My Military Career in a Parallel World

However, this time they chose the wrong target to make an example of.

Perhaps because he lived with his grandparents since childhood, Sun Weicheng developed the good habit of cherishing food at a very young age.

Having experienced an era when resources were extremely scarce and every grain of food was extremely precious, the attitude of the older generation towards food is far beyond the imagination of people today.

Being thrifty and not wasting any grain of food is a behavior that is ingrained in the instincts of almost everyone who has lived through that era.

Sun Weichen, who grew up in such an environment, was influenced by it and his attitude towards food was no different from that of the old people.

Even if Li Gang didn't say anything, he would pick up the food on the ground.

"Fuck, this guy doesn't mind the dirt and really picked it up and ate it?!" At this time, more than one recruit was thinking so in his heart.

However, their ideas cannot influence the development of things.

The purpose of killing the chicken to scare the monkeys failed. Although Li Gang was a little surprised, he didn't take it too seriously. There would be plenty of opportunities to do this kind of thing in the future. He waved his hand and ordered everyone to sit down.

Just as everyone picked up their bowls and prepared to eat, Li Gang suddenly said, "You only have five minutes to eat. Remember, take as much as you can eat. No leftovers or waste are allowed!"

"When the meal is over, there can't be even a grain of rice on the table; otherwise, you'll be hungry at noon!"

"Okay, now let's eat!"

Similar situations occurred not only at Jiang Chen's table, but also in other classes.

As the order to eat was given, the squad leaders of each class immediately picked up the rice bowls in front of them and began to swallow them in big gulps.

As for the new recruits, after looking at each other, they didn't care about being pretentious and quickly followed suit, holding a bun in each hand and stuffing it into their mouths without caring about the filling. After chewing it for a few times, they picked up the rice bowl in front of them and took a big gulp. If you didn't know, you would think they were hungry people fleeing from somewhere.

Although troops in other places also have set meal times, they are far less exaggerated than this.

But this is the new recruit company of the 228th Regiment. As a rapid reaction force stationed on the border, the 228th Regiment attaches great importance to the soldiers' sense of time.

What is a rapid reaction force?

As the name suggests, the most basic requirement to become a rapid reaction force is to be able to quickly adjust its combat readiness status to the first-level combat status.

They remain on combat readiness 24 hours a day. Once an order is given from their superiors, they will arrive at the scene as quickly as possible in the shortest time possible to deal a heavy blow to the opponent.

The only thing they can blame is that they were assigned to the 31st Division and came to the recruit company of the 228th Regiment.

When they step into this camp, it means that they will face stricter training standards than other recruits of the same year, and they will have to work harder...

The five-minute meal time was over quickly.

"Put down your chopsticks!" Li Gang, who had already finished eating, gave the order at the right time.

Li Qiang, who still had half a bun in his hand, didn't care if he would choke to death when he heard this, and directly stuffed the bun into his mouth. His cheeks bulged like balloons, and people were worried that they would burst in the next second.

The situation of the others was not much better. Jiang Chen's mouth was also full of food. He wanted to swallow but couldn't, so he could only chew slowly.

The most ruthless one has to be the fat boy Sun Weicheng.

The second before the squad leader shouted to put down the chopsticks, this guy just peeled an egg and stuffed it into his mouth. The moment Li Gang shouted to put down the chopsticks, he took a big meat bun from the plate and stuffed it into his mouth at the last moment.

The army kitchen is not like a restaurant outside. A meat bun is big enough to be as big as an adult's fist. Jiang Chen doesn't know how this guy stuffed such a big bun in.

Glancing at this foodie, Li Gang said calmly, "This won't happen again!"

Even though he had just eaten such a big bun, Sun Weicheng was not affected at all. After hearing what Li Gang said, he stood at attention and answered, "Yes!"

"Is this guy's throat as big as his mouth? Can he swallow it without chewing?!"

Looking at Sun Weichen's clear speech, Jiang Chen, who was almost choked to death by the food in his mouth, couldn't help but complain in his heart.

"Li Qiang!"

"To!"

"Take the uneaten food on the table back to the cafeteria, and everyone else line up and prepare to assemble!"

"Yes!"

It was the first time that Li Qiang was on duty at dawn. He took a little too much food when he served it. The five-minute meal time was not enough for everyone to finish the food in front of them.

