Chapter 49: Returning Home
What is more enviable than Zhou Nan's achievements is John's excellence, although he has not been systematically trained in the past, but John's IQ is quite high, and he has completed Zhou Nan's instructions very well, comparable to some long-trained military dogs.
Compared with the average military dog, John is large, perfectly shaped, full of physical strength, and powerful movements, which are all natural advantages. So much so that the trainer of the military dog training camp is going to introduce John to a girlfriend.
For this, Zhou Nan immediately agreed, because John is almost four years old, and he is still a virgin dog, compared to other dogs that broke at the age of two, with Zhou Nan, the owner, it is also a little too hard.
However, Zhou Nan was not matched for free, they agreed to give him two cubs at that time, so Zhou Nan agreed.
But after finding a girlfriend for John, Zhou Nan realized that he had been fooled, because he was about to leave here.
After entering the barracks, he will have to serve for two years, and after two years, I am afraid that John's children will soon become parents and parents, and where will there be cubs!
At the end of a month and a half of training, Zhou Nan thought that his physical physique had gone up a lot. Taoist qi alchemy, coupled with scientific training, his current physical constitution is not worse than those soldiers with big shoulders and round waists.
Not to mention the increase in strength, his breath has become much longer, and his physical exertion has recovered faster than everyone else. What's more, his originally slender and thin body is now much stronger, with pectoral muscles and abdominal muscles.
Although he still looks a little thin in clothes, this is because his bones are slim. Undressed, his figure was perfect and the envy of almost all his comrades.
The camp began on September 9 and all training was completed on October 23. On this day, the ten trained recruits gathered in the hall where they came, waiting for the transfer of the military headquarters.
Because of John, Zhou Nan always thought that he would be assigned to guard the country on the border.
But what he did not expect was that on the day he entered the training camp, the Allied forces, which had already captured Sicily, officially attacked the Italian mainland, and the Italian surrendered after less than a month of resistance.
On 13 October, the inaugural government of Badogglio formally withdrew from the Axis and declared war on Germany. At this point, the Swiss government in the cracks has cut off all border customs and has become a real island.
And, in order to maintain neutrality, both Allied and German planes were mercilessly shot down if they invaded Swiss airspace. Even if you apologize to the other party after the fight, you will never compromise.
In the face of a hedgehog-like Switzerland, neither Germany nor the Allies cared about him, and now that the Allies have landed on the European continent, and Italy has taken their side, they have begun to plan a counterattack on the European continent.
Now that there is a lot of noise in Switzerland, the border army has all been mobilized, so that kind of idle troops is definitely impossible.
However, soldiers like them, who have not received professional training, are generally border infantry and bicycle soldiers, and if artillery and aviation really need long-term training, this one-and-a-half-month training is far from enough.
This time, there were three people who came, and in addition to Pol, there was also a head of the training camp and staff of the military department.
The number of people was very small, there was no ceremony, and the staff of the military department did not even say polite words, let alone introduce themselves, and began to read the award document in their hands.
These people, according to their merits, have the titles of recruits, privates, and privates, and they are not professionals, and it is almost impossible to award the rank of non-commissioned officer, even corporal.
"Jonas Hoffman was awarded Private 1st Class for his excellent training performance. Before 6 p.m. on 27 October, they reported to the 1st Battalion and 1st Company of the 5th Mountain Regiment of the Southeast Military Region. ”
"Yes!" Zhou Nan gave a standard military salute, stepped forward to receive the award letter, and was then put on an epaulette by Captain Soult of the training camp on his training uniform.
Soult was a more serious military man, but in the eyes of everyone, he was more of a posturer. Pol's personality, although mild, is more like a military man.
"You decide on the departure time before you leave, then register with Graf, and then on the day of departure, you can go directly to the train station to get your ticket."
Of course, it was more convenient, and everyone agreed.
Zhou Nan also learned that the Fifth Mountain Regiment was stationed on the border between Switzerland and Austria and Italy, and the regiment was stationed in Schul in Graubünden, which was also the only passage between Switzerland and Austria, and the rest of the country was cut off by snow-capped mountains.
As for the battalion and company, no one knows the specific station, but if you think about it, you know that it is in that valley, and the distance is not too far.
However, among the ten people today, only Martin, a Bosnian who is very poor in German, and Zhou Nan were assigned to the same place, not in the same company.
The others were all assigned to the southern Italian border, apparently because the German border was originally full of troops, and now the Italian border was a bit short of soldiers.
