As the end of the year approaches, a "cold news" broke out in a brigade of the 81st Group Army: An Guojian, a sergeant from the Tank Company of the Synthetic First Battalion who is 11 years old, proposed to the company to be a scout.

Source China Military Network Comprehensive

As the end of the year approaches, a brigade of the 81st Group Army broke out a "cold news": An Guojian, a sergeant from the Tank Company of the Synthetic First Battalion who is 11 years old, proposed to the company to be a scout. As soon as the news came out, not only the officers and soldiers were surprised, but even the brigade leaders were a little surprised. Why is this? Please pay attention to the report of the People's Liberation Army Daily today -

"Golden Medal Cannon Captain" took the initiative to change his career to study reconnaissance

■Zhang Wenyu Hu Qi Reporter Wu Yuanjin

"The gunner commander did a good job, why did he have to change his career?" As the end of the year approached, a brigade of the 81st Group Army broke out a "cold news": An Guojian, a sergeant of the Tank Company of the Synthetic First Battalion who had 11 years of artillery age, proposed to the company to be a scout. As soon as the news came out, not only the officers and soldiers were surprised, but even the brigade leaders were a little surprised.

Speaking of An Guojian, he has a better known name for officers and soldiers - "Raging Knight". After 12 years of joining the army, he revolved around artillery for 11 years and repeatedly won championships in various competitions. He is recognized by officers and soldiers as the "golden gunner." In an exercise in 2015, when the company's other tanks and were "dead", An Guojian took the 208 tank to "pass in" and successively destroyed many tanks, armored vehicles and command vehicles of the "Blue Army". He wrote a legend with his superb skills and extraordinary courage, and was awarded the title of "Furious Knight" exercise hero by his superiors.

This year the troops were transferred and reorganized. After learning that the old company commander He Yulong continued to serve as the tank company commander after learning that he had transferred to the new unit, he immediately found the battalion commander, hoping to bring An Guojian and several old backbones with him. The battalion commander agreed, but An Guojian had other ideas - change his career!

"Car change is not self-denial, but self-challenge, and it is also inevitable for reform and transformation." Faced with the confusion and persuasion of everyone, An Guojian had already made up his mind. He said the idea of ​​transformation came from the exercise that made him famous two years ago. During that exercise, due to poor communication between the upper side, the company responsible for flanking assists lacked intelligence support, and suffered frequent setbacks after the attack began. Except for An Guojian, the other tanks were "annihilated".

"In the past, when participating in exercises, the enemy situation was transmitted back to the brigade command post by the scouts in front, and then the command post informed them to each battalion. Because the command content was limited, when they arrived at the company and platoon, they often only knew where to fight." Looking back at the more than 10 exercises that they participated in in the past, An Guojian said: "For me, it is okay to continue to be a good gunman, but changing careers to reconnaissance can 'unlock' new skills and can play a greater role in the battlefield in the future."

An Guojian's choice was recognized and supported by the brigade, and he became a scout who supported the company as he wished. When he first arrived at the reconnaissance platoon, since the computer software of reconnaissance car was all in English, An Guojian, who had only a technical secondary school degree, followed the manufacturer's technician, recorded the English words involved in each command after starting the computer, and then translated them one by one to understand the meaning of each command one by one.

Shortly after mastering the basic operations of the reconnaissance vehicle, An Guojian set his sights on the drone again. He bought model aircraft for simulation training, tested flights everywhere during the day, disassembled and assembled and studied model aircraft parts at night, and finally mastered the skills of controlling flights.

"In the past, when he was a gunman, he was just commanding a car. Now, I am the eyes of the entire battalion when I was reconnaissance. I must always be keen and alert." Although the road to transformation is long, An Guojian has been prepared for the storm.