Chapter 11: Wu Liuyi’s Change
Gao Cheng is a very competitive person, and also someone whose likes and dislikes are clearly shown on his face, never making any pretense.
In the original drama, he treated Xu Sanduo the same way.
Now he treats Chen Jun the same way.
Thinking that Chen Jun went from last place to first in the light gear 5 kilometers cross-country in just one week, improving his time by more than 8 minutes.
Gao Cheng couldn’t help but want to laugh out loud.
Such a fast improvement speed means a super big treasure.
As long as Chen Jun can popularize his training method throughout the company, the overall running results of the whole company will have a qualitative leap.
And what the Chinese Army cares most about is “fast” and “accurate”, commonly known as flying legs and sharpshooter.
Fast means running fast on two legs, accurate means shooting accurately with the gun, these two items occupy a great weight in grand competitions of various levels.
Among them, running fast is the most important.
Every year’s grand competition includes but is not limited to 3 kilometers, 5 kilometers, 8 kilometers light gear and armed cross-country, as well as 400-meter obstacle course, sports shooting, and so on.
A bunch of projects all require running fast, or take running fast as the most basic foundation.
Whichever company has one or two flying legs, plus a few sharpshooters with excellent marksmanship, basically doesn’t need to worry in the grand competition.
Of course.
The opposite would be very bad.
Steel Seventh Company in this year’s mid-year grand competition, because Wu Liu Yi was absent due to a sudden back injury, directly led to Steel Seventh Company being overtaken by Red Third Company.
This shows the importance of “running fast”!
Now Wu Liu Yi and Chen Jun broke the regiment record, which means Wu Liu Yi not only recovered very well from his back injury, but his results have also improved compared to before, becoming the absolute treasure of the company.
It also means that starting today, Steel Seventh Company will have two ace-level flying legs.
By next year’s mid-year grand competition, the part that requires legs won’t need to be worried about too much, with Chen Jun and Wu Liu Yi enough to crush the whole regiment.
Even if there’s an accident and someone can’t compete, there’s still another one to hold the stage.
Having experts, and insured.
How could Gao Cheng not be happy.
And Chen Jun and Wu Liu Yi, who rushed through the finish line to complete the assessment and exhausted their physical strength, ran a few more meters forward before they could no longer hold on and lay on the grassland.
Dozens of gazes from the whole audience focused on them, and the two had no mind to enjoy it.
After long-distance running, one cannot lie down to rest immediately, but needs to walk slowly for a distance to buffer—these precautions, the two had no energy to care about anymore.
The last kilometer was too exhausting, they had already squeezed their bodies dry.
However.
Perhaps it fits that saying of not fighting means not knowing each other.
Originally, Chen Jun and Wu Liu Yi, who hadn’t gotten along well before and didn’t have a good relationship, were now lying on the grassland together breathing heavily, and when they looked at each other, they both smiled.
Between their smiles, there was an extra special feeling, which could be called mutual appreciation between experts.
Chen Jun completely conquered Wu Liu Yi with his strength, making Wu Liu Yi recognize Chen Jun anew from this moment and accept and acknowledge him.
Such a huge change in a short instant sounds incredibly unbelievable.
But this is real.
Because this is the troops, here only ability matters.
Scavenged recruits will never be liked and recognized, only elites with strength and ability to endure hardship will be appreciated and respected, and elites will have more sense of identity with each other.
With the high-performance performances of Chen Jun and Wu Liu Yi, others’ results seemed completely unattractive.
Gao Cheng had no interest in continuing to watch, he was already impatient to communicate with Chen Jun and confirm the matters they had agreed on before.
“Communicator, go help the Third Squad Leader relax, and bring him to my room once he’s recovered,” Gao Cheng instructed the communicator following behind.
“Yes, Company Commander.”
The communicator is equivalent to the company commander’s secretary and assistant, and quickly ran down from the stands.
“Old Seven, what’s up? You want to praise him?”
Political Instructor Hong Xingguo asked curiously, then added himself: “Chen Jun improving so fast is indeed worth good praise, even organizing a company-wide commendation conference to promote his hardworking spirit.”
“Praise is certain, but not now, with his performance, there will be plenty of opportunities in the future.”
Gao Cheng was in high spirits with the joyful event, laughing: “I’m calling him to my room mainly for training matters, need to discuss with him.”
“Oh? Training matters? Cadet soldiers don’t understand the grassroots very well, letting him serve as squad backbone is a good idea and fits the program. But letting him be responsible for the company’s training, isn’t that a bit too early?” Hong Xingguo questioned.
Cadets from military academy joining the company usually need to go through three stages.
The first stage is to be the most grassroots warrior, training and learning with the warriors to familiarize with the troops; the second stage is to serve as squad backbone, learning to lead soldiers from the basic squad.
The third stage is to do what officers should do, becoming the company’s platoon leader or probation proxy platoon leader, learning and being responsible for commanding platoon-level training and combat.
Chen Jun has only been in Steel Seventh Company for more than four months, even becoming squad backbone is a bit slightly early.
Leading the company is even more unthinkable!
“Letting him be on company duty is indeed too early, giving him a platoon might be pushing it, but if it’s just one training subject, that’s definitely no problem,” Gao Cheng said confidently with a smile.
“Just one?”
After a brief confusion, Hong Xingguo quickly reacted, his eyes lighting up as he said: “You mean… let him lead the company in cross-country?”
“Yes, exactly.” Gao Cheng nodded in reply.
“Hiss, don’t say, this really could work.”
Hong Xingguo saw the light through the fog, his mind suddenly clear, excitedly saying: “Chen Jun improving so fast in one week can’t be blind practice, he must have his unique training method.
If we can promote the training method to the whole company, letting every warrior benefit, then at that time… tsk tsk.”
Hong Xingguo got more and more excited, smacking his lips, as if he already saw Steel Seventh Company with soaring cross-country results, crushing the whole regiment in team assessment.
“We’re on the same wavelength, haha.”
Gao Cheng became even more excited, unable to suppress his inner anticipation.
Turning back, he said: “I need to go back and quickly write a preliminary plan, for the next month, our Steel Seventh Company will focus on this subject.”
“I’m going too, how could I miss such a good thing.”
Hong Xingguo’s positivity was completely ignited, not wanting to miss such an important turning point for Steel Seventh Company, he followed excitedly behind Gao Cheng.
With the company commander and political instructor leaving first, the communicator soon ran to Chen Jun’s side.
“Third Squad Leader, the company commander sent me to help you relax, and to take you to his room once recovered. Your result this time is so awesome, I guess it’s definitely good news, maybe even making you platoon leader.”
Communicators are all sweet-talking and popular, relaying the order while not forgetting to flatter.
