Military career: Starting with a recruitment letter

Chapter 110 A new journey begins here

The bathroom was very small, only about a dozen square meters in total. Yet, seven or eight people were squatting in such a small space.

Crowded, confused, tense, and cautious are the feelings this place exudes.

Chen Mo stood at the door, smacked his lips, and didn't know what to say for a moment.

Fortunately, the two of them should have arrived early and the clothes were almost washed. Seeing that they were acquaintances, they rubbed the clothes clean in no time.

He ran out of the bathroom carrying the basin.

"The clothes drying yard is over there."

Chen Mo pointed to an open space on the left side of the dormitory building. He had been to this place before and was quite familiar with it.

The two of them didn't waste any time. They quickly picked up the washed clothes and ran towards the direction Chen Mo pointed, putting the clothes in order one by one.

After Yang Dali finished his work, he wiped the water droplets on his hands on his clothes, then sat down behind the clothes rack, rubbed his face and said with a wry smile: "Deputy squad leader, how long have we been assigned to the company?"

"Less than three hours."

Chen Mo looked up and thought about it. This was the time when he came to the reconnaissance company, not the time when Yang Dali came.

"Only three hours." Yang Dali frowned, pressed his hands to the ground, half leaned back, and sighed: "Why do I feel like I've been offline for a long time?"

"You know, squad leader, I always thought that being assigned to a company meant I had completed my training, passed the assessment, and could truly become a veteran."

"It turned out to be fake. We're the only two newcomers in Class 3. The hunches on the shoulders of those veterans really make me panic."

"I feel like I have to greet everyone I meet. No matter if I walk in a straight line or around a corner, I feel like people are staring at me everywhere."

"Now I realize that the recruit company is still the best. I don't know if Feng Junling, the damn guy, and Zhu Gaituan and the others are the same as me."

"They are all about the same." Chen Mo understood Yang Dali's thoughts at this time.

He also sat on the ground, took out a cigarette from his pocket, and gave one to each of the two men. Liang Hongjie knew that the three of them were classmates, so he simply sat more than ten meters away and didn't come over here.

Chen Mo helped the two of them light their cigarettes, and no one said anything.

I watched them move around like thieves, stealing glances. Occasionally, an old soldier passed by.

He noticed a large amount of smoke coming out from behind the clothes rack, so he came over to take a look. When he saw Chen Mo there, he turned around and left without saying anything.

When encountering such a situation, both of them would hide the cigarettes first.

It seems to be out of tune with the environment here.

Chen Mo just accompanied him, he neither reminded nor advised.

Because he knew that persuasion was useless at this time.

After new recruits join a company, they always have to go through a period of feeling uneasy. When they suddenly face so many veterans, especially when they live in a dormitory with a room full of veterans, anyone would be nervous.

They feel inexplicably nervous and worried about doing something wrong. Even if veterans come with good intentions, the new recruits will stammer, dodge around, and wish to take a detour.

After finally adapting to the recruit company, I felt caught off guard by the new environment.

This is exactly the same as Chen Mo's previous life.

But there is a solution, or rather, Chen Mo knows how to alleviate this situation.

Wait until both of them finish their cigarettes.

Chen Mocai stood up, dusted off his pants, and said with a smile: "Before you two joined the company, you kept clamoring to be scouts, and this time you really joined the scout company."

"Do you know what a scout is?"

Hear the words.

The two of them shook their heads in unison. How the hell would they know that?

No one in the recruit company talks about it. We only know that scouts are awesome, but we can’t really say what makes them awesome.

"Come on, I'll show you what a scout is."

Chen Mo reached out and pulled the two men up.

After saying hello to Liang Hongjie, he led the two of them straight to the company's artillery range.

Many new recruits have only seen what guns look like, and have only seen various tanks a few times from afar through the military camp gate during the New Year's combat readiness.

The three of them arrived at the entrance of the artillery field and happened to meet Wang Yingjie, the former deputy squad leader of the seventh squad of the recruit company, who was on duty there.

Suddenly, seeing three people from Class 8 coming over together, Wang Yingjie said with a smile: "What are you doing, scholar? You can't just barge in here. It's not the time yet."

“Hello, squad leader!!”

Chen Mo stood at attention and shouted loudly, then pointed at the armored vehicle inside: "Squad leader, we won't move around, just come over and take a look."

"Okay, it's almost time to eat, hold on tight and don't touch me."

"Yes!!"

Chen Mo agreed and continued to push the two confused people into the artillery field.

Directly in front of them, in a long shed built with colored steel tiles, a row of army green behemoths lay quietly on the ground.

There are sixteen vehicles in total, and each one has a black heavy machine gun mounted on top. The cold metallic light, reflected by the sunlight, looks like a sleeping beast.

Yang Dali and Li Zhiang were completely stunned. The weapon they had most contact with was the Type 81 rifle, and they had never seen such a large tank.

It was the first time I saw such a huge creature, especially seeing so many of them at once. The shock was indescribable.

"Do you know what this is?" Chen Mo asked with a smile while standing aside.

Without waiting for a response from either of them, he continued, "This is the Type 63 armored personnel carrier. It's the equipment of the reconnaissance company, and it's a combat vehicle we'll all be dealing with in the future."

"Scouts are the soldiers who charge at the front and provide coordinates for artillery and aviation."

"Once there is a war, we will be the soldiers on the front lines. The recruit company is not our end, but our starting point."

