Military career: Starting with a recruitment letter

Chapter 115: A Small Turbulence at Night, Why Does the Veteran Bother to Make Things Difficult for the Veteran
After so many years in the army, I have always heard that people think the training is not enough and need to train more.

This is the first time I've encountered someone not allowing me to go to the training ground.

The old soldier who was on duty secretly might have felt that it was embarrassing to stop a new recruit in this way.

Seeing that he was silent, one of them took out cigarettes and matches from his pocket, put his arm around Chen Mo's shoulder and stuffed them into his pocket, and said in a low voice: "Scholar, take these cigarettes and smoke them."

"I'm from Class 4. When you enter the Class 4 dormitory, look for the fourth cabinet from the right on the top left. Open the cabinet door. There are a few story books and magazines inside. Feel free to take a look."

"Let me make a deal. You don't have to come to watch the training for the next few days. After the competition is over, I'll teach you how to dig trenches, okay?"

"Go back, it would be nice to have some rest."

The two men coaxed and deceived Chen Mo to leave the artillery field, and kept watching him until he was completely away from the area where the veterans were training.

There's nothing we can do except stop it.

If a new recruit can keep up with the training of the veteran, no matter what the results are, in the eyes of the company commander, it is still considered that the training is too light.

Cheng Dong is diligent and watches the training every day. If Xiucai sees a subject that he is interested in, he will go up and practice for a while.

If the company commander saw us, I'm afraid the reconnaissance company would be in trouble.

The main reason is that the visual impact is too obvious.

Many veterans believe that new recruits can only do things like weeding, washing clothes, and housekeeping.

This person who suddenly pulled out the weeds stood up and ran to the training ground, played through all the subjects, and was able to keep up with the pace of the veterans.

It would be strange if the company commander could think positively.

Chen Mo seemed quite innocent. He felt the half-filled pack of cigarettes in his pocket that he had "bribed" him.

Decided not to make things worse for now.

After all, why should veterans make things difficult for veterans?

He walked to the door of the study room and met Liang Hongjie coming out with a notebook in his hand.

Lao Liang looked at Chen Mo in surprise: "Xiucai, didn't you say you wanted to watch the training? Can't you find the place?"

"It's not that I didn't find the place, it's that I didn't get in at all." Chen Mo shook his head and recounted what had just happened.

Liang Hongjie was stunned when he heard this. Although he was the platoon leader of the fourth platoon, he also served as a clerk and mechanic, and his main focus was on clerical work.

The platoon leader's job is the same whether he is there or not.

Liang Hongjie couldn't help with the training. He was still thinking about watching Xiucai train and following him to slowly adapt.

This is the whole thing.

"Forget it, let them handle the competition first. But after the competition is over, you might be in trouble."

Liang Hongjie took out a pen from his pocket, shook the ink, and said, "Since you have nothing to do, come with me to the Kuchi outlet to buy some ink."

"I'm out of ink. I need to buy some soap and a deck of cards. There are three of us in the dormitory now. We can't always use Captain Hou's cards."

It was okay, so Chen Mo simply nodded.

In fact, ink and soap can be obtained from the quartermaster, but judging from Liang Pai's behavior, he probably doesn't like dealing with those old soldiers on trivial matters.

Just go.

Chen Mo knew where the sales outlet in Kuchi Village was. He often passed by the door before the New Year. Kuchi Village was five or six kilometers away from Taocun Town.

This sales outlet is dedicated to serving military camps and villages.

Generally speaking, it will close after 9 o'clock late roll call.

The two of them strolled out of the reconnaissance company. People say that the moon is full on the fifteenth day of the lunar month.

But I don’t know what happened tonight. It was dark outside the camp, with no moonlight and no stars.

Fortunately, the sales point is not far away, only about 200 meters away from the camp.

It was a farmer's house with a window on the wall.

Liang Hongjie stood in front buying ink and poker, while Chen Mo stood behind waiting.

This thing has been bought and the money has been paid.

As the two were about to leave, the fellow who was selling things suddenly stretched his head and pointed to the corner of the house and said with a smile: "Comrade, look, we are about to close."

"You three bikes parked here, please ride back. Leave them here around six o'clock and say hello to me so I can watch over them. No one has been here yet."

"Car? What car?" Liang Hongjie stuffed the things into his pocket and asked with a puzzled look on his face.

"It's in the aisle. Comrades wearing the same clothes as you parked there. You can ride it."

The boss enthusiastically pointed the direction again.

Because it was too dark.

Chen Mo walked all the way into the aisle before he saw three large-frame bicycles parked side by side.

