My Military Career in a Parallel World

Chapter 237: To be a good soldier, you must be competitive!

In an instant, everyone's eyes were focused.

Voluntarily withdraw from the teaching team?

This is too big a play!

There is no need to say much about the significance of the teaching team to ordinary soldiers.

It is true that not every sergeant who enters the training team will eventually become a squad leader, but as long as he is a squad leader, he must have been to the training team.

Similarly, when one reaches the stage of a second-term non-commissioned officer, the fastest and most stable way to renew for a third term is, in addition to making meritorious contributions, to study in the teaching team and graduate successfully.

It can be said that he was gambling with his military career.

Even the group of people who had previously been dissatisfied with him as the squad leader and had conflicts with him, now looked at him with a hint of admiration in their eyes.

It can be predicted that as long as he can pass this level, there will be no suspense about his position as the squad leader of Class 1.

"Okay! I'll wait and see your performance! Now find your own bedding and go back to tidy up your room. I'll come over to check in half an hour!"

"Yes!"

After saying that, he turned around and looked at the group of people, and the group of people also looked at him. Neither side spoke, but their eyes said it all.

"Brothers, half an hour, do you have faith?"

"Have!"

"Okay, let's get started now!"

"Yes!"

What happened in Class 1 seemed to be a fuse, and soon after that several people took the initiative to report and stand up.

After issuing the military order, the instructor did not make things too difficult for them and gave them half an hour under the same conditions.

There were originally more than 100 people in the three district teams, but in an instant, more than half of them were gone, and the beddings and clothes in front and behind the dormitory building had almost been claimed.

On the third shift side, most people passed the inspection, except for one unlucky guy whose bedding was thrown away.

They don't need to be as nervous and sign a military order as other classes.

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Compared with everything they had experienced before, this scene was the real warning the teaching team had prepared for them.

The teaching team has been in operation for such a long time, they know best the characters of these old veterans.

Let me put it bluntly.

Unless someone from above comes to inspect, most veterans don't have good housekeeping.

Especially during the period from the first to the second term of non-commissioned officers, at least 80 percent, if not 100 percent, of them take a perfunctory attitude when doing their daily housework.

The larger the company's training volume, the more common this phenomenon is.

For example, the reconnaissance company.

The daily training schedule is very tight, with almost no time to breathe, let alone taking out an hour or two every day to slowly do housework.

Not only soldiers, but many officers and military fans have similar ideas.

They believe that tidying up the house is a sheer waste of soldiers' time and energy, a formality that has no meaning, and that it is fine as long as it looks good. There is no need to take it too seriously. It would be better to use that time to do more training.

The actual situation is just the opposite. Making quilts and high standards of housekeeping are definitely not formalism, nor are they a waste of soldiers' time and energy.

Behind every regulation and requirement of the military, there is a reason why it must be done.

The ultimate goal of strict housekeeping standards and requirements is to cultivate soldiers' patience and obedience.

Countries around the world have their own means and methods to address these two issues.

Our country uses strict rules and regulations to regulate the every move of soldiers.

Although the American army does not make quilts, they require soldiers to scrub the floor with a toothbrush, brushing every inch. When making the beds, they follow the standards of a five-star hotel, and the inspecting officers will even measure every inch with a ruler.

The Gallicans required that every soldier's shirt must be ironed with fourteen pleats, with the accuracy calculated in millimeters. If it did not meet the standard, it would be thrown away directly.

The Russian army requires that every soldier's leather boots must be polished to a mirror finish. As long as the leather shoes are polished well, everything else can be put aside.

And so on, each of the five great good men has similar methods and examples.

As the cornerstone of the military command system and an important hub connecting senior officers and soldiers, Shi Yi must make them understand the importance of housekeeping to a soldier.

This also becomes the first lesson that the monitor/deputy monitor needs to learn.

The importance of housekeeping.

That's why Shi Yi said what he said just now, like calling their company commander and instructor to ask questions. These were purely to scare everyone.

As for the military order, it does not exist.

As long as one works hard and does it with all his heart, half an hour is enough for a veteran.

Don't be fooled by their loud and disparaging words, but in fact everyone in the teaching team knows that every one of these soldiers is an elite and backbone, and if they were not elites, they would not have come to this place.

Therefore, unless someone was deliberately looking for trouble, Shi Yi would never let an excellent soldier ruin his military career because of such a small matter.

