My Military Career in a Parallel World

"Look at you guys! It's been a few days, and you still can't fold the quilt properly!"

"Luo Ming, look at what you have folded?! Are you going to go to the kitchen squad to steal Captain Wang's job?! Take it apart!"

"Li Qiang, you have a hangnail on your hand, right? Ah! I asked you to fix the quilt, not to tear it apart!"

"Chu Fei, what are you laughing at? He didn't say anything about you. Look at what you've folded!"

At four o'clock in the morning, Li Gang woke everyone up on time. What happened yesterday morning was still vivid in his mind. Wanting to test the results of Jiang Chen's practice, Li Gang did not lie back to bed and sleep after waking everyone up like he did yesterday.

Jiang Chen pulled out the quilt from under the mat just like he did yesterday, half-knelt on the ground and pressed it carefully.

He, the person involved, was not affected, but the rest of the class was miserable. Almost everyone was scolded one by one.

"Captain, it's really not my fault. The enemy is just too cunning. It was quite flat when I took it out from under the mat and pressed it, but it bulged up when I folded it. I am also desperate!"

Looking at the quilt in front of him that had swelled up like a steamed bun, Luo Ming's face was filled with despair.

How do I fold this damn quilt?

It was so fucking torturous, if he could, he would tear the torn quilt in front of him into a hundred and eight pieces!

"If you can't poop, don't blame the earth for not having gravity." Glancing at Luo Ming who was still complaining, Li Gang said calmly, "Don't make excuses for your laziness! We are all new recruits, with the same blanket, how come others can fold it well, but you can't?!"

Luo Ming subconsciously glanced at Jiang Chen beside him, and all his complaints and grievances were stuck in his throat.

Damn, how can I compare with him?! This guy is not a human being at all!

Luo Ming wanted to say this, but seeing Li Gang's expression of 'finding a treasure', he silently swallowed the words back.

If the quilt Jiang Chen folded yesterday was only 70% like a tofu block, then the quilt now on the bed is already 90% like a tofu block, just one point away from the flat square and octagonal shape that Li Gang mentioned.

What's even more exaggerated is that Jiang Chen's hands haven't stopped moving. He stared at the quilt in front of him intently, and his hands kept adjusting the flaws on the quilt. His movements were very careful, which inexplicably gave people a very artistic feeling.

As the quilt gradually took shape, Li Gang was no longer in the mood to pay attention to anyone else.

In order to prevent other people from making noise and disturbing Jiang Chen, he even asked everyone to stop what they were doing and stand by.

One minute, two minutes...

Five minutes later, Jiang Chen finally completed the last step of repair work.

"Report!" Li Gang asked him to call him after he folded it. Jiang Chen did not forget and stood up and shouted subconsciously.

Jiang Chen's report was like pressing the pause button, and the originally quiet atmosphere was instantly broken.

Everyone's eyes were drawn to the quilt on the bed.

The sharp edges and corners perfectly matched what Li Gang had described as a square and an octagon. If they hadn't seen Jiang Chen fold it with their own eyes, they would have thought that the quilt on the bed was a model bought specifically to fool people.

"Shit, is this true?!" After what happened yesterday morning, although Chu Fei had given up on becoming the deputy monitor, he still couldn't help but have a glimmer of fantasy in his heart before everything was settled.

What if Jiang Chen gets stuck at the last step and fails to meet the squad leader’s requirements?

Today is only Wednesday, and there is still a long time before the weekend night, so he is not completely without a chance.

But now, the last bit of fantasy in Chu Fei's heart was shattered.

He subconsciously wanted to get closer, but just as he raised his legs, his feet suddenly went soft and he fell to his knees in the direction where Jiang Chen was standing.

"Uh..." Jiang Chen was a little confused by this sudden kneeling.

What's going on?

It’s just folding a quilt, it shouldn’t be that serious!

"What are you doing? Brother, just say it nicely. Don't make such a big fuss!" Jiang Chen hurriedly stepped forward and helped Chu Fei up from the ground, muttering to himself.

"I..." Chu Fei's face turned red. He was still a little confused. He opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but didn't know how to explain.

If this person is unlucky, even drinking cold water will get his teeth stuck.

After being trained all day yesterday, when they got up in the morning, except for Jiang Chen who was in the dream space, everyone else had sore waists and legs. In addition, they had just squatted on the ground for a long time and now suddenly stood up...

