My Military Career in a Parallel World

Class 1 dormitory.

After finishing the business, Li Cheng, the platoon leader, remembered the new recruit he had seen at the gate before, and asked casually, "By the way, what is the situation of the new recruit you brought back? From what the company commander said, it seems that he is going to make him a private soldier as a squad leader."

"Hey, Platoon Leader, let me tell you this, it's a foregone conclusion that this kid will be the squad leader. The regiment commander and the political commissar have personally spoken!"

"oh?!"

Hearing him say this, Li Cheng couldn't help but ask with interest: "The regiment commander and the political commissar personally spoke? What's going on!"

Li Gang did not hide anything and told everything he knew.

"Platoon leader, you may not know the details. Jiang Chen is not an ordinary recruit. He was admitted to a university before joining the army, and it was a prestigious 985 university.

After joining the army..."

Li Gang first briefly introduced Jiang Chen's basic situation.

Listening to his narration, Lieutenant Platoon Leader Li Cheng became more and more frightened.

A college student from a prestigious university, he became deputy squad leader less than a week after joining the army, and then won a second-class merit. Within a week, he ran the 400-meter hurdles in less than one minute and fifty seconds, received full marks in the assessment for new recruits, and ranked first in the company in comprehensive scores. His performance in some individual events was even better than that of most veterans.

Before being assigned to the next company, another third-class merit was awarded.

Wow, no wonder I heard from others that the company commander almost had a fight with the chief of staff over this new recruit, and even dragged the battalion commander over to stand on the platform.

When Li Cheng heard the conditions the chief of staff offered to poach people, he was so shocked that his jaw almost dropped to the ground.

It is outrageous for a private to be a squad leader.

Although he was only the acting squad leader for half a year, it wasn't something that could be appointed simply by talking.

This is a reconnaissance company, not an ordinary infantry company, let alone a recruit company. Asking a private to be a squad leader for a group of non-commissioned officers...

Even if the regiment commander and the political commissar endorsed it, and the company commander Ge Hongtao personally carried it out, if Jiang Chen himself did not have the ability, it would be useless even if he was forced to take the lead.

The veterans won't care about his problems unless Jiang Chen can have the strength to crush others like Li Gang.

To put it more extremely, because of his rank of private, even if he really has the ability like Li Gang, he may not be able to secure the position of squad leader.

These old soldiers are not good people. If they get into trouble, even the company commander Ge Hongtao will have to suffer the consequences.

Even the battalion commander Major Lei Zhenjun was implicated and accused of lax discipline and nepotism.

After all, letting a private be a squad leader, even just an acting squad leader for half a year, seems a bit unreliable no matter how you look at it.

Not to mention, letting a private be a platoon leader.

Even being a platoon leader in a recruit company is a bit too exaggerated.

Even the commander-in-chief's son probably doesn't get this treatment, right?

However, combined with what Li Gang said before, if you think about it carefully, if Jiang Chen is really as good as Li Gang said, things are not as incredible as imagined.

Li Cheng was promoted at the age of 26. He knew best what youth meant to an officer.

If Jiang Chen could really pass the promotion requirements in his first year of military service...

Being promoted to a military academy and being admitted to a military academy on your own are two completely different concepts.

Whether you take the exam locally or through self-study in the army, you need to study for four years after entering the military academy before you can graduate.

Outstanding soldiers are promoted to officers and sent to military academies, and it only takes two years for them to apply for graduation.

The reason for such a big difference is that generally speaking, in addition to completing their studies in their subject, military academy students also need to go to grassroots units for internship.

First he was an ordinary soldier, then a squad leader, and then a platoon leader.

From the second half of the junior year until graduation from the senior year.

Moreover, this is the case when everything goes well. If the performance is not good in the middle and fails to meet the requirements.

I'm sorry, but your graduation date will have to be postponed.

Until you meet the requirements, or the school decides you don't have the talent to be a commander...

Of course, this rarely happens under normal circumstances.

Even if it really happens, you will not be expelled or dropped out, but you will be transferred from the command major to a non-command major to engage in civilian work.

For example, literature and art, journalism, or some less important clerical positions with no chance of promotion.

This is also why there is such a requirement for outstanding soldiers to be promoted to officers and admitted to military academies.

Receive one second-class merit or above, two third-class merits or corresponding levels of commendation.

(Note: Meritorious service in artistic performances, sports competitions, and news reporting are not considered a selection condition.)

