The recruit training is coming to an end. In order to test the training results of the recruits, the entire regiment of recruits began an intense and orderly competition assessment.
In the morning, all the recruits of the Second Company of Recruits were taken by the company commander to the gathering point designated by the whole regiment. There were not only soldiers of the Second Company of Recruits, but also soldiers of the First Company and the Third Company of Recruits.
"Stand at attention, look to the right, look forward, take a break, stand at attention."
The recruit battalion commander finished shouting the command, turned around, ran to a leader, and saluted.
"Comrade Commander, the recruit group has been assembled. Please give instructions."
"Please rest."
The leader returned the greeting and gave the order.
After receiving the order, the recruit battalion commander returned to his original position, gave the command to all the recruits again, and then stood at the corner of the podium, waiting for the regiment leader to speak.
The leader slowly walked to the center of the podium.
"Comrades, first of all, I want to congratulate you on your perfect completion of these three months of training. Being able to persist to the end shows that you have truly become a soldier of the Chinese People's Liberation Army."
As soon as he said this, thunderous applause broke out from the audience, and all the recruits felt proud.
"Next, I want to see how your training scores are? There is an old saying in the army, they are both mules and horses. In the final competition assessment of the recruits, all of you give me your best results. Let’s show them all and let’s see who is the king among this year’s recruits.”
The recruits all know the weight of the leader's words. If they show up at this time, they will definitely become the leader's key training target in the future. Therefore, all the recruits in the regiment used their own special skills and tried their best to express themselves in order to get the attention of the regiment leader.
Due to the large number of recruits, various assessments need to be conducted simultaneously in batches. In order to make the competition fair and just, the team leader specially arranged a dedicated person to conduct statistics for each assessment item. In this way, once a soldier with outstanding performance is discovered, the regiment commander will know immediately.
"Next, whoever's name comes to mind, follow me."
After the regimental leader finished speaking, a tall and heroic officer came up to the stage, holding a roster in his hand. While reading his name, he checked the roster with a pen.
"Li Xiang, Wang Chao, Gao Jie, Li Erniu, Liu Gang,..."
"Li Xiang, what a coincidence. Wang Chao is actually competing with us for the test."
Hearing Wang Chao's name, Gao Jie couldn't help feeling disgusted.
"Haha, it would be great if he is paired with me. When the time comes, let's see how I can compare with him."
Li Xiang smiled proudly.
The recruits whose names had just been read consciously stood in front of the team and stood alone in a team, waiting for the tall officer to come over and give orders.
"Turn right, walk in unison, and advance to the destination, the horizontal bar training ground." The tall officer came to the front of the team, observed the recruits in front of him, and then gave the order.
After giving the order, the leader of the team walked straight towards the equipment field. After crossing the track on the playground, the recruits came to the horizontal bar training field, and then stood in a circle around the horizontal bar, waiting for the officers to speak.
"Comrades, our assessment content for this item is the horizontal bar, and pull-ups are 12 passes. The specific requirement is to hover for one second after going up to the bar. At the same time, the lower jaw must pass the bar, and the arms must be straight when going down. I Do you all know these requirements?"
The tall officer took out a notebook in his hand and read out the assessment rules.
"Clear."
The recruits answered in unison, with loud voices.
"Now, I will give you ten minutes to rest. You can use this time to simply move your body. In ten minutes, we will start the assessment on time."
In order to achieve better results, all the recruits present stood aside, stretched their arms and kicked their legs, and tried to move their bodies as much as possible to prevent muscle strains in the body from affecting their performance during the assessment.
While everyone was moving freely, Wang Chao secretly hid under a big tree and took out a bottle of Red Bull to replenish himself with energy.
"Li Xiang, look, Wang Chao is drinking Red Bull. Do you want to have a can to replenish your energy?" Gao Jie asked Li Xiang with concern.
"Haha, no need, even if Wang Chao drinks ten cans of Red Bull, he can't beat me." Li Xiang said confidently.
Ten minutes later, the tall officer blew the muster whistle.
"gather."
The recruits quickly moved closer to the officers and consciously stood astride them.
