If a veteran squad leader is found to have physically abused or punished soldiers, the consequences range from temporary suspension (meaning a deduction of salary for several months or even half a year) to demotion or even forced discharge. As a result, the style of leading troops more than ten years later is very different from today.
After all, their upbringing is different. Soldiers more than ten years later are all pampered at home and have received different ideological education.
Of course, as the saying goes, "where there's a policy, there's a countermeasure." Since the old methods couldn't be used to force the new recruits to train, the squad leaders naturally had to think of new ways to motivate them to train hard.
The squad leaders and officers have devised many tricks and schemes, so much so that new recruits can easily fall into their traps if they're not careful.
Miao Lian was overjoyed to have gained these experiences. Many of the methods proposed by Li Ling were very practical little tricks.
It not only inspires new recruits to have a higher level of enthusiasm for training than when they are forced to train, but it also allows platoon leaders and new recruits to be as close as brothers, completely changing the situation where new recruits hate their platoon leaders but later become grateful.
After listening to Li Ling's explanation, Miao Lian thought to himself, "No wonder he's a college student; he can figure out so many things."
Afterwards, Miao Lian promoted the methods applicable to this period to various classes, and surprisingly, the results were quite good.
After the squad leaders used these little tricks, many new recruits took the initiative to train hard, and the squad's sense of honor soared.
From then on, when Li Ling saw these soldiers who still thought their squad leader was good even after being disciplined, he couldn't help but sigh: "Since ancient times, deep affection cannot be retained, only tricks can win people's hearts!"
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Chapter 37 The Diligent Chen Pai
A week after joining the company, Li Ling began to volunteer to train with Chen Pai Laopao and the others, and he did not miss any of the reconnaissance training subjects.
When he was training, Miao Lian would not ask him to do anything. He would do everything himself. On the contrary, the more hard-working and serious he was in training, the happier Miao Lian would be.
Over the course of a few months, Li Ling and Chen Pai developed a very good relationship, and Li Ling demonstrated exceptional skills and qualities.
Chen Pai already had a different opinion of Li Ling, and with Li Ling no longer being prickly, Chen Pai found that Li Ling was very good at dealing with people, and he found him even more agreeable after that.
The day for the military region leaders to come down for inspection arrived as scheduled. Miao Lian decided to arrange for two new recruits to report and be assessed this year. Needless to say, one of these two recruits was Li Ling, and the other was Chen Xiwa.
So the day before the commander came down, Li Ling and Chen Xiwa spent the whole day shooting at the shooting range. Chen Pai simply threw a box of bullets next to them and told them not to worry about anything else and to use up all the bullets in the box.
As a result, when Chen Xiwa was on duty that night, her ears kept ringing and she couldn't stop pacing back and forth.
Li Ling, who was in the document lounge, was alright; he had the energy feedback from the World Seed Moment, so he was minimally affected. But tonight he wanted to talk to Chen Pai.
Li Ling put on camouflage clothing and rubber boots, got up, and went out.
After going downstairs, when they reached the corner, Chen Xiwa, who was on duty at the entrance of the building, turned around and shouted in a low voice: "Stop, password."
"Iceberg, respond."
"grassland."
"Xiwa! Is it your turn to be on duty?"
"Yeah! What are you doing up so late at night?" Chen Xiwa asked, looking at Li Ling coming downstairs, puzzled.
Li Ling twirled his ear with his thumb, pretending that his ear was in pain, and said to Chen Xiwa, "I've found that firing too many guns isn't a good thing. My ears are ringing, and I can't sleep no matter how much I toss and turn."
Chen Xiwa chimed in, "That's true, my ears are ringing nonstop too!"
"Bang bang bang bang..."
Just then, the sound of fists hitting a sandbag came from the combat training ground. Li Ling pretended to be surprised and asked Chen Xiwa, "Who is this? Why are they training here instead of sleeping?"
"Chen Pai, he's always been like this."
"That's incredibly hardworking," Li Ling exclaimed.
Chen Xiwa leaned over and whispered to Li Ling, "My squad leader told me that he's been like this since he joined the company. At first, they all thought he wouldn't be able to keep it up for long and would give up, but they didn't expect this guy to stick with it for more than a year."
"Wow, more than a year! That's really something!"
Li Ling frowned as he watched Chen Pai practicing hard. He knew that Chen Pai suffered from ankylosing spondylitis, a disease that could not be completely cured.
Once you get this disease, you may have to fight it for the rest of your life. In severe cases, it can even lead to hemiplegia. Today, he wanted to think of a solution for Chen Pai.
In fact, Chen Pai knew everything, and he was well aware of the consequences of this disease, but he kept it all a secret because his greatest wish in life was to become a special forces soldier. He hoped that even if he were to become paralyzed, he would wait until he became a special forces soldier before he became paralyzed.
pity……
"Hmm!"
Just then, Chen Pai performed a mid-air spin and back kick, landing with a muffled groan as he bent over.
Li Ling frowned and ran over quickly. Xiwa followed closely behind, but after running a few steps, Li Ling suddenly turned back to Xiwa and said, "Xiwa, go get a basin of hot water and a towel."
"Okay!" Upon hearing this, Xiwa turned around and ran towards the stairwell to get the basin.
Li Ling frowned, stepped forward to help Chen Pai up, and led him towards the flower bed, saying, "Chen Pai, you can't train like this anymore. If you keep training like this, you'll be ruined sooner or later."
"What are you talking about? I just twisted my ankle, is it that serious?" Chen Pai glanced at Li Ling and said indifferently.
Li Ling lowered his gaze and said in a deep voice, "Chen Pai, don't lie to me. I've seen several like this before."
Li Ling paused for a moment before continuing softly, "Ankylosing spondylitis."
Chen Pai was startled and glared at Li Ling, his voice low and slightly anxious as he hissed, "How did you know? Don't you dare tell anyone."
"Sigh!" Li Ling sighed, "I won't tell anyone, but you have to promise me you won't practice like this anymore. Appropriate exercise has a therapeutic effect, but excessive exercise will only speed up the onset of your illness. You don't want to be in a wheelchair at such a young age, do you?"
Chen Pai stared at Li Ling for a while, but Li Ling met his gaze without flinching. In the end, Chen Pai gave in, since Li Ling now had something on him.
"Okay, I promise you. I hope you'll keep your word and keep this a secret."
Li Ling nodded and said, "I will keep it a secret for you, but you need to take care of yourself. Other treatments are not available in the army, but you must persist with sports therapy and physical therapy every day in order to maintain it."