“Zhao Yi, sit down quickly! How can the Military Region's decision be child's play? In the Instructor position, you can still display your talent and ambition!”
A senior Military Region official in the conference room, who was close to Zhao Yi's parents, spoke up, maintaining Zhao Yi and giving him a way out.
“Reporting, Chief! I also have an objection. I believe Zhao Yi only has pretty words and is difficult to serve in such an important position as the Special Forces Instructor. I respectfully request the Chief to reconsider the candidate for Instructor.”
Zhang Deyong also stood up to raise an objection.
If Zhao Yi wanted to kick him out, he wouldn't be polite either and planned to kick Zhao Yi out to work alone.
Anyway, he had heard a lot of Zhao Yi's theories just now. Zhang Deyong was confident that he had already learned Zhao Yi's methods and could directly combine them to train troops.
Yang Weiguo first looked at Zhang Deyong, who had stood up with him, then focused his gaze on Zhao Yi, a smile suddenly appearing on his face.
‘Young and impetuous, I think I was like this when I was young.’
Yang Weiguo sighed inwardly. Looking at Zhao Yi, a resolute face, eight parts similar to Zhao Yi, involuntarily appeared in his mind.
That was his old chief, and also Zhao Yi's father.
When he was a young guard, he was also commented on as young and impetuous by Zhao Yi's father.
But there was a second half to that sentence:
Not impetuous,
That's not a young person!
Now that he had become a corps commander, to what extent could Zhao Yi achieve?
Yang Weiguo came back to his senses, looked at Zhao Yi and Zhang Deyong standing in the conference room, and suddenly let out a soft shout:
“Zhao Yi!”
“Zhang Deyong!”
“Here!”
Zhao Yi and the other person paused, then quickly responded.
Then, Yang Weiguo slowly paced, his gaze scrutinizing the two:
“Since both of you want to serve as the chief Instructor of this Special Forces, then let's have a fair competition.”
“Both of you will simultaneously train Special Forces from scratch in the Military Region. I will strive for all the necessary resources equally for you, of course, without guaranteeing that everything can be obtained.”
“As the saying goes, practice is the sole criterion for testing truth. I will give you one month. Whoever performs better, I will give them the position of chief Instructor of this Special Forces.”
“Zhao Yi! Zhang Deyong! Do either of you have any objections?”
“Reporting, Chief, no!”
Zhao Yi and the other person answered in unison.
It was clear that at this moment, both of them believed they were stronger than the other.
“Good, this matter is settled then. Meeting adjourned!”
The officers in the conference room successively got up and walked out of the conference room.
The outcome of Zhao Yi and Zhang Deyong's competition for the Special Forces chief officer was somewhat unexpected.
However, many officers were also very interested and wanted to see the result of their competition.
One was Zhang Deyong, a pragmatic battalion commander with an excellent resume who had led the Sharp Knife Battalion on the southern battlefield.
The other was Zhao Yi, who was strong in theory and had his unique insights into Special Forces.
Everyone also wanted to see their troop-leading methods.
After the meeting, Zhao Yi did not get up and leave immediately. His gaze fell on Zhang Deyong, who was preparing to leave.
Coincidentally, Zhang Deyong was also looking at him.
Their eyes met. Zhang Deyong's face showed disdain, and he snorted coldly at Zhao Yi before leaving.
Zhao Yi's gaze, however, was calm, his lips even slightly upturned.
Yang Weiguo's arrangement was somewhat unexpected for Zhao Yi, but upon closer thought, it was reasonable and consistent with the Military Region's style of 'the capable are kings'.
As a soldier, you have to fight for it!
For truly good things, if you don't fight for them, others will not give them to you!
However, Zhao Yi did not plan to spend a month competing with Zhang Deyong for the qualification of chief Instructor of the Special Forces.
Special Forces are about winning by surprise! A winner must be decided upon first encounter!
Zhao Yi planned to leave Zhang Deyong far behind from the start, letting everyone know that he was the best, and only, chief Instructor for training Special Forces.
And with his thirty years of training experience beyond the present, he also had enough confidence and ability to achieve this.
Soon, the originally full conference room became empty. Yang Weiguo was about to leave when he saw Zhao Yi still in the conference room, walking towards him.
