Seeing this, the veteran ignored Chen Xiwa, walked back to his original spot, glanced at all the new recruits, and shouted, "Everyone, stand at attention for one hour, get ready."
Li Ling glanced at him and said calmly, "No matter how long you stand, if you can stand, so can we. What kind of squad leader you are determines what kind of soldiers you produce."
"If you are a bear, then we are all bears, because a bear is a bear for every soldier, and a bear is a bear for the whole army."
If you're not a bear, then there are no bears in the first recruit platoon.
"Lastly, you are the class monitor, my superior, and I will absolutely obey your orders."
But! If what you do doesn't convince me, I personally will never submit to you!
Li Ling despised the old man's behavior of belittling the new recruits, which is why he confronted the old man.
After Li Ling finished speaking, he took a step back, returned to the queue, and stared straight ahead without looking to the side.
The veteran stared at Li Ling for a full minute before looking away, feeling both amused and exasperated. He had actually been taught a lesson by a greenhorn.
Upon hearing Li Ling's words, the other squad leaders once again exclaimed in their hearts, "What a fine soldier!"
But this guy seems to be a troublemaker, hehe, the old gunsman is in for a rough time.
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Chapter 27 Stirring Up Trouble
The words Li Ling said quickly reached Miao Lian's ears, making Miao Lian admire Li Ling even more, and he paid more and more attention to Li Ling.
Dormitory for new recruits, Class 1.
A group of new recruits, who were almost exhausted from the drills, filed in. Li Ling returned to his platoon and lay down on his bed.
Seeing this, Chen Xiwa quickly pulled Li Ling up, saying, "Zhuang, get up quickly, get up quickly, the squad leader will be coming in soon."
Little did he know that the squad leader he was talking about was quietly standing outside the window, listening to what was happening inside!
Li Ling waved his hand and said, "Don't worry about me, I'm going to rest for a bit."
Breaking free from Chen Xiwa's grip, Li Ling deliberately said loudly, "Our class monitor is a freak. Look at the other class monitors, they're all very good to their brothers. But him, he wants to train our class to death."
Li Ling disliked the old man's way of leading troops. Before entering this world, Li Ling had collected information on the methods used by squad leaders in the new century's military.
Every squad leader has their own way of leading troops. The old gunman also uses a routine of squad leaders leading troops, which is called "growing through blows and progressing through torment".
But this kind of approach is exactly what Li Ling dislikes the most.
There are many ways to motivate new recruits and increase their enthusiasm for training, but this method, which Li Ling dislikes the most, is the one most widely used by veteran soldiers in the army.
According to the information Li Ling collected, some squad leaders did a great job. They not only improved the recruits' enthusiasm for training, but also took the initiative to increase their own training volume. While others were sleeping at noon, the soldiers they led were outside training spontaneously in the cold wind.
Those soldiers genuinely loved and respected their squad leader. When they were assigned to their new units, they all clamored to join his squad, and when they were discharged, they would hug their squad leader and cry their hearts out.
In summary, Li Ling believed that a squad leader should not force his soldiers to train, but rather use some subtle methods to motivate them to train hard in order to bring honor to the squad and not embarrass the squad leader.
Of course, this requires the squad leader to strike a good balance between being kind to the new recruits and being strict with them.
But the old gunman was different. He used a very extreme method, which was to force, to force hard, to trample hard.
He wanted the recruits to hate him, to hate him to the extreme, so that they would be driven by that hatred to improve their skills to surpass him and then trample him underfoot, and complete the training tasks he assigned with all their might.
The old-school guy has this kind of thinking: he firmly believes that the more the new recruits hate him now, the more grateful they will be to him when they become stronger and gain honors.
This idea is generally correct, but it is also easy to run into problems. It is even more difficult to grasp the right balance. If you are not careful, it can easily backfire and make the new recruits hate him to the core.
This is the difference between a good general and a tiger general, between someone who can lead troops and someone who is good at leading troops. Li Ling admires those who are good at leading troops, while Lao Pao is just someone who can lead troops.
What Li Ling needs to do now is to confront the old man, wait for the conflict to erupt, and teach the old man a profound lesson, thereby changing his way of leading troops.
Of course, Li Ling did this because he wanted to spread his reputation as a troublemaker and attract Miao Lian's attention.
"Get up, get up quickly! Keep your voice down, don't let the class monitor hear you." Chen Xiwa was still trying to pull Li Ling up.
Li Ling didn't move, but instead deliberately shouted even louder, "Only a bastard would be peeking through the window!"
The old man outside the window had a black line on his forehead. He gritted his teeth and walked around to the door with a gloomy face.
Chen Xiwa was at his wit's end with Li Ling, so he sat down and patiently advised, "Zhuang, my mother is right. When you're under someone's roof, you have to bow your head, right? If he comes in later, it'll be us brothers who suffer, won't it?"
Li Ling waved his hand, not even opening his eyes, and said, "Don't worry, I know what I'm doing."
At that moment, all the new recruits stood up, and a soldier shouted, "Stand up!"
There was no other reason than that the bastard who had been peering out the window had already entered the classroom, and Li Ling silently stood up as well.
Although Li Ling had previously disregarded Lao Pao openly or covertly, they hadn't completely broken off relations yet, and there was a tacit understanding between them.
Now, Li Ling is starting to foster the accumulation of conflict between the two sides, so that it will seem reasonable for him to explode later.
From the veteran's perspective, you are new recruits and I am the squad leader. You may not respect me or be convinced by me, but you must obey my orders. As long as you obey my orders, everything will be fine.
In Li Ling's heart, the ironclad rule that soldiers are duty-bound to obey orders was deeply ingrained in his mind. He would obey your orders on the surface, but don't expect me to be nice to you in private.
The first platoon of new recruits slowly passed through their new recruit training in this delicate atmosphere.
Old Pao walked into the classroom with a gloomy face, looked at the mess Li Ling had made of the room, and asked coldly, "What happened to this bed?"
Li Ling looked at him and said calmly, "Report, this is where I'm lying."
"You're lying down? Who told you to lie down? Haven't you studied the internal affairs regulations?" The old man's voice was already somewhat clenched through his teeth; in fact, his teeth were indeed clenched.
Li Ling tilted his head slightly, avoiding looking at Lao Pao, and said matter-of-factly, "Isn't this bed for people to sleep on?"