Father, you've been drafted four times already, please spare us!

"Now, does anyone still question me?"

"If so, you can step forward now. I, Chen Nian, am very easy to talk to. As long as you have the ability, I am willing to step down and give way!"

Tsk tsk, the challenger's results are still fresh in our minds. At this point, it's no longer a question of who's a coward or not. Anyone who dares to provoke this now is simply asking for trouble.

That's it.

"Instructor Chen, I don't know about others, but I definitely respect you. We'll do whatever you say we do!"

"Instructor Chen, I'm impressed too!"

"Instructor Chen..."

Xie Fei and Jin Shun had been keeping a low profile from the very beginning. Others might not know, but they certainly did.

After that night, even though they were outnumbered four to one and defeated by Chen Nian, they went back and reviewed the game. They weren't stupid; they could see that Chen Nian had given them a huge advantage.

Although they didn't know why Chen Nian did this, they were perfectly clear about his strength; Chen Nian crushed them as easily as flipping his hand.

Looking at the obedient group, Chen Nian teased:

"To be honest, I still prefer how unruly you guys were when you first arrived!"

"Hahaha!"

For a moment, the group blushed deeply.

"Instructor Chen, we're convinced. We have no objection to you taking the pointer!"

"Hehe, Instructor Chen won't argue with you, but he does like to drink jasmine tea!"

"Instructor Chen, you can't hide the master!"

"Instructor Chen knows so many things, but he also loves to drink Maojian tea!"

"Instructor Chen, gift-giving is not allowed in the military!"

"That Instructor Chen has a bad memory!"

Chen Nian joked with these class leaders, aiming not only to conquer them with his strength but also to win their hearts and minds.

Old Ge was somewhat astonished to see how quickly Chen Nian, a new recruit, could become so close with the veteran squad leaders and platoon leaders.

"Old Zhang, I don't know if your decision is right or wrong, but I do know that in less than a month, your squad leaders and platoon leaders will probably be taking orders from Chen Nian!"

Zhang Zheng glanced sideways at Lao Ge:

"What do you mean by that?"

Old Ge, with his hands behind his back, turned and walked away, leaving behind a sentence that echoed in the air:

"What do you mean? Why are you even asking what I mean? Chen Nian could take you down in a heartbeat!"

Zhang Zheng replied hesitantly:

"No, Chen Nian is an honest man!"

Turning to look at Chen Nian, who was chatting and laughing with the squad leaders and platoon leaders, Zhang Zheng felt a sudden sense of crisis and comforted himself:

"Hmm, Chen Nian is a kind and honest man!"

...

After getting to know the squad leaders and platoon leaders briefly, Chen Nian sent them back to their posts, instructing them to conduct ideological education for the new recruits and convey the spirit of the meeting.

Chen Nian then returned to Zhang Zheng's office.

"Chen Nian, why aren't you working on the training plan? What are you doing here?"

Zhang Zheng was afraid that Chen Nian was there to freeload, so when he saw him come in, he immediately figured out how to get rid of him.

"You need a reference point when making a plan!"

"Let me take a look at the documents. We need to compare the documents when creating a training plan; otherwise, we'll just be training blindly!"

Chen Nian rolled his eyes and casually took a box of black tea from Zhang Zheng's cabinet.

"Hmm? Wuyishan? I haven't tried this before, I'll go back and give it a try!"

Zhang Zheng's eyelids twitched as he read:

"To be honest, does your family sell cigarettes, alcohol, and tea? You've taken all the good stuff I have!"

"Hehe, I don't know if they open cigarettes, alcohol, or tea, but I know the good stuff is definitely at the very back of the cabinet!"

"Besides, don't feel bad about it. The real profits come from the rat pulling the bellows; what I'm doing is just collecting interest!"

Chen Nian had no intention of being polite to Zhang Zheng at all.

"Alright, alright, finish reading the documents and get out of here!"

