My Military Career in a Parallel World

Chapter 130 Reconnaissance Company 3, Platoon 1, Squad 3!

The two chatted in the dormitory until before lunch and only stopped when the training was about to end.

From Li Gang, Jiang Chen also roughly understood the basic situation of the third company.

Company commander Ge Hongtao, instructor Deng Chang, first platoon leader Li Cheng, second platoon leader Yang Fan, and third platoon leader Lu Ming.

Let’s put the two company commanders aside for now and talk about the three platoon leaders of the third company.

Interestingly, the three platoon leaders in their company correspond to three paths from soldiers to officers.

Let’s talk about platoon leader Li Cheng first.

Among the three platoon leaders, Li Cheng has the longest seniority and the soldiers under his command are the strongest.

He is a typical case of being promoted due to merit. He worked his way up from a private to rely on his excellent military qualities. He achieved good results twice in a row in major competitions at the division and brigade levels. In addition, he was named an outstanding individual of the year and won three third-class merits in total. He was successfully promoted to officer at the age of 26.

After further studies at the military academy, Li Cheng returned to the Reconnaissance Company 3 and served as the platoon leader.

What kind of person you are, what kind of soldiers you lead.

Leaving aside other aspects for now, in terms of military quality alone, the soldiers in one platoon are definitely ahead of the other two platoons.

Of course, military quality does not represent strength, otherwise the opportunity to go to the regiment headquarters to participate in the raid drill would not have fallen to the second platoon.

Let’s talk about the second platoon leader Yang Fan.

He was admitted to the military academy after joining the army. After graduation, he was assigned back to his old unit. It happened that there was a vacancy in the third company, so he was assigned here.

In the previous raid drill, although Jiang Chen had gained some advantage by relying on his cleverness, it did not mean that the second row was not strong.

If the first row has the highest level of individual military quality but is relatively mediocre in other aspects, the second row is more like a hexagonal warrior. Whether it is the individual military quality of the soldiers, the command level of the platoon leader Yang Fan, or the tactical coordination between each class/soldier, all are maintained at a level above the good line.

It has neither particularly strong advantages nor obvious disadvantages, but it stands out as being quite stable.

It was precisely because of this that the Second Platoon was able to narrowly win a confrontation exercise some time ago and qualify to go to the regiment headquarters to participate in the raid drill.

Let’s talk about the third platoon leader Lu Ming.

He was a student who was admitted to the military academy directly from the local area. After graduating from the military academy after four years of study, he was directly assigned to the third company as acting platoon leader.

Different from the other two platoon leaders who wanted to develop into military commanders, Lu Ming, who graduated from a military academy, clearly preferred the path of an instructor/political commissar.

The third company's current instructor, Deng Chang, is still far from retirement, but for some reason, he has already begun to think about changing his career, and Lu Ming happens to have the inclination and talent in this regard.

Ge Hongtao thought that while his old partner was still around, he should guide Lu Ming in advance and let him adapt to the work and identity of the instructor first, which led to this trip to the recruit company.

Facts have also proved that Lu Ming has demonstrated quite good abilities as an instructor.

Moreover, compared to others, Lu Ming has another advantage. He graduated from the conducting major and possesses certain command abilities.

Don't think that instructors don't need command skills.

In fact, an instructor who understands command can play a very important role in wartime.

Apart from anything else, if something happens to the company commander during a war, the person who can take over the command as quickly and smoothly as possible must be the instructor.

Especially in the current environment where most companies do not arrange deputy company commander positions unless under special circumstances, an instructor with command capabilities above the qualified level plays a vital role in wars/exercises.

However, if Lu Ming wants to jump from a military commander to a political cadre, he still has a lot to learn.

After talking about Lu Ming, let’s talk about the situation in the third row.

Because Lu Ming, the platoon leader, is moving closer to becoming a political cadre, his energy is inevitably stretched.

Most of the specific affairs of the third platoon are now handled by another veteran squad leader, and its strength is currently at the bottom among the three platoons.

Of course, this bottom ranking is only relative. The gap between them is very small. If they really fight, it is hard to say who will win or lose.

Otherwise, Lu Ming would not have been able to let go and shift most of his energy to other aspects.

According to Ge Hongtao's idea, after another two years, when Lao Deng retires, Lu Ming will naturally take over the position of instructor. At this time, Jiang Chen will be about to graduate, and after he comes back, he will take over the position of platoon leader of the third platoon.

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"Hey, I heard from the guys in the second platoon that this new recruit is pretty good. I wonder if he can keep up with the intensity of our company's training."

