My Military Career in a Parallel World

Immediately, the entire company fell silent and no one dared to bring up topics such as the production company or pig farming.

I don’t know exactly how far I ran, but based on Jiang Chen’s recent experience in cross-country running, it was probably about fifteen or sixteen kilometers. Finally, I saw the gate of the production company.

The production company is not far from the regiment headquarters, along a straight cement road with vegetable fields on both sides.

Some common vegetables can be seen here, cabbage, eggplant, pepper, tomato, etc.

The company commander of the production company, along with the instructor and several teams of soldiers responsible for specific production tasks, waited at the company gate early in the morning after receiving the notice from their superiors.

Seeing the reconnaissance battalion troops approaching, a captain who was slightly fat but far from being potbellied took the initiative to step forward.

"Haha, come on, come on, brothers, come and welcome the comrades from the reconnaissance battalion of our 228th Regiment's sharp knife force to come and inspect and study!"

Following the captain's shout, a group of soldiers wearing raincoat aprons rushed out of the company and quickly separated into two sides, forming a welcoming formation.

"To welcome the arrival of the brother troops, let's all cheer!"

"Clap clap~"

A group of soldiers wearing rain aprons, with mud on their hands and some even holding dung shovels, clapped with bright smiles on their faces.

"Haha, I heard that the brothers from the reconnaissance battalion are coming to help us raise pigs and farm. Is that true?"

Applause is applause, welcome is welcome, but these people will not miss such a good opportunity verbally.

Production company and pig-raising squad, there is no need to say more about what these two words mean in the army.

Any soldier with a bit of ambition would not come here. Most of the soldiers in front of him, even the non-commissioned officers who have been in the army for several years and have adapted to life here, were once failures and eliminated.

Now they see the scouts at the top of the contempt chain of "people above them" running over to help them raise pigs and farm, and they have to obey their orders...

It is inevitable that some people will make a fuss if they speak in a strange tone.

"Don't talk nonsense, Fatty. These are the elite soldiers of our regiment. What can't they do?

Didn’t you see they brought the little yellow basin? It’s a magical tool for cleaning pig pens and septic tanks. They must be experts!”

"Yes, it's just that there are too many people, a whole battalion, and I don't know if we can bring them all together."

Production companies are different from combat companies. The divisions between them are not so clear. Most of them are divided into various production teams responsible for different production tasks.

For example, the pig-raising group, the vegetable-growing group, and so on.

The pig farming team is responsible for raising and managing the pigs, including feeding, cleaning the pig houses, and preventing and controlling diseases.

The vegetable planting team is responsible for cultivating vegetable fields, sowing, fertilizing, watering, field management, etc.

Even though the production company looks insignificant, in fact, the background of these guys is much more powerful than most people imagine.

On the surface, the production company is under the jurisdiction of the logistics department, but in most cases, the immediate superior of the production company is the direct leader of the unit to which it belongs.

For example, the production company under the regiment-level unit has its immediate superior as the leadership team of the regiment, and in most cases it is most likely the second or third most important person in the regiment, that is, the political commissar or deputy political commissar.

The production company of the 228th Regiment was directly under the jurisdiction of the regiment political commissar.

If it weren't for this background, these people wouldn't dare to ridicule and mock so openly.

Didn’t you see that when these people started speaking just now, the company commander and instructor of the production company pretended to stand up and stop them, but they did not mean to forbid them from speaking.

In fact, it's not just the soldiers in the production company. As the company commanders and instructors of the production company, they are not well received by other company commanders when they go to the regiment headquarters. They may be friendly on the surface, but they can't help saying some unpleasant things in private.

This is all inevitable.

It would be fine if it was any other company, but it happened to be the reconnaissance battalion.

Most of the soldiers in a company are bad soldiers who failed the assessment and are unwanted by everyone.

The other one is just the opposite. They have always only wanted the best soldiers, selecting the best of the best, and they may not be interested in ordinary recruits with excellent grades.

Normally, we couldn't see each other, but now that we meet, it would be strange if we didn't take the opportunity to laugh at each other.

"Fuck, these guys! I'm such a cheapskate. Why would I think of coming to such a damn place!" Next to Jiang Chen, Lu Xingwang couldn't help but cursed in a low voice.

