My Military Career in a Parallel World

"When folding a quilt, especially a new one, you must first expel the air from it. Pay attention to my technique and strength."

Half squatting on the ground, Li Gang folded the paper while explaining the key points to everyone.

"After exhausting all the air inside, the next step is to measure the distance."

"Use your fist as a ruler, about five fists away, then press here with your hand and slowly turn the quilt over."

Li Gang taught very carefully, explaining each step as clearly as possible, and consciously slowing down his hands so that everyone could see his every movement clearly.

About ten minutes later, a quilt that looked a little bulging but was very close to being as thick as a tofu block was placed in front of everyone.

"Good fighting ability and neatness are inseparable. The quilt must be folded flat and square, with octagonal sides. Flies will fly up and split their legs! Mosquitoes will slide when they land on it!"

"From now on, this quilt will be the housekeeping standard for your recruit company for three months."

"If you can't fold it well today, try again tomorrow. If you still can't fold it well tomorrow, then try again the day after tomorrow. I will give you plenty of time until you can fold it well!"

"However, the training tasks of the recruit company are very heavy, so you must be prepared to work overtime until you can't fold your quilts properly."

"Don't even think about getting up at five o'clock like today. From now on, I will wake you up at four o'clock every day to make your quilts."

After Li Gang finished speaking, the entire dormitory fell into silence, followed by a burst of wailing.

"Ah! No way, getting up at four o'clock?!"

"No, monitor!"

"Squad leader, please forgive me. I almost didn't get up at five o'clock. Getting up at four o'clock will kill me!"

In the army, not only senior officers have to work overtime, but the soldiers under them also have to work overtime.

However, the overtime rules here are somewhat different from those outside.

Only those who cannot keep up with the main team in some aspects and fail to meet the qualification standards will be forced to work overtime.

Of course, there are also perverts who make themselves work overtime, and there are quite a few of them. The more outstanding the company, the more such people there are...

However, Jiang Chen would definitely not do such a thing as losing sight of the big picture. With the existence of the dream space, he is the real king of the world.

On the surface he seems to be sleeping, but secretly he is madly rolling inward.

……

“Okay, now go try it yourself.”

Ignoring the wailing of the crowd, Li Gang said something and prepared to untie the quilt that had just been folded in front of him.

"Squad leader, can you please not take off the quilt?"

"Get lost, that's a nice thought!"

After sending away the new recruits who wanted to gain something for nothing, Li Gang stood up and walked back and forth in the dormitory, pointing out the new recruits' mistakes from time to time.

Among them, Chu Fei received the most care.

There was nothing he could do. He had been punished to do a hundred push-ups before, so he didn't hear much of the content. He could only watch the movements of his comrades next to him and copy them. It would be strange if he could fold them well.

Anyone who has never tried it will never understand how difficult it is to fold a quilt, which looks simple.

To sum it up in one sentence, the brain: "Got it!"

Eyes: “Yes!”

Hand: "No you won't!"

Spread the new quilt on the bed and try to flatten it like Li Gang did, but the reality is that as soon as your hand leaves the bed, the quilt bulges up again.

After great effort, I finally flattened the quilt and was ready to start folding it, but then I discovered that the corners of the quilt were not obedient.

It was obvious that when Li Gang was doing it just now, he just flipped it lightly, and then made a few simple adjustments, and the corners and lines appeared like magic.

But in their hands...

Looking at the quilt in front of them that looked more like steamed buns than tofu blocks, everyone looked at each other with a look of helplessness on their faces.

After checking everyone's folded quilts one by one, Li Gang said bluntly: "What kind of shit are these folded? Take them apart and start over!"

Once, twice, three times...

Under Li Gang's command, everyone folded and unfolded the quilts in front of them, but the final result did not change at all, and was even worse than when it was folded at the beginning.

Do it all at once, second time tired, third time exhausted.

Failure after failure destroyed everyone's self-confidence.

Seeing everyone absent-mindedly folding their quilts, Li Gang suddenly said, "There are still 20 minutes until the six o'clock morning exercise. I'll give you one more chance. Whoever folds the worst before exercise will wash everyone's socks tonight!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the recruits who had been discouraged and ready to slack off immediately perked up their energy, and those who had almost folded their quilts immediately took them apart and started again.

