My Military Career in a Parallel World

Chapter 258 Army Command College!

Jiang Chen squeezed out of the crowd and walked to the sentry at the school gate, saluted, and said, "Hello, comrade, I'm here to sign up!"

“It’s not time to register yet…”

The sentry subconsciously wanted to explain, but then he saw Jiang Chen take out his soldier's ID and admission letter and hand them over.

There are still two days before the official start of school. Local candidates have to wait until September 1st to register for admission, which will facilitate subsequent allocation and management.

It is not so troublesome to promote soldiers to officers. They are all veterans who understand the rules of the army and are not as difficult to manage as new recruits. In addition, there are some procedures to go through, so you can register at the school one or two days in advance.

"The troops are coming, over here..."

Hearing the noise outside, the officer on duty in the communication room glanced at the soldier's ID in his hand through the glass, opened the door and motioned Jiang Chen to come in and talk.

"Come in and bring out your admission letter, party group certificate and other materials."

"Yes, Chief!"

After entering the message room, Jiang Chen stood at attention and saluted, then he unzipped the side of his backpack and took out the documents that he had prepared long ago.

The captain took the information and sat down again. He turned on the computer and said, "Sit down first and wait for a moment. After I complete the registration, I will notify the recruit camp to pick you up."

"You don't need to take your soldier certificates back. After you officially enroll, you will all be replaced with student certificates..."

After explaining a few words casually, the captain stopped talking and instead looked carefully at the profile of Jiang Chen in front of him.

"Private? A private who has just been in the army for a year?!"

The captain rubbed his eyes subconsciously when he saw the file for the first time.

It's funny to say that Jiang Chen has never even seen the rank of corporal, let alone worn one.

When he had been in the army for a year and his limbs had been upgraded from one to two, he was on vacation in his hometown and was not in the army at all.

In addition, Jiang Chen was going to the military academy soon, and he would definitely change his shoulder straps to the military academy's cadet rank, so Ge ​​Hongtao didn't even notify him and directly changed the information on his file from private to corporal.

If it weren't for the strict requirement that one must have served in the army for one year before being promoted to officer, Ge Hongtao would probably have skipped that step and directly let Jiang Chen report to the military academy with the rank of private.

"You were promoted to corporal in August this year?" The captain turned his head and stared at Jiang Chen with disbelief in his eyes.

"what……"

Because Ge Hongtao had never mentioned this, he was a little confused for a moment.

However, Jiang Chen's reaction was fast enough. After a quick calculation in his mind, he immediately nodded and said, "That should be it. I joined the army in August last year, and this month has been a year."

"No, I just joined the army last year. How did you get the job?!"

"Well, that's what I meant..." Jiang Chen scratched his head and looked at the captain, speaking speechlessly.

"No, I mean how did you meet the requirements for promotion?"

"I'm just so satisfied." Jiang Chen still looked the same as before.

Seeing that the captain still had a skeptical expression on his face, Jiang Chen could only shrug and said helplessly: "You should be able to check the student records here, right? Just check it..."

After being reminded by him, the captain also reacted.

Yes, if we just look at the soldier's file, everything will be clear...

Thinking of this, the captain did not waste any time and tried to find Jiang Chen's academic record based on the number on his admission letter. After confirming that he was on the list of candidates for promotion and admission, he clicked on Jiang Chen's personal file and looked at it carefully.

Then, the next second, the captain sitting in front of the computer was stunned.

What an outrageous experience!

He had been in the Army Command for so many years and had seen countless soldiers being promoted to officers, but this was the first time he had seen such an exaggerated personal file.

Two individual second-class merits, two individual third-class merits, one collective second-class merit, and one collective third-class merit.

Not to mention the various division-level commendations.

In addition to these meritorious service introductions, what stunned him even more was Jiang Chen’s personal growth experience.

First is the deputy squad leader of the recruit company.

There is nothing much to say about this. Basically, eight out of ten soldiers who were admitted to school have served as deputy squad leaders in the recruit company.

But what happened next was a little outrageous.

In just less than a year, this rookie recruit rose through the ranks from a private to deputy squad leader and then squad leader.

What’s even more outrageous is that according to archival materials, this rookie had served as a quasi-acting platoon leader for more than half a month before leaving!

What is a quasi-acting platoon leader? It means someone who has experience in managing a platoon-level team but does not have a substantive position.

However, this is already very, very awesome.

You have to know that at this time Jiang Chen is not even a private first class!

One year is outrageous compared to other veterans who have been in the army for seven or eight years!