That would be fine, he fell down, but the key was the posture in which he fell, and he fell facing Jiang Chen, and when he fell, his forehead hit the floor heavily due to inertia.

From the perspective of others, Chu Fei stood up, slid down on the spot and knelt in front of Jiang Chen, then kowtowed heavily to him...

"Pfft!" Even Li Gang standing by couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Haha, this kowtow is really standard. Now Jiang Chen, you have to cover Feizai with blankets for the recruit company for three months!" Li Qiang, who has the best relationship with Chu Fei, was the first to make a noise.

Upon hearing this, others also followed suit. Fortunately, as the squad leader, Li Gang still had to consider the psychological endurance of the new recruits.

Li Gang forced himself to put on a serious face and yelled, "Why are you following suit? Go back and fold your own quilts. If you don't fold them properly, I'll punish you!"

After saying that, he looked at Chu Fei who looked aggrieved, and Li Gangqiang said with a suppressed smile: "What are you still standing there for? Hurry up and go back to fold the quilt!"

"Oh..." Chu Fei's facial features were almost distorted together. He agreed aggrievedly, his eyes still glancing at Jiang Chen next to him.

Jiang Chen didn't know what to say when he saw this. He could only touch his head awkwardly and pretend nothing had happened.

After dealing with the others, Li Gang turned his attention back to the quilt that Jiang Chen had folded. After carefully examining it for a moment, Li Gang's expression relaxed and he laughed loudly, "Good! Good! Good!"

After saying three good words in a row, Li Gang looked at Jiang Chen in front of him with unconcealed joy in his eyes: "I keep my word."

"Jiang Chen!"

"Here!" Jiang Chen knew that the climax was about to begin, and quickly stood up and responded.

"From today on, you are the deputy monitor of Class 5. From now on, you don't need to participate in any overtime work related to making quilts!"

"Yes!"

Jiang Chen roared with all his strength.

Although he had known for a long time that Jiang Chen had always regarded the position of deputy monitor as something in his pocket, he still couldn't hide his joy when Li Gang announced the news in person.

The deputy squad leader, although only a deputy squad leader of a recruit company, and only a temporary acting position, was a very good start for Jiang Chen.

With the dream space, Jiang Chen didn't think he would be unable to hold on to the position of deputy monitor.

Step by step, step by step.

If the deputy squad leader does a good job, he will have a better chance of being assigned to a good company than others when he is assigned to a company. This will also be a big plus point in the assessment of new recruits. If he performs well after being assigned to a company, he will have a chance to be directly promoted to deputy squad leader. Even when Jiang Chen is going to apply for a military academy in the future, the resume of this deputy squad leader will play a significant role.

That's right, although he had only been in the recruit company for a few days, since he had already decided to continue working in the army, he naturally had to make plans for his future.

Although the path of non-commissioned officer is good, Jiang Chen will certainly not miss the opportunity to become an officer.

Not to mention, he was a top student at Northwestern Polytechnical University. If he didn't work hard to become an officer, others would probably think he was wasting his talent.

Becoming an officer is certain, but how to become an officer is a problem.

There are only three ways to become an officer from a soldier in the army.

1. Possess a high school degree or above, meet the admission requirements of military academies, pass the examination and political review, study for four years, and can be awarded the rank of second lieutenant after graduation.

2. Soldiers with a bachelor's degree or above, who have served in the army for two years and meet the admission requirements of military academies, pass the examination and political review, and study in a military academy for one year will be awarded the rank of second lieutenant.

3. Excellent soldiers who are recommended for admission must have won one second-class merit award or above or two third-class merit awards or above, or be recognized as advanced individuals by military district-level or above units, or be advanced role models or military training models by army-level or above units. Those who meet the admission requirements may be directly recommended for admission.

In addition, the age restrictions of these three are very strict.

For soldiers who apply to military academies on their own, first of all, they must have graduated from high school. Secondly, they must not be over 22 years old. Those who have graduated from junior college must not be over 24 years old. The age limit can be relaxed by one year for ethnic minorities.

Conscripts must serve for a full year, while non-commissioned officers must serve for more than two years and work in their military units for at least six months.

There are also age requirements for recommendation for merit, which cannot exceed 25 years old, and one needs to have served as a squad leader for at least 1 year. If working in a professional position, one needs to have worked for more than 3 years.

Although Jiang Chen didn't know the details, he still knew the general conditions.

