Chapter 791 Officially enlisted
Although "entering the special operations battalion and serving" has replaced "seeking a stable job" as the goal of this group of recruits, the reality is that even if they pass the graduation examination, they still have to face the extremely high admission threshold and requirements of the special operations battalion. elimination rate. Compared with the ordinary troops of the Haihan Militia, the special operations battalion does not require good health and qualified personal combat skills to be eligible to join. It has higher requirements for the individual quality and loyalty of the soldiers.
Judging from the combat requirements of the special operations battalion, soldiers who just obey orders are not qualified soldiers. Officers will have more detailed criteria for consideration when selecting recruits. About 50% of recruits will They were directly eliminated at this stage and assigned to serve in other units of the militia. And the lucky ones who enter the special operations camp will be eliminated by another half in the first half of the year. Those who can finally stay to serve in this ace unit are only about a quarter of the initial total number of recruits.
Therefore, for the recruits participating in the graduation parade, in addition to excitement, they also have strong uneasiness about whether they will be selected. After the military parade is completed, the next step is to announce the list of qualified candidates. This can be regarded as a watershed in their lives. Those who stay and those who leave will embark on completely different life trajectories.
"I believe all brothers know that we will select some people to stay and serve here. Don't think there is any distinction between high and low. The people we select are just more in line with our standards here, and those who leave will also If you go to serve in another army, everyone is loyal to the Executive Committee, there is no difference.”
After a brief explanation, Takahashi Minami took a book from the attendant next to him, held it up high and said: "Now I will announce the list of selected candidates. Those whose names are called will go out to the right and line up in order."
"Lu Dahu, Zheng Guibu, Zhang Xi..." Gao Qiaonan began to read out the list, and after the people who were called responded loudly, they followed his previous order and walked out of the queue.
Compared to his anxious companions, Sun Zhen was relatively emotionally stable. He knew that his chances of being selected were very high. He didn't dare to say 100%, but at least 80% or 90%, which was relatively stable.
Sun Zhen's confidence mainly comes from the fact that he accompanied the reconnaissance unit to Taiwan Island during recruit training. Although the recruits did not perform any tasks independently during this process, Sun Zhen, who set out on the battlefield for the first time, won praise from the officers for his calm and stable performance. A familiar veteran once mentioned him with envy in private. The big shots above were more optimistic about him. Although Sun Zhen didn't know whether the so-called big shot meant the company commander or a higher-ranking officer, he knew that he could keep him. The possibility is very high.
"...Sun Zhen!"
After hearing his name, Sun Zhen responded loudly, then walked out of the queue and trotted all the way to the queue of candidates next to him. He could even feel the blazing eyes from the companions behind him who had not been called by name.
Less than a hundred people were selected, and the list was read out quickly. Those who were not selected were inevitably disappointed, while the lucky ones raised their chins unconsciously, feeling proud of their status changes. After all, they have been taught countless times in the past three months how proud they are to be soldiers of the special operations battalion. Even if Minami Takahashi just said nothing, it would still be for Haihan. Effectiveness cannot change the importance attached to this identity in the minds of recruits.
The next time the fleet to Sanya sets off, these soldiers who were not selected will leave here. Although they are eliminated here, if measured by the average standards of the Haihan Militia, they are actually already qualified soldiers, and may even have better individual capabilities than the mass-produced soldiers trained at the Sanya Army Base. Be a little stronger. After all, the recruit training in Penghu is based on the requirements of the special operations forces. The complexity and intensity of the training content are higher than those of their colleagues in Sanya, and there will definitely be some slight differences in the effects. After these soldiers arrive in Sanya, they will soon be assigned to serve in various places.
Of course, if their original purpose of joining the army was to allow their families to obtain naturalization opportunities as soon as possible, then this wish would be realized immediately. According to the provisions of the Haihan Military Service Law, after the recruits complete the camp training, their family members will automatically have the opportunity to apply for naturalization without waiting for a long inspection period. Moreover, if their family members are new immigrants, they can choose whether to follow them to the service area. An opportunity to put down roots.