Yes, in order to pave the way for Jiang Chen and make his future journey as smooth as possible, in the last half month, Ge Hongtao simply asked Li Cheng to temporarily give up his concurrent position as platoon leader and let Jiang Chen, the squad leader, take over the management.

If the position of platoon leader was different from that of squad leader and could only be held by non-military officers, what would be written on the file now would not be that he had experience in managing platoon-level affairs, but that he had served as acting platoon leader.

Of course, the key lies in Jiang Chen's own efforts. If he doesn't have the ability to manage a platoon, Ge Hongtao can't help him even if he wants to.

He was just a small captain and company commander, not a battalion commander, let alone a regimental commander. He did not have that much power to allow a private to blatantly use the title of platoon leader to gild himself.

However, Ge Hongtao does not have it, but other members of Army C do have this ability.

What's more, Jiang Chen was not just a gilded talent. In the last half month, he was actually managing the daily affairs of the entire row.

The reason why this experience can be directly included in Jiang Chen’s personal file is largely due to Jiang Chen’s grandfather Jiang Weiming.

Although the old man has left the army for nearly forty years and only a few people know of his existence, it does not mean that he has no influence at all.

Putting aside other things, the old man's medals of honor alone are enough for the military leaders to open a little back door in some ambiguous matters.

Not to mention, the old man’s old leader, the founding major general Kong Jie, who led the army to participate in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea and later stationed in the Northeast and commanded the troops in the Zhenbao Island Battle, is still alive. So is the old leader’s biological son, Li Jian, who is now a major general in charge of an army.

As well as Li Yunlong’s second son Li Kang and the four children of Zhao Gang, the former political commissar of the independent regiment.

Zhao Shan, Zhao Gao, Zhao Shui, and Zhao Chang.

Except for one daughter who did not advance in the army, the lowest military rank for the others was lieutenant colonel.

These are just the ones that are relatively close, there are also some that are slightly more distant...

For example: Li Yunlong’s former subordinates, the old subordinates brought up by Grandpa Jiang Chen when he was in the army, and so on.

For a veteran like this who has come all the way from the war years, you could never imagine how terrifying his network of connections are.

No one would think it an exaggeration to say that it can reach the ears of heaven.

This is because Kong Jie has retired, and Li Jian and Jiang Chen's grandfather have no intention of escalating the matter. Otherwise, although I dare not say anything about others, there would definitely be many cases every year where various leaders would personally come to express their condolences.

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The captain rubbed his eyes unconsciously several times. After making sure that he had not seen it wrong, he sat in front of the computer in a daze, not knowing what to say.

Even though his military rank is captain, in the army he should be at least a deputy company commander.

However, because he chose to stay in school, he has only served as a platoon leader for a few days in the Army Command's recruit camp and during his internship.

Commander Lu is a special warfare professional. He has been to the grassroots level before and knows how arrogant those scouts are.

It was precisely because he felt that he was not suitable for leading troops at the grassroots level that he finally chose to stay in school and prepare to settle down for a few years...

However, the new recruit in front of him, who had only been in the army for a year and had just gone from limping to having two limps, had already completed the journey that he had barely completed in four years.

Moreover, he was the platoon leader of the reconnaissance company.

This……

To be honest, the captain felt a little frustrated.

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"Hello, Cadet Jiang Chen, congratulations on joining the Army Command College!"

After sitting in his seat for a long time, the captain stood up with a complicated expression and stretched out his hand to shake hands with Jiang Chen.

After saying that, he picked up the phone on the table and called the Recruit Management Office directly.

"Okay, wait a moment, someone will come pick you up soon."

"Yes, Chief!"

Jiang Chen did not feel anything because of the captain's attitude. He still maintained the rules of a soldier, stood at attention and saluted the officer with a standard military salute.

A few minutes later, a student with red epaulettes on his shoulders came to the door of the message room.

"report!"

"Enter!"

"Counselor, the captain asked me to come and pick someone up!"

The captain pointed at Jiang Chen and said, "You go with him. He will take care of the rest."

"Yes!"

The two of them left the communication room and walked into the campus of the Army Command. When they were a distance away from the main entrance, the student next to them said as they walked, "Hey, junior, are you a recommended student in the army?"

"Ah."

"From which unit?"

"Second Division of the C Army."

"Oh, the southeast, that's quite far. So, what branch did you join the army in, and what major did you apply for?"

"Scout, special operations commander."

"Oh, special warfare...special warfare major?!"

