Fulkby Hill Military Camp, as its name suggests, is a military camp located on a hill. However, Claude discovered that the scale of the military camp did not seem to be large from the bottom of the mountain.
After getting off the carriage and waving goodbye to Uncle Osker, Claude walked towards the sentry post in front of him. This sentry post was somewhat similar to the toll booths in his previous life. It was a simple wooden bungalow with a crossbar on the road. Only after inspection and obtaining
Only permitted vehicles can enter the road up the mountain after the crossbar is raised.
Three or four soldiers were on guard duty, and they kept staring at Claude who got off the carriage. This was not a busy place with people coming and going, and there was nothing new and interesting. It was rare for someone to be sent over by a carriage, so it became everyone's concern.
object.
Claude walked over, made a distinction, and came to a soldier whose epaulette was different from the other three soldiers. He took out the recruitment order from his backpack: "Hello, I received the recruitment order. Where should I report?
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It's just that this soldier whose epaulette had two more red lines than the other soldiers did not take the conscription order from Claude. Instead, he shouted to another soldier: "Xialino, come and see, the conscription order has come to us."
If he reports, you take him to the mountain to find Lieutenant Hokum."
"Sorry, sir, I can't read." After shouting with the soldier, the soldier said to Claude apologetically.
"Uh..." Claude didn't expect others to be illiterate: "I was too rash. I'm sorry. My name is Claude Field, from White Deer City."
"It's okay." The soldier laughed: "I used to play around when I was a child, and I got a headache when I saw these words. I couldn't learn them. As a result, I am now blind. My name is Valeric Armstrong.
Just call me Walker."
"Nice to meet you, Commander Walker, we will be colleagues from now on." Claude said.
At this time, the soldier named Sharino had already read the recruitment order. He nodded to Walker: "Sergeant, he is here to receive non-commissioned officer training and reports to us."
"Then you wait here for a while. A transport carriage will arrive later. You can sit together and go up the mountain. This will save you some effort. Come on, you can sit here first. It's windy and cooler here." Confirmed Crowe
After De came to receive sergeant training, the sergeant named Walker became obviously more enthusiastic.
"Thank you." Claude was not polite. He sat down on a row of wooden stools against the wall outside the wooden bungalow and started chatting with the soldiers. Soon he learned that this man was called Hua Hua.
Gram's sergeant is also one of the candidates to receive the non-commissioned officer training this time. He has served in the Blue Feathers for three and a half years and was nominated for this non-commissioned officer training because of his outstanding performance.
"It seems that I need to ask for more advice from you in the future. Sir Walker, you are already a veteran, but I have just joined the army and I don't understand anything. It seems that I need more guidance from you this time for the non-commissioned officer training to prevent me from making mistakes."
Lord was just polite, but Sergeant Walker shook his head.
"I can't help you, Claude." Sergeant Walker said sternly: "In fact, you and I are training separately for this non-commissioned officer training, and we cannot be together."
"Why?" Claude was curious.
After Sergeant Walker's explanation, Claude understood that the Blue Feather Legion's non-commissioned officer training was originally intended to select personnel from veterans. After non-commissioned officer training, they would be promoted to sergeants to prepare for next year's military expansion.
.But I didn’t expect that as soon as the news spread, various connections, old friends from higher-level departments, etc. all wrote letters requesting to obtain one or several training quotas, so that the talents they recommended could skip the soldier stage and directly obtain the qualification of the lowest-level officer.
Generally speaking, in the kingdom's military system, a new recruit must first undergo a three-month recruit training and then become a private. If he performs well, he can become a corporal after one year, and if his performance is average, he can become a corporal after two years.
Corporal. If you perform well as a corporal, you can be promoted to sergeant after one year. If you perform well, you have to go through seniority. It also takes two years to be promoted to sergeant. The same goes for going from sergeant to staff sergeant.
In other words, even if you perform very well in the army, it will take at least three and a half years for a civilian recruit to become a sergeant. Regardless of whether they are a corporal or a sergeant, they are still soldiers and do not belong to the officer class.
Only after you become a sergeant and your outstanding performance is appreciated by your superiors, you may be nominated to be promoted to a non-commissioned officer one to two years later. The non-commissioned officer is the lowest officer class. From this moment on, you can surpass the lowest level of a soldier.
level, entering the rank of quasi-officers or junior officers. However, there is another layer above this, which is the sergeant chief, also known as the reserve force of second lieutenant. After the sergeant chief, he is the second lieutenant, which is the official status of the kingdom.
In the military establishment, whether serving or retired, the military rank of second lieutenant or above can be regarded as an honorary title that will last a lifetime.
During peacetime, most of the kingdom's major field legions and local garrison troops only retain the legion structure and a small number of fully-equipped troops to reduce military expenditures. However, once the kingdom faces a war, it will quickly recruit troops and expand each field legion. From a certain
In this sense, the kingdom does not lack senior officers and generals, but it lacks low-level officers and low-level officers. Because it is these low-level officers and low-level officers who train and direct new soldiers to enter the battlefield.
The training of non-commissioned officers of the Blue Feather Corps has suddenly become a hot topic in the eyes of all parties. Not to mention becoming a sergeant, becoming a non-commissioned officer is equivalent to skipping the soldier stage and directly becoming a grassroots officer, which is equivalent to at least
It saves five years. Even if you become a non-commissioned officer or a master sergeant, you still have to lead soldiers to the battlefield, resulting in heavy casualties. But life and death depend on fate, and wealth is in the sky. Becoming a grassroots officer has a higher battlefield survival rate than becoming a soldier.
Apart from anything else, even if someone is injured on the battlefield, the officer should be rescued first and then the soldier.
