The news that the company was going to participate in international peacekeeping operations was known to Li Zheng when he got out of the car just after returning to the camp to recuperate.
The entire special reconnaissance camp suddenly boiled.
I have only been a conscript for two years, so having the opportunity to participate in such a mission is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
But Lao Ji quickly poured cold water on everyone.
"Don't be too happy. This time we go to Country L for peacekeeping, there are only 30 pre-selection places, and this time the two armies will select people to form a training camp. After the training, there will be an assessment before the list is finalized. After all, it represents The image of our country and the image of P must be selected from the best. I understand if you want to go, but our company has to go through a round of screening first. You can sign up, but whether you can go depends on whether you have this urine!"
Urine, this is a saying in the army, which means ability.
What Lao Ji said really poured cold water on the hot-headed soldiers of the company.
Fatty Wei couldn't help but said to Li Zheng next to him on the spot: "I thought we could all go. There are only 30 places, and we have to compete with the people from the Blood Wolf Brigade. Doesn't this mean we won't go?"
There were only 30 places available, but the entire company signed up, and no one was left out.
But if you don’t sign up, there won’t be anyone in the company who doesn’t sign up.
In less than an hour, the registration form was delivered to Lao Ji's desk.
Lao Ji opened the list and muttered: "Have you all signed up?"
The clerk standing aside said: "Yes, the whole company has reported it."
Lao Ji asked: "Did you also sign up?"
The clerk nodded sheepishly: "Company commander, look...this kind of opportunity is so rare."
Lao Ji smiled: "Don't be embarrassed. It's normal to sign up, but it's not normal if you don't sign up. But when we go there, we have to enter the fast reverse platoon. Do you know the fast reverse platoon? They are responsible for the safety of the entire peacekeeping camp, and everything is required. They are combatants..."
The clerk said: "Company commander, don't forget, I was in the squad before I came here, and I also studied professional subjects."
Lao Ji thought about it and was too embarrassed to continue attacking the paperwork.
After all, actively signing up is an attitude. Whether it can be said is another matter. Splashing cold water on occasionally is okay, but splashing it every day will make people feel cold.
As he spoke, his eyes suddenly stopped on one of the columns on the watch.
"But what's going on? Everyone in the cooking class has signed up? Isn't this just fun!"
The clerk said with a smile: "Yes, that's what I said at the time, but the people in the cooking class disagreed and said...said..."
Speaking of this, I couldn't help but burst into laughter.
Lao Ji frowned and said, "What did you say?"
The clerk said: "He said that the company commander did not say that the cooking class is not allowed to register. He said that anyone from the first company can sign up. Doesn't our cooking class count as members of the first company? If the company commander says it doesn't count, then let the company commander tonight You can come to the cooking class and cook for the big guys yourself."
"Hahahaha!" Lao Ji couldn't help but laugh after hearing this. He laughed for a while before he recovered his breath and said, "Okay, everyone will sign up! If you don't sign up, it's your grandson! I'll see if their cooking class is capable of occupying one Two spots.”
During that time, the entire company's enthusiasm for soldier training was unprecedentedly high.
In the past, although the cooking squad and company staff also had to participate in training, after all, the intensity was incomparable to that of the squads below. …
Ever since the matter of going abroad for peacekeeping came up, the entire company has been enveloped in an inexplicable atmosphere of tension.
Almost everyone has weight-bearing leggings strapped to their feet. Even after the lights are turned off at the training ground at night, there are still sneaky guys there pulling the horizontal bar and arm strength, or squatting by the fence at the other end of the clothes-drying yard. Silently, sweating profusely and gritting his teeth, he squatted and stood up to strengthen his legs.
The cooking class also trained early in the morning. Three soldiers were left in the kitchen every day, along with three assistant cooks, and the rest went to the training ground.
Anyway, I’ve already taken a lot of blood, so I’ll do whatever I can to be positive.
The initial screening time is set in half a month.
It doesn't take long, but if you sharpen your guns in battle, you will lose your happiness.
What's more, whether it's the cooking class or the company, everyone has been in the squad platoon back then, and there are still three pounds of nails in a broken ship. If you pick up that fierceness again, you may be able to win in the primary election if you practice.
Although I know that I may not be able to pass the selection, I can't just say that there is little hope and I won't try. That's not what soldiers do.
Soldiers must show their swords even though they know they are losing. If you are not selected, that is a matter of ability; if you do not sign up, that is a matter of attitude.
The former has no regrets for not being as good as others, while the latter is ridiculed for having no penis.
