Chapter 62: Privates

Having completed the transformation of a local youth into a recruit, and has not yet completed the transformation into a qualified soldier, the title of private rank may express the same meaning, being included in the ranks of soldiers, but not yet a real soldier.

In order to complete this change, after going down to the company, more than 20 recruits trained separately for two weeks to familiarize themselves with the environment, understand the company's traditions, and learn the company's characteristics.

There are three sets of military boxing, the first set is the basic content, no matter which army has to learn, as long as there is a history of serving in the army, no one will not, the second and third sets are some to learn and some not to learn, there is no explicit provisions, I don't know when to leave the tradition.

The military academy also learned the first set of military boxing, and after graduation, it was assigned to a regiment in Zhangzhou, and this regiment was required to learn the second set of military boxing.

The second set of heavy punches, fists with strength, tiger and tiger, the third set of heavy palms, soft with rigidity, elegant movements. When the superior inspects or the co-construction unit comes to visit, the company will always gather to play the third set of military physical boxing, and every time it can win a piece of applause.

I don't know when the tradition of single parallel bars began, and only one of our companies in the entire brigade has this requirement, and when I first arrived, I heard the veteran say that the company commander has a very strict grasp of the single parallel bars, and if he can't do it, he will take a shovel and shoot it in the back.

No matter which soldier has to learn at least one to four exercises, when he first arrives in the army, he only has brute force and no skill, and it takes a long time to master it, and he has to be assessed at the end of the year, so he does not spend less time training.

Xiaohu is tall and big, a fat body, sitting on the parallel bars will sink, the same also learned one to four exercises, the body smashed on the parallel bars during training, like smashing on the spring, even people with bars for a long time trembling.

The company advocates the practice of martial arts, in addition to the military body boxing single and bar, there are self-made barbells, as well as climbing poles and ropes, the position has specially opened up a physical training ground, a long sand pit, arranged single and parallel bars of different heights, put a few pairs of self-made barbells, the front is close to the Longjing tea garden, set up two high cement poles, a thick hemp rope hanging, a slender bamboo pole erected.

At the end of the year, after the live-fire shooting, the cadres and veterans of the company, visiting relatives and vacations, the management was relatively relaxed, and the time was relatively free, during which I spent a lot of time on revision and physical exercise.

In the cold winter, there is often a bleak light rain, and it is impossible to move outdoors, so I exercise in the empty house next to the venue, a simple homemade barbell, soaked in the sweat of youth, and discharge countless loneliness and loneliness.

Occasionally, the company would arrange to take a hot shower in the old Red Army sanatorium next door, and more often, by the pool next to the barracks, a water pipe would be hung high, unobstructed, and let the cold wind bite, rinse with cold water under the water pipe, never catch a cold or get sick, and there was not a yawn.

At the end of the two-week intensive training, the division of troops in the real sense began, not to decide where to go, but to decide the post. The instrument platoon post is the most special, known as the heart of the company, and the instrument platoon is the first to be selected when the post is divided.

There is a more critical position in the heart, which can be said to be the clairvoyant of the company, and it can be said to be the calculation center of automatic shooting, and this post is the first to be selected for the instrument platoon post.

Maybe I was more mature, or maybe I did meet the specific conditions of the position, I was selected without dispute, and I was a little excited in my heart. Xiaohu was also selected by the instrument because of his tall stature, and since then he has been in the same class with me again.

After the division of posts, people go down to the squad platoon, and since then under the supervision of the squad leader and veterans, they have begun intense business skills training, and our veterans, there is a very popular name called the master, in fact, it is a coach, as the first teacher in the business, has great power, determines our training intensity, and can even intervene in our daily life.

Only by mastering operational skills and being able to undertake combat readiness and operational needs can one become a real soldier and complete the transformation from a recruit to a qualified soldier, but this transformation takes too long, often a year.

Private can also be said to be synonymous with recruits, since the moment they came to the company, the last year the soldiers looked at us in the eyes, there was a kind of eagerness, to the division of shifts, only to know the hidden meaning of eagerness, since then the health handover, out of tolerance handover, but also changed the identity, no longer a recruit, no longer the lowest level of the company.