It's not that everyone is making a fuss, it's just that washing socks is too intimidating.

Yesterday, they ran five kilometers before going to bed, but when they went to the bathroom to wash up at night and took off their shoes, the smell was so strong that everyone in the room almost couldn't open their eyes. It was so sour and painful.

If I really have to wash the socks of everyone in the room, won't they be suffocated to death?

No one wanted to suffer this kind of torture. Everyone wanted to show the same spirit as when they were playing games and carefully tend to the quilt in front of them.

Twenty minutes may seem long, but in reality it’s just the blink of an eye.

They placed the folded quilts on the bed and stood in groups of two in front of their own beds, waiting for inspection by squad leader Li Gang.

"What the hell is this? It's unacceptable!"

"You can call this a quilt? I can grab a monkey from outside and it can fold it better than you! It's unacceptable!"

"What are you laughing at? He didn't say anything about you, right? Look at the quilt you made. It can be sent to the kitchen as your breakfast today!"

Without any surprise, everyone was scolded by Li Gang.

Li Gang usually looks like a serious guy, but I didn't expect him to be so sharp-tongued when he was scolding people. Several recruits' faces turned red after hearing what he said, and they wished they could find a hole in the ground to crawl into.

After looking at everyone's quilts, Li Gang stood in the middle of the dormitory, shaking his head and sighing, saying, "Ah, I originally said that I would choose the worst one to wash everyone's socks, but look at how you make your own quilts, each one is worse than the other. Not to mention passing, not even one of you is decent!"

"How about this, you don't have to pick the worst socks to wash." When saying this, Li Gang deliberately paused.

Just when everyone thought they had escaped, Li Gang suddenly changed the subject: "Wait a minute, I'll help you borrow socks from other squad leaders. Each of you will get a dormitory, and everyone will have a share!"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's faces, including Jiang Chen's, instantly turned dark.

Damn, this is a scam? !

It's fine if he washes the clothes for people in his own dormitory, but he also washes the clothes for people in other dormitories. Isn't this a rip-off? !

It is the hottest time of the year right now. After a day of activities outside, can you still show your socks to others?!

Not to mention, there are some people with sweaty feet, and some who haven't changed their socks since the day before yesterday. The smell will make them faint...

Some people wanted to raise objections, but when they saw the three people next to them with water stains on their bodies that had not yet dried, they silently held back their words.

"You three, take out the bedding and hang it out to dry. You can't even fold the quilt properly after getting it wet. You deserve to be washing socks for others!"

Looking at his watch, it was almost time for morning exercises at six o'clock. Turning back to remind Chu Fei and others, Li Gang began to call for everyone to line up and prepare to go downstairs to gather.

Although they arrived at the army and entered the recruit company yesterday, strictly speaking, today should be the first day of training in the recruit company.

No matter what company it is, there is a fixed segment on the first day of training.

Not to mention, today is Monday.

Everyone was wearing the same long-sleeved camouflage uniform and standing in line at the entrance of the dormitory building.

Company commander Ge Hongtao walked to the front of the team and stood still. After looking around at everyone, he said loudly:

"Today is Monday! It's also the first day of training for the new recruits!"

"We all went to school, so we should know what to do on Mondays!"

“Raise the flag!”

"When you put on this uniform and become a soldier, flag-raising is no longer just a ceremony!"

"Rather, it is a symbol of honor and mission!!!"

Pointing to the bright red on his shoulder, Ge Hongtao continued:

"When this flag rises, every soldier must treat it with the highest respect, because it represents the dignity of the motherland and the present day that countless people have paid for with their blood!"

After saying this, Ge Hongtao looked back at the group of recruits in front of him and raised his voice to the maximum.

"Do you understand everything?!"

"I understand!!!"

There was no need for others to remind them. The new recruits, whose blood had already been aroused by Ge Hongtao's words, roared at the top of their lungs.

"Okay! Everybody! Turn right! March in step!"

Led by veteran squad leaders, the team bypassed the dormitory building, walked out of the recruit camp and entered the building complex that they had vaguely seen when they entered the camp yesterday.

At this time, the place was already full of people. Soldiers and officers in their regular uniforms stood upright. At the end of the team was a group of soldiers wearing camouflage and holding rifles.

