My Military Career in a Parallel World

"In the 1980s, after a massive reduction in the military by one million, our army completely abandoned livestock, mules and horses and turned to the simultaneous development of motorization and mechanization.

There is no doubt that we have now achieved mechanization of the entire army, but this is far from enough. Compared with foreign countries, we are still far behind.

Just like the large-scale military downsizing in the 1980s, reform is imperative!

It may be tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow, it will come sooner or later.

If you fall behind, you will be beaten.

We have suffered enough losses.

The world outside is changing too fast, so we must speed up our pace..."

Before leaving, the words of the regiment commander flashed through his mind. Ge Hongtao looked forward and raised his voice, "It is now 2:05 in the evening. I want to see you on Hill 313 before 5 in the morning!

If one person is missing, you won't have to eat breakfast!"

After that, Ge Hongtao turned his head and looked at Jiang Chen and continued: "This is a punishment for them. Jiang Chen, you don't have to participate. Go back and rest."

In an instant, everyone's eyes fell on Jiang Chen at the front of the team, including instructor Deng Chang, three platoon leaders and a group of squad leaders.

Everyone is waiting for his answer.

In his previous life, whether in movies, TV dramas or novels, Jiang Chen had seen similar routines countless times. How could he not understand the meaning behind Ge Hongtao's words?

Although he was unwilling in his heart and wanted to go back to the dormitory to sleep and work harder than to go to the Laozi 313 Highland, Jiang Chen finally answered sincerely: "Report to the company commander, I am a soldier in the third squad of the first platoon of the third company!"

Hearing his answer, Ge Hongtao did not show it on his face, but a hint of approval flashed in his eyes.

I was right about him. This kid is a good candidate for a soldier!

What is the most important thing in the military camp?

Unity, of course!

The first song that new recruits sing when they arrive at the army is "Unity is Strength".

Everyone else will be punished to do extra practice, except you...

There is no doubt that if Jiang Chen really dared to turn around and go back to sleep, let alone integrate into the Third Company, it would be questionable whether he could continue to serve as a soldier.

Of course, with the company commander Ge Hongtao around, no matter how he answered, the result was already determined.

"it is good!

In that case, I won’t waste any more words!

You can set off now. Three hours later, I want to see all of you at Hill 313!"

"Yes!"

Watching the team leave, under the shadow of the lights, Ge Hongtao's mouth unconsciously curled up into a smile.

After what happened just now, Jiang Chen, a private who had just been assigned to the company, would undoubtedly become a target.

Especially those brats in the second row, if they don’t aim at this target and hit hard, he will write his name upside down!

As long as Jiang Chen can hold on...

Nominating an acting squad leader is also a big deal?

If he could perform a little better and suppress this group of arrogant soldiers, it would not be impossible for him to become an acting squad leader, or even an acting platoon leader!

"Squad Leader He will probably retire next year, and the third platoon is in need of a squad leader who can take on the important task.

Boy, if you can do it, I don't mind giving you a push and launching a big satellite! ! "

Since you have decided to gamble and to help things grow, why not go all out and take a big gamble!

Ge Hongtao also took the risk.

He did not forget the conditions that the chief of staff offered in order to poach people.

What value does a platoon leader of a recruit company have? If you want to be one, you should be the platoon leader of a regular company, and a platoon leader of a reconnaissance company!!!

Although Ge Hongtao is only a captain and company commander and does not have as much authority as the chief of staff, he still has a certain degree of confidence in his own company.

Of course, the prerequisite is that Jiang Chen’s performance is good enough.

If this can be done, then Jiang Chen's future as a soldier will be limitless.

Li Chengdu understood the truth, so how could he not understand it?

Thinking about what the captain said at that time, Ge Hongtao looked at the team that was gradually swallowed by the darkness in the distance, with an inexplicable expectation in his eyes.

Being an officer is difficult, being a commander is even more difficult!

It's not just the difficulty in the work, it's true in all aspects.

It is very difficult to become an officer, whether you take the college entrance examination or the military examination and promotion route.

Becoming an officer is just the beginning. If you want to move up, the resistance you encounter will increase exponentially with every step.

Gao Cheng, the company commander of the 7th Steel Company.

