Military career: Starting with a recruitment letter

Chapter 56: It's a complete loss of both the wife and the army

The training ground was not far from the dormitory building. Chen Mo ran straight to the sentry post along the road in front of the building.

Originally, he planned to tell Guo Wenhao about his guess.

Let Lao Guo notify the veterans in each class and start the investigation.

After all, these veterans must know which places in the camp are most likely to be missed.

It's likely that the boy who was hiding was so hungry that he stole the steamed buns. The back door of the kitchen has not been locked at all because of his extra training recently.

When Chen Mo ran to the front of the second dormitory building, he happened to see an old military vehicle squeak and stop in the open space next to it.

Lao Pao dragged his tired body down from the back door.

Following them were several other veterans from the second company.

Seeing these people, Chen Mo immediately breathed a sigh of relief and called out, "Squad Leader."

"Why did you come downstairs again? Didn't I tell you to watch over me in class?"

Lao Pao raised his hand and rubbed his eyebrows. He looked much more haggard, with dark circles under his eyes comparable to those of a national treasure, and his tone was clearly filled with irritability.

"Squad leader, I think Lu Jun is still in the barracks. Just now, the cook squad leader said that a dozen steamed buns were lost in the kitchen, but I didn't take them."

Chen Mo briefly stated his judgment.

The veterans nearby were not stupid. When they heard that steamed buns were thrown, more than a dozen at a time, they looked at each other, and the fatigue on their bodies disappeared visibly.

The veteran was the most steady. He waved his hand and said, "Go, notify the squad leaders to assemble immediately. No need to call the new recruits."

"Ask if anyone has touched the steamed buns in the kitchen. If not, turn on all the street lights in the camp."

"Chen Mo, come with me to the cafeteria."

"Yes."

Although Lao Pao is usually lazy, his decisive side begins to show when something happens.

"Old Li, where are the people?"

As soon as he stepped into the canteen through the back door, Lao Pao started shouting at the top of his voice.

"Hey, here I am. What's up, old squad leader?"

The old soldier who had just delivered buns to Chen Mo ran over with a white apron on, looking confused at the two people who broke into the kitchen.

"A dozen steamed buns were lost from your cafeteria?"

"Yeah, isn't it your scholar who took it?"

"When was it lost?" Lao Pao was obviously in no mood to argue with him. The cooking team's skill in steaming buns was very poor. Either the buns were too big or the bottom was yellow.

Once it gets cold, it's so hard that it can break two of your front teeth when you chew it. Chen Mo had indeed eaten steamed buns before, but that was when he was too hungry to do so.

It’s okay to go to the bathroom and soak them in water, but if you ask me to take more than ten, even Lao Pao won’t believe it.

Even cows don't have such big appetites.

"I don't know when it was lost." The cook shook his head and pointed to a dustpan in the distance: "There were only sixteen steamed buns left last night, and they were gone when I came here today."

"Okay, I see."

Lao Pao didn't ask any more questions and took Chen Mo out of the kitchen. The purpose of his coming to ask was because he was worried that the kitchen staff would exaggerate their words.

Now there is basically no doubt. Half a basket of steamed buns was stolen. No veteran would be so stupid.

The two men walked one after the other to the open space in front of the main entrance of the cafeteria. Lao Pao stopped, put his hands on his hips, and his face was so gloomy that it seemed as if water seemed to drip out of it.

He stepped on the hard ground, looked around and said, "You guessed right, Lu Jun might still be here."

"Chen Mo, if you were Lu Jun, where would you go to hide?"

"me?"

Chen Mo looked around and thought for a moment: "I guess I'll go to the roof of the dormitory building, or the company's mail room or the package warehouse. At worst, I can go to the logistics vegetable garden and dig a hole to sleep."

Originally, Chen Mo was just talking nonsense.

But when Lao Pao heard his plan, his eyes almost popped out and his temples throbbed. He suppressed the urge to kick out and said unhappily, "You're quite good at planning."

"Okay, stop talking nonsense."

"Your words really reminded me."