However, this treatment was in vain for Sun Zhen. He escaped from his hometown alone and came to Penghu without his family. But from another perspective, there is no drag on him personally to consider.
After the list was announced, the eliminated soldiers were immediately taken away from the playground. They will be given two days off to rest and pack. The only regret is that most of them and their families have already left Penghu and been resettled elsewhere, and there is no way to take advantage of this time to discuss their future whereabouts with them.
Takahashi Minami asked the remaining people to regroup and continued to speak to them: "The fact that you can stay here does not mean how powerful you are, it just means that you are slightly better than the people who left here just now. That’s it! If you want to measure it by the real standards of the special operations battalion, your current strength can only be considered passing! Don’t think that you can relax just because you can serve in the special operations battalion. Let me tell you, this is just the beginning! The training you will receive in the future will be harder and more tiring than the new military camp, and the enemies you will face in the future will also be the hardest bones to crack! Tell me, are you afraid?"
"Don't be afraid!" Sun Zhen roared at the top of his lungs. However, his roar has been drowned in the unanimous response of everyone. The people who can stay here are basically those with a strong will. In the previous recruit training, they have received some information about the daily life of the special operations camp from the instructors. For I have been mentally prepared for this. Now that Takahashi Nan is asking questions in public, it is naturally a good opportunity to show his loyalty. He is afraid that he will answer slower than others and his voice will be lower than others.
Takahashi Minami was also quite satisfied with this reaction. He nodded and said: "Very good. Since all brothers have such determination, from now on I will hold you to the standards of a special operations battalion rather than a student. Now I will give you a After an hour of rest, gather here to collect personal belongings and weapons and equipment, and then continue training!”
Everyone agreed in unison, and after Takahashi Nan turned around and left, they started talking loudly. They were not excited about this one-hour break, but because of another thing Takahashi Minami said - receiving personal belongings and weapons and equipment. Although they have received three months of recruit training, the personal items and equipment they have been issued during this period are not of the types and models currently in use in the special operations battalion. For example, there are no signs of unit number or rank on the military uniforms, and they are equipped with sandals instead of the standard leather shoes of the special operations battalion. The weapon initially used a matchlock as a training device, but it was changed to a front-loading flintlock gun in the last month, and it was a naval weapon. The models that the Han Militia has gradually phased out are quite different in structure from the breech-loading flintlock guns currently equipped by the special operations battalions. The recruits usually watch the veterans training during their breaks, and what they envy the most is the equipment.
For these recruits, changing uniforms is undoubtedly the last step that symbolizes their official enlistment in the special operations battalion. After completing this step, it can be said that there is no external difference between them and the veterans.
An hour later, the quartermaster arrived at the playground with several flatbed carts. The excited recruits immediately lined up according to their original formation without the need to greet them. This is also one of the rules they learned during recruit training. Anyone with more than three people must line up.
The quartermaster approved the identities of the recruits one by one according to the list and the identity tags on them, handed over the rifles they were currently using, and then distributed personal belongings one by one. The soldiers who received the things happily signed or stamped their fingerprints on the registration book, and then rushed back to the dormitory to change clothes with a pile of things.
As the ace unit in the military, the personal equipment of the special operations battalion is considered "luxury" in the entire civil society system, including two sets of standard military uniforms, two sets of underwear, a lined rattan helmet, and leather training shoes. , cotton socks, leather armed belts, leggings, iron lunch boxes, cowhide water bags, personal first aid kits... and a lot of things. It is worth mentioning that all these personal belongings bear the serial number of the special operations battalion, and the military uniforms also have special special operations battalion armbands, which are highly recognizable. This was also Qian Tiandun's intention. He would rather spend a few more dollars on this aspect, but also remind the soldiers of their identity at all times.
