Free Web NovelChapter 406: Chapter 331: The Deputy Squadron Captain got beaten up!
It turned out that the guard post was far from being the last line of defense against leadership.
If that leader had set his heart on sneaking into the squadron.
Before Jiang Jun could even pull out his two-way radio to notify the squadron department, he was already under the watchful eye of Detachment Captain Zhang.
When Jiang Jun handed over the two-way radio, he did so hesitantly, with a tangled heart.
Damn, the license plate WJ22-9002 was just too damn conspicuous, that was the Corps Captain’s car!
Was the squadron’s bright future going to be buried because he dozed off and failed to notice the car had approached?
The moment he handed over the two-way radio, Jiang Jun, prepared to sacrifice himself with determination, firmly pressed down the talk button, ready to shout "Good day, Regimental Commander."
However, all the glass of the guard pavilion was clear, and Detachment Captain Zhang, seeing the light on the radio turn green, clearly caught on to his intention. He slammed the glass again sharply and barked:
"Hey!"
Jiang Jun’s entire prostate tensed up.
Only then did Zhang Zhongting smile and beckon him.
"Come out."
Jiang Jun, trembling, opened the door to the guard pavilion, feeling very panicked inside.
Zhang Zhongting asked, "Where are they?"
"...Upstairs, in a meeting," Jiang Jun replied, and then quickly added, "Regimental Commander, let me go and call them for you!"
As he was about to rush out, Zhang Zhongting grabbed him.
"Don’t try to fool me, I’ve had enough of those tricks. Wait, lead the way, let’s go upstairs together."
...
Zhang Yaohuan felt the sunlight being blocked and slowly opened his eyes, but it was already too late.
In front of him stood a Lieutenant Colonel, a Senior Colonel, and three Old Soldiers.
At 2:35 p.m., right during drill time, the regret in his heart when he recognized those seven stars on their uniforms surpassed even that of the time he had missed winning a second-tier lottery prize of 150,000 yuan by one digit.
Zhang Zhongting, seeing Zhang Yaohuan’s confused and fearful expression as if he didn’t know where he was, said cheerfully:
"If you don’t wake up, I was about to call He Yongjun to yell at you."
"Regimental... Corps Captain, I..."
Zhang Yaohuan wanted to offer an explanation, but this was the army, and he hadn’t led any police dispatch last night; he was just tired from doing the big team’s paperwork this morning.
Any explanation seemed weak.
He was originally a firefighting cadre, not from the command system, and had come to the Special Duty Team because he was low-ranked and wanted more grassroots experience, a golden touch for smoother promotions later on.
Actually, he was mostly doing the big team’s work, so anytime the squadron needed him, his response was "very busy."
Cao Yi didn’t know how much work he had on his hands and couldn’t comment. Over time, sometimes when Cao saw him resting during drill time, he would turn a blind eye.
But today, "very busy" might not cut it anymore.
Boss Wu had already left, shaking his head as he walked away, followed by the Old Soldier from the fifth term who quickly chased after him.
Zhang Zhongting, looking out the window, said leisurely:
"Enough with the ’I, I, I.’ The Brigade Command Center has surveillance on the playground; I’ve already had it checked. While you were at the Special Duty Team, I never saw you training once. The Brigade didn’t send you here because they appreciated your paperwork skills. Go to a position that suits you."
Zhang Zhongting had come today intending to adjust cadres. This Deputy Squadron Leader wasn’t very active in squadron work and didn’t participate in training, a fact that Zhang Zhongting had heard about. The thing was, this Zhang Yaohuan had a connection with a leader who had recently been transferred, and the Second Squadron was now extremely important. He had to take advantage of Boss Wu’s visit to find a pretext to transfer him.
Since he didn’t participate in training, it was a good opportunity to confront him at the training ground.
Unexpectedly, the squadron hadn’t scheduled training for today.
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Zhang Yaohuan’s face turned ashen.
His dream to rise higher with the upcoming changes in the Special Duty was shattered.
