Battalion commander Huo's ability upgrade "package" ■ Wang Zhongwei, special reporter of PLA Daily, Haiyang Recalling the experience of planning field training, Zhang Xiuliang, a trainer of the Combat Support Battalion of a brigade of the 79th group army, still feels hot on his face. In the past, field training was conducted in the form of battalions. That time, each echelon was required to be organized according to the operation, and the Combat Support Battalion was broken up and the system was scattered in each echelon. This brings great challenges to personnel and equipment management and material and equipment preparation. "So organized, my instructor has become a bare pole commander!" After getting the plan, Zhang Xiuliang couldn't help complaining. Like the Combat Support Battalion, there are several units facing similar problems, such as air defense battalion and service support battalion. "What if the communication is interrupted due to electromagnetic interference during the maneuver?" "What about being hit by air fire during loading and unloading?" "What if the environment in the mission area is bad and multiple equipment encounter faults at the same time?" In the face of the troubles of the battalion leaders and their concerns about safety management, the brigade leaders asked questions one after another, which made Zhang Xiuliang and other battalion leaders understand: "in the final analysis, the vision and thinking did not go up." Afterwards, Zhang Xiuliang reflected that the status and role of the new system was more prominent. For the battalion commander, only with the ability and quality suitable for the new system can he obtain the "qualification certificate" to lead the transformation and development of the battalion. After the reform and adjustment, battalion level units have many specialties and complicated tasks. Take Zhang Xiuliang's camp as an example. There are dozens of majors, large and small, with uninterrupted and dynamic tasks. It is difficult to grasp the law of grass-roots construction. Zhang Xiuliang often feels that his heart is surplus but his strength is insufficient. How to keep up with the development of the times, improve the quality and efficiency of Ideological and political education, and how to ensure the implementation of the organizational system under the condition of dynamic dispersion... When he first arrived, Zhang Xiuliang often felt confused in the face of many practical topics. He did a good job in training and education. However, during the education, he spoke impassioned on the stage, but the officers and soldiers under the stage were listless. "Empty slogans, irrelevant contents, practical tasks", "words have no new ideas, and their ears are cocooned"... To find out the reason, Zhang Xiuliang was difficult to calm down for a long time. "I feel the same way!" That day, listening to Zhang Xiuliang talk about these experiences, song Dongdong, the instructor of the first battalion, felt the same. The battalion has many specialties, and its affiliated companies undertake different support tasks, with many points and long lines. When song Dongdong was just transferred from the chief of the Department to the post of chief officer, he paid attention to the work with the experience of the Department, which led to a lot of effort and little effect. "It is urgent to readjust the staffing system, update weapons and equipment, change tasks, and reshape the ability of grass-roots cadres." The experience of the two battalion commanders also struck the heartstrings of Luo Yahu, the commander of a reconnaissance battalion of a brigade. In recent years, Luo Yahu's battalion has successively installed a lot of information equipment. In the face of thick operating instructions for new equipment and dense circuit boards, Luo Yahu felt that his ability was insufficient. "The battalion commander has the advantage of 'front-line operation'. He is familiar with the situation at the grass-roots level, has a clear base, has direct command and convenient guidance. If the backbone is not strong, the key link may become the weak link." The leaders of the group army attached great importance to these problems. Li Chunzhi, director of the Political Work Department of a brigade, said that under the new system, the main officers of the battalion are in a key position in grass-roots construction. Whether they have strong ability and quality and whether they play their role directly affect the overall construction quality of the grass-roots level. How to give full play to their due role as the backbone is an urgent need for current army construction. Sharpening the backbone is the key to the vitality of grass-roots construction Xia Fangjun, battalion commander of a brigade, was filled with gratitude for seeing off the group army working group. A week ago, the working group of the leading organs of the group army came to their battalion to serve as a squatting company. "To tell the truth, at first we were worried, afraid of exposing problems and being criticized by higher authorities." However, a few days later, Xia Fangjun found that the group army working group came to help. For a whole week, the comrades of the working group and the officers and soldiers trained, ate and lived together, and had a clear understanding of the bottleneck of battalion construction and the urgent difficulties and expectations of grass-roots officers and soldiers. Xia Fangjun scratched his head when he mentioned the lack of motivation for the work of some grass-roots cadres: "some cadres with long service years breed a 'lying flat' mentality. The instructors and I have thought of many ways, but the effect is not obvious." The working group of the group army had a clear idea of Xia Fangjun's confusion at this time. "We should not only pay attention to giving play to the typical leading role, but also strengthen assessment and supervision and improve work motivation." Combined with their own work experience, the team leaders guide the camp Party committee to establish a quantitative evaluation mechanism, strictly carry out daily evaluation, classified evaluation and close-up evaluation, strengthen fine management, and link it with growth and progress, reward and punishment, so as to enhance the vitality of the cadre team. "Sharpening the backbone is the key to the vitality of grass-roots construction." The leaders of the group army introduced that they focused on the new standards and new requirements put forward by the new system and new staffing for the ability and quality of battalion officers, focused on key links such as thinking concept, work guidance and management mode, focused on building ability