Chapter 206: Recruit Challenge (Part I)
The 177th company is still the establishment of the three regiments, and the three regiments experienced a major battle in the southern Keiwei planet, and half of the regiment was disabled, but it also successfully blocked the crazy counterattack of the insects and made a great contribution, so this time the three regiments immediately replenished their manpower, and gave them half a month to conduct pre-war training on the front line and run in.
And 177 was also upgraded from the original standard squad (squad system) to the company system, and Podol also changed from a squad leader to a company commander.
"Report to the company commander, all 130 recruits in the company have arrived, please instruct the company commander!" The recruits were already waiting for them in the camp. Seeing the arrival of Podol and the others, a person they had chosen immediately stepped forward to report.
Interestingly, this is a female soldier.
Since the beginning of the era of human strengthening, there is no longer such a thing as being a soldier just a man's business. However, in general, there are still few female fighters in the mobile units. But on the contrary, there are many female warriors in the Paranormal troops. Especially at this time of 2533, most of the elemental abilities are possessed by women, and as an elemental ability with great lethality, it is naturally impossible to give up outside the battlefield.
And if ordinary women can't become supernatural beings, they won't be too willing to become transformers. Therefore, female fighters in mobile units are still relatively rare.
But Podol glanced at it and found that among the 130 recruits of the 177th Company, there were actually ten female soldiers, accounting for nearly one-tenth of the number, which surprised him.
"Very good!" Podor nodded at the female soldier, and then said, "My request to you is very simple, work hard to cultivate. Try to kill insects. If someone is afraid of the war. I'm going to kill him myself!"
"Understood!" the warriors replied in unison.
"Alright, now it's up to you to choose the squad leader, and I'll assign you the platoon leader!" said Podor.
With today's military establishment, a standard squad (squad) has 12 people, a platoon will have three squads, a company will have three platoons, plus some specially organized sharp knife squads, a company is about 120 to 130 people.
The number of people in the 177th company is quite large. With the addition of Podol, there are already one hundred and thirty-five people. (Xiao Ming and Remidios are not counted).
The recruits had already chosen their own squad leaders before, so they didn't react when they heard Podol's words, apparently they had already stood in formation according to the squad before.
"Very well, it looks like you've already made your own choices. So now it's up to me to pick a Knife Team, and I need five people! Five people who think they can make it to the Knife Team. You see, the Knives are an honor, and at the same time a place to dance with death. I don't want to assign, you stand up if you want to!" Podol looked at the recruits.
Recruits are always hot-blooded. Desertion and cowardice are generally only seen in soldiers who have been on the battlefield once. If you can survive one or two battles and become a veteran, then you don't need to worry about anything. Veterans will be war-weary, but the strange thing is that as soon as they are thrown on the battlefield, they will adjust in an instant, and they will do nothing less, or even more.
Recruits, you look at me, I look at you, and then five people stepped forward. Three men and two women, one of whom was the female soldier who was talking to Podol.
"Very good, you have a lot of courage, but courage does not equal strength, you need to prove that you have the strength to enter the Sharp Knife team. Podol said loudly: "But before that, I will assign platoon commanders to the rest of the people, and you will stand aside first!"
Podol said, looking at the remaining recruits and said, "Just because you can't become a Sharp Knife Team doesn't mean that you don't have courage and ability. On the battlefield, anyone can be the next person to die, and anyone can also become a new hero. I want you to do your best, you know?"
"Understood, sir!" the recruits replied in unison.
"Big mouth, Oin, Zoch, the three of you choose a platoon by yourself, I'll give you three days, you don't know the end if you don't bring it!"
The three old fighters answered, made eye contact with each other, each took a platoon, and then stepped aside.
The so-called leading soldiers, the most basic thing is to ask the soldiers below to obey orders, but military discipline is useless, and the personal charm of the commander cannot conquer the below, so it is useless to say anything. It takes three days for the Big Mouth trio to prove that they are a good platoon commander and that they can lead the fighters below. This is their first time, but they are all veterans who have experienced a hundred battles and experienced life and death, and this thing cannot stop them.
"You three, what are you still doing standing here?" said Podol when he saw that the three of them were going down without troops.
"Hehe, boss, you can't be so cruel. I look at these little guys who seem to be very unconvinced. I want to see who they're going to challenge?, Hans, don't you get knocked over!" Oin chuckled, ready to see the joke.
Podol's behavior is not difficult to explain, Xiao Ming, Rimidios and Hans stayed, naturally not being excluded, but indicating that they are members of the Sharp Knife Team, and they are veterans brought by Podol, of course, it is impossible to be commanded by new recruits.
