After a while, Shen Rusong originally wanted to say a few words to a few classmates who were assigned to the same battalion, but seeing Zhao Haiqiang and Xin Jie from the same platoon walking away, he hesitated and finally caught up with them. We started chatting with each other.
After all, they are in a row, in order.
Back in the barracks, there were thirteen people in a large room with wire beds. The heater was on, but the temperature was not high. It was over 20 degrees, neither hot nor cold.
Shen Rusong took off his military coat and hung it in the closet. There were two sets of regular uniforms and one set of military uniforms that he had just received today. So the closet was empty, but the storage cabinet on the closet was quite full. Needless to say, all of them were naturally Shen Rusong's book. In addition to the military skills books and doctrine books that were issued, they were all books he brought with him, such as "Selected Poems of Luojia", "History of the World", "The Wealth of Nations", and another one he bought recently but didn't read much of. "Thought and Action in Modern Politics".
Shen Rusong read these books and sighed, thinking that he would not have time to read them in the future. So I sat down and wrote down today's diary. I locked the large, beautifully bound black leather diary into the box, checked the small white leather diary that I carried with me, and stuffed it back into the inner pocket of my military coat.
The appointment order came down the next day. In the station auditorium, company commander Xia Xiaoyuan spent a few minutes conferring titles on the cadets. After becoming familiar with each other, he hurriedly left.
There are still two days before the new recruits join the company. During these two days, the new non-commissioned officers will wander around by themselves to get familiar with the base and work.
The Yanqi base is quite large. It is a comprehensive base built in the outer suburbs of the ruins of Yanqi. Before the war, this was an important railway hub in the northeastern part of the alliance. Three railways intersected here and was the primary route to Linghai Province. Next to the base is the lower reaches of the Hailan Tuduo River. There are farms, virgin forests, mines, and oil fields. It goes without saying that the value is great.
The combat force in the base is the 28th Purple Banner Infantry Division, which has four regiments and only 60% of its rated strength of 11,000. Urgent need for replacement. The base headquarters also has jurisdiction over some units, such as the base garrison, railway corps, etc.
At the same time, the 74th Division of Infrastructure Corps was deployed in the base. Since it is an internal battle within the territory and does not require long-distance maneuvers, this reserve-type infrastructure division also undertakes a large amount of logistics work for the 28th Infantry Division in addition to its construction, allowing the total number of people in the 28th Division to be engaged in frontline operations to reach 1 There are more than 10,000 people, and troops can be drawn from the infrastructure military division at any time to supplement in emergencies.
With two divisions and several battalions, as well as auxiliary troops composed of naturalized civilians who were not part of the Fuxing Army, the garrison at the Yanqi base reached about 30,000 people at its peak. The scale was astonishingly large.
By the early morning of March 1st, recruit trains were arriving one after another, unloading thousands of recruits who had just completed two months of intensive training at the 101 and 102 deployment bases. That's right, it doesn't matter what holiday it is at this time, the war situation requires it. When the recruitment order comes, I have a New Year's dinner at home and report honestly the next day!
I ate the same iron pot braised noodles and signed up for the same roll call. After checking the list, Shen Rusong realized that this was really a reinforcement!
He is just an empty team!
There were only two veterans, and two of them took leave and stayed in the barracks refusing to move. Shen Rusong had no time to talk to him, but counting him, well, there were ten recruits!
It’s really a blank slate to draw on again!
10 recruits, 7 men and 3 women, all tall and short, fat and thin, with no clue about their temperament or experience. Even though Shen Rusong was awarded the rank of corporal, looking at these short-haired men and women with empty shoulder straps, I felt like I didn’t know where to start. Feel.
These are the younger brothers and sisters who will fight side by side in four months. Shen Rusong became the squad leader for the first time, and there was no reason to show off. He directly found a place in the canteen, and everyone gathered in a circle to get familiar with each other first.
Not to mention the 10 people from the Seven Cities of Longshan, the Longshan Peripheral Protection Project, the Surface Fortress Village, and those affiliated with the military base... the sources are quite complex, including volunteers and conscripts.
There are a lot of rules and regulations in the army, and Shen Rusong doesn't want to copy them directly from the beginning. The recruit company has already taught them the rules. What he has to do now is to fully tap into his potential and thoroughly polish them into qualified screws to match the rejuvenation. In this sophisticated war machine of the army.
It is too early to assign combat teams now. The squad of thirteen people will be divided into three groups of 4+4+4. Moreover, this class is a combat engineer class, and the formation situation is different. The squad deputy, heavy assault man, and machine gunner all have higher requirements.
Class deputy? Shen Rusong sneered in his heart, he knew who the squad deputy was, he was also a corporal! According to convention, soldiers who have served for two years and fought fierce battles are eligible to be promoted from soldiers to sergeants, but there is only one squad leader, which is why the two veterans did not come today.
Is this a show of force?
So what if I take it? Do you expect the company to fire him as the new squad leader and become a groom?
Shen Rusong didn't look for the two veterans in the past two days, so he just waited for them to come out like this. He planned to observe and make some surprises.
Training starts at six o'clock tomorrow morning, can you still show up? Shen Rusong has many ways to deal with the old man. Speaking of which, he is still a year older! He served for two years at the age of 17 and is still 19 now. He has zero military experience, but the skills he learned systematically in the three years of sergeant school are about to be put into use in this hot land!
After getting acquainted with the new recruits in the team, Shen Rusong took them back to the barracks. A three-story barracks with thick walls and small windows had exactly one company per floor. Each class has a room, with wire beds and bunk beds.
Men and women in the service are equal, and the rooms are naturally not divided into specific men and women. The rules and regulations are strict, and the combat soldiers are highly disciplined. The concept of gender is equivalent to being excluded and they are all "human beings". But if someone really dares to violate discipline, it is not as simple as taking off his military uniform and joining the infrastructure corps, and being directly thrown into a punishment camp under military law/punishment.
The new recruits got to know each other and went together to fetch water and wash themselves. However, Shen Rusong was not in a hurry. He sat on a chair and looked at the two veterans with their legs crossed and making lewd remarks about the female soldiers.
They probably sensed the squad leader's murderous intent. After all, the two veterans didn't go too far. They just whistled and went to sleep after the lights-out signal sounded.
Early the next morning, while everyone was still sleeping soundly, Shen Rusong woke up and got dressed quietly. The golden sun on the Hailan River slanted through the window, and the first batch of classes on the playground had already started to practice.
Shen Rusong closed his eyes and fell asleep. When the wake-up call sounded, he immediately opened his eyes, stood up straight and shouted: "Everyone! Get up!"
"It will be sorted in two minutes!"
The whole building was boiling in an instant, and the soldiers were fully armed and ran to the playground with gas masks hanging on their waists to assemble.
In early spring, the sky was still bright at early six o'clock, and the cold air had penetrated the velvet military uniform. Shen Rusong's face was wrapped in a scarf, only a pair of eyes exposed, and the same was true for all the soldiers.
"Chemical protective clothing!"
“Everyone, five-kilometer trail run!”