"Our company commander is the same. He had to get involved in something that had nothing to do with us!" Su Yu's face flushed red, and he was obviously unable to withstand the ridicule and sarcasm from the opposite side.

Although Jiang Chen was thick-skinned, his expression was not very good.

I'm afraid anyone would feel bad if someone mocked them like this.

However, their thoughts were not important. Facing the ridicule of the production company, Lei Zhenjun seemed to have heard nothing. Instead, he smiled and walked up to them and said, "Haha, we are all comrades. If you have any needs, just ask directly. Whether it's raising pigs or farming, just come and get us wherever you need manpower!"

"For the next month, we will set up camp next to your company and be available at your request whenever you need us!"

After saying that, without caring what the two captains thought, he led his men towards the open space next to the production company.

Since their battalion commander has said so, what can the company commanders do?

He followed with his soldiers, expressionless.

"Damn, we still have to live in a tent?!" Fang Zheng said in a stunned tone.

"Nonsense, the production company is such a small place, it may not even be enough for our own people to live in. We have more than 300 people in a battalion. Can we really expect them to find us a place?" Wang Jie turned his head and gave this guy a blank look.

Listening to the conversation between the few people, Jiang Chen felt a bitter taste in his mouth.

Living in a tent for a day or two occasionally might be a novelty, and give you a feeling of camping in the wild, but if you live there for a month straight...

"Don't think about it. Just make the best of it. You have to accept what you said even if you cry!" Tang Junjie came over, patted her shoulder and comforted her.

Jiang Chen remained silent.

I can't resist, what else can I do but accept my fate?

The three companies surrounded the production company in three directions. Those who didn't know might have thought that this was some important department or military stronghold that required a full battalion of troops to guard.

The camping site chosen by the Third Company was on the right side of the Production Company. Under the watchful eyes of the soldiers of the Production Company and following the command of the Company Commander Ge Hongtao, everyone put down their guns and backpacks, took out the marching tents that had been prepared long ago, and began to set up camp.

Different from the simple tents they used for survival in the wild before, the tents they are going to build this time are marching tents for training or long-term stay.

Ventilation, lighting, spatial layout and other aspects must be taken into consideration.

In addition, a portion of the space must be reserved for building simple training facilities.

Everyone was busy, but the guys from the production company obviously didn't just come to watch them set up the tents.

Just as everyone was busy, a third-term sergeant came over and said, "As expected of a scout, you are so fast at setting up the tent.

However, fellow elites, it is almost time to feed the pigs in the morning. Aren’t you here to raise pigs and farm? I will teach you how to do these jobs!"

No one said anything. Ge Hongtao glanced at him. This guy immediately showed an awkward smile on his face, but he did not retreat at all.

If he were a soldier from another company, he might be timid or even afraid when facing a captain, but he would not.

The reason is very simple. To be able to work for the third term in a hellhole like the production company, not to mention that Ge Hongtao is not in the same system as them, even if his own company commander came in person, he would not give in at all.

Not to mention that raising pigs is not a job that everyone can do, but not everyone can do it well. The worst that can happen is that they have to take off their clothes and leave. He is not afraid of that at all.

This is also the real thought of most soldiers in the production company.

Having already come to such a hellish place, are they afraid to take off their clothes and leave?

If such a thing really happened, the soldiers in the production company would probably not be afraid, but would rather hope for it.

If I could leave this damn place as soon as possible, I would fight for this good thing!

Of course, after finally making it to the third period, he would not choose to do so unless it was absolutely necessary.

So, when Ge Hongtao looked over, the sergeant gave a symbolic awkward smile.

Ge Hongtao obviously knew what kind of people the production company was like. He didn't get angry or anything like that. He just turned around and shouted at the people who were setting up camp, "First platoon, a few people come over to help. The rest of you continue to set up camp. When you're ready, start combat training!"

"Yes!"

Platoon leader Li Cheng stood up and answered loudly, then called in the direction of squad three.

"Li Gang, take some people over to help this old squad leader. When you're done, don't forget to bring the brothers from the production company over to see our combat training!"

"Yes!"

Li Gang stood up and saluted, then shouted: "Assemble!"

"Stand at attention! At ease! Turn left!"