The one with the best luck is the female soldier class.
Most of the people in the female soldiers' class majored in health and communications. I dare not say that they are the best in these majors, but they do have the strongest combat effectiveness in these majors.
Because female soldiers have a higher chance of being shortlisted compared to male soldiers.
Shao Xiaoqian found an opportunity and secretly told Li Zheng that she had a 99% chance of going out, asking Li Zheng to work harder and strive to qualify, otherwise she would be left behind.
Li Zheng knew that Shao Xiaoqian would not lie. If she could say that, it was definitely true.
He said "unfair" several times in a sour tone.
Shao Xiaoqian asked him, what is unfair?
Li Zheng said, we male soldiers work hard to survive in a company of 30, and we only know whether we can go abroad after training. It's better for you, you know you can go abroad before you start.
Shao Xiaoqian chuckled after hearing this and retorted, "Do you know what it means to make things rare and valuable?"
Li Zheng was speechless.
The truth is indeed this truth.
Pandas are bears, and so are black bears.
Could it be the same?
Of course, Li Zheng is still very confident in his military skills.
The platoon's original combat effectiveness is the strongest in the whole company, and his training level in the platoon is at the forefront. When it comes to sniper expertise, he is not inferior at all except Hou Jun and Tong Zhi.
After half a month of suffering, the company finally organized a comprehensive assessment, and the list was finally announced in the morning before the exercise.
The first row occupied half of the list of 30 people, and the first class occupied half of the places in the first row.
This is strength.
After passing the brigade level, we have to go to the military area level.
The peacekeeping battalion formed this time is composed of personnel drawn from the A and D armies, with a total of 410 people. It is composed of a multi-functional engineer detachment, a construction engineer detachment and a medical detachment. It is also equipped with a 30-person rapid reaction platoon. .
More than 700 people participated in the training selection, and the training teams were divided into training teams according to their majors for comprehensive training. …
The training team of Army A vacated two of the houses and used them as temporary assembly areas for the peacekeeping team before departure.
Going abroad for peacekeeping is not as easy as imagined, nor does it mean putting on a backpack and putting on that Smurf suit and walking away.
A lot of tedious things to do before leaving.
So many soldiers who participated said that it was much more tiring than usual training.
In fact, strictly speaking, the tasks before departure are two major projects - the first is personal physical and mental preparation.
This includes carrying out some necessary ideological education and reading some relevant text and video materials.
Then there is the necessary basic foreign language training.
There are three main languages spoken in country L: English, French and local dialect.
In addition to these, tactical and physical training will also be carried out. Most of the tactical training involves rapid deployment, vigilance, vehicle combat, etc.
The other thing of course is physical examination and vaccination. Everyone must be vaccinated against six types of vaccines, including encephalitis, cholera, jaundice, diphtheria, hemorrhagic fever, and hepatitis A. In the future, targeted booster vaccines will also be vaccinated according to local conditions.
After all, this is Africa thousands of miles away. Not to mention the problem of acclimatization, at least the sanitary conditions there are definitely not as good as those at home. Many epidemic species are also very common and must be guarded against.
The second big project is of course material preparation.
The soldiers and horses move forward before the food and grass are moved. A modern army pays attention to logistical supplies and support.
Therefore, in addition to the guard platoon of Zhuang Yan, there is also an administrative support platoon, whose personnel are directly drawn from the municipal government and the group army. Most of them are translators, officers, staff officers, and propaganda personnel from the Political Department.
They are responsible for uploading and distributing information, communicating with the peacekeeping force headquarters, and handling some administrative matters.
In terms of materials, weapons and equipment, logistical supplies, office equipment and living equipment must be ensured. All of this must be transported from the country, and must comply with the regulations of the United Nations peacekeeping forces. For example, heavy weapons cannot be carried. Generally, only small-caliber machine guns and rifles, as well as sniper rifles, and even the 92B wheeled type used by fast reverse platoons are carried. The infantry fighting vehicle was also dismantled and modified because the caliber of the main weapon was too large, and only the 7.62MM caliber machine gun was retained.
All of this must be completed before departure.
When we arrived at the destination, we made a handover with the relevant leaders of the teaching team and the personnel began to move in.
While everyone was still sorting out housekeeping in the barracks, people from other units were reporting in one after another outside.
In less than three days, the entire teaching team became extremely lively.
An unknown journey, strange comrades...
The sound of footsteps and voices of talking and shouting could be heard up and down the whole building.
That feeling made Li Zheng feel like he had returned to his time in the recruit company.
