Chapter Forty-Eight: The Hardest Days of the Service Company
Chen Hansheng, who didn't want to go to the maintenance class, but was willing to stay in the service company as an amateur literary soldier, ushered in the first period of the most difficult days after leaving the company.
On Monday morning, Company Commander Dong gathered all the recruits on the playground, and then said to all the soldiers straight to the point, "This week may be the most difficult day for our recruits, and I hope that all the recruits will be able to accept this test and make a positive performance in this test!"
When the recruits heard this, they immediately became a little nervous. Not to mention the more difficult days, in the current state, it is enough for all recruits to be uncomfortable. If the day is for political study, you can still get some physical rest, but if you are doing military training during the day and you have to stand on a shift at night, you will not be able to recover your spirit and spirit to a certain extent the next day, and you will feel more and more tired after several days in a row.
Company Commander Dong then spit out his burden to everyone, "This week, there will be 10 wagons of ammunition to be loaded into the warehouse, and all the warehouses will have to be restocked and sorted out, so this workload is very large, and the time can only be one week, because next week, a new round of political study will be carried out! In the next week, military training will be arranged!"
When I heard that there was a wagon, even the veterans began to bare their teeth, and it could be seen that this was a very tiring job. It's just that the recruits have not yet been taught when they leave the company.
After a simple mobilization, the team set off in two ways. All the way to the platform, all the way to the warehouse.
The platform was about a dozen miles away from the troops, and it took a while to arrive.
When we came to the platform, we saw that ten carriages were parked there, and they were all loaded with military ammunition. The section that is opened, parallel to the platform. A large number of forklifts are placed on the platform.
The recruit, who wanted to behave, heard the company commander's order, so he hurried to grab the forklift. The veteran standing in the back looked sneering.
The recruits who grabbed the forklift began to act actively, and pushed the large boxes of shells from the wagons to the military vehicles as quickly as possible. One, two, three. Coming and going, it was quickly filled with a great liberation, and when the box was closed, the driver quickly started the car and ran to the warehouse of the troops.
The driver who drove the car was happy, a car of goods had to be loaded for at least half an hour, how long to load, how long the driver rested in the cab, the goods were loaded, and then he ran to the warehouse of the army with the goods, and it didn't take long for him to arrive, the driver sat there again to rest, and when the goods were finished, he drove to the platform. In the process of coming and going, almost half of the time you can rest.
At the same time, the soldiers who were arranged in the warehouse did not have idle time, in addition to unloading the goods and putting the goods into the warehouse, they also had to find time to make some adjustments to the goods in the warehouse, otherwise they could not use all the warehouse space. Moreover, some ammunition that is ready for overhaul will have to be moved to the front.
Compared with the recruits, the veterans all seem calm and calm, without the kind of intention to perform, and they are just working step by step.
Almost all of the recruits wanted to behave, and although they did not agree, they showed a very tacit understanding in this regard. As long as there is an empty forklift, someone immediately goes over to grab it, as if it is not for the purpose of unloading, but the machine gunner is poured on the battlefield, hurry to replenish, hurry to kill the enemy.
Although Chen Hansheng is also a recruit, he is neither positive nor negative. He is not the kind of person who loves to show up, but he knows that as a soldier, he has to do his duty.
After Chen Hansheng's performance was discovered by an experienced veteran, he asked, "So many recruits are competing for performance, why aren't you active?"
Chen Hansheng said with a smile, "I'm just doing it, there's no need to make people feel that I'm outstanding." ”
The veteran tapped him on the shoulder and said, "Maybe you can be better than them!"
Chen Hansheng smiled but did not answer.
Because I was so tired, this first recruit night that had just begun, everyone slept soundly and was very engaged, and some even fell asleep as soon as they went to bed. Even if someone wanted to say a few words, they just said one sentence and snored.
When they came back the next day, although the recruits had recovered a lot after a night's sleep and recuperation, they were still much worse than the first day. It's just that none of those recruits want people to feel cowardly, and they can't let the chief see the head and tail, so they harden their heads, cheer up, fight for their lives, and rely on their youth and spirit, and continue to behave positively, and some people even deliberately increase the weight on the car.
The veterans continued to proceed in an orderly manner, while encouraging the recruits who performed well.
By the third day, those recruits could not stand the encouragement and began to lose their energy, and some even wanted to sit down and rest for a while because they couldn't hold on, but they were afraid that the head of the company would see it, so they continued to fight with that energy.
By the fourth day, the recruits, especially those who had excelled in the previous days, began to show the exhaustion of the previous physical exhaustion, and some of them were as soft as a lump of mud. In them, there is no longer that kind of primitive motivation, only the power of refueling brought by eating.
The veterans began to mock the recruits, "Why don't you punch and rush, don't you be a hero?"
Most of the recruits who rushed by, speechless, even showed approval with their eyes. Only a few competitive recruits are still unwilling to fail and want to continue to compete with the veterans.
On the fifth day, those competitive recruits could not compare with those step-by-step veterans, they could only look at those step-by-step veterans, continue to exert the strength of the old cow, and sigh with joy.
On the last day, Saturday morning to be exact, almost all the recruits were almost exhausted, and if it weren't for the discipline of the troops, some might have wanted to become deserters.
At this last moment, those experienced veterans showed the spirit of the first day of recruits, and even said in front of the recruits, "Look at our veterans!"
The veteran, who had always maintained a kind of accumulation of strength, launched a friendly and ironic challenge to the recruit. Although they were just as tired, their veteran spirit had been secretly encouraging them and directing them.
Although Chen Hansheng is also a recruit, he can still hold out to the end. It's just that, compared to those veterans, he is really a little daunting. The veteran's final sprint was simply playing with his life.
By the time of the last truckload of goods, those recruits were just foils on the sidelines, and more things were done for the veterans to take the lead.
The veteran used the final victory to send a kind of signal to the recruits, and some veterans even said to the recruits in this way, "When I was like you, I even felt that the veterans were not active in thinking! Later, I realized that it is very easy for a person to succeed in his ability for a while, but it is not so easy, or even impossible to do in order to succeed in his ability for a lifetime." ”
The recruits, who were already tired and out of breath, could only nod their heads in approval.
The mission, which was scheduled to be completed on Saturday afternoon, was completed at 11 a.m.
After gathering the contingent on the playground, Instructor Wang, the company commander, happily said to everyone, "This mission has been accomplished very completely! I want to praise both the new recruits and the veterans here! If there is no beginning of the new recruits, there will be no end for the veterans! The positive performance of the new recruits is worth learning from the veterans! The veterans' concept of combat readiness is also worthy of the new recruits' affirmation!"
Two kinds of praise gave both recruits and veterans a kind of comfort.
Instructor Wang then said to all the new and veteran soldiers, "In the afternoon, everyone should take a shower and rest! Tomorrow we will rest for another day!"
Everyone cheered, as if they had not just completed a difficult task, but had won a big battle.
At the end of the show, Instructor Wang deliberately looked at Chen Hansheng, who was too tired, to ask, "You can practice the piano in the afternoon, do you practice?"
Chen Hansheng really felt too tired, he really wanted to lie down and sleep for a while, but in the face of Instructor Wang's intentional interrogation, he still nodded and said, "Still practicing!"
Instructor Wang shook his head and nodded again.