The day after the new recruits joined the company, Steel Seventh Company held a company entry ceremony in the morning, and in the afternoon they held a non-stop assessment for joining the company.
This year's recruits are not trained by the Seventh Steel Company.
Moreover, the Seventh Company did not send anyone to participate, so he had no idea about the situation of the recruits. Gao Cheng was very anxious and couldn't wait to know the true situation of the recruits, so he started a thorough assessment the next afternoon.
Although Gao Cheng had called the commander of the recruit company many times before, asking for more good soldiers, and the other party agreed very readily, Gao Cheng did a lot of "immoral" things last year, and he promised readily, but in fact
Keeping the good things to himself and giving the bad things to others, he is also worried about people's "retaliation" this year. Even if there is no revenge, he probably doesn't believe others' bragging. He only sees it and believes it.
There are not many assessment subjects for the recruit company. The first one is naturally the queue, but this is actually not the focus, so the assessment is very simple. The recruits are divided into three groups, and each group comes once. The company commander Gao Cheng personally blows the whistle and gives instructions.
, walking in unison, walking in goose-step, taking a break, standing across the line, and coming up with a few of them, basically everything is clear. Fortunately, there are no soldiers like Xu Sanduo this year.
The next few subjects are more important. One is shooting, and naturally only practice one is tested. The other is a physical fitness test, which is mainly a three-kilometer long-distance running with light equipment.
As for internal affairs, Gao Cheng didn't waste any time.
During the assessment process, Chen Fei kept watching eagerly.
During the queue assessment, he was still talking and laughing.
But when he came to the shooting practice and assessment, he couldn't smile very much. Of the four soldiers in the eighth class, three were qualified, one was good, and none was excellent.
Of course, other classes are not much better.
"The new recruits can't do it this time!"
Many squad leaders shook their heads and sighed helplessly.
The three-kilometer long run was the most anxious one. After only a little more than one lap, the soldiers didn't look like they were running at all. They looked more like they were walking.
Although Chen Fei wanted to rush in front of the new recruits several times and yell at me for stepping on ants, run, run, run, but he held it back in the end.
Just watching from a distance.
As expected, the results of these soldiers in Class 8 were not very satisfactory.
Of course, the overall situation of the recruits in the seventh company is not as good as last year.
So that night, during the meeting of the Seventh Company, Company Commander Gao Cheng looked extremely ugly.
"Second Pioneer Company! It's so embarrassing to be called Pioneer! Look at what he has trained these things -"
He threw the thick grade book on the table with a bang, put his hands on his hips, panted like an ox, and almost jumped.
Hong Xingguo, who was sitting next to him, hurriedly looked outside and found that there was no one outside, let alone anyone from the Second Pioneer Company. Then he breathed a sigh of relief and quickly comforted Gao Cheng: "Old Gao, don't be angry yet.
, don’t be angry now. The recruits have poor performance, and it’s not just our family. The overall situation is the same this year. We are all on the same starting line, so don’t worry about getting angry. Come on, sit down, drink some water first, and calm down.
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Not to mention, Gao Cheng really listened to Hong Xingguo's advice. Although he still cursed, his voice was much softer, and he actually sat down and took a sip of green tea, and most of his anger was finally gone.
"The Second Pioneer Company actually tried its best, but the lack of troops in recent years...sigh-" Hong Xingguo said in a long voice.
The quality of soldiers is getting worse year by year. This is normal, but this year it seems particularly bad.
In fact, it is not just the quality of recruits. These days, the argument that the younger generation is inferior to the previous generation, that the country is hopeless, and that the future is uncertain has been rampant.
If we look back from 2022, in fact, young people of every era are looked down upon by the older generation. They either do not seek to make progress or are ignorant and unskilled. In short, one generation is inferior to the other, but this is not the case.
In recent years, the recruitment policy has gradually tilted towards cities and towards high school graduates. Therefore, naturally, the physical fitness of recruits will definitely decline. This is a rule and does not depend on human will. Where in the world are we required to do so?
It's a good thing that horses eat grass and run. If you want someone with a high degree of education, their physical fitness will definitely not be that good. If you want urban soldiers, their hard-working spirit will definitely not be as good as those of rural soldiers.
It's just that no one is happy no matter who is responsible for this kind of thing.
Gao Cheng was excitedly setting ambitious goals. He decided to do something big this year, but who would have thought that these new recruits he received this year...
The quality is worrisome.
After complaining for a while, Gao Cheng finally calmed down. He opened the score register and began to speak.
"Everyone has seen the results of today's basic assessment. The overall situation is not very ideal. Judging from the results of each class, the best quality of recruits is Class 1, Class 3, and Class 5, while the worst is Class 8 and Class 9.
The other classes are in the middle."
"I think this year's recruits, queues and internal affairs are just so-so, but the shooting practice... is far from the group we brought last year, and even not as good as the year before. As for physical fitness...
..The results are so bad that I don’t even bother to waste my time!”
Gaocheng was analyzed subject by subject.
Finally, he raised his head and looked at Chen Fei seriously: "Eighth squad leader, you need to study the four soldiers in your squad carefully, especially He Jun, you need to work harder!"
"Company Commander, don't worry, I will definitely take it seriously." Chen Fei replied.
Gao Cheng turned to Class Three again: "Squad Leader Three, the overall situation of these recruits in your class seems to be good, but to be honest, it is still far behind last year, so you, the squad leader, have to come up with something.
Work hard to improve their grades."
"Yes!" Wu Liuyi straightened his body and looked solemnly.
After commenting one by one, Gao Cheng concluded: "All in all, the situation this year is not optimistic. According to reliable information, this year, the 702nd Regiment will be arranged to participate in a heavy-weight exercise. This exercise is of great importance, and may even be related to
The fate of our 702nd Regiment.
As the sharp knife of the 702nd Regiment, our Steel Seventh Company is the key to the success of this exercise. Therefore, in the next period of time, I hope that each class can give full play to their subjective initiative and strive to improve the performance of the recruits.
Increase the team's combat effectiveness! Okay, let's adjourn the meeting - Oh, by the way, Lao Hong, do you have anything to say? No! Okay, let's adjourn the meeting!"
After a while, when Chen Fei came downstairs to the dormitory, Chengcai flashed out from the side and called softly: "Monitor——"
Chen Fei turned around and saw that it was Chengcai. He was a little surprised, but he still walked towards him.
"Squad leader, I just made some inquiries and found out that among the new recruits assigned this year, some of our eighth class are the worst in terms of grades and other aspects. Squad leader, I'm afraid you have to report this to the company commander and instructor.
Make it clear, otherwise we will suffer too much in the final assessment!"
"This situation was discussed in the meeting just now. The company commander and instructor are aware of it!"
"That's not bad!" Chengcai breathed a sigh of relief, paused, and said: "Squad leader, these four soldiers in our class are all urban soldiers, and I just had a chat with them and found that their living conditions were very poor when they were young.
Yes, they haven’t endured any hardships. They are all pampered. If you want them to get their grades up as soon as possible, monitor, it’s not going to be easy——”
"Take your time!" Chen Fei also sighed, a little helpless.