Chapter 21: Broke the Whole Army Record

"Everyone, assemble!"

The sound of the bugle pierced the silence of the dawn.

"Emergency assembly!!!" Lao Wei roared instantly as he opened his eyes.

"Quick, quick! Speed!"

Li Meng and Xue Lin rolled off their beds and started putting on their clothes in a flurry.

"Where's that lonely person? Where did he go?" Li Meng squatted down, intending to wake Feng Yuxiu, but touched empty air.

"Don't know. Maybe he got up long ago," Lao Wei said.

"Is he made of iron? He got up at three in the middle of the night, and now it's only five. Sleeping two hours a day? Not afraid of sudden death?" Xue Lin said in disbelief.

"Are you all dragging your feet? Can't you hear the emergency assembly?"

Outside the door, Lao Ma roared.

The three of them didn't dare to say anything more, put on their clothes, shouldered their packs, and rushed out.

Feng Yuxiu was already standing beside Lao Ma, looking into the distance with an expressionless face.

"Listen up, the assessment starts at eight o'clock, including a five-kilometer forced march, shooting, and a five-hundred-meter obstacle course."

"The order is five hundred meters, five-kilometer forced march, and finally shooting. The results will be counted into the regimental assessment."

"You guys who are drifting through the days, this might be your last chance."

Lao Wei curled his lips, "Squad Leader, you're making people panic with your guesses again."

Li Meng shook his head, "Not so, not so. This is the squad leader urging us; this is progress, comrades!"

"I say..."

"Shut your mouth!!"

Xue Lin still intended to say a few naughty words, but Lao Ma roared.

The three of them then lowered their heads.

Lao Ma laughed out of extreme anger, "Guesses? The whole army is about to reform. Do you think this is playing house? This assessment is to eliminate you waste and garbage!"

Changing the subject, he placed his gaze on Feng Yuxiu, "Xu Sanduo, say something."

Feng Yuxiu was expressionless, still that dead-man face, "When does it start?"

Lao Ma paused, "Xu Sanduo, although I heard you can run very well, the last item is shooting... As long as you can be excellent in the first two, even if you fail the last one, you can still be remembered by the assessment personnel."

Seeing that Feng Yuxiu still didn't intend to talk to them.

Lao Ma could only nod, "It should be here soon."

As soon as the words fell, the sound of car engines roared outside.

It was that kind of old-fashioned green military truck covered with tarpaulin.

They were all taken onto the vehicle.

Three veterans who had temporarily guarded them got off the vehicle.

Covered in yellow sand, the car drove toward the regimental headquarters.

"Squad Leader, do you know Xu Sanduo?" A veteran stared straight at Feng Yuxiu as soon as he got into the truck bed, and couldn't help but ask.

The veteran sneered, "I thought you were very powerful. I didn't find you in any company. So you ran to this place."

Feng Yuxiu recognized this veteran.

It was the one who had come to the recruit company to wash his feet just now.

He didn't expect this person to be so vengeful.

It seemed that in this era, the personalities of veterans were exceptionally irritable.

"You have to take this assessment well. I hope you are assigned to the same group as me!" The veteran leaned forward and provoked him with a wink.

"Do you dare to get off the car now and practice with me?" Feng Yuxiu said coldly.

As soon as these words came out, the entire truck bed fell into a dead silence.

Lao Wei subconsciously pulled Feng Yuxiu's sleeve, "Don't be like this, this is a veteran, he must be more powerful than you."

"After so many years, you've only managed to become a non-commissioned officer. What? So vengeful? Come, kill me."

Feng Yuxiu stood up directly and leaned over to stare at the veteran.

The veteran narrowed his eyes, "There will be a chance, kid. When we get to the regimental headquarters, I'll have a good chat with you about the past! Just wait!"

"Xu Sanduo, sit down quickly!" Lao Ma hurriedly pulled Feng Yuxiu.

Several people moved to the side, staying away from this veteran who was looking for trouble.

That's how the army is; if you don't like someone, you just fight.

If you can beat me into submission, then that's it.

If you can't, then I'll climb up and fight you again!

