In the distance, someone was squatting on the ground, lighting a cigarette and watching the scene at the recruitment point.
He took a deep breath and then exhaled slowly.
“Huh~~”
Then, he was slapped on the head, and a loud voice came from behind him: "Who told you to smoke like this?"
"Waste! Such a waste!"
As he was speaking, a man snatched the half-remaining cigarette from his hand and stuffed it into his mouth.
He inhaled slowly, bit by bit, as if he wanted to swallow every bit of the ignited smoke into his lungs.
After a long time, only a little bit of cigarette butt was left, and only then did a wisp of smoke come out of his nose.
“Awesome~!”
After a long while, the man sighed and spoke.
“It’s just too little.”
This was a bearded man who looked to be at least forty years old. He sat down on a stone by the roadside and also looked towards the recruitment point.
The young man at the beginning asked, "Brother, why are they suddenly recruiting soldiers?"
The bearded man picked up the few remaining tobacco stubs from the cigarette butt, stuffed them into his mouth, chewed them slowly, and said, "How should I know? Go ask."
When the young man heard this, his head shrank: "I...I dare not."
The bearded man chuckled and said, "Why should I be afraid of that?" As he spoke, he stood up and walked towards the recruitment point.
"Ah? Big brother, wait for me." The young man hurried to catch up.
The bearded man struggled to squeeze into the crowd, slowly moving forward with complete lack of manners, and soon squeezed to the front row.
In front, the recruiting officer was giving a speech, and below were soldiers and administrative staff recording the information of the applicants.
The bearded man glanced up and saw that it was already densely packed with the names and information of dozens of people, and this was just the beginning.
And this place is just one of the many settlements in Yadun.
After a pause, the bearded man shouted in a loud voice, "Sir, can someone my age be a soldier?"
The recruiting officer above took one look at him and said, "No, you're too old. We only want those under 20 years old."
"Ah!?" The bearded man immediately added, "I've shot before, and I'm a pretty good shot!"
The recruiting officer shook his head and said, "Then leave your message. Someone will notify you when the time is right."
"But we generally want young people. If you have young people at home, you can let them try. If they are selected, they may have a stable job in the future!"
"Six thousand yuan, plus subsidies, is enough to support a whole family!"
The recruiting officer continued to shout, "We're only recruiting 4,000 people in the first batch. If you come too late, you won't have a chance!"
As he shouted, the crowd became more crowded.
The bearded man looked back, grabbed the collar of the young man following him, pushed him to the front, and shouted, "Hurry up and sign up, it's too late to have a chance."
"Ah!?" The young man was stunned, but when he saw the bearded man's gaze, he shrank his head and left his name honestly.
After leaving their names, the bearded man led the young man out of the crowd again.
For the recruitment points, they are just recording the names of the candidates now, and there will be several rounds of selection later.
Next, there was a physical test. They needed to climb mountains with heavy loads and intercept some of them. Then there was an assessment on whether they had touched weapons.
Another group of people will be screened out, and then a physical examination will be conducted to see if there are any diseases in the body, and another group of people will be screened out.
Finally, there will be an audit by administrative officers. They will investigate the family backgrounds of these candidate soldiers and try to select those with relatively clean backgrounds. At this stage, some people will be screened out.
The young man followed the bearded man out of the crowd. After getting away from the crowd, the young man couldn't help but ask, "Brother, why did you ask me to sign up?"
“What if I’m really chosen?”
The bearded man looked at the sky and said, "If you're selected, go ahead and serve them. You'll earn 6,000 yuan a month. That's enough to buy a lot of cigarettes. I want to go too."
The young man said with a bitter face: "This is not about money. What if I want to beat you?"
The bearded man laughed when he heard this and said, "Are you scared?"
"That would be even better. You can be inside and tip us off. Then we can run away in advance."
"When you get your salary, remember to buy more cigarettes and send some to us."
The young man got anxious and said, "Brother, I really don't want to go..."
The bearded man shook his head and said, "Alright, you're so anxious. Do you think you can get in just because you want to?"
The bearded man looked back at the crowded recruitment station and sighed, "Didn't you hear there are so many procedures to go through? You may not even be selected."
The young man thought about it carefully and said, "Yes, I will definitely be fine up front, but when they come to check my background, there's no way they'll choose me."
The bearded man laughed and said, "You're quite confident, kid. Do you think your physical condition can make it through the first few rounds? Putting aside other things, it's hard to say whether you have any physical illness or not."
As the two talked, they walked further and further away.
Although they left, the work at the recruitment point continued.
The speed of conscription is much faster than imagined.
On the first day alone, more than five thousand people signed up from various settlements.
This made Li Xin's staff change the plan overnight. Their original recruitment period was seven days, and they never expected that so many people would sign up.
The seven-day registration period was directly changed to three days.
As a result, after the registration data was summarized on the second day, the number of people reached 10,000.
In three days, a total of 25,000 people came to sign up. This number really scared Li Xin.
In the conference room, Li Xin looked at everyone else who also had unhappy expressions and said, "The situation in the Yadun region is probably much more serious than we imagined."
Weng Hua and Liu Yang also nodded repeatedly.
Li Xin grabbed the data report on the military enlistment and said, "In just two days, we have 25,000 people signing up. If we extend the time, the number will probably double or even more."
Li Xin glanced around, looking at the people in the conference room and the holographic projection, and said, "This shows that the Yadun region is like sitting on a powder keg!"
"There are so many unemployed young men with good physical qualities, plenty of energy, and the ability to handle firearms. They can't join the army, and they have nowhere to work. If they don't join the resistance, what else can they do?"
"Brothers, the road to peace in Adon is long and arduous!"
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