Military career: Starting with a recruitment letter

Chapter 54 This Matter Has Become a Big Deal

"Xiucai, did you see Lu Jun from our class when you woke up this morning?"

Just as Chen Mo was joining in the fun, Wang Yingjie, the deputy monitor of Class 7, who was the veteran who had previously delivered the Little Red Book to Class 8 and dealt with Li Zhiang, looked at him anxiously.

"No, no."

Chen Mo shook his head slightly: "Squad Leader, don't worry, he may have gone somewhere else, let's look for him again."

"I've been looking for this bastard for half an hour."

Wang Yingjie didn't plan to say much to Chen Mo. After asking without any result, he hurried to Class 8.

Judging from the situation, he should have gone to report to Lao Pao.

It’s no wonder that the old soldiers are anxious. If a new recruit runs away, it’s no big deal if he is found within a day. The company can take on the responsibility.

If it is found within three days, the brigade can basically digest it and there is no need to report it to the higher authorities.

But if the person is missing for more than seven days, no one can handle it, not even the military district can handle it, and it must be reported to higher levels.

"Why does the name Lu Jun sound so familiar to me?" Zhu Gaituan, who was holding a quilt, asked in confusion.

"Definitely familiar."

Chen Mo pointed towards Class 7's dormitory and said, "Lu Jun often gets punished, and the news of him being scolded spreads to our class every day. Have you forgotten?"

"Yes, yes, I remember now. I was talking about that."

Seeing the sudden realization on their faces, Chen Mo stepped aside and made way: "Hurry up and hang up the quilts. Something might happen in the company. If we're any later, we might not have time."

After saying that, Chen Mo didn't bother to pay attention to the three people. He took off his backpack and walked quickly towards the dormitory.

"Have you searched behind the cafeteria and in the auditorium?"

When Chen Mo returned to the dormitory, Lao Pao was standing with his hands on his hips, frowning and asking about the situation.

"We've searched everywhere we could, but we don't know how this bastard got downstairs. The people on duty downstairs didn't see anyone going downstairs."

"Then what are you still standing there for?" Lao Pao grabbed his hat from the bed and put it on his head: "Go notify the various classes and mobilize everyone to search quickly."

"I'll go find the company commander. There aren't many places to go around Tao Village. Let's get the motor company and the anti-aircraft artillery battalion to send people to search together."

"He can't get far."

"Also, have everyone on duty last night recall carefully whether any new recruits went downstairs without permission. If so, what time period did they go downstairs and in which direction? Find out for sure."

When Lao Pao dragged Wang Yingjie to the door, he turned his head and looked at Chen Mo: "Deputy squad leader, don't clean up the house yet. You can lead the squad to search around the camp later."

"Look specifically for corners where people can hide."

"Yes."

Chen Mo stood at attention and responded.

However, at this time, Lao Pao no longer had the heart to listen to his response. In the blink of an eye, the two veterans had run a long way away.

Feng Junling, who was squatting in the dormitory folding quilts, heard that someone was missing. He ran up to Chen Mo and grinned, "Deputy class leader, who ran away from Class 7? So manly?"

"man?"

Chen Mo opened the backpack and put all the quilt and toiletries back in their original places: "This is not a manly thing to do. You'll know the consequences when you find it back."

"What if I can't find it?"

Feng Junling's face was full of gossip. The physical training week had almost made this kid stupid.

"If we can't find it, we'll all be waiting for more brutal training."

Chen Mo responded unhappily. What the army feared most was non-combat casualties, especially new recruits.

How dare you not find it back?

Even though they train all day and the veterans beat and scold the new recruits, the importance the army attaches to the new recruits far exceeds many people's imagination.

This kind of thing is no joke.

After Yang Dali and Zhu Gaituan came back from hanging up the quilts, Chen Mo organized all the new recruits in Class 8 and prepared to go downstairs to help find someone.

When I left the dormitory, I realized that the entire recruit camp was filled with veterans.

Chen Mo has been here for quite some time and knows that the Taocun military camp not only has a recruit camp and a motor vehicle company, but also has an anti-aircraft artillery battalion, a howitzer battalion, and a training team nearby.

Although the 7th Tank Division had been reduced to an armored brigade, its foundation was still strong. Judging from the situation, it seemed that all the troops stationed nearby were being transferred here, as if they were digging deep into the ground.

At this time, the entire camp was in chaos.

Since Chen Mo and his friends were also new recruits, they were often questioned by passing veterans as they wandered around the building.

In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, Chen Mo did not take his men too far and just searched around the dormitory building.

By doing this, Chen Mo is really not doing anything wrong.

He got up early and still had some impression of what happened this morning.

First of all, it is impossible for a new recruit to leave quietly in the middle of the night. After all, there are sentries on duty downstairs, and checkpoints are set up at the entrances and exits of the stairs.

He was able to go to the training ground on his own without being checked because Lao Pao had given him a heads-up.

Although the dormitory building is not tall, with only two floors in total, it is impossible to open the window and jump out.

Those old-fashioned wooden windows would creak at the slightest noise.

Unless the entire dormitory is deaf, they would not be able to hear it. What's more, Class 7 is led by two veterans, so their vigilance would not be so low.

Chen Mo analyzed that if Lu Jun from Class 7 really ran away, it would only be around six o'clock.

Because the physical training week had just ended, the company specially arranged for us to get up an hour later than usual today. The veterans on duty downstairs in the dormitory building would take over at around six o'clock. Plus, it was already daybreak, so their vigilance was definitely not that high.

Anyway, I remember that when he was running laps, he was wondering why the wake-up whistle hadn't been blown today, and he deliberately looked towards the second dormitory.

On one occasion, there was no one on duty downstairs.

Chen Mo guessed that it was at that time that Lu Jun went to the toilet and happened to find no one on duty, so he hid and avoided training.

But it was around six o'clock and it was already daylight, so it was unrealistic to run far. He must be around the dormitory building.

According to his own idea, Chen Mo took a few people for a stroll, and even almost dug a rat hole and lay down to take a look.

In the end, nothing was found.

"Fuck him! If I find this Lu Jun, I'm going to beat him to death."

After searching for a while, Yang Dali sat down on the cement block beside him with an angry look on his face and cursed: "Damn it, I finally got a break for half a day, why did you choose the right time?"

"Alright, alright, stop cursing."

Chen Mo waved his hand, and he began to doubt whether his judgment was wrong.

Did he really run away in the middle of the night?

The new recruits in Class 8 were not interested in the physical training week and looked listless.

The area around the dormitory building has been searched, but still no trace of it.

Chen Mo simply took everyone and prepared to return to the dormitory.

There probably won't be much to gain from continuing the search. There are only a limited number of places where a person of that size can hide.

They have searched it several times.

When going back.

They happened to meet Lao Pao who came to look for them. He had a gloomy face and didn't say a word.

Just take the people from Class 8 to the cafeteria to have breakfast first.

After this incident, my dream of having a half-day rest was definitely shattered.

For the entire morning, the second company of recruits spent the entire morning in the auditorium listening to the instructor's ideological education class.

The afternoon was the same, but the content was more diverse, covering good policies for military service, military discipline, patriotic education, etc.

Although Chen Mo was listening to the class in the auditorium, he also paid attention to the movements outside.

Occasionally I hear veterans talking about it, but Lu Jun from Squad 7 is still missing.

It is said that this matter has been reported to the brigade headquarters, and the reconnaissance company stationed in Kuchi Village, Taocun Town has also been dispatched.

Go to the nearby intersection, train station, or bus station to look for people.

This incident has really become a big deal.

(End of this chapter)