Soon, when it was time for the competition, all the recruits from the three platoons of the company gathered together. The company commander walked to the front of the team and began to speak.
"This afternoon, we will use the last hour to hold a singing competition to see which of the three platoons of our company is the most united and has the highest morale."
Before the company commander finished speaking, the recruits from the second platoon first challenged the first platoon.
"One in a row, come one, one in a row, one in a row..."
Since the people in the second row issued a challenge, Li Xiang quickly stood at the front of the team and began to accept the challenge.
"Unity is strength, sing together."
Li Xiang waved the beat vigorously, trying to get a row of recruits to sing louder. However, the recruits in the third class still did not work hard and did not put all their efforts into singing.
The first platoon accepted the challenge, and the second platoon followed closely and began to sing military songs under the command of the leader.
"Unity is strength, sing together."
The voice of the second row soon overshadowed the first row, overwhelming the first row, and even disrupted the singing rhythm of the first row. The leader standing in front of the team had a dark face and really wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl in. Unexpectedly, after practicing all afternoon in advance, the result was still like this.
After several consecutive rounds of battles, the first row was not only unable to defeat the second row, but also the third row. In the end, they lost the game and ranked last in the entire company.
"Now, I announce that the first place in this singing competition is the second row, the second place is the third row, and the third place is the first row."
The company commander saved some face for the first platoon. It was said that he was in third place, but in fact he was in last place.
"Dismissed, let's go to the cafeteria to eat."
As soon as the company commander announced the disbandment, a platoon leader immediately stood in front of a row of teams and announced in public: "Wait a minute, everyone else is disbanding, and the people in the first platoon are not allowed to disband."
The company commander looked at the platoon commander. He understood the platoon commander's mood at the moment, even though the platoon commander's order conflicted with his own order. However, the company commander still supported the platoon leader by default, because only when all the officers and soldiers in the company have a sense of honor can the company's training be carried out.
After a platoon of recruits heard the platoon leader's order, they stood there motionless, waiting for the platoon leader to drop his hair. After all, the whole platoon would lose face with such a result.
"Li Xiang, if you come out and take command again, I would like to see who is cheating on the team."
The platoon leader knew exactly why the platoon lost the game. Li Xiang walked to the front of the team and directed everyone to sing military songs.
"Unity is strength, sing together."
"Unity is strength, unity is strength, that strength is iron, that strength is steel, harder than iron, stronger than steel, fire at fascism, let all undemocratic systems die, toward the sun, toward freedom, toward the new China shines brightly.
…. "
This time, under the command of Li Xiang, the entire platoon of recruits sang very hard, and no one dared to be lazy. After all, the platoon leader's fiery eyes were staring at every recruit in the platoon, vowing to find the one who was cheating and making a fool of himself.
"The singing voice is quite loud now. Why couldn't you show this kind of morale during the competition just now?"
The platoon leader lectured everyone, but the recruits below did not dare to say a word. Even the coughs were tried hard to suppress, for fear of making any noise and attracting the attention of the platoon leader.
"Since everyone is singing so hard now, Li Xiang, please instruct everyone to sing this song ten times again."
The platoon leader had no way to find those who were pretending to be fake, so he had no choice but to make this decision. Li Xiang felt helpless when he heard the platoon leader's order, but he knew that this was part of the training and must be strictly implemented. So, he cleared his throat and shouted loudly: "Everyone, let's sing "Unity is Strength" ten times more!"
The recruits in the first row heard the order. Although they complained a little, they still did not dare to neglect and immediately started singing along with Li Xiang's command. The platoon leader stood aside and continued to look at each recruit with burning eyes.
In this way, a row of recruits sang "Unity is Strength" over and over again. Everyone tried their best to sing better. The platoon leader has also been carefully observing, trying to find those who are pretending to be fake, but he has never found anyone who is pretending to be fake.
"Li Xiang, let everyone sing ten more times." The platoon leader decided that he would not give up until he found the person who was cheating.
At this moment, Wang Chao suddenly stood up from the team. "First platoon leader, please stop asking everyone to sing. I'm just pretending."
"And me." When Zhang Lei saw Wang Chao standing up, he also stood up.
"And I."
Immediately afterwards, people from class three stood up one after another.
The platoon leader frowned as he looked at the new recruits from the third class who stood up. He didn't expect that there were so many people pretending to be fake. He was a little angry, but mostly disappointed. These new recruits have learned to be lazy and deceptive as soon as they join the army. How can they become good soldiers?
"Why are you pretending to be fake?" a platoon leader asked sternly.
Wang Chao stood up and spoke first: "Platoon leader, I think what you did is unfair. Why don't you let me go up to direct the singing competition, and let Li Xiang conduct it from above? In what way am I worse than Li Xiang? Our third class In what way is it worse than Class 1?"
After hearing Wang Chao's response, the platoon leader realized that he had chosen Li Xiang to be the commander, which aroused the antagonism between the third squad and the first squad.
The platoon leader sighed deeply, knowing that this was a sensitive issue that needed to be handled with caution. He walked up to Wang Chao, looked into his eyes and said, "Wang Chao, do you know why we have this singing competition?"
"Why?" Wang Chao opened his eyes wide and looked at the platoon leader.
"Because this is a competition about cohesion. What does cohesion rely on? It depends on everyone thinking in the same place and working hard in the same place, rather than comparing whose voice is louder or whose singing skills are better."
The platoon leader continued: "Yes, maybe my decision-making is biased towards Li Xiang, but you should not resist my orders in this way. If we were on the battlefield, what would be the consequences of your actions today? ?"
"completely annihilated!"
Finally, a row of people said these four words loudly and loudly.
After listening to the platoon leader's explanation, Wang Chao lowered his head, and everyone in class three also lowered their heads. Everyone can understand what the platoon leader said. Those who just pretended to be fake all regretted their actions.
Everyone was silent for a while. Wang Chao raised his head and looked at the platoon leader and said: "Platoon leader, I understand, we will not make up our minds anymore."
Recruits from the other three classes also said they would correct their mistakes.
The platoon leader nodded, expressing satisfaction. He said: "Okay, since you all know that you are wrong, then go back to the team and continue singing this song. I hope you can prove your determination with practical actions."
The recruits returned to the team one after another and started singing "Unity is Strength" again. This time, their voices were louder and more powerful. A platoon leader stood aside, watching them training seriously, filled with confidence and hope. He believed that as long as these recruits could unite and work together, they would be able to become a powerful army.
"Okay, that's it for today. I won't punish anyone again. However, I hope this is the first and last time. I will never allow it to happen a second time. Do you understand?"
"Know."
Everyone in the row loudly answered the long question, and even the company commander sitting in the canteen heard it, and the company commander showed a satisfied smile. The company commander knew that this singing competition was effective. Through this singing competition, it not only improved the cohesion of the whole company, but also improved the cohesion of the platoon. Although the first row lost the game, through the education of the first row leader, everyone in the first row understood a truth, which is a very meaningful thing.
