After entering the door, I met the battalion commander Liang Hu. The two recruits stood upright.
Upon seeing this, Liang Hu greeted the two of them kindly: "Sit down."
As he spoke, he pointed to the two chairs in front of his desk.
After the two of them sat down, Liang Hu personally poured water for them.
Zhang Jian did not move, and Li Zheng stood up subconsciously: "Batalion Commander, I will do it myself."
Liang Hu held his shoulders, pushed him back into the chair, and ordered without any explanation: "Sit down."
After pouring water for the two of them, Liang Hu returned to his seat, picked up a piece of white paper on the table and looked at it for a few times.
"Today in our battalion's recruit test, you two scored the best. Tell me, why did you join the army?"
Li Zheng and Zhang Jian were both shocked.
In fact, before joining the army, the recruiting cadres and the Ministry of Armed Forces have conducted investigations and filled out forms, including the motivation for joining the army and whether they are voluntary, etc.
Now that they have just joined the army, the battalion commander solemnly called the two of them to the battalion headquarters just to ask such a question?
Of course the two recruits would not understand why Liang Hu asked this.
But for Liang Hu, he had other considerations.
What Li Haiou said before getting in the car was not without purpose, but a targeted reminder to Liang Hu.
The Fourth Company is a flag of the Tiger Regiment. Among all the companies in the entire regiment, this company has the strongest combat effectiveness. Because of the performance of the Fourth Company in the history of the Tiger Regiment, the Fourth Company is called the Sharpshooter Company, not only because of its good marksmanship, but also because of its good marksmanship.
Instead, the Fourth Company has maintained a special tradition and set up a sniper squad in the company.
Of course, this class is not within the establishment, but is created by themselves. The members of the class are actually under the management and training of each platoon. However, in addition to the training in the platoon, they also need to undergo a week-long professional sniper training once a month.
The reasons for establishing this sniper squad are simple. One is to maintain tradition, and the other is to use one squad to drive the entire fourth company and improve the shooting level of the entire company.
As a soldier, especially an infantryman, marksmanship is particularly important.
Every year, group armies, divisions and regiments have various assessment competitions. At critical moments, the sniper squad of the fourth company can play a role and win honors for the Tigers.
The squad leader of this sniper squad was none other than the acting platoon leader Hou Jun.
Over the years, Hou Jun has brought out many sharpshooters.
It's just that the profession of sniping requires not only hard training, but also talent.
Although Hou Jun's talent is not top-notch, he is fortunate to be diligent.
There are really not many soldiers like him who are willing to devote themselves wholeheartedly to the sniper profession and study hard and practice hard.
Although the shooting level of the Fourth Company has been very good over the years, no one dares to claim the second place among the Tigers, and it is even the best in the E Division.
It's a pity that except for a top sniper like Hou Jun, there is no successor.
No, strictly speaking, there is no successor.
There once was a very talented soldier who also loved the sniper profession very much. That person was Zhong Rui, who now gets angry just by mentioning it.
Zhong Rui is the most powerful and talented sniper in the Fourth Company since Hou Jun. In his first year as a soldier, he won the second place in the regiment's annual shooting assessment, second only to Hou Jun.
In the second year, he participated in the top training team organized by E Division. Under Hou Jun's careful training, he broke the best record of the second-year soldiers in the comprehensive shooting subject in the competition. This record was maintained by Hou Jun for five full years.
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Zhong Rui became a non-commissioned officer in his third year. Hou Jun had great expectations for him. He taught him every step of the way and gave him all his money without reservation.
In the third year, the two formed a sniper team to participate in the military sniper competition and won first place in one fell swoop.
Just when Hou Jun was happy that he had a successor, and when Li Haiou and the cadres in the battalion felt that the Fourth Company could be glorious for at least a few more years, a few people suddenly came from the regiment, saying they were the leaders of the special brigade.