"You're overthinking it. There's no such good thing."

"That's right. How strong can a new recruit be? I just hope that the company commander will consider that there is a new recruit in our class and not increase the amount of training for us when we lag behind in the assessment."

"Haha, you think too much. Have you forgotten what our company commander's nickname is?"

"At that time, reducing the amount of training will be considered a favor."

"Alas, we are unlucky. The squad leader and Big Foot just retired this year. We were not strong enough to begin with, and now a new recruit has been squeezed in.

Fortunately, Gangzi was transferred to our class as acting monitor, which helped to balance things out a bit. Otherwise, our class would have been at the bottom of the list in this year's year-end assessment."

“There’s nothing wrong with it, I would say.

There are both pros and cons to the new recruits being assigned to our class, at least we won’t have to do laundry for the next six months.”

"Yes, yes, yes. When I first came here, I was a grandson for a whole year. Now I have finally made it and can experience the feeling of being a grandfather for once!"

"Old Zhang is right. I was crazy to come and be a scout. Our company is full of veterans. We have no chance to be the boss. Now we finally have a new recruit!"

Outside the door, listening to the noise coming from inside, Jiang Chen couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth.

As for Li Gang who was standing next to him, after listening to the conversation, he not only did not sympathize with Jiang Chen, but he even wanted to laugh.

Still want to be a master?

I'm afraid you guys are still sleeping and haven't woken up yet!

Judging from the degree of perversion of this kid in front of me, it is not certain who will be the grandson and who will be the grandfather by then.

Thinking about Jiang Chen's improvement in the 400-meter hurdles, even though it had been a while, every time Li Gang thought about it, it still felt a little unreal.

As I said, in the military camp, the strong are respected. If you want to be the boss, you must first have the ability to be the boss!

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"What are you doing, one by one, you let yourself go when I'm not around, right?"

Li Gang pushed the door open and walked in, and started scolding with a stern face.

Immediately, everyone who had been chatting animatedly shut up and stood up.

"Monitor!"

Jiang Chen followed him into the room. Looking at Li Gang, whose expression was even more serious than when he was a recruit, he couldn't help but smile in his heart.

During their previous chat, Li Gang told him about the current situation of Class 3.

The third squad leader had just retired not long ago, and Li Gang, the acting squad leader, was in a situation similar to being parachuted in.

Li Gang is quite famous in the Third Company and has always been a top soldier in the company. Although it is unlikely that he would disobey discipline, when they get along with each other in private, this group of old soldiers can't help but be a little disrespectful.

This can be seen from the way several people addressed Li Gang just now.

After all, we have been comrades-in-arms for such a long time, it is normal that we cannot make the transition for a while.

However, as a squad leader, you must have the authority of a squad leader. It is okay to have some moderate playfulness, but you must never go overboard and let your soldiers get used to this way of getting along.

Therefore, after returning to the reconnaissance company, Li Gang behaved even more serious than when he was in the recruit company.

There was no way around it. The people in front of him were not new recruits. If he didn't do this, he would not be able to control these veteran soldiers.

"Fang Zheng, don't you know the rules and regulations of the army?

What time is it?! "

Li Gang pointed at the wrinkled bed sheet and scolded.

"Sergeant, I was wrong. It's time for lunch break..." The soldier named Fang Zheng wanted to explain, but was met with a harsher rebuke from Li Gang.

"I'm asking you, what time is it now?"

"Sergeant, I was wrong!" Seeing Li Gang's face darken, Fang Zheng restrained his facial expression and answered.

"Three hundred push-ups."

"Yes!"

Li Gang didn't waste any time and announced the result directly.

Seeing this, the others no longer dared to smile. They stood straight in front of their beds, waiting for the follow-up orders from Li Gang, the squad leader.

Three hundred push-ups might be a lot for a recruit company, but this is a reconnaissance company, and this amount of training is just a warm-up at most.

Fang Zheng quickly finished three hundred push-ups.

"Okay, come here, new recruits have just arrived, introduce yourselves one by one!"

"Fang Zheng, let's start with you!"

"Yes!"

Looking at Jiang Chen at the door, Fang Zheng smiled and said, "Hello, new recruit. You heard it too. My name is Fang Zheng, Fang Zheng.

I am the 40th gunner in our squad, welcome to join our 3rd Company, 1st Platoon, 3rd Squad."

"By the way, I would like to remind you that you can change the armband on your arm first. Wearing the armband of the recruit company is not a good thing here."

