Chapter 13 Preparations before entering the camp, time to set off
According to Chen Mo's guess, when he went to the Armed Forces Department to fill out the application form for enlistment, the political commissar and the minister would definitely pull him aside to ask about the letter.
Find out everything about him.
After all, the two of them went to the house under the pretext of visiting a family of appropriate age, but they didn't ask too many questions. They must have had a lot of questions in their minds.
Unexpectedly, Chen Mo miscalculated this time.
When I followed Wang Mingming, an officer of the Military Department, to the Armed Forces Department's office on the second floor, I saw only Minister Cao Deming in the room, drinking tea from a white ceramic cup.
Political Commissar Dong Guoqiang was not there at all.
Seeing Chen Mo coming over, Cao Deming placed the porcelain jar on the desk, pointed to the side of the desk and said, "Xiao Wang, get a copy of the registration form for Chen Mo."
"Instruct him to fill it out, and then send him back to wait for notification."
"Yes, Minister."
After giving the instructions, Cao Deming slowly stood up, clasped his hands over his chest, and stared at Chen Mo sitting at the table filling out the form.
In fact, the conscription registration form does not contain much content. It is nothing more than filling in information such as name, age, education level and political status.
Chen Mo leaned over the desk, filling out the form carefully.
Cao Deming was responsible for checking the withdrawal certificate issued by the school and the household registration book. After confirming that they were correct, he looked down at Chen Mo's elegant handwriting.
He had basically confirmed that the letter mailed to them was written by this kid himself, even the handwriting was exactly the same.
It’s not that Lao Cao doesn’t want to ask further.
Mainly, even the political commissar praised Chen Mo for his profound skills in writing official documents and his sufficient preparations for joining the army.
Finally came to the conclusion that this guy was born to wear military uniform.
In addition, they have conducted a lot of private investigations in the past two days.
The results all showed that Chen Mo had a clean background, was of good pedigree, and had no problems whatsoever.
Cao Deming was no longer as suspicious as he was at the beginning. Even the conscription unit expressed its willingness to accept this man, so he stopped worrying so much.
"Chen Mo, fill out the form and go back."
"You've passed the primary election. Don't travel far in the near future. Just stay home and wait for the notification of the physical examination."
"Do you understand?"
"clear!!"
Chen Mo handed the completed form to Wang Mingming, stood in the office for a while, and saw Lao Cao pick up the teacup and drink water again.
I really don't mean to ask questions.
He then followed Wang Mingming downstairs and prepared to go home.
As for Cao Deming’s reminder not to travel far, that’s pure nonsense.
Before 2018, there were rarely any pre-service training arrangements for conscription in various places, and even if there were, it only happened in certain regions.
Anyway, there is no such step in their father city.
The process of conscription registration is preliminary selection, physical examination, and political review.
After the Armed Forces Department transfers the household registration, the recruits will be sent to the military units. It usually takes no more than one month from the start of conscription to the sending away.
According to his memories from his previous life, Chen Mo remembered that he was sent to Shanxi Province at the end of December, and even spent the New Year in the army. In total, he only had half a month left.
I have to come to the city several times during this period, it’s not a long journey at all.
On the way back to the village.
Chen Mo turned his head and looked out the window at the county town in the late 1990s, but his mind had already drifted to the army.
No matter how confident he was in these two days, he could handle the enlistment with his own abilities.
But before the dust settles, there will always be doubts in my heart.
Now that even the Minister of the People's Armed Forces said that he had passed the primary election, Chen Mo had nothing to worry about.
Next, he had to prepare to enter the military camp.
Although the troops at this point in time in 1998 could not compare to the era of "red epaulettes, green uniforms, half-squatting horse stance with guns slung across the body", the army was still full of individual kings.
But compared with later generations, the current military camp is still a period of "fighting among gods".
Otherwise, those motorized infantrymen are said to be faster than motorcycles. Guess which batch of veterans earned this reputation?
In the military camp in the late 1990s, it was okay to mess with privates or corporals, as they were at most greenhorns.
But if you mess with a corporal, sergeant or staff sergeant, you'll be in big trouble.
There is no one in this group who is not cruel.
Because these are veterans who have been in the army for more than three years, they are not as gentle as the non-commissioned officers of later generations. To give an inappropriate example, if you buy cigarettes for these people, you have to give them change.
Not absolutely, but very common. If you want to get along in this environment, you have to be stronger than them and have a harder fist than them.
In addition to this group of people, there is a group of even more ruthless people in the military camp.
That is volunteer soldiers. Volunteer soldiers are a general term, but they can be divided into two types if further subdivided.
Specialist Sergeants and Master Sergeants.
The one carrying a thick bar on his shoulder and a thin crutch is a professional sergeant, and the one carrying two thin bars and a crutch is a sergeant major.
Professional sergeants are generally transferred directly from conscripts to volunteers in the army. Most of them are technical types, but there are some in grassroots companies. As long as there are one or two, they are definitely the best soldiers.
His service age is comparable to that of the regiment commander, and he is the type who can move around the company.
Sergeants are graduates of non-commissioned officer academies, and their number is very small. In any case, they are not easy to deal with.
As for why professional sergeants and sergeant majors are more ruthless than conscripts, it is because during this period, if a conscript wanted to transfer to a volunteer soldier, he had to serve for five years and could only be transferred in the sixth year.
Think about it, if a new recruit meets a volunteer veteran like this, can he get the upper hand?
Some of these people are veterans who have just returned from the battlefield. They are all crabs and are very aggressive.
Because Chen Mo knew the situation of the army, he decided that he must improve his physical fitness as soon as possible before joining the army.
Otherwise, when you arrive at the military camp and face a group of veterans who want to make progress, it will not be easy to stand out.
After returning home, Chen Mo moved all the books and bedding he brought back from school into the house.
Farewell Wang Mingming.
Without wasting any time, Chen Mo went straight to the place where the wood was piled at home, ready to pick out a thicker wooden bar to practice physical fitness.
Fortunately, my father is a carpenter and often helps people make furniture, so we have a lot of wood stored at home.
Chen Mo picked up a wooden bar that was about one meter long and more than thirty centimeters in diameter, and began to exercise on his own.
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Fourteen days passed in the blink of an eye.
During this period, Chen Mo got up early before dawn every day, ran to Shuiquanling a few kilometers away, found the wooden bars he had hidden, and ran with them on his back or in his arms.
Occasionally, I would change my style and run while holding a stone. Every time, I would run until I was exhausted and almost collapsed on the ground.
I will continue running after I regain some strength.
The only thing that can support Chen Mo in this kind of self-abuse preparatory training is his urgent determination to improve.
He knew very well that if he relaxed, he would probably miss the opportunities of this era again.
God gave him a chance to start over, he couldn't afford to lose, and he couldn't lose.
Don't think this is an exaggeration.
Maybe in Xinglong Village, there is only one person like Chen Mo who works so hard, but if he joins the army, there will be many people who grit their teeth and dare to fight.
If you want to make progress, you can't be lazy at all.
It was almost noon on December 28th.
After running on the ridge for most of the day, Chen Mo dragged his tired body back home.
What’s different from before is that today, in addition to my mother Liu Fenglan and my sister Chen Jing, even my father is at home.
Including the village chief.
I watched my mother stuffing a pile of clothes and snacks into the bag I got from the People's Armed Forces Department.
The long carrying bag is almost stuffed into a circle.
Chen Mo knew it was time to set off.
The order for the armed forces to assemble has arrived.
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