Thinking of this, he had to be thankful that the original owner had obtained the admission notice from Northwestern Polytechnical University before signing up for the army, and was able to join the army by taking a leave of absence from school, which saved him a lot of trouble.

Otherwise, leaving aside other things, it is not an easy thing to get the qualification to apply for a military academy during the period of conscription.

Now, with the title of 985 university student as a foundation, it is very easy to apply for the qualification as long as your performance is not too bad.

After all, it is still a question whether other people can pass the exam, but Jiang Chen can basically pass as long as his military quality is not bad. There is no need to say more about how to choose between the two.

What's more, now is not the future. There are not many people in the army who are willing, qualified and capable of applying for military academies, and even fewer who can pass. Sometimes there are even vacancies, so it is not difficult to apply for the examination qualifications.

Now he has the resume of deputy squad leader. As long as Jiang Chen speaks up, no, even if he doesn't speak up, the company commander, instructor, platoon leader and squad leader will mention this matter to him later.

The only thing that made Jiang Chen feel a little uncomfortable was that after entering the military academy through conventional channels, he would need to study for four years like other students before he could graduate.

If possible, he really didn't want to stay in school for so long.

However, the standard for promotion after meritorious service is too high. He can only think about it now. When the time comes to go to military school, he will still have to study.

……

Although he was successfully promoted to deputy squad leader, he still had to do what he had to do. If he didn't have to get up early to work overtime, that would be tomorrow's thing. He couldn't just go back to bed and continue sleeping like Li Gang.

Moreover, as the deputy squad leader, Jiang Chen had to help other comrades solve the problem of folding quilts.

After all, housekeeping is the deputy monitor's job.

"Don't be anxious when pressing. Press it down step by step before letting go. Be careful to control the force and let it spread out gradually. Don't do it too fast, or the air in the quilt will flow to other places. Don't do it too slowly, or the air outside will come in again..."

Jiang Chen was walking around the dormitory all morning, talking non-stop and correcting other people's mistakes.

Moreover, because they were all new recruits, he couldn't yell at them at every turn like Li Gang did, so he could only speak in a nice tone.

"Slow down a bit, your movements were too fast, and all the air flowed to the place you just pressed."

"The force is too light, use a little more force..."

Just when Jiang Chen felt that he was about to run out of words, Li Gang finally spoke up and stopped everyone.

"There are still ten minutes left. Those who have folded their quilts can go wash up first."

After working hard for a long time, at six o'clock in the morning, the wakeup call sounded and everyone stopped working, changed into physical training clothes and went downstairs to gather.

On the playground, more than a hundred new recruits shouted "ouch!" and sped up to catch up with the team in front at the urging of their squad leader.

Jiang Chen did the same thing as yesterday. After running two laps, he took the initiative to fall behind the team to help his comrades.

However, compared to yesterday when five people took turns to help, today Li Qiang is the only one who has the energy to help.

It’s not that others are unwilling to help, it’s just that everyone is in a difficult situation. Yesterday’s training was too intense. When we got up in the morning, our thighs were as soft as noodles, and we grimaced in pain every time we ran. How could we have the energy to help others?

Only Li Qiang was a member of the school basketball team and had experience in high-intensity sports, so his situation was slightly better.

For Jiang Chen, it was all the effect of the dream space. After waking up from a good sleep, not only did all his fatigue disappear, but his body, which was extremely sore before going to bed, also returned to normal.

“Maybe it’s not entirely the effect of the dream space…” Jiang Chen had some guesses in his heart about the golden finger he gained after traveling through time.

The dream space might be the product of the fusion of his soul and body with Jiang Chen from this world.

However, Jiang Chen was destined not to have the opportunity to verify this conjecture.

We can't let him travel through time again...

Everyone was basically the same, with no place on their body that didn't hurt, so no matter how the squad leaders urged them, the team's progress was always slow.

Jiang Chen and Li Qiang took turns and could barely afford it.

"I...I say...Fatty, you...you...you need to practice quickly. If...if you continue like this...Qiangzi and I...won't be able to hold on any longer..." After reaching the finish line, Jiang Chen said to Sun Weichen who was lying on the ground, while supporting his knees with his hands and gasping for breath.

"I... I will definitely... try my best. If... I keep going like this... don't talk about... don't talk about you... I... I... I can't stand myself either." Sun Weichen said while lying on the ground, breathing heavily.

Everyone has self-esteem. It's okay for one or two days, but you can't ask others for help every day.

He didn't ask for very good grades, but at least he wanted to pass and not drag others down.