Chapter 52: Strongly Pushed To Top Of Division History Headlines
The whole audience was still savoring Cheng Cai’s new record, and by the time they came back to their senses, Sixth Squad had already finished shooting.
Wu Liu Yi’s ability to lead soldiers goes without saying; he is a “master” who can go to the division for the martial arts competition, and the ones he trains won’t be much worse than Shi Jin.
Plus, with Platoon Leader Chen passing on experience as well, the shooting results were equally outstanding.
Except no one hit a second fifty rings to explode the atmosphere of the whole audience, otherwise they weren’t inferior to Fifth Squad at all; each one was excellent.
Second Platoon, all new recruits, achieved an all-excellent result, once again setting a new regimental record—
Full platoon shooting all-excellent record!
Little Second Platoon set two regimental records in a row, and the atmosphere at the shooting range was completely blasted to the skies.
Under the successive surprises, the Deputy Regiment Commander’s attitude underwent a new change from before, making bold promises and guarantees, telling Gao Cheng to go back to the company and wait to receive the third-class merit.
Gao Cheng grinned upon hearing this, his eyebrows flying up.
The three squads of Second Platoon heard they broke the record, and as participants, they were extremely excited and thrilled, even forgetting discipline, howling with excitement.
The new recruits saw Second Platoon cheering and jumping for joy, and all sorts of envious emotions were pulled to the top.
Just like jumping into a vat of vinegar, sour all over.
With Second Platoon’s stunning performance, the shooting of the remaining Third Platoon had no appeal at all, completely overshadowed by Second Platoon’s highlight.
Whether it was the Deputy Regiment Commander and others watching from the sidelines, or the new recruits in the pre-exam area below.
They were all discussing Second Platoon!
Discussing a certain new recruit from Second Platoon, discussing every squad leader of Second Platoon, discussing why Second Platoon was so awesome, discussing Second Platoon’s cadet platoon leader Chen Jun.
Under the intense discussions of various emotions, the three squads of Third Platoon also completed the assessment.
Although Third Platoon’s overall results were not inferior to First Platoon, even slightly better, with Second Platoon ahead, it seemed completely unwatchable.
Officer Zhang, who had been waiting anxiously, couldn’t wait for Ninth Squad to finish shooting and return; he eagerly asked Chen Jun to help him arrange it.
He must arrange Shi Jin and Cheng Cai for him, at least half an hour of exclusive interview.
Seeing Officer Zhang so impassioned, and the shooting range being such a perfect spot, interviewing here would have even more flavor.
He simply decided to do the exclusive interview at the shooting range, ran to Gao Cheng to report and make the request.
Gao Cheng’s desire to make Steel Seventh Company great was absolutely no less than Chen Jun’s, so naturally he didn’t want to miss such a great propaganda opportunity.
Not only did he approve Chen Jun’s request, but he also gave Chen Jun great autonomy.
Letting Chen Jun specifically accompany Officer Zhang for the interview.
As long as Officer Zhang had any requests, as long as they were within reasonable bounds, Chen Jun could decide on his own without reporting to him.
As for what range was reasonable, he let Chen Jun judge for himself.
With the chicken feather arrow from Company Commander Gao Cheng, Chen Jun was completely unleashed, immediately running back to the team and calling out Shi Jin and Cheng Cai alone.
The others returned according to normal procedure, no need to wait for the three of them.
Then he pulled Cheng Cai and Shi Jin aside, introduced them to the anxiously waiting Officer Zhang, and explained that Officer Zhang needed to interview the two of them.
Shi Jin and Cheng Cai had different personalities, and their first reactions to the interview were different.
Even though Shi Jin was older and had served longer, hearing about the interview made him seem very nervous, his fingers constantly moving, and the smile on his face very stiff.
In contrast, Cheng Cai, who had just come out of the mountains, got excited upon hearing about the interview, his spirited face flushed with excitement.
“Squad Leader Shi, I’ll interview you first. No need to be too nervous; just treat it like a casual chat.”
Officer Zhang first used his professional camera, with the shooting range as the background, to take a photo of Shi Jin, then took out his little notebook and asked while recording: “Squad Leader Shi, the Fifth Squad you lead is the best squad in this new recruit company.
Moreover, a new recruit hit fifty rings full score, creating a new regimental record.
May I ask how you did it? Do you use any special or unique training methods in daily training? Can you share it with everyone here?”
Officer Zhang wasn’t from a news media major; he was transferred to the Regimental Propaganda Section because he could sculpt clay figures, do seal carving, and write articles well.
But the interviewing stance he showed now was no less professional.
It was clear Officer Zhang had self-taught quite a bit!
Shi Jin had never been interviewed before; he had already started getting nervous upon hearing about it, and now entering the formal interview phase, he became even more unnatural.
Plus, only he himself really knew that Second Platoon’s results led First Platoon and Third Platoon by so much—who was the real “meritorious official” here.
Shi Jin had always yielded honors, let alone grabbing others’ honors.
Being treated as a model for an interview by Officer Zhang, Shi Jin, who believed in not accepting unearned reward, felt extremely embarrassed, making him even more nervous.
Standing at attention rigidly like a board, not knowing how to answer Officer Zhang’s question.
He hesitated for a full ten seconds or so.
Shi Jin finally mustered his courage and said in a serious tone: “Actually, I have no special methods; I just strive to do well what a new recruit squad leader should do, cultivating every new recruit into a qualified soldier.
Second Platoon’s results being so excellent, and our Fifth Squad’s new recruit hitting fifty rings, I personally am very happy and sincerely gratified.
But Cheng Cai being able to hit fifty rings actually has little to do with me; I didn’t teach any special skills.
It’s mainly thanks to our platoon leader, he…”
“Squad Leader Shi, don’t be modest.”
Seeing the situation wasn’t right, Chen Jun immediately interrupted: “This habit of always yielding honors isn’t good; I have to seriously criticize you on this point.
Cheng Cai is a new recruit in your Fifth Squad; his achieving such good results is inseparable from your careful guidance—how is it not your merit?
Right, yes, I did guide on the side, but can that cover up your hard efforts?
Of course not, right.”
Chen Jun rattled on like a machine gun, layering logic upon logic and going in circles; Shi Jin, with his simple mind, was directly dizzy.
He clearly felt something was off in his heart but didn’t know how to say it.
Taking advantage of Shi Jin being led astray by him, and to prevent Shi Jin from saying more truth that might give it away, Chen Jun simply spoke on behalf of Shi Jin.
Cheng Cai’s brain was quick; without being asked, he chimed in from the side, making Chen Jun’s words more persuasive.
Officer Zhang just wanted to write a more wonderful report; the more twists in the story, the more readable, and he didn’t care who said it.
Chen Jun was in charge of speaking, Cheng Cai in charge of agreeing, Officer Zhang in charge of writing.
Their cooperation was extremely harmonious!
Comrade Shi Jin, the subject of the interview, instead became an onlooker outsider, only able to stare speechlessly as Chen Jun spun all sorts of fantastic tales.
