Corporal Gro is a serious-faced veteran who is not good at talking, or can be said to be a bit dull. Claude wanted to build a relationship with him and chatted for a few words, but unfortunately the response he got was either "um" or "um", and then Claude was no longer interested in talking to him.
Although Corporal Gro is taciturn, he is very thoughtful in his work. After he took Claude to the Enlistment Office to go through the recruit registration procedures, he got a temporary wooden soldier identity card and handed it to Claude. He then took Claude to the Logistics Department to get two sets of military uniforms and soldier supplies, and then brought Claude went to the camping tent next to the playground.
There are two camping tents, divided into left and right camps. Claude was taken to the right camp, where there were about thirty tents neatly arranged. Based on a team of twelve people per tent, it was estimated that the right camp could accommodate more than four hundred people.
Corporal Grotto took Claude into the camping tent with the name "Right Zero Three Zero Seven" written on the tent door, which meant the seventh tent in the third column of the right camp. The camping tents are all made of double layers of gray-white rough linen, with a layer of oilcloth sandwiched between the two layers to prevent water leakage. The outer and inner layers are coated with varnish, so that the tent's wall cloth feels wet to the touch. Stiff.
The tent is about twenty-five or six square meters in shape and is rectangular in shape. Claude roughly estimates it to be over nine meters.
.The length is less than three meters wide, and there are six iron-framed single beds with bunk beds that are about one meter wide. There is a wooden cabinet less than half a meter in diameter next to the single bed. There are only two upper and lower cabinets. The door, with the key hanging on it.
"You will sleep on the upper bunk of this bed." Corporal Groh said, then he took down the blank ID board hanging at the end of the upper bunk bed, wrote Claude Field's name one stroke at a time, and placed it again. Returning to the end of the bed: "By the way, the upper part of the cabinet next to it is also for your use. It is used to store your personal belongings. You have to put the keys yourself. Also, you can change into the military uniform now. I need to check it after you put it on. one time."
"Yes." Claude didn't waste any time and began to take off his clothes and change into military uniform.
The uniforms of the Blue Feather Legion are the same as those of other legions in the Kingdom. They have a bright red top, black trousers, black leather shoes, and a straight red military cap. The only difference is that there is a dark blue feather on the military cap and two long dark blue ribbons. This ribbon is worn on the left and right shoulders after putting on the coat, crossed on the chest to form an X, and then tied around the waist with a black cowhide belt.
For the soldiers of the Blue Feather Legion, the blue feathers on their caps and the two ribbons crossed on their chests, which are different from other legions, are their honor and proof of the outstanding merits of the Blue Feather Legion.
"Not bad, very military." Faced with Claude who had changed into military uniform, even Corporal Gro, who didn't like to talk, gave a rare compliment.
"Well, Chief Gro, I want to ask why I don't have an epaulette?" Claude looked at his bare shoulders and then at Corporal Gro's epaulette with a red line.
"I don't know. You may need to complete the training before the shoulder straps will be issued to you." Corporal Gero replied: "Now put those carrying equipment on your back. I will tell you the location. You must remember it and don't put it wrong in the future. "
The so-called carrying equipment is a black cowhide backpack, a bamboo military kettle painted black, a sheepskin sleeping bag dyed black, and a lunch box made of red copper.
"The water bottle is hung on the left, not the right. The right side will be used to hang combat skins later on. The lunch box is placed in the backpack. In the future, survival kits, miscellaneous bags, military dry food and other distributed items will also need to be placed in it. The sleeping bag is folded into a roll and placed On the backpack. If you are required to be fully armed, then you must bring all these things with you before gathering." Corporal Gero gave a brief introduction to the various equipment carried by soldiers.
"Sir Gro, why were there no weapons issued when I went to pick up equipment today?"
"You also need to receive training before you can distribute this." Corporal Gro said: "The towels, water cups, toothpaste boxes, toothbrushes, and soap you received today need to be placed in the copper washbasin, and the copper washbasin must be placed under the bed. This wooden long mat is placed on a long mat. When sleeping at night, soldiers should organize their carrying equipment and hang it on the bedside so that they can be easily reached."
Handing the temporary soldier ID card to Claude, Corporal Groh said: "You can have a good rest in the military camp these two days, and you will not start training until tomorrow. You will sleep here at night, eat and get this temporary soldier ID card." Go to the canteen to get a meal, and bring your own lunch box. After the meal, wash the lunch box, take it back and put it in your backpack. Do not leave the military camp or wander into the warehouse area over there. The same goes for bathing, the bathhouse is in the canteen On the other side, you can use your temporary soldier ID card to get in."
After saying these words, Corporal Gro turned and left.
Claude opened his cabinet. There was a compartment inside the cabinet. He divided the cabinet space into a large space and a small one. He threw the backpack he brought into the large space and put another set of military uniforms he had received on it. in a small space, then lock the cabinet door and put the key in the pocket of the military uniform. Then he balled up the clothes he had changed into and stuffed them into a copper basin. After taking a shower at night, he washed them, dried them and put them in his backpack. From now on, he could only wear military uniforms.
It was still a little early for dinner, so Claude decided to climb into bed and take a nap for a while. As for familiarizing himself with the environment, we would talk about it tomorrow. Anyway, there were still two days left, and the military camp was not big, so he would soon feel bored if he had nothing to do.
But just when Claude seemed to be sleeping, a group of people entered the tent noisily. Now Claude lost his sleep and sat up, ready to take a look at his comrades in the same tent.