classes, and improved the post holding ability of battalion officers, such as active learning and thinking, planning, comprehensive construction and solving contradictions. Jiang Shiwen, the instructor of a brigade service support camp, is filled with gratitude every time he thinks of the scenes when superior leaders come to the camp to participate in the construction situation analysis meeting, score the portrait of the camp and help the camp construction. As a battalion chief officer who had been in office for a short time, Jiang Shiwen found that there were more than 60 majors in the battalion, and the personnel were distributed in more than 10 points. It was difficult to concentrate the political education personnel and unify the organization and training time. During that time, Jiang Shiwen felt that "it was very difficult to carry out the work". At the situation analysis meeting, the superior leaders led two battalion leaders to conduct in-depth re analysis on the construction of the battalion. The problems such as weak command and combat ability, unclear construction ideas and lack of management ability were exposed one by one. To find the "cause", the superior leaders guided Jiang Shiwen to learn advanced experience in training, management and command, and explained to the members of the battalion Party committee the newly issued regulations and systems manual combed and printed by the group army, which inspired him. "Previously, many regulations and measures have been issued at all levels. If you want to integrate them one by one, you really can't find the direction!" Holding the manual, Jiang Shiwen feels like taking a baby. Many grass-roots officers and soldiers generally feel thorny problems. This set of manual has detailed tactics and countermeasures. With the problems solved, the comprehensive construction of service support camp has gradually entered the "fast lane". During the cross regional training at the end of last year, Jiang Shiwen and the battalion commander led the whole battalion to conduct actual combat inspection. After several rounds of honing and quenching, the battalion's wartime precision support ability was significantly improved. With the gradual deepening of the group's military camp chief officer project, the camp chief officers who have experienced ability upgrading have tasted the sweetness. Consolidate the foundation and let the backbone shoulder their due responsibilities "By taking part in the study and guidance, my brain is like changing the 'chip'. As a synthetic battalion commander, I really have the confidence to win." Sitting in the field conference room, Yu Kai, commander of the first battalion of a synthetic brigade, was confident. In a previous exercise, Yu Kai led the infantry unit to fight and rush, and suffered heavy losses under the suppression of the "enemy's" strong firepower. However, the combat forces such as anti-aircraft guns and anti tank missiles were left to one side. Afterwards, he patted his thigh in frustration. The sand and wind are rolling in the Gobi in the north of the Great Wall. All combat groups are ready to go. A practical drill is about to start. In the battalion command vehicle, Yu Kai focused on the complex battlefield situation, skillfully operated the information command system, commanded all units to cooperate with new combat forces such as land aviation and special warfare to charge bravely and successfully complete the combat task. "The brigade Party committee has consciously handed over tasks and burdens, so that we can grow in post practice." Out of the car, Yu Kai was filled with emotion. At that time, the brigade received the task of cross regional performance and training, and the time was already very urgent. Taking into account the shortcomings exposed by the battalion in the drill, the brigade Party committee considered again and again and handed over the main task to Yu Kai, in order to let them undergo training. Those days, Yu Kai led the commander to study and practice tactics against time, and finally fought a beautiful "turnaround". "Only by strengthening the foundation and tempering the 'tall man' and 'iron shoulder' who can carry things can the backbone shoulder their due responsibilities." According to the leaders of the group army, after participating in the ability improvement project of battalion commanders, more and more battalion commanders can better perform their duties and show more achievements. Zhou Bin, the battalion commander of a brigade repair battalion, did not expect that as a repair support force, they can also use "science and technology +" to promote the transformation and upgrading of equipment support, making it a new growth point of equipment support capacity. "It feels like a dream!" Walking in the new repair workshop, Zhou Bin can't forget the scene of leaders at all levels talking with him at that time. "Focusing on the future information battlefield, logistics support capability must be equipped with information wings." At that time, just as the ability improvement project of the chief officers of the group's military barracks was carried out, the Standing Committee of the military and brigade came to the battalion under the leadership of the two-level standing committee, and the first sentence struck the heartstrings of battalion commander Zhou. That day, the group army working group talked with him very late to help him broaden his thinking and plan a "blueprint" for the transformation of battalion equipment support capability. Just do it. Taking advantage of the opportunity of the battalion to build a repair workshop, they cooperated with superior authorities and local scientific and technological forces to innovate and tackle key problems, and developed an equipment maintenance operation management system integrating information acquisition, integration and distribution, auxiliary operation and other functions. "In the past, when sending equipment for repair, we should not only look at the equipment resume, but also sign the equipment handover document, which is time-consuming and laborious." Zhou Bin said that now they can obtain the basic information, technical faults and other data of the equipment for repair by gently scanning the QR code on the equipment using the mobile terminal, which is convenient and fast. Today, the battalion has the support ability to repair large equipment for the army. Out of the repairman's room, the warm winter sun fell on Zhou Bin's cheek. Looking into the distance, Zhou Bin's eyes revealed his firmness: "as the backbone, we must give full play to the effectiveness of the backbone and shoulder the responsibility of winning the war." (outlook new era)