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Upon learning that his son had enlisted in the army and been assigned to the same army group as Fang Zhenhua, Gao Degong called Fang.
During the phone call, Lao Gao didn't tell Fang Zhenhua to treat his son better; instead, he told Fang Zhenhua over the phone...
"Old Fang, you have to be stricter with this kid of mine."
Old Fang answered the phone, smiled slightly, and asked.
"Old Gao, you're asking me to look after your young master!"
"Hahaha, this is the only son in my Gao family, and I don't want him to be wasted like this."
"Okay, but you can't feel sorry for him if I'm too strict with him!"
"Don't worry, I won't feel bad at all. Be as strict as you can."
"Okay, I owed you a favor back then, and now I'll make up for it."
Old Gao on the other end of the phone was silent for a moment, then his voice came through again.
There are two kinds of care: one is to be nicer to one's son, and the other is to be stricter with one's son.
Lao Gao chose the latter without hesitation because he trusted Fang Zhenhua very much.
If Gao Cheng could truly be made to be strict with this founder of our army's special operations and the father of information warfare, it would be a huge help.
The Gao family only had one son, so naturally Old Gao didn't want Gao Cheng to be wasted.
Gao Cheng was assigned to the 113th Division, whose commander was Yue Jun, Fang Zhenhua's longtime subordinate.
After ending his call with Lao Gao, Fang Zhenhua thought for a moment and then made a call to Yue Jun.
After the call connected, Yue Jun immediately asked with a smile on the other end of the line.
"Commander, what brings you to call me?"
"The new recruits who were just assigned to your division, have they already been assigned to their companies?"
"Please compile a list of names from your division and send it to me."
"Commander, why do you suddenly want our division's list of new recruits?"
"Why ask so many questions? Just do what I tell you to do."
For Yue Jun, the division commander, obtaining a list of new recruits for his company was quite easy.
The list arrived shortly afterward via fax.
Fang Zhenhua took the list and looked at it carefully. Gao Cheng was assigned to a company, the Seventh Company under Yue Jun's division, also known as the Iron Seventh Company.
This is a mechanized reconnaissance company, and also a heroic company.
After putting down the list, Fang Zhenhua thought for a moment.
If he remembered correctly, Gao Cheng would become the company commander of the Steel Seventh Company in the future.
Fate can be quite interesting sometimes; after many twists and turns, Gao Cheng still ended up in the Steel Seventh Company.
After thinking it through, Fang Zhenhua called Yue Jun again.
"Commander, you've seen the list?"
"I saw it."
"Commander, I'm actually quite curious about something. Why did you suddenly ask for our division's roster? Is there someone you know among our new recruits?"
"You can tell fortunes? And you guessed so accurately?"
"It's not that I can tell fortunes, it's because I understand you, Commander! You're so busy all day long, you wouldn't call me for these kinds of things unless there's a special reason."
"Haha, you guessed right. An old comrade-in-arms called me and asked me to look after his son."
"An old comrade-in-arms? Who is that!"
"Gao Degong".
"Hiss~ Old Gao's son is in our division?"
"His name is Gao Cheng, and he's in the Steel Seventh Company of your division. After all, he's the son of an old comrade-in-arms, so I have to go and see him. How about the day after tomorrow? I'll go to your division the day after tomorrow and I have some things to tell you."
After hanging up the phone, Yue Jun muttered to himself.
The army commander's visit to Gao Cheng wasn't actually for his main purpose; his primary purpose was to discuss some matters with him.
What are you talking about?
Yue Jun had some guesses in his mind; most likely, he wanted to discuss with him the matter of transforming the 113th Division into an informationized integrated combat division.
Although Fang Zhenhua became the commander of the Long Live Army, as the elite force guarding the capital, any reform he made would face many challenges.
Previously, Zhenhua had been communicating with higher authorities, and now there seems to be a result.
That's why the 113th Division was able to implement information-based warfare reforms.
Two days passed in the blink of an eye.
