Chapter 100: Thrilling Division-wide Competition
The Division Commander and Political Commissar finished speaking on the stage, and the opening ceremony ended amid thunderous applause.
Next, the chief referee of the Grand Competition came on stage and conveyed the rules of this Grand Competition, the project order, precautions, and so on, one by one to everyone.
The projects of the Division Grand Competition are the same as those of the Regiment Competition, but the rules and order have relatively large differences.
There are two biggest differences among them.
First, it lies in the competition project order. Unlike the Regiment Competition where subjects are rotated overall one by one, it has been reasonably shuffled.
The time arrangements have also changed, more ample than the Regiment Competition.
The competition order and time became:
First day
Morning: Rifle 150m Precision Shooting, 3km Light Load Sprint Team.
Afternoon: Pistol 80m Precision Shooting, 5km Light Load Cross-country Team.
Second day.
Morning: 200m Rapid Movement Shooting, Grenade Throwing.
Afternoon: Weapon Disassembly and Assembly, Sniper Rifle 500m Precision Shooting.
Third day.
Morning: Vehicle-mounted Machine Gun Precision Shooting, 10km Light Load Cross-country Team.
Afternoon: Armored Vehicle Mountain Obstacle Course, 400m Obstacle Individual.
Fourth day
Morning: Battlefield First Aid, 10km Cross-country with Load Individual.
Afternoon: Awarding and Closing Ceremony.
The second biggest change is that the Grand Competition competitors have higher freedom.
The Regiment Competition requires submitting the list in advance, and which competitor participates in which Grand Competition project cannot be casually adjusted or replaced afterward.
The competition team only has one or two adjustment quotas for temporary competitor adjustments and replacements.
The Division Grand Competition has changed to not requiring advance submission, that is, each project does not need to declare fixed competitors, and each competition team can freely match.
It only requires reporting the competitor numbers participating in that Grand Competition project half an hour before each Grand Competition project starts.
The competitor numbers will be registered and issued at a designated location by uniformly assembling all Grand Competition competitors before the Grand Competition starts.
Like basketball players, sticking the numbers on the body.
One on the chest and one on the back.
This number will accompany the competitor throughout the Grand Competition, equivalent to becoming his name in the Grand Competition.
This is more convenient for spectating competitors and various leaders on the grandstand to make better precise comments based on competitor performance.
Instead of becoming unrecognizable competitors, only able to refer to them vaguely as that competitor or that one, which is very inconvenient.
From these two major changes, it can be seen that the training units in the Division are “smarter” than those in the Regiment. Just adding half a day of time makes the overall feeling much more reasonable.
Projects that consume stamina and projects that consume brainpower are flexibly interspersed and matched in the schedule, which is more conductive to competitors to exert strength.
Each competition team does not need to engage in tactics, does not need to worry about stamina recovery, and only needs to put all their mind into exerting their own strength.
It truly achieves only comparing strength, whether hero or good man, the battlefield sees the truth.
There are also various small details in the arrangements, making the competition more reasonable and spectator-friendly, achieving high standards in both military and entertainment.
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The announcement of the schedule and rules ended, followed immediately by collecting competitor badges.
Each competitor randomly draws, drawing a note with a number from the first box, then taking the note to the second position to register identity and collect the badge.
Each competitor is issued a total of five sets of badges, equivalent to one set per day, with one set as backup.
Considered very thoughtfully!
Chen Jun drew the 013 number, symbolizing inauspicious misfortune in a Western country that believes in a certain religion, but he was very satisfied with this number.
Because he has always scorned those Western nonsense.
Cheng Cai drew a number that a businessman would absolutely be very satisfied with—088; Wu Liu Yi’s 037 number is relatively more common.
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After all competitors have collected their numbers, the chief referee publicly announced that the next competition project is—Rifle 150m Precision Shooting.
Within half an hour after each competition team goes down, report the competitor numbers participating in this Grand Competition project.
Those who fail to report on time will be treated as forfeiting.
One hour later, competitors assemble on the parade ground, are uniformly taken to the shooting range for the formal Grand Competition, while the remaining non-participating competitors and team leaders take another passage to the corresponding spectator area for spectating.
The Division Grand Competition spectator area is not divided by company, but unified into two zones.
The competitor area is close to the venue, at the front of the spectator area.
The remaining team leaders, spectating personnel, and the grandstand where the Division Commander and Regiment Commanders and other leaders are located are arranged in the area behind the spectator area.
Chen Jun and others returned to the Seventh Company dormitory, where Gao Cheng organized the competitor arrangements.
The Division Grand Competition schedule is very reasonable, no tactical discussion is needed, and the project personnel arrangements do not need any adjustments.
Just have the two Regiment Competition competitors take the field.
Cheng Cai and Wu Liu Yi as the first batch to compete, Gao Cheng hoped they could achieve an opening victory, rarely nagging like an old mother for a long time.
Then he took the list to the command post and handed the Steel Seventh Company’s list to the referee.
One hour later.
Cheng Cai and Wu Liu Yi, carrying everyone’s expectations, confidently came to assemble on the large parade ground and were uniformly taken to the competition venue for drawing lots.
Coming to the big stage at the Division level, winning means being a definite elite soldier among tens of thousands.
The two were still very nervous.
Fortunately, besides nervousness, there was more confidence.
In the Regiment Competition, both scored full 50 rings, which is the foundation of their confidence, believing they can still hit full score here.
Chen Jun, Xie Chong, and the other eight competitors, under the guidance of on-site red armband soldiers, went to the competitor area.
Gao Cheng was grabbed by Regiment Commander Wang, ostensibly to accompany him to watch the competition, but actually with another deeper meaning.
Yesterday, he had agreed with Regiment Commander Yang of 701 Regiment to sit together to watch the competition today.
When secretly competing with other regiments, naturally need to bring more people to bolster the scene, so that later showing off can cooperate better and feel more satisfying.
Regiment Commander Yang really did what he said, truly sitting together with Regiment Commander Wang.
He also brought two cadres, with full pomp.
The cadres from the Division on the grandstand were already in place, with the Division Commander and Political Commissar all present, showing great importance to the first day of the Grand Competition.
Having Division leaders watching from the grandstand is an excellent opportunity for the competitors.
If performing well and caught the eye of the Division Commander, it is better than ten times the effort in the company or regiment.
Cheng Cai also noticed the cadre area, with all kinds of shining golden stars on the stage.
His ambition was thoroughly stimulated!
The competitors drew lots one by one to determine the order, and Cheng Cai actually drew the number one spot, competing as one of the ten competitors in the first group.
It was really unknown whether to say his luck was good or bad.
