War Military: From 1978

Chapter 279: The Ordeal of Entering School Ends!

"I see now, the school is treating us like raw recruits."

It's frustrating. Is this meant to test our temper? But what's there to test? We've already gotten through this!

Holding their lunchboxes, a group of people huddled together, and someone couldn't help but complain in a low voice.

Chu An is not the only smart person.

Or rather, the instructor and the squad leader made it too obvious today.

"Oh, my hands are shaking right now. I haven't done this kind of work in ages!"

"I have to say, I've got several blisters popped on my hands. I hope this really only lasts a week!"

"Hey, what do you guys think of the situation with the new recruits in those places?"
That young man really didn't come back this afternoon. Could he have actually been sent back?

Someone suddenly changed the subject, and while speaking, they looked at a group of people not far away who were still not in military uniforms but were also eating.

"It can't be that serious. It's just talking back. We can teach him a lesson!"

"That's hard to say. This isn't our grassroots unit; this is a military academy. The situation is completely different!"

Having successfully steered the conversation in a different direction, Chu An couldn't help but glance at the local freshmen.

It was around 3 PM this afternoon when one of the new recruits suddenly erupted.

He argued with the veteran who was supervising their work, threw away his farm tools on the spot, and was eventually taken away.

Where they went, no one knows.

But amidst the ensuing jeers, the school officers and the veteran squad leaders who had assigned them to lead the new recruits shouted that they would simply send the recruits back to the train station and arrange for them to go home.

The truth or falsehood is for everyone to judge for themselves.

In any case, many of the cadre trainees did not believe that they had really been sent away.

After all, they were all new recruits, and many of them had even led recruit training camps, so they knew how to deal with troublemakers during their recruit training period.

Education, intimidation, and making an example of someone are all methods used.

But they definitely won't send people back easily.

However, Chu An agreed with the cadre trainee who had just said that the situation here was different.

Yes!

This is a military academy, not a grassroots unit.

Even if a soldier in a basic training company is a troublemaker, he will ultimately only ever be a soldier.

With someone constantly monitoring him and gradually instilling his military mindset, as long as the troublemaker knows how to obey orders, there won't be any problems.

But military academies are different.

Moreover, the source of students for military academies is different from that of soldiers in grassroots units.

The reason why the freshmen argued in the afternoon was clearly because they couldn't endure the hardship.

You should know that there are very few new recruits in these grassroots units who can't endure hardship.

When Chu An enlisted, the new recruits would start rolling up their sleeves as soon as they arrived at the camp, and would voluntarily clean up early in the morning without needing to get up for the morning call.

This practice even forced the officers in charge of the new recruits' company to take the initiative to order a halt to it.

And this is only part of it.

The spirit of learning from Lei Feng has taken root in people's hearts, and the ability to endure hardship is a social quality.

The people are simple and honest, and lack access to a wide range of information, so their thoughts are extremely pure.

Especially those who can serve in the army at the grassroots level, apart from urban soldiers who are not well received, are all hardworking and resilient from rural areas.

As for military academies, those who can get in through the college entrance examination are mostly from urban areas, and even those from rural areas often come from families that are not too poor.

The term "spoiled" is a niche term in this era, but it stands out so much when applied to a group of students who are able to pass the college entrance examination and get into university.

The term "pale-faced scholar" has been used since ancient times, and sometimes there is some truth to it.

Of course, this kind of thing actually has nothing to do with Chu An and the others.

Just watch it for fun.

Anyway, even if these cadre trainees are temporarily forced to endure hardship here, they won't be so brainless as to cause trouble with the school cadres.

They are all veterans who know the rules. Even if they became a little arrogant after their meritorious service, they can still obey orders.

Moreover, everyone here is an officer, and they cherish their military careers even more. How could they possibly ruin their future over a momentary argument?

The third day was still farm work.

But on this day, the pressure on the new students was significantly greater, and the veterans leading their teams were even more rude. Their curses became noticeably more vulgar and crude.

Because of this, Chu An and his friends saw several new students voluntarily give up their farm tools and then be taken away.

Day four, day five!
Days passed by one after another, and every day some of the new students couldn't handle the pressure.

The main reason is that, unlike the cadre trainees, they can't guess what's going on, and they even have things to do at night.

They endure high pressure every day, and at night they only do housework and memorize regulations.

The days of farm work are uncertain and will likely continue for an unknown period of time.

This is far from what they imagined life would be like after entering military academy.

However, on the sixth day, everyone was given half a day off.

Because a military doctor came to give everyone a physical examination that day.

The afternoon was spent continuing farm work.

But that very night, Chu An and the others learned that they could leave the next day.

They went to the actual military academy headquarters to begin their formal military academy career.

This aligns with the speculation that he had written his war memoirs within a week.

The difference is that they didn't actually wait until the evening of the seventh day to come and inspect the goods.

"It's finally over. We'll be going back to school tomorrow, and we'll probably be reassigned to different classes, right?"

Inside the dormitory of Class 3, after the instructor left, someone immediately uttered these words as if a great weight had been lifted from their shoulders.

Chu An smiled and looked over: "What? You're not satisfied with me as class monitor?"

Immediately, the platoon leader of the infantry platoon sat up.

"Of course not, class monitor, you are absolutely the brightest light in my life, my idol, my..."

"Stop, stop, stop!"

Chu An hurriedly called for a stop.

This guy talks nonsense.

"Hehe, Lao Liu, you'd better flatter the squad leader well."

We might be separated from the class monitor, but you're in the same major as him, at least in the same squad, and maybe even the same class.

"That's right, class monitor, I need protection too!"

Knowing that the farm work was about to end, everyone became noticeably more active.

Chu An saw the student rushing towards him and simply stretched out his foot to block him: "Get lost!"

He's in a good mood now. He's suffered for six days, with blisters on his hands that kept popping and breaking. Now it's finally over!

The next day.

After the reveille sounded.

A car arrived just as Chu An and the others had finished gathering.

This time it wasn't a bus; three trucks were parked in front of them.

Under the surprised and bewildered gazes of the new students in the neighboring area, the cadre trainees who had accompanied them for more than a week began to board the bus.

"What are you looking at! Don't you know those are all heroes who came from the battlefield?"

They are different from you; they are all cadres who were promoted after making meritorious contributions in the war.

He was a veteran, but more importantly, a war hero.

So don't overthink it.

I'm not afraid to tell you, you won't be able to return to our school for the next year. If you really can't accept that, you should give up now!

At the front of the line of local freshmen, a school official was shouting.

Chu An, who had just boarded the bus, also heard these words.

Immediately, Chu An's eyes widened as well.

Holy crap, that's cruel.

I have to be away from home all year round!

(End of this chapter)