"Comrades, there are two horizontal bars here. During the assessment, we will conduct the assessment in pairs at the same time. Which of the two comrades will come first?"
As soon as the tall officer finished speaking, Wang Chao stood up immediately. Because he had just drank Red Bull, he could only defeat Li Xiang if he unleashed the energy of Red Bull as soon as possible. When Li Xiang saw Wang Chao standing up first, he also took a step forward and stood side by side with Wang Chao.
"Tell me your names." The tall officer lowered his head and said.
"Li Xiang."
Li Xiang answered first, but Wang Chao was half a beat too late. He had to wait for Li Xiang to finish his name before he could give his own name.
"Wang Chao."
The tall man took a pen and drew a tick on the notebook.
"Okay, you two, let's fight."
Li Xiang and Wang Chao jumped upwards with standard movements, then grasped the horizontal bar with both hands, waiting for further orders from the assessment officer. The tall officer slowly took out the timer from his pocket and adjusted it to zero.
"Timer starts." The tall officer shouted the command and pressed the timer button.
After hearing the command, Wang Chao and Li Xiang immediately mustered up their energy and started doing pull-ups. The two of them chased each other and quickly reached fifty. The recruits present were all amazed when they saw the performance of the two men, because many of them had difficulty even doing ten pull-ups. After the tall officer saw it, he was even more speechless as he watched the performance of the two men.
"Fifty."
"fifty one."
"fifty two."
Although their pull-ups far exceeded the assessment standards, they still had no intention of stopping and continued to do them non-stop. The recruits present watched the two's wonderful performance and took the initiative to count and cheer for them.
After about five minutes, Li Xiang and Wang Chao's movements gradually slowed down. After all, they were not machines, and their physical strength was almost exhausted at this time.
"One hundred and one."
…
"one hundred and two."
…
Wang Chao's arms began to tremble, and he struggled to pull his body upward. However, when he reached 102, his lower jaw could not reach the horizontal bar.
"Okay, Wang Chao's final score is 102."
Seeing that Wang Chao's chin did not pass the bar, the tall officer announced Wang Chao's final score on the spot.
However, after Wang Chao withdrew, Li Xiang continued to do pull-ups without changing his expression. The recruits watched Li Xiang's performance and continued to shout numbers for Li Xiang, and their voices became louder and louder.
"One hundred and fifty-eight."
"One hundred and fifty-nine."
…
Li Xiang's amazing performance quickly attracted the attention of the group leader, who came over to watch the battle in person.
"Two hundred and one."
"Li Xiang, you are great. You have already broken our team's record." Gao Jie shouted from the side.
Even after breaking the record, Li Xiang still had no intention of stopping and continued to do pull-ups. At this time, Li Xiang's arm was completely numb, and he was holding on purely by willpower.
"What's the name of this soldier?" the regiment leader walked up to the tall officer and asked.
When the tall officer saw the regiment leader's arrival, he immediately stood up straight and saluted the regiment leader.
"Report to the captain, this soldier's name is Li Xiang."
"Li Xiang, your name is good. In the future, I want this soldier to fly in our regiment just like his name."
After saying that, the group leader looked back at Li Xiang and found that Li Xiang was still gritting his teeth and persisting. At this time, Li Xiang did not know about the arrival of the group leader, nor did he know that the group leader had listed him as a key training target and continued to do pull-ups.
"Two hundred and fifty-nine."
"Two hundred sixty."
…
Li Xiang exhausted the last bit of strength in his body, finished the last pull-up, and then lowered the bar with a graceful movement.
"I announce that Li Xiang's final score is two hundred and eighty-one." The tall officer deliberately raised his voice and loudly announced Li Xiang's final score in front of everyone.
After Li Xiang got off the bar, the recruits present quickly gathered around Li Xiang and congratulated Li Xiang on this record-breaking result.
Seeing Li Xiang being surrounded by stars, Wang Chao felt very uncomfortable standing in the crowd. Originally, he could show off today. With his performance, he was considered the best among the recruits, but by chance, he ended up competing on the same stage as Li Xiang. Seeing that Li Xiang could do more than twice as many pull-ups as himself, Wang Chao had no choice but to leave in despair and disappear into the crowd.
