War Military: From 1978

Chapter 95 Good News Arrives, Goodbye Li Guoping
In southern Hunan, Chu An’s hometown, the hot wind of late autumn blows across the lush rice fields.

At a glance, people were busy working in the fields and countryside around the earthen brick huts.

In the era of the big collective, labor was mobilized by everyone.

Now in the rice fields in the countryside, some people are weeding, some are repairing canals and ditches, and some are delivering manure and fertilizer.

The only quiet place might be the winding river south of the village. Someone is lying by the river watching over a group of laying ducks.

Of course, there were also some young boys guarding a herd of cattle and the like.

"Chu Lao Si, Chu Lao Si!"

On a small path in the field, someone riding a parallel-bar bicycle stopped in a hurry and shouted towards the field.

Immediately, a man in the field, who had been exposed to wind and sun and was now sweating under the heat wave, causing his entire face to look like oiled bronze, straightened up and looked in the direction of the sound.

He is the village captain.

"What's going on? Why is the captain here suddenly?"

In the field, Chu Lao Si was not the only one who straightened up.

There is not much fun in the countryside. Gossip and idleness are everyone's greatest pleasure. Now that the team leader has made a sudden visit, except for a few smart people who are working hard and want to show off in front of the team leader, the rest of the people have basically stopped what they are doing and looked over.

"Chu Laosi, they're calling you!" Someone in the field also reminded Chu Guiyun.

"heard it!"

Chu Guiyun was also wondering why he was called, but she still stood in the field and responded loudly: "Here!"

"Come up, come up! Come up quickly!"

On the trail, the captain waved and called out, asking loudly, "Where's your wife? Where's your son? Where are they now?"

"His wife is over there repairing the canal. The eldest son should be in the team now. The second son is herding cattle by the river. The youngest daughter must still be in school!"

Chu Guiyun didn't need to answer, as the villagers in the fields near the team leader spoke for him.

People in the same production team basically lived together, so everyone knew the situation of each family.

"Where is your captain? Someone come and notify him to bring some fruits or something to Chu Laosi's house!" The captain gave the order before Chu Guiyun got ashore.

Now, the other fellow villagers who had thought there was something fun to watch were a little dumbfounded.

What's going on!

Why let the captain go to the fourth brother’s house to get fruits?

In fact, someone actually asked it directly!

"Captain, what good news is going on with the Fourth Brother's family? Tell us all about it!"

"It's good news, definitely good news!" The captain didn't hide it: "Old Fourth Chu's son has made great contributions in the army. Look, the county has sent the good news to the team, and it will be delivered to Old Fourth Chu's home soon!"

"what!"

In the paddy field, Chu Guiyun, who was slowly coming ashore, widened his eyes.

Then he changed his three-step pace into two and ran, not caring whether he would trample the rice to death.

After rushing onto the road, he hurriedly asked, "Captain, has my third son performed meritorious service?"

"Haha, that's right!
Great achievement, second class, the good news is here, go quickly, call your wife, go back together to wash and change clothes, and then we will receive the good news together!"

After that, he looked at the villagers in the fields and said, "Everyone, take a break. Today, our brigade has a good thing. You fellow villagers, let's go to Chu Laosi's house to have some fun together.

Oh, and bring out your team's gongs and drums!"

The team leader's voice was like thunder in a dry land, which immediately set the entire production team busy in the fields in an uproar.

"Oh my god! How long has the Chu family's third son been in the army? He's already made great achievements!"

"Oh my, Anzi has really made something of himself! I said back then that this kid would definitely be useful in the future, and now look at him, it hasn't been that long, and he's already accomplished something great. Now Old Fourth Chu must be feeling good! He won't have to worry about the rest of his life anymore!"

"Hurry up, Third Sister, stop working! The captain is here and says your third son has made great contributions in the army, and he's here to deliver the good news!"

"Old Third Chu is great at studying, and he's even better at being a soldier! By the way, do you know how great a meritorious service a second-class merit is?"

"It's great! He can be a cadre in the army. In the future, he will either be an officer in the army or a leader when he returns. The Chu family is really blessed!"

