Chapter 212: Entering A Detachment, Time To Stir Things Up!
Before the mountainous terrain confrontation exercise, Wu Liu Yi and others captured Captain Tie alive as a hostage and had already ridden a helicopter once.
But that time was just the physical first ride, without the sensory first riding experience.
Because at that time they were carrying out a arduous mission, deep in the enemy rear where surroundings were full of enemies, and any carelessness would lead to total failure.
Their minds were full of thoughts on how to complete the mission, with no time to think about anything else.
Throughout the process they were highly nervous, boarding the helicopter only out of necessity, and by the time they came to their senses, they had already landed at regiment headquarters.
They basically had no strong feelings about everything that happened on the helicopter.
But now it was different.
Now they were coming specifically to ride the helicopter, with all their attention focused on it, and the experience could be said to be maxed out.
The excitement of riding a helicopter for the first time, Wu Liu Yi and the other two could finally experience it.
Seeing the helicopter made their eyes light up with excitement, and when the group followed Yuan Lang onto the helicopter and flew into the sky looking down.
That was even more stimulating!
Even more excited!
Looking down from the angle of flying in the sky, for Wu Liu Yi, Cheng Cai, and Xu Sanduo it was truly the first time, and this feeling was really too wondrous.
It made all three of them unable to suppress their emotions, turning completely into Liu Laolao entering the Grand View Garden.
One by one squeezing their heads to the window, looking through the thick glass of the window at hundreds of meters below, excitedly shouting out.
“So high, things on the ground have all become small, quick look at that truck, smaller than my fingernail.”
“Quick look quick look, below is our regiment headquarters, we’re flying back again.”
“I bet they definitely don’t know we’re three flying above their heads.”
“They should know, the sound is so loud.”
“No, I have to find a way to throw something down, let them know we’re above their heads, that would definitely be very interesting.”
Seeing the three chatting more and more outrageously, especially Cheng Cai you already taking off your hat, preparing to find a way to open the window and throw it down, Yuan Lang couldn’t sit still.
He could only cough continuously a few times as a reminder, to prevent the three fools from going crazy and really throwing things down.
Chen Jun had no particular feeling about riding the helicopter, but seeing Xu Sanduo, Cheng Cai, and Wu Liu Yi so excited, the corners of his mouth involuntarily raised.
Chen Jun saw his own former self in the three of them.
Back in the day when he first rode a helicopter, his excitement was no less than Wu Liu Yi and the other two, even more imaginative than theirs.
He wished he could open the cabin door and jump down to experience soaring in the sky.
Yuan Lang perhaps felt the same as Chen Jun, seeing his own shadow in Wu Liu Yi and the others, able to understand their current mood.
So he didn’t shout to scold and discipline them, but closed his eyes and pretended to nap.
Seeing Yuan Lang close his eyes to sleep, and Deputy Company Commander Chen with a smile on his face, looking out through the glass window.
Unable to contain the agitation in his heart, Cheng Cai said in a quiet voice full of emotion: “Xu Sanduo, when we came, we rode in a sealed truck, stuffed inside the iron plate feeling suffocated, opening the door for air the cold wind blowing like a knife.
Now? We’ve made it, riding on a helicopter, if our parents knew, they wouldn’t wake up laughing even in their dreams.”
“Mm mm.”
Xu Sanduo nodded repeatedly with a silly smile: “If my dad knew, he’d definitely be very happy too, and wouldn’t call me turtle son anymore, hehe.”
“Xu Sanduo, our entire regiment selected just three, and you’re one of them, you’re already the pride of the village, your dad wouldn’t have time to praise you enough.” Wu Liu Yi said.
“I believe what Squad Leader says, if only my dad could come see me, I’d make him happy too.” Xu Sanduo said expectantly.
“Aiya, we’re almost at A Company, no more thinking about home matters.”
Cheng Cai retorted to Xu Sanduo, then encouraged: “We’re three representing Seventh Hundred and Second Regiment, at A Company we must charge forward bravely.
If we’re eliminated right at the start, we won’t even have face to go back.”
The first eliminated would definitely be the worst, going back with the title of the worst, truly embarrassing enough, unacceptable for competitive people.
Wu Liu Yi was exactly that representative!
“Then let’s go all out, risk our lives, let’s cheer together.”