"In fact, the military is not as difficult as we think, and veterans are not as difficult to get along with as we think. Don't be overly cautious and put yourself in an unfavorable position."

"If you don't have the confidence to do things, don't dare to speak loudly, and don't feel bold enough to do anything, you will fall into a state of constant tension and retreat."

"Being in the company is nothing. Show a positive attitude and stop saying bullshit about this and that."

"Remember, the first step to becoming a scout is to eat your own food, work your own sweat, and do your own work. Relying on heaven, earth, and ancestors is not what a hero is."

"It's just that there are a few people in your class who joined the army earlier than you. You are also scouts, but you don't know how to do it yet. You are not stupid."

"What are you afraid of?"

Chen Mo pushed the two of them closer, allowing them to observe the tank more directly. "Do you know why I worked so hard in the recruit company? Because I told myself every day to learn more and learn better. Only by striving for excellence can we go to the battlefield."

Chen Mo spoke with great force and sincerity.

But these words were not entirely spoken to Yang Dali and Li Zhiang, as they were now in the next company.

Chen Mo’s goal has never been to be a clerk.

It's not that he really wants to live a peaceful life in the reconnaissance company, staying there for a year and waiting for the company to recommend him for promotion.

It is impossible to acquire sufficient qualifications and grow yourself in a short period of time by following a step-by-step promotion.

He needs to constantly improve his qualifications, keep improving them, but he still has no idea how to deal with Chen Mo.

But it doesn't matter, he has enough time to think about it now.

Taking the military entrance exam is one option, and Liang Hongjie can help, but it is definitely not the best option.

Chen Mo wanted to use his experience from his previous life to see if he could build this bridge before the political commissar left.

Yang Dali and the other two certainly couldn't understand his thoughts.

However, the effect is still quite good.

Maybe it was the tank, which was very attractive to men. Lao Yang clenched his fists and stared at the tank with a determined look as if he was about to take the oath to join the party.

It’s a pity that before he could make a few bold statements to give himself courage.

outside.

Suddenly there was a beeping whistle.

Are we gathering?

Yang Dali, who had just been full of enthusiasm and determined to do something great, was now visibly panicked.

"Damn it, it's time to gather, and my basin is still there hanging the clothes."

"Hurry up, hurry up, don't let anyone take it away from me."

The two men turned around and ran in panic, and disappeared in a flash.

Chen Mo was left alone standing in the artillery field, looking around and quickly leaving.

He was not sure how much effect his words had had, but young people of eighteen or nineteen could easily adapt to a new environment.

As long as you have goals, aspirations, and know what you should do, other things should not be a problem.

It's almost noon, and the whistle just now should be the notification for lunch.

Chen Mo simply went straight to the cafeteria.

From the overall construction point of view, the canteen of the reconnaissance company is much better than that of the Taocun Recruit Company No. 2.

The exterior walls were painted white, and the layout was also that of a one-story bungalow, but at least there would be no drafts everywhere, and there was no need to use thick curtains at the door to block the wind.

When Chen Mo ran to the cafeteria, the sixteen squads of the reconnaissance company were marching in neat steps and lined up on the open space.

The sound of footsteps on the spot and the neat formation of troops are a kind of momentum that you can't find in the recruit company.

Since the artillery field was a bit far from the dormitory, Yang Dali and Li Zhiang must have run halfway back and then followed the team here.

Two people each held a small yellow basin. In a hurry, they couldn't find where the third shift was, so they followed the team and mixed into the queue.

Chen Mo looked around and it seemed that it was not appropriate for him to stand in a queue, so he also joined the queue.

But the people came in, but they couldn't keep up with the reconnaissance company's pre-dinner song.

The veterans don't need the duty officer to take the lead. As long as the company commander or instructor is not watching, they will basically start yelling as soon as everyone is gathered.

"We are the people's scouts, climbing high mountains and crossing dangerous peaks;"

"A steel knife plunges into the enemy's heart, deep into the tiger's den to understand the enemy's situation;"

"Hey Hey."

The singing was louder and louder, in unison.

Chen Mo had heard of the "Song of the Reconnaissance Company" after all, so he could probably understand it by following behind the team.

The other recruits can't do that, they can only keep up with this "hehe".

He only lip-synced, not followed the lyrics, and waited until the pre-dinner song was over before the company commander Cheng Dong walked to the front of the queue.

Unlike when he was in the recruit company before, Cheng Dong was obviously much more serious at this time.

He swept his fierce eyes across the ranks, and after a moment, he said in a thunderous voice: "Comrades, today is a good day for our reconnaissance company."

"First, we have eighteen new comrades joining our company. Second, today is also the last day of the New Year, the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month."

"Noodles, the comrades in the kitchen are ready."

"The dumplings are ready for everyone."

"I just want to ask, comrades, do you want to eat?"

"think!!"

In the queue, the voices were loud and the momentum was high.

"very good."

Cheng Dong took two steps forward and said, "Eat if you want, but I have a few words to remind you, comrades, especially the new comrades, remember, there is no enemy that our reconnaissance company cannot defeat."

"I hope you will not forget your battle oath, gather your tiger spirit, cultivate your tiger courage, be loyal and skilled in martial arts, and be ready to win the battle."

"Your future, your new journey, will begin here."

"Understand?"

"clear!!"

The ceremony to welcome new comrades was simple yet solemn.

Yeah, step into the reconnaissance company.

A new journey begins here.

(End of this chapter)