War Military: From 1978

Chapter 16: Inspecting the troops and my impression of Chu An!
"Lin Ping!"

"To!"

Tong Lianzhong suddenly called out the name.

A new recruit in Chu An's team responded loudly.

The next second, Tong Lianzhong called out another name.

Afterwards, after both of them responded, he said, "Pick up your luggage and follow Staff Officer Li!"

At that moment, one of the three people who had been waiting here stepped forward and said, "Come to me!"

While these two were confused, other recruiting officers also called out their names.

Some ordered one, some ordered two, and the most ordered four.

Because the number of new recruits brought back by the recruiting officer was obviously very large, at least more than fifty people.

"Alright, Battalion Commander, Instructor, I'll take them away first!"

The staff officer surnamed Li turned around and saluted the two people who had been waiting with him.

Because of his words, all the recruits who heard his voice turned their attention to the two cadres.

battalion commander?

Instructor?
Chu An was also stunned.

Is this the future battalion commander and instructor of the recruit camp for him and others?
In just a moment, the staff officer named Li left with the dozen or so new recruits who had just been called out.

Then, the officer called battalion commander by Staff Officer Li walked towards the flagpole on the side.

"Hello, comrades!"

"Hello, Chief!"

The new recruits have already received some training, so when the battalion commander called out, the new recruits responded enthusiastically in unison.

"My name is Qi Ning, and I'll be your battalion commander for the next three months!" The battalion commander first introduced himself, then he shouted again: "First of all, on behalf of our C Regiment, I warmly welcome all of you aspiring young people to join our team!"

"Papa~"

He was the first to applaud, and Chu An and other recruits also started to applaud.

After the applause died down, he spoke again: "Secondly, I'm sorry, many of you have been in our army for three days, but I didn't officially meet you until today!"

He had a slight smile on his face, but Chu An couldn't see the sincerity of his apology at all.

Of course, he understands the polite words.

"Our regiment is a unit with fine traditions. Although it was established after the founding of the People's Republic of China,

The battalion commander named Qi Ning stood on the stage and spoke eloquently for more than twenty minutes. At the end of his speech, Chu An almost felt sleepy.

He talked about the glorious history of Regiment C, but it turned out that most of this glorious history was about helping various places with production and construction.

Really, Chu An rolled his eyes and paid attention to the reaction of the new recruit next to him.

He felt that there was no need for him to say these words.

As a Class B unit, even if it was established relatively late, it really doesn't have any outstanding achievements or history, so there's no need to talk about these things, right?
Soldiers are the sharp sword of the country, at least on the surface they are the country's violent machine.

Even if not all the new recruits present here are planning to join the army to fight and make meritorious service, the young people are definitely very passionate about the army.

But what he said now, how could there be any passion in it?

Building roads today, digging reservoirs tomorrow, and helping fellow villagers harvest crops the day after tomorrow, what is the difference between these and working in the rural collective to earn a cent?

Especially since everyone knows that Yue is not honest now, in this situation, if you say that our army does this every day, won’t this make the new recruits wonder whether they can do it when our army really has to go to war with Yue?

Fortunately, he finally finished after speaking for more than twenty minutes.

Then the instructor also came on stage.

After introducing himself, everyone knew that his surname was Cui. Then, his speech was surprisingly brief, beyond the expectations of Chu An and others.

He just told everyone that as a soldier, they must be loyal to the Party and patriotic. He didn't talk about any big principles, and he didn't speak for too long.

The speech ended in about a minute.

This instantly made Chu An feel favorable towards the instructor.

"The appointment is now announced!"

The instructor took out a folder and opened it: "Tong Lianzhong!"

"To!"

Tong Lianzhong in front of Chu An and others responded loudly.

"Order Tong Lianzhong as the company commander of the first company of new recruits!"

"Yes!" Tong Lianzhong saluted.

Then, the instructor called the roll again. "Xia Jianxian!"

"To!"

A recruiting officer at the front of a line of new recruits not far away stepped forward to respond.

"Order Xia Jianxian as the company commander of the second company of new recruits!"

"Yes!"

"Now let's take a roll call, squad leader of company one!"

"To!"

An old soldier squad leader in front of the queue next to Chu An responded, and then the squad leader walked directly to the queue in front of him.

At the same time, Chu An and others were also looking over there.

To be honest, Chu An was a little surprised that there were only two companies of recruits in a recruit camp.

After all, according to traditional concepts, the organization of our army seems to be a three-three system.

But now that everyone is gathered here, looking at the approximate number of people, it’s not surprising that there are only two companies.

There should be just over 200 people.

There is no need for three companies!

"You...you...get out of line!"

On the side, Chu An turned his head and saw that the squad leader who was called came to the front of their queue and directly called out two soldiers.

It was obvious that these two soldiers were the best in their group.

His skin was charred black and his body was very strong. Although he was a bit short, he was probably only about 1.65 meters tall.

But his facial muscles are very distinct, and he looks like a ruthless man.

Soon, after counting the two soldiers, the squad leader came to the front of Chu An and his team.

Compared with the new recruits they had taken in, Chu An and the others, it was obvious that he didn't understand the situation at all.

Chu An is actually standing in the first row now, and because Chu An is of good height, about 1.75 meters, he stands directly in the second seat in the first row.

It was a little sudden that the squad leader passed by the recruit who was taller than Chu An at the front of the row and stopped in front of Chu An.

Face to face with Chu An.

"You are quite thin, but you eat a lot. What did you do at home before?" The squad leader asked with a serious face.

Everyone ate together, and the fact that Chu An could eat was obviously noticed by the other squad leaders.

"Report to the squad leader, I didn't do anything at home!"

Chu An replied in a low voice.

Mainly because of guilty conscience!

This is clearly a lie.

In his original life, he was a proper countryman. Although he had been attending school all the time, he also helped with housework on weekends and after school.

I cultivate my private plot, feed the pigs, cook, and do everything.

But Squad Leader Wang just confronted him yesterday.

You have to save face when someone gives you face. What's more, although Squad Leader Wang was a little bit of a swindler, Chu An actually had a pretty good impression of him.

Although foot washing and meal serving were only provided on the first night of arrival, there was no such treatment the next day.

But just because he said that after the class was divided, he could become the deputy monitor with his ability to fold quilts, I had to stay!
He was not familiar with the other veterans, so he had no idea what the conditions were for selecting the deputy squad leader after that.

Looking at the squad leader in front of me, I was wondering what else he would ask and how I would answer.

However, the squad leader continued walking directly to the right.

en Obviously, he ignored Chu An.

His impression of Chu An was that he could eat.

Ordinary people think that if you can eat, you have physical strength, but Chu An actually said that he can do nothing.

And now when he spoke, he sounded timid and lacked confidence.

A timid glutton who can still eat!

This is his current impression of Chu An.

Naturally, he would not even consider this kind of soldier.

(End of this chapter)