Chapter 746 Recruiting new soldiers
Sun Zhen followed the team and was about to board the ship. Finally he couldn't help but approached Lieutenant Tang and asked, "Sir, where are we going by boat? Are you sending me to Qiongzhou Island?"
Second Lieutenant Tang looked back at Sun Zhen and responded with a smile: "Where is it so easy to get to Qiongzhou Island? We are sending you to Penghu Island next door to accept the review for enlistment. If you fail, you will have to be sent back to the immigration camp to continue your stay. ”
Sun Zhen muttered: "We didn't check it from head to toe before, so why do we need to check it again?"
"The previous inspection was for immigration, and it is not the same as the inspection for joining the militia. You will know when you get there!" Lieutenant Tang only said one sentence without explaining in detail. He waved his hand and said: "Follow the team. , don’t think too much, get on the boat!”
Sun Zhen had nothing to gain and thought he had nothing to worry about. He looked at Penghu Island, which was clearly visible a few miles away, and then followed the team onto the boat.
In fact, if the standard immigration recruitment process is followed, newly arrived immigrants must first undergo an observation period of at least seven to ten days to confirm that they are not suffering from various acute infectious diseases, and then they can begin to accept registration for military service. However, this Penghu base is somewhat different from other places that receive immigrants. That is, all islands here, including Baisha Island, are still under military control. The person in charge here is military general Qian Tiandun. Therefore, all resources and actions The rules also all tend to favor the military.
With Qian Tiandun's style of doing things, he would naturally not wait for these new immigrants to stay here for a long time, then transfer them to Hainan Island, where they would then select people from among the immigrants who arrived to join the army. After completing the recruit training, they would then Assigned to serve in Fujian. Rather than going in such a big circle, it would be better to recruit soldiers directly from the time immigrants arrive here. After leading the Annan militia who were good at fighting in tropical environments, Qian Tiandun also gained great confidence in his ability to lead troops. At the same time, he also gained the trust of the Executive Committee and the military, which authorized him to recruit and train new soldiers. have autonomy.
There is a deep-water port at the Penghu base, which can provide the conditions needed to station a large fleet. There is enough land area that can be developed into agricultural land, and the food grown can easily feed the local population and garrison. There is a commercial trade port that is being implemented. In addition to part of the revenue being turned over to the base camp, it can also subsidize local infrastructure project costs. Considering the radiation effect of the location of the Penghu Islands on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, the conditions for raising a medium-sized army here are quite suitable.
In Qian Tiandun's plan, the role of this army is not only to station in the local area and undertake defense tasks. In the future, Haihan will need to use this army as a pioneer if he wants to control Taiwan Island and even expand the military control area northward. . Recruiting some new soldiers who are familiar with the area north of Fujian to prepare for future military operations has become a step in Qian Tiandun's plan.
The continuous arrival of refugees from Shandong undoubtedly provided Qian Tiandun with an excellent choice of soldiers. These Shandong people were simple, brave, and physically stronger than the people from the south. Even in later generations, they were one of the main sources of soldiers in China. Before Sun Zhen's group of refugees arrived in Penghu, the military had already recruited about two hundred qualified recruits from the immigration camps. The enlistment training of this batch of recruits will be completed in Penghu, and then most of them will be enlisted to serve in the troops commanded by Qian Tiandun. For these northern soldiers, it is fully expected to return to their hometowns one day. things.
The voyage of several miles arrived in a matter of seconds, and before Sun Zhen could even think about when he would be sent to the battlefield, the ship had already docked at Magong Port on Penghu Island. At this time, Lieutenant Tang, who was leading the team, had also put away the smile on his face and said to Sun Zhen and others: "Queue up and follow me to disembark. You are not allowed to walk around at will when you get to the dock. All actions are subject to my command. Do you understand?" br>
Everyone nodded in confusion, Lieutenant Tang frowned and said: "Answer me with your mouth, do you understand?"
"Understood!" This time everyone responded in unison.
After Sun Zhen got off the boat, he found that there were no black police officers on the dock here, replaced by Haihan soldiers in gray clothes. These Haihan soldiers expressionlessly put one hand behind their backs and held a five-foot-long fire blunderbuss in the other hand. There was also a narrow-edged bayonet about a foot and a half long under the blunderbuss pointed upward. Murderous.