Wu Liu Yi was the desperate effort type of competitor, after speaking he already extended his fist, his resolute gaze looking toward Cheng Cai and Xu Sanduo.
“Common effort!”
“I’ll go with Squad Leader.”
Cheng Cai and Xu Sanduo also extended their fists, bumping with Wu Liu Yi in the air.
“Cheng Cai with maxed out body and brain talent, Xu Sanduo with maxed out buffs, Wu Liu Yi untroubled by injuries, really looking forward to your performance in training camp.”
Chen Jun caught sight of the three’s actions with his peripheral vision, unavoidably adding some anticipation in his heart.
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Two hours later.
The helicopter flew nearly six hundred kilometers, arriving above a large base standing alone, far from the city yet still on plateau terrain.
Looking down from the sky, one could see this base’s area was at least over a thousand mu large.
However, despite the base’s large footprint, the construction inside was very complete, with very little idle area.
Basically all occupied by various training grounds, and dozens of buildings large and small.
All the open spaces in between had also undergone greening and landscaping treatment, with those neat trees and square grass patches looking exceptionally refreshing.
For someone with OCD, coming here would absolutely make their mood great.
Among them, located on the left side of the base, wrapped in a large expanse of green grassland, with exterior walls painted white and roofs all blue tiles, the building was the most eye-catching in the entire base.
And Chen Jun wasn’t coming here for the first time, recognizing at a glance what it was.
These two buildings were the base’s training center, where every time personnel training was conducted, cadets and instructors would be arranged here.
The six-story building on the east side with corridors, looking like a school teaching building, belonged to the cadets’ dormitory building.
All cadets participating in this training camp would be arranged to live in this building.
Moreover, all cadets’ personal item storage rooms, the armory for training weapons, the equipment depot storing combat vests and such equipment, etc.
All items serving the cadets were also centralized in this building.
Chen Jun habitually called it “Pumpkin Building”!
Because the cadets training here would lose all their positions and identities, becoming pumpkins with only numbers tortured daily.
Directly opposite this academy building, there was another building half the size.
Chen Jun habitually called it “Butcher Building”!
Between the two buildings was about sixty meters of parade ground, the Butcher Building only three stories high, housing the butchers who specifically tormented pumpkins.
The first floor of the building was entirely open, with overall height over five meters, essentially turning two floors into one.
Made into an indoor multimedia center.
It could be used for entertainment like basketball and such sports, for all cadets to hold meetings, for classroom teaching, and also to torment cadets.
Because this venue’s design was very special, with a high platform over two meters at the front.
Instructors could stand on the high platform looking down, using height to enhance their aura, giving stronger pressure to the cadets standing below.
The entire second floor was offices, all of A Company’s officers’ offices were here.
Including Captain Tie Lu and Yuan Lang and others.
And the remaining third floor was comprehensive, with data repository storing information, combat readiness depot for combat supplies, etc., all gathered on the third floor.
Looking at the over a dozen buildings in A Company base, the ones related to cadets were just these two.
Other buildings served A Company’s three special operations squadrons’ warriors, for their life and training convenience, etc.
A Company warriors’ treatment was very good, living in double standard rooms.
Unlike grassroots companies with one platoon per room, over ten people squeezed together.
A Company one platoon needed five rooms, one squadron below had a full nine platoons, plus company commander and political instructor and such officers, all needing single rooms.
One squadron needed one building!
Three squadrons plus rest and entertainment rooms needed four buildings to serve.
Plus logistics serving A Company, including but not limited to cooking, ground crew, maintenance, army aviation and other units, various warehouses, simulation training building, etc.
Over a dozen buildings in the base sounded like a lot, probably just barely enough.
Wu Liu Yi, Cheng Cai and others hadn’t seen such densely packed buildings, such extensive greening, such a large footprint unit base.
T Division’s base area was larger than this, but each regiment, even each battalion, were separate.
One clump here, one clump there.
Not as shocking as here!
Wu Liu Yi, Cheng Cai and the three got off the helicopter, following Chen Jun forward led by Yuan Lang to check into Pumpkin Building, all with a worldly inexperienced look.
Along the way seeing anything seemed novel, eyes darting everywhere without stopping.
If not for barracks area regulations requiring formation movement, two in a row, three in a file, only able to walk behind Chen Jun without forming first platoon to discuss and exchange.
