Chapter 1182: Exercise

Winning a Second-Class Merit and being on TV didn't have much impact on Wang Yan.

After all, people in the regiment who should know him already knew him. Those who didn't know him definitely had someone around them who did. Basically, it was still the same as before; wherever he went, people would greet him, offer the highest evaluation, and call him "you're really awesome" in every breath.

It's just that this time, the gazes people cast at him were even more reverent; just as they said, really awesome!

In addition, just as Wang Yan told Yuan Lang earlier, he wrote an application and became an activist.

Other than that, there was nothing different; it was still the same as before.

This day, it was another long-distance training. The difference was that this time the scale was very large, and the entire regiment was dispatched together...

The tanks, armored vehicles, troop carriers, supply trucks, etc., on the road pulled out a very long line, rolled up smoke and dust that filled the sky, and maneuvered rapidly.

The people in the Third Squad were sitting inside the combat vehicle, bumping up and down.

Bai Tiejun was moaning and groaning again: "If this were a war, we'd be bumping along this whole way, we wouldn't even be able to stand, let alone fight."

"Get lost, you're the worst in the squad, you're the only one with no combat power," Gan Xiaoning scolded with a smile.

"I don't want to either, but I've been training hard, but I just can't improve; what can I do?"

"That's because you're not training enough," Wu Liuyi said. "Let me tell you, the exercise is about to start, we are the Red Army, and the Blue Army is not easy to fight. Don't drag us down and affect our squad's results."

"Don't worry, Deputy Squad Leader, I'll just follow behind you, and if necessary, just use me to open the path," Bai Tiejun lay there, looking lazy.

Wang Yan laughed: "You have quite a bit of self-awareness."

"There's no other way, I'm not like you, you're simply a big animal. When the exercise starts, I can't be of no use, right? I'll just sacrifice myself and fight for a hope of survival for my brothers."

"Just keep bragging," Gan Xiaoning reached out and patted his shoulder. "This is just an exercise; if it were a real war, as long as you encountered any difficulties, you'd definitely be the first to raise your hands and surrender."

"You're underestimating me; let me tell you, I, Bai Tiejun, am not a coward. When it really comes to that time, I'll pretend to surrender, but actually, I'll be destroying the enemy's rear."

"You're really good at bragging; just you? Still destroying the enemy's rear?"

So a group of people started making fun of Bai Tiejun.

Bai Tiejun didn't care; he had always been like this, shameless and slippery. He even positioned himself quite clearly as the Third Squad's pistachio.

If someone wasn't happy, they would insult him a couple of times, scold him a couple of times, and then they would be fine.

He had a lot of self-awareness, and his attitude of drifting through life was also very clear.

However, he did train hard, but in fact, it wasn't like what Bai Tiejun said, that he had no talent or anything. General exercise was far from the point of talent; it was just diligence.

It was just that he was at the bottom of the Third Squad, but he wasn't at the bottom of the Seventh Company, and there was a difference in that.

As the strongest squad in the Seventh Company, and even the strongest in the entire 702nd Regiment, Bai Tiejun, who was at the bottom, wasn't really trash; he was still above the average level of the Seventh Company.

Of course, Bai Tiejun's extra training wasn't very willing either. But even if he wasn't willing, there was no other way; the Squad Leader and Deputy Squad Leader were both following.

This was also why, when everyone was saying these things now, Shi Jin, the Squad Leader, didn't speak, and Wu Liuyi, the upright player, didn't scold anyone; they were all making fun of Bai Tiejun...

Rushing on the road with such laughter and joy, they arrived at the designated position. Under layer upon layer of orders, the Third Squad's combat vehicle performed various actions and shooting, including the Third Squad's soldiers, who also got off the combat vehicle to conduct coordinated operations.

There was no target; what they practiced were various tactical movements.

This was a training exercise to sharpen their weapons before the upcoming exercise, to internally inspect again, discover problems, and solve problems.

For the vast number of officers and soldiers, an exercise was no less than fighting a war, and exercises also had deaths. This was a test of the army's combat effectiveness.

As everyone knows, our country's army exercises are Red vs. Blue confrontations. Among them, the Red side is the weaker side. The Blue side is the stronger side, and the role played in the exercise is the imaginary enemy force; the Blue side's weapons and equipment are also simulated.

It simulates the most advanced equipment, and even equipment that is theoretically feasible but not yet assembled; in short, it's one word: strong!

The most well-known military exercise in our country is that sentence: "Level Zhurihe." Because the Blue Army's equipment is very perverted, perverted to the extreme, beating other Red Army units until they have no temper, and everyone hates them to the bone.

