My Military Career in a Parallel World

Zhang Pengfei, a private with the rank of senior military officer, just joined the third reconnaissance company last year.

During the one-year life in the reconnaissance company, the three words "special forces" are undoubtedly what the recruits care about most.

When Zhang Pengfei heard about the special forces for the first time, he was naturally attracted.

Some time ago, the company held a special forces training and selection, and Zhang Pengfei also participated.

It was a pity that he had just arrived at the reconnaissance company. Even though some veterans who did not want to suffer in the special forces deliberately let him off, his performance was still at the bottom.

However, Zhang Pengfei was not too discouraged. After the selection, he began to collect information about the special forces through various channels.

The more they learn, the more shocked they are, and the more they admire the special forces, to the point where there is even a tendency to deify them.

This phenomenon is normal among scouts, and most young soldiers who first hear about special forces will have similar thoughts.

After all, the missions performed by special forces sound very exciting. In an army that pursues teamwork so much, they inexplicably carry a touch of personal heroism!

Harassment and sabotage, assassination and kidnapping, reconnaissance behind enemy lines, stealing intelligence, decapitation operations, anti-subversion, anti-espionage, anti-sneak attack, anti-hijacking, and even some anti-terrorism tasks.

For young people in their twenties who are extremely pursuing personal heroism, these are simply ideal troops.

Moreover, all the new recruits who are selected to join the reconnaissance company are the best among their peers, at least they are definitely at the top in terms of physical fitness.

Therefore, it is normal for them to be yearning for the special forces when they hear rumors about them.

Jiang Chen felt the same when he first saw the words "special forces" on TV.

Not only him, I believe everyone who likes military-themed film and television dramas has similar ideas.

As they grow older and gain more experience, the veterans still have the same high respect for the special forces, but they no longer deify them as they did when they were young.

Of course, all this is too early for Zhang Pengfei. Now he is full of fantasies and yearnings for the special forces.

"Then why didn't squad leader Li pass the training at that time?" Zhang Pengfei asked curiously.

The leading man in black glanced at him and replied calmly, "What else could it be? It's because of your lack of education."

"Ah?!" Zhang Pengfei thought of countless possibilities, but he had never thought of this possibility.

"What? Do you think it's so easy to be a special forces soldier?!" The leading man in black curled his lips in disdain. As the squad leader, he naturally had to know how obsessed Zhang Pengfei was with the special forces.

He had a similar experience when he first joined the reconnaissance company, and he was determined to join the special forces and become a special forces soldier.

However, as the squad leader, he had no objection to the new recruits pursuing special forces.

This is not a bad thing. If you want to join the special forces, you have to train hard, right?

With this big pie in front of them, there is no need to worry about the new recruits’ performance failing to improve.

Moreover, if you want to join the special forces and become a special forces soldier, then you have to continue to stay in the reconnaissance company.

It’s not that other troops don’t have the opportunity to participate in special forces training, but as special forces reserves, scouts have more opportunities and a greater possibility of success.

Therefore, this is why, even though they know that the special forces training is taking meat from their bowls, the various reconnaissance companies still do not take any action and even add fuel to the fire.

Not all reconnaissance company commanders are "Miao Lian". They have no feelings for the special forces. If there is no benefit, how could these people allow the special forces to snatch people from them?

Moreover, for various reasons, the service period of special forces will not be too long. Generally speaking, it is difficult to continue high-intensity training after they are over 30 years old.

Some people will choose to retire directly and transfer to other jobs, while others will choose to return to their old unit.

Never underestimate these "old people". Thirty to forty years old may not be suitable for special forces, but they are in their prime in other companies, not to mention that they have skills and experience honed through countless battles in the special forces.

Who doesn’t want to have such a veteran squad leader who is loyal and reliable and has experienced many battles in his company?

Therefore, in China under such circumstances, things like cleaning up the house as shown in TV dramas are basically impossible to happen.

Let’s get back to the topic.

Listening to the squad leader's narration, Zhang Pengfei's originally passionate heart gradually sank to the bottom.

He knew that it was difficult to join the special forces, and even more difficult to become a special forces soldier. However, he never thought that what was preventing him from becoming a special forces soldier was his cultural level.

