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Chapter 157
A few days later, it was March.
“Comrades, you have successfully completed your military service and fulfilled your loyalty to the country and the people. According to the order of the Ministry of National Defense, you are now allowed to retire!”
“Goodbye, comrades!”
Although most of those who were retired were soldiers and “rat shit” in the military, the Ministry of National Defense still gave them the honor they deserved.
“We’re just not going to rectify them, but let them leave like heroes?”
Some senior officials of the Ministry of Defense are very dissatisfied.
“They also shed blood and made meritorious deeds on the battlefield! We retired them because of their faults, so naturally we have to reward them for their merits. A mistake is a fault, and merit is merit!”
This was Carter’s exact words to refute these senior officials at an internal meeting of the Ministry of Defense.
…
A green train rolled across the tracks.
Through the car window.
You will find that the people sitting inside are all soldiers wearing dark green military uniforms with no military ranks on their shoulders and various medals on their chests.
From their faces, it can be seen that most of them are no longer young, giving people a feeling of twilight.
They are all veterans.
A veteran sitting by the window murmured softly: “I thought that we people would be swept out of the army like garbage, but in the end… we were treated like heroes?”
This middle-aged man, who understood why he was discharged from the army, sounded not only a little surprised, but also filled with guilt and regret.
According to the document issued this time by the Department of Veterans Administration of the Ministry of Defense.
Each veteran will receive a retirement payment of at least 72,000 North African currency based on his military age.
This is equivalent to ten times Burkina’s current per capita annual income.
I heard this middle-aged man talking to himself.
Someone nearby also said: “The retirement fee of 720,000 North African CFA francs was unthinkable in the past. It’s just that President Sankara is kind-hearted!”
Since the military has little contact with society, these veterans still habitually convert North African currency into North African francs.
This is how they need to understand how much the money is worth.
Just like someone tells you 72,000 US dollars, you can’t understand it for a while, but if you convert it to 520,000 RMB, you will definitely understand it all at once.
The words just fell.
Someone nearby added: “There is a difference between the 720,000 now and the 720,000 before! In the past, you could only buy 7,200 kilograms of rice, but now you can buy 18,000 kilograms, which has more than doubled!”
“Ah!? Is rice so cheap now? Do the math… 40 North African francs per pound of rice. Are those officials so kind-hearted now? Are they no longer colluding with the landlords and businessmen?”
Some people who don’t know much about social changes are surprised to hear that food prices are so low.
“Can those officials be kind-hearted? Can you please stop being funny? Didn’t you hear what the brother just said? It’s obviously President Sankara who has a kind heart, so these officials have to be kind-hearted.”
“Then I shouldn’t retire!”
“???”
“I should stay in the army to protect President Sankara. If President Sankara is overthrown by those bad people, won’t I have to go back to the old days?”
“Pfft–President Sankara still needs you, a man who is still a top soldier until he retires, to protect him? I don’t know how many people in the army firmly support President Sankara!”
“I don’t like hearing what you are saying! Why can’t I defend President Sankara? I’ll ask if I can re-enlist in the army later!”
“…”
“720,000 CFA francs is nothing! You really only have money in your eyes, and the most important thing is that you don’t look at it at all!”
“You don’t like money? If you don’t like it, give me all your retirement pay! I’m a layman and I like it!”
“What are you pretending to be? I don’t know who was so happy that he couldn’t even sleep when he received the retirement pay of 1.08 million North African CFA francs.”
“So what if I give all of it to you? I have performed two second-class merits on the battlefield. When I go back, I can ask the government for a solid job. My annual salary can be hundreds of thousands of North African CFA francs!”
According to the document issued this time by the Department of Veterans Administration of the Ministry of Defense.
Compared with the retirement pay for meritorious personnel mentioned later in the document, the retirement pay of at least 72,000 North African currency is really nothing.
Even those with the lowest third-class merit will be assigned a job in a state-owned enterprise with an annual income of at least 30,000 North African dollars.
As long as you are down-to-earth in the future, it will really be ironrice bowl.
If you have not only made meritorious service, but also performed well in the military, you will be voluntarily retired instead of being discharged.
It will be directly arranged to the government department, and it will be the kind with establishment and rank!
“What! Can someone who has made meritorious deeds still receive this kind of treatment?”
“Then can I also do third-class martial arts?”
“If I had known earlier, I would have looked at the documents carefully!”
“Damn it, I was actually fascinated by a mere 720,000 North African CFA francs!”
Just when everyone in the carriage was surprised.
“Clang, bang, clang——”
“Clang, bang, clang——”
Two trains passed each other.
The train that the veterans were riding on was moving in the direction where the sun was shining, and the other train was approaching in the direction where the sun was shining.
On the green train at the back.
The seats were also filled with soldiers wearing dark green military uniforms with no military ranks on their shoulders.
The difference is that their faces are all young and their temperaments are full of vigor. There is no medal on their chests, but a bright red flower hanging on their chests!
They are all new recruits.
“I heard that after we join the army, we have to go through three months of recruit training before being assigned to each company?”
“Three months? Shit! It’s obviously half a year!”
“Ah? Half a year? Does the training of new recruits take so long? I remember those who enlisted in March last year were able to go to the battlefield without training for half a month!”
“We were at war at the time, and they were recruiting people into the army urgently. Can it be the same? Before you signed up to join the army, couldn’t you understand the situation well?”
“All right……”
“Let me ask, why did you all sign up to join the army?”
“Because I applied for the military academy last year and failed to pass, I had no choice but to join the army to see if I could make some meritorious service in the future and then be recommended to the military academy.”
“I’m not afraid of making you laugh when I say this. I want my family to be given a few more acres of land. Because I heard that as long as someone has done meritorious service, the government will give them a few more acres of land.”
“I don’t want to work because it’s too boring. It’s more exciting to be a soldier and fight, with higher wages and better benefits!”
“I did it because…”
“What about you? We have all said why we signed up to join the army, but you haven’t said why you want to join the army!”
“Me? My reasons are essentially the same as yours.
To put it nicely, it is to protect the country and the people. In fact, it is to enable my parents to live the good life they have now.
This is why I signed up to join the army! “