Chapter 36: Training Exercise

Night fell.

Shi Jin couldn't sleep no matter what.

His eyes stared blankly at the ceiling.

Wu Liuyi was even lying on his side, his gaze looking at Feng Yuxiu through the gap in the bunk.

That "Kill" accompanied by a cold roar made all the soldiers in the entire corridor feel numb in their backs.

They didn't know why just a roar could make them feel like that.

It was just this soldier!

The words shouted by this unremarkable soldier were like thunder, igniting everyone in the Steel Seventh Company.

In the middle of the night, Feng Yuxiu slowly opened his eyelids.

His internal cultivation method was enough to support him in sleeping less and doing more.

Just as he turned over, Shi Jin woke up.

"Xu Sanduo, sleep! We have training exercises tomorrow." Shi Jin lowered his voice to stop Feng Yuxiu from getting up to exercise.

Feng Yuxiu was silent for a moment, then turned over and lay down.

Staring at the corner of the wall, he realized his initial choice of the Grassland Fifth Squad was indeed correct.

In the Steel Seventh Company Third Squad, in this company-integrated, absolutely orderly survival.

He had no free time at all to do his own things.

If he had stayed in the Third Squad from the beginning, he definitely wouldn't have his current skills and strength.

This night was very long.

The whistle blew at five in the morning.

"Get up, fold the quilts!"

Everyone in the Third Squad got up one after another, neatly starting to fold quilts and put on clothes.

In just three minutes, quilts as smooth and flat as tofu were stacked on the beds.

In the dim corridor, soldiers walked out in an orderly manner.

On the playground, other squads were already lined up, reporting numbers in low voices.

Soldiers on half the playground scrambled into preheated trucks, and dust rose as they drove away.

From getting up to getting on the truck, it took no more than six minutes.

This was the time Gao Cheng personally set.

The huddled soldiers lowered their heads in silence, some still dozing off, leaning against each other.

These training exercises had been going on for half a month.

It was also Feng Yuxiu's first time catching up with a real military drill.

The mobilization of an entire group army had begun.

Cheng Cai's cigarette broke the drowsiness.

"Come, brothers, have a cigarette to get rid of the sleepiness."

The people in the Third Squad didn't even open their eyes, closing them to rest.

Cheng Cai's right hand paused, his gaze looked at the others, and he revealed a smile. "Brothers, have one, Spring City."

Clearly, the others just wanted to sleep.

Just as Cheng Cai awkwardly withdrew his hand, an arm came to the rescue.

Bai Tiejun snatched it, lit it, closed his eyes in fascination, took a deep breath, and slowly exhaled smoke.

"Comfortable! Cheng Cai, don't give brothers Construction cigarettes in the future, they're too dry and astringent. Spring City still has flavor."

Listening to Bai Tiejun's advice, Cheng Cai also bit into a cigarette.

"Sigh, brothers, we've been training for half a month, when do you think the real exercise will start?"

Bai Tiejun sniffed his nose and grinned. "I'll notify you when I become a company commander."

A trace of sarcasm flashed in Cheng Cai's eyes, and he lowered his voice. "Bai Tiejun, aren't your physical fitness and shooting at the bottom now?"

Bai Tiejun's action of biting the cigarette paused, and he waved his hand to disperse the smoke around him and looked outside.

This was his weakness.

Cheng Cai's mockery made him helpless.

He was also an honest man from the countryside, selling his efforts in the army to please everyone.

That was how he accumulated so many connections.

"Cheng Cai, can you shut your mouth and take time to rest? Can you handle a day of training?" Wu Liuyi scolded coldly.

Cheng Cai gave a sheepish smile, his eyes darting toward Feng Yuxiu on the side.

"Sanduo, this is your first time participating in training exercises, right? Let me tell you, the roar of the armored vehicle is like thunder, and all kinds of coordinated shooting have to be trained."

