Chapter 53: The Regimental Commander is Here

Feng Yuxiu instantly began to search his brain.

He had watched without rest for three days, almost obsessively flipping through more than six hundred pages of data.

Including the tank company, rocket soldiers, and even the air force, he had glanced at a few pages.

"He definitely can't answer. This isn't just out-of-syllabus; it's completely unrelated." Cheng Cai sighed. He didn't have a mocking expression; he had just been treated like this too.

A mechanized infantry company, asking him about the second disconnection of rocket soldiers, that was really too much.

Feng Yuxiu thought carefully and raised his head to speak: "Maximum 509.5 megapascals, normal 441.3 megapascals."

The staff member paused slightly, his eyes narrowed, still not looking up at Feng Yuxiu, and continued to ask: "Drop amount of armor-piercing fin-stabilized discarding sabot at 1000 meters?"

Feng Yuxiu still answered fluently: "47 meters per second, the 1000-meter standing target density is 0.3 meters by 0.3 meters."

Perhaps the two consecutive out-of-syllabus questions caught the attention of the staff officer next to him.

He hurriedly lowered his voice and leaned in. "That's two out-of-syllabus questions. This is for the mechanized infantry company; the tank company questions are too dense."

The regimental staff member smiled. "Soldiers can't just be one type of soldier, right? This assessment is for comprehensive soldiers, high-talent soldiers. Didn't he answer them all?"

The staff officer paused upon hearing this. "That's true, but you can't keep asking. According to the rules, you have to ask about the branch."

The regimental staff member smiled. "No rush, I'll ask one more question."

"Damn it!" Gao Cheng's face turned angry, and he stormed forward.

"Company Commander, Company Commander, don't be impulsive. This is a regimental staff member." Shi Jin was shocked and grabbed Gao Cheng, who was about to flare up.

"Shi Jin, don't let go of me. These guys are looking for trouble."

Gao Cheng thought of the document report he had crumpled into a ball. The list with Shi Jin on it was very dangerous.

In fact, Shi Jin should have been discharged last year. He had forcibly kept him last year.

This year...

"Damn it!" Gao Cheng gritted his teeth, hands on his hips, staring gloomily at the regimental staff member.

The regimental staff member narrowed his eyes and leaned back in his chair. "Then I'll ask a question about your branch: chamber volume, recoil length, and maximum recoil resistance of the 73mm smoothbore gun?"

"0.683 cubic liters, 148 millimeters, 98.06 kilonewtons."

Feng Yuxiu blurted out without the slightest pause.

The regimental staff member asked instantly: "Technical and structural features?"

"Damn!"

Gao Cheng broke free from Shi Jin's pull and stood angrily in front of the regimental staff member.

"What do you mean? Technical data assessment, and you're asking about mechanical construction steps?"

"Company Commander Gao."

Before the regimental staff member could speak, Wang Qingrui walked out of the observation room, holding a cup of tea, blowing on it, and looking slowly at Gao Cheng.

Gao Cheng's chest heaved with anger, and he took a few steps back, standing behind Wang Qingrui.

Feng Yuxiu fell silent.

His gaze fell on Wang Qingrui, and also on the angry Gao Cheng.

He didn't understand why Gao Cheng was so angry.

Isn't it just an out-of-syllabus question?

What would happen if he couldn't answer?

He narrowed his eyes and began to think carefully.

This wasn't numerical data.

But a combination of steps precise to the mechanical structure.

Those obscure professional words, long rows of explanatory descriptions.

Gao Cheng gritted his teeth and stared at the regimental staff member.

He snatched the tea mug from Wang Qingrui's hand and gulped it down.

"Regimental Commander, this is no fun." Gao Cheng said in a deep voice.

Wang Qingrui smiled slightly. "Precision, talent, comprehensiveness—this is the reason for the Group Army's reform. It's not just about asking a few rigid data points. Those data points are meaningless; you've all worn them out. Asking those is just going through the motions, what's the point?"

Gao Cheng felt his back go numb.

If it followed this reform requirement.

Steel Seventh Company...

"I bet this soldier can answer. Do you know why? The firmness in his eyes, the straightness of his legs, and that calm and unhurried temperament on him. I'm a good judge of people."

After saying this, Wang Qingrui took the tea mug from Gao Cheng's hand, and the orderly behind him immediately stepped forward to pour a full mug of hot water.

Bai Tiejun grabbed Gan Xiaoning's leather shoe nervously. "Grandpa, what kind of question is this? I don't know a single one."

Gan Xiaoning nervously licked his lips. "It's over, it's really over. Why did our Third Squad have such a hellish start?"

No one had the heart to mock.

They didn't even know the answers to these few questions.

The fear of tension made them tense their bodies.

Feng Yuxiu searched frantically in his brain.

He had seen the answer to this question.

Those answers were very convoluted and very professional.

He had even spent a full ten minutes just to memorize them.

"Private Xu Sanduo, can you answer?" The regimental staff member looked amusedly at this private standing straight.

The staff officer on the side sighed. "End it, it's almost a pass."

This question wasn't something a professional would know; just wanting to read it smoothly after seeing it for the first time wasn't easy.

"The gun uses a low-pressure smoothbore gun, the barrel and breech are connected by threads, it adopts a vertical wedge breechblock, the breech body is equipped with an electric firing device, and the recoil device adopts a concentric recoil mechanism..."

Feng Yuxiu spoke very slowly, ensuring every word was precise and not missed.

The regimental staff member listened dumbfoundedly to these cumbersome sentences coming out of this private's mouth.

"Hehe..." Gao Cheng revealed a smile, with a look of relief.

"Not bad, not bad, really not bad. This kid is really not bad."

But his smile lasted for three seconds.

Because Wang Qingrui handed the tea mug in his hand to an orderly on the side.

He walked to the table.

This time, it was the Regimental Commander himself who took the field as the chief examiner.

He stared at Feng Yuxiu and said: "I ask you, what is the tail pipe material of our 82mm mortar?"

Wang Qingrui's voice went through the microphone and out of several heavy speakers on the vehicle, resounding across the entire target range.

When this question came out, Gao Cheng also revealed a smile.

It seemed he was afraid the assessment staff member would continue to ask.

The Regimental Commander intended to save the situation.

After all, he was a soldier of the Steel Seventh Company.

This question was very simple.

"The 82mm mortar uses an aluminum alloy tail pipe." Feng Yuxiu's eyes revealed relaxation.

"Too good, it's the Regimental Commander, we're saved!" Bai Tiejun laughed in a low voice.

Even Wu Liuyi relaxed. His strong sitting posture before was his disguise.

Those questions were extremely difficult for him too.

Wang Qingrui smiled slightly, his face becoming flat as he continued to ask: "The 82mm mortar uses a pioneering technology, what is it?"

When this sentence came out, Gao Cheng's face became somewhat ferocious.

Even the Third Squad people who had relaxed were now somewhat dull.

This wasn't a question of being out-of-syllabus anymore.

This was a question that went beyond the atmosphere.

Because this fundamentally wasn't a knowledge point for a private's assessment in the military.

It went straight from one track to another.

You say you want to eat a sausage, and the other party hands you a pack of Viagra, saying the shape is the same.

Isn't this nonsense?

Feng Yuxiu finally broke his defense.

His gaze became gloomy. ===== CHAPTER 54 =====