Chapter 294 New Soldiers Join the Army
In Salt Lake Village, the next morning, the conscription test was held as normal.
Everyone who was willing to join the army came, including Hongshi and Heimu.
The conscription test at this stage is basically not difficult. Generally speaking, as long as you are not sick and your physical fitness and athletic ability are up to standard, you can easily pass it.
People like those in the mine all do physical work and are definitely not bad in terms of physical fitness and strength, so it is easy for them to pass this test.
Of course, according to their leader's request, they didn't want every one of them.
Here, the treatment for soldiers is quite good, and many people want to join the army. If they accept all the soldiers, how can other departments and places run smoothly? Zhou Xu didn't intend to mess up his logistics.
When a war breaks out, logistics is of paramount importance!
If there is a problem with logistics and the supply of materials cannot keep up, even an army of one million will have no choice but to retreat.
When it comes to military strength, Zhou Xu's idea is very clear. He wants to go the elite route.
According to Zhou Xu's idea, for this batch of new soldiers, twenty more people should be recruited for training first. Compared with the past, the number of recruits this time is already large.
If the number of people who pass the enlistment test exceeds this number, then the top twenty with better scores will be selected.
It didn't take too much time to confirm the group of 20 new recruits, and they were sent to a training camp outside Black Moon Village on the same day.
There used to be a forest outside the Black Moon Village. In order to obtain timber, the logging team cut down a large number of trees in the forest and cleared a piece of open space.
Later, Zhou Xu established a training camp for new recruits on this open space. The new recruits and instructors lived and ate here, independent of the Black Moon Village to avoid interference between the two sides.
By the time this group of new recruits arrived, it was already almost evening, so the day's training could not be carried out.
After the instructor simply called the roll and spoke a few words, he took them to the dormitory.
As soon as they approached, the faces of the hard laborers, including Hongshi and Heimu, began to look dazed.
They had seen these houses from afar, and their fellow workers in the mines would talk about them from time to time, so they had a general idea of what these houses were like.
Everyone thought that after they finished their hard labor and earned money, they would definitely move into a house like this.
But I didn't expect that this day would come so suddenly.
But the instructor didn't care about all that and just pushed the door open.
The interior of the dormitory is very simple. The beds basically take up about 80% of the space, and they are all wooden beds with upper and lower bunks. Eight people live in one dormitory.
"You guys, this dormitory, you guys can discuss the upper and lower bunks among yourselves, everyone else follow me."
As he spoke, the instructor led the rest of the people to the next dormitory.
Standing in the dormitory corridor and looking at the neatly made bed, even Hongshi felt that it was a little unreal at this moment.
Until coming to the dormitory, Kuroki, who was still feeling a little regretful about his decision to join the army, couldn't help but take a deep breath.
【This matter doesn’t seem so bad! 】
At this moment, the new recruits who have just passed the enlistment test are undoubtedly excited and full of expectations for their future.
On the first night, everyone was so excited that they couldn’t even sleep.
It was not until five o'clock the next morning that the bronze bell symbolizing the assembly rang urgently! Because the recruits were too excited the night before and fell asleep until midnight, they were still not awake at this moment.
"It's so noisy! What time is it now?"
At this moment, Hongshi was so sleepy that he couldn't even open his eyes. After being awakened by the sound of the bronze bell, there was an undisguised annoyance in his voice.
Until a roommate's voice sounded in the dormitory...
"Wait a minute, I remember the instructor said yesterday that once the bell rings, we must gather on the playground within half an hour!"
Hearing this, Hongshi, who was still in a daze the moment before, suddenly woke up the next moment. He jumped up from the bed like a carp, scaring the new recruit sleeping in the lower bunk.
Before the new recruit could say anything, Hongshi jumped down from the upper bunk, put on his clothes in a few seconds, and rushed out of the dormitory like a flash.
At this moment, others also reacted and got up.
There is no need for any skill in the running of Red Stone. It is all driven by the strength of its legs and its explosive power.
But for short-distance running, it is enough.
By the time he rushed to the playground to gather, half of the time had passed and there were only five new recruits standing on the playground.
This made Hongshi feel greatly relieved, thinking that he should not be late.
They had already been taught about lining up when they took the enlistment test yesterday, so the instructor didn't need to say much now, and Hongshi quickly joined the line.
"Time's up."
At the same time, half a quarter of an hour passed quickly, and when the recruits were lined up in a square formation, it was basically obvious that a few people were missing.
He counted in his mind, and when the last two people arrived, the instructor spoke expressionlessly...
"We are now in this playground. One lap is 500 meters. The normal physical training in the morning is to run 5,000 meters, which is 10 laps! However, two people were late. The slowest one was three minutes late. One minute will add one lap. Everyone has to run 13 laps!"
As soon as the instructor said this, there was an uproar at the scene.
Among them, Hongshi even shouted out loud...
"No, instructor..."
"Shout report!"
Hongshi's words were sternly rebuked by the instructor.
"Everyone must shout 'report' before speaking. You can only speak when I allow you to speak, otherwise you are not allowed to speak!"
The instructor's scolding made Hongshi feel annoyed.
Fortunately, he has been mining in the mine for more than half a year, and his temper has been tempered a lot. If it were in the past, he would definitely have taken action directly.
But even so, it couldn't change his dissatisfaction at the moment.
"Report!"
The instructor glanced at Hongshi.
"explain!"
"They are the ones who are late, why should we have to run three more laps too?!"
In fact, Hongshi didn’t care how many laps he ran. He just couldn’t stand the anger.
Looking at Hongshi who looked dissatisfied, the instructor had a blank expression. Basically, there were always a few troublemakers in every batch, and he was basically used to it.
"Suppose on a battlefield, the leader gives you an order to ambush at a certain location, but two of you make a mistake and are discovered by the enemy. At that time, will the enemy only kill them? Are you going to tell the enemy that they were the ones who were exposed, so why should they kill you?!"
The instructor's simple and crude example left Hongshi completely speechless.
"Listen to me, everyone. This is the only time I will explain this to you. Since you are a soldier, you must follow an iron rule, which is to obey orders! After this, I will not allow anyone to question my orders."
As he spoke, the instructor's voice suddenly rose several decibels.
"Everyone, two more laps, fifteen laps, run!"
Update is here, thanks to book friend 'Loyster' for the reward!
(End of this chapter)
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