Chu An, who was now thousands of miles away, had no idea of the hustle and bustle of his hometown.

He knew that the good news would be delivered to his home, but he didn't know which day it would be in the next few days.

In this era when long-distance communication relies primarily on written letters, you only know the time you mailed a letter; as for when it would arrive, you had to guess.

At a training ground at the Second Battalion's original base, a soldier about 1.7 meters tall was standing on the training ground shouting.

Inside the training ground, the soldiers' eyes were almost dull.

Chu An had never seen the 400-meter hurdles before coming here, not even when he first arrived.

But just a week after they joined the reconnaissance platoon, the devil instructor told them a good news.

They said they built a new training ground for them.

This is the 400-meter obstacle course that Chu An and his team are running now.

It was on that day that Chu An felt for the first time the feeling of powerlessness after the physique he had developed over the past six months had been completely drained of his body by the food he had eaten.

Moreover, in the following days, for the first time in a training ground, Chu An almost drenched the entire ground with sweat.

This is simply not a human way to do things.

Compared with this, the training of the Mountain Eagle Growth Team in the past was simply weak.

The 400-meter obstacle course includes a 10-jin legging weight and a 20-jin weighted vest!
It's not just about running once, but running back and then coming back to run again.

To be honest, Chu An is now beginning to doubt his life in this place.

"Let me tell you, what you're training for now isn't physical strength, and what you're fighting for isn't pride. You're taking responsibility for your own lives!"

The instructor, privately called "Yan Wang" by the reconnaissance platoon soldiers, was still yelling at everyone in the field: "You all know the current situation. War may break out at any time. As a border reconnaissance soldier, if you don't want to die on the battlefield, you must continue to push your limits now!
As long as you are strong enough, you are qualified to survive on the battlefield.

Maybe sometimes you just need a little bit of strength on the battlefield to kill the enemy and turn defeat into victory.

I don't want my soldiers to bleed to death on the battlefield in the future, so you should sweat for me now!"

Chu An, who had just crawled out of the pit, glanced at him, but only at a glance. Then Chu An continued to run with his slightly staggering legs.

On the first day, Chu An secretly complained that this King of Hell was trying to PUA everyone.

But now, he didn't even want to think about the complaints in his heart.

Don't want to waste that energy.

Just run and that's it.

Finally, after about twenty minutes, Chu An also completed his personal task for the day.

The moment he finished running, he lay directly on the ground, his eyes staring blankly at the sky and breathing heavily.

"Hero, it's no use!"

A dark face suddenly blocked Chu An's view of Yun.

Chu An didn't want to reply at all, he didn't have the energy.

"Haha~" He suddenly laughed, his laughter seemed a bit cruel: "Isn't this good! Look, I gave you an extra run today and you said no, but now you've finished it, haven't you?"

Chu An turned his head away.

Damn it, eight laps of 400 meters!
The total distance exceeded three kilometers.

The key is that this is not just running on the track, but running on a 400-meter obstacle course.

It's terrible. The other comrades have only made five trips at most, but he has made three more trips than others. Of course, he made two more trips yesterday, but he added another one today.

"Haha, alright, it looks like you're really tired!" Yan Wang laughed, turned around and shouted to someone nearby: "Veterinarian, stop pressing that. Come over and help your fellow villager walk a few steps before you give him a massage!"

"Okay~"

Not far away, Li Guoping, who was giving others a massage, ran over in response.

Yes, Li Guoping is here too.

However, he was not a formal trainee, but was considered a medical officer of the reconnaissance platoon.

After joining the company, this guy was sent to the medical team for training. During the training, his grandfather, an old Chinese medicine doctor, sent him a prescription and a set of massage technique pictures.

According to him, this prescription was used by his ancestors for practicing martial arts. Later he tried it out in the medical team. It is said to be very effective in treating physical strain and recovery, and the massage technique can also relieve fatigue very well.

For this reason, after the reconnaissance platoon was established, he became the full-time medical worker of the reconnaissance platoon.

(End of this chapter)