There were indeed bicycles at the entrance of the reconnaissance company, Chen Mo knew that some were distributed by the troops in previous years, and some were broken bicycles that veterans bought from nearby villagers and repaired for their own use.

But who would park the car here?
The company is currently in training, so it’s impossible for the new recruits to have this thing.

"Platoon leader, is this our car?"

"I don't know." Liang Hongjie squatted down and took a closer look at the bike. "Who cares? I guess someone took advantage of a break in training to secretly ride it out to buy something and forgot about it."

"Let's go, let's ride back to the company gate."

"alright."

Since the platoon leader said so, what else could Chen Mo say?

There were three bicycles in total. Chen Mo was a pretty good rider. He rode one and pushed one with his right hand. The two of them returned to the camp leisurely.

There was a reconnaissance company stationed near Kuchi Village. The locals said that it was comrades wearing the same clothes as them who parked their car there.

So, the two of them didn't take it seriously. They took the ink, soap and other things they bought and returned to the clerical office to continue organizing the documents.

3:2 pm on March nd.

That is, about forty minutes after Chen Mo returned to the company, he was in a small alley at the Kuchi sales outlet.

A second-class non-commissioned officer came strolling over with five people.

The six people lowered their heads and looked exhausted as they prepared to push the cart. When they stared hard to find the cart, they found that the cart they had parked in the corner was gone.

The leading second-class sergeant's face turned pale with anger. Since they were in the village, he didn't dare to shout loudly, so he could only lower his voice and roar: "Fuck, where's the car?"

"Aren't you guys on duty nearby? You didn't catch anyone, and your car got stolen?"

These six people are not soldiers from the reconnaissance company, they are all from the military affairs department.

Today, the new recruits just joined the company. When Section Chief Wang Fuqi was working in the unit, he accidentally heard a private on a business trip humming while working in the brigade: Two little turtles, wearing white helmets.

That guy made the section chief angry.

A new target was issued that day, requiring each police squad to correct ten people every day before the end of the month.

Li Tao is the squad leader of the police duty squad. The area he is responsible for includes the anti-aircraft artillery battalion, the training brigade, the motor vehicle company stationed in Tao Village, and the reconnaissance company of Kuchi Village.

Correcting ten people every day was like the sky was falling for Li Tao.

There's nothing we can do. The 7th Armored Brigade is an old unit, and each company has countless veterans. These guys don't even pay attention to the people on duty.

Not to mention the artillery, it’s a little better.

As for the driver training brigade and the motor vehicle company, in the 1990s, no matter where drivers were placed, they were considered high-level professions. If they were involved in this, the patrol work could not be carried out at all.

Not to mention the reconnaissance company, they couldn't even get into the unit and were stopped at the door.

Li Tao went to the section chief to complain, and Wang Fuqi only said one sentence.

The indicators are here, and how to complete the task is what your police squad should worry about.

It is not necessary to wear a white helmet when on duty, you can also wear camouflage uniforms.

There's nothing we can do, the section chief has said so.

Li Tao didn't even drive the military affairs department's car. He rode a bicycle for more than ten kilometers from Hedong City to Kuchi Village and set up three duty points, with two people in each group.

The harvest was not bad. They caught six people without white helmets at the beginning of the afternoon.

There are still four that have not been completed. I originally wanted to stay in the reconnaissance company for a while to see if I can get any results.

As a result, whether or not the person can be caught is not discussed here.

Where's the car? How the hell did it get lost?

Li Tao, hands on his hips, glared, and turned to look at the two men on duty near the reconnaissance company: "What are you guys thinking? Where's the fucking car?"

"Squad Leader, we don't know either. We've been squatting outside the east training ground and haven't seen anyone come out."

The two patrol officers on duty were also panicked.

The reconnaissance company's training ground is not part of the camp, it is just a large open space, and the situation there can be seen from the outside.

The patrols loved to go there to ambush people because the reconnaissance company often practiced digging trenches there, making it easy to catch people who were alone.

But from that position, they couldn't see anyone coming out of the main gate of the camp, let alone see who rode their bicycles away.

"Damn, you guys are such pig brains."

Li Tao kicked each of them and was so angry that his liver hurt.

"Let's go to the reconnaissance company to find Cheng Dong. Our fellow villagers don't know how to ride the bike, but with the boss here to help watch over it, it won't get lost."

"That damned reconnaissance company must have taken it away."

When they heard that they were going to the reconnaissance company, except for Li Tao who was still quite confident, the other five people were a little trembling.

After all, those patrol soldiers are not easy to talk to, and there are the most veterans here, including a lot of second- and third-level non-commissioned officers.

