War Military: From 1978

Chapter 31 The scoundrel in the class!
The dusk was as dark as ink. Not long ago, the setting sun was as red as blood, but now there were lightning and thunder, and heavy rain was pouring down.

This was just like the mood of the three new recruits in Class 4 who were asked by their squad leader to write a letter of apology.

They were relieved to hear that just 100 push-ups would be enough, but they didn't expect that after they stood up, they would have to write an apology letter.

These days, people’s cultural level is generally not high, and even fewer people love reading.

Three thousand words!

Now the three of them are trembling with fear just thinking about it.

However, no matter what they thought, there was laughter and joy in the company office.

"Haha, there's a kid in my class who doesn't want to admit it. He thinks I'm really blind!"

"There's a guy in my class who tried to cheat, and I made him write a 5,000-word self-criticism. Now he must be cursing me in his heart!"

"Hehe, they really think it's an accident. Forget it, let's not talk about this. Captain Steak, you've picked up some good seedlings this time, and more than one. It's true that the one who strikes first has the upper hand. You have to treat us!" In the office, a squad leader looked at the platoon leader with a smile.

Immediately, the other squad leaders quickly echoed and all directed their criticism at the platoon leader.

"Yes, Platoon Leader, these are all excellent soldiers you selected! Look at how fast they ran today. The first and second place finishers in our company are both from your class. You got a great deal, you must treat us!"

"Come on, have a cigarette each, don't be picky!" The squad leader was also smiling and took out a pack of Chuncheng.

"I can't afford a treat. I only make fifteen yuan a month, so I don't have enough money for this. But if you see my company commander later, go find him. He's an officer and gets a salary!"

There are benefits to coming to the boot camp to train new recruits.

For example, when the recruit company ends, the squad leader of each class can give priority to taking a recruit from his own class back to his own company.

No unit can have too many good soldiers.

Even if it is a Class B unit, it will also participate in various military competitions organized by its superiors.

"Hey, aren't you talking nonsense?
"It's better for Captain Tong and the instructor to go look for them. Let's go find them. It's better for you, Captain, to ask us for the ammunition!" An old soldier laughed.

The platoon leader's old company was the gun company.

This is the organization only for Class B troops.

In Type A troops, a regiment should have a mortar company, a recoilless gun company and an anti-aircraft machine gun company.

But in Type B troops, these three companies were merged into one artillery company.

"Haha!" Immediately, the platoon leader also burst into laughter.

"Okay, stop joking. Come, sit down. Let's have a brief meeting, and then you can go back as soon as possible!" Ge Bing walked towards the long table on the side with a smile on his face and a cigarette in his hand.

At this moment, he was completely different from the person he was on the playground before.

And it's not just him, Tong Lianzhong is the same.

Holding a cigarette, smiling, he looked relaxed and happy.

As for the dark face from before, there was no trace of it left.

"Fifty. Fifty-one"

In the dormitory of Class 4, Chu An and other recruits were unaware of the situation in the company office.

Right now, Xu Ji'an and the other two were still doing push-ups, while most of the others were sitting on the floor leaning against the edge of the bed.

Lao Wang didn't allow the new recruits to lie in bed, although they didn't know why.

But there are three guys in front of us who are being punished.

At this time, no one dared to disobey Lao Wang's orders.

"Deputy class leader, can I take a break?"

Suddenly, Xu Ji'an, who was moving slower and slower, stopped.

He leaned on the ground, looked up at Chu An and gasped.

This guy has a very poor physique, Chu An noticed it when he was running before.

This was the first person in Class 4 to be surrounded by the main force.

Chu An glanced at the door, then nodded and said, "Okay, but you are not allowed to get up!"

"Hehe, I... I understand!" The guy just laughed, and the next second, he didn't get up, but he fell directly to the ground.

Chu An was completely speechless.

Looking at him, she whispered, "When I told you to rest, I meant to hold on and rest, not to lie down!"

Chu An doesn't have the temper of a new official who rushes to make changes.

He knew very well that he was also a new recruit. Even though he was now the squad leader, he could not ruin his relationship with his comrades in the class or even be excluded by them.

So when this guy was doing push-ups just now, his movements were not standard at all. He just bent his waist and raised his buttocks, and he didn't say anything!
But now, this guy is going a bit too far!

"A moment, a moment, deputy squad leader, I'll just lie down for a while and get up after I catch my breath!" Xu Ji'an turned his head and spoke hurriedly.

"No, the squad leader will be back at any time, please don't make things difficult for me!" Chu An's face fell, and he glanced at the door while speaking.

To be honest, Chu An now wants to go up and kick this guy.

You are taking advantage of me and are really pushing me to the limit!
"How can a meeting end so quickly!" The guy looked back at the door, obviously feeling guilty.

But no matter how much he looked, he refused to get up and continued to lie on the ground.

Compared to him, the two next to him are just good kids.

One of them also stopped, but just held on to rest, while the other one didn't stop at all, and continued to do push-ups while counting.

"Get up! If you keep doing this, don't blame me for reporting you to the squad leader!"

"Hey, don't! Just get up!"

When Xu Ji'an heard Chu An's words, he immediately shouted.

After getting up reluctantly, he didn't continue doing push-ups. He just turned his head and looked at Chu An and said, "Deputy monitor, why don't we just forget about it? When the monitor comes back, you can just say we're done!"

After saying that, he looked at Chu An without saying anything, and immediately spoke again: "Actually, you don't have to be too serious. Really, we are just a Class B unit. The training is only stricter when we are in the recruit company now. After the recruit company is over, we may not be able to train a few times a month. By then, many rules will be meaningless.

Besides, I'll be frank, I'm going to serve in the military for three years, and when I'm discharged I'll go home and work in the factory!"

After hearing these words, everyone in the class looked directly at him.

He had obviously noticed everyone's gazes, and he immediately said with a smug smile, "Don't you know? We conscripts with urban household registration can be arranged for jobs after we are discharged!"

"I know, it's really unfair!" The recruit next to him who had been doing push-ups non-stop also stopped at this moment, looked over and said this in a muffled voice.

"Yeah! We may not be able to change our agricultural status to non-agricultural status even if we go through so much trouble, but it's easy for you people with urban household registration!" Li Guoping was also a little jealous.

"Farmer-to-non-farmer" is a very popular term in this era, and it is also the dream of the vast majority of young people in rural areas in this era.

The reason is very simple. These days, people stay in the countryside with their backs to the earth and their faces to the sky. They go to work at dawn and return home at dusk, but despite the hard work, it is difficult for their family to even have enough food and clothing.

In contrast, in the city, as long as one has an urban household registration, there are obvious differences between them and the rural areas in terms of food supply, distribution of non-staple food, employment, housing allocation and even children's schooling.

Therefore, most young people want to become city dwellers, that is, to change their rural household registration to urban household registration.

But it’s difficult to do this in this day and age.

Currently, there are only two ways for young people in rural areas to switch from farming to non-farming.

One is to take the entrance exam and get into a college or technical secondary school.

The second is to join the army and be promoted to a cadre.

There are only these two ways.

Of course, Chu An now knows one more thing.

That means participating in the war and making meritorious contributions next year.

But they certainly haven't thought of this path now. After all, there is no war in the flower-growing country these days.

Without war, where can we make military achievements?

"Okay, stop talking about these nonsense, just take a break and keep working, and don't miss a hundred.

As for asking me to lie for you, I can't do it. If you really don't want to do it, wait until the squad leader comes back and talk to him yourself!"

(End of this chapter)