Fortunately, these untouched foods will not be counted against them, and of course they cannot be thrown away directly.

The soldiers in the kitchen squad will keep the food properly and serve it at lunch time.

What if you can’t finish your meal at noon?

Of course, I will save it for the evening.

No grain of food in the country should be wasted, and this is what every soldier must do.

"Why? It's not like I can't finish it! What's wrong with you guys? Who only gives five minutes to eat?!"

After clearing the dishes and the table and preparing to leave, I heard a roar not far away.

Everyone subconsciously looked over and saw that at a distance of about three or four tables, a new recruit was arguing with the veteran squad leader with his neck stiffened. Half of a steamed bun had fallen to the ground, and there was an unfinished bowl of porridge on the table, with rice grains and rice soup scattered everywhere.

The veteran squad leader was not agitated by the question. He stood straight in place, looking at the new recruit whose face was flushed with excitement. He just said calmly, "Why?"

"Because this is a military unit!"

"Every grain of food you eat is earned by the hard work of the people!"

The veteran squad leader's voice gradually rose, with a hint of seriousness in his tone.

"Eating is like fighting a war. If you don't eat quickly, will the enemy wait for you to finish eating before attacking you on the battlefield?"

"Tsk, don't make it sound so grand. Enemy? Don't be ridiculous. This is a peaceful time. There are no enemies for you to fight!"

"I think you guys are just staying in the mountains all day long. You're almost sick, so you take it out on us new recruits!"

"You are only given five minutes to eat. If you can't finish your meal, you won't be given lunch. Isn't this a disease?!"

This new recruit was also a rogue. Instead of admitting his mistake, he started to argue with the squad leader.

Besides, you just talk, what do you mean by involving other people in your words?

What do we new recruits call us?

Are you worthy? !

Jiang Chen could understand why the recruit said this, as he had similar thoughts once upon a time.

fight?

enemy?

In decades of peace, they had never heard similar words anywhere else except on television.

Although the Internet has become popular and Internet cafes of all sizes have opened up in every city and even remote towns and villages, the level of information acquisition is still far from what it will be a decade later.

Therefore, before they saw it with their own eyes and heard it with their own ears, they all thought that war and death were far away from them...

However, this cannot be an excuse. You can not know or understand, but you cannot treat these as if they do not exist or take everything for granted...

Whenever the country encounters a disaster and people's lives are threatened, who steps forward and who does everything possible? !

Even if you haven't seen it with your own eyes, you must have seen or heard it on TV or in the news!

This is because Jiang Chen is a new recruit now. If he were a veteran who had been in the army for more than a year, he would have to go up and kick this guy.

……

The commotion here soon attracted the attention of the company commander and instructor.

"What are you doing! Zhang Lin, how do you lead the new recruits?" The company commander Ge Hongtao strode over, without even looking at the new recruits in front of him, but pointed at the veteran squad leader and scolded him.

This is how it is in the military, each level suppresses the next level. If a soldier makes a mistake, the leader will not directly cause trouble for the soldier.

What's more, based on what this kid just said, can he be considered a soldier?

For this kind of person, Ge Hongtao didn't even want to waste time looking at him.

"Company Commander! It's my fault. I didn't do the work for the new recruits well in advance!" The veteran squad leader named Zhang Lin did not make any excuses. He stood at attention, saluted Ge Hongtao and said.

"Humph, everyone else go out and gather. Zhang Lin will give you five minutes to handle it."

"Yes!"

Without much nonsense, Ge Hongtao turned and left after saying a few words, but his instructor Lu Ming stayed.

The ideological work of new recruits is the instructor's responsibility. Lu Ming certainly cannot turn a blind eye to this matter.

"New recruits, if they don't understand the rules, I can teach them, but the method must be reasonable. Don't just take advantage of others." Although he has only been in the company for a short time, he has been in the military academy for several years and even interned in a grassroots unit before graduation. Lu Ming knows very well how to deal with veterans.

Things are different now. Clear orders have been issued from above, strictly prohibiting beating or corporal punishment of new recruits.

He didn't want such an excellent soldier like Zhang Lin to be punished for such a trivial matter and affect his future.

Under Ge Hongtao's command, although everyone was walking out, they kept glancing over here from time to time.

They were very curious about how the instructor would deal with this new recruit.