How many people who can join the army these days can actually study? If you really have that ability, you might as well apply to a military academy directly.

As if seeing Zhang Pengfei's inner thoughts, the man in black changed the subject and said, "However, you don't need to worry too much. Although the special forces have requirements for cultural level, it is not as exaggerated as you think. Otherwise, our scouts would not be called special forces reserves."

"The cultural assessment for special forces selection is probably at the high school level. I remember you graduated from high school, right?"

Zhang Pengfei nodded quickly when he heard that. Like most of the new recruits, he was sent to the army by his family because he could not concentrate on his studies and failed to get into university.

"That's easy. If you really want to join the special forces, take some time after your training to review your high school knowledge, especially chemistry. You don't need to learn very well, just pass the exam.

As for foreign languages, especially English, you have to hurry up and learn them. Not to mention the special forces, our reconnaissance company also has a special foreign language assessment, but the requirements are not that high. "

As the squad leader spoke, Zhang Pengfei nodded like a chicken pecking at rice. If conditions allowed, he would have wanted to take a notebook and write it down.

On the other side, the new recruits in the camp had already fallen asleep, but Jiang Chen still went to the dream space to practice as usual.

During this field training, Jiang Chen also discovered a flaw in his golden finger.

He cannot actively control whether or not to enter a dream, just like people cannot control whether or not they dream.

As long as he closed his eyes, his consciousness would involuntarily enter dreams.

However, compared with the improvement brought by the golden finger, this little flaw is nothing.

At worst, I can just sleep in a dream like I did the past two days.

Sleeping in a dream?

Why does it feel like an infinite nesting doll?

Jiang Chen shook his head with a smile, put these inexplicable thoughts behind him, and continued to work on the things at hand.

The recruit training was about to end, and it was time for him to shift the focus of his training.

My physical fitness has reached a bottleneck. It is impossible to improve it as quickly as when I first joined the army in a short period of time. I can only rely on time to improve it.

As for shooting skills, Jiang Chen has no idea how many bullets he has fired since the live-fire shooting.

Fifty thousand rounds? One hundred thousand rounds?

With a huge amount of ammunition, even a pig can become a sharpshooter.

Of course, due to limited lines, Jiang Chen could only practice on fixed targets, and he might still be lacking in other aspects.

However, Jiang Chen has already grasped some of the tricks of the gun sense that Li Gang mentioned earlier. Even if he is asked to shoot at a moving target, Jiang Chen has a certain degree of confidence.

The only regret is that the sniper rifle that Li Gang had promised earlier never came into being, which made him a little disappointed.

After talking about shooting, let’s talk about fighting.

Jiang Chen has already mastered the military boxing. Jiang Chen is confident that he can defeat a soldier with one to two years of training, as long as the opponent is not a pervert with extraordinary talent or has practiced Tiangang Boy's Kung Fu since childhood.

Even if he met a non-commissioned officer with three or four years' service, Jiang Chen was confident that he would not be at a disadvantage.

The standards he mentioned are for scouts like Li Gang, not ordinary company soldiers.

It’s not that Jiang Chen looks down on ordinary companies, but with the advancement of technology and the popularization of thermal weapons, close combat with the enemy will almost never occur unless it is necessary.

Besides, if all else fails, you can always use a pistol.

The military is not the armed police, they don’t have so many concerns, in most cases they have only one goal…

Kill the enemies! Kill the enemies! Kill the enemies!

Kill enemies faster and more accurately!

This has resulted in the priority of combat being lowered again and again in many companies.

Although, most troops still maintain the habit of training soldiers' combat abilities, how can we explain combat...

You can't become a master just by practicing, you must go through actual combat.

This is also the reason why Jiang Chen made such rapid progress.

A similar situation occurs with assassinations.

With Li Gang as his 'boss' to practice with, Jiang Chen's assassination skills improved by leaps and bounds.

If the two of them faced each other again, it would be impossible for Li Gang to deal with him so easily. At least he would have to pay some price, and it was not impossible that both of them would suffer losses.

