Commander Song's earnest words struck my heart like divine thunder from the heavens. Facing the covetous eyes of foreign nations, our generation bears a heavy and distant responsibility! I hope that one day, our Xia Nation will be free from the surrounding wolves and free from traitors who ruin the country, regaining its former glory and continuing its historical prosperity! I will not say more, but will focus on introducing your leadership battalion.
The 89th New Recruit Leadership Battalion is a special special forces unit of Xia Nation, belonging to the Third Reconnaissance Battalion of the Independent Regiment of the First Division of the Seventh Army. The battalion commander is Su Kunyu. The entire battalion has a total of 307 people. It is estimated that each veteran in the battalion will lead a regular new recruit platoon of about 35 people, totaling 10,743 new recruits! After the welcoming ceremony, all new recruits will enter a closed-door cultivation period, which will last for three months!
Three months later, the platoon leaders of each new recruit platoon will conduct an assessment. The minimum standard for assessment is that the strength of cultivators must not be lower than the early stage of Foundation Establishment, and the strength of martial artists must not be lower than the middle stage of Martial Artist. New recruits who fail to meet the standard will be sent back the way they came.
The remaining successful candidates will receive 10 units of new recruit cultivation resources, a set of chosen cultivation techniques and martial arts, and will be assigned cultivation events. Then, the annual new recruit arena competition will begin, through which strong individuals will be selected to serve as squad leaders.
After the competition, the squad leaders will be selected, and each new recruit platoon will be reorganized in a planned and differentiated manner. Then, training will begin on a squad basis for tacit understanding and practical combat, and at the same time, they will be ready to accept missions assigned by superiors at any time!
In other words, from that moment on, you will no longer be new recruits, but qualified soldiers! 138 Reading Network
As soon as the military commander finished speaking, the audience below erupted in an uproar.
"What? They're assigning missions directly now? Don't we have any more adaptation period?"
"Yeah! We have to be ready for battle so soon, how can we adapt!"
"I thought special special forces were so great! Turns out they live a life where their heads are on the line!"
"This is indeed a bit beyond my expectations!"
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Listening to the discussions, Han Lang and the other also felt a bit confused.
Although he had not served in the military before, everyone generally knew that new recruits who had just joined the army would train for a period under the leadership of veterans, then participate in various exercises, and only after they were basically familiar with the combat procedures would they go to the battlefield?
How could they start training and fighting without even these?
Sensing their confusion, Tang Geng quickly explained in a low voice.
"Brother Han Lang, Brother Ma Long, you don't need to be confused! The reason special special forces are special is that they are different from regular troops! The fundamental reason is our different identities!"
Tang Qin also chimed in.
"Yes! We are all cultivators. In terms of physical fitness, combat ability, and combat methods, we are far from ordinary troops. For cultivators like us, the time to go to the battlefield, whether early or late, makes no difference! After all, we don't need to learn to use various high-tech weapons like ordinary troops! In that case, such time is naturally not needed!"
As they were talking, the military commander on the stage began to stop the commotion below and started to explain.
"Silence! Everyone, please be quiet! I know you are all new recruits and have some doubts, but you must also know that such arrangements are based on decades of experience accumulated by our special special forces. Therefore, please do not question these arrangements. Also, please always remember that obeying orders is the sacred duty of a soldier, so there is no need to discuss this matter!"
Upon hearing this, the field immediately fell silent, and no one continued to discuss.
But at this moment, Han Lang tugged at Tang Geng's sleeve and asked cautiously.
"Brother Tang Geng, I still have some questions. We new recruits are over ten thousand now, so how many will be left after the closed-door cultivation? Secondly, the military commander just specifically introduced this veteran battalion that will lead us, does that mean each batch is different? Also, what does the distribution of 10 cultivation resources after closed-door cultivation mean? What grade are the chosen martial arts and techniques? What is the purpose of the new recruit arena competition?"
Facing Han Lang's string of questions and Ma Long's equally bewildered gaze, Tang Geng was a little stunned for a moment.
He organized his thoughts slightly and then explained them one by one.
"I told you before that many new recruits selected from aristocratic families actually did not intend to stay in the special special forces. They just came to leech off the cultivation resources of the Sixth Great Spiritual Vein to improve their strength and serve their families. Therefore, after the closed-door cultivation period ends, at most 60% of us will remain. This is also why new recruits need to be reorganized later, and each new recruit platoon is led by two veteran platoon leaders, one main and one deputy!"
"Secondly, the veteran battalion that leads new recruits is indeed different each time. This involves the promotion direction of special special forces. First of all, not every battalion has the qualification to lead new recruits. Only those with good achievements in the past year have the possibility. This means that the veteran battalions leading new recruits are all veterans who have actually been on the battlefield and have achieved results. In addition, the number of new recruits is large, almost comparable to a division. If the timing is right and the new recruits are capable, the veteran battalion commander has the opportunity to command large-scale operations. If they achieve results, they can leapfrog in merit and combat achievements, and even be directly promoted from battalion commander to brigade commander or division commander!"
Hearing this explanation, Han Lang and Ma Long's mouths widened in astonishment.
"So, leading new recruits is a lucrative job!" Ma Long exclaimed.
Han Lang also teased, "Isn't it! It's like a carp leaping over the dragon gate!"
Only Tang Qin held a different view, "That's not necessarily true! Given the current situation of foreign ability users, such large-scale operations are almost rare opportunities!"
After hearing this, Tang Geng immediately retorted to Tang Qin, "Tang Qin, you're wrong about that! In the end, war is never a good thing. Describing it as a rare opportunity is a bit much!"
Hearing this, Tang Qin also changed his words with shame, "Yes, yes, that was an inappropriate choice of words! Anyway, that's the general idea!"
Hearing this, Tang Geng and the other two nodded slightly.
Han Lang continued to ask, "What about the other questions? Tell us more!"
Tang Geng nodded slightly and continued.
"The distribution of resources after closed-door cultivation is actually easy to understand. It's to help new recruits grow faster! Since all kinds of resources are scarce now, it's impossible to classify cultivation resources like in ancient times with pills, crystals, heavenly materials and earthly treasures, or magic artifacts. They are almost all collectively referred to. For example, the 'cultivation resources 10' mentioned by the military commander just now is actually just a quantity. Under normal circumstances, a quantity of 10 is enough for low-level cultivators like us for a month. However, what is included in it is not necessarily fixed! It's just that overall, the value is roughly similar!"