1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 746 Recruiting Recruits
Sun Zhen followed in the team and saw that he was about to board the ship, so he finally couldn't help leaning over to Second Lieutenant Tang and asked, "My lord, where are we going on this boat? Does this send me to Qiongzhou Island?"

Second Lieutenant Tang looked back at Sun Zhen, and replied with a smile: "Where is it so easy to go to Qiongzhou Island? This is to send you to Penghu Island next to you to accept the review of enlistment. If you fail, you have to be sent back to the immigration camp to continue to stay." on."

Sun Zhen muttered: "Didn't you check it from head to toe before, why do you have to check it again?"

"Previously it was the immigration inspection, which is not the same as the militia enlistment inspection. You will know when you get to the place!" Lieutenant Tang only said one sentence and did not explain in detail. He waved his hand and said: "Follow the team , don't think about it, get on board!"

Sun Zhen had nothing to worry about, so he looked at Penghu Island, which was clearly visible a few miles away, and followed the team onto the boat.

In fact, if the standard immigration recruitment process is followed, newly arrived immigrants must go through an observation period of at least seven to ten days to confirm that they are not suffering from various acute infectious diseases before they can start accepting enlistment.However, this Penghu base is a little different from other places where immigrants are received, that is, all islands here, including Baisha Island, are still under military control. The military general Qian Tiandun is in charge here, so all resources and actions The rules also all have the performance of leaning towards the military.

With Qian Tiandun's way of doing things, he naturally wouldn't wait for these new immigrants to stay here for enough time before being transferred to Hainan Island, where they would select people from the immigrants who arrived in the port to enlist in the army. Assigned to Fujian to serve.Instead of going in such a big circle, it would be better to recruit soldiers directly from the time the immigrants arrived here.After bringing out the Annan Militia, which is good at fighting in tropical environments, Qian Tiandun has great confidence in his ability to lead troops. have autonomy.

The Penghu base has a deep-water port, which can provide the conditions required for the stationing of large fleets.There is enough land area to be developed as agricultural land, and the food grown can easily feed the local population and garrisons.There is a commercial trading port under implementation, and the income obtained can not only be turned over to the base camp, but also can subsidize the local infrastructure construction costs.Taking into account the radiation effect of the location of the Penghu Islands on both sides of the strait, the conditions for raising a medium-sized army here are quite suitable.

In Qian Tiandun's plan, the role of this army is not just to garrison the local area and undertake defensive tasks. In the future, Haihan will need to use this army as a pioneer if it wants to control Taiwan Island, and even expand the military control area northward. .Recruiting some recruits who are familiar with the areas north of Fujian to prepare for future military operations has become a step in Qian Tiandun's plan.

The continuous arrival of refugees from Shandong undoubtedly provided Qian Tiandun with an excellent choice of military sources. These Shandong people were simple and brave, and their physique was stronger than that of the southerners. Even in later generations, they were also one of the most important sources of soldiers in China.Before Sun Zhen and his group of refugees arrived in Penghu, the military had recruited about two hundred qualified recruits from the immigration camps.The enlistment training of this group of recruits will be completed in Penghu, and most of them will also be included in the troops commanded by Qian Tiandun to serve in the army. For these northern soldiers, it is entirely possible to look forward to returning to their hometown one day things.

The voyage of a few miles will arrive in a short time, and Sun Zhen has not finished thinking about when he will be sent to the battlefield, the ship has already docked at Magong Port on Penghu Island.At this time, Second Lieutenant Tang, who was leading the team, had put away the smile on his face, and said to Sun Zhen and the others: "Follow me in line to disembark, and you are not allowed to walk around at the pier. All actions are under my command, do you understand?"

Everyone nodded in ignorance, Second Lieutenant Tang frowned and said, "Answer me with your mouth, do you understand?"

"Understood!" Everyone responded in unison this time.

After Sun Zhen disembarked, he found that there were no black-clothed policemen on the pier here, and instead there were Haihan soldiers in gray clothes.These Haihan soldiers put one hand behind their waists expressionlessly, and in the other hand held a five-foot-long firecracker. There was also a narrow-bladed bayonet about a foot and a half long under the barrel facing the sky. Murderous.