Sun Zhen waited in the queue for more than half an hour before it was finally his turn. Every time the veteran in charge of registration read something, the veteran in charge of distributing it next to him took it out and placed it on the table in front of Sun Zhen, repeating the name of the item again. Sun Zhen couldn't wait for everything to be laid out, so he reached out and touched the collar badge on the military uniform.
After collecting his personal belongings, Sun Chen handed over the rifle he had used for three months to the veteran who recovered the gun. The other party would check whether the gun number on the gun was consistent with the gun owner based on the previous registration form, and the inspection was correct. The rifle will then be recycled and used in the training of the next batch of new recruits until the end of its useful life.
"Soldier Sun Zhen, this is your weapon. Please check the gun number and sign here. If you don't know how to sign, you can just press your fingerprint." The veteran put a gun wrapped in oil paper on the table, and then handed over the registration form. Pushing it in front of him, he pointed at the vacant signing position.
Although he knew that the iron guy was very strong, Sun Zhen still carefully peeled off the oil paper wrapped around the gun, fearing that he would damage the rifle if he moved too much. He knew that the gun number of the Haihan rifle was engraved on the left side of the gun body. When he got it in his hand, he immediately looked through it and saw a row of symbols like earthworms rolling sand. Although he barely knew a few big characters and had received literacy training intermittently during the three-month recruit training period, he still couldn't understand the convoluted words and symbols used by Haihan in the numbering. I tried my best to check whether the shapes were consistent, and after making sure they were correct, I wrote my name crookedly on the registration form.
Sun Zhen is not a weapons expert, and has only been exposed to two old Haihan rifles in recruit training. From his intuitive experience, the rifle in his hand is slightly shorter than the previous models, but Perhaps because the caliber of the gun barrel is larger, the difference in weight is not obvious. Of course, he also noticed that the structure of this gun seemed to be completely different from the rifles he had equipped before. There was some kind of moving mechanism between the end of the barrel and the gun body, which looked very unclear but powerful. Feel.
The canvas strap used on the gun is consistent with the previous model, with one end connected to the butt and the other connected to the lower edge of the middle section of the barrel. The butt is made of birch. The wood is fine and tight, polished very smooth, and coated with a layer of varnish. Sun Zhen touched it with his fingers and couldn't feel any burrs.
Since the size of the special operations battalion is relatively limited, and there is no export model of this rifle, its output is not large, and the cost is higher than the ordinary models of militia equipment. The cost of one is about the same as that of Sun Zhen, a recruit like three With four months' military pay, it can be considered a valuable individual weapon. If this kind of weapon is publicly sold to the outside world in the future, its price may be three to five times the cost, which is much more expensive than the Type 28 muzzle-loading flintlock currently sold to Haihan allies. Of course, as long as Haihan is willing to sell this relatively more advanced weapon, most of the investors are willing to spend money to buy it. After all, partners who conduct military cooperation with Haihan often have deep pockets and are not very sensitive to price. They care more about whether they can buy something, rather than whether it is expensive or not.
"Stop touching it. Take it back later and touch it slowly! You sign for these things first!"
When Sun was really immersed in the joy of getting a new weapon, the veteran responsible for registering and issuing weapons coldly pulled him back from his contemplation. In addition to the rifle, it also comes with a set of small tools for cleaning the barrel, a matching military dagger one foot two inches long that can double as a bayonet, and a small whetstone. These items are packed in exquisite leather packaging and can be attached to the leather armed belt received before for easy carrying.
As for the ammunition used in the rifle, you will not get it here. In order to prevent accidents, soldiers can only receive calculated rations of ammunition during live-fire training or when performing combat missions.
"Brother, can you hurry up!" The people in the queue behind him couldn't wait and started urging Sun Zhen, just like he had urged the people in front of him before. After all, it is really uncomfortable to watch others play with new weapons.
(End of chapter)