From the 7th Steel Company to the Synthetic Division

Chapter 21: Go to the Division to Fight

"Is the Captain happy? Is he?"

Shi Jin had just been scolded before this, so all he saw was Gao Cheng's long sour face. He didn't feel the excitement of his bouncing walk at all.

Remembering that Gao Cheng only spoke half of the words during their previous conversation, and that Chen Jun had suddenly been transformed from a soldier to a platoon leader, Shi Jin simply wanted to find Wu Liuyi to find out.

But he didn't ask directly, but asked indirectly: "Did the company have any news during the time I was away?"

"A lot of things happened. Let's start with the recruit company."

Wu Liuyi jumped down from the armored vehicle and said with a bit of arrogance: "The regiment values ​​our Seventh Company very much and transferred five backbones from the Seventh Company to the recruit company.

The company commander is still the company commander of the recruit company, and you are still the squad leader of the recruit company. I, your squad leader, have been promoted by half a grade, so I am also the squad leader this time."

"Oh, sure."

Shi Jin opened his mouth wide, happy for his good brother.

"However, compared with others, my situation is nothing." Wu Liuyi sighed.

"Others? Who?" Shi Jin asked.

"Chen Jun, he was appointed as the acting squad leader of our third squad when you went to the local area to recruit soldiers. Now he is the platoon leader of the recruit company." Wu Liuyi said enviously.

"The company commander just told me about this."

Shi Jin stopped wiping the car, turned around and asked seriously, "I'm very curious, what did Chen Jun do during the time I was away? How come there has been such a big change in just over a month?
I remember that when I left, his grades were average. The company commander rarely talked to him, but how come he is as close to me as a brother now? "

Shi Jin has been a soldier for more than ten years and has seen all kinds of officers and soldiers.

He had never seen anyone transform so much in just one month.

"Squad leader, this matter is a long story, so I will just briefly summarize it."

Wu Liuyi's face was full of seriousness. He thought for a moment and said, "The story starts from the day we sent you off. Gan Xiaoning and I returned to the class and happened to run into him inside.

You must be aware of the relationship between him and the veterans in our class, and you did say some excessive things.

As a result, Chen Jun seemed to be stimulated and took the initiative to ask me to have a five-kilometer cross-country race. Later, Gan Xiaoning and others also joined in.

At that time, Chen Jun was in such a bad state that I really didn't get along with him. I was very dissatisfied with him being the squad leader and didn't want to be ordered around by him. Thinking that he always came last in the five-kilometer race, I simply accepted his challenge.

We agreed that in a week, our class three will have a match with him.

It happened that the company commander came over at this time. When he heard that our class was going to hold a competition, he became interested and upgraded it to an assessment for the entire company.

I thought the result was a foregone conclusion, but guess what happened a week later?"

Wu Liuyi stopped talking halfway. Shi Jin, whose appetite was already whetted, hurriedly urged him, "How can I guess? Just tell me now."

"In just one week, Chen Jun and I were evenly matched. Can you believe it?" Wu Liuyi still finds it unbelievable when he thinks about it now.

Even though he had learned a lot about running under Chen Jun's training, his running posture had been corrected and his efficiency had been greatly improved.

Wu Liuyi still felt that it was too incredible that Chen Jun went from the bottom to the top in just one week.

"If I heard correctly, you mean... Chen Jun tied with you? In the five-kilometer light-load cross-country race that you are best at?"

Shi Jin was stunned and felt like he was listening to a myth.

"correct."

Wu Liuyi nodded heavily, and then dropped a bombshell: "Not only did he tie with me, he also broke our regiment's record for a five-kilometer light-equipped race, in just sixteen minutes and twenty-five seconds."

"Sixteen minutes and twenty-five seconds for a light cross-country trip?" Shi Jin was so surprised that his voice rose two degrees.

As the most senior and experienced squad leader of the 7th Steel Company, no one knows the value of this and what this time represents better than him.

"Yes, after just one week of practice, Chen Jun's performance improved by more than seven minutes." Wu Liuyi nodded heavily.

"Oh my God, this Chen Jun..." This change was so exaggerated that Shi Jin didn't know how to comment on it.

"This is not the most exaggerated..."

"besides?"

Shi Jin interrupted Wu Liuyi with a look as if he had seen a ghost.

"Yes, there is more."

Wu Liuyi continued, "After that day, our company commander seemed to be convinced and he even asked his company to be on duty and led the entire company in cross-country training.

At first I thought it wouldn't have any effect and was just a formality.

One month later, when the results came out, I, Wu Liuyi, was completely convinced. I have only ever been convinced by you, squad leader, in my life. But since then, he has become the second one."

Shi Jin seemed to be listening to a legend, but Wu Liuyi's expression did not sound like he was lying.

Driven by strong curiosity, Shi Jin became impatient and asked anxiously: "Is it really effective? How are the results?"

"It's more than effective, it's simply amazing."

Wu Liuyi held up two fingers and described vividly: "The whole company has been training for more than half a month, and the average improvement is more than two minutes. The whole company has achieved excellent results. Can you believe this?"

"..."

Shi Jin was able to say a few words before, but when he heard that the entire company was improving at such a fast speed, he was completely shocked and didn't know what to say at all.

Wu Liuyi seemed to be in high spirits as he spoke, his face beaming with joy as he spoke: "My performance has also improved greatly. Now I can run a five-kilometer cross-country race in less than sixteen minutes.

When the whole regiment holds a competition in the middle of next year, I will definitely be able to get back what I have lost, and even go one step further and fight for the division."

At the division level, there are many specially recruited soldiers, including many with special talents in sports.

The competitive pressure is greater and more challenging.

"Hey, I really didn't realize that Chen Jun has changed so much. It's really surprising. If you hadn't told me yourself, I really wouldn't believe it."

After a long while, Shi Jin sighed deeply and commented seriously: "Chen Jun has made such a great contribution to the company. He deserves his current position. It is natural for him to be a platoon leader in the recruit company.

Even if he can become a platoon leader in our 7th Company after three months in the recruit company, I won’t be surprised at all.”

Shi Jin's analysis was completely fair, and the judgments he made were indeed of good reference value, without any personal opinions or utilitarianism.

"Hey, you nevermind, it's really possible."

Wu Liuyi recalled another thing: "Recently, I heard that he was going to challenge a weighted cross-country race, so he has been working hard to train his muscles, and the company commander even gave him some special training.

Look at his figure now, isn't he much stronger than when he left? He is no longer as skinny as a bamboo pole that could be blown away by the wind as when he first came to the company."

Shi Jin looked at Chen Jun who was selecting people, and then he noticed that he was indeed much stronger.

"Weighted cross-country racing has always been the Sixth Company's strong point, and it has been the best for many years. It may be difficult to snatch meat from them."

Shi Jin knew the 702nd Regiment better than Gao Cheng, and he felt a lot of pressure when he thought of that man from Inner Mongolia.

"It's hard to say."

Wu Liuyi laughed, pointed at himself and said self-deprecatingly: "Wu Liuyi standing in front of you also felt the same way at the beginning, but now he has become a vivid example, haha."

"That's right. Nothing is absolute. Who can tell for sure?"

As Shi Jin spoke, he thought of someone and turned his gaze to the group of new recruits.

That dumb and stupid Xu Sanduo...

Shi Jin hopes that he can also "successfully evolve" in the melting pot of the army like Chen Jun, so that he can fulfill his promise to Father Xu.

(End of this chapter)