"Ten, Nine, Eight, Seven, Six, Five, Four, Three, Two, One......"

"I won!" In the midst of everyone's countdown, Private Muck took the lead in finishing a large glass of beer, picked up the soldier's nameplate at the bottom of the cup in his mouth, and proudly showed off to his defeated general, a private of Company A.

"Mook! Muck! Muck! The soldiers of the B Company, who were already slightly drunk on the side, cheered loudly and excitedly!

"Well done, Mook! After three wins in a row, two more wins will have all the expenses for going to the city tomorrow. Jeff exclaimed, "Who else wants to challenge next?" as he quickly counted the winnings for Mook. ”

"Stand upright!" Suddenly, a password came from the small bar of the barracks military service club. The small bar, which had been bustling with activity just a moment ago, suddenly fell silent. Immediately after, with the sound of tables and chairs colliding, everyone was already standing in place.

In an instant, the entire bar fell silent, except for a few 25-cent coins that fell on the floor with a crisp sound. The coins had been dropped by Jeff in a panic, but no one was going to look at them at this point, and everyone was staring straight ahead of them, even though there was nothing.

During this period of devil training, the recruits of the 82nd Division have a "deep" enough understanding of their military identity. Not to mention that it is in a bar, even if you strip naked in a bathhouse, you will immediately follow the password when you hear it.

"Good evening, everyone, please take a breath." The one who walked into the bar was the division commander, Major General Li Qiwei.

After more than a week of assessment, the 82nd Division finally successfully passed the acceptance and became the first division among all the reconstructed divisions of the army to complete all the training subjects.

This afternoon, after the general staff assessment team left, the regiments received a notice from the division headquarters: They will have a three-day holiday starting tomorrow, and they can leave the Klaibo barracks in turn as a battalion unit and go to Alexandria City for vacation.

However, the recruits who have finally survived the devil's training will not wait for tomorrow morning. Now, the whole barracks is as lively as a festival, and everyone is celebrating that they have "come out of hell alive".

"Good!" Ridgway was clearly pleased with their performance. In his opinion, only by always remembering to maintain the posture of a soldier and being able to carry out orders and prohibitions at any time and place can he be called a qualified soldier.

"I know a lot of you are concerned about the end result of the assessment. I can tell you clearly that our all-American division has passed this acceptance assessment with full honors. What does this mean? This means that after a year of hard work, you have grown from a civilian to a qualified soldier. It makes me very happy for you. ”

"Hooray!" This was the first time that Li Qiwei had announced the final results of the assessment to the officers and men at the grassroots level, and the scene immediately burst into warm cheers and applause.

Li Qi smiled slightly and took a glass of wine from the adjutant's hand, "Today, you have enough reasons to celebrate!" Go and enjoy your vacation, you deserve it. ”

"But there is one thing you have to remember. This assessment is just a small step in your military career. The All-American Division will be the best division in the United States and even in the world, and you will be the best Army soldiers in the United States and the world. "There are some things I want you to do to achieve this goal, not only in training but also when you are on vacation......

In fact, Li Qiwei's next instructions are nothing new, nothing more than to pay attention to the appearance of soldiers, abide by military discipline, do not break the law when going out, and return to the camp on time.

During the Christmas vacation last year, there was a mess in the division, and a group of drunks caused a lot of trouble for the divisional gendarmerie. If you don't give them a vaccination first, God knows how many things these guys who have been suppressed for months will cause trouble.

However, seeing the performance of the soldiers just now, Li Qiwei was still more relieved. Being able to immediately obey the command and stand up when they are already drunk shows that the one-year training of these recruits is still effective.

Therefore, Li Qiwei did not emphasize too much after a few words of advice, but after toasting everyone with a glass of wine, he turned the topic to other aspects.

"I think a lot of you have heard of it somewhat. The Army will formally form a new branch of the armed forces, the Airborne Forces. And our all-American division is one of the candidates for the first airborne troops. Li Qi said with a heartfelt heart: "Just next month, we will join the three divisions of the other group armies to compete for the only reorganization place." ”

"General, what exactly are the Airborne Forces?" The bold couldn't help but ask.

"Airborne troops are units that are delivered to the rear of the enemy's battle lines by air transport. It is the elite of the Army, the most elite troops, and every member is a well-deserved elite and trump card of the Army! ”

"If the All-American Division can become the first Airborne Division of the Army, then everyone present here will be the pioneers of this new ace branch." Li Qiwei continued to "bewitch" and said: "So, I hope that in the next period of time, everyone will not relax. Our opponents this time are not simple, including the old powerhouses of the Red Magicians. But we are confident that we will defeat them. After the fact, on Thanksgiving holiday, all soldiers in the division who have served for one year will receive 10 days of family leave. ”

"Hooray!" "Kill the Red Magician!" There's nothing like family leave to motivate a fighter. These lads from all over the country who don't miss their loved ones, lovers and good food in their hometown after three months of intensive training and a long year of service.

"So, boys, do a good job." Li Qiwei picked up another glass of wine, "I wish you all the best in a month, you will be able to go home and reunite with your family as an airborne soldier in a month." Cheers! ”

"Cheers!" Everyone raised their glasses and drank them all excitedly.

"By the way, there's good news." Li Qiwei wiped the beer foam from the corner of his mouth, "The matter of inviting the celebrity labor army condolence group promised to everyone by Deputy Division Commander Vanderbilt has made progress before. Deputy Division Commander Vanderbilt will leave for Washington tomorrow to discuss the matter. I can reveal one thing to you first, this time there will be more than one Hollywood female star to come to our division and spend Halloween with you. ”

"Long live the 82nd Division!" "Long live General Ridgway!" "Long live General Vanderbilt!" Now, the atmosphere in the bar is even more enthusiastic, and everyone is excited to slap red.

At the beginning, in order to eliminate the resistance of grassroots officers and soldiers to increase the amount of training, John promised everyone a lot of benefits. Inviting female celebrities to come to Lao Jun to express condolences is also one of them. On weekdays, everyone is privately speculating about which female star will come back. Now that they've heard that the long-awaited thing is finally coming true, how can these lads not be excited.

At this moment, John is at Alexander's house, and Adele is getting his bags ready. Early tomorrow morning, John was on his way to Washington.

Of course, he didn't go to negotiate the condolence group of the labor army, as Li Qiwei said. This kind of trivial matter, John can do it with a few phone calls, and there is no need to run it himself.

He returned to Washington this time because he received a phone call from Uncle Stimson. On the phone, Stimson asked him to go back to Washington immediately, and revealed to him a major news: the Army will rebuild the Transportation Bureau, and separate the transportation troops and functional departments, and form the third major branch of the logistics command after the quartermaster and the engineer corps, the transportation corps.