Fang Zhenhua traveled from the military headquarters to the 113th Division by car, and then, accompanied by Yue Jun and the division's political commissar, they arrived at the garrison of the Iron Seventh Company.
When the army commander came down to inspect the company, the regimental commander and political commissar of the regiment to which the Seventh Steel Company belonged did not dare to delay and immediately followed Fang Zhenhua.
When Fang Zhenhua arrived at the Seventh Steel Company, he happened to come across the new recruits' training. He stood far away to the side and did not disturb them. He simply held a pair of binoculars and quietly observed them.
Just like when he was assigned to a company, Commander Lei watched his training.
After looking through the binoculars for a while, Lao Fang pursed his lips.
Seeing his expression, Yue Jun smiled and asked.
"Commander, are you not satisfied with the soldiers' training?"
Fang Zhenhua put down his binoculars and glanced at Yue Jun.
"You really are like a tapeworm in my stomach!"
"Hey hey hey."
Old Fang rolled his eyes at him, then pointed at the new recruits of the Seventh Steel Company and said.
"They're running too slowly. These are soldiers from the Iron Seventh Company. I've seen old ladies selling popsicles in the countryside run faster than them."
Yue Jun and his political commissar exchanged a glance, and the regimental commander and political commissar behind them dared not speak.
Fortunately, Yue Jun was Fang Zhenhua's old subordinate, and he still dared to speak up in front of his old superior.
"Commander, they've only just joined the company. Not everyone is like you back then, when you were almost breaking the entire army's record when you joined the company."
Yue Jun's words triggered Fang Zhenhua's memories.
Sixteen years have passed in the blink of an eye; time really flies!
Fang Zhenhua glanced at the new recruits' training again, then spoke to the regimental commander behind him.
"There's a soldier in the 7th Company named Gao Cheng. You need to train him rigorously. I'll be checking on him from time to time, so be sure to be strict, understand?"
These words completely baffled the regimental commander.
Is it strict or not?
After Fang Zhenhua finished speaking, he had no intention of meeting with Gao Cheng.
Because he knew very well that at this time, especially since Gao Cheng was just a new recruit, it was not a good thing for his uncle, the army commander, to meet with him.
So Fang Zhenhua left the Seventh Company directly and then went to the headquarters of the 113th Division with Yue Jun and the others.
All members of the 113th Division's Party Committee were present, including the division commander Yue Jun, the political commissar, the director of the political department, the chief of staff, and the deputy division commander Jin Kailai.
Fang Zhenhua knew Lao Jin very well; if he were sent to another unit, he would easily suffer mistreatment.
He only felt at ease when someone followed behind him.
Since all the division party committee leaders were present, Fang Zhenhua took the opportunity to convene a division party committee meeting.
During the meeting, he addressed all members of the leadership team of the 113th Division.
"The reform of the 113th Division is now urgent. According to the instructions of the Party Committee of the Military Region and the higher authorities, we must treat the 113th Division as a pilot unit for the reform of informationized warfare."
Upon hearing Fang Zhenhua's voice, Yue Jun immediately stood up, straightened his chest, and shouted.
“You served with me in the DA Division, so you know better than me how to build an informationized integrated combat division. The 113th Division currently has no shortage of other units besides the information force. I will speak with Lei Kaihua and ask him to help your division build its own information force.”
After listening to Fang Zhenhua's words, Yue Jun hesitated for a moment before speaking.
"Commander, we are still missing an army aviation unit!"
"The Army Aviation Regiment is directly under the command of the Army Headquarters. Your division will continue to improve its informationized combat capabilities based on the existing foundation. The specific reform plan is as follows."
Fang Zhenhua took a sip of tea and continued.
"Based on the three infantry regiments and artillery regiments under the 113th Division, they were reorganized into three mechanized infantry regiments, and air defense missile units were also deployed. The anti-aircraft artillery regiment and the air defense missile units were merged into an air defense regiment."
