Rebirth 1975: Tore up the call-back order at the beginning

Zhou Yang carefully recalled some situations when the military rank system was restored in his previous life, especially the questions raised by Mr. Jiang just now.

Soon, Zhou Yang had the answer in his heart.

In previous lives, these issues did affect the restoration of the military rank system, especially the issue of local cadres holding concurrent military positions, which once triggered heated discussions.

For this reason, the top management convened a meeting with the heads of major units in Beijing to discuss the matter, and even alarmed the few remaining veterans.

The final result is that, after the above research, it was decided that in the future, the heads of local party committees can no longer concurrently serve as political commissars of military regions, garrison regions, military divisions, and armed forces departments. The problem of the relationship between job transfers and military ranks can be solved by separating positions.

From then on, the first secretary/secretary of the local party committee no longer wore military uniforms and could not accept military ranks.

This means that the system that has been established since the war years in which local party committee secretaries concurrently serve as political commissars of military regions at the same level has been abolished.

In peacetime, the military and government were completely separated.

In addition, regarding whether the heads of scientific research institutes should be awarded titles, the previous decision was that in principle they would not be awarded titles, but would be given corresponding levels of treatment.

The so-called non-conferment of military ranks in principle means that the heads of scientific research units will not be conferred military ranks, but it will also depend on the situation.

If the person in charge of a scientific research unit is a soldier himself, like Liang Shi before, he must be awarded the title.

However, if the other party is not a soldier himself and does not have military status, then he will not be awarded a title, but he will be given a corresponding level of political treatment based on his position.

For example, Mr. Qian, as a world-famous expert in the field of ballistic missiles, and also served as deputy director of the National Defense Science and Technology Commission, officially joined the army, but was not awarded a title after the military rank system was restored.

Although there were rumors that Mr. Qian was temporarily awarded the rank of lieutenant general in 57, Mr. Qian personally clarified in his later years that it was not the case.

Even in his entire life, Qian Lao was not awarded any military rank, except abroad.

However, as early as 62, the Political Department of the Fifth Academy of the Ministry of National Defense, where Mr. Qian worked, applied to the National Defense Science and Technology Commission for the political treatment of a major general. Later, in the s, he was awarded two very important medals. Shi Qianlao's treatment was equivalent to that of a lieutenant general.

Although the country did later grant military ranks to many scientific researchers who made outstanding contributions, there were more than thirty people at the major general level alone, and several were even directly awarded the rank of general, such as Mr. Ding and Mr. Li.

But that was all after the 1990s!

At least the heads of scientific research institutes had no part in this title conferment in 88!

Zhou Yang clearly remembered that his teacher had a falling out with his superiors because of the title award.

Thinking of these situations in his previous life, Zhou Yang suddenly understood.

It's not that the higher-ups can't make up their minds, but that they've already made a decision.

The reason why Mr. Jiang called him over was probably because he wanted him to do some ideological work for him. After all, his current status is really special.

Not to mention that the 18th Research Institute itself is a corps-level unit under the jurisdiction of the military. He also holds important positions in multiple military industrial units. In addition, he also serves as the deputy leader of the Scythe Project leadership group, and often represents the military and arms purchase representatives from various countries. Negotiate.

No matter which aspect you look at, when the military rank system is restored, you should be among the first to be awarded the rank.

If the superiors really decide not to confer a title on you for some reason, then you must do your own ideological work to prevent yourself from getting emotional.

And the only one who can talk to me about this is Mr. Jiang, an "old bole"!

After understanding this, Zhou Yang immediately said: "Chief, I am just a technical person and don't know much about political matters, but I firmly support any decision made by the above!"

Mr. Jiang glanced at Zhou Yang thoughtfully, and then said, "What if the superiors decide not to confer titles on you, the heads of scientific research institutes, will you have any objections in your heart?"

"No!" Zhou Yang said decisively.

"Really not?"

"Really not!"

