newbobooks Chapter 149 New Recruits Join
Chapter 149 New Recruits Join
With the morning bugle call, a new day began for the militia.
Before the bugle call sounded, Tang Xiaohu led several lightly damaged companies of his battalion toward Sanjiaji. Speed was of the essence in war; Tang Xiaohu wanted to control the Sanjiaji area as soon as possible to ensure no unforeseen circumstances arose.
As for the other combat companies, they remained at the Wolong Mountain garrison and were allowed to rest and recuperate under the organization of the deputy battalion commander.
As usual, the various units of the militia began another day of training.
Long Wenying got up early and started working, beginning the appointment of the two newly established departments and the newly formed 5th Battalion commanders from yesterday's meeting.
Around noon, a new recruit unit came down from Wolong Mountain, curiously looking around at everything. They were about to officially become members of the Tangjia Town militia, which was renowned throughout the Wolong Mountain area.
Although the unit established by Tang Weiguo has been renamed the Anti-Japanese Independent Militia, it is still referred to as the Tangjia Town Militia by the local population.
Led by their leader, the new recruits arrived at the militia training ground, where militia soldiers were already lined up to welcome them.
"Dog Egg, look at the soldiers standing around us. They look so imposing, with murderous intent on their faces. Their eyes are really scary."
“I saw it. Sanwa, from now on, you’ll call me by my full name in the army. Call me Wu Qiang.” Wu Qiang looked at his childhood friend with a speechless expression.
"Dog Egg, oh no, Wu Qiang, we're going to be one of them from now on! I'm so excited!" Wu Bi suppressed his excitement.
"Yes, from now on we can fight the Japanese invaders and protect our country."
"Fortunately, the Tangjia Town militia protected us. According to the people who fled from the village, other places were in terrible condition. Those Japanese devils were killing people everywhere, not even sparing infants who were crying for food. What kind of people are those Japanese devils? I spit on them."
Wu Bi spoke of this with a face full of anger, so when the militia came to their village to recruit soldiers, he was the first to sign up. He wanted to let the Japanese devils know that the Chinese were not easy to bully.
"Once we go to the battlefield with the militia, we can fight the Japanese devils in real battle and avenge the civilians who died tragically at their hands."
The first thing that came to Wu Qiang's mind was what the instructor had told them during the academic class.
The instructors told them that we were fighting the Japanese for the sake of our people, so that they would not be harmed by the brutal Japanese devils, and that our future children would not live under the cruel rule of the Japanese devils.
We fought the Japanese devils for ourselves, for the millions of people who have lived on this land for thousands of years, not for that damned Nationalist government. The instructor's words were deeply etched into Wu Qiang's heart.
The only thing that bothered him was that the instructors required them to learn to read. He didn't understand why they needed to learn to read in war.
The instructor kept saying that knowledge is power, but he felt that knowing more words didn't make him any stronger.
Although Wu Bi didn't understand why he had to learn to recognize characters, he still obeyed the instructor's orders. He didn't want to be caught by the instructor and made to stand in front of everyone after he hadn't finished learning.
What a shame!
"Line up." The instructor's command at the front of the line interrupted Wu Qiang's thoughts.
So he instinctively looked at his teammates, and Wu Bi next to him also stopped talking and stood in the queue seriously and attentively.
Tang Weiguo and his group arrived at the training ground early to wait for the new recruits.
Looking at the more than 1000 new recruits lined up in front of him, Tang Weiguo was full of confidence in the future of the militia.
"Attention! At ease!" The commander of the recruit camp gave the order to all the new recruits.
"Now, everyone, please welcome our leader to speak to us. Please welcome him."
"Slap, slap, slap, slap, slap."
Enthusiastic and enthusiastic applause erupted from the audience.
At the gesture of the head of the recruit camp, the recruits gradually quieted down.
