Things about being a soldier (1) Coming to the Naval Training Corps

One day in November 1987, a green train slowly left Qingdao Station, carrying more than a hundred recruits from two areas of Weifang, Qingdao, and headed into the distance...

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Before departure, the officer who received the troops announced several disciplines, including not speaking loudly, not asking about things you shouldn’t know, etc., so we didn’t know where our final stop was.

After an unknown amount of time, we, who were drowsy, heard the conductor announce: "Chaoxian" station has arrived. Passengers who are getting off, please be prepared.

"North Korea has arrived? Are we going abroad?!" a fellow soldier shouted loudly.

"Don't talk!" He was immediately reprimanded loudly by the receiving officer.

Then the officer faced us and shouted loudly:

Everyone is here, put your backpack on your back and get off the car one by one.

After getting off the bus, I noticed that the stop sign said "Chaoxian Station" (now Chaohu City, Anhui Province) instead of North Korea.

The receiving officer organized his team, stood at attention, saluted another officer who came to greet the new recruits, and reported loudly:

Comrade Chief of Staff, there should be 120 new recruits in the Jiaodong area. , the actual number is one hundred and twenty, please give instructions!

"Get on the bus in order!" Another officer ordered loudly

"Yes!" the receiving officer replied loudly.

Then we got on the large military truck covered with canvas hood.

The big truck drove for about an hour and stopped. I heard someone outside shouting:

Get off!

We got out of the car one by one and lined up. Another high-ranking officer took the roll call and assigned the 120 recruits to each company.

I and four other fellow villagers were assigned to the Sixth Squadron. Then we were assigned to various classes, and then we were gathered together to eat in the cafeteria.

After dinner, a veteran wearing the same clothes as us held a haircut tool and said to us:

I am your squad leader. Now I am lining up for a haircut. After the haircut, I will go to the bathhouse to take a shower. .

We were uniformly trimmed into square lengths. After getting our hair cut and taking a shower, the squad leader began to demonstrate to us how to fold quilts, pack backpacks, and make beds.

We did nothing all day long the next day. We just learned to fold quilts and pack backpacks, folding them over and over again, until the quilts were folded into a uniform "tofu block" shape, and the backpacks were folded "three horizontally" "Two vertical" (tied quilt with backpack straps)

In the next few days, many recruits from other provinces came one after another. The procedure was the same as ours. After a few days, all the recruits arrived, and our recruits Even life officially begins...

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Friends, please forgive me The many details of the early days of joining the army are written in such a long way. As people get older, they like to recall the past, and the past is like the tide that opens the floodgates and rolls in. Being a soldier is an important experience in my life, and I don’t want to leave out these details, because these details are very important and heart-warming to me. When I recall these, I feel satisfied and proud. Just like what the song says: If you have the history of being a soldier in your life, you will never regret it in your life.