Afterwards, Zhong Rui was called to the regiment headquarters, and a colonel among the visitors asked him if he would like to join the Special Forces Brigade of Group A.
The special brigade of Army Group A is called the Blood Wolf Special Brigade. It was originally a special brigade of the military region. Later, it was entrusted to Army Group A after the military reform. However, they are actually still under the direct control of the military region, so this brigade has privileges in many aspects.
One of them is to transfer people.
Zhong Rui himself had no idea that he would be spotted by the Blood Wolf Brigade because of the shooting contest in the military area.
Although Hou Jun is also outstanding, the captain of the Blood Wolf Brigade has such a vicious vision. He can tell at a glance that Zhong Rui has much greater potential than Hou Jun. Moreover, Hou Jun was already a second-term non-commissioned officer at the time.
The prime time belonging to a special forces soldier is obviously running out, but Zhong Rui is different. He is only in his third year of service and the sun is rising.
After seeing Zhong Rui's performance at the competition, the captain of the Blood Wolf Brigade went back to the military area to ask for transfer orders, but then he turned around and came to the D Group Army to ask for someone.
Whether to accept the transfer order is actually debatable.
Where to be a soldier and what kind of soldier to be, many times it is still voluntary. Especially when recruiting people for special forces, there must first be a basis - voluntariness.
That kind of place is not something ordinary people can go to. To put it harshly, they can endure at least one ten-kilometer cross-country trip every day, survive in the wilderness once a month, and be stationed in various environments across the country for a month or even several months every year without complaining.
The soldiers who enjoy it are definitely not ordinary soldiers.
From the perspective of some people, they are even a group of lunatics.
A bunch of lunatics asking for trouble.
When the colonel asked Zhong Rui for his opinion, Li Haiou, who was the deputy commander next to him at the time, had his own little calculation in mind. He knew the recruitment procedures of the special forces very well, so he specially reminded Zhong Rui: "You can go or not."
Decide for yourself, no one can force you."
The implication is that Zhong Rui should stay in the Fourth Company of the Tiger Regiment.
It's a pity that Zhong Rui looked at Li Haiou, the regiment leader, and the colonel from the Blood Wolf Brigade, then he stuttered and said: "I...I'm going..."
The final word.
Hou Jun later slapped the table when he mentioned this matter in front of Liang Hu, saying that Zhong Rui was a heartless person. If it hadn't been for the careful training of the Fourth Company and himself in the past few years, how could he have learned this skill of hitting the target with perfect accuracy?
Once you have learned a skill, your wings have become strong, and you have high branches to climb on, why don’t you pat your butt and leave?
"What a fool! That boy's heart has been caught by a wolf!"
These were Hou Jun's original words at the time.
Now Liang Hu has found the two most outstanding recruits, just to test their minds and see if they are willing to stay in the army.
If you want to, then cultivate it well.
After all, Hou Jun will complete his third term in three years, and there are not many opportunities to stay. With him gone, the Fourth Company will always need to raise another flag.
"Zhang Jian, please speak first."
Liang Hu pointed at Zhang Jian and called his name.
Zhang Jianli immediately replied: "Three generations of my family have been soldiers. Serving in the army is a mission. It is our duty to protect our family and the country!"
Liang Hu was stunned for a moment, and then said: "I don't want to listen to high-profile people, just talk to me in human terms."
Li Zheng secretly glanced at Zhang Jian next to him, thinking that this guy must not be telling the truth.
The reason is very simple. When Shao Xiaoqian and she met Zhang Jian in the compound before, they had never heard Zhang Jian say that he wanted to become a soldier.
If Zhang Jian wants to go, he will definitely not hide it from Shao Xiaoqian.
Obviously, that was a temporary decision made by Zhang Jian after he knew that Shao Xiaoqian was going to join the army.
Combined with Zhang Jian's attitude towards him, Li Zheng had reason to think that Zhang Jian was here for him.
But he wanted to serve as a soldier because of himself. What reason could he give?