Just like what Wu Liuyi said, they were the Red side, so naturally, they had to be even more prepared. If they really slacked off and dealt with things, they would be miserable.

Of course, there would be no such team. When the exercise really started, everyone was also fighting for their lives, and legends of war gods often emerged.

In the evening, it was another outdoor meal and rest.

Gao Cheng carried his rice bowl and walked to Wang Yan's side to sit down: "How is your squad? Any problems?"

"Everything is good; we can fight a company," Wu Liuyi responded with a smile.

"Earlier you said that; this time if your squad can't beat a company, write a collective report."

"Don't, Company Commander, isn't this a joke?" Bai Tiejun said with a smile.

"I took it seriously," Gao Cheng said. "Wang Yan alone can handle fifty; you guys handle the remaining fifty; I don't think there's any problem."

Shi Jin waved his hand repeatedly: "Company Commander, that's not how it's calculated. At that time, there will be planes, cannons, and everything; firepower coverage and saturation strikes at every turn. We can only say we'll do our best; as the sharp knife squad of our company, we will definitely charge to the front, never retreat, and swear to complete the combat mission."

Gao Cheng turned his head with a smile: "What do you say, Wang Yan?"

"Fight a company of the Blue Army! Capture the Blue Army leader alive!"

"Hey, I love hearing that. If you can't beat them and don't capture them alive, write a review later."

"I guarantee a profound understanding of the mistake and fully absorb the experience and lessons."

Gao Cheng laughed: "That's enough of you; I'd really let you write it? Let me tell you, we are an armored reconnaissance company; reconnaissance is placed first, understand? I've said it so many times, we can't easily engage in close combat with the enemy; we must fully exert our reconnaissance role. We must become a knife, fiercely inserted into the enemy's abdomen, and stir them into a mess.

If we really have a gunfight with the enemy, then killing one is passing, killing two is good, killing three is excellent, and even if we die, we must bite them hard and hurt them. Just now Shi Jin mentioned that the enemy has planes and cannons, and saturation strikes; why, didn't they have them during the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea?

Our company is a dignified hero company. The company history has three collective First-Class Merits; what does this mean? It means that in three campaigns, casualties exceeded one-third. It means that in three campaigns, we annihilated more than ten or twenty times the enemy. It means that in three campaigns, we exceeded the campaign role of this company's establishment.

What is the most critical thing? I have emphasized many times that our company can be passed down to today without falling, which is not abandoning and not giving up. During the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, our company's predecessors..."

Gao Cheng told the heroic stories of the Seventh Company; they were all real heroes! Real heroes who shed blood and sacrificed, not abandoning and not giving up!

Not abandoning and not giving up, these six words are the essence of this drama, and they are the spirit of the characters in the drama. It is also because of these six words that this drama has become the best recruitment propaganda film.

Gao Cheng also emphasized it tirelessly, infiltrating the thoughts of the soldiers under his command.

After saying this, Gao Cheng turned his head to look at Wang Yan: "Why, not going to see that silly kid in the Fifth Squad today?"

Wang Yan asked: "Can I go?"

"No."

"You're talking too much."

Gao Cheng laughed: "I'm just teasing you; we are all dispatched today; if you leave the team at this time, that's definitely violating discipline, and my words won't work either. But if you really want to go, I won't stop you. Our regiment commander also likes you, so it definitely won't be a big deal.

I don't know how you got along so well with that kid; what is he doing now?"

"Repairing the road," Shi Jin took the conversation on the side. "Three kilometers back and forth, carrying seventy or eighty pounds of stones back to the station, and then slowly repairing. I went to see it on the way a few days ago; now it's Squad Leader Ma and the others following along to repair, and the speed has greatly accelerated; it must be driven by Xu Sanduo."

Gao Cheng nodded: "Killing time, finding something to do. It's better than them playing cards all day before, and they can also train their physical fitness; not bad."

"Right. I said, this Xu Sanduo is a good soldier; look, Company Commander, now he even has a leading role. I heard that the Third Company instructor took a fancy to this point and specifically sent Xu Sanduo over."

"Took a fancy to him being like a fool, stubborn?" Gao Cheng shook his head with amusement. "Alright, alright, you don't need to tell me this; that's a person from the Third Company, it has nothing to do with us."

He waved his hand, finished his meal quickly, and got up to leave.

Wang Yan laughed: "Squad Leader, I know you're a bit embarrassed, but there's no need. After all, you did your best, and you're not the Company Commander. Xu Sanduo is also an honest person; he couldn't even think of these things, and even if he did, he couldn't blame you."

