Chapter 138: Day 1
It has been a few hours since I got up in the morning, and Xiao Mubai is still in the clouds.
After cleaning the toilet once, he was replaced by a temporary sergeant, Xiao Mubai was very inexplicable, thinking about the words of the sergeant major at that time.
"I won't take the initiative to tell you what you need to do, because this is not a school but a barracks, and you need to figure it out on your own and adapt to the army as quickly as possible."
The sergeant major pointed at Xiao Mubai, "He is obviously very suitable for the barracks, he was the first to come down from the upper floor, and now he is your sergeant." ”
Unlike the Chinese People's Liberation Army, the recruit squad leader is a veteran.
In the Foreign Legion Recruit Battalion, except for the instructor, that is, the sergeant major, the rest of the people are a brigadier private.
Temporary sergeant is the exclusive property of the recruit barracks, and there is no such rank elsewhere, but a regular sergeant rank of three ranks.
According to the fact that he later became a full member, when Xiao Mubai left the recruit camp and went to the Fourth Corps, he asked the sergeant major at that time.
"Why did I become a temporary sergeant, is it because I was the first to clean the toilet?"
Said the sergeant major at the time.
"There are very few people who take the initiative to clean the toilet, so the first person to clean the toilet is very group and very obedient, which is very important and is a necessary condition for him to stay in the barracks."
"A sergeant is nothing, and it is very important that a sergeant communicates well with the soldiers."
"You were the only one of the twelve soldiers who could speak both French and English. In the world, there are the most people who can speak French and English, and the same is true for the boot camp, so you are the most qualified. ”
"The most important thing is that the officers of the Foreign Legion speak French, and it is easy to communicate with you without a lot of effort. And it's not an important position, and even if you're not suitable, there are more people to take your place. ”
These were the words of the sergeant major that came later.
It sounds very simple, that is, Xiao Mubai is very obedient, has the potential to become a dog, and can get along with recruits.
As soon as you hear the name, you will know that the temporary sergeant can be removed at any time. Yes, as long as Xiao Mubai is not suitable to use, he can throw away and replace him at any time.
After waking up and training, the following is a one-hour morning walk, which is basically the easiest, but there are strict requirements, such as pace.
Morning walks were important, and the Foreign Legion required eighty-eight steps per minute, not one hundred and twenty in other armies.
The time and step length of each step are specified, and there can be no difference of one centimeter or one second.
The sergeant major shouted the command, and the recruits walked slowly, singing military songs and chanting.
"The Legion is my homeland."
After an hour of walking in a queue, breakfast time begins.
It was already dawn, and I walked into the restaurant and was about to eat, but I heard a voice on the radio.
"Rookies, you'll only have five minutes, and those who are late will be automatically penalized."
Muesli, savoury and sweet biscuits, chocolate powder, Savoyard with pasta.
Sorry, it's not freshly made fresh vegetable food, but industrially made packaged food.
Five minutes, of which it takes one minute to tear the package and one minute to add water to treat before eating.
Looking at the weird food, the assorted breakfast is like a dried meat ball soaked in water, and the biscuits are a little more delicious, but the mouth is too dry after eating too much, and the chocolate powder is stirred with water, and the water temperature is too high to drink.
And the pasta is like the meat on a soaked white corpse, white and swollen, which reminds Xiao Mubai of the minced meat on the battlefield, and it is unbearable to eat it.
Xiao Mubai swallowed it for a while, and felt like he was choked in his throat, but it was actually too unpalatable and wanted to vomit.
The taste is so unpalatable, it's not as delicious as crisp noodles, seeing the seasoning package in the package, Xiao Mubai remembered.
Seeing others tearing it, Xiao Mubai tore it up, poured the seasoning on it and stirred it well, and tried to eat it to feel better.
And by this time, time is running out.
When the whistle sounded, Xiao Mubai took a sip of chocolate water, and immediately put down the cup when he heard the whistle.
"Quick!" As a temporary sergeant, Xiao Mubai must lead by example.
Coming out of the restaurant, I immediately rushed to the training center.
After breakfast, the platoon training begins, during which the recruits are asked to memorize the French password.
Simple commands such as standing upright, taking a break, counting the number, left, right, forward, stepping, walking, running, etc., must be memorized for a short time, and the sergeant major will not repeat it a second time.
“Tournantàgauche!” As the sergeant major shouted the command, the recruit moved.
This was a ninety degree turn to the left, Xiao Mubai stood in the first position, and as he was the first to turn his body, the others followed.
After the cohort training, the French language teaching begins.
Recruits have to learn French within a month and pass the French test in the boot camp or they will be eliminated.
Language teaching is in the computer room, through systematic teaching materials, because there are more than 100 member countries, there are more than 100 languages, and it is not possible to teach in the classroom with teachers.
The vocabulary in the textbook is related to firearms, tactical movements, equipment, and other military warfare words, although there are others, but there are not many.
Choose your first native language, then interact with French, audio-visual and speaking level 3 teaching, and that's it. All in all, this is still the most humane part of the Foreign Legion.
There are no French recruits in the Foreign Legion, but there are still people who can speak French, such as those who were originally French colonies, Haiti, Congo, Central Africa, Cambodia and other places, but these places are not the main source of soldiers.
Most of the recruits of the Foreign Legion come from the former Soviet Union and Eastern European countries, as well as Latin American countries and African countries.
There are very few people who can speak French, and those who come to participate are not high-ability people from the bottom of society, and this is not a French school of the university after all.
Although Xiao Mubai knows French, these French are not related to daily life, but about firearms, equipment, tactical actions, Xiao Mubai still needs to learn.
Sitting in front of the computer, Xiao Mubai began to study.
If it weren't for the instructor staring, and the computer was not connected to the Internet, Xiao Mubai would almost have to do something else.
Today is the first day of training, Xiao Mubai did not touch the gun, and even all the individual skills training related to firearms was not there, only continuous discipline training, housekeeping training, queue training, language training and physical training.
How long does it take to go from a young man to a forbidden soldier, and the military is different in every country.
But in the Foreign Legion, recruits are not allowed to make mistakes, and all of them are punished if one person makes a mistake.
Today is Sunday, and it is time for Xiao Mubai to have another mission.
Xiao Mubai was very embarrassed, there should be no training at eleven o'clock, but there were other people in the dormitory, how could Xiao Mubai travel through the past.
This is what Xiao Mubai didn't expect at the beginning.
The language teaching is over, and a whistle blows.
"Assemble everyone! Target Training Ground! There was a roar on the radio.
Now, the big boss is going to start the lecture, which was revealed by the sergeant major before, if anyone is late, they will be punished in front of a thousand people, and it will not be one person who will lose face at that time.
The big boss is none other than Lieutenant Colonel Arnold, the training officer of the Marseille boot camp.
Three hours later, after the big boss finished speaking, Xiao Mubai and the others began to train separately.
PS: It's a lot of pressure, but I'm very happy, pressure is motivation, and the author tries his best to complete it......
…… (To be continued.) )