"..."
"Chen Xiwa".
"arrive."
"Reconnaissance Company".
Chen Xiwa was stunned for a moment, then a smile of inexplicable excitement appeared on her face. She became excited and shouted, "Yes!"
Soon, the new recruits were assigned to their respective companies, but the company commander never called out Li Ling's name. Li Ling was prepared and not flustered at all; he knew that his destination had been arranged in advance.
The new recruit company commander closed the roster and looked solemnly at the many new recruits. "Your company commander will come to take you away soon. Comrades, from today onwards, you will become true soldiers of the People's Liberation Army. I congratulate you."
"salute!"
The new recruit company commander and the recruits saluted each other, and then the company was dismissed.
Back in class, Li Ling packed his backpack, changed into his army uniform, and sat quietly on a stool, his eyes fixed on the door.
When Chen Xiwa returned to the class, she was immediately surrounded and teased by her enthusiastic comrades.
"Wow! I didn't realize that!"
"Xiwa was actually assigned to the reconnaissance company."
"Only the best recruits can be assigned to the reconnaissance company."
"..."
Chen Xiwa beamed with joy, chuckling sheepishly, "No... oh dear, I didn't expect it either... I didn't expect I'd get to go to the reconnaissance company, oh dear..."
After a while, someone came in through the door. Li Ling's eyes lit up, and he stood up and called out, "Stand up."
This is the rule: when a squad leader or officer from another squad enters the squad, the first person to see them must shout "Stand up!" Everyone, no matter what they are doing, must put it down temporarily and stand at attention.
"Oh, everything's ready! Okay, those of you assigned to the reconnaissance company, change into your service uniforms immediately and come with me." It was Miao Lian who walked in. Miao Lian looked at Li Ling, nodded in satisfaction, and then turned and left the platoon.
Chen Xiwa immediately started changing into his casual clothes in a flurry of activity. At first, he didn't understand why Li Ling was changing into casual clothes as soon as he returned!
Li Ling shouldered his backpack, and after Chen Xiwa changed into her everyday clothes and shouldered her backpack, the two of them walked out in a row.
There are regulations for soldiers' walking: two people walk in a row, and three or more people walk in a column. That is, when two people walk together, they must walk side by side in a horizontal line, and when three or more people walk together, they must walk in a vertical line.
The two followed Miao Lian out of the recruit camp, passed through several rows of four-story buildings (the barracks of other battalions in the regiment), and walked along the running track of the parade ground to a two-story building.
In front of the building is a spacious training ground, which includes an equipment area, a combat training area, and a 400-meter obstacle course a little further away.
Miao Lian stood at the entrance of the barracks and called out to the three platoon leaders who were supervising the veterans' training: "You three come here for a moment."
The three platoon leaders quickly stood in front of Miao Lian. Miao Lian pointed to Li Ling and the other two and said, "Let me introduce you. These two new recruits are coming to our company. This one is Chen Xiwa, and this one... you all know who he is without me having to introduce him."
As soon as Miao Lian finished speaking, platoon leader Chen Guotao stepped forward, pointed at Chen Xiwa, and said, "This soldier is good, he's physically fit, and I happen to need a prisoner capturer."
Upon hearing this, Chen Xiwa quickly looked at Miao Lian. Seeing Miao Lian nod, Chen Xiwa happily looked at Chen Guotao and said loudly, "Thank you, Platoon Leader."
Seeing this, Chen Guotao said solemnly, "Stop grinning like that."
After finishing his sentence, Chen Guotao looked at Miao Lian and said, "Company Commander, I have heavy training duties and can only take one new recruit with me."
Miao Lian nodded, looked at the second platoon leader, and gestured to him, "Second Platoon."
The second platoon leader chuckled awkwardly at Miao Lian, "Hehe, I, hehe... I can't lead them, I really can't."
"You." Miao Lian ignored him and pointed at the third platoon leader.
The third platoon leader also looked embarrassed and stammered, "Report, we are now... this... we are now..."
Judging from the third platoon leader's appearance, he was clearly looking for an excuse, but after he spoke, he realized that he didn't have any excuses to make, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.
Miao Lian snorted and said impatiently, "Speak, don't stammer."
Seeing this, the third platoon leader stiffened his neck and simply said what he meant, "I don't want him. He's a bird soldier, hard to manage."
"Hmph, you're telling the truth! Unlike the other two, who're full of lies." After saying that, she looked at Li Ling with a half-smile and said, "What should we do? Nobody wants you, so how about...?"
"Xiao Zhuang... you'll be my clerk, okay!"
"Pfft~"
As soon as Miao Lian finished speaking, the second and third platoon leaders couldn't help but burst out laughing. Miao Lian glared at them and snorted, "Laugh? What are you laughing at? Go train."
"yes."
Chen Guotao pointed at Chen Xiwa, gesturing for him to follow: "You, come with me."
"yes."
Chen Xiwa glanced at Li Ling with concern. Li Ling gave him a look, indicating that he should not worry. Only then did Chen Xiwa run away with Chen Guotao.
The clerk's job involves writing and is mainly responsible for copying and transmitting the company's official documents, letters, and files, similar to a clerk in a local company.
Only company-level offices have clerks, while battalion and regimental offices have staff officers and clerks. They are only relatively high-ranking, but their functions are actually quite similar.
But in reality, where are there so many documents to copy, or so many letters to send?
To put it simply, the clerk's job in peacetime is to serve as the personal secretary to the commanding officer, specifically to provide services for the officer's daily life.
However, Li Ling knew very well that Miao Lian just wanted to find an excuse to keep him in the company headquarters and by his side so that he could personally train him.