“Yang Bobo.”
Zhao Yi spoke.
Seeing this, Yang Weiguo also stopped, his expression relaxing considerably, and he scolded with a smile:
“Brat, stop trying to get close to me!”
“Tell me, what do you want after staying behind to find me?”
Yang Weiguo, being able to reach the position of Military Region Chief, could guess Zhao Yi's intentions with just one look.
“Cough cough.” Zhao Yi smiled and coughed lightly, “Yang Bobo, then I'll be direct.”
“Establishing Special Forces is no small matter. Not to mention new-era Special Forces, even building a conventional force from scratch requires a significant amount of manpower, material resources, and time.”
“I just transferred back from the front line not long ago and don't have many connections in the Military Region.”
“Building Special Forces by myself would definitely not work. I need you, Yang Bobo, to give the word and permission for me to use some military resources before I can even begin.”
Zhao Yi stated his purpose for staying behind to find Yang Weiguo.
The purpose was very simple:
To get resources.
Establishing Special Forces was by no means easy. Even if he had all the modern knowledge for training Special Forces in his head, without people and supplies, it certainly wouldn't get off the ground.
Hearing this, Yang Weiguo grinned and laughed twice: “Is that all? I thought you had something serious.”
“Don't be impatient. Establishing Special Forces is a strategic decision of the state in the general direction, so resources will definitely be allocated to you.”
“Even if you didn't come to me today, I would have sent someone to liaise with you and Zhang Deyong.”
“For whatever you need to build the Special Forces, you can just write an application and request it from the Logistics Department.”
Zhao Yi's face showed a hint of helplessness:
“Yang Bobo, though that's true, applying for supplies from logistics, with layers of approval from various departments, plus the time spent on preparing and transporting materials, will inevitably take a lot of time.”
“You've only given me one month, and then you want to see results. This is somewhat asking too much…”
Yang Weiguo snorted softly: “Stop with these roundabout ways! Just say what you want, you brat!”
Seeing Yang Weiguo speak like this, Zhao Yi also expressed his inner thoughts:
“Since that's the case, I'll be direct with you, Yang Bobo. To establish Special Forces, I first need a training base.”
“The Tiger Head Mountain base to the west of our Military Region is good. With just a little modification, it can be put into use as a Special Forces training base, which is much faster than applying to the Logistics Department for approval and building a new base.”
“You brat, you really dare to ask! That's the 139th Division's training base! If Division Commander Li heard you say that, he'd definitely find someone to promote you.”
Zhao Yi gave a dry laugh:
“Yang Bobo, Division Commander Li doesn't know, does he?”
“This matter is just between you and me, and this older brother guard next to you. If we don't say anything, Division Commander Li won't know that it was I who wanted the training base.”
“Don't, don't look at me, Chief, Instructor Zhao, I don't know anything, I didn't hear anything.”
The guard next to Yang Weiguo, seeing Zhao Yi's gaze glance over at him, waved his hands repeatedly, then consciously stood by the conference room door to keep watch.
Ignoring the guard, Zhao Yi continued:
“Furthermore, Yang Bobo, you also said that establishing Special Forces is a national strategy. If so, then special matters should be handled specially, and urgent matters should be handled with discretion.”
“In one month, if you don't help, it's questionable whether the Special Forces training base approval will even come down. Even if it does, it will be who knows when until the training base is built, and training troops will have to wait even longer.”
Yang Weiguo looked at Zhao Yi:
“You brat, after a few years, your glib tongue has gotten much sharper.”
“But this won't do.”
Saying that, Yang Weiguo waved his hand:
“You brat came to me today asking for discretion in urgent matters and special handling. If I do it for you, tomorrow a Wang Yi will come asking for discretion in urgent matters and special handling; the day after tomorrow, a Liu Yi will come asking for discretion in urgent matters and special handling. Then what about the established regulations and organizational discipline of the army?”
Yang Weiguo sternly looked at Zhao Yi and lectured him again:
“Zhao Yi, establishing Special Forces in one month is to test your ability to solve difficulties, not to come asking me for everything!”
“You figure out these problems yourself.”
“If I have to figure it out myself, then should I call my mom and have her ask you?”