Girls und War

After all, no one knows what the attitude of the interviewing officers is, and whether their resumes are qualified enough.

The girls on the same team were standing outside the car to see them off. Xia Shu sat in the car and looked at Viper. It was rare to see her showing a gentle expression.

In the past, Viper always had an attitude of "keep away from strangers", and even Xia Shu had never received a good response from her.

The girls in the squadron also had a general impression of the three sergeants in the company. Generally speaking, Viper had the worst temper and was prone to sarcastic remarks; Xiao Zhao had the best temper and a warm smile. Xia Shu, on the other hand, was somewhere in between, always calm and composed, his emotions hidden from view.

It is rare to see a venomous snake smiling, and even if it does, it is definitely mocking.

But at this time, Xia Shu saw the unknown side of the venomous snake.

Maybe she was inspired after seeing the girls in the squadron showing concern for them.

As the vehicle slowly started, they gradually moved away from the squadron.

Viper watched the figure below gradually shrink, and then casually said to Xia Shu, "Tell me, if we really passed the exam to become sergeants, would we be willing to leave?"

Xia Shu was silent for a moment, not knowing how to answer.

During the time I spent in the squadron, I had gradually developed feelings for the company. However, according to regulations, senior non-commissioned officers above the rank of sergeant major were not allowed to stay in the grassroots companies.

More often than not, they will be responsible for the liaison work of regimental-level organized troops, or enter the front-line coordination department to assist senior officers in commanding large-scale battlefields.

In contrast, many NCOs are reluctant to leave their primary companies. For this reason, some staff sergeants will not take the sergeant major assessment even if their experience level has reached that of a sergeant major.

Maybe Xiao Zhao didn't sign up for this exam because of this idea.

But Xia Shu never thought about it that way.

In her opinion, personnel transfers due to job changes are a matter of course.

It is impossible for a person to stay rooted in one place forever, just like it is impossible for a child to stay young forever.

After feeling sad for a while, Viper quickly regained his focus and became the ruthless sergeant who was unyielding and unyielding again.

After all, she hasn't really earned the qualifications to become a Master Chief yet, so it's too early to consider leaving now.

The two of them sat in the car in silence until the vehicle arrived at the examination room. Then they broke their silence and got out of the car one after another.

There are indeed not many people taking the Sergeant Major assessment, and almost all of them are taking the deputy commander assessment.

In addition, the order of the assessment has also changed slightly.

That is, the order of the interview assessment has changed from first to last.

691. An elite sergeant can win a battle even with a dog

When evaluating sergeants and staff sergeants, the interview assessment comes before all other assessments.

This is equivalent to the examiner giving the non-commissioned officers participating in the assessment a step before the assessment. If they do not meet the step standards, they can go home directly without wasting precious time.

For assessments above the rank of Sergeant Major, the interview assessment is arranged at the end.

It’s not that the examiners liked to see the disappointed expressions of these girls when the senior sergeants told them that they didn’t meet the promotion standards after struggling and working hard.

In fact, there is only a fine line between the strength dividing line between sergeant and chief petty officer.

A non-commissioned officer who is able to be promoted to sergeant must be almost as good as a sergeant major in terms of personal strength.

However, the rank of Sergeant Major is not based on personal strength, but on the ability to understand and control a large number of troops as a corps-level deputy during large-scale military engagements.

This ability cannot be seen on paper. Relying solely on theoretical exams can easily select some sergeants who are only good at talking on paper.

Therefore, when it comes to selecting sergeants, the examiner's assessment of combat history and experience is of paramount importance.

However, it seems a bit too inhumane to eliminate more than 90% of the sergeant veterans based solely on the preliminary interviews.

In fact, there are many old non-commissioned officers whose resumes are not very impressive, but they are indeed very capable.

So at this time, you can make some slight adjustments and give them a chance to try their best in the assessment before the final interview.

In this way, the sergeants can perform a little better in various assessments to see if their abilities can catch the examiners' eyes.

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After Xia Shu and Dushe arrived at the examination room, they signed in at the invigilator's office and received number tags.

Then they went to the lounge and waited with other sergeants.