The senior, who had originally had a calm expression, instantly widened his eyes when he heard the words "special operations".

"Is there any problem?" Jiang Chen asked with some confusion.

Guo Haibin's mouth twitched, and he said, "No problem, it's normal for a scout to apply for a special warfare major..."

After hesitating for a while, Guo Haibin added, "You have to be mentally prepared in advance. Special operations are not like other command professions. Their training volume is a bit large, and the training items are also somewhat special..."

Jiang Chen didn't take Senior Guo's reminder seriously.

The training volume is not a problem for him, and the training program is even simpler.

Jiang Chen is not afraid of their training items being too many and difficult, but he is afraid of having no new ideas.

He has now almost mastered the training content of the reconnaissance company and is lacking new training projects.

Seeing that Jiang Chen acted indifferent, Guo Haibin didn't say much.

Anyway, according to the school's arrangement, Jiang Chen will have to wait at least a year before he can come into contact with the special warfare courses and training content.

He will know when the time comes.

……

Unlike ordinary universities, there is no division of majors in the first year of military academies, and there are no professional courses.

For example, the recruit camp.

Because of the difference in training volume, it is only divided into command majors and non-command majors.

There is one training intensity for non-command types and another for command types.

At the same time, this is also the process of determining whether a student can become a qualified commander.

A qualified commander not only needs solid theoretical knowledge, but also strong military qualities.

If you can't even meet this requirement, you want to lead the troops in a company?

Haha~

Therefore, after three months in the recruit camp, those trainees who are unable to keep up with the main force physically will basically be transferred to non-command majors.

As for if the intensity of non-finger training cannot be met, then...

Sorry, unless you have some special talents, otherwise, I can only say sorry.

After the boot camp, everyone will be gathered together for the next year to learn general university courses and some introductory military theory knowledge. By the way, it is also a time for local students who have been admitted through the college entrance examination to grow and exercise their physical fitness.

Although the military quality of the students recommended for promotion from the army is not a problem, they also need to further strengthen their theoretical and cultural knowledge, and adapt to the atmosphere in the military academy which is different from that in the army.

This will continue until the sophomore year, when the remaining students will be divided into different majors.

For example, the sophomore student in front of Jiang Chen was assigned to the infantry command major this year.

……

The two walked side by side on the campus, and Guo Haibin introduced the school buildings to Jiang Chen as they walked.

"This is the school history museum, which displays..."

"That's the cafeteria..."

"That's the dormitory building..."

"This is the school office building..."

"The playground, outdoor training ground, and shooting range are over there..."

"This is a comprehensive training ground, there is a swimming pool inside..."

It took them nearly half an hour to walk from the school gate to the new recruit registration office because they were delayed a little along the way.

"This is the recruit camp. No matter if you are a local candidate or a recommended candidate from the army, you must first train in the recruit camp for three months."

"Of course, you will not be assigned to the same class as the local students. Class 5 of District 1, Class 3 of District 2, and Class 1 of District 3 are all soldiers from the army..."

While registering, Guo Haibin briefly explained to Jiang Chen the differences between the Army Command Recruit Camp and the Army Recruit Company.

After filling out the registration form and entering the student information, Guo Haibin took Jiang Chen to the recruit dormitory building.

"This is the dormitory you will be staying in for the three months of the boot camp. The environment inside is a bit poor and cannot be compared to the dormitories in school. Just bear with it for a while until the boot camp is over. You will be comfortable then."

The class division in the recruit camp is also very random. Currently, the three soldier classes are not full, and Jiang Chen can choose the class he wants to go to.

From the time he was assigned to the company until now, Jiang Chen seemed to be at odds with the words "Class 3".

He was in the third squad in the reconnaissance company, and he was still in the third squad when he went to the teaching team. This time he decided to go back to the beginning, so he chose the same class number as the recruit company when he first joined the army.

The first company of recruits, the first platoon, the fifth squad.

The dormitories for the three classes of soldiers in the recruit camp were all on the first floor, so Jiang Chen didn't need to climb up and down every day like before.

However, the first floor has both advantages and disadvantages. Whenever school leaders come here, the first thing they notice is the student dormitories on the first floor.

Needless to say, housekeeping must not be neglected in the slightest.

After all, this is a military academy, not a military unit.

Officers are hardly ever seen.

Let me put it this way, you stand on the roof and throw a brick down, hitting ten people.

There must be at least three lieutenants, two captains, and four officers ranging from majors to colonels.

If you are a little luckier in the last one, you might even get a general with a golden wheat ear on his shoulder...