"Not a penny of the country's military budget can be wasted!" After saying that, Lu Ming bent down in front of everyone and picked up the half bun that the recruit had dropped on the ground. Then, he took a pair of chopsticks from the side and scooped the rice soup that spilled on the table into the bowl.

When Lu Ming picked up the bowl, the team that was still moving out stopped for a moment, and everyone watched him eat the remaining porridge and half a bun of the new recruit.

There was a sound of swallowing saliva in the team. The scene just now was firmly engraved in everyone's mind. As long as they were in the army, they would never forget what happened today.

Ge Hongtao was standing at the cafeteria door with his back to the cafeteria door. Although he could not see the scene inside, a smile still appeared on his face.

"This kid... is good! I, Ge Hongtao, didn't make a mistake in his character!"

The new recruit who had just been bossing around and arguing with his squad leader with a look of dissatisfaction on his face, now stood there in a daze.

"Zhang Lin!"

Putting down the bowl, Lu Ming looked at the veteran squad leader and said.

"Ah..." Zhang Lin obviously did not expect Lu Ming's action just now. He was still immersed in shock and had not recovered.

After realizing what was happening, he quickly stood at attention and responded, "Here!"

"If I remember correctly, this is your sixth year, right?"

"Report to the instructor, there are still four months to go until six years!"

Lu Ming looked at the new recruit beside him again.

"You just said there are enemies to fight? I'm going to tell you where the enemies are!"

Lu Ming walked up to Zhang Lin and unbuttoned his shirt.

"It's right under your feet, thirty kilometers away from you! Countless soldiers like him are guarding there, protecting the peaceful era you mentioned!!"

The camouflage uniform was taken off and the vest underneath was opened, revealing Zhang Lin's solid muscles and the scar on his abdomen that almost occupied half of his body.

"Tell him how this came about!"

"Report, three years ago, my company was ordered to station in Area 44. We unexpectedly encountered a group of armed forces entrenched near the border line and were carrying out criminal activities. After receiving orders from our superiors, our company decisively attacked and killed thirteen enemies and captured seven. Three of our company were slightly injured and two were seriously injured!"

Lu Ming looked at the recruit again and said calmly, "Do you have any questions?"

Perhaps it was because Lu Ming put too much pressure on him, or perhaps it was because the words just now were too shocking, or perhaps it was because the scars on Zhang Lin's body were too horrible...

The recruit opened his mouth for a long time but no sound came out.

After a long time, he replied in a trembling voice: "No more..."

"The rest is up to you." Patting Zhang Lin on the shoulder and motioning him to put on his clothes, Lu Ming turned and left the cafeteria.

……

Outside, the recruits had already lined up. Although they could not see what was going on inside, their ears were not deaf, and they heard every word Zhang Lin said.

Thirteen enemies were killed, seven were captured, three were slightly injured, and two were seriously injured.

This number may seem small, but the meaning it represents is extremely heavy.

War and death were not far from them... just thirty kilometers away, less than an hour's drive away...

Looking at Zhang Lin walking out of the cafeteria and the new recruits following behind him as if they had lost their souls, everyone was silent, unable to tell what they were feeling.

In the team, Jiang Chen stared at Zhang Lin's camouflage uniform, the words just now echoed in his ears, and only deep respect remained in his heart.

As for the new recruits following behind him?

Maybe after this incident, he will change, but that is a matter for the future...

Now, Jiang Chen pretended that this person did not exist.

It’s not that Jiang Chen is mean, but the fact that someone could say those words in front of all the soldiers in the army doesn’t make it worth Jiang Chen’s even a glance.

At least, not now...

Heavy emotions come and go quickly. There are still many things waiting to be done, and we don’t have time to care about others.

After returning to the dormitory, Li Gang began to assign tasks to everyone.

"Jiang Chen, Zhang Meng, you two are responsible for the sanitation of the ground!"

"Li Qiang, Chu Fei, the two of you clean the doors, windows, wardrobes, ceiling fans and other sanitary dead corners!"

"Sun Weicheng, Luo Ming, go clean up the balcony!"

"Zhou Xinghai, He Wenjie, you two go to the corridor!"

"I'll give you twenty minutes. After twenty minutes, I'll take you outside to clean the environment." After assigning tasks to everyone, Li Gang left after saying this.

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