Chapter 63: The Beginning of the Road to the King of Soldiers
The wake-up call echoed in the base, breaking through the hazy and cool air, far away and bright.
"Get up!" As soon as the wake-up call sounded, squad leader Xiang Haotian quickly sat up from the bed and shouted to the new recruits in the class while getting dressed neatly.
Jiang Xiao was sleeping on Xiang Haotian's upper bunk. When he heard the squad leader's voice, he sat up. The cool morning cold on the plateau made him shiver. He woke up instantly and looked at the clock at the door. It was six o'clock.
Half.
Jiang Xiao quickly put on his clothes. He felt much better than yesterday. He felt a lot more refreshed. He folded down the quilt, untied the sheets, and went down from the bed ladder to the ground. He saw that the squad leader Xiang Haotian had already neatly tidied up the bed.
Regular, flat sheets without a trace of wrinkles, and "tofu cubes" like sculptures. This is the housekeeping on the soldier's bed, the standard of a work of art, Jiang Xiao couldn't help but sigh.
Everyone else was slowly getting dressed, sleepy-eyed and out of breath, as if they hadn't realized they were in a military camp yet.
"Move quickly!" Xiang Haotian shouted loudly.
Everyone got dressed and tidied up the bed and gathered at Xiang Haotian's place.
"I said, since you have just joined the army and need to buffer against altitude sickness, today we will not follow the army's standards. Today we will mainly let you familiarize yourself with the daily life system of the army, which will be officially implemented from tomorrow!" Lie Hao!
Xiang Haotian of the team stood in front of the queue and said seriously, "Everyone heard it, the bugle sound just now is the army's wake-up call. In winter, the troops get up at half past six. After getting up, they first use the fastest time to organize the housework and go out to watch the queue.
, come in and see the internal affairs, internal affairs is an important reflection of the army's style..."
From tidying up the housework to the evening class meeting, the recruits seemed to have experienced four seasons in one day.
"The theme of today's class meeting is the selection of the class deputy!" Xiang Haotian said seriously, "The class deputy is someone who assists the squad leader in his work and also plays a positive role in setting an example. We choose democratically. Everyone has gone through a day's work today.
Get along. Everyone is now writing down the name of the class deputy in their mind on a piece of paper. No discussion or communication, just write it down. The person with the highest number of votes will be the class deputy!"
Xiang Haotian took the piece of paper handed over and said with an expression that was unexpected and unplanned: "Did you discuss it? Everyone chose Jiang Xiao except himself."
Jiang Xiao looked at everyone inexplicably.
"Reporting to the squad leader, we did not discuss it. Today, from getting up, learning to organize housework, to queuing outside, Jiang Xiao did the best in every aspect! These are facts, and we all see them." Ouyang Ming
Speaking of reporting.
"Report to the monitor, Ouyang Ming is right, and Jiang Xiao will also take the initiative to help us learn housekeeping and queue matters. We all trust him!" Ge Xiaoliang continued to report.
"Do the rest of you think so too?" Xiang Haotian asked after hearing what the two said and looking at the others in the class.
Everyone nodded seriously.
"Okay, after the democratic decision of the third class, I announce that the class vice president is Jiang Xiao!" Xiang Haotian announced.
Jiang Xiao looked at everyone calmly amid the applause.
"Deputy deputy, please say a few words." Xiang Haotian said with a smile.
"Thank you to the squad leader and comrades for their recognition! I will fulfill my duties as a squad deputy later on, assist the squad leader in his work, and set a positive example! I believe that our squad leader Xiang, who is known as the 'bully', will lead the team."
With the joint efforts of our comrades, Class Three will definitely become stronger and stronger until it is the strongest!" Jiang Xiao said seriously.
The words were greeted with warm applause.
This sentence is not just a saying, but a trace confirmed step by step by the Third Squadron of the Eighth Company during the three months of new training in the recruit camp.
In the blink of an eye, the next day came and the wake-up call sounded.
Jiang Xiao quickly put on his clothes, tidied up the housekeeping on the bed, jumped off the bed ladder and rushed out of the class door to stand behind the squad leader, preparing to assemble according to the shift system. Ouyang Ming, Ge Xiaoliang and other people in the class were buttoning their clothes and smoking.
The outer belts followed one after another. Xiang Haotian turned around and glared at the few people who came in a hurry and a little embarrassed. He turned around and shouted the command loudly: "There are all three classes, run and run! One, two, one, one, two, one, one."
two three four!"
"One, two, three, four!" The recruits in the class shouted the command loudly and followed Xiang Haotian as they ran towards the company's queue at the company gate.
"Stand still! Turn left!" After joining the team, Xiang Hao had a good command. He glanced at the rest of the class, except Jiang Xiao, who were standing staggering. Even though it was their first day to officially enter the rhythm of the army, they couldn't help but feel a little angry.
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"Come on, let's organize the team! Everyone, take a break! Stand at attention! Look to the right, look forward! Take a break, stand at attention!" The platoon leader on duty shouted the team slogan loudly, and only heard the crackling footsteps in the queue.
At the sound of the sound, the platoon leader on duty frowned, turned around and saluted the company commander Davarochai next to the queue and reported: "Reporting to the company commander, the company has assembled before morning exercises. Please give your instructions!"
"There is nothing to give instructions! Listen to the crackling footsteps in the queue and set off firecrackers! The foundation of this batch of soldiers is too bad! Strengthen training! The platoon leader on duty will take the exercise! The instructor will take the other platoon leaders to each class to check the internal affairs! That's it!
"Company Davarochai lectured sternly.
All the recruits below couldn't help but feel a chill in their hearts, feeling that the hard times were really about to begin. A glimmer of light flashed in Jiang Xiao's eyes, as if he was expecting something.