Four soldiers who also wore military uniforms without epaulettes came in. When they saw Claude lying on the bed, they were stunned for a moment and stopped fighting or talking. The tent became quiet for a while.
Claude jumped out of bed and greeted with a smile: "Hello, I'm new here. My name is Claude Field."
The young soldier at the front has red hair and a few freckles on his face. He is only 1.7 meters tall, about ten centimeters shorter than Claude: "Hello, my name is Aboyev Bach. "
"I am Murray Ed Kliman."
"Nice to meet you, my name is Diavid Ji Randolph."
"Hello, my name is Berkrin Rowe Bensent. You can call me Baker."
Claude looked at the two soldiers behind him with some surprise: "You are nobles."
The young soldier who claimed to be named Baker laughed: "Actually, the same goes for the two of them, but they deliberately removed the word "give" in the middle."
"Why?" Claude felt a little strange: "If you are nobles, if you want to join the army, you can go to the Army University in the royal capital. If you graduate there, you will get the rank of second lieutenant. Why do you need to participate in this non-commissioned officer training?"
Baker's face was a little gloomy, and he replied with a forced smile: "I am the seventh child at home, Merde is the fourth child, Dede is the sixth child, and Bo Fu is also the sixth child. We are not qualified to go to the military academy, so the family just We delivered it here”
Claude suddenly understood that although the four in front of him were born into noble families, their mothers were all heroic mothers, and they all gave birth to children in a litter. If the eldest son inherits the family business and the second and third sons go to military school, then the fourth and fifth sons will have no other preferential treatment except for having an extra word "gift" in their surnames, and they will have to compete with civilian children.
The other two who deliberately removed the word "gi" from their names were probably illegitimate children. Although their father recognized them as his children, the wife of the family could not allow the illegitimate children to be treated the same as her own children. Maybe they didn't deliberately remove the character "give" in the middle of the surname, but the wife refused to give it, and the character "give" was not registered in the household registration book.
"Then you came early enough. I thought I came two days early, but I didn't expect you to come earlier than me." Claude had nothing to say.
"We have been here for more than a week. We couldn't stay at home anymore, so we came here earlier." The red-haired Aboyev answered honestly.
"Oh, where are you all from? I'm from Bailu City, the three southwest counties, do you know?" Claude said.
Baker replied: "We are all from the royal capital. We had nothing to do after graduating from junior high school. We stayed at home for half a year and everyone was bored. Then we heard that the Blue Feather Corps was going to conduct non-commissioned officer training, so our family sent us here."
A lot of meaning can be heard from his answer, but generally it can be seen that they are not very favored by their parents, and they are also ignored at home. It was rare to have a place to go, so their family members were eager to send them away early so as not to be an eyesore in front of them.
"Are you just graduating from junior high school? Me too." Claude said.
"No way. Judging from your appearance, I thought you were already in your twenties." Murray made a fuss.
"Really, do I look that old? My eighteenth birthday has just passed less than half a year ago." Claude said, touching his chin.
Then everyone started talking, and it turned out that except for Aboyev, who was not really eighteen yet, his birthday was in November. Everyone's birthdays are only about two or three months apart, and Claude's March is the earliest. So he changed his name to Boss Claude.
"Don't call me boss. Look at the twelve beds in the tent. There are only five of us now. Maybe we will still be the youngest when we are all together."
At this time, a loud bugle sounded in the military camp, interrupting Claude's words.
"What's going on? Why are you blowing the bugle?" Claude asked.
"Nothing, it's time for dinner." Aboyev replied.
"I happen to be hungry. Let's go to the cafeteria to have dinner together." Claude took out the lunch box from the black military backpack he was issued, but saw Baker and four other people standing there motionless.
"What's going on? Don't you want to go to dinner?" Claude looked at them strangely.
"We're not hungry yet," Diaverde said, and everyone heard his stomach growl, but the other three pretended they didn't hear anything.
"What's going on? Tell me clearly. What is it that makes you dare not go to the cafeteria to eat even when you are hungry?" Claude put down the lunch box in his hand and stared at them.
None of the four people dared to look at Claude. In the end, seeing that he couldn't hide, Baker answered hesitantly: "Well, those soldiers bully people. When we went to get food, they said that we were not official soldiers of the legion and were not qualified to serve in the army. They lined up in front of them to eat, and pushed us behind them. When it was our turn, all that was left were scraps, so we simply went to the canteen an hour later. By then, there were not many soldiers going to eat. "
Claude wanted to laugh. The poor kid, a child of four noble families, was bullied by a group of soldiers when he entered the army. He didn't dare to eat in the cafeteria. I don't know that in the military camp, the more you swallow your anger, the easier it is to suffer. Are you being bullied
"I remember there were military police in the cafeteria to maintain discipline, right?" Claude asked.
"They saw it, but they didn't care. They just laughed at us," Aboyev said a little aggrievedly.
You yourself have swallowed your anger, so what do you want them to do? They can't stand up for you unless things get serious. It's better to do less than to do more. The weakness of human nature is the same no matter where you are. No one is willing to ask for trouble.
Claude picked up the lunch box and walked to the cafeteria. Before leaving the tent, he said to the four timid nobles: "I can't stand hunger and can't wait for an hour. Then I'll go eat first. You can wait for one." Come back in an hour.”
Looking at Claude's back, the four of them looked at each other.
"What to do?" Aboyev asked.
"We'll go too. If there's nothing we can do, the five of us will have to wait in the cafeteria for an hour before eating," Baker said fiercely through gritted teeth.
"Okay, bring the lunch box with you." Diaverde also nodded.