The company also has an unwritten bad habit, the clothes of the squad leader and veterans must be washed by the recruits, and even the morning and evening washing water must be made for them, the towels are put away, and the toothpaste is squeezed, of course, only the veterans of the last year can have this treatment.

When we enlisted, the Air Force and Navy had a four-year compulsory military service system, and the Army and Armed Police had a three-year compulsory military service system. In the squad platoon, above our 94 soldiers, there are 93, 92, and 91 soldiers.

The number of soldiers is different, the origin is different, the number of soldiers in 91 is the smallest, maybe less than 10, 89 turmoil, under a specific environment, after the current year of conscription, changed to spring and winter conscription, and then returned to the annual winter conscription, so there is a particularly small number of people.

Most of the soldiers in '92 came from the rural areas, and they appeared to be relatively simple, and it was rare to see particularly naughty and mischievous "thorny soldiers"; most of the soldiers in '93 came from the cities, and in contrast, they were much more active in their thinking, and there were many contradictions and frictions that came out of tossing.

Most of the soldiers in '94 were also from rural areas, but due to the existence of a few of us recruits with new nationality, there were some differences: there were few soldiers in '91, and when we went down to the squad, most of the soldiers in '92 served as squad leaders, and soldiers in '93 served as deputy squad leaders.

And in the ninety-two years of soldiers, and Jiangxi Xinyu nationality is the mainstay, now I still remember that they belong to Xinyu Liangshan Town, with the existence of these fellow villagers, get a lot of care, I and Xiaohu's squad leader is a Xinyu veteran, and there are a few similar situations, or ninety-two years Xinyu villagers as squad leaders, or as deputy squad leaders.

After three months of recruits, we also have a deep sense of hometown, and the seven new recruits are even deeper. With this kind of care, I have suffered a lot, but I have also caused a lot of trouble because of it.

There was a standing guard when relying on the fellow to lead the class, lying on the weapon to sleep, was found by the company cadres to check the post, was severely criticized, felt aggrieved, the next time he stood guard again, simply carried a rifle to play and disappeared, the company mobilized all the veterans to search, close to the various duty units, far climbed the Jade Emperor Mountain and Wuyun Mountain, the farthest to the railway station.

Tossed for a night, the next day a veteran accidentally found him, was lying under the low tea tree of the Longjing tea garden on the edge of the position, watching everyone look anxiously looking for him, this stupid big man, actually hehe Zhile, after this incident, he had to criticize the education, and the profound examination was written over and over again, and he was almost confined.

What happened to Xiaohu was the most bizarre, he helped the veteran wash his clothes, either missing a sock, or missing a button, sometimes a hole, and even a shoe would be missing, which was particularly strange, and in the end the veterans didn't dare to let him wash his clothes.

With the care of the squad elder and fellow villagers, he became more and more bold, not only did he not help the veterans wash their clothes, but also often fished in troubled waters, took off the clothes that others had washed, and then hung up his own dirty clothes.

The uniform of the army is uniform, and it is hung on the clothesline in front of the dormitory in accordance with the requirements of uniformity and color, size and style, so that it is difficult to find it if you do not pay attention to it.

This kind of thing may have never happened, only Xiaohu, a fluted boy, dared to do this, breaking the rules and breaking the peace, the recruits were remembered by him, and the veterans were also touched from time to time, which aroused the anger of the crowd.

Everyone has an opinion on him, and no one has anything to do with him, so he doesn't dare to move him easily, so he can only criticize him verbally and write, and can only reflect to the squad leader.

The company tradition is like this, every soldier in the squad is directly under the management of the squad leader, unless the company cadres directly intervene, otherwise how big a crime is committed must go through the squad leader, how to deal with it can only be decided by the squad leader, otherwise it will be regarded as disrespectful to the squad leader. It's good to say that the squad leader has little seniority, and if he is old, it will be seen as a challenge to the authority of the veteran.

One night on the eve of the Spring Festival, before the lights went out, a rapid whistle rushed us from the dormitory to the position, and it was some of the 92nd and 93rd annual soldiers who made the whistle.

Obviously, this is specifically for our group of recruits, and only a few recruits from the instrument class came, and there were veterans on the battlefield, and only three recruits from our instrument class were gathered with backpacks, and the other recruits were explained by the veterans and did not participate.