Leading the third squad, Li Gang came to the sergeant who had just spoken. He looked at him and said, "Let's go. We need to feed the pigs. Let's go quickly and come back soon!"

This quick attitude made the sergeant stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that these scouts actually took his words seriously when he just said "joke".

However, he was not stage-frightened and pretended not to have heard what Li Cheng had just said. It was impossible for a group of scouts like him, a group of soldiers from the production company, to force them to practice fighting.

"Okay, come with me!"

The sergeant led the way in front, and the three squads followed behind.

However, just because he doesn't care doesn't mean that others don't care. When the soldiers from the production company who were laughing just now heard Li Cheng say that he would bring them over to watch the reconnaissance company's combat training later, they all had some fear on their faces.

Even though they were so happy to taunt me just now, no one is a fool. They may be able to talk, but if they want to take action...

Everyone looked at each other.

Well, the ten or so people I have combined probably can't even defeat the two or three on the other side...

They are still self-aware in this regard.

The smiles on their faces disappeared, and they followed the team silently. No one dared to provoke or mock these scouts.

There's nothing wrong with retiring, but if I have to be beaten before retiring, then...

To be honest, when Jiang Chen first heard that he was going to the production company, he didn't think much of it.

Although he knew that raising pigs was not as simple as he imagined, he never thought it was a very difficult thing.

On the contrary, if you have not decided to develop in the army for a long time, it may not be a bad idea to go into production or even feed pigs and farm.

The training volume is small, it is more flexible than most companies, and it is not as tiring as compared to combat troops.

You can live a carefree life, get two years of allowance for free, and when you retire and go home you will get a generous severance pay. Why not do it?

But now, when he really came into contact with these things, even though Jiang Chen grew up in the countryside and helped his family with housework, he felt a little at a loss.

He never thought that just cooking pig food would be so troublesome.

The large and small processes, precautions and various regulations posted on the wall took up most of the wall, and it was dizzying just looking at them.

There are even pig feed ingredients and proportions specifically formulated based on the number of pigs and their growth stage.

The most perverted thing is that there are requirements for the consistency of the cooked pig food.

Pig feed cannot be too watery or too thick.

Not to mention that the military's hygiene standards have always been terrible.

Don’t think that there are no hygiene standards for pig farming.

From cleaning the ingredients to adding water to the pot and then putting it in, there are extremely strict hygiene standards.

Not to mention the pigsty.

These soldiers in the production company who are bored all day long are almost applying the housekeeping standards of the dormitory to pigs.

The pigpen was cleaned so cleanly that light was reflecting off the cement floor. Can you believe it?

As for the stench or unpleasant smell that one would imagine in a pigsty, there was not even a trace of it.

Not only that, the piglets were also cleaned very cleanly.

If it weren't for the size difference, Jiang Chen would have thought that the big fat pigs in front of him, which were grunting and snatching food when they saw them coming, were the pet pigs kept at home in later generations.

Fortunately, after the "force" negotiation just now, the soldiers of the production company were no longer as unscrupulous as before.

"Okay, I'll watch over here, you guys go over there and help clean up the pig manure that we just cleaned up this morning."

Jiang Chen and his companions had just put the pig food away when the sergeant called out again.

This is not intentional targeting, these are things that the production company must do every morning when they wake up.

Since they came to the production company in the name of helping, they could not avoid these tasks.

Following a sergeant who claimed to be the deputy squad leader to the back of the pigpen, everyone in the third squad turned green in the face when they saw the dung pile that was almost piled up into a small mountain and emitted a foul odor.

How long will it take to clean this up?

“Come on, come on, the masks and gloves are over here, and the shovel is over there, take it yourself.

Don't underestimate the pig manure, it is a rare and good thing.

We definitely cannot use chemical fertilizers on the food we eat, because the vegetables and grains in the fields all rely on pig manure for growth.

We also rely on them for electricity and gas in the camp!"

As he spoke, the deputy squad leader, who had a kind and even honest face, had already put on a mask and gloves, picked up a shovel and started working.

The other people in the production company have long been accustomed to this kind of life. As mentioned just now, the pig manure in front of them is the main source of energy for their daily life.

Everyone in Team 3 looked at each other, and under the order of Team Leader Li Gang, they had no choice but to pick up their shovels and move forward, even though they were reluctant.

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