Lao Pao said nothing more and brought Chen Mo to the dormitory building again. At this time, all the veterans who were still staying here from the Second Company of Recruits had gathered.

"Go to the utility room, bring a crowbar, and lift up all the sewer panels behind the kitchen." "Well, then, someone, take a few people to the empty room in the company headquarters and check again to see if there's anything we've missed."

After Lao Pao finished his instructions, a dozen veterans split into two waves and started to act aggressively.

Chen Mo originally planned to help, but when he came to the vegetable garden behind the kitchen with a shovel, he was of no use at all.

These old soldiers are more brutal than each other.

As soon as two cement slabs on the top of the sewer were lifted up, an old soldier climbed in with a flashlight in his mouth and searched in different directions.

Lao Pao stood aside with his hands behind his back. In fact, he was not sure whether the person was there.

But there's nowhere else to go except here.

At night, there are guard posts at the dormitory building and even at the entrance of the department. If you steal steamed buns and wander around, you will be easily discovered.

The only place close to the canteen where one could hide was the sewer near the vegetable garden.

They also went down to search during the day, but found nothing. In addition, they were not sure when the person ran away, and the area was too large, so they might not have searched thoroughly.

Chen Mo held a shovel in his hand, ready to work, but he stood by looking around, unable to find a suitable opportunity to take action.

To be honest, if Chen Mo could find Lu Jun in the sewer here, he would really admire him.

This is absolutely a ruthless person.

The sewer connecting to the cafeteria is too far for most people to stay.

"Damn, you're pretty good at hiding."

Suddenly, a loud roar was heard, and the old soldier who was prying the stone slabs nearby chased after the source of the sound with a crowbar.

Lao Pao was in front, followed by Chen Mo.

A crowd of people gathered around to watch, waiting for the two veterans to pry away two stone slabs at the top where the sound came from.

An old soldier stood up from the sewer, holding a dirty and muddy man tightly with both hands.

Class 8 and Class 7 are next to each other. Although Chen Mo and Lu Jun are not in the same class, they are in the same platoon after all, and they have practiced falling exercises together.

As soon as the man was pushed out, Chen Mo recognized the man covered in black. It was Lu Jun, whom the company had been looking for all day.

The veterans who were watching noticed that the man was restrained, so they immediately rushed forward and took out the backpack ropes they had prepared long ago and tied up Lu Jun tightly.

"Damn, they really know how to find a place. Good food is wasted."

The old soldier who found Lu Jun first picked up the steamed buns that were broken into pieces in the sewer while cursing.

"Okay, now that we've found the person, let's go to the company headquarters and call the company commander, and also report to the brigade headquarters."

"Throw him into the detention room first, and don't let any injuries be seen on him."

"The brigade headquarters is aware of this matter. Let's see how it's handled during the day."

When Lao Pao saw that the person had been found, he casually gave a few instructions.

He ignored Chen Mo and walked towards the cadre dormitory, probably going to find the instructor.

Chen Mo looked at Lu Jun, who was tied up like a dumpling, and was being pushed away by several old soldiers.

He felt a little upset for a moment, but don't get me wrong, Chen Mo was not feeling uncomfortable because he wanted to escape.

Deserters are not welcome in any country or any army.

It is highly likely that Lu Jun will not have an easy time. In fact, if he talks nicely before being awarded the rank, he may be allowed to withdraw his troops, and it will not have much impact.

It's nothing more than adding another source of troops from the local area.

Now that this has happened, not only will he have a hard time in the future, but the entire company will probably be affected.

Especially for the front-line companies, they don’t have to think about any honors for the whole year, and being a model company in grassroots construction is even more of a luxury.

A company of hundreds of people, all their hard work for a year was in vain.

If things go wrong, the company commander and instructor may be punished and their chances of promotion may be blocked.

Being a deserter is a complete loss of both the wife and the army.

Chen Mo shook his head. After all this trouble, he no longer had the heart to practice more.

I picked up the shovel and prepared to go back to the dormitory.

(End of this chapter)