From this distribution, Zhou Nan can also understand a little bit of the meaning behind the military department's arrangement. He was from Germany, so he was afraid that he was a German spy, and Martin, although he didn't know German, was also from the German-occupied zone, so the two of them were equivalent to being assigned.
However, this is more in line with Zhou Nan's heart, and he can send himself to a remote place, so that he can have more time to write. As for military exploits, Zhou Nanke never thought about it, from the beginning, what he wanted was to survive these two years. When the war is over, he has also completed his military service, and at that time, it is the moment when he really takes off.
After a month of joint training, Zhou Nan and these nine comrades-in-arms waded through muddy water, drilled through grass, and climbed over the mountains more or less also had some feelings. They left each other's addresses, and if they did, they left their phone numbers, and then they registered their departure times with Graf, who was in charge of managing the military registration, and they all went home happy.
Military uniforms were not issued until the army, and they issued three sets of training uniforms, so everyone's luggage did not increase much.
Everything was packed in a suitcase. He removed the bayonet from the K31 rifle, put it in the holster, carried it directly behind him, called out to John, who had enjoyed a lot of fun in recent times, and rode home on his bicycle.
It's the end of October, the temperature is already very low, and there has been more than one snow in many places. Although it has not snowed yet in Lucerne, when it rains, there is a white mist on the exhalation.
However, Zhou Nan was originally born in the north and was afraid of heat and cold. When it's cold, he only feels refreshed, and when it's hot, he feels groggy and his brain seems to be rusty.
Ten kilometers away, Zhou Nan rode back in less than half an hour. After being separated from Audrey and Kelly for so long, he is very concerned about this.
Thinking of Audrey's delicate face and that confused kiss, Zhou Nan felt that his heart was in a hurry.
This kiss is like a key, opening the door to desire and hope on Zhou Nan's body. Before, he always felt that Audrey was still young, and he felt more affection for her than desire, but now, he had the urge to change.
Only the combination of love and desire seems to be complete love.
The environment of the home does not seem to have changed in any way, except for the tree wall that acts as a fence, and there are a few deciduous trees that have turned their leaves yellow. When the wind blows on the surface of the lake, it will also carry a few yellow leaves to dance in the wind and finally fall into the dust.
John was even more excited than Zhou Nan, and as soon as Zhou Nan opened the door, he immediately ran in, and shamelessly raised his leg in the place where it had left its mark in the past.
When I left, the grass in the yard was full of grass and flowers. Now most of the flowers have withered, and only a few Rosaceae flowers seem to be moon flowers, and a few petals remain.
On the contrary, it is a small pot of flowers on the windowsill, probably because the temperature of the house is a little higher, and most of them are still blooming.
At the beginning of leaving home, Zhou Nan was still a little worried that there was no man at home, only two women, and they had no way to deal with what happened.
But after learning more about Switzerland's security system in the training camp, Zhou Nan was completely relieved.
Maybe in the city, because the people are more mixed, there may be some unstable elements. But in small towns, in the countryside, Swiss security is a peace of mind for everyone.
First of all, Switzerland is a country with guns, and every household has a gun, and even several in a family. Secondly, in this time of war, the circulation of people was strictly regulated, and any stranger who arrived in a small town would be the first to be noticed.
If you have a legal document, you also need to find out his purpose, and without a legal document, you go directly to the coolie camp. Because the joint defense system here is accurate to everyone, if you find a stranger and do not exercise your obligations, then you yourself are committing a crime.
Therefore, it may be a little more difficult to manage in the city, but in this kind of town, it is almost impossible for outsiders to appear, and the first time they appear will be investigated, and of course safety is guaranteed.
However, Zhou Nan still plans to let Kelly go to the shooting range in the town to practice marksmanship, and then buy a gun to keep at home, after all, this kind of thing can't rely entirely on other people's efforts.
Why buy it, it's because there is only one man in this family, and only men have the benefit of getting a gun for free. As for the women, they do not even have the right to vote now, and in Switzerland they are completely subordinate to men.
This policy was not changed until 30 years later, in 71 years, giving women the right to vote, and Switzerland was the last civilized country to give women the right to vote. Of course, this is not to say that the country does not respect women, in fact, Switzerland is one of the few countries that does the best to protect women's rights.
They are just conservative, extremely conservative.
Who would have imagined that this country, located in the middle of Europe, has never been a member of the European Union. The United Nations was established here, half of the United Nations headquarters was located here, and Geneva was called the City of the World, but they did not join the United Nations until 2002, the 21st century.
Therefore, this degree of conservatism is unimaginable to any foreigner.