Tang Weiguo cleared his throat and shouted loudly:
"Fellow recruits, I am Regiment Commander Tang Weiguo. First of all, I would like to warmly welcome you to join our militia and fight the Japanese devils with us."
"Now that the Japanese invaders are in power, if those little devils want to invade our homeland again, occupy our land, slaughter our brothers, and humiliate our sisters, I ask you, do you agree?" Tang Weiguo asked loudly.
"No."
"We absolutely will not agree to this."
Not only were the soldiers in the recruit camp shouting, but the militia soldiers lined up to welcome them were also shouting loudly.
"What should we do if we encounter the Japanese devils? Should we surrender or fight them?" Tang Weiguo asked again.
"Fight them."
"Fight them."
"Kill! Kill! Kill!"
The soldiers' killing intent soared to the heavens.
"Very good. Whether you agree or not, your morale will show me our determination to drive the Japanese devils out of our homeland."
"I now declare that you are now officially a glorious militia soldier."
"Next, you will be assigned to various units of the militia. I hope you can grow quickly in the army and become the backbone of our militia in fighting the Japanese!"
"We are determined to meet the regimental commander's expectations!" the new recruits continued to shout under the guidance of their instructors.
Tang Weiguo gestured to the new recruits, signaling them to quiet down.
"Alright, now everyone, follow the instructions of your instructors and begin assigning your units."
"Yes!"
Immediately, the new recruits below the stage began to move about in their respective classes under the command of their instructors.
"Alright, you guys, stop standing here and go meet your new recruits."
"Yes, Commander." After saying that, Niu Dali and the others walked towards their respective units.
"Battalion Commander, I've picked out several promising young talents here this time," Qin Yang said hurriedly as soon as he saw Niu Dali approaching.
"That's great! You'd better keep an eye on it for me beforehand, so other battalions don't get to snatch it."
"Don't worry, Battalion Commander," Qin Yang assured him.
"Dog Egg, which camp do you think we should go to?" Wu Bi asked in a low voice.
"I've already told you not to call me by my nickname, you have to call me by my full name in the army!"
If they weren't following a soldier, he would have jumped up and beaten Wu Bi up long ago.
That kid is infuriating!
"We've arrived. Welcome to the reconnaissance battalion."
A soldier from the reconnaissance battalion led them to the reconnaissance battalion's ranks. Apart from them, there were already more than fifty new recruits standing near the reconnaissance battalion's ranks.
"You dare to do this? We're the reconnaissance battalion!" Wu Bi excitedly told Wu Qiang.
Dog Egg it is, he can't do anything about this friend he grew up with.
"The instructor said that the reconnaissance battalion is the best team in our militia. They even won first place in the recent competition held by the regiment!"
"awesome."
"I never expected we'd be assigned to the reconnaissance battalion," Wu Qiang said, genuinely overjoyed.
Once all the new recruits had arrived, Niu Dali stepped forward and addressed them.
"Our reconnaissance battalion is the strongest combat unit in the militia. Do you know why it's the strongest? Because our training is the most arduous and our combat missions are the most difficult."
"I'm giving everyone a chance here. If you can't handle the tough training, please leave the reconnaissance battalion early and join another battalion."
"I'll give you three minutes to think it over," Niu Dali said, glancing at the hands of his watch.
Time ticked by, but no one shouted "quit!"
"Good, not a single person has dropped out." Niu Dali looked at the newly joined soldiers with admiration.
"Now you are in the recruit training camp. If you want to truly become qualified soldiers in the reconnaissance battalion, you will have to train hard from now on."
"Qin Yang".
"arrive."
"You are now the company commander of the recruit training company. They all have new models. I only have one requirement: train them to the point of exhaustion, as long as you don't die."
"Yes."
"Don't worry, everyone. I've spoken with Dean Chu and we've reserved special beds for the new recruits in our reconnaissance battalion." Niu Dali smiled as he looked at the new recruits.
The new recruits, hearing Niu Dali's reprimand, felt even colder in the biting wind.