Feng Yuxiu narrowed his eyes. He hadn't expected the army of this era to be so irritable.

A burning excitement suddenly surged in his heart.

He liked it this way!

There were no other frictions along the way.

Two and a half hours later, they arrived at the regimental headquarters.

"Xu Sanduo, take the assessment well. This time decides your fate. I can also see that you are different from those who drift through the days. The Fifth Squad is just a passing point for you."

Lao Ma pulled Feng Yuxiu aside and instructed him.

"If I get first place in this assessment, does it count as part of you?"

Lao Ma's face turned red instantly, and he hurriedly shook his head, "Don't dare to think about it, don't dare to think about it. Anyway, I've already decided, I don't intend to drift through the days anymore. I have to work hard for this assessment too."

During the preparation time, Feng Yuxiu stood in the distance, his gaze slowly scanning.

He was looking for that veteran.

Since he was so vengeful, he would make a move during the five-kilometer forced march.

Soon, each squad was disrupted and assigned. This assessment would last for a whole day.

After eating some dry rations randomly,

Shi Jin found Feng Yuxiu.

"Are you still blaming me for not keeping you in the Steel Seventh Company?" Shi Jin looked at this soldier, whose face was covered with rough scars, and asked in a deep voice.

Feng Yuxiu shook his head, "I like to make my own choices."

"After this assessment, I should be in the Steel Seventh Company."

Shi Jin frowned, "Comrade Xu Sanduo, these assessments are just barely passing for you recruits. If you want to stay in the Steel Seventh Company, just passing isn't enough."

Feng Yuxiu didn't speak, but narrowed his eyes and walked into the distance.

Shi Jin sighed, "I don't know why the company commander asked me to specifically find him."

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"Yo, recruit, assigned to the same group as me?" The veteran grinned and patted his cuffs, "Remember, my name is Ma Jun, I'm the group leader for your assessment this time, be careful."

"Hmm, remembered." Feng Yuxiu's right hand was trembling, his gaze always landing on Ma Jun's Adam's apple.

"Listen up!"

A non-commissioned officer walked up, with a red armband tied to his right upper arm, "Five-hundred-meter obstacle course, divided into three levels."

"Anything under 110 seconds or shorter is excellent."

"Under 120 seconds is good."

"Under 130 seconds is passing."

"There are seven sets of obstacles in total, passed forward and backward once, totaling 14 obstacles. Specifically, stump crossing, trench, low wall, high jump platform, single-plank bridge, high wall, and low-stake net."

"The passing order includes a 100-meter start, turning around the marker flag, crossing the three-step stakes, crossing the trench, jumping over the low wall, passing the high jump platform section, passing the single-plank bridge, climbing the high wall, crawling through the low-stake net, and turning around the marker flag to return."

"Crossing the low-stake net, climbing the high wall, bypassing the pillars under the single-plank bridge, passing the high jump platform, crawling through the hole, jumping down and climbing up the trench, crossing the five-step stakes, turning around the marker flag, and running 100 meters to the finish line."

"Seven people in a group, proceeding simultaneously!"

"Ready, start!"

The veteran in charge of the assessment pressed the stopwatch.

Bang!

Feng Yuxiu instantly shot out, the explosive power of his legs leaving a five-centimeter pit in the loose sand under his feet.

"Damn, this kid is so fast!"

Ma Jun was startled and also rushed out.

"What's the background of that kid?" The veteran in charge of the assessment stood up abruptly.

"He pulled ten meters ahead from the start. How could his speed be so fast?"

Feng Yuxiu's expression was gloomy. He jumped up from the stumps and grabbed them, flipping over.

"Damn!"

Ma Jun was still halfway there, but Feng Yuxiu had already turned back.

His gaze coldly glanced at him, and he had already rushed up the high wall.

"How many seconds?"

"Only... only 70 seconds. How can his speed be so fast?"

Bang!

Feng Yuxiu ran wildly and stood outside the finish line, exhaling lightly.

"One minute and thirty seconds! Broke the whole army record!"

This scene made Shi Jin, who had come to inspect, stop in the distance, his face full of disbelief. ===== CHAPTER 22 =====