"Everyone is here, turn right! Run and run!" the platoon leader on duty gave the command and led the company to run towards the concrete runway of the base. It was still a crackling scene.
The first day of training was in a plateau environment. I jogged one kilometer and walked two kilometers with the new recruits of the company. Everyone seemed to be dying. They returned to the company door panting. After being dismissed, they returned to the class and found that the corridor was covered with people.
A lot of housekeeping quilts were thrown out, and some were in the toilet.
"What's going on?" Ge Xiaoliang asked puzzled.
Everyone had an ominous premonition and returned to the dormitory out of breath. They saw that except for the squad leader and Jiang Xiao's housekeeping quilt on the bed, everyone else's housekeeping quilt was missing and the sheets were torn apart.
Everyone looked at each other in confusion. Jiang Xiao calmly shook his head and looked at everyone.
"Those who were thrown out were those who failed the housekeeping inspection. Those whose housekeeping was 'a piece of shit' would be thrown out. The sheets were torn apart and were wrinkled and unflattened. A piece of housekeeping on Jiang Xiao's bed was barely thrown away.
.The placement of items in the wash area, and..." Xiang Haotian entered the room and suddenly shouted sternly.
Everyone was dumbfounded and stared at the monitor at a loss.
"Because you have wasted too much time on your exercise today! There are still ten minutes left to gather for dinner. Ten minutes to get all your housekeeping in order, at least in place! Otherwise, don't eat!" Xiang Haotian suddenly calmed down and said calmly.
After hearing this, everyone in the class immediately exploded and rushed out to look for their own quilts.
Jiang Xiao took this time to go to the washing area and quickly put in place the illegally stacked towels that had been pulled down by his comrades in the class, and the illegally placed toiletries that had been thrown aside.
All the comrades in the class finally managed to get in order and gathered together before dinner. The second class next door was not so lucky.
The queue training in the morning and the crackling movements made Xiang Hao very angry all morning. In the winter on the plateau, the sun was still scorching during the day, and training under the scorching sun made people even more tired and anxious.
When I returned to the dormitory, I faced the same scene. The housekeeping quilt was thrown out and the sheets were torn away. The entire lunch break was spent in a confrontation with the devilish housekeeping quilt.
In the queue training in the afternoon, the movements were not standard, the movements were inconsistent, small movements in the queue, talking in the queue... also made the training in dire straits.
Afternoon physical fitness time, 100 push-ups, 100 sit-ups, 30 pull-ups, three kilometers with light equipment...
Jiang Xiao seemed to complete every task much more easily than his other comrades. Not only Xiang Haotian saw all this, but even Davaro Chai also saw it.
As expected, when I returned to the dormitory, the picture was still the same.
After dinner, the company collectively watched the news in the study room. From the time they returned to class to the time before lights out, everyone gritted their teeth and used all their body weight and strength to press the housekeeping quilt with all their strength.
"Monitor, how did you make your 'tofu cubes'? It feels too difficult!" Ge Xiaoliang asked the monitor who was sitting next to him watching TV while pressing the quilt with difficulty.
"Just like you, I was thrown out again and again when I was a recruit, and then picked up again and again and kept pressing and stacking them!" Xiang Haotian said seriously.
"Ah! How many more times will I be thrown away!" Ouyang Ming said with a bitter look on his face.
"Success will come naturally! The housekeeping quilt itself polishes a soldier's character and is an important reflection of a soldier's good style! So, everyone, come on!" Xiang Haotian said seriously, "My housekeeping quilt has been with me for almost five years!
They all have feelings!"
"I heard people say that soldiers' guns and housekeeping quilts have been in service longer than they have been with their wives, and they have deep feelings for each other!" Jiang Xiao said thoughtfully while pressing the quilt.
"Indeed! But then again, aren't all the troops except for officers and some senior non-commissioned officers basically all bachelors? Haha!" After hearing Jiang Xiao's words, Xiang Haotian said with a bitter smile.
One sentence made the whole audience laugh.
"Yes, even if I had a girlfriend before joining the army, we basically split up after joining the army! Which woman in this era would wait for a man for two years, and everything is still unknown after two years!" Ge Xiaoliang was not a big man, but he said it
A bunch of real truths.
"It's okay, my girlfriend broke up with me when I came to serve as a soldier, but it doesn't matter. With our handsome faces and experience in the army, I still worry about not being able to find a girlfriend when I go back, hahaha!" Ouyang Ming seemed heavy.
So be open-minded.
"I have no education, so I can only tell you in plain language that although the army is very hard and tiring, many times you will find it difficult and even want to give up! But it is this rare experience that will teach us many things and allow us to truly grow.
, slowly transformed into a real soldier, a real warrior! The soil under his feet and the sweat and blood shed are all the burden of a PLA soldier!" Xiang Haotian said seriously, with a trace of determination flashing in his eyes.
Flowing light.
After hearing the squad leader's words, everyone fell silent and pressed the quilt harder!
As soon as the lights-out signal sounded, after a day of new training, the recruits climbed into bed and fell asleep exhausted physically and mentally.
"I'll wait for you for two years!" Jian Wen's words echoed in his ears again when they parted, and Jiang Xiao couldn't calm down for a long time.
The military camp is an extraordinary sacred place, where glory and mission, responsibility and responsibility are nurtured.
The rebirth of an eagle, the nirvana of a phoenix, all transformations and rebirths require the baptism of storms and darkness. Only true warriors who grit their teeth and persevere through such a period of darkness, loneliness, raging thunderstorms, and thorns can usher in the dawn of dawn.
Dawn, achieve another better self.
Everything has just begun, the real baptism is still waiting for them.
Jiang Xiao closed his eyes and prepared to welcome the arrival of a new day.
Chapter completed!