Chapter 254 Military Examination, admission without examination!
“Dong Dong~”

“Captain! Are you busy?”

On the afternoon of the 4th, Chu An was reviewing the emergency plan prepared by his staff in the office. Suddenly, there was a knock on the door, and then Wang Xiaohu poked his head in.

“Why are you here?” Chu An stood up with a smile.

“Hehe, Captain, now that the mission is over, it’s time for a vacation!” Wang Xiaohu smiled and then looked at the other people in the office.

He didn’t come in directly.

Chu An immediately understood and said to the other staff officers: “I’ll be out for a while!”

After saying that, Chu An walked towards the door.

With Wang Xiaohu’s smile on his face, Chu An took him to a big tree not far ahead.

God must have been kind these past two days. It was rare that not only did it not rain, but the sun was out.

“What good news are you talking about? Don’t tell me it’s your Xiao Ping who agreed to be your partner?”

Chu An joked with a smile.

Before the war, four people in the class wrote love letters under the instigation of Li Guoping.

Although the results after returning from the war were different, some people would never see a reply letter and would never be able to reply to the girl they liked again.

But Wang Xiaohu is back after all.

And the confession letter he wrote did receive a reply.

Although the woman did not explicitly agree in the initial letter, they kept in contact through correspondence afterwards.

It’s just that Chu An was very busy in the combat department, and since the new commander of the special forces company took office, he, the old company commander, almost never visited the special forces company, so he didn’t know much about his subsequent progress.

“Hehe, almost, almost.” Wang Xiaohu suddenly became shy.

Times are always different, and the emotions in the era of letter communication were still too conservative.

“Captain, this isn’t what we’re talking about today. I’m leaving for the exam tomorrow!”

“Huh?” Chu An was stunned, but then he knew what he was talking about.

Chu An immediately smiled again and said, “Congratulations, congratulations, you must keep working hard, I’m looking forward to having you as my classmate!”

As for the military examination, Chu An was directly admitted without taking the test because of his first-class merit and high school diploma. He did not need to take the military examination directly. He could go directly after receiving the notification letter.

But Wang Xiaohu is different. He was awarded a second-class merit and a third-class merit after the war.

Although he was qualified for admission, he only had a junior high school education, and because of the war this year, there were too many people who had made meritorious contributions, so the admission quota also required comprehensive competition.

From physical fitness to military skills to cultural exams.

Only those who can pass the test can go to military academy, otherwise they can only stay in the army.

“Hehe, I’ll try my best!” Wang Xiaohu was obviously a little nervous.

He only has a junior high school education. Although he can take the military examination as an exception because of his second-class merit, being qualified to take the examination and being able to pass the examination are two different things.

As a scout, he has good physical fitness and military skills, but lacks cultural skills.

After all, this is a military exam, and the cultural foundation test must be based on high school cultural knowledge.

He is very weak.

But Chu An was powerless to do anything about this.

Even if he has a photographic memory, it is impossible to cram all the high school knowledge into his head in such a short time.

“Just keep going!” Chu An patted his shoulder and said with a smile, “If you really can’t do it, come back and brush up on your cultural knowledge. Anyway, we should be changing guards soon!”

“Well! This is the only way. It’s all because of these damn Vietnamese devils. Otherwise, I would definitely be able to study hard for two months!” Wang Xiaohu clenched his fists as he said this.

Going to military school is definitely a dream for young soldiers today.

Just like ordinary people joining the army.

This is a class leap.

Being a soldier can ensure you have enough food to eat, but going to military school is equivalent to directly changing your life.

Even if your academic qualifications are limited and your prospects after graduation are limited, you can still get a stable job if you transfer to a non-farmer job and return home. This is better than simply changing from a farmer to a non-farmer and only being able to work in an ordinary factory in your hometown.

After chatting for a while, Wang Xiaohu left.

Chu An watched his back, sincerely hoping that he could pass the exam, and preferably go to the same military academy with him.

But for things like this, we can only wish them well in our hearts.

As for the outcome, we’ll have to wait and see.

Time passed slowly again.

In mid-June, the operations department began to become less busy.

Every conceivable contingency plan had been completed, including the regiment’s post-battle training plan. They could finally relax before the Vietnamese invaders made any new moves.

Even the combat units began to take turns on holiday.

Of course, it can’t be a long vacation, and it’s even more impossible for you to go home.

It’s just a two-day holiday in rotation, so everyone can go to the nearest town to have fun and go shopping.

“Wow, it’s so lively!”

Early in the morning on the 18th, Chu An was pushing his bicycle in a town less than five kilometers away from his base. A few steps ahead, he heard a woman’s cheerful voice.

That’s right, Qin Wanqiu is here too.

After knowing that Chu An could take a vacation, she immediately asked for leave to come together.

Naturally, Chu An didn’t refuse.

However, the girl who looked shy in the car just now has now completely returned to her original nature.

I’ve been holding it in for too long.

Regiment C hasn’t had a holiday for too long because of the war. Apart from anything else, Chu An has been here for the first time in this small town not far from the base, having been here for several months.

His eyes also looked at everything around him with great interest.

There was constant shouting, especially from the street vendors in the town.

There are really a lot of people here, and it is hard to imagine that this lively scene is less than ten kilometers away from the border where artillery fire is resounding.

But looking at the things sold by these fellow villagers at the stalls, it seems very normal.

Watches, some non-firearm equipment worn by the Vietnamese soldiers, and various small items that are clearly full of Vietnamese style.

During the war, soldiers had to hand in captured supplies, but some small items captured by the militia could be kept directly.

There is no doubt that the things on these stalls are all seized from fellow villagers.

Chu An watched with interest.

To be honest, it’s only because I can’t do business now, otherwise I could make a lot of money by sweeping the market here and selling it domestically.

Check out the watches here.

They are domestic brands, and many of them are as good as new, but the price is only ten or fifteen yuan.

It’s not even worth a fraction of the price of watches sold in China now.

There are also some other practical items, all of which are sold at discounted prices.

“Chu An, take a look at this, do you like it?”

Suddenly, Qin Wanqiu turned around and greeted Chu An with a smile.

He was holding a nice-looking metal lighter in his hand.

The kind that is filled with kerosene. Now, under the guidance of this local fellow, her two white and tender little hands clumsily paddled and lit the fire.

“Haha, it looks pretty good!” Chu An pushed his bicycle to her side and spoke.

Chu An has never used a lighter since his rebirth.

Always use matches.

Of course, this doesn’t mean that this thing doesn’t exist.

One of his staff officers used this kind of kerosene lighter, and every time he used it, he would deliberately shake it to make a popping sound.

“Fellow countryman, how much is it?”

Hearing Chu An agree, Qin Wanqiu immediately turned around with a smile and asked the boss for the price.

“Ten dollars!”

“.”

Chu An was speechless for a moment.

How dare you speak up!

The ten dollars back then were not the same as the ten dollars in later generations.

It was obvious that this thing was not new. Chu An knew with his eyes closed that it must have come from a fellow villager who had found a corpse on the battlefield.

And he dared to ask for only ten dollars.

The key point is that Qin Wanqiu actually lowered her head and started to take out money.

No need to talk about the price.

(End of this chapter)