Shi Jin smiled and said: "This isn't Xu Sanduo's business; it's my own."

"He's just like Xu Sanduo, both stubborn," Wu Liuyi laughed on the side.

"Are you good? You're more stubborn than anyone," Shi Jin scolded with a smile.

Bai Tiejun interjected: "That Xu Sanduo is really blind; at first, no one looked down on him, and he couldn't do anything, but later he caught up. I think Xu Sanduo is stronger than that Cheng Cai. But Cheng Cai was right about one thing; he gave Xu Sanduo a nickname called 'Three Idiots'; I think this kid Xu Sanduo is really stupid."

"Cheng Cai?" Gan Xiaoning asked. "The one we met two days ago? The one you said was beaten by Wang Yan?"

"Right, the kid who came to greet our Squad Leader and Deputy Squad Leader," Bai Tiejun laughed. "Brother Yan, you don't know, I was talking about you at the time, and the result was that the kid was like this..."

Bai Tiejun pretended to be forced to smile and unwilling, then laughed out loud, "You finished hitting that kid, and he's even empty when he hears your name."

"Speaking realistically, his conditions are still okay; after all, he was eliminated only when he reached the division; not bad."

"How about it, reconciled?"

"I'm saying others are stronger than you, and you're still making fun of him?"

"So what, even if he's more awesome than you, Brother Yan, I still despise him," Bai Tiejun said with disdain. "I heard that this kid is not a good person. He carries three packs of cigarettes in his pocket; the ten-yuan Tashan is for the Company Commander and Platoon Leader, the five-yuan Honghe is for the Squad Leader and Deputy Squad Leader, and this one or two-yuan Chuncheng is for the comrades. You tell me, who doesn't despise someone like this? I've never seen anyone like this.

If I were to say, Brother Yan, you hit him lightly when you were in the recruit company; you should have beaten him hard; what kind of thing is that? Xu Sanduo is a hundred times stronger than him."

Wu Liuyi said on the side: "Are you stronger than him? Slippery-tongued, you've only been a soldier for a few months, and you look like an old soldier; seeing you, I don't bother with others."

"Alright, alright, say less," Shi Jin said. "It's not good to speak ill of people behind their backs; everyone pay attention. Especially you, Bai Tiejun, you have a bit of a gate on your mouth; don't talk nonsense everywhere."

"I'd say the same to his face. Fortunately, he didn't come to the Seventh Company, otherwise, he would have smeared our Seventh Company."

Bai Tiejun said this and leaned toward Wu Liuyi again, "Deputy Squad Leader, reward me with a cigarette."

"I'll reward you with a kick," Wu Liuyi raised his leg to kick over.

Bai Tiejun laughed, not dodging.

But Wu Liuyi finally didn't kick, scolding with a smile and distributing a circle of cigarettes to those who smoked in the squad. He was still muttering that new soldiers usually honored old soldiers with cigarettes, but he was scraped by new soldiers every day.

Everyone was laughing and joking, very happy.

They were all young people, and even Shi Jin, who was the oldest, hadn't reached thirty yet. In the army, their thoughts were relatively pure.

Life in the army was boring, and there wasn't much fun, but if a group of men were together, there was fun. They were all heartless.

After a few days like this, it was finally time for the exercise.

Early this morning, before the sky was bright, the troops gathered urgently, and then without an hour, the entire regiment broke camp directly and drove to the designated position planned by the division within the scheduled time.

More than two thousand people in the entire regiment, as well as various equipment, conducted a forced march together, and the scene was quite shocking.

The whole thing became a long dragon that couldn't see the head or tail, and the smoke and dust raised filled the entire sky. Walking by, it was either dust or the exhaust gas of burning fuel. What filled the ears was the roar of the engine.

The morning sun rose, the sunlight hadn't yet shone, and the light shone on the dew that had condensed for a night on the wild flowers and weeds, making the dew look crystal clear and extremely beautiful.

Armored vehicles and tanks drove by, shaking the earth and shaking off the condensed dew.

As the sharp knife squad under the reconnaissance company of the regiment's reconnaissance battalion, the Third Squad was at the very front of the entire 702nd Regiment, they were the first vehicle, and the entire company was five kilometers ahead.

This had a great advantage, which was not eating dust.

Fully armed Wang Yan, wearing a steel helmet, leaned out of his body at the machine gun port.

He looked at the surrounding scenery, and also looked at the morning sun, eating compressed biscuits with a crunch... ===== CHAPTER 1183 =====