Then Zhou Yang explained: "Chief, whether the superiors want to confer titles on scientific researchers or not, this is a decision made by superior leaders based on the overall situation, and is not targeted at me, Zhou Yang."

"There are as many top scientists in our country as there are crucian carp crossing the river. Everyone can accept the decision above. Why can't I accept it?"

Zhou Yang's words were not pretentious, but the truest thoughts in his heart.

Regardless of whether it was his previous life or this life, he felt that he was still far away from those real masters. He still used Qian Lao as an example. He used to think that Qian Lao was really powerful and one person could stand up to five masters.

But after his scientific research level reached a certain level, Zhou Yang discovered that using the five divisions as a metaphor really didn't make sense.

The ballistics developed by Qian Lao make the flight trajectory of the missile unpredictable. Even if we look at it for decades, no air defense weapon can crack it.

I know the so-called launch point, and I also know the impact point, but no one knows what kind of missile is in between.

The flight trajectory of conventional missiles is fixed, so it is not difficult to intercept them. But the ballistic trajectory developed by Mr. Qian is unpredictable and mysterious like a magician.

The launched missile can flexibly change its trajectory, just like the missile drifting in the atmosphere. This weird flight method makes it impossible for any anti-missile system to calculate the trajectory of the missile, so if you want to intercept this ballistic missile, To put it bluntly, unless you know how to tell fortunes.

For such a master, not to mention major general or lieutenant general, even if he is awarded the title of general, it is a matter of course.

But the result was that Mr. Qian was never awarded a title in his life.

It’s not just Mr. Qian himself, there are too many such masters in our country’s scientific community. They devote their lives to the country without caring about personal gains and losses.

Compared to these seniors, Zhou Yang really didn't think that this little achievement counted for much.

What's more, those achievements are not all due to him alone, but the result of the joint efforts of countless people in previous lives.

There is nothing wrong with using these achievements to support national defense construction, but if you use them to seek personal interests for yourself, then there is something wrong.

With senior sages like Qian Lao, Deng Lao and Yu Lao serving as role models, Zhou Yang would not have any objections even if the superiors finally decided not to confer him a title.

Seeing that Zhou Yang said so firmly and sincerely, Mr. Jiang nodded happily.

Then, his tone softened and he said: "My old man has always known that your kid has a high level of ideological awareness, but I didn't expect that he still looked down on you. It seems that the old chief asked me to do ideological work for you, which is a bit redundant!"

Zhou Yang secretly thought that it was indeed the case, then he looked at Mr. Jiang and said, "So, the restoration of the military rank system this year really has nothing to do with us scientific researchers?"

"maybe!"

Then Mr. Jiang said again: "Although the superiors do intend to slow down you scientific researchers first, it does not mean that they will not be awarded the title. This matter has not been decided yet."

"Actually, it's not just you, most of the veterans who were awarded the title in 55 will not be awarded the title again. Even after the military rank system is restored this time, there will be no marshal, general and other ranks at all. These things will eventually happen. A reasonable arrangement.”

"understand!"

Zhou Yang, who knew the result, was very calm. After all, most of the scientific researchers in the previous life had not been awarded this title, so how could he be an exception, unless a miracle happened.

"The main reason why I called you here is that I want to do some ideological work for you in advance, so that the young people will not mess around, and also to ask you to take care of your people and not to cause trouble to the superiors at this juncture, especially It's that old guy named Guo!" Mr. Jiang said.

Hearing this, Zhou Yang's face suddenly showed a wry smile.

Lao Guo's personality is like a big firecracker. If he knew that people like them were not included in the military rankings, he would definitely cause trouble.

Obviously the superiors also thought of this, so they called me over in a hurry.

"Chief, I tried my best to appease them and try not to cause trouble to the superiors, but there are some things..."

"I understand, just do your best!" Jiang Lao said.

"Yes..."

Just as he was talking, there was a rush of footsteps outside the door.

Immediately afterwards, the door was pushed open, and then Zhou Yang saw Jiang Chengcai walking in from the outside with a smile...

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