With Cheng Cai and the three’s eyes full of curiosity, their mouths probably wouldn’t stop for a second.
And Yuan Lang finally back to his turf, with his left armpit clamping the peaked cap, walking on the left side of the team in lead position.
That unbuckled webbing with lower hem flapping appearance really carried some veteran soldier slickness.
But every warrior met along the way didn’t dare criticize Yuan Lang at all, no inspection to check Yuan Lang’s military appearance.
Instead they had to stand straight, saluting Yuan Lang in the most crisp posture.
Yuan Lang as a company commander, having such great fame and prestige in A Company, was because he had another unique identity.
That was training selection chief instructor!
Every old A who could enter A Company had been tormented to near death under Yuan Lang’s hands back then, already forming a shadow in their minds.
Even many old A’s here feared company commander Yuan Lang more.
Rather than Captain Tie!
The group of four led by Chen Jun, when meeting passing old A’s saluting, also returned salute per rules, causing passing old A’s to turn heads frequently.
They weren’t curious about Chen Jun’s appearance, gazes mainly on Wu Liu Yi, Cheng Cai, and Xu Sanduo.
Because the entire base had no non-commissioned officers, the term soldier was extremely unfamiliar, everyone who could come here were all officers.
Suddenly three non-commissioned officers popping up was like giant pandas appearing on the street.
Naturally attracting onlookers!
Wu Liu Yi and the three at first had no feeling, but after walking a few minutes in the barracks area, everyone they met stared at the three of them.
Finally noticing that the people looking at them had eyes that seemed off.
Wu Liu Yi was first unable to hold back muttering: “These passing are all old A’s? Why do they all look weird, just staring at us.”
“Could they all know we’re coming? Are we that famous?” Cheng Cai fantastically boasted.
“Don’t think nonsense, this isn’t the regiment, they don’t know who you are.”
Chen Jun shattered Cheng Cai’s fantasy, reminding: “As a sniper, the most important is to be good at observation, you didn’t do that today.
Didn’t you notice the passing people are all officers? You few non-commissioned officers coming over, if not staring at you, who to stare at?”
Cheng Cai scratched his head in shame.
From the start Chen Jun teaching him to become a sniper kept telling him the importance of sniper observation, but today he was too excited and forgot.
Having done wrong, he had to admit fault and take the punishment, naturally not daring any defense.
Wu Liu Yi and others after Chen Jun’s reminder, finally reacted.
But before the three could speak, Yuan Lang interjected first: “Deputy Company Commander Chen, good observation skills, strong on details and reasoning, that’s a plus point, really too bad not to be old A.”
Yuan Lang subtly brainwashed Chen Jun again, then sternly lectured Wu Liu Yi and others: “You three learn well and look well, as long as you have half your deputy company commander’s skills, you’ll pass training camp easily.”
“We definitely can’t match deputy company commander, but we’ve always been learning from him, he’s our role model and idol.” Cheng Cai said resolutely.
When it came to bootlicking kung fu, Cheng Cai had real skill.
Having just made a common sense error, perfect chance to bootlick and salvage.
“Slick tongue, with that energy, think more how to improve strength.”
Yuan Lang frowned and scolded Cheng Cai, then formally introduced: “All soldiers here are fully professional, any one pulled out is a junior officer, even the cooks in the kitchen.
You’ve never seen before, right? This time let you gain some knowledge.”
“No soldiers? All officers?”
Except Xu Sanduo blankly not reacting, Cheng Cai and Wu Liu Yi were shocked by this.
Unbelievable A Company was so exaggerated, officers who could be deputy company commanders in lower companies here could only be a soldier.
Their judgment of A Company’s strength instantly rose a big level.
At the same time pressure also greater!
But pressure also brought them power, determined to prove their value as warriors in this all-officer training camp.
When the group’s topic reached here, they had already arrived at the parade ground in the middle of the training camp.
“Deputy Company Commander Chen, I’ll go arrange them first, trouble you to wait here a moment, I’ll come over later to take you to see the captain, he’s been waiting for you.”
Yuan Lang arranged for Chen Jun to wait in the middle of the parade ground, then said to Wu Liu Yi and the other two: “You three come with me, that’s where you’re staying.”
Yuan Lang pointed at “Pumpkin Building”, then strode toward the stairwell entrance.