Because there are too many favors to build relationships, the Blue Feather Corps had to decide to divide the personnel for non-commissioned officer training into two groups. One group is outstanding veterans selected from the army. They will be directly promoted to sergeants after the training. The other group
The first batch of personnel are those recommended by connections and favors. The non-commissioned officer training they receive will be more rigorous and longer than that received by veterans. Considering that many recommended personnel have no experience in enlisting in the military, they are all
A three-month recruit training period was added, followed by non-commissioned officer training.
Well, Claude finally understood what was going to happen to him. According to Sergeant Walker, after receiving three months of recruit training, he would have to undergo another three months of noncommissioned officer training. It is conceivable that
You know how difficult the next six months will be...
After sitting for a while, a long transport convoy arrived, delivering food to the military camp on the hill. Claude and the soldier named Sharino climbed into the carriage and met Sergeant Walker and the other two.
After the soldiers said goodbye, they sat on the flour bags piled high and swayed up the mountain.
Fukebi Hill is not very high, and is only about fifty or sixty meters above the ground. However, the mountain road is very long, with twists and turns. Sharino said that this is actually a logistics base for the Blue Feather Legion, where the legion is stationed.
The land is not here, but to the west of the city of Conigada. There are more than 30,000 people in the camp there and nearly 4,000 tents. The view is endless and very spectacular.
The transport carriage walked on the mountain road for nearly half an hour and finally arrived at the military camp. This was actually because the speed was too slow. Claude believed that it would only take about ten minutes to walk from the bottom of the mountain to the military camp faster. The main reason for the carriage's slowness was that it was carrying
The flour was too much and too heavy, and the two packhorses pulling the cart were a bit old. Although they were moving steadily, they were not very fast. In addition, the convoy had to keep a distance. If the front one slowed down, the ones behind could not catch up.
It seems that the Fulkebi Hill Military Camp is indeed a logistics base as Sharino said. Because the houses here are all large warehouses with stone and wood structures. Claude thinks that this is probably the reason why he reported here.
There is a large playground. This playground is very big, nearly four or five times larger than the playground in the junior high school in Bailu Town. Moreover, rows of gray and white tents have been set up beside the playground. It seems that the Blue Feather Legion is likely to be
Use this logistics base as a training ground for NCO training.
Soldier Sharino led Claude towards a row of log bungalows. Claude noticed that on the outer wall of this row of log bungalows, the words "Training Department" were written in white paint on a thick log.
In front of the two closed wooden doors, Sharino knocked on the door, and soon a loud voice inside said: "Come in."
Pushing the door open and walking in, Sharino stood at attention: "Report, Private Sharino, on the order of Sergeant Walker, bring a conscript here to report."
The wooden house was not big inside, only about fourteen or five square meters. There were three desks inside, but behind only one desk sat a square-faced and bearded second lieutenant, writing something. He looked up at Xia Li
Nuo: "Soldier, please rest. Lieutenant Hokum is not here, but you can hand over the conscripts to me and you can go back."
"Yes, sir." Sharino saluted, turned around, winked at Claude, and left without saying a word.
Claude stepped forward and said, "Hello, Mr. Second Lieutenant, I have received the recruitment order and come to report."
The second lieutenant with a square face and a big beard looked at Claude briefly and rubbed his forehead with his fingers: "Put your recruitment order, pass and identity documents on the table. I'll check them first."
"Okay, Mr. Second Lieutenant." Claude obeyed obediently.
After casually glancing at the recruitment order, the square-faced and bearded second lieutenant no longer paid attention to this. What he wanted to check was the stamp on the pass and the identity document.
"Why did you stay in Baimu City for a day?" The second lieutenant was very careful. From the stamp on the pass, he could tell Claude's itinerary.
"There is no other way. Baimu City wants to arrest fugitives and close the city for a day. I can only stay in the guest room of the tavern and sleep for a day." Claude replied.
"Oh, that's right." The second lieutenant didn't say much. After checking that the stamp on the pass was correct, he put it aside and picked up his identity document.
"Yes, I graduated from a junior high school with the first place in physical education and was recommended by Viscount Felidos. No wonder you can come to participate in this non-commissioned officer training. I finally found a decent candidate. It is more troublesome than those crooked people who put in effort to give gifts.
It's much better to get in. Your name is Claude Field?"
It seems that this second lieutenant with a square face and a big beard is a very straightforward soldier, and he dislikes those people who seek favors to obtain qualifications for this non-commissioned officer training. Claude quickly replied: "Yes, Mr. Second Lieutenant, I am K.
Lord Field."
"From now on, in the army, you have to be called "Sir" or have a higher rank. You cannot be called "Mr." The second lieutenant with a square face and a big beard said, and then he pulled the bell rope hanging by the wall with his hand. He took out a form from the drawer and handed it over.
To Claude: "Register."
This is an application form to voluntarily enlist in the military. All that needs to be written on it is gender, age, name, home address, family members and immediate family relationships, etc.
Soon there was a knock on the door, and a corporal came in.
"Corporal Gro, what's the name of this you brought?" The square-faced and bearded second lieutenant looked at the name on the identification document again: "Claude Field went to the enlistment office to register as a recruit. This identification document
You take it over and put it in the file, and also make arrangements for the camping tent. Wait a moment, after he has finished writing this form, I will stamp it and then he can leave."
"Yes, Second Lieutenant Gilp." Corporal Gero stood at attention and said.
Claude had finished writing the form. The square-faced and bearded second lieutenant named Gilp checked it and found that there were no errors or omissions. He picked up the seal on the table and stamped the form, and then handed it in along with the identity document.
To that Corporal Gero.
"Go with Corporal Gero, Claude, you have to remember that from today on, you are a soldier of the Blue Feather Legion." Second Lieutenant Gilp said.