Why is Cheng Dong so awesome?
Damn, which unit has so many veterans and is so strong?

But I have to go. Kuchi Village is fifteen or sixteen kilometers away from the Hedong Brigade Headquarters. I can't just run back, right?
So, Li Tao led a team of five patrolmen who were not wearing white helmets and came to the door in a threatening manner.

the other side.

It was already past evening roll call, and Cheng Dong, who was supervising training in the martial arts field, looked at his wrist to see the time. It was almost ten o'clock.

He signaled the duty officer to blow the assembly whistle and watched as all the soldiers in the company quickly lined up after training.

Cheng Dong nodded, walked to the front of the line, and said in a cold and loud voice: "Reconnaissance Company!"

"Kill! Kill!! Kill!!!"

Roars, one louder than the other, erupted from the ranks. "Exactly! This is the spirit we need."

Cheng Dong said loudly: "There are still twenty days before the competition. I won't talk about your individual performance."

"Look at the results of today's practice, huh? Do you have the nerve to see it?"

"Is swing shooting that difficult?"

"You are all veterans, and you still miss the target while shooting. You don't feel ashamed, but I do."

"This time, our opponents were the anti-aircraft artillery brigade's artillery reconnaissance troops. They were a bunch of complete losers. I won't repeat myself."

"When the time comes, we'll just have to wait and see. Whoever embarrasses me will know the consequences."

"Well, what?"

"Captain Cheng."

Cheng Dong was summarizing his work when Li Tao and his men came over from the other side of the training ground.

This group of people hung around the reconnaissance company camp all day long, so Cheng Dong naturally knew them.

He glanced at Li Tao, stood there with his hands on his hips and said nothing. Cheng Dong was in a good mood when he saw Chen Mo, but that was because he was a new comrade. He was not very good-tempered when facing other people.

The old soldiers who were lining up took a few steps forward with a "whoosh" and stared at the patrol officers who were coming over.

These white dogs, when you see them not wearing white helmets, you can tell with your toes that they are up to no good.

"Captain Cheng!"

Li Tao walked up to him and saluted.

Cheng Dong symbolically raised his paw, not even straightening his fingers, and made a gesture as a return gesture: "If you have something to say, then what are you doing here?"

"Captain Cheng, this is what happened." Li Tao, feeling somewhat guilty, organized his words and said, "While we were on duty, the three bicycles we had left at the bitter pond disappeared."

"What do you mean?"

Cheng Dong glared: "If your car is lost, go find it. Why are you coming to me?"

"It's not Captain Cheng. I think one of our comrades might have made a mistake." Li Tao saw Cheng Dong getting angry again and quickly explained, "I just came over to ask."

"Our unit is more than ten kilometers away this time, and we are also anxious."

Seeing that the other party didn't seem to be looking for trouble, Cheng Dong turned his head to look at the queue.

A group of veteran reconnaissance soldiers hurriedly stood at attention.

"Everyone, stand at ease. Tell me, has anyone seen their bikes outside?"

"No!!"

All veterans responded collectively.

They really hadn't seen it. They were always under the watchful eyes of the company commander during training, so they had no chance to go outside.

"Did you hear that? No one's here. Look somewhere else."

Cheng Dong waved his hand, and his intention to drive people away was obvious.

Li Tao saw this and became anxious: "Captain Cheng, we..."

"What's going on? Your bicycle is lost, and someone from our area rode it away?"

"Damn it! I said I lost two tanks. Did you guys drive them away?"

"Get out!!"

Li Tao had no choice but to deal with such an unreasonable company commander.

Stop talking about him.

Even if the head of the military affairs department came, it would be useless. The reconnaissance company was composed of a bunch of stubborn old men from top to bottom, and they were not to be trifled with at all.

I ignored the people from the Military Affairs Department.

After being interrupted by them, Cheng Dong no longer had the heart to continue mobilizing and simply announced the disbandment.

He took out his military cap from his pocket and put it on his head, pulled the brim to adjust the position, and then strode towards the camp.

Li Tao and a few others were left looking at each other in bewilderment. What the hell should they do?

It's almost ten o'clock. Do I really have to run to Tao Village to find the people from the motor vehicle company and send them back?
But even if they were willing to send them back, and they really went back, and the section chief knew about it, not only would they have failed to complete their mission, but their car would also have been lost.

That would be a big win.

"Squad leader, what should we do?" One of the patrol officers walked up to Li Tao and asked.

"What the hell is going on? Who the hell should I ask?" Li Tao responded irritably and then tugged at his clothes.

"Let's go and ask the comrades on duty at the company gate. Don't go past so many people."

