Girls und War

"Dad" smiled awkwardly and said, "Well...it's not easy to make meritorious contributions in logistics..."

"What merit? All you think about is merit. I think it's better for her to live in peace and safety." "Mom" turned her head away angrily and said, "I think she shouldn't have joined the army. You too, don't try to persuade her. I can see that you don't love your child at all."

"Dad" looked more and more embarrassed, turned his head to look at Dragon, and said, "Excuse me, excuse me."

Seeing this, Doragon also smiled and began to wonder what kind of family situation this "couple" with clear top and bottom roles had.

When the three of them arrived at the training ground, they saw the squadron members who were training enthusiastically, and Zhan Jian who was sitting aside to rest.

When Zhan Jian saw his parents, he stood up somewhat at a loss.

The astronaut's mother quickly ran over, took her hand affectionately, and said, "Are you tired, honey? Are you suffering? Tell me... Look at you, you've lost weight."

She looks like a loving mother who dotes on her children.

Zhan Zhan retracted his hand a little embarrassedly. Fortunately, most of the people in the squadron were being tortured by Xia Shu and did not notice the situation here.

Otherwise she would be even more embarrassed.

The officer "Dad" coughed sternly and said from behind, "It's a training ground. How can you be so timid? Have you never been a soldier?"

The astronaut mother gave her a sidelong glance and said, "Of course I have to take care of my precious daughter! What do you know, you useless idiot? Get out of here!"

The officer "Dad" muttered, "You have no balls either," but he still walked aside and started talking to Doragon.

They are all about the differences between current troop management and previous ones.

When they got excited, the two "real men" put their arms around each other's shoulders and burst into laughter.

Xia Shu looked at the girls under his command, who all looked half dead, and finally ordered them to rest. So the girls sat down on the ground in a disheveled manner and rested.

Xia Shu looked at the situation on Zhan Jian's side and wondered if it would be better to say hello.

So he walked to the training ground and said to the astronaut mother of the war blade, "Hello, auntie."

When the astronaut mother saw that it was a handsome young non-commissioned officer, she smiled and said, "Why call me auntie? Just call me sister!"

Xia Shu was confused, but still called out as she was told, "Hello, sister..."

"Yes, yes, yes!" When Zhan Ren's mother heard the word "sister", her face immediately became radiant, as if she had become a dozen years younger.

At this time, Zhan Jian showed an expression of "???".

485. They were once active-duty soldiers, and we are now active-duty soldiers

Xia Shu had never met Zhan Jian's parents before, and rarely heard her talk about her family.

So all we know about Zhan Ren's family is that both her parents are soldiers.

The other girls in the squadron who were unaware of the situation were even more surprised when they saw Zhan Zhan's "father" and mother.

What was surprising was not the common practice of two women getting together, but the fact that both of her parents were soldiers, which Zhan Jian had never revealed to anyone else.

Xia Shu didn't know much about the path chosen by retired military officers.

All we know is that when the service period is reached and the imaginary battlefield begins to produce individual rejection reactions - if you don't want to stop serving, there are basically only two options.

One is to join the Space Defense Fleet and begin a long and boring career in space service.

The second option is to stay on this planet and become a member of the huge and bloated reserve officer corps.

By the way, if you are not an officer when you retire, you are not eligible to join the Land Reserve.

Because the Land Reserve Army is [the core defense force that will be deployed to the front line of interstellar operations as soon as war breaks out], this defense system only has a fully automated combat system and does not require front-line soldiers.

Therefore, if one does not become an officer while in active service, he or she will be judged as unfit to serve as a commander on the front line and will be eliminated from the "cradle" of reserve officers.

If you are not an officer when you retire, does that mean you have nowhere to go?

Not really.

The members of the active space force are basically all retired boys and girls.

If they wish, they can even serve in the starry sea until they die.

It’s just that life in space is too boring, so few people are willing to go.

Like Zhan Zhan's astronaut mother, because her military rank was only a non-commissioned officer, she could not join the reserve officer team - so she chose to continue serving in space as a second best option.

As for whether there are officers who choose to go to space, there are indeed some.

But in terms of numbers, only a very small number of people made this choice.

Another point that needs to be emphasized is that the rank promotion of reserve officers is basically a very long process.

Because there were no wars and no paths to promotion, an officer often had to wait for more than ten years before being promoted to the next level.

And it gets harder the higher you go, dozens of times harder than for active-duty officers.

So, girls, become famous as early as possible.

Use your short active service career to work hard to improve your military rank!

In this way, when you retire, you can gloriously become the leader of a group of old men and women!

So, it is very obvious why Zhan Ren's mother disagrees with Zhan Ren's choice to join the army.

In the eyes of this space mom, military life is monotonous and boring, which is too torturous for a young girl.

If Zhan Jian hadn't been so persistent, she would never have let the girl go back to her old ways.

If nothing unexpected happens, after a few years, when this mother's contract expires, she will immediately retire from space service and return to the ground.

But Zhan Jian's "father" was not so opposed.

After all, her situation wasn't that bad, and service in the Reserves wasn't as boring as serving in the Space Force.

Retired military officers from various war zones get together from time to time and create a simulated sandbox that looks like a pseudo-imaginary battlefield, where a group of people "play chess" every day.

If Zhan Jian could take this path in the future, "Dad" wouldn't be so worried.

