1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 791 Official Enlistment
Although "serving in a special warfare battalion" has replaced "seeking a stable job" has become the goal of this group of recruits, the reality is that even if they pass the graduation assessment, they still have to face the extremely high barriers to entry and the special warfare battalion. Out rate.Compared with the ordinary troops of the Haihan Militia, the special warfare battalion is not qualified to join because of good health and qualified personal combat skills. It has higher requirements for the individual quality and loyalty of soldiers.

Judging by the operational requirements of the special warfare battalion, soldiers who just obey orders are not qualified soldiers. Officers will have more detailed considerations when selecting recruits. About [-]% of recruits will In this link, they were directly eliminated and assigned to serve in other militia units.And the lucky ones who entered the special warfare battalion will be eliminated by half in the first half of the year, and those who can finally stay and serve in this trump card force are only about a quarter of the total number of recruits at the beginning.

Therefore, for the recruits who participated in the graduation parade, apart from being excited, they also had strong anxiety about whether they could be selected.After the military parade is completed, the next step is to announce the list of qualified candidates. For them, this can be regarded as a watershed in their lives. Those who stay and those who leave will embark on completely different life trajectories.

"I believe all brothers know that we will choose some people to stay in the local service. Don't think there is any distinction between high and low. The people we choose are just more in line with our standards here, and those who leave will also Go to other units to serve Haihan. Everyone is loyal to the executive committee, there is no difference."

After giving a brief explanation, Takahashi Minami took a booklet from the attendant next to him, held it up high and said, "I'll start announcing the list of candidates, and those whose names are called, go out to the right and line up one by one."

"Lu Dahu, Zheng Guibu, Zhang Xi..." Gao Qiaonan began to read out the list, and after the called people answered loudly, they followed his previous order and lined up separately.

Compared with his restless companions, Sun Zhen is more stable in mood.He knew that his chances of being selected were very high, and he dared not say [-]% or [-]%, at least [-]% or [-]%, which was relatively stable.

Sun Zhen has such confidence, mainly because he went to Taiwan Island with the reconnaissance troops during the recruit training period.Although the recruits did not perform any tasks independently during this process, Sun Zhen, who set foot on the battlefield for the first time, won the approval of the officers with his calm and stable performance.A veteran who was acquainted with him once mentioned him with envy in private, and the big men above him were more optimistic about him. Although Sun Zhen didn't know if the so-called big men meant company commanders or higher-ranking officers, he knew that he could stay. Very likely.

"...Sun Zhen!"

After hearing his name, Sun Zhen responded loudly, and then trotted all the way to the queue of candidates next to him. He could even feel the fiery eyes of those companions whose names were not called behind him.

The number of people selected was less than a hundred, and the list was read out quickly.Those who were not selected inevitably looked disappointed, while the lucky ones raised their chins unconsciously, proud of their status change.After all, they have been instilled countless times in the past three months how proud it is to be a soldier of the Special Operations Battalion. Efficacy, it can't change the value of this identity in the recruits' minds.

The next time the convoy departs for Sanya, these unselected soldiers will leave here.Although they are the targets of elimination here, if measured by the average standard of the Haihan Militia, they are already qualified fighters, and may even be more capable than the mass-produced soldiers trained at the Sanya Army Base. Be stronger than that.After all, the recruit training here in Penghu is also based on the requirements of the special operations forces. The complexity and intensity of the training content are higher than those in Sanya, and there will definitely be some differences in the effect.After these soldiers arrive in Sanya, they will soon be assigned to various places to start serving.

Of course, if their original purpose of joining the army was to allow their families to obtain naturalization opportunities as soon as possible, then this wish can be realized immediately.According to the provisions of the Haihan Military Service Law, after the recruits complete the camp training, their family members will automatically have the opportunity to apply for naturalization, without having to wait for a long inspection period, and if their family members are new immigrants, they can choose whether to follow them to the service area Opportunity to settle down.

However, this treatment was useless to Sun Zhen. He escaped from his hometown alone and came to Penghu without his family.But from another perspective, there is no drag on him personally to consider.

After the list was announced, the eliminated soldiers were immediately taken away from the playground.They will get two days off to rest and pack.The only regret is that for most of them, their family members have left Penghu and been resettled to other places, so I can't take this time to discuss with them their future whereabouts.

Takahashi Minami asked the rest of the team to regroup, and continued to address them: "You can stay here, it doesn't mean you are very good, it's just that you are slightly better than the people who left here just now That's all! If you want to measure it by the real standard of the special warfare battalion, your current strength can only be regarded as a passing grade at best! Don't think that you can relax if you can serve in the special warfare battalion. Let me tell you, this is just the beginning! You guys The training you will receive in the future will be more difficult and tiring than the new barracks, and the enemies you will face in the future will also be the hardest bones to crack! Tell me, are you afraid!"

"Don't be afraid!" Sun Zhen shouted hoarsely.However, his roar has been drowned out by the echoes of the crowd. Those who can stay here are basically determined people. During the previous recruit training, they also received some information about the daily life of the special warfare battalion from the instructors. Already mentally prepared.Now that Gao Qiaonan asked the question in public, it was naturally a good opportunity to show his loyalty, lest he answer slower than others, and his voice was lower than others.

Gao Qiaonan was also quite satisfied with this reaction, nodded and said: "Very good, since all brothers have such determination, from now on I will ask you according to the standard of a special warfare battalion instead of a student. Now I will give you a After an hour of rest, gather here to collect personal items and weapons and equipment. After lunch, continue training! Disband!"

Everyone agreed in unison, and after Takahashi Nan turned and left, they started discussing loudly.They were not excited about this one-hour rest time, but another sentence that Takahashi Minami said-receive personal items and weapons and equipment.