In terms of ability to lead troops and their background and connections, they are among the best in the country.

The key is that he can endure hardships and dares to lead by example.

But even so, he didn't cross the threshold from captain to major until he was around 30 years old.

This was only possible thanks to the reform and the fact that he had a father who was a military commander. Otherwise, it would have taken an unknown amount of time to take this step.

And Jiang Chen now has an opportunity to cross the threshold of becoming a colonel-level officer before the age of thirty.

Some people may say that thirty-year-old majors are very common.

Wu Zhe in Soldiers Assault was no more than 25 years old when he first appeared, and he had the rank of major!

This brings us to the difference between officers.

As we all know, officers are divided into commanders who hold military power and civilian cadres who engage in civilian work.

In daily life, more than 90% of the officers most people see are civilian officers.

The military ranks are higher than each other.

However, civilian military officers know that most of these honors are symbolic and they rarely have real power, so it is not difficult to understand why they are promoted quickly.

For example, in the past, many actors and singers who came from art troupes started their military careers at the level of colonel or major, and they were not even qualified to hold the rank of major.

Of course, there are examples of people moving from civilian positions to commanders.

For example, in Soldiers Assault, Wu Zhe, a master of optoelectronics, first appeared as a major.

For example, Lei Keming, the captain of the Black Tiger Special Forces, who came from a cultural troupe.

These are classic cases of transitioning from civilian to commander.

However, if you think this road is easy, you are wrong.

Just the process of transferring from a civilian department to a combat unit is enough to stump 99 percent of people.

Besides, after you are transferred here, how can your superiors be confident in letting you command the troops as a civilian cadre?

On the other hand, do you think it is common to see a 30-year-old major with real power?

Gao Cheng is a capable, well-connected, hardworking and risk-taking son of a high-ranking official. If it weren't for the military reform, it would have been difficult for him to cross the threshold of becoming a colonel-level officer.

What's more, Jiang Chen was a poor country kid from a remote mountain village.

If Jiang Chen were allowed to choose, he would choose this path without hesitation.

Give it a try and turn your bicycle into a motorcycle!

Not to mention, Jiang Chen is not really penniless, he still has a golden finger and a dream space.

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On the other side, Jiang Chen and others had left the camp and entered the vast mountains.

"Hurry up, hurry up!" Platoon leader Li Cheng urged while standing at the front of the team.

"Those of you behind, stop wasting time and run faster!" Yang Fan, who had been holding back his anger for a long time, chased the team forward as if he was chasing a rabbit, speeding up.

"What exactly is the 313 Heights that the company commander mentioned?"

In the third team, Jiang Chen asked Tang Junjie beside him in a low voice while running.

"Hill of 313 is just a small hill in the forest. It doesn't have any special meaning. It's just a little far away, about 30 kilometers."

"Three... thirty kilometers?!"

Although the recruit company had experienced a 180-kilometer march, don't forget that the march took them a full seven days.

And now, there are less than three hours left.

In three hours, he marched 30 kilometers at a rapid speed, which means he ran 10 kilometers per hour on average?

Oh my god, is the company commander planning to let them die on the way? !

"Haha, it's not that exaggerated. It's only twenty-seven or twenty-eight kilometers at most." Li Gang interrupted with a smile.

Jiang Chen couldn't help but curl his lips when he heard that.

Twenty-seven or twenty-eight kilometers?

It's easy to say, it's not like he hasn't experienced what it feels like to march at a forced pace.

At that time, when the recruit company was training, Ge Hongtao asked them to march ten kilometers in a hurry. When they arrived at the destination, everyone almost passed away from exhaustion.

Many people were vomiting while running and relied on the help of their teammates to pull them to the finish line.

Even so, when the number of people was counted, more than half of the more than one hundred recruits were missing, and many of them fainted from exhaustion.

This is the case even for ten kilometers, let alone almost thirty kilometers.

Jiang Chen couldn't help but doubt whether he could hold on to the end with his physical strength.

Fortunately, perhaps because people often go back and forth, although it is a mountain road, it is not difficult to walk on. There are no frequent turns, uphills and downhills like in previous training sessions.

Come to think of it, if this were really the case, how many people in the entire reconnaissance company would be able to complete the mission?

