Soldiers Assault: Starting from the 7th Steel Company

Chapter 2 The life of the recruit company begins
Amid the loud military songs, the new recruits boarded the military trucks under the command of the recruiting officer, He Hongtao, the instructor of the third company.

Chen Jiang was assigned to one of the cars and sat right next to Xu Sanduo.

The third-term sergeant who had come before reached out and touched Xu Sanduo's lowered head, obviously trying to give him some comfort.

Chen Jiang guessed that he should be the squad leader Shi Jin, the one who was hard to let go in the original novel.

Shi Jin has a loyal and kind face, and his hands are covered with calluses from training. It is obvious at first glance that such a person is the backbone of the company.

What a good soldier!

I must not let him ruin his future by being a "nanny"!
Perhaps to ease the awkward atmosphere in the car, Shi Jin asked everyone to introduce themselves.

"I'm Shi Jin, squad leader of the third squad, first platoon, seventh company, third battalion, 702nd regiment!"

"I'm Wu Liuyi, deputy squad leader of the third squad of the first platoon of the seventh company of the third battalion of the 702nd regiment!"

Wu Liuyi is quite tall, probably not much shorter than Chen Jiang, but his handsome and serious face still makes everyone a little intimidated by him. He is far less easy-going than Shi Jin.

Led by two squad leaders, everyone in the truck began to introduce themselves.

Chen Jiang was not familiar with the names of the other people in the car. He only remembered Xu Sanduo's best friend Chengcai. Like Wu Liuyi, they were fellow villagers from Xia Rongshu Village.

But Chengcai is indeed different from them, and he is obviously much more cunning.

When they heard that Chen Jiang was a university student from a prestigious university, everyone in the car stood in awe. Only Chengcai seemed to have a strong hostility towards him. He whispered to Xu Sanduo in dialect, "What's so great about studying? When you get to the army, you can only compete with others in memorizing books!"

Unexpectedly, after Chen Jiang's system was turned on, his perception ability was significantly stronger, and he heard these words clearly.
After several attempts, Chen Jiang discovered that the system's perception distance was only about 5 meters, and anything farther away would become very blurry.

But even so, this is quite incredible. If the perception range is expanded after upgrading, wouldn't it be equivalent to installing an early warning radar for yourself?
It’s a high-definition version. Isn’t this the clairvoyance and super-hearing ability?

The convoy drove for a long time and finally arrived at the 702nd Regiment's recruit training base at dusk.

Although it is just a training base, there are still people standing guard with live ammunition.

On the camp gate, a huge five-pointed red star appears particularly solemn and dignified.

Chen Jiang and others were quickly driven off the bus and then lined up on a clean and tidy cement training ground.

"Reporting to the company commander, the new recruits should have 132 people, and the actual number is 132. Please give your instructions!"

As the platoon leader of the recruit company and also the duty officer today, Shi Jin's movements were extremely smooth and not at all slow.

Gao Cheng returned the salute with satisfaction, motioned him to return to the team, and then began his speech.

"stand at attention!"

"Take a break!"

"Tell me about it!"

"My name is Gao Cheng, and I'm the company commander of your recruit company. You don't have to remember my name, but I will remember the names of some of you!"

"Why? Because the recruit company is your adaptation period before joining the army, and it is also the first selection."

"Whether you are a mule or a horse, take me out for a walk. After three months, the mule will leave and the horse will follow me!"

To be honest, most of the recruits did not understand the deeper meaning of these words at that time, nor could they appreciate the cruelty contained in them, but this was not important, because the ability to understand is also an aspect of the army's talent selection.

Immediately afterwards, Gao Cheng began to announce the list of people divided into classes.

"Chen Jiang."

"arrive!"

Gao Cheng had actually noticed this tall recruit a long time ago, but he was still very happy when he finally saw that he matched the image of an excellent soldier in his mind.

So I nodded extra.

"Second Platoon, Fifth Squad, get in line!"

"Yes!"

After all the soldiers were divided into classes, each class was led by the temporary squad leader of the recruit company in turn, and the business began to get down to business.

Coincidentally, Chen Jiang was assigned to the same squad with Xu Sanduo and Chengcai, and the squad leader was Wu Liuyi.

Because today is the first day of registration, there is no training task, just a simple explanation of the requirements by the squad leader.
Wu Liuyi is not a person who likes to talk nonsense. He repeatedly emphasizes one sentence: the army is disciplined, so everyone must strictly abide by the discipline, otherwise don't blame him for being ruthless.

The recruits' dormitory was very simple, just a large room with bunk beds for thirty or forty people to live in.

There is a toilet on each floor, but there is no shower area inside. If you want to take a shower, you can only go to the large shower room in the barracks.

Bathing time is also strictly limited, basically it's just "get wet - apply soap - rinse clean".