Sun Zhen and others followed Lieutenant Tang and were led forward by him. After walking about half a mile, we came to a courtyard. Sun Zhen also recognized the words on the plaque hanging at the door, which was "Recruiting Office of Haihan Militia Penghu Base". There were two fully armed Haihan soldiers standing guard next to the gate, both of them standing there with expressionless faces like statues.
The courtyard is a traditional Chinese-style building. There is a main room in the middle of the side rooms on both sides. There are passages on both sides of the main room. It seems that there is at least one courtyard behind it. Lieutenant Tang brought Sun Zhen's team to the door of one of the wing rooms. Sun Zhen took advantage of the queue to look at the furnishings in the room. There were rows of cabinets reaching the sky on both sides of the wall, but the cabinet doors were all empty. It's closed, and I don't know what's inside. In the middle are two desks, one facing up and one off, with a person sitting on each. There are pens, inks, paper, inkstones and other stationery on the offset desk. It seems that the person is responsible for recording the documents, and the person sitting in the main seat is probably the chief officer in charge of recruiting soldiers.
After Lieutenant Tang entered the room, the two men stood up and raised their hands to salute Lieutenant Tang. After Lieutenant Tang returned the gift, he handed the list of personnel he brought to the hands of these two people: "Report to the leader, these thirteen people are the applicants for the second brigade of the No. 1 Battalion, and their personal information is here."
The officer sitting in the main seat took the list and handed it to the person sitting next to him, and said: "Thank you for your hard work, please sit down and listen."
Lieutenant Tang saluted again and then sat on the stool next to him.
The person responsible for interviewing and reviewing new recruits is Chen Yixin, a young officer who has recently arrived in Penghu. Of course, he was not the only one responsible for reviewing new recruits. Qian Tiandun and Gao Qiaonan were currently in the other two rooms selecting other new immigrants who signed up to join the army. Judging from the staffing of the person in charge, the standards for recruiting new recruits here are undoubtedly very high.
"The people whose names are called later will come into the room. You will answer whatever I ask. After you have answered, you will go back to the team outside. After all of you have answered the questions, we will proceed to the next part. No. If you have any questions, we'll start." Chen Yixin paused for a few seconds. Seeing that no one in the group asked questions, he nodded to the clerk next to him to start the roll call.
"Sun Zhen!" Perhaps by coincidence, the first name that the clerk read was Sun Zhen.
Sun Zhen responded, entered the room, stood in the middle, and replied: "I am Sun Zhen."
The clerk read the personal information in his hand softly: "Sun Zhen, a native of Dengzhou, Shandong, is now nineteen years old. His previous occupation was farming. He arrived at Baisha Island this morning. He currently has no other relatives in the area."
After hearing this, Chen Yixin nodded slightly, and then asked: "Sun Zhen, why did you sign up to join the army?"
"I heard from Manager Cheng at the camp that there will be many benefits after naturalization. I want to naturalize as soon as possible. Manager Cheng said that the fastest way is to sign up to join the militia." Sun Zhen answered honestly.
Chen Yixin asked again: "If you join the militia, you will be a soldier. Soldiers will go into battle. Let me ask you, are you afraid of death?" "Afraid! If you are not afraid of death, you will not flee to this place." Sun Zhen's answer was obviously a little bit. Unexpected.
"Then you want to join the army?" This was the first time Chen Yixin encountered someone answering him like this, and asked with interest: "You may die on the battlefield, aren't you afraid?"
Sun Zhen shook his head and said: "In this world, the common people die faster than the soldiers. The soldiers at least have swords and guns in their hands. What do the common people have? When Kong Youde's soldiers invaded Zhuangzi, I only had a hoe in my hand. I can’t even protect my family.”
"So the reason why you want to be a soldier is actually to save your own life?" Chen Yixin continued to ask.
Sun Zhen thought for a moment before replying: "I will protect whoever provides me with food and clothing!"
Chen Yixin couldn't help but raised the corner of his mouth slightly and said: "Then do you know who will provide you with food and clothing now and in the future?"
"I know, it's the master of Haihan... No, it's the chief!" Sun Zhen seemed to be straightforward, but he also had a flexible side, and he immediately corrected himself.
"It's the Executive Committee. Remember, the Haihan Militia is an army serving the Executive Committee!" Chen Yixin immediately spoke up and corrected Sun Zhen's view again.
