Early the next morning, company commander Xie Dong got up and led the team to complete the training. They ran three kilometers together and then dispersed to let each platoon lead the training.
When he returned to the company headquarters, brushed his teeth, washed his face, and returned to his room with a towel, he suddenly noticed something strange.
The company headquarters is next to the small conference room on the far right side of the second floor, and the washroom is on the far left side of the barracks. You have to go through a long open corridor to get back to the company headquarters.
Halfway through, he suddenly heard movement downstairs.
On the far right side of the first floor, downstairs from the company headquarters, is a row of terraced houses.
The sound came from there.
He peeked from the railing of the corridor and looked down. It was okay not to look, but when he looked at it, his face was filled with doubts.
The company's lawn is divided into areas of responsibility. The area of responsibility of a platoon is the lawn outside their row house.
At this time, there were several soldiers on the lawn sweeping the floor with brooms, and a few soldiers were spraying water on the cement walkway in the lawn to clean it.
"Um?"
He was a little curious.
Because there are only two days left for the assessment.
Generally, this is the most intense time for training. Each company and platoon in the battalion will be taken away quickly after training in the morning. The reason is very simple. The playground is only that big, and there are only four bombing areas and equipment fields.
There are only four of them. If you arrive late, others will occupy them. Those who cannot occupy the training ground can only train on a few horizontal and parallel bars next to the company barracks.
Each company has its own small equipment field, usually with two or three single and double poles. However, the quality of this kind of field is not comparable to the several equipment fields next to the large playground.
Especially the bombing site, which is first come, first served. If someone takes it, you can only lead a team to find a field to practice bombing. There are no distance markings, so it all depends on estimation.
what is it today?
No more training?
You actually started doing hygiene so early?
Normally, hygiene is done after washing up and in the fifteen minutes before breakfast. Today, you don’t even train and just start hygiene?
Standing in the corridor, Xie Dong thought several times about going down and asking Hou Jun what he was doing.
One row is the facade of the Fourth Company.
It is the platoon with the strongest combat effectiveness.
He, the company commander, is still waiting for them to win the championship and win glory in the big assessment.
That's it?
However, in the end he gave up the idea of asking.
The platoon leader of the first platoon is Hou Jun.
Hou Jun can do things with confidence. He is a veteran and will not have diarrhea at critical moments.
If you go and ask him, he might not be happy yet.
After thinking about it, I forgot about it, took the towel and went back to the row room.
Two days before the assessment, a row disappeared.
No one knows where the platoon went.
The deputy squad leader sent by the second platoon commander Wen Lei to spy on the training status of the first platoon came back and said that he could not find the first platoon in the large playground, nor at the tactical field. Finally, he went to the shooting range and saw nothing.
A row of people evaporated.
Later, the sixth squad leader said: "I actually saw a row of people during the exercise."
Wen Lei quickly asked: "Where did you see it?"
He was a little worried because he didn't know what medicine Hou Jun had buried in the gourd.
The fact that Li Zheng and Zhang Jian were taken to the small shooting range of the division headquarters for special training every noon by Colonel Zhuang had already made him a little uneasy. Could it be that Hou Jun was so capable that he flattered Colonel Zhuang and asked him to take them to the shooting range?
All the platoons were taken to the small shooting range at the division headquarters to open fire?
Monitor Liu said: "I saw that they seemed to be going to Liangmaoling."
"Liangmaoling?"
Wen Lei is no stranger to this place.
It was a tactical field, four kilometers away from the camp, and was used by the infantry regiment below when engaging in group offensive tactics.
Liangmaoling is surrounded by mountains, with clear water and a small river whose source is a mountain stream six kilometers away. The environment is very beautiful.
"Why would he go to Liangmaoling if nothing happened?"
When Wen Lei was confused, Hou Jun was actually leading a platoon of soldiers on the concrete road leading to Liangmaoling.
"Where do you think we are going?"
In the team, Ma Teng couldn't help but quietly asked Fatty Wei who was next to him.
Fatty Wei looked around. There were dense woods on both sides of the road, insects and birds were chirping, and the air was fresh and pleasant. However, there were no people around, and it looked more and more desolate as he walked.
He couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.
"I heard……"
Ma Teng pretended to be mysterious and said: "If the squad leader wants to punish someone, he will take him to the most remote place, because he can't do it on the training ground of the battalion company. There are cadres on duty, so..."
The implication is that the squad leader brought us here to punish us?
Fatty Wei's heart skipped a beat.
Recently, he has been disliked and criticized by Wu Yi more than once or twice.
