Chapter 308: The Legend of the Soldier (Part 2)
Speaking of Naiwen's impression of Eagle Nest Mountain, it goes back to when he was young. Eagle Nest Mountain is always associated with poppy. Every year after ** month, when poppy fruits are cut, Eagle Nest Mountain will send people to buy raw opium.
In Newen's memory, every year, it is always the happiest time. When the opium-born person comes, Newen knows that the rice jar that is about to bottom in the house can become full again, and his parents' frowns are also relaxed. If the harvest is good, he can eat meat at the dinner table for several days. In some years, looking at Newen who keeps growing up, his parents will also find someone to make him a new dress or a pair of shoes...
To be honest, in Naiwen's childhood memory, he always had some vague expectations for those people in Eagle Nest Mountain. Naiwen's expectation was somewhat similar to those children who celebrated Christmas. Of course, at that time, he didn't know what the people on Eagle Nest Mountain did, nor did he know what the beautiful poppy planted in the small piece of land that was opened at home. He only remembered one thing, that was a sentence his parents repeatedly warned him - "When you grow up, you are not allowed to smoke big cigarettes and take drugs like those people in the village. If so, you will be done!"
When Naiwen knew what drug abuse was and what smoking smoked, he was already sensible at that time. It was said that poor children had long been the family. At that time, Naiwen, in addition to starting to take on some housework at home and carrying his sister to fight pig grass, when his father went up the mountain to hunt, he could already fight with his father. At that time, the hazy and beautiful impression in the young Naiwen's mind began to become clear and bloody. Several people who came to the Golden Palace from some unknown place were caught by the people on the Golden Palace. In the Golden Palace, the skin was peeled off. The peeled people were nailed to several star anise trees on the roadside of the Golden Palace like a ball of rotten flesh that provoked flies and maggots. In addition to being terrifying, the stench of the noses on the people could be smelled dozens of steps.
When his father and he took the prey he had caught from the mountain to the market in the Golden Palace to exchange things, it was inevitable that Naiwen saw the appearance of the people being peeled and nailed to the tree. Although his father had already covered most of his gaze with his body and took his hand to pass through the place quickly, Naiwen glanced back out of curiosity, and the terrifying and disgusting scene made him unforgettable for his life...
Later, Nawen learned that those people came to the Golden Palace to collect opium. Because they violated the taboo of the group of people on Eagle Nest Mountain, they stepped on the territory they dominated. Therefore, after being caught by the people on Eagle Nest Mountain, they were peeled and nailed to the tree, conveying some obscure and straightforward messages to all those who saw their bodies.
It was the first and only time. Since then, Naiwen has never heard of anyone other than the group of people on Eagle Nest Mountain, who dared to come to the Golden Palace to harvest opium, and the corpses hanging on the octagonal tree on the roadside of the Golden Palace, because no one dared to collect them, they could only smell and rot day after day, flies lay eggs there, wild dogs bite them - dragging the rotten intestines several meters long, or biting a leg bone of a person connected to the flesh, in the dusty street in the Golden Palace
The streets chased and bited and whizzed, attracting a scattering of chaos among all the people who visited the market... For three years, when the last bone left there was being tricked away by the wild dogs, the entire Golden Palace and the people in the surrounding villages lived in an inexplicable depression. Even now, on the octagonal trees, the nails of the nails for the nails were still there, although they were rusted, but they were still there. When it was hot, there seemed to be a disgusting breath that was still wandering there!
The beautiful poppy flowers have a bloody smell. There is a reason why Naiwen's mother refused to go to Eagle Nest Mountain to join the army. But no matter what, with a nervous heart, carrying La Yinyin's hope for him, and mixed with the young man's courage to explore the world, Naiwen came to Eagle Nest Mountain.
Everything on Eagle Nest Hill is fresh for Newin.
When he first came, Naiwen was at a loss. Naiwen, who had never been to Eagle Nest Mountain, was still a little nervous and curious at first. He had been famous for this place for a long time, but he had never been there. But soon, in less than two days, Naiwen knew that he was just a rookie here. If there were a big military camp, there were many strange faces. No one had time to care about what a rookie was thinking and what he felt. On the first day here, Naiwen learned two things - obeying and shut up.
When Nawen was just going up the mountain, Eagle Nest Mountain was building a barracks. The soldiers standing guard outside the barracks looked at the note that Nawen took out and led Nawen directly into the barracks. Nawen opened his eyes widened all the way and looked at everything here curiously. When the soldier who brought him in was not paying attention, he was still staring at the gun on the soldier's body, until the soldier led Nawen to a beautiful house (Newen thought), Nawen took his gaze away from the soldier's gun.
In a room in the beautiful house (Newen later learned that this was the recruitment office under the command, with words on the door, but unfortunately he didn't know it), Naewen answered a lot of questions. An officer filled out two forms and some information for him, and another guy in a white coat asked him to take off his clothes and lay on the wooden bed to do a physical examination for him. Seeing the officer stamping the form and asking him to sign or press his handprints on the form, Naewen knew that from today on, he would be a soldier, and this result made Naewen very excited.
