Chapter 49: Fourth Platoon Stuns Everyone
The deputy regiment commander saw Gao Cheng speaking with such confidence and became even more curious about the source of his confidence. He smiled without saying anything and turned his gaze toward the shooting range.
Little did he know that the ultimate move was already charging up, and it was a super ultimate move.
Even when the final results came out, Gao Cheng himself was shocked. He never imagined that the Second Platoon’s strength was so exaggerated.
The First Platoon’s new recruits, without Chen Jun’s guidance on shooting, had already seen significant improvements in their target shooting results.
The Second Platoon’s new recruits had a max level big shot who had returned to the village, providing full guidance on various advanced shooting skills. Naturally, their improvement speed went without saying.
It was just four words—
Like riding a rocket!
After the ten new recruits from the Fourth Squad finished shooting and assembled back, the target inspector began announcing the scores.
“Target number one: five shots, 28 rings. Target number two: five shots, 42 rings. Target number three: five shots, 31 rings… Target number five: five shots, 37 rings… Target number ten: five shots, 41 rings.”
“What? All five shots on target?”
Once the target inspector finished reporting all of the Fourth Squad’s scores, the atmosphere at the shooting range suddenly became eerie. Everyone was shocked by the Fourth Squad’s results.
The best squad in the First Platoon had only three with five shots on target, but in the Fourth Squad, the entire squad achieved five shots on target.
This gap was too big, too exaggerated.
Even though one new recruit scored under 30 rings, not reaching the veteran soldier’s qualification line of 30 rings, it was still a solid excellent performance by new recruit standards for the whole squad.
Compared to veteran squads, it might still be a bit lacking, but among new recruits, it was absolutely the “king.”
Fourth Squad Leader Jin Dashan was very confident before shooting, believing his squad’s new recruits wouldn’t do poorly. After all, in the most recent live-fire target practice, the whole squad had at least four shots on target.
Among them, four new recruits had five shots on target, exceeding the regiment’s requirement of thirty percent excellent.
But the whole squad collectively hitting five shots—Jin Dashan had never even thought of it, not even daring to dream of such good results.
Yet this thing he wouldn’t even dare dream of had now truly happened right before his eyes.
Such a huge surprise suddenly hitting him on the head, after a brief moment of shock, Jin Dashan turned all his emotions into uncontrollable excitement.
If it weren’t for the regiment leaders watching and the need to maintain drill order in the preparation area.
Jin Dashan, whose mouth was already grinning crooked from happiness, would definitely have done a flying kick to go welcome back the Fourth Squad and give each new recruit a big hug.
Then punch them in the chest and roar, “Well done!”
It was just too awesome!
The Fourth Squad’s new recruits were also very excited upon hearing the scores. They themselves hadn’t expected such good results, and on the way back, they held their heads high.
The new recruits from the First Platoon’s three squads had already finished shooting and could only watch the Fourth Squad’s new recruits with envy and defiance.
There had long been rumors among the new recruit company that the Second Platoon’s overall results stood out so much because the Second Platoon Leader had outstanding leadership ability.
The new recruits from the First Platoon’s three squads believed this rumor, so they envied the Second Platoon’s new recruits for having a good platoon leader.
At the same time, they were unconvinced by the Second Platoon’s new recruits.
They were all confident that if they were in the Second Platoon, their target shooting results would definitely be better than the Second Platoon’s new recruits, not falling so far behind like now.
Unfortunately, it was all too late now. They only had envy left.
And that lingering yearning.
Yearning that during tomorrow’s official assignment of squads, they could be assigned to the Seventh Company under the Second Platoon Leader, enjoy his guidance, and then their target shooting strength would also skyrocket.
The sudden whole-squad excellent results had already lifted the atmosphere in the preparation area below to the skies.
On the small hillside nearby where cadres were observing the exercise, the atmosphere at this moment was equally very heated.
“Old Seven, is this the good show you mentioned? It really surprised me. The whole squad of new recruits hitting five shots on target—it’s not unheard of, but it’s indeed rare. The squad leader of this squad is very good.”
The deputy regiment commander thought this was Gao Cheng’s source of confidence and was indeed very impressed by the Fourth Squad’s performance.
However, this was not Gao Cheng’s main show.
That the Fourth Squad could perform exceptionally and achieve such rare results was something Gao Cheng hadn’t anticipated, making him involuntarily feel a bit smug.
By the same logic.
If the Fourth Squad’s exceptional performance had such a big improvement, Gao Cheng couldn’t help but look forward even more to the Fifth Squad’s results.
The Second Platoon was the new recruit company’s most outstanding platoon, and the Fifth Squad was the new recruit company’s most outstanding squad, meaning the Fifth Squad was the top among the top students.
Especially since Cheng Cai normally scored 49 rings, so with super strong performance, it would surely be a solid 50 rings.
Thinking of this…
Gao Cheng became excited, his heartbeat accelerating.
In an even more boastful tone, he said, “Deputy Regiment Commander, I’m not bragging, but this isn’t the main show. It’s just, uh, you know, an appetizer.
I advise you to sit on the stool and watch. Sitting on the stool is steadier.”
Right after the Fourth Squad finished, it was the Fifth Squad’s turn. The real good show was about to take the stage, and Gao Cheng was extremely excited at this moment. Not standing on the table and shouting was already very restrained.
“Hahaha.”
The deputy regiment commander was amused by Gao Cheng and cooperatively said in a joking tone, “Alright, just for your confidence, I really will sit down and see what kind of good show you’ve prepared for me.”
“Look, look, the good show is on stage. Right there, the Fifth Squad that’s going up now. Deputy Regiment Commander, you gotta watch closely, don’t miss the wonderful part.”
Gao Cheng watched the Fifth Squad receiving ammo, the anticipation in his eyes growing stronger.
“Oh? Is that so?”
The deputy regiment commander glanced at the Fifth Squad and didn’t see anything outstanding about its ten new recruits, so he didn’t say more.
But the new recruits and backbones who knew the new recruit company’s situation all had strong anticipation in their eyes at this moment.
In the Fifth Squad, aside from a few whose strength was a bit lacking, the other new recruits’ overall strength was very high, especially Cheng Cai, who could be called a shooting genius.
During the new recruit period, there had been three actual combat shooting sessions, and each time Cheng Cai had far led the others.
Now that it was the Fifth Squad’s turn to shoot, everyone—whether new recruits or training backbones—was very expectant of the Fifth Squad’s target shooting results.
Especially the legendary 50 rings full score, which gave everyone endless anticipation.
Could they witness the legend today?
That was a third-class merit!
With a third-class merit, one could steadily transfer to the volunteer army. Having a third-class merit provided a springboard to strive for promotion to officer, the honor every warrior dreamed of.
Nine out of the ten new recruits in the Fifth Squad all had great pressure.
Cheng Cai had the greatest pressure and ambition, as he was aiming straight for the 50 rings full score.
Only the simple-minded to the point of silliness Xu Sanduo had no specific goals for the scores in his brain and didn’t know what pressure was at all.
He didn’t even have the urgent thought that since the previous Fourth Squad could achieve whole-squad excellent, as the stronger Fifth Squad, they must perform even better and not lose face for the squad leader.
As for whether the Fifth Squad’s new recruits could withstand the huge pressure under such circumstances, turn the pressure into power for a sprint, or collapse under it.
That was now unknown; the results were being revealed.
