Chapter 30: Giving Gao Cheng A “slight” Shock
Xu Sanduo unintentionally left a good impression on the Company Commander, basically eliminating the disgust brought by the surrendered soldier, and he himself, being silly and clueless, had no idea at all.
Shi Jin was the happiest person.
He had promised Xu Sanduo’s father to cultivate Xu Sanduo into a good soldier, and if he couldn’t keep him by his side, he simply couldn’t fulfill the promise.
Now that Xu Sanduo had pleased Gao Cheng, it would be much simpler to take Xu Sanduo away later.
However.
Chen Jun himself was not that optimistic.
Xu Sanduo had just benefited from advance prevention this time, plus sheer luck, with his words happening to match perfectly; it didn’t mean he had truly awakened.
Gao Cheng no longer disliked or resented Xu Sanduo, but that didn’t mean he would agree to let Xu Sanduo go to Seventh Company.
There were so many new recruits in the new recruit company; if he took all the ones he didn’t dislike to Seventh Company, there would be too many to bring.
Moreover, only a quarter of the new training had passed, with more than two months left, and several more subjects ahead; no one knew what would happen.
The company meeting ended, and training proceeded normally.
The early stage of shooting training focused on holding the rifle, with the three postures of shouldering the rifle as the main content.
After a week of shouldering training, the fourth week no longer had drill training, and was changed to insertion drills with rifles, disassembly and reassembly of rifles, firearm maintenance, and other such auxiliary functions for shooting proficiency.
Standing posture, kneeling posture, and prone shooting postures had no complex operations; they tested endurance and persistence.
Cheng Cai had been obsessed with guns since childhood, and now touching real firearms made him especially excited, training especially diligently, with results still leading the way.
He was like the protagonist in a novel, becoming the most dazzling new recruit in the whole company.
Xu Sanduo was silly and dull like a block of wood, not because his intelligence quotient was really low, but because his reactions were dull and his thinking angles too immature.
Shooting posture training didn’t require much agility; just holding the posture steadily was enough.
This was right up Xu Sanduo’s alley.
Therefore, in this shooting posture training process, although Xu Sanduo’s performance wasn’t as dazzling as Cheng Cai’s, he could still complete the training smoothly.
Not outstanding but not embarrassing either; Shi Jin was satisfied.
For the auxiliary skills added in the fourth week, Xu Sanduo didn’t need to use too much brain; just imitate and follow along, with no major issues.
The whole company was relatively stable in this shooting training process, with no big waves.
Only during firearm disassembly and reassembly training, since this subject required assessing speed and had high difficulty, it caused a small climax in the whole company.
And the waves weren’t small!
At first, during unit-by-platoon organized training, the new recruits heard Chen Jun say that at the end of new training, disassembly and reassembly of the 81 rifle over 60 seconds would be unqualified, and under 50 seconds to reach excellent standard.
The new recruits, frantically disassembling their rifles, saw that just taking them apart took a minute.
They all clamored that such time was impossible.
To silence the new recruits, Chen Jun set an example by having Steel Seventh Company’s most excellent Squad Leader Shi Jin demonstrate 81 rifle disassembly and reassembly for them.
Shi Jin modestly said his speed wasn’t fast, and instead suggested Chen Jun perform for everyone.
The new recruits only knew Chen Jun was tall and big, with decent muscle gain effect over the past month or so, weight approaching 160 pounds, but hadn’t seen Platoon Leader Chen show his hand.
The new recruits were curious about Platoon Leader Chen’s strength and joined Shi Jin in clamoring.
“Platoon Leader, do one! Platoon Leader, do one…”
The troops’ unanimous singing competition style covered the entire training ground; the three squad leaders including Shi Jin all shouted along.
Not only were the other two platoons attracted, peering over curiously.
Even Company Commander Gao Cheng was alerted, quietly running to Second Platoon’s training area.
Hands behind his back, he grinned and said, “Platoon Leader Chen, what do you say, put on a show for everyone? Let these little pups who just left the nest gain some knowledge.”
Gao Cheng’s mind was the same as the three squad leaders’, wanting to probe Chen Jun’s bottom on this occasion.
Up to now, Gao Cheng only knew the tip of the iceberg: Chen Jun had skills in running and cross-country, and leading troops in drill was no worse than the old platoon leader.
But for Chen Jun’s strength in other aspects, it was completely unknown.
Two months ago, everyone in Gao Cheng and Seventh Company knew Chen Jun’s strength clearly, but now Chen Jun had changed, suddenly becoming fierce all at once.
Those previous unbearable results had even high-level suspicion.
Thinking Chen Jun had been “acting” before!
Asking directly or probing with assessment would be somewhat inappropriate; now with new recruits leading the clamor, it was completely fine.
Seeing the Company Commander personally come out to support, Chen Jun couldn’t refuse such enthusiasm.
But he hadn’t played with the 81 rifle in too long; in his previous life later it was all Type 95, and the last time he touched an 81 rifle, Chen Jun remembered was seven or eight years ago.
After so long without playing with the 81 rifle, whether he could suddenly regain his feel, Chen Jun had no confidence.
Thinking in his previous life his fastest record for 81 rifle disassembly and reassembly was 19 seconds, easily crushing Wu Liu Yi’s fastest 26 seconds.
Even with seven or eight years in between, a skinny camel is still bigger than a horse; it shouldn’t be too bad.
Holding this thought, Chen Jun steeled himself and got to work.
The result surprised even Chen Jun.
After seven or eight years, challenging the 81 rifle again, without any preparation, just touching the gun he found the familiar feel.
“Start!”
Shi Jin was timing with the stopwatch, and pressed it down as he spoke.
Under the gaze of dozens of new recruits, three squad leaders, and the Company Commander, Chen Jun dazzled everyone with magic-like hand speed.
In merely less than six seconds, the complete 81 rifle turned into parts spread on the gun cloth.
“Already disassembled?”
The new recruits felt their eyes weren’t enough, brains nearly fried, not even seeing clearly what happened, and Chen Jun had already finished disassembly.
“Whoa, this speed, impressive.”
Gao Cheng’s eyes widened, grinning ear to ear, every cell in his body is smooth.
Wu Liu Yi said nothing, but looked at Shi Jin with full admiration, as if to say, now you see how exaggerated Chen Jun’s changes are.
Shi Jin saw Chen Jun display his strength with his own eyes for the first time, truly shocked hard.
Mouth half-open, speechless for a long time.
And while the spectators were stunned, Chen Jun’s hands didn’t stop, continuing swift and fluid reassembly.
Those large, sturdy hands were like two dancing butterflies, exuding a unique beauty.
“Good!!”
Chen Jun completed the final action, placing the rifle on the gun cloth.
Shi Jin was startled awake by Chen Jun’s loud roar, hurriedly pressing the stopwatch in his hand, lifting it to see the time, eyes widening a full circle.
“Squad Leader Shi, say it quick, what’s the result?” Gao Cheng urged impatiently.
