The week before the next company, the atmosphere in the entire new regiment became a little weird again.
In the past, everyone would occupy a piece of land in the big playground and comprehensive training ground, and then train on the spot.
But recently, many recruit companies have "disappeared".
I don’t know where the squad leader took the recruits. Even if they occasionally appeared in the playground, they would practice subjects such as formation.
When the monitors meet and greet each other, they chat with each other in a somewhat mysterious way.
"Fourth squad leader, why haven't I seen your class recently? Where have they been taken to?"
"Seventh squad leader, I didn't see your class on the playground either!"
"Oh! They are all doing housekeeping in the row house! Where are you? Where have you been?"
"Ah, we are also doing housekeeping. As you know, housekeeping is just one person's face. If you haven't wiped your face clean, it's useless to mention anything else."
"a ha ha ha!"
"Hey...hehehe!"
In addition to this cloud-shrouded chat mode, the most talked about in private is the issue of rewards for the next company's previous recruitment training at the end of the test.
According to information from roadside news agencies that may not be reliable, it is said that the head of E Division plans to give seven third-class merit spots to the new corps this year.
Three of them belong to the squad leader, and the top four are for recruits.
This is breaking news.
Because in previous years, after a recruit went through training, he only had three quotas for meritorious service.
This year it has doubled, and many veterans and cadres have their jaws broken.
You must know that all those sent to lead new recruits are the backbones of the grassroots companies. Except for a few old squad leaders like Hou Jun, most of them are new squad leaders, the kind of new non-commissioned officers who returned from the teaching brigade or the non-commissioned officer school last year.
This arrangement is quite understandable. After all, the new squad leader needs training opportunities. Even if he returns to the company and only serves as the deputy squad leader, he must first get on the job and practice.
Leading troops is a technical job that requires sufficient experience, just like shooting a gun. It is more intuitive and rewarding to read ten theoretical books than to go out and fire ten rounds of bullets.
No matter how much theory you have learned in the training team or sergeant school, and even in such training units it is customary to take turns serving as squad leader, after all, you are facing pre-service sergeants, not real recruits, and the feeling is completely different.
The new squad leaders are the most exciting new blood in the army. They are older than the new recruits, but less mature than veterans like Hou Jun. They are often soldiers who have just passed two years, and they all have a dream of joining the party or making meritorious deeds. .
I heard that although there are only three places in the entire group, which seems a bit small, it is still much better than only one in previous years.
Some people secretly speculate that the reason why the division commander is so generous is related to the military reform.
After all, I don’t know where the military reform will go. Will everyone still be in the original army? Giving these new non-commissioned officers a chance to make meritorious service can finally give the division commander some comfort.
There are also meritorious quotas for four new recruits.
It is said that the candidates for meritorious deeds will be determined in four subjects: a fully armed five-kilometer cross-country, equipment practice on horizontal and parallel bars, shooting practice and bomb dropping.
The rules are simple, number one.
Only the first one can get the place for meritorious service.
There is no doubt about it.
The new regiment of Division E consists of three battalions and twelve companies.
That doesn't sound like much.
But in detail, there were more than 1,500 people, mainly to replenish the new blood of the three main infantry regiments, excluding the new recruits of ground artillery and anti-aircraft artillery. Because they were stationed far away, they organized their own new barracks.
To win the first place among more than 1,500 people, and to win the first place in an individual event, the difficulty is not trivial.
To use Fatty Wei's pertinent words - "If I can get a third-class meritorious service, I can brag about it after I retire, saying that I have defeated more than 1,500 people from the country!"
This is a bit of a stretch, but there is nothing wrong with it if you think about it carefully.
Every recruit is now secretly striving to show off their skills in the final exam.
Second platoon leader Wen Lei didn't dare think about other events, but he had a trump card in shooting practice.
Zhuang Haoran.
This new recruit is his winning trump card.
He has not been a platoon commander for a long time and has little experience. If he can take the first place in an individual event in his platoon, the company commander will probably give him extra food when he returns to the company. In addition, he can also win a red flag. This is a platoon Long results can be written into the file in the future.
honor.
This is what every soldier desires.
He heard that there were several recruits in the First and Third Battalions who were good with guns.
In order to feel at ease, a few days ago he sent one of his deputy squad leaders to scout the "firepower" and quietly went to other people's training grounds to peek at the other party's shooting level.
When the deputy squad leader came back, he walked into the row room humming a tune and shaking his head. Wen Lei knew as soon as he saw it that there was something going on and it must be good news.
"How's it going?" Wen Lei asked, "Are there any new recruits over there whose shooting skills can match those of Zhuang Haoran?"
As soon as the deputy squad leader took off his belt, he shook his head, with a disdainful smile on his lips, and said with absolute certainty: "Platoon leader, don't worry! I went to see their live ammunition shooting, and there was not a single recruit. Can compare to our sent Zhuang Haoran!"
Finally, he found the kettle, took a sip of water, and said, "Thankfully they are so mysterious. Do you know where they go to practice shooting? The first battalion went to the river beach over Qingshui Valley to practice shooting, and the second battalion was even more amazing. I ran five kilometers directly to practice shooting at the foot of the mountain at Liangmaoling, and everyone hid like they were daring underground gang members! It made me exhausted."
When Wen Lei heard this, the big stone in his heart suddenly fell to the ground, and a proud smile spread out on his tense face: "Thank you for your hard work! If we show up in this big assessment, when we return to the company, I will ask the company commander to give it to you Everyone applies for a Commendation Order!"
Commendation orders are inferior to honors such as outstanding soldiers, but they are also written into the files. This is also an honor.
The deputy squad leader was overjoyed, stood up and saluted: "Thank you, platoon leader!"
The two of them hadn't laughed enough, and suddenly the smile on Wen Lei's face froze. He asked the sixth squad deputy: "By the way, have you gone to see Hou Jun's training?"
The sixth class deputy nodded: "Look!"
Wen Lei hurriedly asked: "How is it? How is your level?"
The sixth class deputy still shook his head: "It's just average. If we say the overall level is still the same, but when it comes to cutting-edge skills, no one among them can compare to Zhuang Haoran."
Wen Lei showed a relieved smile again, but suddenly it froze again.
"Are you sure you have seen the shooting results of the two new recruits Li Zheng and Zhang Jian?"
The sixth squad deputy recalled, "No, I didn't see that. Those two recruits no longer fired live ammunition."
Wen Lei said: "How is that possible!"
Strange indeed.
The company has taken the assessment. The difference between this year and previous years is that the regiment leader said that the use of bullets can be liberalized. In the past two weeks, it can basically guarantee a live ammunition shooting every two days.
How could they stop firing live ammunition?
The sixth squad deputy said: "That's true. When I went there, others were firing live ammunition, and those two boys were lying next to them every day, aiming their guns."
"Aiming the gun?" Wen Lei felt something was wrong: "They must be confusing us! That boy Hou Jun knew that I was paying attention to their training, they must be..."
The words stopped here.
After a while, he slapped his thigh and said, "They must be secretly practicing live ammunition at the small shooting range at the division headquarters at noon every day!"