Sun Zhen and others followed Second Lieutenant Tang, and he led them forward.After walking for about half a mile, they came to a courtyard.Sun Zhen also recognized the words on the plaque hanging at the door. It was "Hai Han Militia Penghu Base Conscription Office".Next to the gate, there were two fully armed Haihan soldiers standing guard, both of them stood there with expressionless faces like statues.

The courtyard is a traditional Chinese-style building. There is a main room in the middle of the side rooms on both sides. There are passages on both sides of the main room. It seems that there is at least one entrance to the courtyard behind.Second Lieutenant Tang brought Sun Zhen and his team to the door of one of the wing rooms. Sun Zhen looked at the furnishings in the room while queuing up. It's closed, and I don't know what's inside.In the middle are two desks, one upright and the other sideways, with a person sitting on each.Stationery such as pens, inks, papers and inkstones are placed on the offset desk. It seems that they are the person responsible for recording the copywriting, and the person in charge is probably the chief officer in charge of conscription.

After Second Lieutenant Tang entered the room, the two men stood up and raised their hands to salute Second Lieutenant Tang.After Lieutenant Tang returned the gift, he handed over the list of personnel he had brought to the two men: "Report to the chief, these 13 people are applicants for the second brigade of the No. [-] Battalion, and their personal information is here."

The officer in the main seat took the list and handed it to the person in the side seat, and said, "Thank you, please sit down and listen."

Lieutenant Tang saluted again, and then sat on the stool next to him.

The person in charge of interviewing and reviewing the recruits was Chen Yixin, a young military officer who had recently arrived in Penghu.Of course, he was not the only one responsible for reviewing the recruits. Qian Tiandun and Gao Qiaonan were currently in the other two rooms selecting other new immigrants who signed up for the army.From the perspective of the staffing of the person in charge, the standard of recruiting recruits here is undoubtedly very high.

"When the person whose name is called, come into the room. Whatever I ask, you can answer. After answering, go back to the team outside. After all of you have answered the questions, you can proceed to the next link. Nothing If you have any questions, we will start." Chen Yixin paused for a few seconds, and seeing that no one in the team asked questions, he nodded to the clerk next to him to start the roll call.

"Sun Zhen!" Perhaps by coincidence, the first name that was read by the document was Sun Zhen.

Sun Zhen responded, then went into the room, stood in the middle, and replied, "I am Sun Zhen."

The clerk softly read the personal information in his hand: "Sun Zhen, a native of Dengzhou, Shandong, is 19 years old. He used to be a farmer. He arrived at Baisha Island this morning. He has no other relatives in this area."

Chen Yixin nodded slightly after listening, and then asked, "Sun Zhen, why did you sign up to join the army?"

"I heard from Manager Cheng at the camp that there will be many benefits after being naturalized. I want to get naturalized quickly. Manager Cheng said that the fastest way is to sign up to join the militia." Sun Zhen replied honestly.

Chen Yixin asked again: "If you join the militia, you are a soldier. A soldier is going to fight. Let me ask you, are you afraid of death?"

"Scared! If you are not afraid of death, you will not flee to this place." Sun Zhen's answer was obviously unexpected.

"Then you still come to join the army?" Chen Yixin also met someone who answered him like this for the first time, and asked with great interest: "You may die in battle, aren't you afraid?"

Sun Zhen shook his head and said: "In this world, common people die faster than soldiers. Soldiers at least have swords and guns in their hands. What do common people have? When Kong Youde's soldiers entered Zhuangzi, I only had a hoe in my hand. I can't even protect my family."

"So your purpose of becoming a soldier is actually to save your own life?" Chen Yixin continued to ask.

Sun Zhen thought about it this time before answering: "I will protect whoever gives me food and clothing!"

Chen Yixin couldn't help but raised the corners of his mouth slightly and said, "Then do you know who will provide you with food and clothing now and in the future?"

"I know, it's the masters of Haihan... No, it's the chief!" This Sun Zhen seemed straightforward, but he also had a flexible side, and immediately corrected himself.

"It's the executive committee. Remember, the Haihan militia is an army serving the executive committee!" Chen Yixin immediately corrected Sun Zhen's point of view again.