Although Sun Zhen didn't quite understand what an "Executive Committee" meant, he still nodded heavily, thinking that no matter what kind of immortality this Executive Committee was, I'd better pass this level first.
"Then do you have any personal specialties?" Seeing Sun Zhen's confused look, Chen Yixin explained: "It means you have some abilities that are beyond ordinary people, such as strong strength, fast running, smart mind, good eyesight, etc. Excellent for water...anything goes."
Sun Zhen shook his head and said: "What you are saying, sir, I have never compared with others, and I don't know if I am good at it. But when I was in my hometown, people on the farm praised me for how well I serve the crops!"
Chen Yixin was a little confused about whether to laugh or cry, so he had to ask the next question: "Are you literate?"
"Literacy, I know hundreds of words!" When Sun Zhen heard this question, his face radiated with confidence: "I went to private school for two years when I was a child, and my husband even praised me for my quick literacy! It's just that my family is poor, so buying I can’t afford pen and ink, so my writing is ugly.”
Chen Yixin nodded and suddenly asked a completely unrelated question: "Since your family is engaged in farming, tell me how wheat is grown in Shandong and how it is different from the Jianghuai area in the south. Difference.”
Now Sun Zhen was asked about his skills. He licked his dry lips and said, "My family has dozens of acres of wheat fields. This method is different from the season in the south. We sow in spring and sow in summer." Harvesting, from sowing to harvest, only takes more than three months, which is two or three months faster than the wheat fields sown in the south in autumn..."
When Sun Zhen talked about this topic, he spoke very smoothly and talked non-stop for several minutes. However, Chen Yixin did not interrupt him and listened to him seriously from sowing to harvesting. Occasionally, Also asked him one or two small details.
After Sun Zhen finished speaking, he felt something was wrong. He scratched his head and said, "Although I am a grain farmer, I would like to ask you to give me a chance to enlist as a soldier and become a naturalized citizen as soon as possible. After I am discharged from the army, I can return to the fields." Take care of farming.”
Chen Yixin smiled and said: "Don't worry, I'm not going to recommend you to the farm to play in the mud just yet. Okay, you go out and wait."
Of course Chen Yixin was not interested in the differences in winter and spring wheat cultivation methods in the north. The reason why he asked Sun Zhen this question was just to test whether the boy was lying about his personal situation. Judging from the details he said, Sun Zhen was really a farmer who came out of the fields. At least based on the agricultural knowledge Chen Yixin had mastered, there were no flaws in it. However, Sun Zhen actually claimed that he had studied and learned to read, which is relatively rare among recent immigrants. Based on the inquiry alone, Chen Yixin was quite satisfied with the performance of this Shandong man.
Chen Yixin took the transcript that he had just finished transcribing from the clerk. Because this guy was so excited about talking about wheat, the transcript turned out to be three pages long. After Chen Yixin took a rough look at it and saw that there were no errors or omissions, he signed his name at the end with a pen and marked an A, and then returned it to the document for filing and safekeeping.
Next, the team was called in one by one to ask about their personal situation, and the questions asked were actually very similar. Chen Yixin wanted to use the way these people answered questions and the content of their answers to judge whether their reported identities were credible. He also had a rough idea of each person's personality, courage, and whether they were suitable for joining the militia for training. After everyone has finished talking, Chen Yixin will sign the transcript and attach his own rating.
The military's current recruitment review for recruits is divided into interviews, physical examinations, physical examinations, and political reviews. Each link has a corresponding four rating levels of S, A, B, and C to measure whether the person is a qualified recruit. If more than two reviews are rated C, they will be eliminated directly. And if one or more items are rated S-level, then after passing all tests, the person may be lucky enough to enter the recruit team trained by Qian Tiandun himself, and receive special operations training from the beginning. content.
Sun Zhen's evaluation during the interview process was not the highest among his team. There was another person who received an S-level evaluation through his display of expertise. This person's specialty is that he has very good eyesight. He can read words the size of mung beans two feet away. If he can pass the subsequent test, he will most likely be specially selected to be included in the sniper training list, and may even He was the lucky one among this group of people to go to Sanya first, because the snipers in the militia had to attend the Army Military Academy there to receive personal lessons from Old Morgan, the top sniper in the militia.
(End of chapter)