Huzhou, April 4 (Hu Fengsheng, Zhong Youqiang) They used to be top students, otaku and game masters... From different places, I came to the new training squadron of the Huzhou Detachment of the Zhejiang Provincial Armed Police Corps (hereinafter referred to as the Huzhou Detachment). Here they have only one common name: recruits. In April, recruit training has reached the end of January, a special day that veterans call "Egg Breaking Day", like a bird that has just hatched and drilled out of its eggshell. What do these new "rookies" gain from "hatching" in the new barracks for a month?
Standing at the training ground of the recruit brigade, recruit Hu Yang looked into the distance and pondered. Originally from the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, his family has been poor since he was a child, and before enlisting, his father earnestly advised him to develop in the army as a special combat member for a long time. "After more than a month of training, he can now produce a good time of 1000:3 in the 08,<>m training physical competition."
Photo by Zheng Fengquan and Ding Lixin
In the month since joining the army, Hu Yang and his comrades are experiencing the most important tempering of their lives - five months of recruit training, the first month is the hardest. Survive the past, break through the cocoon into a butterfly, and transform into a real soldier.
Get up at six o'clock, exercise in the morning, tidy up internal affairs, wash, breakfast, exercise, political education, lunch, lunch break, physical training, dinner, watch the news, study common sense of soldiers, roll call late, wash and go to bed... Intensive and fulfilling month of adaptive training, these "post-00s" recruits have shed their immature appearance; The tempering of collective life taught them humility and tolerance.
Physical training Photo by Ding Lixin
"When I practice saluting in front of the mirror, I often think of my grandfather fighting to kill the enemy on the battlefield to resist US aggression and aid Korea, and my arms will naturally be raised flat, and the military salute dedicated to my grandfather is more standard." Recruit Zheng Fengquan told reporters that his grandfather was a veteran of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and although his grandfather died early, he planted the seed of "joining the army to serve the country and pay tribute to his grandfather" since he was a child. After a month of training, now Zheng Fengquan's military salute is the most standard in the squadron.
The hardship of training is accompanied by the fatigue of growth. In the recruit training program, physical training should be the most troublesome subject for all recruits, 100-meter sprint, 400-meter middle distance run, 5-kilometer endurance run, multi-form push-ups, crunches... Breathing is short, ankle sprains, muscle twitches, and under intensive and intense training, each recruit is pushing his limits, and their physical suits are wet and dry. Physical training is the "ticket" to the future battlefield, a compulsory course for a qualified soldier, and the more sweat on the training ground, the less blood can be shed on the battlefield.
Sorting out internal affairs Photo by Ding Lixin
Recruit Zhu Xinlei was dark-skinned, short and fat, and other new comrades jokingly called him "Little Briquette". Wang Xin, the captain of the new training squadron, told him: "Now everyone is standing on the same starting line, and only by suffering more and sweating more than others can we defeat ourselves." Zhu Xinlei not only gritted his teeth on the training ground, but also practiced himself after turning off the lights, and now he has gone from "0" to "1", from inability to ability, from "small briquettes" to "small steel cannons", although each breakthrough has accumulated bitter sweat, but has reaped the joy of breaking the cocoon into a butterfly.
Covered in dust and scarred, but with a bright smile and firm eyes. It is hard to imagine that just before enlistment, these tough and brave fighters, most of them college students. "Many of today's recruits are college students or college graduates, and highly educated recruits have become mainstream." Zhong Youqiang, an instructor of the new training squadron, told reporters that in recent years, the proportion of college students and college students enlisted in the army has increased year by year.
Physical assessment Photo by Ding Lixin
For the highly educated "post-00s" recruits, almost all of them carry a distinct imprint of the times. The most obvious is the tendency to ask "why". After the squad leader issued the order, from previous years a neat "Yes!" Arrive! Got it! "But, why, I think", which often appears today, post-00s recruits have their own thoughts on growth.
Recruit Ma Guodong received militarized management in school, and he has a good understanding of the operation mode of the troops, and he has a stronger foundation than other recruits when he comes to the army from school, but when he first comes to the army, he always feels that he knows everything, and often says in training, I think, I think...
Queue training Photo by Ding Lixin
Nowadays, strict work and rest and high-intensity exercise have made great changes in Ma Guodong's life. "When I first arrived, my idea was too simple, thinking that the training was the same as the school, it was very simple, but after a month of crawling, the 'army' is really a magical place."
In just one month, the new comrades-in-arms gradually integrated themselves into the barracks and began to realize their "dream of strengthening the army". The times are advancing, the barracks are changing, and the only thing that remains unchanged is the sweat, love, persistence and faith of each generation of soldiers when youth and olive green collide. (End)