"I... am I a soldier now?" Naiwen felt that the question he asked with his tongue was a bit embarrassing, but Naiwen was excited and didn't know how to ask. Fortunately, the officer seemed to have been used to it. After hearing this, there was no expression on his face that made Naiwen worried. He just glanced at Naiwen, nodded, then lowered his head and continued to write something on the table.
"After here, after completing these final procedures and physical examinations, you will be a soldier of the Golden Palace Guard. Regarding the treatment, promotion, and discipline of soldiers, you can slowly understand that the rank of recruits is the second-class private, and the salary is 300 yuan per month. Now you only need to know one thing, that is, obey the command of the superior. Are you clear, Private Nawin!"
Nain thrust his chest and replied loudly, "It's clear, sir!"
Being a soldier is not as passionate as Naiwen thought in the village. On the first day he came here, he understood. In Naiwen's originally simple head, becoming a soldier, put on a military uniform, and carried a gun, would be majestic. Naiwen always fantasized about how he was resisting a steel gun. Such a steel gun was different from the old musket hunting at home. Just like the one that was taken to the soldier in the military camp, Naiwen couldn't call the name of the gun. But the strong lines and majestic shape of the gun,
There was also the cold flash of the gun... All of this made Naiwen fascinated. When he thought that he could also carry a gun, Naiwen's heart was itchy. Naiwen still remembers the excitement he felt when he told him to get "equipment" on the first day. The shadow of the gun always flashed in his mind, and his heart was beating vigorously in his chest, and his face turned red with excitement. When he got the "equipment", Naiwen excitedly asked him the first stupid question he thought he had come to Eagle Nest Mountain.
If you want to say that there is something that makes Naiwen happy on the first day of Eagle Nest Mountain, it is that you can have meat to eat during supper, just like the publicity when recruiting soldiers in the Golden Palace.
In the evening, Naiwen and the others lived in a temporary tent, which was noisy. Naiwen had a thin mat, barely enough to allow him to spread it on the ground, and had a temporary place to sit. Seeing Naiwen alone tilting his head and tearing the broken skin on his shoulders. Naiwen and his squad leader came over and helped Naiwen remove the broken skins that had been worn out and rolled into a circle.
"How is it, boy, it's not easy to get a 300 yuan per month military salary, right?"
Naiwen endured the pain and forced a smile, "It's okay, I... I can still hold on!" As soon as I think of La Yinyin's expectant eyes, Naiwen said to herself, what is this little hardship?
"Today, you are quite strong, good, you can endure hardships, but you are like a soldier. But remember to get a towel on your shoulder next time you lift the wood, so you will suffer less! "
Nawin nodded, "I understand!"
Their squad leader wanted to pat his shoulder, but seeing that Naiwen's shoulders were red and tender, she stretched out half of her hand and put them back, "Now the barracks are almost done, I guess they will be there for at most three or five days. We can move into the new barracks. There are not a few days left for you to carry wood, haha..."
Naiwen and his squad leader are named Yamai, who is ten years older than Naiwen. He is unshaven and is a veteran. He used to be from the 366th Division. After Yang Zhixun was defeated, he escaped from Meng Gu. Although he was a veteran, he was quite a real person. Seeing that Naiwen is young, he is also very good to Naiwen. From the mouth of the squad leader Yamai, Naiwen knew a lot of things and also had a rough understanding of the Golden Palace Guard. According to Yamai, the Golden Palace Guard now has a regiment-level system, but the people have not yet recruited enough. Every day, new recruits like Naiwen who have just joined the army continue to replenish them and go directly to the company. The veterans lead them to work and train together.
It should be done very quickly, like the second platoon and third squad of the second platoon of the 2nd Company of the First Field Battalion where Naiwen is located, the number of staff is nine, and one chief and deputy squad leader is set up. But until Naiwen came, there were only seven people in this squad, plus Naiwen himself, and there were two people vacant. The deputy squad leader is also short of. Among these seven people, four veterans of the 366th Division who escaped from Meng Gu accounted for four, and there was another guy who had worked as a mercenary before, who was mercenary everywhere and was very savvy, named Maotuo. There were only two new recruits who actually recruited from the Golden Palace, Naiwen was one, and another named Li Ming, who was in the Golden Palace, two years older than Naiwen, and one week earlier than Naiwen.
Except for those who were killed and did not escape, most of the Menggu 366th Division now have become prisoners of others and are undergoing reorganization. At that time, Menggu could seize the opportunity to break through the blockade of the Dashen Army from the east of Menggu, who escaped from the Dashen Army. Basically, they were smart guys, but not all the guys who could rush out to come to the Golden Palace to sign up and join the Golden Palace Guardian. According to Shanyan, five people came to the Golden Palace to sign up together, but there were only three people who actually passed the registration selection. The remaining two, although they had worked in the 366th Division for five or six years, were considered soldiers, but when they arrived here, they were still washed down. In the end, they could only sell the two guys and some bullets he brought from Menggu to the Golden Palace Guardian Army, and took a sum of money and took off their military uniforms and went to escape as the common people.