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At noon, at the entrance of the teaching team cafeteria, everyone lined up and shouted at the top of their lungs to perform all the necessary activities that the troops had to do before meals.

Because everyone came from different companies, the song they sang became "Unity is Strength", which everyone is familiar with.

"Unity is strength..."

"The voices aren't loud enough! Are you all new recruits? How come you can't even open your mouths to sing! Sing louder!"

Captain Wan Peng stood in front of the team picking his ears, still with that familiar smile on his face. However, this time no one thought that the captain was easy to talk to, and everyone shouted at the top of their lungs.

However, the captain could always find problems and make them repeat them over and over again.

“The voice is there, but where are the emotions?!

I ask you to sing, not shout slogans!

continue! "

Everyone had no choice but to start singing again.

Although he knew in his heart that the other party was deliberately looking for trouble, Jiang Chen still couldn't resist the urge to rush up and punch him.

He was sure that he was not the only one who had similar thoughts!

If looks could kill, Wan Peng would have been pierced through the heart by thousands of arrows by now.

Jiang Chen really wanted to rush up and ask, "How can you maintain a high volume and pour out your emotions at the same time? If you can do it, show me. If you can do it, I will let you stand and sing for a whole day!"

In the end, everyone stood at the entrance of the cafeteria and sang "Unity is Strength" for more than half an hour. Everyone had a dry mouth and sore throat, and some people's voices began to become hoarse... The perverted captain nodded in satisfaction and let everyone in to eat.

The food standard of the teaching team is slightly higher than that of an ordinary company. It does not reach the level of a third-class kitchen, but it is slightly higher than an ordinary second-class kitchen.

Jiang Chen and his friends didn't feel anything, as the reconnaissance company's usual food standards were pretty much the same.

However, when some other ordinary companies or camps of border defense forces with difficult living conditions saw this food standard, they all showed some degree of joy on their faces.

Don’t think that the food standard of the second-class kitchen is very low. In fact, this food standard is already very high in the army.

Generally, only armored troops, technical troops, and some soldiers who require high-intensity training or work in special environments can enjoy the food standards of the second-class kitchens.

Most ordinary soldiers eat in Class A kitchens, where the food standards are relatively low and just meet basic nutritional needs.

Of course, the so-called "low" here refers to the comparison with other second- and third-class kitchens. For ordinary workers, the food standard of the first-class kitchen can definitely be described as abundant.

Moreover, in order to cater to the soldiers' tastes, the kitchen staff will try to cook in different ways as possible.

After all, in China where "food is the most important thing for the people", whether people can eat well and have enough to eat is a very important issue.

After the food was prepared, everyone was eagerly waiting for the captain to give the order to eat, but it seemed that this perverted captain had some kind of chatterbox attribute.

He started to talk at length again.

Talk about the origin, history, glorious deeds, etc. of the teaching team.

He spoke for another half an hour, until the hot rice and dishes in front of him cooled down and turned into cold rice. Only then did he slowly stop and give the order to start eating.

"Oops, I accidentally talked too much." Wan Peng raised his hand to check the time. It was already past one o'clock in the afternoon. Normally, everyone would have returned to the dormitory to prepare for lunch break at this time.

"Okay, let's eat, everyone.

However, in order to avoid any problems with the schedule later, the lunch break will be limited to ten minutes.”

Everyone was prepared for what he said.

Those present here are not new recruits, so ten minutes of meal time is enough for them.

Jiang Chen and his companions quickly ate the food in their bowls. The few soldiers who had not answered the questions before could only look at the food in other people's bowls, swallowing their saliva and gnawing on the cold steamed buns left over from the morning.

It's really like a cold steamed bun, the hard kind...

Although the temperature in the south in February is not as cold as before, it does not affect the hardness of the steamed buns at all.

The only good news was that there was unlimited supply of seaweed egg drop soup in the cafeteria. Wan Peng only let them eat steamed buns but did not restrict them from drinking the soup.

I could barely swallow it with a mouthful of steamed bun and a sip of soup.

After the meal, Wan Peng did not continue to bother everyone. After ordering each district team to take the food back, he turned around and left with the instructor.

Return to the dormitory downstairs.

Yan Weihua did not disband the team directly. Instead, he stared at everyone and said, "There is still one hour left before the lunch break. Within one hour, no matter what method you use, you must determine the monitor and deputy monitor for this week."

After saying that, Yan Weihua turned around and left without caring about everyone's reactions.

