My Military Career in a Parallel World

The army attaches great importance to the concept of time. If they say ten minutes, it means ten minutes, not a second more.

Li Gang walked into the dormitory at the right time. Everyone who was still chatting immediately shut up. They didn't dare to continue sitting on the bed and quickly stood up.

Seeing everyone's performance, Li Gang nodded with satisfaction.

It seems that there is no such stubborn recruit in his class, which saves him a lot of effort.

As a veteran with nearly six years of military service, this is not the first time Li Gang has led new recruits. The first two years were better, as although the new recruits were jumpy, they were not too difficult to manage.

But for some reason, the new recruits in the past two years have become more difficult to manage than the last.

Things like smoking, hiding cell phones, conflicts with comrades and even fighting are happening one after another.

This is not the biggest problem. What's even more outrageous is that last year there was a new recruit who for some reason liked to argue with his squad leader. He wouldn't listen to anything he said and would even fight with him when he got angry. Even the instructor and the company commander were of no use and the matter was almost reported to the regiment commander.

If this year was not the critical time for him to renew his contract as a non-commissioned officer, Li Gang really did not want to wade into the muddy waters of the recruit company.

Everyone will be happy if he can train the new recruit well. Who knows, he may even be able to recruit a good soldier for his class, which will make it easier to renew his contract as a non-commissioned officer.

But if there's a fool in the class who causes trouble, that would be a different outcome.

It would be fine if the matter was not serious, but if it was like that stubborn kid last year who had to confront him as the squad leader and almost got into trouble.

By then, let alone renewing his contract as a non-commissioned officer, he would probably have to take off his military uniform and retire and go home on the spot.

So, when Li Gang saw that the new recruits in his class were relatively sensible, he finally felt a little relieved.

"I'll give you one minute to make your beds and then gather at the door!" Standing at the door, Li Gang glanced at the wrinkled sheets on the bed and gave the order without saying much.

As I said, today is the first day for new recruits to join the army. The requirements for new recruits will not be that strict. Li Gang will not pursue trivial matters such as sitting on the bed, but wait until tomorrow...

They had been in the army for a while, and everyone's reaction speed was fast. After Li Gang gave the order, everyone took action immediately, quickly smoothed out the marks on the bed, and gathered in line at the door.

We lined up and gathered downstairs of the dormitory building under the leadership of Li Gang.

At this time, the downstairs was already full of people, and two officers were standing at the front of the team.

A captain and a lieutenant.

Jiang Chen, who had just come downstairs, also noticed the two officers in front of the team. He recognized one of them. It was the lieutenant he had seen when he was recruiting soldiers in his hometown.

After everyone arrived, the captain spoke first: "I am Ge Hongtao, the commander of your new recruit company."

After saying that, he pointed to the lieutenant officer beside him and introduced: "This is your instructor Lu Ming!"

"Hello everyone, I am the instructor of your recruit company. In the next three months, you can always come to me if you have any questions!"

Lu Ming saluted in a very standard military manner, looked at the group of new recruits and spoke with a smile.

Unlike other people with serious expressions, Lu Ming's smile easily gives people a friendly feeling.

This is also the norm in the military. The instructor and the military chief usually play the good guy and the bad guy respectively. Leaving a good impression on the soldiers under your command is a prerequisite for becoming an instructor.

After Lu Ming finished his introduction, the company commander Ge Hongtao continued, "First Platoon Leader!"

"To!"

"Exit!"

"Yes!"

A sergeant trotted to the front of the team and stood there.

"This is your platoon leader Zhao Hongbin."

After hearing Ge Hongtao's introduction, Jiang Chen and others looked over quickly and saw the man standing in front of the team. He was the dark-faced burly man they met when they first arrived at the army.

"It's over, it's over, it's over. How can this black-faced guy be our platoon leader? How are we going to live our lives from now on?"

