The work of the next company is already in full swing, and preparations for the assessment before the new recruits join the company are being prepared in an orderly manner.
Two days before the assessment, the support personnel of the regiment had already arrived at the large playground to repaint the bombing line and the like. Several trucks also came to the equipment yard and unloaded the sand. The first battalion took a picture of the discharge tolerance.
It was busy there all afternoon.
The newly delivered sand was soft and fine. In the evening, Li Zheng went there to hang a few horizontal bars. It felt soft and comfortable to step on.
The first platoon held a scheduling meeting, mainly for mobilization.
Of course, Hou Jun, a veteran, couldn't help but pour a few pots of chicken blood on the new recruits. Wu Yi even waved his fists with excitement to encourage the entire platoon of new recruits, striving to win the first place in the new corps assessment.
"Third-class merit! There are so many this year. I have been a soldier for three years, and this is the first time I have seen so many places given to recruits for training! I think you have only been in the army for two years, and you just stuffed a third-class merit into your portfolio when you first arrived.
Thanks, this soldier is not in vain!"
In fact, although Wu Yi was so ambitious, he quietly found Hou Jun after the meeting and raised his concerns.
"Old monitor, I'm still worried about something."
The two met on the lawn next to the barracks, and the squad leaders of the second and third squads were also there.
Hou Jun had just gone to the company commander Xie Dong's place to smoke cigarettes and brought back another one. Now he took it out and lit it.
"Tell me, what are you worried about?"
Wu Yi expressed his worries: "As for other subjects, our platoon is not afraid of them. You see, in shooting, there are Li Zheng, Zhang Jian, and even Wei Guoxing and Yang Hui who can score at least 45 rings without running away.
As soon as we practiced with the equipment, our platoon's ability to pull was 70%. Among the entire platoon in bombing, Wei Guoxing was only a little worse. Others were good or above, but I'm most worried about this five-kilometer run."
Hou Jun glanced at him and said, "What are you worried about?"
Wu Yi said: "You know that the five-kilometer subject is not a test of individual performance, but a test of our overall performance. Wei Guoxing..."
At this point, he couldn't help but scratch his head.
"I get a headache just talking about him. You said that I take him to run a small stove every day, and I give him an extra five kilometers in the evening every day. Now others can run within a mile, but what about him? Even if I send someone to pull him, he will not be able to run.
If you can't make it to the passing mark, what should you do..."
The other squad leaders agreed: "That's right, he's the only one holding us back."
"That's not possible. The whole platoon ran well. If it weren't for him, I guess we would have a chance to take first place. With him, we would probably be at the bottom."
Hou Jun listened to the discussion but did not speak.
After he finished smoking a cigarette, he threw the cigarette butt away, looked at the squad leaders who were still discussing countermeasures, and said, "Then let's talk about what good ideas you have."
Everyone looked at each other.
It all sounds good, but when asked about the solution, there really is no solution.
What can be done?
I run a small stove every day, and the squad leader runs with me every day. I also intensify the exercise of my leg muscles, including leap frogs and step jumps. I have recently carried out targeted training.
But Wei Guoxing is a person who likes weights. He runs five kilometers at a time and starts to fall back after running two kilometers. It's okay to fall off. At least he can follow him from a distance and it won't be too much of a hindrance.
Unlike the others, he fell behind and disappeared.
Other people can run for 24 minutes, but he is the only one who can run for 26 minutes.
Soldiers from the second and third squads who were good runners used their backpack straps to pull him over, but the end result was that they exhausted others to death, the person who pulled him was delayed, and his grades were at the bottom.
It’s okay for the squad leader to arrange for people to help during normal training. During the assessment, who wants to be the last to cross the finish line?
You can obviously run in front, but fall behind. No one would want to do it.
"Then I can't pull him away myself, right?" Wu Yi spread his hands helplessly: "The rules of this assessment have been announced, and the squad leader is not allowed to participate."
Hou Jun nodded, nothing could be seen on his face, he just said lightly: "I know."
Wu Yi was a little anxious, thinking to himself, old squad leader, if you know it, then you have to find a way!
Kang Zheng, the second squad leader, said: "I have an idea."
Wu Yi quickly asked: "What's your idea?"
Chen Zhong, the third squad leader, also urged: "Speak quickly."
Kang Zheng's eyes moved to Hou Jun's face, he hesitated for a moment before he opened his mouth and said: "How about... on the day of the examination, let Wei Guoxing pretend to be sick, just say that he has vomiting and diarrhea, and ask him to go to the hygienist to write a note to avoid passing the examination!"
Chen Zhong's eyes lit up: "This is a way. For the honor of our platoon, this is the only way."
After saying that, his eyes moved to Hou Jun's face.
Wu Yi felt that this was a bit tricky and shameless. He was still hesitating, but he had no way to solve the problem of Fatty Wei's slow running of five kilometers.
So he put his mind to it and said, "I agree! There is no other way!"
Although the other deputy squad leaders remained silent, it could be seen from their expressions that they were also on Kang Zheng's side.
Hou Jun suddenly sighed leisurely, withdrew his eyes from the moon, and cast them on the squad leaders around him.
Finally, his face suddenly became fierce, and his tone became very stern. He raised his hand and poked Wu Yi with his finger, missing Wu Yi's forehead by half an inch.
"Wu Yi, Wu Yi, what do you want me to say about you? Why didn't I see that you were such a soldier when I was your squad leader? Pretending to be sick? Skipping the exam?"
His sharp gaze cut across everyone's face, and everyone he scanned couldn't help but lower their heads.
"What bad idea did you come up with? A wild monk reads crooked scriptures and has no serious ideas? For honor? Honor is obtained through this method, how can it be called honor?! Do you have any idea about the word honor?
misunderstood?!"
None of the monitors dared to say a word.
Finally, Hou Jun said: "When you participated in the squad leader training, the teachers never taught you what the Four Meetings are? What do you think the Four Meetings are?"
No one dared to answer.
Hou Jun pointed at Wu Yi: "Say it!"
Wu Yiyi hesitated and said: "I can speak, I can do, I can teach, I can do ideological work..."
Hou Jun stared at him for a long time, holding back his anger and said: "Oh! You can still recite it, good! But you did it? I just want to ask, every soldier in your hands, only good ones."
, I don’t want the bad ones? Why are you pretending to be sick? If there is a real war, you go and ask for sick leave with the enemy!"
After the scolding, I finally felt a little relieved.
He also said: "In these four meetings, you can speak, do, and teach. You have all done it, but how about ideological work? Have you done it? Wu Yi, tell me, besides catching Wei Guoxing to have dinner,
Xiaozao ran five kilometers more often, and you didn’t have a good talk and communication with him, why can’t he run faster!?”
Wu Yi was stunned for a moment, then shook his head.
Everyone stopped talking.
Hou Jun got angry and no one dared to touch his back.
When they arrived, Hou Jun confessed: "Remember, you are the new squad leaders. You are here to lead new soldiers to learn the skills of leading soldiers. The recruit camp is not only for training new recruits, it is also a training ground for you new squad leaders! Go back! There will be no tonight.
You’ve been training too hard, go to bed early, I have something important to announce tomorrow.”