Being evaluated like that by leadership, just progressing regularly in his position and rank, might now be out of reach.
"Regimental Commander, I’ve also been juggling the big team’s work, just now I was working on this year’s..." Zhang Yaohuan, gritting his teeth, still tried to struggle a bit.
"Go to the Fire Prevention Office, and perform well," Zhang Zhongting interrupted.
After all, he hadn’t been ruthless, assigning Zhang Yaohuan to an idle department instead, but he was too lazy to explain and turned to leave the room.
These "defensive" cadres were essential, but, if one worked at the grassroots level, one had to look the part of a grassroots officer.
He had long wanted to change some of the attitudes of squatting on the pit without doing the business, but also knew he had to take it slowly.
The good impression of the firefighting troops, sacrificing and forgetting themselves for the country and the people, was based on "firefighting" after all. The management of fire prevention cadres still lacked force.
In the army, no matter what type of cadre, the first requirement is to be politically qualified, the second, to be militarily proficient!
Zhang Zhongting let out a sigh, but once out of the squadron department, he smiled again.
Boss Wu hadn’t gone upstairs to check the internal affairs, but had instead headed toward the washroom.
Indeed an old hand!
The washroom, the toilet, could better reflect the strictness of internal management.
"Boss Wu, it’s been a long time since you’ve done covert inspections at the grassroots squadrons, hasn’t it? Shall we go upstairs to have a look?"
Hearing this, Boss Wu nodded with a touch of nostalgia and said with a smile:
"The last time, it was in Hubei."
Zhang Zhongting chuckled and said, "No need to spare our feelings, just go ahead and inspect."
Boss Wu seemed quite satisfied as he came out of the washroom, and after hearing Zhang Zhongting’s remark, he waved his hand:
"Spare what feelings, I’m just busy! Every day I’m so busy I nearly trip over my own feet. Provincial government meetings are just too many, sitting there for hours on end with my veins and nerves pressured, I end up with high blood pressure, and after every meeting, I have to take a handful of medicine. My back hurts so much that I must apply plasters.
I used to like running around the lower levels when I was young, but now... I have to admit I’m not up to it. You’re more energetic, you can take the inspection team down there more often. A sharp sword hanging overhead at all times is better for grassroots management."
"I know a very skilled traditional Chinese medicine doctor. I’ll introduce you some time."
Zhang Zhongting nodded, mentioning this as he patted the heart-stoppingly frightened Jiang Jun.
"Young man, are they on the third floor meeting?"
"Reporting to the Regimental Commander, fourth floor... Multi-Function Classroom."
Jiang Jun’s back was drenched with cold sweat.
Detachment Captain Zhang had just told Team Zhang to leave, and he had overheard it.
With a single nap, he somehow made the deputy squadron leader disappear...
From now on, while standing guard, he dared not sleep again!
"Alright, I know, we’ll go ourselves, you go stand guard."
With that one sentence from Zhang Zhongting, Jiang Jun felt plunged into an abyss once again.
Jiang Jun immediately said, "Regimental commander, Corps Captain, I, I’ll take you!"
As he spoke, he hurriedly ran ahead to lead the way.
Damn it, if I don’t go with you, how can I prove later that it was because you took me hostage that I didn’t "police dispatch"?
...
On the fourth floor, the multi-function classroom.
Fang Huai stood on the stage looking down at the puzzled faces below, and laughed:
"I’ve been telling you for half a day how the forest is the Earth’s lungs, a natural oxygen bar, and you seem to think it’s no big deal to breathe a little less. Let’s talk about our recent visit to Southwest Guizhou Wangmo, why are the local people there so poor?"
"No land," someone from below said.
Fang Huai nodded, "Right, no land, because the soil can’t hold firm, a single flood washes it away, even taking the moisture with it. This is called soil erosion. Trees have roots, which can firmly hold the soil and at the same time retain the soil and moisture on the land.
Don’t think it’s not much, without forests, about 70% of the freshwater we need would end up flowing into the ocean.