Everyone in Class 3 watched Yan Weihua's back disappear, but the team had no intention of disbanding immediately. Everyone turned their eyes to their current squad leader, Wang Jie.

Several soldiers who had failed in the competition for squad leader looked at Jiang Chen intentionally or unintentionally.

To put it bluntly, the position of deputy monitor is to assist the monitor. The specific choice depends on Wang Jie's intention.

Obviously, given the current situation of Class Three, Jiang Chen is undoubtedly the person most likely to be selected.

only……

Jiang Chen's identity as a private has always been a thorn in their hearts.

There is no way. Not all veterans are willing to be ordered around by a rookie. This is human nature and cannot be avoided.

If Wang Jie really dared to directly appoint Jiang Chen as the deputy monitor, it goes without saying that someone would stand up and oppose it.

Especially those soldiers who also had experience as deputy squad leaders, and the soldier who had previously competed with Wang Jie for squad leader but failed was the worst.

The others knew that they had little hope, but they didn't want to give up. While they were watching the fun, they were also looking for opportunities to join the competition.

There is something Gao Cheng said in "Soldier Assault" that is actually very true.

"Being a soldier means being competitive!"

This is also the reason why Gao Cheng chose Chengcai to join the 7th Steel Company.

A truly good soldier cannot be trained by just practicing hard alone.

Ambition and competitiveness are very important for a soldier.

Results are achieved through mutual comparison and competition. The more soldiers compete, the faster their combat effectiveness will improve. There is no doubt about this.

Take the reconnaissance battalion as an example. The second company has been competing with the third company. The big brother, the first company, would also intervene from time to time. From the battalion commander Lei Zhenjun, the instructor Tian Zhiqiang to several company commanders and platoon leaders, they all acquiesced and even encouraged this.

As long as the means are legitimate and do not affect the relationship between the company and the soldiers, they will not stand up to stop it.

The same applies to the interior of the three companies.

The first and second rows were fighting, while the third row was watching eagerly from the sidelines, ready to join in at any time.

There are also conflicts between classes and between soldiers.

And those who are called backbones and elites and are selected as reserve squad leaders/deputy squad leaders, how could they be easy to deal with?

This is also true for Jiang Chen himself.

At that time, when he was in the recruit company, Jiang Chen was the first person to stand up and compete for the position of deputy squad leader. Later, he encountered a gangster who took hostages and tried to escape.

When he arrived at the company, Jiang Chen did not miss any opportunity.

On the first day after joining the company, he beat up the veteran in the class. In subsequent exercises and confrontations, Jiang Chen never let go of any opportunity and did everything he could to show himself.

During the exercise, he ventured into an unknown cave, looking for opportunities to sneak into the enemy camp with the team, and even risked his life when confronting the Second Battalion.

Later, he argued with the soldiers in the production company and the police reconnaissance company, tried his best to take on as many tasks as possible during the year-end assessment, and took the initiative to ask to take part in combat readiness patrols and rat-catching operations.

Jiang Chen is always looking for every possible opportunity to show himself.

It is precisely because of his performance that he has achieved this point today.

A private was promoted to deputy squad leader just a few months after joining the company. He came to the teaching team for further training, and the company commander Ge Hongtao even made a promise to him to be a squad leader.

Although there are other factors involved, if Jiang Chen did not fight and show himself, how could the regiment commander, chief of staff, battalion commander, and company commander value him and give him the current treatment and opportunities...

Therefore, when facing the provocative gazes of others, Jiang Chen was not panicked, he was even a little excited.

He is not afraid of challenges, but is afraid of not having the opportunity to show his abilities.

Others had similar thoughts. Although they had heard of some of Jiang Chen's deeds, it did not stop them from challenging the new recruit in front of them.

This is also the atmosphere that the teaching team wants and even deliberately creates.

I'm not afraid of you fighting or snatching, I'm just afraid that you don't have the ability to fight and snatch!

If you want to be a monitor/deputy monitor, you can fight for it with your own abilities!

The subsequent appointment of squad leaders and deputy squad leaders is also done in a similar manner.

The training time of the teaching team is at least three months. After all the people in the class have been rotated, the next squad leader and deputy squad leader have to compete with their own abilities.

The capable ones go up, the mediocre ones go down.

This has always been the way the troops operate.

This is also the fundamental reason why Jiang Chen is willing to stay in the army.

As I said, only by experiencing it yourself can you understand what a relatively fair environment where hard work is rewarded really means.

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