Although Sun Zhen didn't quite understand what an "Executive Committee" was, he nodded his head emphatically at the moment, thinking that no matter what kind of god this Executive Committee is, I'll pass this level first.

"Then do you have any personal specialties?" Seeing Sun Zhen's bewildered expression, Chen Yixin explained again: "It is that you have some abilities that are beyond ordinary people, such as great strength, fast running, smart brain, good eyesight, Excellent water...anything goes."

Sun Zhen shook his head and said: "Sir, I have never compared myself to others, and I don't know if I can do it, but when I was in my hometown, people in the farm praised me for being a good at serving the crops!"

Chen Yixin didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so he had to ask the next question: "Are you literate?"

"Literacy, I know hundreds of characters!" Hearing this question, Sun Zhen exuded a confident light on his face: "I went to a private school for two years when I was a child, and my husband praised me for being quick at reading! It's just that my family is poor and I bought I can't afford the pen and ink, and the handwriting is ugly."

Chen Yixin nodded, and suddenly asked a completely irrelevant question: "Since your family is a farmer, please tell me how to grow wheat in Shandong, and what is the difference with the Jianghuai area in the south?" difference."

Now that Sun Zhen was asked what he was good at, he licked his dry lips and said, "My family has dozens of acres of wheat fields. This method is different from the seasons in the south. We plant seeds in spring and harvest them in summer." Harvesting, from sowing to harvesting, only takes more than three months, which is two or three months faster than the wheat fields planted in autumn in the south..."

When Sun Zhen talked about this topic, his eloquence was quite smooth, and he talked continuously for several minutes, but Chen Yixin didn't interrupt him, and just listened to him from sowing to harvesting so earnestly. Also ask him a small detail or two.

After Sun Zhen finished speaking, he also felt that something was wrong, scratching his head and said: "Although the villain was born as a grain farmer, please give me a chance to let the villain join the army as a soldier and become a naturalized citizen as soon as possible. After leaving the army in the future, I will return to the fields Take care of the farming."

Chen Yixin smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'm not going to recommend you to play in the mud on the farm yet. That's fine, you go out and wait."

Of course, Chen Yixin wasn't interested in the differences in winter and spring wheat planting methods in the north. The reason why he wanted to ask Sun Zhen this question was just to test whether this kid had lied about his personal situation.Judging from the details he said, Sun Zhen was really a farmer who came out of the fields. At least in terms of the agricultural knowledge Chen Yixin had mastered, he couldn't find any flaws in it.However, Sun Zhen actually claimed that he could read and write, which is relatively rare among recent new immigrants.From the inquiry alone, Chen Yixin is quite satisfied with the performance of this big guy from Shandong.

Chen Yixin took over the transcript that had just been transcribed from the clerk, and because this guy was so excited about talking about wheat, the transcript actually took up to three pages.After Chen Yixin took a rough look, seeing that there were no mistakes or omissions, he picked up a pen and signed his name at the end, and marked it with the word A, and then returned it to the document for archiving.

Then the team was called in one by one to ask about their personal situation, and the questions they asked were actually similar.Chen Yixin wanted to use the way these people answered the questions and the content of the answers to judge whether their reported identities were credible. He had a general idea of ​​each person's personality, courage, and whether they were suitable for joining the militia for training.After everyone finished talking, Chen Yixin would sign the transcript and attach his own rating.

The military’s current recruitment review for recruits is divided into interviews, physical examinations, physical examinations, and political examinations. Each link has a corresponding four grades of S, A, B, and C to measure whether the person is a qualified recruit.If more than two reviews are graded C, then it will be eliminated directly.And if one or more items are rated as S-level, then after passing all the tests, the person may be lucky enough to enter the recruit team trained by Qian Tiandun himself, and receive training from the special operations force from the very beginning content.

Sun Zhen's evaluation during the interview process was not the highest among the members of his team, and another person got an S-level evaluation through the demonstration of his expertise.This person's specialty is that his eyes are particularly good, and he can read mung bean-sized characters clearly at a distance of two feet. If he can pass the next test, he will most likely be selected into the sniper training list, and even He was the lucky one among this group of people who went to Sanya first, because all the snipers in the militia had to be taught by the army academy there to be personally taught by the number one sniper of the militia, Old Morgan.

(End of this chapter)