Chapter 533: The Price of Being Late
The first horn sounded in the middle of the night, and the sharp sound of the electronic army horn instantly spread throughout the huge camp. I was the first to get up and put on my clothes and run outside, and when I saw the rest of the people either sitting on the bed sleepy-eyed and overwhelmed, or simply falling asleep as if they hadn't heard the assembly whistle, I couldn't help but shout, "Hurry up, everyone, don't be late!"
By the time the second rallying horn sounded five minutes later, I was already fully dressed on the boot camp playground. Out of the corner of my eye, there were only three people who could do it as fast as I did. It is said that there were more than 500 people in the boot camp in this period, and after the third and final rallying horn sounded, the number of people who came to the playground in the allotted time increased to 12.
The instructor was a tall black man, like a brown bear that could rage at any moment. The stopwatch in his hand stopped on time as the third rally was completed.
It took more than 20 minutes for more than 500 recruits to assemble.
"Good, all but twelve recruits are late. For the first and last time, I forgive you for your stupidity and self-righteousness. The instructor had a gloomy face, pacing back and forth at the front of the line.
"If you don't assemble within the allotted time next time, the last ten will be punished and disbanded now!"
"You see, this instructor didn't do anything to everyone. Tuawa, from my top bunk, walked beside me, yawning and saying dissatisfiedly, "This guy must have been drinking and tossing everyone at night, and my poor dreams have been disturbed by him." ”
I shook my head and said to Tuawa, "Tuawa, I'm sure the next time someone is late, they will be punished very severely." ”
"Hi, relax. Tuawa put his arm around my shoulders and smiled and said, "This is Akure, a free and democratic city, and we are only here to be mercenaries to eat." ”
At five o'clock in the morning, the piercing rallying call sounded again. This time, apart from me, there were only two people in our recruit camp who sat up from the bed board and looked around sleepily, and the rest of the recruits didn't even move, turned over and cursed very dissatisfied, and then continued to sleep.
I was the first to reach the playground, and after the second rallying call, six more people arrived, and when the third rallying call ended, the number of people who arrived at the playground reached more than two dozen people.
"Very well, now start the timer. Behind the instructor were more than a dozen soldiers with stopwatches and notebooks, wearing helmet-style flashlights on their heads, looking seriously in the direction of the barracks.
The barracks came out one after another, yawning and disheveled recruits, and arrived at the playground and walked loosely to that station. It took a full forty minutes for the entire boot camp to reassemble.
"I've already said that I'll give you only one chance, so now, it's time to honor the punishment. The instructor was still pacing in front of him, with a grim smile on his lips: "Ignoring the rules will pay a price, guards, find out the last ten people just recorded." ”
Soon, heavily armed guards burst into the group of recruits and pulled the last ten latecomers out of the crowd. One of the recruits seemed to be a little angry and disobeyed the guards with his own people, but he was directly smashed in the face by the guards and fainted, and dragged out like a dead dog.
"All go to the pond and assemble! Everyone runs forward, guards, close the boot camp and no one is allowed to enter or leave!"
I noticed a group of mercenaries running towards the boot camp behind them, quickly closing the iron gate leading to the playground, the fence was covered with shards of glass and barbed wire, and it was not easy to climb from the boot camp to the playground.
At this time, the recruits were already stunned by the instructor, and they all stood up straight with nervous expressions. As the mercenaries in front of them began to move towards the pond, all the recruits followed suit.
"Since you are late, you will be punished. The instructor pointed to a not very large pond not far away and said, "Now, swim from one end of the pond to the other, and your punishment will be over." ”
The dark pond was silent, the stars were dimmed by the coming dawn, and only I could see the blue-gray behemoths floating on the water. Their bulging flesh thorns and mouthful fangs sent shivers down the spine of everyone. I think no one but me will like these big, disguised and hunting creatures with sharp and powerful teeth enough to tear any mercenary to shreds.
This pond is full of crocodiles!
The ten recruits breathed a long sigh of relief, they couldn't see the killing motive lurking underwater, and they didn't know that the instructor's punishment would be so severe.
"Thanks to the instructor, I will never be late next time. A small recruit took off his clothes and pants, stood by the pond and turned back to the instructor.
"Don't thank me, if you have a next time. With a sneer on the corner of the instructor's mouth, the recruits who couldn't see it jumped directly into the pond. The other punished mercenaries also took off their clothes with a relaxed face, and prepared to enter the pond for swimming.