Apparently Jiang Chen was not the only one who recognized Zhao Hongbin. When Chu Fei saw the figure in front of him clearly, his face immediately fell and he couldn't help but mutter something in a low voice.

However, as soon as he said this, he was met with Li Gang's murderous gaze. Seeing this, Chu Fei quickly shut up and dared not say anything more.

"Second Platoon Leader!"

"Third Platoon Leader!"

Ge Hongtao called out the names of the other two platoon leaders.

After calling out all the leaders of the recruit company to introduce themselves to everyone, it was already late, so Ge ​​Hongtao didn't waste any time and ordered the platoon leaders to lead their teams to the cafeteria.

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Singing songs before meals is an unwritten rule in the army. Everyone stands at the entrance of the cafeteria according to squad and platoon, and starts singing at the top of their lungs under the leadership of squad leaders.

The song is "Unity is Strength" which is very familiar to everyone.

"Unity is strength. This strength is iron, this strength is steel, harder than iron, stronger than steel..."

There weren't so many unexpected things on the first day. When the singing was almost over, everyone walked into the cafeteria under the leadership of their respective class leaders.

Welcome new year noodles and get-out-of-jail dumplings.

The first thing new recruits eat on their first day in camp is naturally noodles.

"Comrades, the military camp is a melting pot and a big family. Before today, you didn't know each other, but from the moment you put on this uniform and stepped through this gate, you are comrades, brothers, and family members who carry guns and stand guard together!"

The person who spoke this time was not the company commander, but instructor Lu Ming.

Lu Ming held up the glass filled with juice, looked around, and raised his voice again: "Comrades, in the days to come, I hope that everyone can face challenges and difficulties with a positive attitude, work hard to achieve their goals and dreams, and work hand in hand to write their own chapters together!"

"Dry!"

"Dry!"

Led by the veterans, the new recruits also raised the juice in front of them and responded loudly.

"Okay, I won't waste any more time. Let's eat noodles! It's already late. We've been traveling all day. Let's eat and rest early!"

Lu Ming drank the juice in the glass in one gulp, and then left the cafeteria with the company commander Ge Hongtao.

"That's the good thing about the army. It's not long-winded. Unlike school, every time the leaders give a speech, they are long-winded and want to talk for hours!"

"Well, I agree with this! Even though our instructor spoke briefly, he made my blood boil!"

As soon as the two leaders left, discussions broke out in the cafeteria.

Jiang Chen did not participate in the discussion, but instead kept paying attention to the reactions of several platoon leaders and squad leaders.

However, contrary to his expectations, these veteran squad leaders did not seem to have any intention of coming out to stop them.

Recalling his squad leader's performance in the dormitory, combined with some things he saw about the army on the Internet in his previous life, Jiang Chen seemed to understand a little after thinking about it.

A few years ago, if they encountered similar situations, these new recruits would inevitably be punished.

Fast forward a few years, as the times changed, the army issued an order not to allow corporal punishment or beatings of new recruits. At that time, not to mention showing off their power on the first day, each squad leader had to fetch water for the new recruits to wash their feet in the evening. Usually, their true colors would only be revealed on the second day.

And this period of time is right at the intersection of the two.

On the one hand, with the influence of the environment and the rise of the Internet, the new generation of recruits have more open minds and will cause many unexpected things if they are not satisfied with something.

The army has also made many adjustments to this situation. For example, it has begun to implement a policy prohibiting veteran soldiers from beating or physically punishing new recruits.

On the other hand, most of the veterans in the army were still in the previous mode of leading new recruits and had not changed their mindset, but they had to make changes because of orders from above.

A combination of various factors led to Jiang Chen's current situation.

As soon as we arrived at the army, we were hit with a combination of a killing stick and a show of force. Just when everyone was nervous, we didn't expect that the veteran squad leader, although a little serious when he spoke, was unexpectedly kind, and no one encountered any difficulties along the way.

Well, besides forcing everyone to change their hairstyle...