Siheyuan: Back to 50 years ago, Shazhu joined the army

After He Yuzhu returned to his camp, he asked the communicator to gather all the soldiers of the 1st Battalion on the open ground.

As the assembly call sounded, all the volunteer soldiers from the 338st Battalion of the th Regiment gathered together and stood in an orderly manner on the open ground.

Battalion Commander He Yuzhu glanced at the volunteer soldiers with a smile on his face, and then spoke:

"Comrades of the First Battalion, I have an important announcement today."

Everyone was quite surprised to hear what He Yuzhu said. They looked at Battalion Commander He Yuzhu with anticipation, wanting to hear any important news.

"Comrades, I just came back from the division headquarters and got the latest news. That is, in a month, the First Corps of our 38th Army will secretly return to the country, and we can go home."

After hearing the news, everyone burst into tears, and some even hugged each other excitedly.

For more than four years, who wouldn't want to go home? Everyone was missing home. Now that they know they can go back, they are all very excited.

Seeing this, He Yuzhu immediately spoke to appease everyone.

"Silence! Comrades, don't get too excited. Also, this news is confidential. Don't spread it to the regiment or other brother troops. Do you remember?"

Everyone said in unison,

"remember!"

A month passed in the blink of an eye, and soon as Yuzhu had said before, their 38th Army received a transfer order from the Volunteer Army Headquarters.

The entire army was ready to go to Sinuiju City in North Korea, and then take a train from here back to Andong City in Xiliao Province of China.

After two days of tiring journey, the First Corps finally returned to the city of Andong in China. Since it was a secret return, everything was kept simple.

The 38th Army was stationed in a temporary military district outside the city of Andong.

Liang Xingchu, then commander of the 38th Army, and Hao Jinlong, the newly appointed political commissar of the 38th Army, inspected and commended the entire army.

When Political Commissar Hao Jinlong and Army Commander Liang Xingchu passed by the location of the 338th Regiment, they walked straight to the 1st Battalion Commander He Yuzhu and looked him over carefully.

Then Liang Xingchu spoke first.

"He Yuzhu, you are really good. You are really good at leading soldiers. Look at the first battalion you led. Every soldier is fat and strong. Look at the second and third battalions next to you. There is indeed a gap."

When Hao Jinlong, who was standing by, heard what Liang Xingchu said, he became curious about He Yuzhu in front of him and looked at him carefully.

You should know He Yuzhu's name, which is also well-known. He is the special combat hero of the "Triangle Mountain Heights", the combat benchmark in the Campaign to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, and the most heroic figure in the 38th Army.

He walked up to him and patted He Yuzhu on the shoulder.

"He Yuzhu, you are a very good comrade. I admire you very much. Work hard."

He Yuzhu touched his head awkwardly and saluted in return.

"Thank you for the compliment, Political Commissar. This is all thanks to you all."

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After the First Corps returned to China, it was quickly split up.

You should know that there were a total of more than 130 million volunteer troops participating in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea.

Their First Corps alone had more than 20 people, all of whom were disbanded and incorporated into various major military regions. After their 38th Army returned to China, it was re-incorporated into the Northeast Field Army, mainly responsible for defending northern China.

As for other troops stranded in North Korea, they are also planned to be withdrawn in batches and over different years.

As for why they did not withdraw all of them, it was to guard against the United States going back on its word, because they still had hundreds of thousands of troops stationed on the defense line south of Jincheng, watching covetously.

The Volunteer Army also took many factors into consideration, including whether the US-led coalition forces would unilaterally tear up the agreement and launch a second war.

This just echoes an old Chinese saying: We should always be on guard against others.

Since New China was established not long ago, there is a lot of work to be done.

In order to meet the needs of domestic economic development, the Chinese government also considered the problem of too many active troops.

The Chinese government decided to give two choices to the volunteers who participated in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea.

The first is direct transfer to civilian jobs, which is based on the size of the official position and years of service, and can be transferred to administrative or professional positions.

The second option is to continue serving in the army and enjoy the treatment and policies that domestic troops deserve.

Soon, documents regarding the placement of returning volunteer soldiers were directly sent to each company.

A group of volunteer soldiers gathered around the propaganda window to read the documents. A large number of the volunteer soldiers were illiterate, so the instructors in each company read the documents to them word by word in front of everyone and explained their meanings.

As for He Yuzhu, he was reading the document in the barracks. Looking at the contents on it, he fell into deep thought. He began to seriously analyze and think about his next way out.

If he were to transfer to civilian work with his current battalion-level rank and return to the 49th City, he would probably be able to become a deputy section chief or section chief at best.

The main reason is that he is not a high-ranking official like a division commander or an army commander. It is already very good for him to become a section-level cadre after his demobilization.

If he continues to choose to stay in the military camp, it will not be very beneficial to him.

The main reason is that the number of New China’s troops is a bit too large, and the overall treatment can only be said to be average. The gap between grassroots officers and grassroots soldiers is not that big, and the welfare is definitely not as good as in later generations.

Secondly, the military lifestyle is too boring and tedious.

Of course, the most important thing is that as a time traveler, he knows very well that from now on, there will be no large-scale conflicts and wars for at least 20 years.

You have to know that in peacetime, it is still a bit difficult for a grassroots like him without any background or connections to continue to rise.

Although he could climb up the career ladder by accumulating experience and years of service, he felt that the best he could achieve in his lifetime would be the head of a group, and any further advancement would depend on luck.

He Yuzhu considered that there were too many extremely unstable factors involved, and this was obviously not what he wanted.

In addition, the reason why he participated in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea was, on the one hand, to defend his country and fight against the hateful U.S. empire, and of course on the other hand, he also wanted to take this opportunity to turn things around and improve his living conditions.

Now, as long as he chooses to change his career and become a grassroots cadre, he can definitely improve the living conditions of the He family, take care of his sister He Yushui, and even help her get some benefits.

The most important thing is that there is more room for maneuver in society, while in the military camp everything has to follow the rules and the degree of freedom is not that high.