At the beginning, several platoon leaders urged us from time to time, but after finishing the first ten kilometers, the only sounds in the team were the sounds of hurrying and panting.

Tired, just tired and tired.

Since joining the army, Jiang Chen has never felt so tired.

More than two hours of high-intensity marching completely drained his last bit of physical strength.

He was still relatively lucky. If Li Gang and Hu Kai hadn't helped to drag Lu Xingwang and Su Yu, they would have probably fallen to the ground and couldn't even stand up.

This is the reconnaissance company, are these the scouts?

Wiping the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve, Jiang Chen walked forward with heavy steps.

A ray of red broke through the darkness and dyed the sky red. There were only twenty minutes left until the five o'clock in the morning set by Ge Hongtao.

They were only two kilometers away from the finish line, Hill 313.

"Just...just...hold on a little longer, we'll...we'll be there soon!"

Even someone as strong as Li Gang has reached his limit at this point.

No one answered because no one had the energy to speak.

I didn't get a good rest to begin with, and I was tossed around by the so-called bedtime activities before going to bed. In addition, I had just marched for more than two hours, and the little meal I had last night had long been digested.

At this time, I can still keep moving forward, relying solely on my willpower.

Hill 313, a small hill less than 100 meters above sea level located in the mountains and forests, Ge Hongtao and instructor Deng Chang were standing on the top of the hill watching the team advancing in the distance.

"Well, not bad, you still have some backbone." Ge Hongtao said with a smile on his face, holding up the telescope.

Deng Chang couldn't help but shook his head when he heard this: "You, you're marching nearly 30 kilometers in three hours, aren't you afraid of something going wrong?"

"If you can't even bear this little hardship, how can you be a scout?" Ge Hongtao replied indifferently.

"Well, just do it. If something really happens, I'll see what you will do!" Although he said this, Deng Chang's expression did not change.

It’s just a forced march of more than 20 kilometers, it’s not life-threatening!

Ge Hongtao also knew the temper of his old partner. He put the telescope aside and said with some emotion: "Every time I hear the words 'forced march', I can't help but think of one thing."

"Old Deng, how did our ancestors do it?"

Deng Chang knew what Ge Hongtao was talking about and shook his head: "That was a miracle in human military history, a miracle that can never be replicated."

I had only read about it in books before and didn’t have much feeling. It was not until I entered military school and served as a soldier that I realized how much our ancestors had contributed for this country and this nation.

A forced march of more than 20 kilometers in three hours sounds terrifying and cruel.

But do you know what our ancestors did back then?

In less than a day and a night, they marched 240 miles, or 120 kilometers, in a continuous forced march.

With heavy rain overhead and muddy feet, they had to break through the enemy's blockade and complete the final mission objective before the deadline.

That is why Deng Chang said that it was a miracle in human military history, a miracle that could never be replicated.

And such miracles happened more than once to that group of people in that era.

The strongest light infantry in human history is both an honor and a shame.

Enjoying more favorable conditions and holding weapons and equipment far superior to those of the time, but unable to even catch up with the shadow of our predecessors, what is this if not a shame? !

At least, that's what Ge Hongtao thought.

……

"Private Jiang Chen!"

"To!"

"The Mountain Tiger Reconnaissance Company is a heroic company that came from the war years!

It has been rebuilt four times in total!

For the first time, when facing an enemy that was several times larger than their own, in order to cover the retreat of their brother troops, all 135 soldiers were wiped out!

The second time, facing the enemy's raid, in order to break the encirclement and cover the retreat of the people, no one in the entire company, from the company commander to the cook, survived!

The third time…”

"So, do you have the courage to sacrifice for your comrades?"

"Yes, as long as he is wearing the flower-growing family uniform and has a five-pointed star on his head, I am willing to die for him!"

"Private Jiang Chen!"

"To!"

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"If a war breaks out right now and the enemy is right in front of you, would you dare to fight the enemy with a gun in hand?!"

"Reconnaissance Company, kill! kill! kill!"

"If you are required to sacrifice your life to protect the motherland, the people, and our compatriots, do you dare to sacrifice yourself?!"

"Ready at all the time!!!"

On Hill 313, under the shining morning light and amid the chirping of birds and insects, Jiang Chen held the first joining ceremony of his life.

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