Five kilometers later, Wu Yi's patience was exhausted.
Is it possible...
The more he thought about it, the more afraid he became.
But I'm afraid I have to follow.
Finally, after walking for more than half an hour, the vision suddenly opened up. A small river appeared on the right side of the road. The water was flowing slowly. There was a huge open space on the other side of the river. Although it could not be said to be endless, Fatty Wei estimated that he would drive dozens of off-road vehicles here.
It's enough to be wild.
"Turn right!"
Hou Jun pointed.
"Target, the big grassland ahead, move forward!"
The team turned into the open space on the right, climbed onto the small bridge by the river, crossed the bridge, and entered the large grassland.
Under the shade of a shady tree, Hou Jun organized his troops.
"Stand still! Turn left - turn! Look right, look forward, take a break!"
A series of commands were given, and the team stood neatly in front of them.
Li Zheng, like all the new recruits, was beating a little drum in his heart.
What kind of training is this?
He couldn't help but use his peripheral vision to quietly glance at the mountains at the far end of the grassland.
Is it going to the top of the mountain?
Bringing such a desolate place to the top of the mountain, I'm afraid I'm going to practice to death...
Unexpectedly, when Hou Jun opened his mouth, everyone was dumbfounded.
"Today...no training! Rest!"
Li Zheng thought he was hearing hallucinations.
The other recruits all showed incredible smiles.
Hou Jun continued: "I said last time that as long as Li Zheng and Zhang Jian can lie down for four hours without dropping the bullet casings, I will treat them to crayfish. Today I have fulfilled my promise, and I have one more thing to announce.
Today is my treat, and tomorrow you squad leader Wu will treat you to a barbecue here! No training today, no training tomorrow, just relax and enjoy for two days, and we will go to the examination room the day after tomorrow!"
"barbecue?"
"real or fake!?"
"I'm not dreaming, am I?!"
Some of the new recruits began to pinch their faces, fearing that they were in a dream.
No wonder.
I've been training like crazy lately, filling up every spare gap in the day.
Sudden announcement to stop training?
And it’s still two days before the exam?
Are you crazy, or is the platoon leader crazy? Or...
Is the world crazy?
"What? Don't you like it?" Hou Jun saw all the recruits standing still and didn't dare to move, and asked: "If you don't want to, I can lead the team back right away and let's do training!"
"No!" Fatty Wei was the first to raise his hand: "Platoon leader, I do!"
Ma Teng suddenly shouted: "Long live the platoon leader!"
"Long live the platoon leader!"
Wu Yi was a little surprised, and he was also a little unprepared. Hou Junjun had not discussed this matter with him before.
"Old squad leader, are you sure you won't be training for the next two days?"
Hou Jun said like no one else: "I'm very sure."
Wu Yi was anxious: "Then...that..."
Hou Jun asked: "What is that?"
Wu Yi felt that he could not refute, so he could only change the topic: "What about the crayfish you mentioned?"
Hou Jun looked at his watch, then raised his head and glanced in the direction of the cement road: "I asked Mr. Chen from the shop to deliver it here at nine o'clock. It will be here soon."
After saying that, the people walked towards the roadside.
Wu Yi stood behind him, dumbfounded.
Hou Jun turned around and asked him: "Why don't you come and help me get some? There are a lot of them!"
Wu Yi hurriedly ran forward and walked side by side with Hou Jun. Finally he couldn't help it anymore: "Old squad leader, I want to know if you know exactly what you are doing? No more training?"
Hou Jun said as he walked: "You train so hard every day. What's the effect? Can Wei Guoxing run within 24 points?"
Wu Yi was speechless.
Hou Jun stopped on the side of the road, turned to Wu Yi and said: "Talk more to your soldiers, be more honest, and pay more attention to their changes in thinking. I talked to Wei Guoxing, and he said he didn't know why.
He just can't run fast. He seems to fall apart every time he runs two kilometers. I think it's because he has been training furiously in our platoon since he joined the army. I think his physical strength is exhausted. Although human potential is like a spring,
The more you pump, the more water you get, but you have to give him a chance to get back the water! If you just keep pumping, the thousand-year spring will drain you dry!"
Wu Yi is still a little worried. He is not sure whether Hou Jun's method of completely herding sheep is effective. If it doesn't work...
That would be tragic.
Seeing that he was worried, Hou Jun said: "The way of civil and military affairs is relaxed and relaxed, and the same goes for training. Metal will be tired, let alone the new recruits! Don't worry! Whatever happens, I will take care of it!"