"Thank you for the reminder, squad leader!" Jiang Chen agreed verbally, but his hands did not move. The military uniform, armband, badge and other trivial items he had just received were still placed on the bed.

"Wow, this new recruit is quite courageous!"

Looking at Jiang Chen's performance, all the veterans raised their eyebrows.

However, now is not the time to "train" new recruits.

The self-introductions continued, and another veteran stepped forward and said, "Firepower man, Su Yu."

"Assaulter, Tang Junjie."

"Demoman, Han Li."

"The prisoner catcher, Hu Kai."

"Sniper, Zhang Ming."

"The deputy fire gun commander, Lu Xingwang."

Everyone else has introduced themselves, except for the last person who has not introduced himself.

"Hello, new recruit. I am Wang Jie, the deputy squad leader of the third squad. Welcome to join the third squad!" A non-commissioned officer with the same rank as Li Gang stepped forward and said.

All the members of the third squad plus the squad leader Li Gang, a total of nine people, including the new recruit Jiang Chen, just meet the standard configuration of ten soldiers in a squad.

After everyone had finished introducing themselves, Li Gang said slowly, "You are new to the class and are unfamiliar with it, so others also need to adapt to your joining.

How about this, you follow Tang Junjie and serve as the second attacker. "

"Yes, squad leader!" Jiang Chen stood at attention and saluted.

Li Gang did not make this decision casually. He had been thinking about this issue as early as when the recruit company confirmed that Jiang Chen would be assigned to the third company.

Even though the few people who introduced themselves just now sounded very convincing, the actual situation is far from as simple as they said.

After all, the reconnaissance company is not a special forces unit, so the division of duties cannot be so detailed.

For example, Han Li, the demolition expert, calls himself a demolition expert, but in most cases, the equipment he carries is similar to that of other people, with at most one or two more grenades or mines.

After all, their main combat environment is the jungle rather than the city, and there are not many scenes where explosives are used.

Therefore, compared to a demolitionist, he actually performs more duties similar to those of an engineer, and needs to master certain mine-clearing skills and knowledge.

For example, Fang Zheng and Lu Xingwang, two musket operators, mostly use squad machine guns. It would be more appropriate to call them firepower operators rather than musket operators.

Whether it is a machine gunner or a torch operator, they are usually the soldiers with the best physical strength in the squad, so that they can carry enough weapons and ammunition.

Similarly, there is Hu Kai, the prisoner-captor, who is actually more like a scout or a vanguard, requiring excellent concealment, camouflage and observation skills.

Therefore, in addition to the position of prisoner capturer, Hu Kai occasionally also has to serve as an observer.

The same goes for the sniper Zhang Ming.

It has been said before that due to equipment limitations, the vast majority of snipers in the army are more like precision shooters than snipers.

After all, the performance and positioning of the Type 88 sniper are not designed for ultra-long-range shooting.

The only position whose name corresponds to its responsibilities is the attacker.

What qualities does a qualified attacker need to have?

First of all, it’s about marksmanship, which goes without saying.

In addition, the attacker needs to have excellent fighting ability and physical fitness.

The abilities Jiang Chen has demonstrated so far just meet the requirements of an attacker.

Jiang Chen's marksmanship is so good that he can use bullets to embroider five-pointed stars on the target paper. There is no need to say more about his marksmanship.

In terms of combat ability, Jiang Chen can defeat two scouts head-on, one of whom is a veteran who has been in the army for three or four years.

In terms of physical fitness, Jiang Chen had already reached the average level of veterans a long time ago, and it was still improving steadily.

Assaulters usually need to charge to the front line and have sufficient obstacle-crossing capabilities.

To put it simply, the result in the 400-meter hurdles must be good enough.

So, all in all, with Jiang Chen's current abilities, it would be perfect for him to be an attacker.

"Okay, that's all for now. Pack up quickly and get ready to go downstairs for dinner!"

"Yes!"

Just like in the recruit company, we have to sing songs before eating.

However, this time the song they sang was no longer "Unity is Strength", but a song without melody, only lyrics, and the song title was just two simple words "Lian Ge".

To be more precise, it should be called the Reconnaissance Trilogy.

The lyrics were very simple, with no more than ten sentences in total. Jiang Chen learned them after listening to them once.

Perhaps because of the arrival of new recruits, or perhaps because the company commander Ge Hongtao was not there, there was no singing competition before the meal.

Everyone shouted together twice and then went into the cafeteria to prepare for dinner.

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