My Military Career in a Parallel World

"Wow, I didn't realize this kid is quite well off, he uses a Nokia N95..."

The first person to be unlucky was naturally Chu Fei. This guy was a step slow when choosing a bed and was finally forced to choose the bed closest to Li Gang.

In order to keep in touch with his girlfriend, he basically keeps his phone in his hand whenever he has the chance.

As soon as Li Gang left, this guy took out his cell phone and ignored the redness and swelling on his legs, and just focused on flirting with his girlfriend.

When they went out, Chu Fei stuffed his phone under the quilt, and Li Gang found it without much effort.

Putting the phone aside, Li Gang picked up the clothes that Chu Fei had thrown aside.

"As expected of people who use N95, they all smoke Huazi!"

Li Gang didn't even need to search carefully. As soon as he picked up the clothes, the cigarettes and lighter in the pocket fell out.

Jiang Chen and others were still washing up leisurely in the bathroom, while Li Gang had already turned their things upside down in the dormitory.

You know what, there are really some cunning people who secretly hide things.

Li Gang found an unopened box of cigarettes under a bed and matches hidden in the cracks between the bed boards.

The person who hid the thing was quite smart. He got some double-sided tape from somewhere and secretly stuck the cigarette box under the bed.

It's a good idea. If it was someone who was leading new recruits for the first time, he might have been able to fool them.

Unfortunately, he met Li Gang, an old soldier, and this little trick could not be hidden from his eyes.

There were only ten people in the dormitory, but Li Gang found seven or eight packs of cigarettes.

It can be seen that the five kilometers they just ran were not in vain at all!

This batch of new recruits is really...

Looking at the row of cigarettes of various brands and grades on the table, Li Gang couldn't help but twitch his lips.

There is no way. Influenced by various film and television works, children of Jiang Chen's age must have tried smoking even if they are not addicted to smoking.

Against this backdrop, the vast majority of those who join the army at the age of eighteen or nineteen are either college entrance examination failures or those who dropped out of school early and after two years in society were forced into the army by their families.

It is no exaggeration to say that among Jiang Chen and his group of new recruits, nine out of ten can smoke, and even if the remaining one cannot, he or she must have tried it before.

Although there is no ban on smoking in the army, smoking is absolutely not allowed in the recruit company.

Faced with this situation, Li Gang was a little at a loss.

Although he had thought that there would be many smokers among the recruits, he had never imagined that there would be so many of them.

Fortunately, the company commander seemed to have anticipated this and had mentioned the issue of new recruits smoking during the meeting just now.

On the first day of the recruit company, in order to respond to the policies from above, they will not be too harsh on the recruits on some issues.

Smoking is not a big deal, but it is also not a small matter.

I had just arrived at the army and was not familiar with its rules and regulations. It was understandable that I made the mistake for the first time and it would be over with a little punishment.

That’s right, in the eyes of veterans like Li Gang, it was already very merciful to punish new recruits by only making them run five kilometers for smoking.

Back then, they were caught smoking in the recruit company, and the consequences...

To this day, Li Gang still remembers it vividly.

The first offense can be tolerated, but the second offense cannot be tolerated!

When you don't know the rules, it's forgivable to make mistakes, but I have clearly told you that this thing cannot be done. If you make the same mistake again, you will have to bear the consequences yourself.

This is also the instruction given by Company Commander Ge Hongtao to the platoon leaders of the recruit company.

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In addition to the various cigarettes on the table, Li Gang also found three mobile phones and some other miscellaneous items.

As for the cash on the recruits, Li Gang did not touch it.

The army is not a prison. Although the rules are harsh, it does not require that everything be controlled.

Not to mention anything else, every company’s battalion headquarters has its own canteen, and there is even a supermarket-like place in the regiment headquarters.

Although they most likely will not have the opportunity to spend money during the three months in the recruit company, no one can say for sure.

Another point is that money is a sensitive thing, so it’s better not to touch it if you can…

Ten minutes later, Jiang Chen and his group finished washing up, carrying their own small yellow basins, and returned talking and laughing all the way.

As soon as they walked into the dormitory door, everyone immediately noticed the things on the table, and their smiling faces froze on the spot.

"What are you all standing there for? Come over here and claim your things!"

Without giving anyone time to react, Li Gang shouted with a sullen face.

Everyone lined up obediently and came forward one by one to claim their own belongings.

I thought that I and others would be reprimanded if things were found in the search, at least a scolding would be inevitable, but I didn't expect that Li Gang didn't punish anyone. He just had a gloomy face and asked everyone to take out their belongings and register them.

"Jiang Chen!"

"To!"

When his name was called, Jiang Chen stepped forward and came to the table.

Unlike the others who felt guilty, Jiang Chen stood straight and didn't even look at the things on the table.

"What are you standing there for!" Seeing that Jiang Chen didn't move, Li Gang snorted in dissatisfaction.

"Report!" Jiang Chen was not afraid of the stage. He stood at attention and shouted "Report" and then said directly: "There is nothing of mine in here!"

"Huh? There's nothing of yours?" Now it was Li Gang's turn to be surprised. He looked up and down at Jiang Chen, then waved his hand to signal him to leave without saying anything else.

A few minutes later, after registering the items on the table, Li Gang raised his hand to check the time. It was 9:25, and there was still about half an hour before lights out.

"Now, I'll give each of you five minutes to call home. If you don't have a cell phone, please line up here."

In fact, according to the practice of previous years, the new recruits should have called home to report their safety long ago.

When Li Gang and others came back from the company headquarters after a meeting, they took the mobile phones from the baggage storage downstairs.

This is also one of the reasons why Li Gang was able to quickly find the mobile phone hidden by Chu Fei and others when searching for items just now.

He knows who has handed in their phone and who has not.

However, in order to prevent someone from carrying two mobile phones and handing in one and hiding the other, he still checked everyone carefully.

In the next week, if nothing unexpected happens, the new recruits will not have the opportunity to touch mobile phones again.

For some recruits who perform poorly, it is very likely that they will not have the chance to touch a mobile phone for three months.

Although it is a little late now, it is still very necessary to make a phone call in order to reassure the families of the new recruits, so as to prevent some individual families from worrying about their children and trying to contact the troops.

It would be bad if the call was made to the regiment headquarters or even the divisional army group.

Never underestimate the network of relationships among the Chinese people.

This kind of thing has happened before, and Li Gang and his friends don't want to be the ones to suffer the consequences.

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