The origin of strawberry soldiers

Taiwan Province's post-8s officers and men are often referred to as "strawberry soldiers". The media on the island believe that those soldiers with poor physical fitness and insufficient pressure resistance are called "strawberry soldiers", which is very vivid. Although these young "strawberry soldiers" are glamorous in appearance, they are extremely fragile inside. The media on the island also reported that there was such a "dramatic" scene in the Taiwan Army: a soldier looked at a guava and cried while eating. Upon inquiry, the soldier sobbed and replied, "When I was at home, my mother cut the guava and dug up the seeds." Facing an intact guava, "I don't know how to eat it." Such seemingly funny but true cases are not uncommon. It was reported that some recruits were rushed to the hospital for taking too much painkillers to avoid the final skill test, and almost died. Taiwan Province's military said that Taiwan's military training led to frequent scandals such as "strawberry soldiers" fleeing, taking drugs and committing suicide, so the training standard had to be lowered continuously, and the base number of push-ups was reduced from 8 to 3, and the standard for recruits to pass 3 kilometers was only 19 minutes of running lightly. Just like this, recruits often "cut corners" and muddle along. Taiwan Province's military is also puzzled by the fact that "strawberry soldiers" have poor resistance to pressure and often turn into "strawberry juice", especially the self-injury of recruits at every turn, which has also caused great pressure on the "Ministry of National Defense". The words of Hu Zhenpu, a former director of political operations of Taiwan General Administration, can best explain the problem: the above-mentioned incidents and suicides continue to occur in the Taiwan military because more and more "strawberry families" have mixed into the military. They entered the army because they were "afraid of exercise and fatigue but not afraid of death." In a word, the military's helplessness was exhausted.