Chapter 14: Shi Jin And Xu Sanduo’s Fated Connection
Anyone who only saw this scene would never have imagined that just a week ago, these enthusiastic veterans were all constantly mocking Chen Jun.
Chen Jun, by achieving first place through his own strength, demonstrated his absolute personal ability.
He then used the excuse of not smoking to logically save everyone over a hundred yuan in tobacco money, gaining the support of all the veterans, showcasing his exceptional emotional intelligence.
From this moment on.
Chen Jun finally stabilized his authority as squad leader and officially established himself in the Third Squad.
At the same time.
Hundreds of kilometers away in Xià Róngshù Village, Shi Jin encountered the greatest disaster of his life: the son of the plane in the world of Soldiers Sortie—
Xu Sanduo!
Originally, Shi Jin didn’t want Xu Sanduo. On the principle of being responsible to the troops, Xu Sanduo, with only a junior high school education and being so slow-witted, was truly not a suitable candidate.
But he couldn’t stand the strong after-effects of the homemade liquor, and coupled with Xu Baishun’s good-for-nothing turtle son, Xu Sanduo was in a terrible state.
Shi Jin, already soft-hearted, couldn’t bear to watch, so he stepped between them and pointed at Xu Sanduo, shouting, “Old man, stop hitting him. I’ll take him.
He is my soldier now. You can hit your son, but you cannot hit my soldier, nor can you call my soldier a turtle son.”
“Alright, alright, I won’t hit him, I won’t hit him.” Xu Baishun got what he wanted, his mouth splitting into a grin from ear to ear.
Shi Jin then grabbed Xu Sanduo’s shoulders with both hands and said earnestly, “Xu Sanduo, don’t think this is a good thing. If I take you, I must be responsible for you, and you must bring me honor.
As long as you try your hardest, I, your squad leader, will go through hell with you.
One year, one year’s time.
I will definitely turn you into a proper soldier, a son your father can be proud of.”
With these words, spoken like an oath, Shi Jin bound his and Xu Sanduo’s lives together, adding a heavy burden of responsibility upon himself.
This burden was too heavy!
If there was no one else to help, Shi Jin, the most outstanding squad leader of Steel Seventh Company, would have been dragged down and worn out by this responsibility.
Fortunately, now that Chen Jun has arrived, everything will be reshuffled, initiating a different Soldiers Sortie.
And the first cards have already been dealt.
With the full support of Company Commander Gao Cheng, Steel Seventh Company’s rest period was temporarily canceled, and everyone switched to special training, launching a vigorous light-load cross-country special training.
Chen Jun taught all the soldiers of Steel Seventh Company, without reservation, all the running methods he knew and the training skills to improve results.
They had never known terms like “wind breaking,” “Fartlek training,” “arm swing posture,” or “breathing efficiency.”
For the veteran soldiers of the Seventh Company, who only knew how to work hard with their own methods, this barrage of professional terms opened a door to a new world.
Thinking that this was the training method Chen Jun used to go from last place to first place in just one week.
The soldiers’ enthusiasm for training couldn’t be higher!
Even on days with over 30 degrees Celsius of scorching sun, the soldiers of the Seventh Company sweated profusely but didn’t complain, training with great vigor under the sun.
As long as one worked hard, there would definitely be a reward.
Effort guided by a master brought exponential rewards.
Wu Liu Yi, an outstanding performer in cross-country, already possessed excellent talent in this area. After receiving skillful training, his strength underwent a qualitative change.
This qualitative change was mainly not in speed, but in the body’s ability to withstand sprint cross-country.
In the past, whenever Wu Liu Yi prepared for the mid-year competition or underwent continuous training, injuries would also appear.
Back pain, knee pain, and joint pain were the norm.
But under Chen Jun’s scientific training, Wu Liu Yi had been training continuously for half a month, with a daily five-kilometer cross-country as a baseline.
Every three days, there would be an intensive training session, and the entire company would undergo an eight-kilometer simulation assessment to test each veteran’s results.
Even a one-second improvement would be recorded by Chen Jun.
Then, using these recorded data, he created curve graphs for each soldier, allowing them to clearly feel their progress.
Wu Liu Yi, who would have developed injuries with this intensity of continuous training in the past, was surprisingly normal this time.
His physical condition was even better than before, lighter, as if his body had awakened, filled with vitality.
This comfortable feeling captivated Wu Liu Yi, and he began to pursue even better results.
Five kilometers light load in 16 minutes and 25 seconds.
Wu Liu Yi felt it wasn’t his limit and firmly believed he had significant room for development.
In Chen Jun’s professional terms, Wu Liu Yi felt his physical fitness and abilities could attempt to strive for a three-minute pace.
Aiming to break into under sixteen minutes.
In the Grand Competition, he would break out of the 702nd Regiment and enter the larger arena of the more competitive mechanized infantry division, and even charge into the highest hall of the Group Army, bringing more honor to the company.
Wu Liu Yi was already the company’s ace, and with his improved strength, he had higher goals.
Veteran soldiers in the company, like Gan Xiao Ning, were also beneficiaries of scientific training, and their results all saw significant improvements.
After just half a month of special training, everyone’s results had improved by a level.
Veterans who could barely pass the passing line could now easily enter the excellent line of 20 minutes, achieving the entire company’s excellent line half a month ahead of schedule.
Veterans who previously had to exert all their effort to finish within 20 minutes and found it difficult to improve much further.
By correcting their running posture and breathing efficiency, and specifically improving the muscle strength in their feet, they could now all easily run within twenty minutes.
Moreover, more than half of the veterans had already started sprinting towards nineteen minutes.
Company Commander Gao Cheng and Political Instructor Hong Xingguo were so delighted with the rapid improvement in the company’s five-kilometer cross-country results that they couldn’t stop smiling.
They were already infinitely anticipating the Mid-year Competition, letting the soldiers under their command thoroughly defeat other companies in the entire regiment.
A soldier’s second life is honor.
With so many treasures in hand, everyone wants to show them off. Honor is only ever welcomed, never in excess.
“As expected of the soldiers chosen by the proud ‘Seventh Princess,’ their physical fitness is truly remarkable. A little training yields results, and there’s definitely great room for improvement. It seems I can increase the intensity for them.”
Chen Jun himself was very surprised by the exceptional results of the scientific training.
So the next day, he increased the difficulty.
Upgrading from light-load five kilometers to light-load eight kilometers.
Although it’s only three kilometers more, maintaining a speed within the excellent line of 32 minutes requires a different level of stamina control and demand; the difficulty is more than doubled.
Chen Jun trained alongside them throughout, doing the light-load five kilometers.
Before this.
Chen Jun was not good at all in terms of physical fitness. Matching Wu Liu Yi in the five kilometers was just the beginning; the eight kilometers would also be a new challenge for him.