They are the guard company of the regiment headquarters, and they will never disarm at any time.

Everyone was taken to the back of the team and joined the formation along with other companies entering the field.

Standing in the team, although wearing military uniform, Jiang Chen always felt that he and his companions were out of tune with the troops in front.

It was as if the people in front were real soldiers, and they were just a group of ordinary people disguised as soldiers.

Jiang Chen was not given much time to think.

tread!tread!tread!

A burst of orderly footsteps was heard, and ten soldiers in uniforms, carrying steel rifles, marched in step, with their heads held high and chests puffed out, towards the flag-raising platform in front of them.

Behind them is a bright red national flag.

When this flag appeared, Jiang Chen could feel that the team in front of him suddenly changed. A halo seemed to appear on their bodies, making it impossible for people to open their eyes.

A familiar tune played in my ears, and the flag slowly rose.

Solemn, solemn, sacred...

The countless words in his mind seemed to be insufficient at this moment, and Jiang Chen was unable to describe what was happening before his eyes.

He subconsciously adjusted his military uniform and looked up at the flag flying high in the sky.

"salute!"

A powerful roar came from the front, and all the soldiers faced the national flag and raised their arms...

The same is true for Jiang Chen.

With his arms raised, he looked at the flag that was so bright that it seemed to dye the sky red. In a trance, he seemed to see figures appearing in the sky.

If miracles have a color, it must be Chinese red!

At this moment, Jiang Chen seemed to understand what the company commander Ge Hongtao had always said, and also understood the significance of wearing this military uniform.

"It seems like it's not a bad idea to continue working in the army." Jiang Chen raised a smile.

……

"Refine your will and temper your style!"

"Be loyal and responsible, defend the country and guard the border!"

Yesterday's five kilometers was just an accident. Unless there are special circumstances, the recruit company generally does not require recruits to run five kilometers, especially in the first month after the recruits enter the camp, the morning exercise training items are mainly three kilometers.

However, even if it was only three kilometers, it was enough to exhaust these new recruits who had just entered the camp and had not received any training.

Compared to yesterday's 5km run, Jiang Chen's performance today was undoubtedly much more relaxed.

After all, he ran who knows how many five kilometers in his dream space last night. Even though his running speed did not meet the minimum standard of the army and he had to slow down to recover his strength halfway through the run, no matter what, after running so many laps, he must have made some progress.

Li Gang, who was running behind the students in Class 5, was the first to notice Jiang Chen's change.

While running the five kilometers yesterday, he was observing the new recruits in the class.

Needless to say, Li Qiang, a burly man from Northeast China, is one of the recruits with the best physical fitness.

Zhang Meng, Chu Fei and Luo Ming are above average.

Jiang Chen, He Wenjie and Zhou Xinghai are below average, close to the bottom.

This is because the original owner was born in the countryside. Although he spent most of his time studying, he also had to help his family with farm work on weekends, which could barely be considered as exercising some physical strength. Otherwise, Jiang Chen would probably be at the bottom.

After Jiang Chen, there are two more people, Zhao Feihang, Lin Wenbo, and finally the fat boy Sun Weicheng.

Zhao Feihang and Lin Wenbo, what can I say about these two people? They are probably like those few people in every class when we were in school.

He usually doesn't show off and doesn't make many mistakes. After one year of school, the teacher couldn't even remember his name.

However, the army is not a school. There are only ten people in a class. Li Gang naturally needs to be aware of the situation of the soldiers in his class.

Looking at Jiang Chen, who was almost on par with Zhang Meng, Chu Fei and others, Li Gang couldn't help but feel a little suspicious.

However, he didn't think much about it and just thought that Jiang Chen was not in good condition.

After all, he did not forget that when he was having dinner yesterday, this guy didn't touch the noodles in the bowl at all, and he also said that he felt a little carsick. I guess this might be the reason.

There is a flag-raising ceremony and a three-kilometer run. The recruits are slow to begin with, and it is not last night anymore. They cannot just run by themselves, but also have to take care of their classmates.

As a result, the team's speed slowed down even more.

By the time I finished the run, the one-hour morning exercise time was almost over.

At 7:05, everyone was taken back to the dormitory again and began to tidy up their room under the leadership of the class monitor.

……