As for personal belongings, although the conditions are simple, they still need to be placed in designated locations and arranged neatly according to regulations, with toothbrushes and toothpaste pointing in the same direction.

You didn't have to fight for the bunk beds; before you came in, a small note with everyone's name on it had been posted. Chen Jiang was assigned the lower bunk, with Wu Liuyi above him. He said it was easier to take care of the new recruits and the veterans on the upper bunk. But Wu Liuyi had a stern face all day and didn't seem like someone who would care for others.

"Don't be in a hurry to open this quilt. Watch carefully. I'll teach you once, but from now on you'll have to fold it yourselves. Anyone who doesn't fold it properly will be punished!"

After Wu Liuyi said this, everyone gathered around.
Wu Liuyi's movements were very skillful. A quilt that was folded into a tofu block was quickly spread out in his hands, and then magically folded up and piled in the designated position on the bed.

If you hadn't seen it with your own eyes, you wouldn't believe that this was a masterpiece that was demolished and rebuilt.

Shi Jin always maintained his signature smile. As the platoon leader of the new recruits, he didn't have to live here. Once everyone had packed up, he would take everyone to dinner.

The food for the recruit company was based on ordinary army standards, with several large basins in the middle, one containing steamed buns, one containing cabbage, and one containing braised pork.

Everyone had been traveling back and forth in the car all day and was already very hungry. Several soldiers immediately wanted to reach out for food, but were stopped by Wu Liuyi with a stern look.

"Have you forgotten what I said? The army is a place where discipline is paramount. Everything must be done according to the rules. You are not allowed to move until the company commander tells you to eat!"

The recruits were frightened and quickly sat down properly, not daring to act recklessly again.

At this time, Gao Cheng walked in, said a few simple words of welcome, and then emphasized the importance of saving food and never wasting it.

A "Let's eat"
Everyone started eating.

Xu Sanduo and Chengcai both have huge appetites. Although they only ate steamed buns today, and the taste was really average, if they broke them in half and stuffed them with cabbage and braised pork, they would taste so delicious.

The cabbage and braised pork were limited in quantity, there was only one pot, and once it was finished, there was no more. But there were plenty of steamed buns, and in the end, several people successfully finished a few steamed buns with the vegetable soup and meat oil.

"Look at you guys, you're all like starving ghosts. Don't you have more to eat tomorrow? You're eating so much, aren't you afraid of being stuffed tonight?"

Wu Liuyi was somewhat dissatisfied with the way his two fellow villagers ate, although his eating manners were not much better. That was how it was when he ate in the army. He had to have an appetite to eat and scramble for food.

If you really were asked to eat alone at home, I'm afraid you wouldn't be able to finish a few steamed buns.

After dinner, everyone went back to the dormitory, washed up quickly and went to bed.

There are no entertainment activities in the recruit company at night because there are training tasks the next day, so the lights are turned off very early today.

Soon, snoring sounds were heard everywhere.

The next morning,

"duo~"

"duo~"

"duo~"

Three shrill whistles woke everyone from their sweet dreams.
"Everyone, get up immediately, get your belongings in order within five minutes, and gather outside!"

Shi Jin changed his smiling face from yesterday and shouted loudly with a stern face.

Chen Jiang had good habits when he was in the special police team. After hearing the order, he immediately got up from the bed, put on his clothes, and quickly folded the quilt into tofu blocks based on his memory. Although he could not compare with Wu Liuyi on the upper bunk, he was already the fastest and best among the new recruits.

"Hurry up, when you're ready, rush out with me to gather together!" Wu Liuyi was also a little surprised by Chen Jiang's skillful movements.

Most of the others are not as good as Chen Jiang, and they just do a messy pile of things and think they are done.

Gao Cheng stood under the flag of the August 1st Army, looking at his watch, then at the new recruits who stumbled out to gather, and couldn't help frowning.

When Shi Jin and the others finally finished arranging the rows, he said unhappily,

"Look at what you've become. Do you still look like a soldier?"

"That soldier! Who are you looking at? You! Why are you barefoot?"

Gao Cheng's face was already in a bad mood, and when he saw a new recruit running out with only one shoe on, he couldn't help but get furious.

Chen Jiang glanced at him out of the corner of his eye and saw that the unlucky guy was Xu Sanduo.

"Captain, my shoes are missing."

Xu Sanduo wished he could lower his head to his belt.

"Looked up!"

"Keep your head up!"

"You can't even find your shoes? If a war breaks out, how are you going to charge into battle with me? Do you think you can keep up with everyone barefoot?"

Gao Cheng looked very disappointed.

"Report to the company commander, I can keep up!" Xu Sanduo actually said something back. Only Chen Jiang knew that this guy might really be able to keep up. After all, Xu Sanduo's strength is running. In terms of endurance, Wu Liuyi probably won't be his opponent in the future.

(End of this chapter)