War Military: From 1978

Chapter 46: The first day of rest, re-examination!

After about eighteen or nineteen minutes, as the last person finished the extra lap of three kilometers, Tong Lianzhong walked away from the second company commander with a grim face, smiling.

"Beep~
gather!"

The whistle blew, and people rushed towards him from all directions.

Even the last ten people, who had just finished running and were still catching their breath, hurriedly lifted their unruly legs and moved over.

"You didn't disappoint me today, even though some of our comrades still behaved poorly.

A 3km runner who can only run 15 or 16 minutes is really shameful.”

Tong Lianzhong's words immediately made the new recruits in the team, who had not yet caught their breath, shut up and lower their heads, holding their breath.

"Hmph!" Tong Lianzhong said with a stern face, "I told you last night that health is the capital of revolution. I don't care what you were like at home before, but from now on, you must improve your physical fitness!"

After a pause, he changed the subject: "Today I want to especially praise Comrade Chu An from Class 4!"

In an instant, Chu An became the focus, and the recruits in front and behind looked at him.

Tong Lianzhong shouted loudly: "Comrade Chuan, I noticed that when we gathered this morning, your legs were obviously shaking. Later, I confirmed this from the fourth squad leader.

Comrade Chu An, due to lack of physical exercise due to studying and taking the college entrance examination, I experienced muscle soreness this morning. I even fell off the bed when I tried to get up!

"But," Lao Wang said in a more serious tone, and after looking around at everyone, he spoke again: "Even so, Comrade Chu An still completed three kilometers, and he ran a time of eleven minutes and eleven seconds, ranking nineteenth among our two companies, and the eleventh soldier in our company to enter the top twenty. He played a decisive role in today's victory.

Everyone applauds! "

After saying that, Tong Lianzhong took the lead and started.

For a moment, applause rang out like thunder, which made many new recruits of the second company gathered not far away couldn't help but look over.

But then they paid the price for turning their heads away.

"See if it works? Even if I give you a chance, you won't be able to use it.

This morning, except for the first 9 people who made it to the top 20, the rest of you are only allowed to have one bowl of porridge, and you are not allowed to have a second bowl!"

After yelling, he turned around and left without stopping or even shouting to disperse.

"Deputy class leader, please check everyone's quilts and see if you can help make them look better.

Everyone else, hurry up and clean up the dorm. Once you're done, we'll go wash up and get ready for breakfast!"

After being dismissed from the playground, Chu An and others were not taken directly to the cafeteria.

According to the military schedule, there is actually a twenty-minute interval between morning exercises and breakfast.

This time is for everyone to clean the dormitory and wash themselves.

But today the time was actually not that long. Chu An came back and looked at his watch in the cabinet.

The time is already six forty-seven.

But it's not a big problem.

I cleaned the dormitory last night and it will only take a few minutes to finish.

As for washing up, it is also very quick. You just squeeze into the sink outside, get a cup of water to rinse your mouth, and then get another cup of water to wash your face.

At seven o'clock, the platoon leader on duty blew the assembly whistle on time.

However, what surprised everyone today was that after everyone gathered in the playground, no one from the second company on the opposite side came out.

"Hey, hey, it must be the Second Company who's embarrassed to leave with us!"

When the team turned around, Chu An heard someone in the queue laughing softly.

enChu An also agreed with him.

Afterwards, they walked all the way to the cafeteria. When Chu An and his friends finished singing "Unity is Strength" and were about to enter the cafeteria, they heard people from the second company shouting "one, two, one" coming towards them.

However, even if they came, they wouldn’t be able to have breakfast so quickly today.

They sang the song "Unity is Strength" over and over again until everyone in the company had finished eating. Only then did their company commander order them to stop and let them enter.

Chu An felt that this might be because their company commander didn't want to see them eating eggs.

Although the egg was a small matter, the victory or loss represented by the egg was a big deal. This was related to the competition between the two companies.

"Beep beep~"

At exactly eight o'clock, the duty platoon leader's whistle sounded again outside the dormitory building.

The formal training of the recruit company began.

Starting from the military posture, to the simple training in the morning, the rotation and commands were practiced one after another, and it was not until the eve of lunch that everyone was able to breathe a sigh of relief.

But it only takes a breath.

As soon as lunch is over, everyone will continue to sit with their own quilts until 2:30 in the afternoon. After that, the whistle will bring everyone back to the playground to continue the morning training.

It lasts until five o'clock in the afternoon, when the physical training time comes, giving everyone a chance to relax their muscles after standing all day.

Naturally, this process is bound to be full of involution and competition.

The first and second companies were on the same playground, and they would compete with each other whether they were doing physical training, practicing turning while standing still, or even practicing military posture.

Even if they are training separately in classes, each class will consciously compare themselves with a class in the second company.

Tired?

That’s for sure. At the end of the day, many people can’t even hold their chopsticks steadily while eating dinner.

But this is not the end.

At seven o'clock in the evening, as soon as the daily newspaper reading and review work was completed, everyone gathered in the auditorium again to start class.

Copy and recite regulations and rules.

Today, Chu An and others truly experienced what it means to work from the moment you open your eyes until the lights go out.

The key point is that you can’t go to bed directly after turning off the lights.

You also have to eat Sanmingzhi.

This is the ultimate exercise both physically and mentally. When Chu An went to the toilet at night, he heard someone hiding in the toilet and sobbing secretly.

Although people of this era can endure hardship, this hardship is too much.

Rural children may be able to bear it by gritting their teeth, but those city children who have not suffered much hardship since childhood are now finding it difficult to bear it.

However, they can only grit their teeth and bear it even if they can't bear it. At most, they can find a place where no one is around and cry secretly for a while.

Chu An and others endured this kind of life for thirteen days before they finally got their first chance to catch their breath.

Tomorrow is the weekend, and the company has notified us to go for a re-inspection, which will also be a day off for everyone.

"Ah~ It's been more than ten days! I finally got to take a bath again. I wish I could turn into a fish and swim freely in this river!"

"Hey, I think you want to just swim away!"

The setting sun was blood-red. People from two companies had already gone into the river where Chu An and the others had taken a bath on the first day of their shifts.

The water was cold, especially since it was still dusk.

But no one cares about that.

After not having a shower for more than ten days, everyone is full of masculinity.

It’s not that everyone is exhausted every day, but they are afraid that they can’t sleep at night because of the smell of other people.

You know, the most popular phrase in the dormitory now is.

"We are the dirtiest people in the whole dormitory. The toilet floor is cleaner than our bodies."

At this moment, Chu An took the soap and rubbed it on his body. As soon as he washed, the surrounding water turned gray.
He was worried that the fish in the river would be poisoned to death by them today.

"Hurry up! We have two more minutes to get ashore. The water is so cold that we can't stay in there any longer!"

On the shore, the instructor yelled.

Immediately, everyone in the water hurriedly sped up. After some of them got into the water, they stopped swimming around in the water and hurriedly applied soap to wash.

(End of this chapter)