The three of Shan Yan, who were admitted, were disbanded from the company after they arrived at Ying Nest Mountain. After they arrived at Ying Nest Mountain, Shan Yan's carbine was also acquired and confiscated by the Golden Palace Guards at a reasonable price. Shan Yan was not in conflict with this. After all, the gun was sold for more than 1,000 yuan. He has been in the army for so many years. In the past, he used to earn 80 yuan a month. This more than 1,000 yuan was considered a "huge sum" for Shan Yan. Because of his outstanding performance in all aspects, Shan Yan was promoted to be a squad leader and became a sergeant. His military salary was also increased from 300 yuan a month to 400 yuan. With the military salary of five times higher than before, Shan Yan was satisfied. He only felt that escaping from Meng Gu was the wisest choice he made in his life. The 366th Division, Yang Zhixun and Wang Canguang were all dumped into Africa by him.
"The money I get every month is now treated as a lieutenant in the 366th Division. It's my day. I can't get a second lieutenant until the day I die. Now I'm in the Golden Palace Guards. Although I'm just a sergeant, it's much more fun than when I was in the 366th Division. This is what Yamaya said to Naiwen, and it's also the voice of the other soldiers from the 366th Division in a squad. Yamaya told Naiwen that he envied him because - "When I was so old, I didn't have money to be a soldier!"
After learning about the treatment of the troops from Shanyan's mouth, Naiwen's heart became active and in the Golden Palace Guards. Each person's military salary is directly linked to the military rank. 300 yuan is the basic salary of the Second Class Private, and the lowest salary among the Golden Palace Guards. On this basis, from bottom to top, the First Class Private is 310 yuan, the corporal is 330 yuan, the sergeant is 360 yuan, and the sergeant is 400 yuan. Ordinary soldiers can get into a sergeant at most. If they go up, they will be an officer. From the warrant officer, the monthly salary of the Warrant officer is 1,100 yuan, the second lieutenant is 1,400 yuan, the lieutenant is 1,800 yuan, the lieutenant is 2,300 yuan, the major is 3,500 yuan, and there is no more above. In the current Golden Palace Guards, the captain is already a battalion commander-level officer. If you go up, you will be almost the commander.
Naiwen calculated with her fingers that if... if... if she could get a warrant officer, it would be 1,200 yuan per month. Oh my god, then her monthly salary would be enough for her family to buy about 300 kilograms of rice, which would be enough for her parents and her younger sister to eat for a year. If she worked for a year, then... she would be able to save... if she saved more than 14,000 yuan, no one in the village could make so much money a year. By that time, La Yinyin's father should have nothing to say!
A bunch of old men lived together, and the tent was smelly, but when I imagined the scenery when I became a warrant officer, Naiwen tossed and turned all night and couldn't sleep. Even the skin that was worn on her shoulders forgot to hurt...
The next day was not much different from the first day. Early in the morning, when the tent rang, the people in the tent quickly got up. Behind Naiwen and his tent, a living water from the mountain was drawn down, a reservoir was built, and a few water pipes were connected. A large group of people washed around the water pipes, put on a white vest, and had morning exercises.
Morning exercises were not very difficult for Naiwen. She first mixed up with a lot of people, ran two laps, shouted the slogan "one, two, one" loudly, and then simply practiced the queue in line, and then had breakfast.
While going out for exercise and practicing, Naiwen met most of the officers in the Golden Palace Guards. Several officers were not much older than him. Some were in their 20s. Naiwen and their company commander were not even older than Yamao, but the company commander had a belt around his waist and had a pistol. He had a very strong temper and spoke with a roar. Although Shanyan said that many officers in the Golden Palace Guards followed the commander to conquer the world.
At that time, the soldiers who came out from Meng Gu were personally led by the commander, but seeing those officers as young as lieutenants, lieutenants, and captains, Naiwen was full of confidence in his future. Among those officers who were speaking, Naiwen found an acquaintance, the one who recruited soldiers in the Golden Palace and left him a note. Naiwen asked who the man was. Yasuo told him that the man was the battalion commander of the first battalion, their immediate boss, Gendae.
Naiwen originally wanted to see what their commander looked like, but he was very sorry that the morning exercises were over, and he did not see a shadow of the commander. He asked Shanyan about the commander, but he didn't expect that Shanyan, who had always been easy to talk to, told him with a seriousness that he had never experienced before, and asked him to take care of his mouth and not ask others such questions again.
Nain was a little confused.
"It's not like you in the army. Don't be curious about what you shouldn't know, especially don't ask about the officials everywhere. Do you understand?" Shanyan's tone was very stiff.
Nawin nodded and closed his mouth, but his curiosity towards his commander increased...
Chapter completed!