bookcurios Chapter 895 Will Become One of Us
Chapter 895 Will Become One of Us
In the Zhao family's study, Zhao Cheng and Wei Lai sat opposite each other, tea on the coffee table in front of them. Zhao Cheng exhaled a puff of smoke, his expression becoming serious.
"You need to try to win over Long Kaifeng!" Zhao Cheng said seriously.
"Dad, isn't he your apprentice? Do I need to deliberately win him over?" Wei Lai asked with a puzzled look on his face.
"If you say that, then his father is still my apprentice. Can I make him stand on my side based on this?" Zhao Cheng said angrily.
"That's not necessary, right? You don't have to do anything, Uncle Long will naturally stand on your side!" Wei Lai said.
"Stop talking nonsense. Although Long Chenggong is on my side, that's because of other things. We need Long Kaifeng to occupy the position of commander of the combined division. I have already mentioned this in the meeting, but this is official business! You need to maintain a good relationship seriously! Do you understand?" Zhao Cheng said seriously.
"Of course I know this, but why do you attach so much importance to Long Kaifeng? There are many other children in your uncle's family." Wei Lai was puzzled.
Wei Lai only knows the tip of the iceberg of the network of relationships his father has built over nearly forty years, but this is also related to the fact that he doesn't have much contact with them in his daily life.
"What I care about is the synthesizer's work, not Long Kaifeng personally!" Zhao Cheng said slowly.
"Synthesizer? Do you mean that synthesizer will become a standard in the future?" Wei Lai said, putting away his smile.
"The combined division is not the end. The end is the combined brigade I mentioned before, the heavy combined brigade! It is the culmination of our country's army in the next thirty to fifty years and also the most important component!" Zhao Cheng thought of the twenty-nine heavy combined brigades that came later, and he also had infinite yearning in his heart.
A heavily armed combined brigade with a force of 20 billion can single-handedly challenge a small country, while two or three such combined brigades can destroy a medium-sized country!
There is no country in the world that can allow us to deploy all of our heavy combined brigades. Even so, many netizens in later generations still believe that twenty-nine combined brigades are too few, and each province should be equipped with one heavy combined brigade.
Zhao Cheng's dream is to see the day when our heavy armored combined brigade will dominate the world again! And the combined division is a test subject of our heavy armored combined brigade!
If the combined arms division is successful, then once the technology and equipment are developed, the combined arms brigade will follow naturally.
"Dad, aren't you thinking too far ahead? According to what you told us, the heavy combined brigade is the main force, so you should also pay attention to the combined battalion, right? Why do you want to pay attention to the current combined division?" Wei Lai was very confused.
"You kid, the combined battalion is too small, and the combined brigade is not simply an enlarged combined battalion! It is a reduction of the combined division! If it weren't for the fact that only Wei Guang joined the ordinary troops, and you all ran to the special operations brigade and refused to come out, why would I bother to win over Long Kaifeng?" Zhao Cheng rolled his eyes and said with disgust.
"Dad, you have to be reasonable! We joined the special forces because they were all your disciples and old subordinates. Wouldn't it be convenient for us to join? Besides, don't you look at yourself and see why you don't get to know more people in the ordinary troops?" Wei Lai said indifferently.
"Who said I don't know him? Even if I don't know him, what about your brother? He knows Zhao Mengsheng! Now I ask you to give up this position as chief of staff of the special operations brigade and go to Zhao Mengsheng's army to be a political commissar, will you go?" Zhao Cheng said angrily.
"You want me, the chief of staff of a special operations brigade, to serve as the political commissar of a division in an ordinary unit?" Wei Lai asked in astonishment.
"What do you mean by ordinary troops? Zhao Mengsheng is at least a heavy mechanized division! And his troops have been transferred back to Peiping!" Zhao Cheng said with a smile.
"You just want to trick me! You already know that the world of combined brigades will belong to them in the future, but now you want me to go to a heavy armored division? Isn't this obviously tricking your son?" Wei Lai immediately objected.
"Didn't you say that I don't know anyone in the ordinary army? You don't go even though there's a position here!" Zhao Cheng looked at Wei Lai with a smile.
"I'm not going! I'll just stay in our brigade!" Wei Lai broke down his defense and expressed directly that he would not move.
"You're a useless thing! You have no brains at all. If you could go to the division first and then be transferred twice, it would be better than spending time in the special operations brigade, right?" The county said helplessly.
"Dad, even if it's your idea to form a combined brigade, it will take decades, right? By then we will be almost at retirement age, so what's the use?" Wei Lai was puzzled as to why his father was so obsessed with the combined brigade!
"Okay, you don't have to worry about this! Just build a good relationship with Long Kaifeng for me! I will need this person in the future!" said Zhao Cheng.
"Okay! I get it! We are all family, why don't I see you making good use of the railway? Not to mention that Gao Cheng is in school? How can you send the railway to Zhurihe? And you are just a squadron leader!" Wei Lai said dissatisfiedly.
"You know shit! There are two important places in our country in the future. One is the Guanzu Heavy Armored Combined Brigade, and the other is Zhurihe! That is our real whetstone! Now that your fourth brother is the commander of that base, he will be more valued in the future! Have you forgotten the former base commander?" Zhao Cheng said.
The former base commander Zhao Cheng mentioned was Tie Zhenguo, who had now become a military commander in just a few years! He was the first among those Zhao Cheng had taught to be promoted to the rank of general.
"Just one star! If you weren't in Peking, I guess I wouldn't be able to get a star either!" Wei Lai said with a smile.
"You? You're still far from it! Your third brother had such a hard time in Xiliang and only got one star. Do you think that star is a cabbage? Anyone can get it?" Zhao Cheng said disdainfully.
"Oh, my dad! You are trying to dampen my enthusiasm!" Wei Lai said helplessly.
"Alas, it's not that I want to discourage you, but our family's foundation is too shallow. If I hadn't risked my life to make meritorious contributions, it would be a mystery whether our family can survive until now! Now our family must accumulate strength and stabilize! You too, although the Southeast Military Region has the incense of your grandfather Li, don't waste it! The relationships that should be maintained must be maintained well! Make more friends and fewer enemies!" Zhao Cheng persuaded earnestly.
"I understand, Dad! I was just talking casually. I also know that my contributions are not yet worthy of being promoted to a star!" Wei Lai said helplessly.
"That's good to know! Besides, how long have you been in the army? Your current military rank is already higher than most people!" Zhao Cheng said.
He was really afraid that Wei Lai would become complacent. The Zhao family looked very powerful now, but in fact, it was all because of him holding them up. If the Zhao family could have a few more stars, then would Zhao Cheng truly rise to prominence!