"Sigh, that's right, Xu Sanduo is a newcomer, just follow me, I'll watch over him." Bai Tiejun interrupted Cheng Cai's words.

"Sanduo, if you don't understand anything, just ask me, we're from the same hometown, we should help each other. When fellow villagers meet, their eyes fill with tears!" Cheng Cai ignored Bai Tiejun's volunteering and said enthusiastically to Feng Yuxiu.

Bai Tiejun touched his nose awkwardly. He was of low status, and not many people were willing to listen to his insights.

Feng Yuxiu finally opened his eyes. "If you don't want your mouth, I'll tear it off for you."

Cheng Cai subconsciously touched his head and lowered his head silently.

A lunatic!

The vehicle went to the shooting range.

The so-called shooting range was a wide armored vehicle shooting field, with crisscrossing tracks, and gray barren mountains at the end.

A row of three infantry fighting vehicles was galloping and warming up on the open ground, and the shooting range had already been crushed into nearly a foot of loose soil, suddenly filling the sky as if it were a thick fog.

The soil here was loose.

Every step Gao Cheng took, he sank deep into it.

"Listen up, stand at ease. Today's main subject is the coordination of infantry firepower and vehicle firepower. There are twelve of you in one vehicle including the driver. I hope the twelve of you are one body, engraving the concept of coordination in your brains, deep into your bones!"

The strong wind and dim weather made the sand and dust here like ghost fog.

Looking from afar, the shadowy figures seemed to be parading in the street.

Several people walked out of the gray sand and dust.

Regimental Commander Wang Qingrui walked over, squinting his eyes. "Not bad, not bad, the spirit is very good."

"Report to the Regimental Commander, the Steel Seventh Company is conducting human-vehicle coordination training, please give instructions!"

Wang Qingrui laughed. "Continue, continue."

"Yes!"

Gao Cheng opened his mouth and continued to shout his words to boost morale. "The wind and sand are particularly strong today, which will obviously affect the accuracy of shooting. But why did I choose such weather? It's because we must overcome non-human factors. When you get to the battlefield, will you stop fighting if you encounter a big wind and sand? Only by adapting to all environments can you become a Soldier King! Let the Steel Seventh Company become a sharp knife that explodes through the enemy's heart!"

"Dismissed, First Platoon prepare ammunition, get on vehicle number 5 for training!"

After speaking, the soldiers of the Steel Seventh Company began to move.

Gao Cheng's face was full of dirt, and his hair turned gray-white.

He turned to look at Wang Qingrui. "Report to the Regimental Commander, speech finished, please give instructions!"

Wang Qingrui waved his hand happily. "Face full of dirt, drink some water."

Gao Cheng took Wang Qingrui's large tea mug and took big gulps. "Why did you change to jasmine tea? You should drink green tea in this weather to cool down!"

Wang Qingrui widened his eyes. "Are you drinking it or not? You're even being picky."

"How is that soldier?" Wang Qingrui took the tea mug and asked with a smile.

Gao Cheng looked back at Feng Yuxiu, who was preparing in the crowd.

He turned around and lowered his voice. "This soldier is really good. Last night at the Steel Seventh Company oath-taking, his performance even made me somewhat teary-eyed."

Wang Qingrui laughed, then restrained his smile. "But he is very proud, not so easy to yield."

Gao Cheng revealed a smile. "I just like soldiers like this, it's challenging. To tell you the truth, ever since I knew he beat up two thugs for his father, I've been interested."

"Wasn't bringing him over for Shi Jin?" Wang Qingrui's gaze seemed to look directly through Gao Cheng's heart.

Gao Cheng paused upon hearing this. "Half and half. You also know this year is Shi Jin's most critical year. I'm really afraid of him leaving, the feelings are too deep."

Wang Qingrui patted Gao Cheng on the shoulder. "The departure of an individual is always lower than the honor of the collective. Go." ===== CHAPTER 37 =====