Speaking of this, Jiang Chen couldn't help but think of Li Gang's previous promise.

How come this guy is just like those unscrupulous bosses in my previous life who liked to make big promises?

You just keep making big promises every day. After the fight, I will give you a good beating if I get the chance!

Jiang Chen secretly set a 'small' goal for himself and turned his attention back to the matter at hand.

As mentioned before, Jiang Chen is about to join the company and start real military life, so it is time for him to adjust the focus of his training.

Physical fitness alone can make one an excellent soldier, but it will never make one a qualified commander.

Since Jiang Chen had become a time traveler and was blessed by God with a pretty good golden finger, and had ended up in the army by accident, it was obvious that his goal could not be just to be a private.

Not to mention becoming a general commanding tens of thousands of people, at least he has to be a regiment commander with thousands of soldiers under his command.

Not to mention that the original owner of this body gave him a great start. If he didn't develop into an officer, it would be a shame for the score the original owner had worked hard for many years to get.

Given the limited conditions nowadays, there isn’t much Jiang Chen can learn.

Fortunately, during this period of field training, he did manage to get some new information out of Li Gang.

As he was carrying heavy loads on the road every day, he didn't have the energy to continue physical training at night, so he just regarded learning new knowledge as a combination of work and rest.

As for what the new knowledge is...

Actually, it was nothing. One was what Li Gang had just taught him: how to arrange the guards according to the terrain environment, and the other was to recognize military maps.

Military maps cover a wide range, including topographic maps, nautical charts, aviation maps, etc.

As an army scout, Li Gang is naturally most familiar with and good at topographic maps.

How can you become an officer without knowing maps?

Jiang Chen pestered Li Gang to teach him how to read the map and quickly find his position based on the surrounding terrain.

It is not difficult to recognize maps. There are similar instructions in geography books.

It's nothing more than scale, terrain symbols, etc.

What is really important is how to determine your location based on the actual situation and judge the surrounding terrain and environment...

Although Li Gang said a lot of things, he did not explain them in too much depth.

In his words, he would have plenty of time and opportunities to learn these things slowly when he got to the military academy. Moreover, what the school taught was far more professional and in-depth than what he taught, so there was no need to waste time on this now.

It’s not that Li Gang was shirking responsibility or was unwilling to teach, he was just telling the truth.

Ordinary soldiers basically have no chance to act alone. Even scouts are the same. Most of the time they go out to perform missions in small teams. These issues are naturally considered by the squad leaders and platoon leaders.

Soldiers just need to follow orders.

Secondly, although the army has special courses to teach this subject, it is better to let these old soldiers go out for a five-kilometer run than to let them sit in the classroom to study. Many squad leaders themselves are unskilled workers with only a superficial knowledge of the subject.

Although it will not affect the normal execution of tasks, it is not a good thing to learn too much of this unconventional way.

Instead of doing this, it would be better to wait until you get to military school and learn from professionals.

Therefore, Jiang Chen only dabbled in this aspect and regarded it as a preview of the courses in the military academy.

Since it was impossible to study the military map in depth, Jiang Chen could only use his time in other areas.

What he is doing now is to mark the sentry positions of each class, and then combine it with Li Gang's previous teachings to think about why the sentry should be placed in this position and whether there are better options.

Looking down from his high vantage point, Jiang Chen could see the layout of the entire camp very clearly. He simply drew a topographic map of the camp on a notebook with a pen. It didn't need to be the same as a real map, just enough for him to have a general idea. He then marked the location of each sentry post and their control range.

This will make it easier for him to make a judgment.

While biting the pen cap and thinking about whether there was a better choice, Jiang Chen suddenly caught a glimpse of something flashing in the woods out of the corner of his eye.

At first Jiang Chen didn't take it seriously, thinking it was just some animal moving around in the woods at night.

After all, this is the wilderness, and similar things happened quite a few days ago.

The recruits ate a lot of poisonous snakes and even some future protected animals.

So, Jiang Chen didn’t take it too seriously at first.

However, as time went by, Jiang Chen vaguely felt that this kind of thing was happening too frequently.

In just half an hour, he saw similar things several times.

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