Chapter 9: Recruits

"Damn, it's completely different from what you see on TV!" Xiang Xiaotian, who was running three kilometers on the way, thought angrily.

Because of the episodes that appeared before, the recruits don't have a single thorn anymore, basically the same as Xiang Xiaotian, they have any ideas in their stomachs, but the training is not interesting at all, every day is repeating yesterday's things, not at all like on TV, there are so many cool-looking trainings every day.

"Xiang Xiaotian, you let the whole class wait for you, and you are sleeping after doing three hundred!" This is the first time that Chen Zhen has been urgently assembled.

"Xiang Xiaotian, the grenade is twenty-four meters, look at your little bit of energy, even a girl throws it farther than you, three or three hundred at night!" This is the first time to throw a grenade.

"Xiang Xiaotian, twenty-six rings,, the soldier can't even shoot a gun, what else can he do, three or three hundred at night!" It was the first shot.

"Xiang Xiaotian, look at what you have folded on the quilt, three or three hundred at night!"

"Squad leader~ The quilt has nothing to do with three hundred!"

"Dare to talk back, add a hundred!"

……

In addition to running and not being scolded, Xiang Xiaotian really has one thing that makes him lose face, then the military theory test is the only one in the company with a full score, and others write a wrong question a hundred times, but he is doing three hundred when others write a hundred times......

"Damn, I knew I was failing!"

"What did you just say, all the subjects are going over again!"

"Oh my God~~"

If Xiang Xiaotian was really a person who couldn't support the wall in the mud, Chen Zhen might not have opened so many small stoves for him in private, but the key to Xiang Xiaotian running was not bad, Chen Zhen always thought that he was a manufacturable material, so he put a lot of effort into him.

But Lin Jie is different, except for the lack of endurance training such as running, the rest are the top in the recruit corps, the first grenade is forty-six meters, the first time to shoot forty-nine rings, all of this can really make Xiang Xiaotian envious.

Xiang Xiaotian said to Lin Jie: "If Lao Tzu has your body, I will go to our squad leader first." ”

Lin Jie looked at Xiang Xiaotian with disdain and replied: "Pull it down, be careful that he beats me like you, with you now, your physical fitness is no worse than mine, isn't your grenade also over forty, go on you!" ”

Xiang Xiaotian haha: "I'm forbearing, it's almost the New Year, save face for him!" ”

Lin Jie said: "Out of breath! Eh, by the way, I've heard that the title is about to be awarded! ”

Xiang Xiaotian said: "Well, next Monday will be it!" ”

A conversation between the two came from under the back wall of the night, and this place had been a place for two people to meet privately since the last time.

The award ceremony is the most important and exciting moment for a recruit!

Although it has not been a long time, everyone's face has lost the childishness when they first came, and everyone is working hard to become a qualified soldier.

On the podium, a medium-tall and slightly chubby officer carried two bars and four stars on his shoulders, this is the chief of staff of the military subdivision where they are stationed, I heard that in the past, he used to fight two thugs with daggers with his bare hands, and he was stunned by a knife in the stomach, and he forcibly broke a person's arm, grabbed another dagger and stuck it into the opponent's thigh, and persevered until the troops came.

"Comrades, we are located in the westernmost part of the motherland, guarding the western gate of the motherland, and our living conditions may be one of the worst places in the country, but when you become border guards, you do not only have epaulettes on your shoulders, but also responsibilities! The border security of the motherland will be officially handed over to you today, and I believe that you will be able to carry out the tasks entrusted to you by the motherland. But to become a real qualified army, we are not good enough! Remember, to be a good soldier, a comfortable day is always yesterday. ”

After a short speech, there was no enthusiasm or enthusiasm, and the award ceremony ended in less than half an hour, and in the afternoon it was greeted with tactical training and three kilometers.

It's the New Year, the year of the recruit company, it looks particularly lively, the dumplings you wrap, watch the collective fireworks, go shopping, the happiest thing is to take a seven-day holiday, you can steal seven days of laziness.

The daily training has not been disrupted by these episodes, every day is still repetitive and boring, everyone has forgotten the purpose of their come, there is no enthusiasm, and some are just work and rest time. The difference is only that the training intensity has increased significantly compared with the year after the year, and Xiang Xiaotian saw with his own eyes that a thin and abnormally thin little brother of the company next door was dragged nearly twenty meters on the ground by their squad leader because of his non-standard prostrate movements!

Towards the end, it became everyone's speculation about the upcoming company.

The assessment also means the end of the three-month recruit life, Xiang Xiaotian grenade: 43 meters, shooting 49 rings, 3 kilometers and 15 minutes, and winning a battalion commendation!

Chen Jie also scored 16 points in three kilometers, but because his military qualities were top-notch, and his shooting was even more impressive, he won a regimental commendation.

