Military career: Starting with a recruitment letter

Chapter 58: This mouth is not suitable for writing, what a waste of talent

The dining tables of each class in the army are generally fixed, and Chen Mo also knows the location of the company headquarters.

Right at the innermost side.

When he walked to the dining table, Liang Hongjie had already arranged the rice and staple foods, and was distributing them according to the number of people with a pair of chopsticks in his hand.

"Platoon Leader, how can I help you?"

Chen Mo rubbed his hands on his pants with a smile, walked over and said hello.

"Hey, scholar?!"

When Liang Hongjie saw Chen Mo, he also smiled. Old Liang had done many exercises with Chen Mo during the physical fitness week.

The two have always had a good relationship.

"They're singing outside, why did you come in? It's not your turn to be on duty in Class 8."

Liang Hongjie looked outside the cafeteria with a puzzled look on his face.

"The company commander ordered me to have dinner with the company headquarters today." Chen Mo smiled.

"Is there a job for me? If not, I'll go get it in the back."

"Of course there must be one. Wait a moment, I'll go."

As Liang Hongjie spoke, he put down his chopsticks and didn't give Chen Mo any chance to react.

He quickly ran to the kitchen.

Liang Hongjie is a nice person, enthusiastic and not arrogant.

He had just graduated from military school and had few good comrades in the unit.

It may be due to the rigid thinking brought about by the times, and grassroots companies only focus on physical fitness.

If you have good physical fitness, people will respect you. If you don’t have good physical fitness, let alone being a platoon leader, it will be useless even if you graduate and become a deputy company commander. Veterans don’t buy it at all.

For an officer like Lao Liang who graduated from a formal "professional school", it is difficult to make it in a grassroots unit without a year or two of experience.

Even trainee officers like them have a harder time than new recruits. After all, new recruits are new to the barracks, and the unit will be very tolerant.

Graduated student officers are not good enough. As soon as they come over, they will be stared at by a group of veterans.

Changing one's mindset alone is not something that can be accomplished in a short period of time.

Therefore, since it was rare for a new recruit like Chen Mo to be willing to get close to him, Liang Hongjie was quite enthusiastic.

After running to the kitchen to buy another set of bowls and chopsticks, Lao Liang pulled Chen Mo to stand on the side of the wall and said, "Listen to the slogans of the duty students later. Let them sit down and we will sit down later."

"But don't rush to eat. Wait until the company commander and the instructor arrive. If you're hungry, grab a couple of buns now while no one's around."

"No thanks, sir. I'm not hungry."

Chen Mo shook his head slightly. To be honest, it was quite nice to meet a student officer with this kind of personality in the army.

At least it's much better than those ferocious-looking old soldiers who glare at people at every turn.

The two of them had just stood there for a while when the teams from each class, after singing the pre-meal song, began to enter the cafeteria one after another.

Usually there were few people at the company's dining table. Apart from the company commander and the instructor, there was only a quartermaster, the head cook, and an officer like Lao Liang who was considered a clerical officer.

Chen Mo was no stranger to these people.

Not long after each class started eating, Cheng Dong, Huo Linshan, and the battalion commander they had just met outside came to the dinner table together.

"Eat scholar, don't be restrained when you come here. The most important thing is to eat well and be full."

As soon as Huo Linshan sat down, he began to greet Chen Mo.

"Yes, instructor."

Chen Mo was not a polite person. He showed off the buns first and then ate the vegetables. He didn't feel shy at all because he was in a new place.

There is no special kitchen in the company, and the food is similar to that of each class.

If I had to comment on the good points, I would say that there are few people but a lot of buns, and the seats are spacious and you can sit freely. In short, there are many dishes but few people, so there is no need to fight.

During the meal, Cheng Dong mentioned something about Lu Jun, but he didn't say much. He just arranged for Lao Liang to take two buns to the confinement room later.

They also said that they would send in a stack of manuscript paper and a pen, and ask me to write a self-criticism. They would collect one every three hours, and would release me when I had collected twenty.

Chen Mo was not interested in the subsequent punishment.

It's nothing more than giving them a good beating and keeping them, or simply appeasing them and waiting for them to withdraw.

But there is no doubt that his original guess should be correct.

The company had no intention of retreating.

Otherwise, why bother writing the inspection? Just notify the armed forces department of your registered place of residence, then notify your family, and take the person back.

Chen Mo always thought that he was able to come to the company's dining table for dinner because the company commander recognized his contribution in the morning.

So, no matter what other people were talking about, Chen Mo kept his head down and ate vigorously, strictly adhering to the principle of not talking while eating and not talking while sleeping.

This made Huo Linshan next to him hesitate several times to speak. After waiting for a long time, Chen Mo finally finished eating six buns, drank a bowl of rice soup, and put down his chopsticks.

The instructor finally spoke: "Xiucai, the physical training week is over. What do you think you gained?"

I?
Chen Mo was stunned for a moment, then quickly straightened up and said, "Report to the instructor, ever since I came to our Second Company, I have deeply realized the importance of physical fitness for a soldier."

"I gained a lot from the physical training week. After a week of continuous training, I personally feel that my level has improved significantly."

"My endurance, strength, and flexibility have all improved dramatically, but I still find some shortcomings and areas that need improvement in my daily training."

"In the future, I will definitely"

"Okay, okay, that's enough." Huo Linshan raised his hand to stop Chen Mo before he could finish.

He finally understood why this boy, a soldier, would think of writing letters as a channel.

This guy sounded like he was reporting on his work the moment he opened his mouth.

Even Cheng Dong, who was sitting across from him at the table, and the battalion commander, both stared at Chen Mo in a daze, forgetting to eat the buns in their hands.

"With such a good mouth, it would be a waste of talent for the scholar not to be a clerk." Cheng Dong shook his head slightly, his tone full of emotion.

In fact, how could Chen Mo not know that he would look stupid if he responded like this?
Of course he knew.

But in the army of this era, it really cannot be considered stupid. Right now, especially in grassroots units, the quality of soldiers is generally not high, and the overall cultural level is relatively low.

By showing off his little knowledge, Chen Mo might be able to find a good job first, for example, the company wants him to be a clerk.

"Let me ask this a different way." Huo Linshan looked at Chen Mo and said, "Do you know why our Second Company is having a physical training week?"

"I know."

Chen Mo nodded and said, "Our 82th Brigade is going to compete with the nd Brigade. The purpose of the physical fitness week is to select the best soldiers from each class."

"It will be convenient for us to focus on training later. We should first train a group of people who can win the championship and focus on their development."

"Instructor, this is all my guess, I don't know if it's correct."

After Chen Mo finished speaking, he grinned with his teeth showing, smiling in a very honest manner.

But seeing his smile, even a well-mannered political cadre like Huo Linshan felt an impulse.

I couldn't help but feel annoyed and wanted to use my shoe size to measure the width of Chen Mo's chest.

Damn it, I am a political cadre, and I was repeatedly rejected when doing ideological work for a new recruit.

Where the hell can you reason with this?

He asked for a long time, and what he just wanted to say was that Zhou Chenmo performed well in physical fitness and should keep up the good work and take on the responsibility of being the training benchmark for the second company.

At the same time, give some praise and encouragement to show the instructor's concern for the recruits.

After a slow and persuasive teaching, the new recruit finally made up his mind and patted his chest with full fighting spirit. This is what we call ideological work.
Finally it came to Chen Mo.

How come the effect is completely reversed?
(End of this chapter)