Chapter 516 Recruiting into the Army
“A sneeze...a sneeze...a sneeze!!!”
Frederick did not expect that he would sneeze in a warm box bed.
The temperature outside is now close to minus 20 degrees, the temperature in the longhouse is around 10 degrees, and the temperature inside the box bed is over 20 degrees.
“Are you catching a cold?” Jin Li, who was painting “Detective Holmes and Bloody Footprints” three times next to her, was a little nervous. “Do you feel dizzy?”
As she said this, she climbed on top of Frederick and pressed her forehead against his to see if he had a fever.
Heli on the other side put down her book and said, "I don't think it's a big problem. I'll cook some sweaty food later and go to the steam room to steam it for a longer time."
This is the way to treat colds, and the effect is not bad.
Jin Li said to Heli: "Today it's your turn to go to the steam room. Naturally, you think it would be better to stay longer."
Heli laughed "hehehe".
Frederick continued to mark the places where iron ore was found on the map. During these days, he found a main vein and more than 20 small veins in the Grouse Forest. The ore was of high quality and had high mining value.
There are only four hours of daylight now, and the polar night will soon usher in. Outdoor activities have basically stopped, and everyone has begun to hunker down for the winter.
But in the Principality of Wesson, the army still has to train in the snowy winter.
Metzger was wearing a blue and black double-breasted officer's uniform, with a medal hanging slightly larger than others on the left side of his chest. He looked energetically at the more than a hundred soldiers of his company in front of him.
He was supposed to be a platoon leader now, but when Eugene formed the new team, he asked him by name and gave him a company commander.
According to the military system of the Wesson Army, the company commander already belonged to the aristocratic class, with a knighthood and no fiefdom, but his salary was quite high.
The Duchy of Wesson originally did not have many nobles. Later, Frederick established his own aristocratic management agency, the Bureau of Heraldry, with reference to the House of Heralds. This department was led by himself.
Metzger’s canonization paperwork went through the process quickly because his resume was so perfect.
He is the most authentic old Wessonite. Before the Wesson family came, his ancestors were raising and killing pigs in the countryside near Weisenburg City.
His military exploits were outstanding. He killed a count and an emperor successively. During the Battle of the Trade Route, with the help of Hoffman, he captured a bunch of small nobles who fled the battlefield.
Moreover, he did well in the military academy and has a bright future.
So Metzger became a company commander after coming to the new unit. He had three infantry platoons, a Pea Gatling squad, two correspondents and four medics, with more than a hundred people under his command.
Now there were more than a hundred people standing in a neat line in front of him, which made him feel a lot of pressure.
Some of the recruits in this company were transferred from other units. The platoon leader was an acquaintance who had experienced the Six-Day Defense War. The squad leader had followed Frederick for at least 800 years on the Elbe River. One hundred thousand, veterans participated in the battle to recover Constantbul.
What Metzger has to do now is to convince those veterans. They are the skeleton of the company. If there is a problem with the bones, it will be useless no matter how much muscle they have.
"You..." He looked at the three platoon leaders, "Is there anyone who refuses to accept my position as company commander?"
The three platoon leaders and more than half of the squad leaders all stood up straight, looking straight in the face. Ahead, I dare not take a big breath.
Zobel stood next to the squad leader Crom. Seeing the squad leader acting like this, he was extremely nervous.
Metzger seemed very satisfied. The first thing he did during their first meeting today was that everything went smoothly. He nodded and continued: "From today onwards, we are half brothers. Now everyone comes to the front and introduces himself to the brothers."
"I'll start first. I met Metzger. He is 32 years old. He comes from Weissenburg. Before joining the army, he was a pig butcher..."
Starting from him, one soldier after another stepped forward to commit suicide. Report home.
"My name is Zobel." He is the largest of the recruits. "I am 20 years old. I come from the Wesson-Bokner shipyard. I was a shipyard worker before joining the army."
In The person who came forward after him was a tall and thin young man. When he stood there, his head was covered with sweat. He stumbled and said: "I...my name is Zickel. I am...18 years old this year. I come from Putz canton." Cliff Village used to be a place for gathering herbs.”
Metzger had seen the information of everyone in the company earlier. Among the dozens of recruits, only Zikkel was from New South Wales, and he was good at climbing. The cliffs are said to be as easy to climb as climbing a tree.
This military camp is stationed with a regiment and 3,000 people in affiliated units. It has facilities such as a live-fire shooting range, a football field, an obstacle course, and a teaching building.
Today is the first day that the company was officially established. After everyone introduced themselves, Metzger led the whole company to get to know the military camp, and finally gathered in front of the cafeteria to prepare for lunch.
The recruits had gone through two and a half months of recruit training and were used to singing before lunch.
Zikkel followed his class to queue up and receive his lunch.
The staple food for lunch today is noodles. A 500g ball of noodles is placed in a mesh spoon. When cooked, pour it into a bowl, followed by a spoonful of about 150g minced pork, a large spoonful of red pork noodles. Tomato sauce, a spoonful of 30 grams of oil, and various add-ons.
Zikkel found something in the bowl that he had never seen before, a golden piece that looked like it should be food.
He picked it up with a fork and observed it for a while. Zobel, who was sitting next to him, saw it and said to him: "This is fried bean cheese. It is very delicious."
“Beans can make cheese?” Zikkel was surprised. This was something he had never heard of before. “The people outside your mountains are really capable of anything. I wouldn’t be surprised if they could fly in the sky one day. "
Zobel said while eating: "I have flown into the sky."
The squad leader Crom sitting on the other side of him smiled and said: "You went to Nanhu Park to take a hot air balloon. Come on. Zikr, don’t think he can fly very well. I’ll ask you to fly once you’re on vacation.”
Unexpectedly, Zobel said: "Squad leader, what I'm talking about is not a hot air balloon or a hot air airship. It's something else." I go to see it often, and I also help with the production. If I hadn’t been in the military camp, I wouldn’t have said anything.”
“Oh, it’s a pity that I am overweight, otherwise I would have gone to the Air Force, where there are many beautiful female soldiers. "
He said and finally looked at his thick arms and sighed.
The shipyard itself is very profitable. As a skilled worker who graduated from a technical school run by the carpenters' guild, the salary is not low, and one person has enough to eat and the whole family is not hungry. After work, he spends his money on fitness and eating. On.
Crom looked at him carefully for a while and said with certainty: "You must have fallen in love with a female soldier in the Air Force. Tell me who it is. I will help you find out who her boyfriend is, so that you can give up."
Zobel replied with a black line: "Squad leader, you will be shot from behind on the battlefield like this."
Zikr on the side felt that he did not understand. What else will they say.
(End of this chapter)