what the other person meant, smiled, and punched the other person's shoulder with his fist: "Being a company commander is much more prestigious than being a deputy company commander under my brother."

"However, the special operations company is not what it used to be; its resources are unmatched by other units in the brigade."

"When we're constantly changing outfits later, don't be envious, okay?"

Qi Meng laughed and said, "If you're jealous, I'll bring some men over to snatch what you've taken off."

"I know the special operations company is full of good stuff, so you'd better save the ones who are eliminated for me first."

"no problem."

The two men bumped fists, and the feeling they had back in basic training returned.

The same pure heart, the same camaraderie.

Li Jiasheng planned to personally drive his good brother to the Steel Knife Camp.

That's perfect, he hasn't been there in a long time, it's good for him to go home and visit.

Once in the car, he briefly recounted what had happened during Qi Meng's absence.

The main changes were within the brigade, including Qin Feng being transferred to the army to serve as the director of the operations and training department.

The combined arms brigade suffered a humiliating attack from the Thunder Leopards, resulting in the decapitation of commanders at various levels.

However, Li Jiasheng was quite pleased with himself, because his opponents had not been able to gain any advantage over him and had instead captured several of them alive.

Qi Meng never expected such a huge mess to happen while he was away; his underwear had even been pulled down. "We have to get revenge!"

Li Jiasheng looked at him with surprise: "You weren't here at the time, and you weren't beheaded, so why are you so agitated?"

Qi Meng snorted: "Then I'm also a member of the brigade, and this grudge must be avenged!"

Li Jiasheng nodded: "It needs to be reported, but we have to wait for notification."

Who notified them?

"Brother Feng, who else could it be?"

"Did he arrange all of this?"

"What do you think? The head of the military training department is in charge of planning competitions, exercises, contests, and training programs; not long ago, he was the organizer of the National Special Forces Competition and even sat at the same table with the chief director."

"We 'kings of soldiers' and 'prodigies' were tortured to the point of near death by the rules he set up in the competition. Sigh, just thinking about how Brother Feng will be involved in every major event in the future gives me a headache; the difficulty has suddenly increased from hard to legendary, epic hell..."

Qi Meng listened with envy in his eyes; he also hoped that one day he could be like Qin Feng.

Even if it's only a quarter or an eighth of his career, it's still a highlight of his military career.

In the past, we were always being ordered around by various commands during exercises. How great would it be if we could order others around like that one day?

Then, Qi Meng suddenly asked casually, "When did you go to Russia?"