Military career: Starting with a recruitment letter

Chapter 16: Attention from the Veteran in the Army
"coming?!"

At the entrance of the People's Armed Forces Department, Military Section Officer Wang Mingming was on duty.

He looked at Chen Mo who had changed into military uniform, and pointed to his side with a cold expression.

"Carry your bags and gather in the open space in front of the office building. Don't run around or make any noise. The recruits are here."

"I'll take you away after the roll call."

"Yes!!"

Chen Mo responded loudly, then started walking towards the office building.

No ink stains at all.

"Hey, this kid is quite sensible." Wang Mingming found that Chen Mo had no other questions, so he responded and left.

He really looks a bit like a soldier, he couldn't help but mutter.

When Chen Mo walked to the open space in front of the office building, there were already five or six new recruits wearing military uniforms waiting there.

Chen Mo felt somewhat familiar with these people. After all, they were the same group of people who were drafted into the 63rd Army of Shanxi Province in their previous life. However, they were later assigned to a recruit company. The army generally would not gather soldiers from the same place together, so everyone was assigned to different units. Therefore, Chen Mo only looked familiar, but he had never dealt with them afterwards and could not even remember their names.

In his previous life, when Chen Mo came to the armed forces to gather, he really didn't pay attention to any details.

Now when I come here again, I see a group of new recruits gathered together. Each of them is standing there like a good baby, not daring to move.

Or he would look at sparrows here and swallows there, not knowing how to stand properly or stand upright properly. His pants looked like fucking cropped pants, with his long johns and sweatpants underneath showing at his ankles.

Some simply have sleeves long enough to cover their hands, draping them over their bodies like a gown.

Chen Mo shook his head, thinking that it was no wonder that the recruiting officers always had a bad temper when they met new recruits.

If he were to come here to train new people, his temper would probably not be much better.

Ignoring the gazes of several recruits, Chen Mo walked into the crowd, put his bag at his feet, straightened his body, stood with his legs crossed, put his hands behind his back, and stood without looking away.

You could say he was showing off on purpose or that he was conspicuous, but since he joined the army, Chen Mo had no intention of remaining unknown.

When it is time to show yourself, you must seize the opportunity to show yourself.

However, Chen Mo did not notice that on the second-floor corridor to the left of where he was standing, several officers in military uniforms were staring at the location where the recruits were gathering.

In addition to the Minister of Armed Forces Cao Deming, there was a middle-aged man about 35 years old next to him.

He was thin, with a dark complexion and a long scar extending from his right ear to his mouth.

When he smiled, it looked like a centipede was lying at the corner of his mouth, and he looked extremely aggressive.

He is the company commander Cheng Dong who came to Fucheng from the 63rd Army specifically to recruit soldiers.

"Minister Cao, this newcomer is the scholar who wrote the letter, right?"

Cheng Dong raised his head and pointed to where Chen Mo was standing, grinning.

"Yes, that's him. His name is Chen Mo." Cao Deming nodded slightly: "This kid is quite talented."

"He has brains and courage."

"It's really interesting." Cheng Dong smiled. He had been standing here for a long time and only saw such a pleasing new recruit.

"Old Pao."

"arrive!!"

"I've brought this back to you. You should examine it carefully to see if it's a piece of good steel or just a piece of scrap wood."

"The brigade's political commissar has told me to come and see our great scholar. You better be careful."

"Yes, Captain."

The one called Lao Pao was a second-class professional sergeant with a thick bar on his shoulder and two crutch. He was standing behind the leaders at this time.

His name is Zhou Yongjie, and this year marks his thirteenth year in the army.

The sixth year of volunteer service.

Lao Pao is not Zhou Yongjie's nickname, because in the army, no matter whether it is a professional sergeant or a sergeant major, as long as they are volunteers, they are all called Lao Paozi.

As for the reason, no one can tell.

Anyway, it has been called this way, generation after generation.

Having just arrived, he received a request for a soldier to lead. The veteran Zhou Yongjie glanced in Chen Mo's direction, his lips curled up in a faint smile. If it weren't for this scholar, Captain Cheng wouldn't have come to Fucheng in person.

As a veteran, he wouldn't make a special trip.

Who made their reconnaissance company receive the task of training new recruits this year? It just so happened that this kid wrote a letter to take a shortcut to join the army.

As luck would have it, the letter fell into the hands of the brigade political commissar, and that's when their superiors asked them to go.

The purpose was to see how talented the scholar who wrote the letter was.

Now it seems that it is not bad, at least better than the other stragglers.

Chen Mo was standing upright when he suddenly felt someone was staring at him.

He subconsciously looked up.

When Chen Mo saw an old gun squinting at him, his heart skipped a beat.

Even the ahoge hairs on his forehead stood up.

He quickly turned around and continued to stand in a straddle position.

To be honest, although Chen Mo joined the army for the second time, he had a clear understanding of the affairs in the army.

But I don’t want to be targeted by the old man.

This bunch of stuff.

He is a cruel and ruthless person who uses all kinds of tricks to torment others. Being targeted by Lao Paozi is definitely not a good thing.

Think of this.

Chen Mo deliberately adjusted his posture slightly, making his straight body look a little looser.

This wait lasted about an hour.

More than a dozen people came to the open space in front of the People's Armed Forces Office Building.

Everyone should be here.

Wang Mingming, an officer of the Military Department, walked up to the line of new recruits, took out a whistle from his pocket, put it in his mouth, and blew it with all his strength.

"Beep-beep!!"

"Everyone, grab your luggage. I'll start the roll call."

"After roll call, everyone lined up to go to the warehouse to get their bedding, and then came out to take the bus to the train station."

"On my right." Wang Mingming pointed at Cheng Dong, who had already come down from the upstairs, as well as Lao Paozi and others, and continued, "They are the comrades from the army who came here to receive the soldiers."

"If anything happens on the train, remember to report it to them."

"Now we're starting roll call. When your name is called, answer 'Here', then go to the warehouse to get your bedding and get on the bus."

"Liu Bang!!"

"arrive."

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Names were called one by one, and the originally scattered team began to carry their bags and go to the warehouse to collect bedding.

Their father's county is close to Yingcheng, the train station is right next to the county seat, and several towns under the jurisdiction of the county seat are not far away.

Soldiers basically don't need to rest in the armed forces department on the day they are sent. They can gather and be sent away on the same day.

Therefore, quilts and other things were not distributed in advance, but were distributed just before departure.

Chen Mo followed the team of new recruits and carried out their tasks as instructed.

Although they said they were receiving the soldiers, in fact, in order to save time and prevent the new recruits from losing things, the people who were receiving the soldiers had already tied the housekeeping blankets into three horizontal and two vertical lines.

Everyone went over and carried it on their backs and walked away.

The speed is quite fast.

Under the leadership of the military department officer, all the new recruits walked out of the armed forces department and were named again outside to confirm that everyone was correct.

They were all taken onto buses and headed towards the train station.

(End of this chapter)