But in a squad like the Sharp Knife Team, the personality charm of the squad leader is one thing, and the strength is also the other, if the strength is not enough, no matter how great the personality charm is, it is useless.
And the five recruits who dared to stand up and join the Sharp Knife Team on their own were obviously people who were very confident in their own strength. And this kind of recruit also has a name, it is called "thorn head", this kind of recruit does not subdue them, it is impossible to listen to discipline.
Glaring at Oyin and them, Podor also knew that it was impossible to drive them away at this time, so he turned his head to look at the five recruits: "I know what you plan to do, these three are the captains and vice-captains of the Sharp Knife Team, you can watch the challenge yourself." But you should understand what the consequences of failing the challenge are, right?"
Recruits challenge veterans and challenge commanders, which is a tradition in the army, and is allowed and supported, but the challenged promotion loses face, and if it is defeated, it is naturally faceless, but if the recruit challenge is not successful, you can imagine what the commander will do.
Five recruits, you look at me, I look at you, and then the female soldier who was talking to Podor stood up: "Report to the company commander, I'll challenge!"
She is a B-class reformer, and judging by her gait and aura, she must be a fighter who is good at fighting, and when she stands up, the other fighters all have a "sure enough" expression, obviously before the Podol and they came, this female soldier has proven that she is the strongest person among the recruits.
"Very well, recruit, tell me who you plan to challenge?" said Poddol.
It is impossible for him to be challenged, this has nothing to do with strength, it is completely a matter of military discipline. Starting with a company commander, there will be no challenge from a recruit. Otherwise, which recruit will challenge the regiment commander, the commander, do you want this military discipline?
The female soldier did not answer immediately, but said, "Report to the company commander, I want to know who is the captain of the Sharp Knives?" she spoke, but her eyes looked at Hans.
It has to be said that Hans is far more like a warrior than Xiao Ming and Remidios.
In fact, Xiao Ming and Remidios are completely hidden, and both of them are young girls with clear eyebrows and delicate skin, and everyone believes that they are young master soldiers, plus the two of them hide their identity cards in their necklines, unless they can be seen through, who can know that the two of them are scary majors?
In comparison, Hans's murderous aura and his muscles couldn't hide in his clothes, and he looked much stronger than Xiao Ming and Remidios.
However, to the surprise of the female soldiers, when this sentence was also asked, Podol and the others looked at Xiao Ming in unison, and Hans and Remidios deliberately took a step back to show their subordination.
"Me?" Xiao Ming was a little stunned, he preferred to be a soldier than a captain, and it didn't take a brain-I have to say, Jelly, Team Zero, and Xiao Ming's family protected this guy too well, and it made him more and more dependent.
In Suanna's words, "I obviously have the ability to be a general, but I like to be a small soldier, and I have no interest!"
"It's not you, it's me, you're going to take my position as company commander?" said Podor with a smile, rolling his eyes.
"I just want to be a soldier!" Xiao Ming was a little aggrieved. He just wanted to exert his combat effectiveness, and he didn't think about who to command, because for him, it was too tiring, more tiring than fighting.
"Little fart kid who doesn't grow up, don't be verbose, hurry up!" After experiencing life and death together, Podor still doesn't know Xiao Ming? Of course, he knows why he refused: "If you don't agree, I'll let the old general transfer you back!"
Xiao Ming couldn't help it, and nodded at the female soldier: "Okay, I'm your captain!"
The female soldier's face was a little dark.
In fact, anyone would be like this, he wanted to join the Sharp Knife Team, prove his strength and courage, and be bent on killing insects and making meritorious contributions. It was depressing enough to be identified as a captain who looked like a scumbag, and this captain was still reluctant.
The quality of the female soldiers is not bad, at least they were not scolded on the spot. But her expression stinked: "I challenge the captain!"
Xiao Ming sighed: "You are not my opponent, I really don't want to fight you!"
Podol stroked his forehead with his hand, he had already seen Xiao Ming's character shortcomings, he thought that Xiao Ming had such a wonderful performance, and after staying with the old general Tolstoy for half a month, there should be a big change, who knows that not only did it not get better, but there was a tendency to get worse. When he thought about it, he understood.
Xiao Ming didn't have a choice before, so he could only bite the bullet, but now he regards Podol and them as his own people, and with his own people in front, he has become "lazy" again. Of course I don't want to bother with it.
"This kid!" said Podor with a wry smile.
"Captain, I challenge you!" The female soldier's lungs were about to explode: "I believe in my strength!" (to be continued......)