"The artillery regiment will remain unchanged, while the reconnaissance battalion and logistics support battalion will be reorganized, and a missile battalion will be assigned to your division."
"The mechanized infantry regiments are all equipped with the latest Type 90 tanks and Type 91 infantry fighting vehicles, and the artillery regiments will also be supplemented with new artillery and long-range rocket launchers."
The 113th Division's latest additions of long-range rocket artillery include the Type 92 300mm long-range rocket artillery, a domestically produced version of the BM-30 "Tornado" rocket artillery system from the north.
And the 122mm 40-tube tracked rocket launcher finalized in 90 (everyone should know this rocket launcher, the year is hard to say, those who know, know).
The artillery includes the PLL-01 155mm towed howitzer, which uses electroslag remelted steel barrel technology and is also equipped with a semi-automatic screw breechblock and pneumatic ammunition feeder.
As for self-propelled artillery, this includes the Type 92 152mm self-propelled howitzer, which is a domestically produced version of the 2S19 self-propelled howitzer.
It is said that the military industry unit plans to continue improving this self-propelled howitzer and is preparing to install a newer information system.
"In addition, the military information unit will cooperate with your division to establish an information warfare battalion at the division headquarters. The Sky Eye System and Sky Ear System will be gradually equipped to your division."
"The missile battalion will be equipped with Dongfeng-10 short-range ballistic missiles. Do you all understand?"
In Fang Zhenhua's army group, the 112th Division was the one that was favored by the army. It was a well-known wealthy division in the entire army and the first mechanized infantry division.
However, now that Lao Fang has become the army commander, the 113th Division has become his favored child, becoming the first reformed informationized integrated combat division in the entire army group.
Whether Lao Fang had ulterior motives is hard to say, but he can guarantee one thing with his hand on his chest.
Reforming the 112th Division would be easier than reforming the 113th Division, so he wanted to start with the more difficult tasks first. After accumulating more experience, reforming the 112th Division would be much simpler.
For the entire division party committee, the army commander's words are absolute orders.
If you understand something, you have to execute it; if you don't understand it, you still have to execute it.
All the leaders of the division's Party committee stood up in unison and spoke loudly.
Fang Zhenhua pressed down, gesturing for everyone to sit down, as he had something else to say.
"I'm giving you time, a year and a half. After a year and a half, I want to see a fighting force that is just as capable as the DA Division."
"A year from now, I will bring your division out to fight the 112th Division. If you can't win then, then you're talking about me, the army commander."
The path laid out by the DA Division has already been paved, so for the 113th Division, a year and a half is enough time for them to improve.
It's worth noting that DA only had three years to start from scratch, while 113 enjoys far more conveniences than DA.
It can be said that the equipment of the entire 113th Division is currently not much worse than that of the DA Division back then.
Equipping the 113th Division with such advanced equipment is simply extravagant. If they were to suffer a defeat at that time, one can only imagine how Lao Fang would feel.
Fang Zhenhua left and returned to the military headquarters.
However, Yue Jun and his troops still faced pressure on the 113th Division.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Yue Jun decided to keep everyone behind and continue with the new phase of the division's Party Committee meeting.
"Comrades, I believe you have all heard what the army commander said. The higher party committee values us highly, which is also a huge opportunity for our division."
"I believe everyone knows that in past exercises, we have never won against the 112th Division. People are saying that the 112th Division is ruthless when fighting the enemy, but even more ruthless when fighting our brother units."
“We used to be a motorized infantry division, so it was normal that we couldn’t beat a mechanized infantry division. But now we are the first informationized warfare division in the entire military region. If we are still no match for them, we will have no face to show our faces.”
"So from now on, our entire division party committee must unite completely and use this year and a half to turn the tide."
The political commissar nodded as well.
"The division commander is right."
At this moment, Yue Jun saw Jin Kailai playing with a pen and couldn't help but ask.
"Old Jin, what are your thoughts?"
Jin Kailai chuckled.