War Military: From 1978

Chapter 41: The Teeth-Wrenching "Sandwich!"

The cool breeze blows, and the moonlight in the sky is unusually bright on nights after the rain.

When Chu An and others returned to the dormitory from the auditorium, the lights in the dormitory had been turned off.

"Come on, have a sandwich, and then you can go to bed!"

In the dormitory, after Lao Wang came back, he sat directly on his bed.

Chu An and others stood politely in front of their beds.

However, when they heard what he said, everyone was stunned.

sandwich?
In this era, people from rural areas have never heard of this term.

Although Chu An knew it, he was very surprised.

Although he did feel a little hungry, where could he eat this so late at night?

What's more, this was 1978, not 2008. Where did Lao Wang get this thing?

"Sergeant, what is a sandwich?" Li Guoping couldn't help but asked Lao Wang with the help of the moonlight coming in from the window.

then
The next second, Lao Wang just glanced at him and said, "Fifty push-ups! Remember to report before you speak next time!"

"." Li Guoping wanted to slap himself in the mouth.

Stop talking so much. Now you have to do push-ups.

"Yes!" Although helpless, Li Guoping still climbed down obediently.

In fact, just before this, although the squad leader and the recruiting officer had said that everyone had to report what they said, they did not really care about it.

But now, seeing Li Guoping doing push-ups because of this, everyone immediately understood.

Training has started, and the situation is different from before.

For a moment, the dormitory fell silent.

Although everyone was still curious about what a sandwich was, no one else dared to ask since Lao Wang didn't speak.

Old Wang didn't speak again until Li Guoping finished fifty push-ups.

"Sandwich is a term coined by our C Regiment's Chief of Staff. Before going to bed, new recruits should do 100 push-ups, 100 squats, and 100 sit-ups. This trifecta is meant to show our resolve!"

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Now, Chu An didn’t know what others were thinking, but he was speechless.

What a great "Sanmingzhi", quite annoying!

"What are you dawdling about? Don't you want to sleep?" Lao Wang spoke again.

Immediately, the recruits began to lie down one by one.

At this moment, the person who may be feeling the most bitter is Li Guoping.

I just stood up after doing fifty push-ups!

Although his physical fitness is not bad, his hands are still a little sore after doing fifty push-ups.

Now, we have to continue and increase the dosage.

At this moment, he was a little envious of the three new recruits who were sent back to continue writing self-criticisms as soon as they arrived at the dormitory building.

At least they are now spared this "Sanmingzhi" meal!

"One, two." In the dormitory, heavy breathing sounds continued to appear along with the counting of each other.

Chu An silently did a hundred push-ups and then started squats.

Although he remembered that he had not finished the 100 push-ups, he would not remind Lao Wang that he still owed money.

After a few minutes, those who had finished push-ups and squats each lay on the bed and did sit-ups.

One hundred, for someone who had just finished one hundred push-ups and squats, it was still very challenging. Anyway, after Chu An finished, he just collapsed on the bed.

"Li Guoping, do you think I'm deaf or are you bullying me because I only have an elementary school education? Does sixty-nine mean eighty?"

Suddenly, Lao Wang's scolding voice was heard in the dormitory.

Chu An lay down and turned his head
"I report to the squad leader, I counted wrong!" Li Guoping's voice was a little breathless, but he still hurriedly explained, and then squatted again and continued from seventy.

Yes, he still squats.

Not only him, there were three or four other people in the class who were still doing squats after Chu An completed the Sanmingzhi.

"Chu An!" Suddenly, Lao Wang looked at Chu An lying on the bed.

"Here!" Subconsciously, Chu An sat up quickly.

"Take this!" Something was thrown over.

Chu An hurriedly reached out to catch it.

"Ok?"

The next second, Chu An was stunned, because what he got was a watch, and Chu An recognized this watch.

I took it off Qiu Wei's hand during the inspection this afternoon.

Lao Wang said at the time that the watch could not be worn during the recruit training period, and he would keep it until the end of the recruit training period and then give it to him.

I don’t want him to throw it to me now!
"Monitor?"

Chu An looked at Lao Wang.

"As the deputy monitor, it will be your job to wake everyone up and make the quilts at five in the morning!"

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At this moment, Chu An wanted to throw the watch back to him.

Damn, waking everyone up at five in the morning, what kind of a task is this?

Whether he can get up or not is a big problem!

"Report! Squad leader, I'm worried about oversleeping!" Chu An finally spoke a little embarrassedly.

He had to tell her, he was very worried about waking up tomorrow morning and sleeping straight through until the wake-up call!
"I'll deduct two points from you for each oversleeping, for a total of ten points. Once all the points are deducted, I'll revoke your appointment as vice-class monitor!"

"." Chu An was speechless again, but after being speechless, he could only bite the bullet and reply: "Yes!"

"Put your watch under your pillow and put it in the cabinet after you get up. Don't wear it during the day!"

"Yes!"

Chu An responded again, and then looked at the watch in his hand again.

Very new, looks like it was newly bought.

I have to say that Qiu Wei's family must really have some money.

The pistol he carried before was not cheap, and so was this watch.

As far as I can remember, young people these days seem to be very fond of this thing.

City people even list this thing as one of the "three turns and one ring" essential items for a wedding.

What's more, there are a few people in the village who have this thing. Every day when they ride a bicycle, they will habitually roll up their sleeves to show their watches.
Time passed slowly. When all nine recruits in Class 4 had finished eating Sanmingzhi, Chu An looked at his watch. It was already 10:24.

He was very sleepy, so after everyone in the dormitory finished eating Sanmingzhi and quieted down, he quickly fell asleep as well. He didn't even know when Lao Wang went out to call Xu Ji'an and the other two back.

"Have you checked the shop?"

In the quiet camp, a soft voice suddenly sounded from the side of the two dormitory buildings.

It can be seen that at this moment, on the stone bench under the tree where Lao Wang and Squad Leader Liu had sat before, there is still someone feeding mosquitoes.

"No, I was just about to leave when you came over!" Captain Tong smiled at the person who came.

"Okay, then go check it out. After you're done, go get some sleep. I'll be on guard for a while!"

"Okay!" Captain Tong stood up immediately.

In the recruit company, the new recruits may not be able to adapt to the transition from civilians to soldiers.

But for veterans, especially cadres, it is actually very hard.

For example, now, several company and platoon-level cadres have to take turns to keep watch.

I'm worried that someone won't be able to bear the sudden change in life and pressure and will desert in the middle of the night.

There is no way. Although everyone is very enthusiastic about joining the army these days, even in rural areas, people are scrambling to join the army.

But there are always people in every era who are not keen on joining the army but are forced to join the military by their families.

In particular, some of them had never suffered any hardship before. Now they came to the army and faced this high-pressure and harsh life. It was not uncommon for them to run away on impulse.

Therefore, in order to prevent any problems before they occur, it has become a rule that company cadres and platoon leaders on duty take turns to keep watch and check the barns and sentries during the first few days of training for new recruits.

(End of this chapter)