Viper looked a little nervous and seemed to have high hopes for this assessment.

Xia Shu was more relaxed. Seeing her like this, he offered a few words of comfort.

Viper smiled and thanked him, but after thinking about it, he felt that his mentality was a little too unbalanced.

I patted my face, tried to relax, and lowered my expectations to the lowest level.

After a while, all the sergeants who had registered for the exam arrived, and the invigilator led them into the examination room and saluted the examiners.

Afterwards, they were taken directly into the theoretical examination room to begin testing their written leadership skills.

It is worth mentioning that for assessments above the rank of Sergeant Major, the two items of physical fitness and tactics have been completely eliminated.

Because in actual combat, the Master Chief rarely has the opportunity to use these skills.

Therefore, what they need to be assessed on are both theory and practice.

The theoretical assessment for the Master Chief requires a knowledge base that is a bit scary to say the least.

It's not just about on-the-spot combat - logistics, management, ordnance, and arms, all of which require some level of understanding.

In actual combat, the sergeant major's task is to check for omissions and fill in the gaps for the commanding officers, and as a mobile information repository, record all the enemy and friendly information of the combat troops.

At the same time, the sergeant major is also responsible for keeping an eye on the combat situation of the basic combat troops and reporting to the commanding officer at any time to avoid the situation where the general is unaware of the soldiers.

This mission was extremely difficult and complex, and in some ways, much harder than that of an average lieutenant. Therefore, on the battlefield, junior officers showed greater respect to the sergeants.

Sometimes when the two sides meet, the second lieutenants and first lieutenants with lower ranks have to greet the sergeant major first.

After the sergeants who took the assessment finished the test in the theoretical examination room, the examiner directly announced their theoretical test results.

It is not surprising that more than 90% of the people passed this assessment.

After all, who can take the Sergeant Chief Assessment without some skills?

If you don't have enough theoretical knowledge, you'd better not come here and humiliate yourself.

After the invigilators took away several unqualified sergeants, Xia Shu and the others faced the more difficult deputy commander's sergeant major combat skills assessment.

By this point, the skill assessment was already very close to actual combat. The assessment process was the same as before, requiring players to enter the holographic battlefield and assist in commanding large-scale troop engagements.

The Master Chief's battle map is more than one. As a rule, staff sergeants will conduct combat assessments in multiple scenarios and situations here.

According to Xia Shu's understanding, the assessment details here are very close to the actual combat level of the front-line integration department.

In other words, as long as you can pass the assessment here, after being promoted to a higher rank, you can be directly placed under the command of the front line in the imaginary battlefield to assist in combat.

However, the difficulty of this round of combat skills assessment is extremely high, even higher than normal actual combat.

If you can demonstrate excellent command skills at this time, stand out from the crowd of sergeants, and leave a deep impression on the examiners, then even if your resume doesn't look that good, the examiners will still consider you more during the final interview.

Xia Shu did not perform particularly well in this round of assessment, and could only be described as average.

Because Xia Shu is not very good at serving as deputy commander in large-scale battles.

Her strengths lie in her personal combat ability and on-the-spot judgment.

If they fought alone, no one could match Xia Shu. Or if she were to lead the troops directly, her rich combat experience would be put to good use.

However, assisting in combat is Xia Shu's weakness.

If she is asked to assist in the battle in a proper manner and not make any mistakes, Xia Shu will definitely be able to do it.

But she was required to perform exceptionally well and provide detailed analysis to the leading officers as soon as the battle situation changed - this was difficult for her.

After all, Xia Shu's essential job is a sniper. How could a sniper nag in the commander's ear every day?

Isn’t that just making yourself unhappy?

As a result, Xia Shu only got a barely passing score in this round of assessment.

However, there was another sergeant that Xia Shu didn't know who performed particularly well in this round of assessment.

She demonstrated comprehensive and sophisticated control across several battle maps, providing the most appropriate advice on how to handle the battle situation and reported information, regardless of whether it was accurate or not.

This feeling is like during a surgical operation, the surgeon just comes up with an idea and the assistant surgeon can immediately provide the most comfortable viewing angle.