At the age of nineteen, he was promoted to officer and entered the military academy, where he studied for two years. He graduated at the age of twenty-one and returned to his old unit, where he spent another six months to a year adapting to the work and changing the ten cents on his shoulders into twenty cents.

The minimum promotion period from lieutenant to captain is three years. Even if there is no meritorious performance, it should take at most five years to be promoted.

It takes time to make the transition from lieutenant to captain, but the level jump from captain to major is not just a matter of time.

On the surface, the minimum promotion period from captain to major is four years, but the reality is that 60 percent of officers are stuck at the rank of captain and are unable to take this step until the end of their twelve-year service.

At this time, the advantage of age is reflected.

Even in the most extreme case, Jiang Chen would not be older than 30 years when he was promoted from lieutenant to captain.

A thirty-year-old captain can eventually become a major even if he just works hard over time.

If Jiang Chen could cross the threshold of major before the age of thirty.

Then in the future he will at least start as a colonel and a regiment commander. If he is luckier, he may even enjoy the treatment of a general after retirement.

Whether within the system or the military, your benefits will be increased by one level by default before retirement.

As long as you can reach the top rank of colonel, you will be treated like a general after retirement.

As for the real general?

Please forgive his narrow knowledge, but becoming a colonel-level officer is something many people dream of.

General, Li Cheng didn't even dare to think about it.

Take Li Cheng himself as an example. He was promoted to military school at the age of 26. He was 28 years old when he graduated from the military school. He worked as a platoon leader with the rank of second lieutenant for one year before being promoted to first lieutenant.

Now is the second year after his promotion to lieutenant. Although there is only one year left before the minimum three-year promotion period, Li Cheng has no confidence at all that he can be promoted to captain in a year.

He is almost thirty-one years old, a few years older than the company commander Ge Hongtao.

I guess I'll only be able to get the rank of captain in this life until I retire and join the civilian workforce.

Li Ben himself had no objection to this. He was already very satisfied to be able to cross the threshold from a soldier to an officer.

With his own personal experience as a reference, it was not difficult for Li Cheng to guess the thoughts of the regiment commander and the political commissar.

This clearly shows that they want to focus on training Jiang Chen.

After thinking for a moment, he looked up at Li Gang and said, "Okay, I have an idea about this matter. It is very likely that Lao Han will not be able to sign the fifth issue this year.

If he performs well enough, I can keep the position of squad leader for him.

It's just right, I can help keep an eye on them, to prevent those guys from being overtaken by a private soldier and causing any more trouble."

"Hehe, let me thank the platoon leader on behalf of that kid first!" Li Gang laughed.

This is the most important thing for him on this trip.

In the past year, there was only one vacant position in the entire Reconnaissance Company 3. If Jiang Chen wanted to become the current squad leader in half a year, he had to get the support of Li Cheng, the platoon leader.

It’s not that Jiang Chen can’t be the squad leader if Li Cheng doesn’t support him, but, as mentioned earlier, Li Cheng himself usually lives in the dormitory of Class 1.

Without his support, even if Jiang Chen really became the class monitor, he would probably become a mascot without any practical significance.

Although Lei Zhenjun said in the regiment commander's office that if Ge Hongtao could not make the arrangements, there were other companies as alternatives, but Ge Hongtao was not stupid. How could he give up the soldiers he had worked so hard to get to others?

The reason why it was Li Gang who came to talk about this matter instead of the company commander Ge Hongtao.

the reason is simple.

Ge Hongtao's appearance was equivalent to an order, and Li Cheng had to execute it regardless of whether he was willing or not.

This changes the nature of the whole matter.

At that time, even if Jiang Chen really became the squad leader by his own ability, it is hard to say what choice Li Cheng would make as the platoon leader living in the same dormitory.

Although being a mascot for half a year also meets the requirements for promotion, neither the team leader nor Ge Hongtao wants Jiang Chen to be promoted in this way.

This can be considered a test for him.

If he can't even pass this level, although it won't affect the result of promotion, Jiang Chen's future will inevitably be cast in a big question mark.

Therefore, if one wants to accomplish this, only the subordinate Li Gang can speak up.

His presence will not have any negative impact regardless of whether it succeeds or not.

"Hmph, don't be too happy too soon. If he wants to be the monitor of my class, it depends on him. I'll be frank with you. If he doesn't have the ability, I won't indulge him!"

"Hey, it's natural."

Having witnessed how Jiang Chen ran the 400-meter hurdles under two minutes within a week, Li Gang was very confident about this.

