Is there a foreign corps in China?

The French Foreign Corps is famous for its bravery and good fighting skills. Cai Chuibiao, coach of the sports department of the Paris Municipal Government, told the author: "The French Foreign Legion was founded in 183 1 year, and it has a history of 160 years. My father served in a foreign legion in the 1930s. At present, there are more than 8,000 foreign corps, most of which are French, but the soldiers come from 100 different countries. "

Foreign troops set up recruitment offices in Paris, Nimes and Marseille every year, recruiting about 1000 recruits, aged between 17-35. Recruits are required to have no history of mental illness or infectious diseases, but they must undergo a four-month physical fitness test to adapt to the climate anywhere. Those who are stateless and have no residence permit can obtain the right of abode in France after three years of service, and can apply for French nationality after five years.

Ni Ale, a native of Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, is short and thin, but looks very mature. 1989 After graduating from high school, I came to Paris, a world famous city, and I had a wonderful vision in the warm spring of bloom. But what awaits him is a scary day, and he has to work endlessly every day to make money and pay off debts. I lived in France for a year, and then I heard from my hometown that foreign legions accepted new soldiers. Ale/Kloc-0 joined the foreign army in August, 1989. After four months of training, he was sent to serve in Central Africa in March, 1990, with a monthly salary and subsidy of 7,600 francs. After serving for four months, he returned to France, took a month off, and was sent to Iraq in June+10, 5438, during the "storm operation" between the United States and Iraq. Iraq has a dry climate and sandstorms everywhere. A Le is a tank soldier, one company has three classes, one class 1 tank has three cars. A class has one tent 12 people, and three tents are connected together. Sometimes when the sand blows, the whole tent is blown to dozens of meters away, and the sand covers the eyes, and no one can be seen more than ten meters away. The most uncomfortable thing is the anti-virus training two or three times a day. There are air raids in the sky and military exercises on the ground. Put on a gas mask and a gas suit. Chest tightness and asthma are very uncomfortable.

One morning, due to the cold weather, A Le stood guard in the car to take shelter from the rain. About a quarter of an hour later, the corporal came out to pee and saw it. He scolded A Le, saying that he was in the army and should stick to his post. A Le bowed his head and said he was sorry. Corporal reported to the captain that A Le slept in the car during the guard time, which violated the discipline of the army, and A Le was severely punished. Dig a bomb shelter with a length of 1.5m, a width of 1m and a height of 1.5m in the deserted desert. At 8 o'clock in the morning, drink some water and eat some bread at noon, and come back to rest after work at 3 o'clock in the morning. He lay in bed looking at the boundless sky and couldn't sleep. After a day of severe winter and heat, he was dizzy and missed his relatives in his hometown, and he was very wronged. A Le worked in the army for seven years, served overseas for three and a half years, and has been to Central Africa, Iraq and Djibouti.

Wang Shengchuan is from Shangdu, Wenzhou. He looks like a Kanto man with a hunchback and a height of 1.8 meters. 1983 joined the army, and now he is a French citizen and can speak French. After retirement, he worked in the clothing industry. Now I run a Chinese restaurant, Seoul restaurant, and my business is ok. Speaking of being a soldier in those days, Wang Shengchuan talked endlessly: being a mercenary in a foreign corps is dangerous, but there is no other way out in France. You can stay after being a soldier. Speaking of training, Wang Shengchuan is eloquent: training life is of course very hard, but it is also very exciting. One night in the middle of the night, everyone suddenly gathered in an emergency. Everyone jumped up from the dream, got dressed, armed to the teeth, and ran in line. No one knew where to go or what to do. They ran breathlessly to the beach. There were several boats on the beach, and everyone was ordered to board. It was so crowded. Some people get seasick and vomit because of the heavy wind and waves. About 0/5 minutes after sailing/kloc-,suddenly there was a loud noise and the warship exploded. At that time, everyone fell into the water, and everyone tried their best to swim to the place with lights. They didn't know it was an exercise until dawn. Wang Shengchuan served as a soldier for five years, never fought, stayed in Lebanon, worked as a logistics officer and worked in Djibouti for two years.

Among the Chinese in Paris, Dai Jin, Chen Jianwu and Li of Zhejiang successively served as soldiers. There are also people from Beijing, Fujian, Shanghai and Hunan who perform military service. Up to now, more than 40 China soldiers have been demobilized, most of whom live in the Greater Paris area.