Zhang was shooing away Chen Nian like he was shooing away flies.

Chen Nian didn't mind and sat down on the sofa to look through the documents.

"Formation drills, 5km, 3km, shooting, small arms maintenance, hand-to-hand combat, or just those few things!"

Chen Nian felt bored as he looked at the rather uninteresting content.

"They're still new recruits, what do you want to do?"

"A combat exercise?"

"It would be good enough if they could master these basics in three months!"

Zhang Zheng looked at Chen Nian and pursed his lips, unable to resist reminding him.

"Hey, I was hoping the military reforms would bring something new, but it's just the same old stuff, nothing interesting!"

"Old Zhang, give me a copy of the company's usual training plan. That's something they came up with, it's definitely better than mine. I can just modify it a bit!"

Seeing Chen Nian's nonchalant attitude, Zhang Zheng felt that his tea leaves had died a terrible death.

"No, can you be serious for once?!"

"If you take someone's money, you're expected to solve their problems!"

"Can't you take this seriously?!"

Chen Nian curled his lip and replied:

"Old Zhang, look at you, that's such a poorly worded thing to say!"

Have you ever read fantasy novels?

"In many fantasy novels, everyone is born with the worst cultivation technique. But the fact that countless people can practice this worst technique proves that it has universality and adaptability that other techniques cannot match. When a technique has such an effect, then it is not the worst, but the most awesome!"

"As it turns out, the protagonist, after thoroughly understanding and mastering this seemingly worthless martial arts manual, was able to unleash power far exceeding that of the strongest techniques!"

"Similarly, the recruit training syllabus is only meant to give recruits an introduction. They will specialize after they are assigned to their units. Therefore, the training syllabus, and the daily training plan that the company develops based on it, are the most suitable for recruits!"

"Because they have stood the test of time!"

"What I need to do is make them more targeted, helping the new recruits achieve the greatest improvement in the shortest amount of time!"

Zhang Zheng listened to Chen Nian's "fallacies and heresies." Although he didn't want to agree with them, upon closer examination, he realized that Chen Nian's words did make some sense. However, as the company commander, Zhang Zheng still had to maintain his composure.

"Heh, you have more words, so you're right!"

"Get lost! I'll have Lu Yao send you a training plan later!"

"Starting tomorrow morning, training will proceed according to your plan!"

Chen Nian snorted coldly:

"tomorrow?"

"Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow again—how many tomorrows there are!"

"If everything has to wait until tomorrow, the opportunity will be too late!"

"I'll finalize the training plan after lunch, and training will begin this afternoon!"

...

Class monitors returned to their classes.

"Everyone assemble and convey the spirit of the meeting."

"According to the military region..."

The squad leaders relayed the spirit of the meeting one by one, leaving the new recruits completely bewildered.

"Dad Chen, since when did new recruits have a skills competition?!"

Before coming here, Lu Haiyang had asked around among many people. He had heard of the Grand Competition, but he had never heard of the New Recruit Grand Competition!

"Hehe, I think your Aunt Wang can explain that better!"

Wang Shifeng rolled his eyes and explained what he knew, as well as the reason why there was a new recruit competition.

"Hehe, Aunt Wang, don't try to glorify yourself. This is clearly an experiment by the country in modernizing our military after the military reforms. Your actions aren't even a spark!"

"Go away, go away! You still made me speak!"

As the two teased each other, neither of them noticed the high morale of the new recruits.

"Damn it, that bastard is inhuman! From today onwards, we'll train extra every day. We have to show those people what Wang Ma's military prowess is!"

"Yes, we can't embarrass Wang Ma!"

"Yes, protect Wang Ma!"

Chen Nian never expected that these new recruits would be so indignant after learning about Wang Shifeng's situation.

They're young after all.

However, they seem unaware of what they are about to face; Chen Nian is not exactly a good person when it comes to training.

If Chen Nian were to take up the teaching position, these new recruits would probably cry before they even had a chance to finish!