Natsuki could imagine how comfortable and mindless it would be for a commander to have her as his deputy.

So Xia Shu also wrote down the name of this sergeant - Fafna.

If nothing unexpected happens, it will be another elite player who has jumped over from other battle zones.

692. The twists and turns of the interview assessment

After this round of practical assessment of combat skills, half of the qualified candidates were gone.

About 40% of the candidates failed this round of assessment. Considering the 10% who were eliminated in the previous theoretical assessment, the total elimination rate is close to half.

However, even if it is half, it is still an extremely astonishing number in the non-commissioned officer assessment where the overall promotion rate is extremely low.

If there were no subsequent interview, the number of sergeants in the imaginary battlefield would probably be much higher than that of sergeants.

But at the interview stage, more than 80% of people will be eliminated.

After the assessment results came out, the invigilators quickly took the sergeants who passed the assessment to the waiting area and asked them to sit there and wait.

The examiners have also entered the interview room and started preparing the interview materials.

After waiting for a while, the preparations for the test were finally complete. The invigilator called them in one by one according to their preparation numbers for the test to start the interview.

Xia Shu and Viper's numbers were relatively late, so they just waited patiently in their seats.

The sergeants around all had serious expressions, and seemed to be unsure about the outcome of the interview.

They entered the interview room one by one and came out one by one, their expressions either sad or lost, most of them showing signs of failure.

Only a very small number of people with particularly strong resumes can pass the interview assessment here.

Soon, Xia Shu's number was finally called.

Xia Shu stood up and straightened her clothes. Viper whispered to her, "Come on."

Xia Shu nodded and smiled back. Then, under the watchful eyes of the other sergeants, he walked into the interview room ahead without looking away.

There were five interviewers waiting for her in the room. One of the chief examiners had the rank of major general, and the other four were colonels.

Seeing Xia Shu walk in, the five of them smiled at her from their seats.

Xia Shu immediately saluted them and then sat down in the middle of the room on a chair that was not very comfortable.

When the interviewers saw Xia Shu sitting down, they picked up the resume in front of them and asked questions while reading it.

The interviewer, a major sitting on the far right and the lowest in rank, spoke first, addressing Xia Shu. "Hello, Xia Shu. I saw your performance in the theater competition. It was quite good. But I'm still a little confused. Why didn't you apply for the sniper sergeant major position, but instead chose to apply for the deputy commander position? Is there a deeper reason behind this?"

The interviewer's questions were not much different from the previous ones, so Xia Shu restated his ideas about being a non-commissioned officer according to his previous thoughts.

The main point is that the strategic importance of the deputy commander is one level higher than that of a sniper.

After listening to this, the major nodded, but still said, "That being said, your professionalism remains to be considered. I admit that you are qualified as a sniper, but as a deputy commander, your combat experience clearly does not meet our requirements."

Natsuki frowned and nodded.

It seems that this interview got off to a bad start and her promotion journey is in jeopardy.

After the major finished speaking, he turned to look at his colleagues beside him.

A lieutenant colonel nodded, indicating he would speak. Then, flipping through the documents, he said to Xia Shu, "Well... I share the same opinion. I've reviewed your combat record. From a company-level perspective, your performance was excellent. Your command was sound, and your judgment was accurate. But from the perspective of a large-scale unit commander, there's nothing particularly impressive about you. And the conclusion from the recent combat skills assessment is the same—do you understand me?"

Xia Shu nodded again, which meant that her performance was very mediocre and she was not doing a very good job as a deputy.

She herself can admit this.

Then it was the third interviewer's turn. He looked at the resume for a while before saying, "Well... my opinion is - well... I think you can pass."

The lieutenant colonel seemed a bit hesitant. "Although his resume isn't particularly impressive, I haven't seen any mistakes in Xia Shu's combat experience. For a deputy command sergeant, I think having no mistakes is a very good plus. At least I personally think that being moderate is a virtue for a deputy command sergeant. What do you think?"

After she finished speaking, the other interviewers fell into deep thought.

Xia Shu knew that she was speaking well of him, so he gave her a grateful smile.