In Shaan-Gan-Ning, for many years we’ve faced vast wastelands, with people living by the Yellow River crying out for water. Yes, there’s the factor of low rainfall, but a bigger reason is soil erosion, which ultimately comes down to insufficient forest coverage.
Forests are an indispensable resource for us. You know Grain for Green, right? Our farmers have painstakingly converted their farmland into grass and trees, but why? It’s for this land and water! Comrades, can we allow the farmers’ hard work to be turned into ash by wildfires?" ƒгeewёbnovel.com
The crowd’s emotions had just begun to surge.
"Report!"
A loud shout from Jiang Jun came from outside the door.
Everyone turned around.
Panic spread in the two seconds after the door opened, and seven or eight cell phones were instantly hidden in pant pockets, some even stuffed into underwear.
"Regimental... Chief... Good morning, Corps Captain!"
The voice unified on "Corps Captain."
Captain Zhang and Boss Wu entered one after the other, sending the soldiers into confusion.
The Corps Captain, damn it!
How could he appear in a multi-function classroom? Did I fall asleep during the lesson? Am I dreaming?
Fang Huai was also bewildered.
He had come out from class at noon and called his uncle to discuss asking the government for funding, but... wasn’t it supposed to be tomorrow?
After a two-second stun, Cao Yi immediately shouted, "Everybody stand up!"
"Oh, having a geography lesson?"
Zhang Zhongting, looking at Fang Huai on the stage and the "The Importance of Forests" title on the projection screen behind him, smiled and then pointed at the screen, turning to say:
"Boss Wu, this is what I was talking about."
Boss Wu nodded and looked at Fang Huai, saying:
"Not bad at all, you can teach? You’re also very eloquent on TV. Continue your lecture, I’m listening."
Fang Huai, seeing Old Cao and Ye Jiahong failing to pick up the conversation and the people around him still not snapping out of it, stood at attention and saluted:
"Report to the Corps Captain! My squadron had a forest fire alert last night, so today we are summarizing the post-battle experience and organizing a discussion!"
Boss Wu returned the salute, "Sit down, continue with the lesson!"
"Yes, sir!" Fang Huai turned and told everyone:
"Sit!"
The team promptly sat down neatly.
The Corps Captain and the Regimental Commander took their seats in a row behind them.
Everyone sat ramrod straight, feeling like crying but unable to shed tears.
Why bother sitting, I want to get back to my class and tidy up Internal Affairs!
Cao Yi also remembered something, looked back and saw the sentry had arrived, but Zhang Yaohuan hadn’t.
If he was asleep, it probably spelled bad news.
Alas, Zhang’s usual work at the squadron was all show and no substance, so it was only a matter of time before he couldn’t bluff his way through.
On the stage, Fang Huai had already guessed that today Old Zhang must have played a trick on Cao Yi, saying that the commendation order would be announced tomorrow.
With Boss Wu present, the actual commendation would undoubtedly be today.
Fang Huai wasn’t flustered, though. He simply flipped to the next page of his prepared materials and started on the second set of contents.
He had just given the soldiers a more popular and moving talk, and now it was time for the version for the leaders, the government report.
Fang Huai took center stage at the lectern, and his tone became more formal.
"Er, just now we talked about Grain for Green, a major ecological policy that our country began piloting in 2002.
This year, the state’s investment in highway greening and ecology alone reached more than 30 billion yuan.
In January, our Provincial Government’s work report listed ecological protection as its fifth item. Over the next five years, our province plans to invest 10 billion yuan in forestry, increasing the provincial forest coverage from 34.9% to 39.4%.
Forest coverage has now become a synonym for a country’s environmental image and also a safeguard for the health of people’s lives.
Our country keeps striving, from 8.6% forest coverage before the founding of the nation to the current 20.4%, which requires not just massive financial investments but also protection. Our application to establish this forest firefighting rescue squad is to..."
Understood.
Boss Wu understood.
The hint for funding, the data, this young man made it all clear.
But why is my back starting to hurt?
Why does it feel like I’m in a meeting at the provincial government again?!