But it's not possible to become an officer just by wanting to. If Zhan Ren fails to get into the military academy, "Dad" will probably have no choice but to support Mom's choice and let her stop serving.

Zhan Jian didn't know these things.

Or even if she knew, it would be difficult for her to raise any objections.

But in the final analysis, her parents were considering very long-term things that might not happen until more than ten years later.

So she doesn't have to think about it so much for the time being.

Now, Zhan Jian only needs to think about how to follow Xia Shu's footsteps and become an excellent warrior.

Although Zhan Zhan's astronaut mother is tired of her current job, it does not mean that she hates the army or the beautiful girls in it.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have chosen to marry War Blade's officer "father."

So after seeing Xia Shu, he immediately felt excited.

She looked Xia Shu up and down, a strange light flashing in the corners of her eyes, and said with great admiration, "You are Xia Shu, right?"

Natsuki was stunned for a moment before saying, "Uh...yes. How did you know that?"

"I always hear our Zhan Jian mention you." The astronaut mother reached out and touched Zhan Jian's face again, making her face blush.

"Have you seen my photo?" Xia Shu glanced at Zhan Jian.

"Not really." Mom covered her mouth and laughed, "I just guessed."

Xia Shu showed a puzzled expression and murmured, "How did you guess that..."

"Oh, okay! Stop talking!" Zhan Ren pushed his mother away, keeping her away from Xia Shu.

Mom smiled and turned to Xia Shu and said, "Come to our house when you have time."

Xia Shu responded helplessly.

On the other side, Dragon and War Blade "Dad" were happily chatting about training.

Doragon was still boasting, saying, "I'm telling you, none of these little guys in the squadron can match me. With my skills—all-round!"

"Really?" Zhan Zhan's "father" looked surprised. "Most military commanders don't pay much attention to training. They're lucky if they can keep up with the average level. Can you surpass them?"

"Of course not!" Doragon said proudly, "Otherwise, how could they be a frontline combat unit?"

"Hey! Come to think of it, I've been working out recently too. Do you want to take a look? Do you want us to compete?" "Dad" gradually started to get excited.

"Well... I just finished training today and I'm a little tired. Let's do it another day! Another day!" Doragon immediately said perfunctorily.

"Oh, come to think of it, your squadron trains really hard. Look at that NCO on duty." "Dad" glanced at Xia Shu and the girls lying limp on the ground and asked casually, "Is it training month?"

"No, it's a vacation month."

"Oh? You're still training so hard during the holiday month? Isn't the annual holiday almost here?" "Dad" showed a surprised expression.

"Of course! Otherwise, how could they be a frontline combat unit?" Doragon's nose was almost up in the air. "It's because of my effective supervision and training that they were able to receive the 'Company·Phnom Penh·Military·Merit·Medal'! It's the 'Phnom Penh·Military·Medal'!"

"What? Gold edge?"

"That's right!" Doragon began his long speech with an expression that said, "I'm going to have a serious talk with you about this."

At this time, Xia Shu saw that everyone had rested enough, so he blew the whistle to assemble again.

When the girls heard the sound, they immediately started wailing.

486. How did mommy’s little baby become a cold-faced and silent beautiful girl?

How long has it been since these old non-commissioned officers felt their hands and feet go weak?

Ever since they arrived at the Red Dragon Squadron and became the elite frontline members of the Flower District, how long had it been since they had been thoroughly arranged by the duty officers?

What about the unspoken rule in the military that new recruits are not given courtesy and old recruits are not given punishment?

Has Xia Shu started to become unreasonable?

But after being treated like this, they didn't dare to say much.

Who dares to say more?

His military rank is not as high as others, and his strength is not as strong as others.

Simply put, it means that the skills are not as good as others.

Viper was still on vacation and hadn't returned yet, so Xiao Zhao found an excuse to be on duty and went to the logistics team.

Doragon also took the opportunity of his family's visit to leave the training ground.

So, isn't it Xia Shu who has the final say in the squadron now?

Do they have a choice?

So in the end, all the girls could only hold on to the wall and return to the dormitory one by one in a very desolate manner.

Dragon was talking to Zhan Zhan's parents and was taking them on a tour of the squadron facilities.

Seeing a group of girls walking back from the training ground, supporting each other, he smiled and asked, "Hey? Is training over?"

Sparrow sat by the flower bed, holding a cup of water in his trembling hands. He looked at Doragon and said calmly, "Captain, I have something to tell you."

"What's the matter? Tell me."

"...Try to do it less in the future...No! Don't let Xia Shu be on duty anymore!" Sparrow pressed his temples, and there seemed to be a kind of panic in the depths of his tone.

The calm words "I'm on duty today" were seared into my mind like a nightmare, and could not be dispelled for a long time.

Doragon was silent for a moment, then nodded deeply and said, "I understand."

Thousands of words turned into silence and merged into these four words.

The sparrow opened its mouth, as if it wanted to say something, but in the end, it just sighed.

Then, with the help of the robot, she walked towards the dormitory with trembling legs.

Doragon and War Blade's officer "Dad" looked at each other in silence as they saw the veteran sergeant who had made great contributions to the squadron slowly disappear at the stairs.

"Dad" said hesitantly, "It seems that Miss Xia Shu in your squadron is not easy to get along with..."

Dragon smiled awkwardly and replied, "Not really... It's just that I didn't know before that Xia Shu's training was so... so..."

She kept saying this for a long time but couldn't make any sense of it.