It was at the end of the year, our fellow soldier of the '92 year, visiting relatives, and taking a vacation of vacation, and our squad leader did not show up for unknown reasons that day, and only later did I hear him say that he was watching the video at the company club.

For the first time in my life, I received the first "baptism", a group of veterans focused on surrounding me and Xiaohu, one of them was the squad leader who took us to familiarize ourselves with the environment when we first arrived at the company, and when he saw me, he kicked me to the side, and seemed to say "It's crazy", in fact, with love, he blocked me behind.

This squad leader is from Shandong, and he wanted me to join their class at the beginning, and he has always cared for me, and it was his understatement that saved me from being hurt later, otherwise I would have been kicked by others at least a few times.

I was protected, but Xiaohu had no sympathy, and the accumulated dissatisfaction broke out at this moment, and I saw that one by one the veterans were indignant, one person and one kick, and kicked Xiaohu, fortunately, this person is also measured, looking at the kick very fiercely, in fact, it didn't hurt much.

After the "baptism" was over, back to the dormitory, Xiaohu shouted that I and him should go to the battalion headquarters to complain, but in the end I didn't go with him, and I went through the recruit company, what kind of losses I didn't suffer, and in the end, the company was instructed to deal with it at most.

Angry, Xiaohu went alone, I was also in a bad mood, but I didn't say anything, the squad leader came back and knew about it, and he looked quite angry, it seemed that he really didn't know about it, but I didn't say anything, just slept alone.

That night, Xiaohu was picked up by the company from the battalion headquarters, the next day, I was bedridden, the squad leader saw that I didn't do morning exercises, and wanted to ask, I replied that I couldn't get up from the pain, breakfast was called by the squad leader, and I didn't eat, the day passed like this, no food, no drinking, no training, and no getting up.

As I analyzed, the battalion headquarters instructed the company to deal with it, but this kind of thing was quite common in the company at that time, and every time a recruit was about to leave the company, picking a few thorny recruits to teach a lesson was an unwritten practice in each company, and it had almost become a tradition.

In fact, the company didn't take it seriously, and if it weren't for my bedriddenness, the matter would probably not have been resolved.

The squad leader was really good, and after hearing that I couldn't talk about it, he immediately said hello and went straight to the company headquarters, and I could even imagine his exaggerated expression and excited words in front of the company cadres.

After reporting to the company, there was no reaction, and the company commander didn't believe it immediately, but just asked our squad leader to report my illness to him from time to time, so the squad leader ran back and forth between the company headquarters and the dormitory for a day.

The next day, the company did not move, and the cadres of the company did not appear.

It was not until the evening that things took a turn for the better, and the company finally paid attention to it and urgently convened a company meeting for this matter, and the squad leader brought the spirit of the company meeting and asked me to write down the names of the veterans who participated in the beating of us.

The company selected a few names from the list, ordered them to buy nutritional products for me, and conveyed through the squad leader that a backbone meeting would be held for them to check at the meeting.

The company commander finally came to see me in person, his eyes were like torches, and he seemed to see that I was pretending to be sick, and he didn't care too much, and asked me to get up with a slight reproach, and the company health officer and squad leader took me to the bottom of the mountain to see a doctor.

It's all veteran oil, what can escape their eyes, and when I was questioned by this, I immediately got up obediently, hungry, with my chest against my back, I couldn't get up anymore, I couldn't hold on, all this was under the control of the company commander.

I don't know how the company commander found this place, an old Chinese medicine doctor showed me for a long time, Leng is not a little wrong did not see anything, at my insistence, with a special fire twist after igniting, lit a few acupuncture points, the end of the medical treatment, and with a few small brown medicine jars, with paper in the inside, and then sucked on my back, not a single medicine opened.

At the backbone meeting, the company commander fiercely criticized several participating backbones, and did not forget to implicitly criticize some people for not pretending to be sick.

This is the private, at the bottom of the army, taking on the heaviest tasks, and being oppressed by some veterans if he is not satisfied, in that case, this may be the best way to deal with it, and perhaps the only way to do it.

Maybe because of the importance of the post, or maybe the company cadres felt that I handled it correctly, after this incident passed, it did not cause any bad impact as I thought, and once during the training break, the company commander said in front of a group of veterans that I was going to stay as a volunteer, which was equivalent to affirming me.