The first little recruit to jump in didn't even have time to scream before he was torn apart by the crocodiles that were already waiting in the pond. A crocodile bit his head and rolled it up and twisted the little man's head directly, and the rest of the crocodiles swarmed up, biting a piece of meat and rolling it hard at the same time, and the originally silent water surface was like a boiling kettle in an instant, bursting out of churning bubbles.
Before the second person could react, he waded into the pond and asked, "What are you doing in the pond?" This time, a crocodile bit his legs directly from under the water, twisting them off like twisted flowers.
"Ahh
Several recruits who had undressed and were standing by the pond heard the screams in the water and were about to run back when they were kicked into the pond by one of the soldiers standing behind.
Screams rang out one after another, and the water in the pond churned violently, emitting a heart-palpitating smell of blood.
There were only two recruits standing on the edge of the pond before they had time to go down. One is the most abrasive person in the entire recruit, who hasn't had time to take off his pants, and the other is the recruit who was knocked unconscious by the soldier with *, who is wiping the blood from his face with his clothes.
The two people were already completely frightened, and when they saw the soldiers coming over and dragging them, one of the knocked out recruits hurriedly shouted: "Sir, this is not fair, there are still people sleeping in the new barracks, we are not the last ten people!"
"They won't be able to see the sunrise today, so you're still the last ten to be late!"
At this time, the sky is getting brighter, the white of the fish belly gradually dispels the night, and some scenes can be vaguely seen in the pond.
Floating severed limbs, red-dyed ponds, and yellow-green eyes with waterproof membranes make the whole pond as terrifying as hell on earth.
"Sir, please give me another chance, I will not dare to be late again in the future!" The two recruits were already frightened, and knelt on the ground and begged bitterly, but they refused to go down.
Two gunshots rang out, and the bodies of the two people were thrown directly into the pond.
"What's your name?" I quickly took two steps forward with my chest up.
"Report sir, my name is Chu Tianyang. ”
"Very good, I now appoint you as the captain of the recruit barracks, you are responsible for managing these stupid pigs well, is there a problem?"
I secretly complained in my heart, but at this time it was already difficult to ride a tiger, so I could only grit my teeth and shout: "There is no problem, sir, but I need five adjutants." ”
"Very well, you decide the appointment yourself! But remember, you are jointly and severally liable if there is any problem with the entire recruit camp!
"Got it, sir!"
"Disbanded now, at eight o'clock, the new barracks will participate in the first formal special training, and dinner will start on time at seven o'clock!"
The dead are dead, but the living are going on. The instructor's notoriety, after this late incident, has spread like blood in the body, penetrating every inch of skin. Despite the great fear and disgust, there were no more recruits who dared to disobey orders.
After breakfast, everyone returned to their barracks in silence. In accordance with the practice of managing the troops in China, I divided the battalion of 500 recruits into five squadrons, each with recruits who had not been late before as squadron leaders, and each squadron of 100 men was divided into five squadrons of 20 men each, and then they appointed the squad leaders themselves. In this way, the plan for the division and management of 500 people has been completed, and my order only needs to be given to the squadron leader to carry out.
The strength of the body is still growing very slowly, and this state of body makes me very anxious. Once the scabs on my face fall off, the Legion's eyeliner will surely re-target me.
But there is no way, in this state, it is impossible for me to escape.
The morning sun didn't shine long before it was obliterated by the dark clouds flying in the sky. With a violent lightning, an overwhelming downpour of rain fell from the sky.
Everyone sat on the camp's cots, silently watching the heavy rain outside. The companions who had been sleeping in the camp had disappeared, and there was even a pool of blood on the bed board of Camp 3 that had not dried up.
At eight o'clock sharp, the piercing rallying call sounded again. This time, all the soldiers in the recruit camp were assembled neatly before the second rallying horn sounded.
"Very well, it seems that you already know how to obey orders. Now, I'm going to tell you that you're going to be brutally trained here to be part of the Legion of Fury. The instructor paced, his eyes full of pride.
"The Legion of Fury is the strongest in the world, and now our force is employed by the central government of Nigeria to maintain stability in the region and fight rampant rebels. ”
Seeing us standing motionless in the rain, the instructor pointed to all kinds of training equipment in front of us: "Okay fools, start your training and complete your transformation from fools to elites!"