"There's a password for the duty post after nine o'clock. I'll go ask for it myself."

Watching the patrol officers walk away, Huo Linshan, who had been silent in the distance, frowned and quickly caught up with Cheng Dong.

"Old Cheng, I don't think those guys from the Military Affairs Department are looking for trouble. Could it be that they really took someone from us away?"

"What the hell, everyone is training here, no one is going out."

Cheng Dong actually guessed what was going on. After all, the Military Affairs Department would never joke about this.

If the bicycles were really lost, it wouldn’t be a fellow villager, because there were not just one, but three.

It was most likely hidden by someone in the company, but Cheng Dong didn't intend to take care of it.

It’s not valuable stuff, nor is it war supplies. Losing a few bicycles is not a big deal.

Besides, even if they hide, the people in the company know what to do and won't let the other side get away completely. At most, they will just make those white dogs anxious.

Cheng Dong had a good idea, but when he returned to the company headquarters and was about to go upstairs.

I saw three bicycles parked neatly downstairs. They were parked so neatly that even the three front wheels were in a line.

Cheng Dong's face suddenly turned as black as the bottom of a pot.

Damn, he just told the instructor with confidence that this would not happen, but in the end, you couldn’t even find a secluded place to stop.

Stop directly at the main entrance of the company?
Old Cheng, who had lost face, was so angry that he almost smoked. He turned around and shouted: "Assemble, blow the whistle, everyone assemble!"

The duty officer in the distance was startled by the noise and thought something had happened, so he quickly put the whistle in his mouth.

Blow it with all your might.

Inside the clerical office.

The two instigators acted as if nothing had happened. Liang Hongjie heard the company commander yelling downstairs, followed by a whistle.

He was quite cheerful: "Hehe, someone must have angered the company commander again. Someone is probably going to be in trouble tonight."

But despite what he said, Liang Hongjie had no intention of going downstairs. He thought there was something going on with the training.

Chen Mo still felt something was wrong. He closed the document in his hand, looked outside and said, "Platoon Leader, why don't we go out and take a look?"

"All company, assemble. Something must have happened."

"If you want to see it, just go ahead." Liang Hongjie didn't take it seriously, and the two of them packed up their work.

When Chen Mo and the others came downstairs.

All the combat squads of the company, whether new recruits or veterans, have assembled.

The two of them came down too late and did not join the queue, so they stood under the eaves of the company headquarters.

Cheng Dong is indeed worthy of being the company commander of the reconnaissance company. His physical fitness is quite tough.

He held a bicycle in his left and right hands, and pushed them to the front of the queue with a clatter, his anger bubbling out.

"Come on, who can tell me what's going on with these three bicycles?"

"Didn't you just say you hadn't seen him? How did he appear at my doorstep?"

"what?!"

When they heard about the car, the soldiers standing in formation were all confused. They stared at each other, each one more confused than the other.

But Chen Mo, who was behind him, felt a pang in his heart and knew that something bad was going to happen.

He just rode these bikes back.

Liang Hongjie was also a little panicked. He couldn't understand why the company commander was so angry just because a few bicycles were brought back.

The two looked at each other, and neither dared to delay.

Walking quickly to Cheng Dong and standing at attention, Liang Hongjie was the first to speak: "Company Commander."

heard movement.

Cheng Dong turned his head and took a look: "Why, is this the work of you two?"

"Yes." Liang Hongjie nodded quickly: "I went out to buy something, and the fellow villager said it was our company's car, so I rode it back."

"Very capable."

Cheng Dong casually grabbed his military cap and slammed it on Lao Liang's chest: "Remember, next time you go out and see someone's tank parked on the side of the road, drive it back to me."

"This crappy car is useless. Tanks are the real deal."

"Damn it! This is the Military Affairs Department's car. Where did it come from? Push it back here quickly."

"Yes!"

Liang Hongjie took the company commander's hat and handed it to Chen Mo who was standing beside him, then ran away pushing a cart with one hand.

Just as Chen Mo was about to go and help, Cheng Dong reached out and took the hat back from him, saying unhappily, "Do you have anything to do with this?"

"Behave yourself, kid. Go watch the training more often and don't run around aimlessly. I heard the instructor say that you go to the training ground after class, don't you?"

"Why haven't I seen you?"

Hearing this, it was not Chen Mo who panicked this time.

Instead, it was the reconnaissance company's turn, and the veterans who were lining up panicked.

Damn, the company commander is angry and doesn’t dare to mention stopping people.

If the company commander knew about this.

The consequences are probably more serious than extra training.
A group of people looked at the scholar eagerly, praying that he would not say anything wrong.

(End of this chapter)