Soldiers' Assault: Veteran Special Agents and New Recruits

After the recruits were tidied up, at Gao Cheng's request, they sang "Unity is Strength" and were then loaded onto Dongfeng trucks and transported to the recruit company for unified new recruit training.

The basic training for new recruits lasts for three months, after which they will be assigned to various companies and granted military ranks.

Strictly speaking...

Only at that moment can one be considered a true soldier.

The truck convoy sped along the dirt road, kicking up clouds of yellow dust. It took them more than an hour to drive through the bumpy terrain before finally arriving at the training ground for the new recruits.

Under the shouts of the veteran squad leader, the new recruits were herded off the vehicle like piglets.

"Holy crap, it really is a converted garage."

Jackie Chan knew where the training camp was from watching TV dramas, but seeing it in person after getting out of the car still shocked him greatly.

Usually, each regiment has a dedicated training base for new recruits, with only a small number lacking such facilities.

Even if it's a former abandoned campsite that's been cleaned up and renovated, the space is usually quite spacious.

At least dormitories can be assigned according to class!

The training camp that appeared before Jackie Chan was converted from an abandoned armored vehicle garage. The huge site consisted of a two-story building, two large garages, and large areas of hardened concrete.

There's definitely enough training ground space, after all, this used to be a place where tanks used to run.

But the dormitories are definitely not enough; the two-story building can't possibly fit more than 100 new recruits.

Where will the new recruits sleep?

The original storyline takes place in this abandoned garage, where all the new recruits share a dormitory-style room, with over 100 people living together without any partitions.

"Hopefully, Zhen Tian doesn't snore."

Jackie Chan, with only one hope in mind, reluctantly lined up on the playground with his luggage.

As the company commander of the new recruits' company, Gao Cheng, the highest-ranking military officer in the new recruit training camp, began his first speech at the moment the new recruits entered the camp.

The opening lines were all the same old stuff; Jackie Chan had heard them so many times he was sick of them and didn't find them particularly moving.

The last few sentences in the summary resonated with most of the new recruits.

"For me, strength is the only standard. There's no fancy stuff. Whether you're a mule or a horse, bring them out and give them a good run. After three months, the mule can leave, and the horse will follow me..."

Gao Cheng spoke bluntly and cruelly, causing all the new recruits to tense up.

Now that we've come to the army, nobody wants to be a mule.

Cheng Cai, who was already extremely competitive, clenched his fists and secretly vowed, "I, Cheng Cai, will not only be a horse, but also the best celestial horse, and become the most outstanding one in the recruit company."

Xu Sanduo, on the other hand, had his signature bewildered expression.

It was obvious that he didn't understand the metaphors of the mule and the horse, what each represented, why the mule had to leave, and why the horse could stay.

Only Jackie Chan remained calm and composed, his heart completely undisturbed.

If it were a selection process for new members of the Old A team, Jackie Chan might have had some drive, but the recruit training camp... was just too unchallenging.

A veteran special forces soldier who has served for more than ten years embarks on his second military career by chance.

This is like a battle-hardened eagle disguising itself and blending into a flock of chicks; Jackie Chan truly doesn't know how he became so mediocre.

of course.

If necessary, Jackie Chan wouldn't mind showing off a few skills to broaden their horizons.

They include, but are not limited to, new recruits...

Gao Cheng wasn't one to waste time talking nonsense. After reciting his personal motto, he moved on to the next segment—

Camp entry will be divided into classes!

The number of new recruits exceeded that of a regular combat company, and they were divided into three platoons and 12 squads. Each squad consisted of 10 new recruits, plus a squad leader and a squad deputy.

After the troops were divided up, each squad leader led his men down to begin the basic work before they entered the camp.

Making beds, organizing personal belongings, sorting combat reserve storage boxes and lockers, sorting daily necessities, dividing living areas, and having squad leaders lead teams to familiarize themselves with the camp area, etc.

Jackie Chan is so familiar with this routine that he must have trained countless new recruits in his past life.

The only thing Jackie Chan still wanted to complain about was the dormitory.

The huge tank and armored vehicle garage was converted into a dormitory with sixty or seventy bunk beds with bedside tables. More than a hundred people were crammed into this dormitory to sleep on the same beds. It was truly a first for me.

Even when I was a new recruit in my past life, I lived in a private dormitory with one room per platoon.

of course.

I simply don't like it.

Having experienced all sorts of grueling trials, including environments hundreds of times worse than this, he's not unaccustomed to living in a large dormitory.

The next two weeks were also quite monotonous, with only two projects running day after day—

They attended ideological and political classes and carried out internal affairs rectification.

Most of the time, they weren't in another garage, but were uniformly subjected to various ideological baptisms by the instructors.

Each recruit carried a blanket to the parade ground, and all 100-plus new recruits lay on the ground, their buttocks sticking out, folding their blankets with great effort.

The only interesting and competitive thing was that in order to win the weekly model class flag, the class leaders would use all sorts of methods.

Sweeping, mopping, tidying up towels, and washing basins are all easy tasks with little technical difficulty.

The difficulty lies in folding the blankets!

Folding a cotton-filled military blanket into a neat square like a tofu block, with every line straight and every corner sharp, is no easy task.

It requires countless repetitions over a long period of time until the cotton is compressed and compacted to become a standard tofu block.

Normally speaking.

A brand new quilt that's only been used for a week can't possibly be perfectly square.

Therefore, the veterans had no choice but to use an abnormal device that existed only in the military and whose inventor was unknown. It was called the "Home Affairs Board".

A set of two rectangular wooden boards, each about the width of a palm and fitted with a wooden handle, can indeed significantly speed up the process of making neat, square blocks.

It can not only flatten and thin out a spread-out quilt, but also make the fluffy cotton more compact.

It can also be used to clip the four corners and eight sides of a quilt, making each side straighter and each corner more sturdy.

Then, use chopsticks to poke and lift it, and you'll have a perfect corner.

Although the home management board is very useful and has many functions, it is also a skill to use it well, and it is difficult to quickly master the techniques in a short period of time.

Xu Sanduo, Cheng Cai, and Cheng Long, however, are different; they can be used flexibly as soon as they are acquired.

The blankets were folded so neatly and quickly.

Having received meticulous training from special forces since childhood is no joke.

While other recruits were still folding "bread blankets" with long faces and looking miserable, Jackie Chan, Xu Sanduo, and Cheng Cai had already finished making tofu blocks.

All three were assigned to Shi Jin's second platoon, which made Shi Jin, as the platoon leader, feel particularly proud.

I've decided to give him a proper commendation!

Not only did they "invite" the three men's blankets out and place them on the desk at the very front of the parade ground, setting an example for the other recruits to learn from.

They even invited the company commander over, specifically mentioning that Xu Sanduo's blanket was folded the best.

Shi Jin really put his heart into this.

The purpose was to clear Xu Sanduo's name, which was left in Company Commander Gao Cheng's mind by making him so scared at the train station that his legs went weak and he fell to the ground.

"Hmm, the blankets are folded alright, they're passable."

Finally seeing the red-skinned soldier's strengths, Gao Cheng felt less upset.

But that's far from enough to completely change things. Being properly housed is only the foundation for a soldier. So he nodded expressionlessly and turned back to his office.

"I knew it! These soldiers would be great, hehe."

Watching the company commander's departing figure, Shi Jin smiled, a very happy smile.