But in his words: "If Lao Tzu didn't smoke, maybe he would have scored seventeen points early, and he would have practiced like this!" ”

"I heard that there is a brother in the second battalion of recruits who is like you, he was very weak when he first came, and then he could do two hundred push-ups in one breath, and when he was assessed for three kilometers, he broke his foot in the last few tens of meters, and he climbed to the finish line in a daze, and the division commander was also present at that time, and he was a third-class merit on the spot!" Lin Jie said to Xiang Xiaotian with a cigarette in his mouth, this is today's privilege.

Tomorrow will be out of the company, this is the last reunion of the recruit company, Xiang Xiaotian and Lin Jie still ran to the root of the back wall, afraid that they would never be able to return to this small broken place in the future.

Xiang Xiaotian nodded and responded: "It's a man, I hope to have a chance to make friends in the future, hey!" You see if buddy is a little bloody now, I used to be too lazy to care if the sky fell or not, friends only talked to people, but now I want to meet some characters like that brother. ”

Lin Jie said: "It's changing, but I like this kind of change, which proves that the buddy is not in vain!" Eh, but we're not separated, we're still together, I'm in class 7 and you're not in a row in class 4. ”

Xiang Xiaotian said: "Well, it's also a good place, I heard that the chicken ass on the Chinese map, the last ray of sunshine in China!" ”

Lin Jie said: "It's so fast, three months!" I really want to thank my squad leader, if it weren't for him, I wouldn't have any virtue now! ”

"Me too, I just don't know if we'll have a chance to contact them after we go up the mountain! Okay, don't sigh, the vacation is not long, we have to call home, otherwise I don't know when we can get in touch. I think that the mobile phone is not disabled on the mountain at an altitude of several thousand meters, and there is no signal to go out. After Xiang Xiaotian finished speaking, he walked to the basement of the company, where there were several public telephones, which were used by recharge cards, and they all used this to contact during the Chinese New Year.

"Duh... Honk... Xiaotian~~" Xiao Nan's voice came from the microphone.

"Hello, let's close the winter vacation, it's cold at home, I'm cold, my recruit company is over, I'm going to go to the border line tomorrow, on the mountain of more than 4,000 meters, I may not be able to contact you for a long time!" Xiang Xiaotian finished what he wanted to say as quickly as possible, because there were still many comrades-in-arms in line.

Qi Xiaonan's soft voice came from the microphone: "Well, the house is much better, you have to pay attention to keeping warm, remember to write letters!" ”

There was a brief silence...

Xiang Xiaotian said: "I don't know what to say, the troops can't say it, and I don't know how to say the rest, but I miss you now, I really want to!" ”

Qi Xiaonan replied: "It's okay, just take care of yourself, I'm also very good here, I have already got last year's scholarship, you save all the fun things over there, come back and tell me, okay!" Don't say it, my classmates are calling me, you can call your parents first, so that they don't worry. ”

"Tut~Tut~Tut~Too..." Listening to the busy tone on the phone, Xiang Xiaotian smiled helplessly, because he knew that if he continued, he could only hear Qi Xiaonan's cry.

"Mom, I know, it's all good here, I can eat and live, I also saved some money, several dishes at a meal, better than our guys' food." You and my dad should also pay attention to our bodies, be less angry, and not good for our skin. Okay, I can't say it, my comrades-in-arms are waiting to use the phone, I don't know when the next call will be, don't worry about me. Facing Shen Dan's nagging, Xiang Xiaotian didn't have as much irritability as before, and after listening carefully, he could still respond, which was something he couldn't think of before.

"En~ Although it feels awkward to say, the effect is not bad." Xiang Xiaotian smiled and walked to the playground, looking around at the playground where he didn't know when he could come back once, and the three-story dilapidated building.

The next day, the soldiers of each company had already boarded the cars in different directions, including local garrisons, remote ammunition depots, oil depots, government officials, and so on!

And Xiang Xiaotian Lin Jie and them only have a force of 16 people and two squads in a car, four companies of border defense, and a few big boxes in the car that they don't know what to load.

The distance is really indescribably poor, I thought that the recruit training ground was far enough, but at least there was a way!

On the way to the border, the whole thing is to drive directly on the Gobi Desert, they almost vomited out all their breakfast, the second half is even more terrible, directly on the snow mountain, a few sections are still on the ice, the driver is an eight-year veteran, holding a cigarette and driving casually without slowing down at all.

In the evening, after nearly twelve hours of driving, they finally arrived at their destination, and one by one the recruits who had fallen asleep in their coats were woken up.

"Hey, hey! Don't sleep, get up, it's time to stand! ”

As the voice sounded, everyone opened their eyes tiredly.

The first thing that catches your eye is the eight big words: hard work, defending the country!