"Okay, if you have nothing to do, just get out of here. The new recruit has just arrived, and without you as the squad leader here, who knows how badly he will be bullied!" Li Chengcheng waved his hands as if to shoo away a fly.

"Haha, didn't Platoon Yang tell you? This kid is not a pushover. If we really treat him like an ordinary recruit, we don't know who will suffer the consequences."

As he spoke, Li Gang prepared to leave.

"and many more……"

Li Cheng, who was about to chase someone away, immediately stopped Li Gang and asked suspiciously, "What do you mean by that?"

Seeing the platoon leader's reaction, Li Gang was stunned at first, then he realized that the people in the second platoon were probably too embarrassed to tell others about what happened during the raid drill.

Come to think of it, a private, a non-commissioned officer, and two scouts were captured alive by a rookie.

What was even more humiliating was that a new recruit had sneaked into the team and was playing tricks on them, and no one had noticed it. In the end, if a few people hadn't been lazy and untied the shoelaces of the 'new recruit', they would probably have discovered that three people were missing from their team only when they assembled after the exercise.

"Hey, platoon leader, let me tell you..." Li Gang briefly recounted what happened during the raid drill.

"what?!"

"Is this true? A rookie captured two scouts in a head-on fight, and almost killed another one in the end!"

To be honest, Li Cheng didn't take it seriously at all, as the recruits had received full A's in the company assessment and had the highest overall score in the company.

Including the so-called 985 prestigious university students, at most they just surprised him a little.

After all, this is the military, not a school, and military qualities are more important than academic performance.

In other words, Jiang Chen's second-class merit could surprise Li Cheng a little.

After all, not everyone has the courage to risk their own life to save others.

He still highly recognized this second-class merit, which was why Li Cheng was willing to give Jiang Chen a chance.

However, now I heard that Jiang Chen, a new recruit, was able to defeat two scouts in a row after only three months of training.

Among them was a veteran sergeant.

This……

He didn't consider the possibility that Li Gang was exaggerating.

Regardless of what kind of person Li Gang is, as the platoon leader, he knows it very well.

Just based on this incident itself, there is no possibility of exaggeration. Just ask anyone in the second row and you will know everything.

Thinking of this, Li Cheng became more and more curious about this new recruit named Jiang Chen.

"Haha, Lao Yang, ah Lao Yang, I never thought you would still be here today!"

Li Cheng's mouth corners were almost stretched to his ears.

How arrogant was the second platoon when they narrowly defeated them and qualified to go to the regiment headquarters?

Their tails seem to be sticking up to the sky!

Before leaving, he made all kinds of provocations and sarcasms.

Although mutual ridicule and provocation are commonplace in the reconnaissance company, people will still feel unhappy.

I had been thinking of getting my revenge during the next company exercise.

Unexpectedly...

“No wonder after I came back, Old Yang avoided me all day long, and those bastards in the second row were so submissive and obedient, and they kept practicing like crazy.

I thought they had suffered a loss at the hands of the Detective Corps.

That’s what love is all about!”

Li Cheng murmured in a low voice, and in his mind he was already imagining the expressions on the faces of the soldiers in the second row next to him when Jiang Chen appeared in a row during the afternoon training.

……

After returning to the dormitory, Li Gang learned from the deputy monitor Wang Jie what happened in the class after he left.

After hearing Wang Jie's narration, Li Gang frowned at first. He guessed that after he left, Jiang Chen, as a new recruit, would definitely encounter difficulties, but he did not expect things to develop to this point.

Verbal quarrels are nothing, but once physical fights start, the nature of the situation changes.

Instructor, no, now I should call you third platoon leader, Lu Ming’s words were still echoing in his ears.

It was not until this point that Li Gang finally understood why his superiors had repeatedly emphasized that beating or corporal punishment of new recruits was not allowed.

In fact, most of the veterans in the army are not as harsh on the new recruits as rumored.

At most, they would occasionally want to be lazy and ask the new recruits to help run errands. Most of the time, the veterans treated the new recruits kindly.

They let the new recruits run errands during breaks, and they will also take the initiative to help the new recruits during training, so there is no question of who is taking advantage and who is at a disadvantage in this matter.

After all, everyone has been through the recruit stage, and the army attaches great importance to comradeship. Unless they encounter some troublemakers, they generally won't make too much trouble.

However, there are always some people who think that they were wronged when they were new recruits, and after becoming veterans they will go to greater lengths to get back at the new recruits.

Coupled with survivor bias, rumors have spread that veteran soldiers in the army bully new recruits and do not treat them as human beings.

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