Although they have received a three-month recruit training, the personal items and equipment they have been issued during this period are not the types and models currently installed by the special operations battalion.For example, there is no troop number or rank mark on the military uniform, and it is equipped with release shoes instead of the standard leather shoes of the special operations battalion. The models that the Han Mintuan itself has phased out are quite different in structure from the breech-loading flintlock guns currently equipped by special warfare battalions.Usually the recruits watch the training of the veterans during the break time, and what they envy the most is the equipment.

For these recruits, changing clothes is undoubtedly the last step that symbolizes their formal entry into the special operations battalion.After completing this step, it can be said that there is no external difference between them and the veterans.

An hour later, the quartermaster came to the playground with several flatbed carts.The excited recruits immediately lined up in a long line according to the original establishment without saying hello.This is also one of the rules they learned during the recruit training, where more than three people must line up.

According to the list, the quartermaster approved the identities of the recruits one by one according to the identity cards on their bodies, handed in the rifles they were currently using, and distributed their personal belongings one by one.The soldiers who received the items happily signed or stamped their fingerprints on the registration book, and then rushed back to the dormitory with a bunch of items in their arms to change their clothes.

As the ace unit in the army, the personal equipment of the special warfare battalion can be called "luxury" in the entire militia system. Two sets of standard military uniforms, two sets of underwear, a rattan helmet with a lining, and training shoes made of leather , cotton socks, leather armed belts, leggings, tin lunch boxes, cowhide water bags, personal first aid kits... and a lot of things.It is worth mentioning that all these personal items bear the serial number of the special warfare battalion, and the military uniform also has a special special warfare battalion armband, which is highly recognizable.This was also Qian Tiandun's deliberate intention. He would rather spend a little more money on this than remind the soldiers of their sense of identity all the time.

Sun Zhen waited in the queue for about half an hour before finally it was his turn.Every time the veteran in charge of registration read out an item, the veteran in charge of distributing it next took it out and put it on the table in front of Sun Zhen, repeating the name of the item in his mouth.Sun Zhen couldn't wait for everything to be laid out, so he reached out to touch the collar badge on the military uniform.

After receiving his personal belongings, Sun Chen handed over the rifle he had used for three months to the veteran who recovered the gun. The other party would check whether the number on the gun was the same as that of the owner according to the previous registration form, and the check was correct. The rifle is then recovered for training with the next batch of recruits until the end of its useful life.

"Soldier Sun Zhen, this is your weapon. Please check the gun number and sign here. If you don't know how to sign, you can just press your fingerprint." The veteran put a gun wrapped in oiled paper on the table, and then put the registration form on the table. Pushing it in front of him, he pointed to the vacant signing position.

Although he knew that the iron guy was very strong, Sun Zhen still carefully peeled off the oil paper wrapped around the gun, lest he would hurt the rifle if he moved too much.He knew that the number of the Haihan rifle was engraved on the left side of the gun body, so he immediately looked through it when he got it in his hand, and he saw a row of symbols like earthworms rolling sand.Although he knew a few big characters and had received literacy courses intermittently during the three-month recruit training period, he still couldn't understand the convoluted characters and symbols used by Hai Han in the numbering. I can try my best to check whether its shape is consistent, and after confirming that it is correct, I write my name crookedly on the registration form.

Sun Zhen is not a weapon expert, and he has only come into contact with two old-style rifles of Haihan in recruit training before. From his intuitive feeling, the rifle in his hand is slightly shorter than the model he used before, but Perhaps because the caliber of the barrel is larger, the difference in weight is not obvious.Of course, he also noticed that the structure of this gun seems to be completely different from the rifle equipped before. There is some kind of movable mechanism between the end of the barrel and the body of the gun, which seems to be quite unknown but sharp. feel.

The canvas strap used on the gun body is consistent with the previous model, one end is connected to the butt and the other end is connected to the lower edge of the middle section of the barrel.The butt was made of birch, fine and firm wood, polished smooth and given a coat of varnish.Sun Zhen touched it with his fingers, and couldn't feel the slightest burr.

Due to the relatively limited size of the special warfare battalion and the fact that there is no export model of this rifle, its output is not large, and the cost is higher than that of the ordinary model equipped by the militia. Four months of military pay can be regarded as a valuable individual weapon.If this kind of weapon is sold publicly in the future, its price may be three to five times the cost, which is much more expensive than the [-]-type front-loading flintlock gun currently sold to Haihan allies.Of course, as long as Haihan is willing to sell this relatively more advanced weapon, most of the money owners are willing to spend money to buy it.After all, the partners who carry out military cooperation with Haihan are often rich and powerful, and they are not very sensitive to prices. They care more about whether they can buy them, rather than whether they are expensive or not.

"Don't touch it, take it back later and touch it slowly! You sign for these things first!"

When Sun was really immersed in the joy of getting the new weapon, the veteran who was in charge of registering and issuing the weapon coldly pulled him back from his contemplation.In addition to the rifle, it was also equipped with a set of small tools for cleaning the chamber, a matching military dagger that was one foot and two inches long and could double as a bayonet, and a small whetstone.These items are packed in exquisite leather packaging, which can be attached to the leather armed belt received earlier for easy carrying.

As for the ammunition used by the rifle, it will not be received here.In order to prevent accidents, soldiers can only receive calculated and rationed ammunition during live ammunition training or when performing combat missions.

"Brother, can you hurry up!" The people in the queue behind couldn't wait to urge Sun Zhen, just like he had urged the people in front of him before.After all, it is really uncomfortable to watch others play with new weapons.

(End of this chapter)