The records of Li Zhengtian and Zhang Jian were refreshed again.
In the end, the two of them crossed the finish line one after the other.
Li Zheng won the final victory with a two-position advantage.
His time was 19 minutes and 49 seconds.
Already within 20 minutes.
The five-kilometer freehand achievement is common among veterans, but rare among recruits.
Moreover, no one had broken the five-kilometer record of the Second Battalion of Recruits last time. This time it was broken again. As the acting platoon leader of the platoon, Hou Jun’s face turned into flowers.
"You know why I whip you!"
He plausibly found the most suitable explanation for his previous rough behavior.
"People develop their strongest potential when they are under pressure. This is what is often called ruthless power. You have not yet reached your full potential. There is still room for improvement and you can go further!"
Li Zheng's butt still hurts.
But he had to admit that Hou Jun's trick really worked.
This veteran is always so deviant, and his training methods are much stricter than those of other squad leaders.
On hot days, other classes would rest under the shade of a tree for fifteen minutes after training for an hour.
But not in the first row. After two hours of training, you can only rest for fifteen minutes.
On rainy days, other squads and platoons are in the platoon room reading and receiving orders, or folding quilts. The soldiers in one platoon have to put on physical fitness uniforms and go to the corridor to do push-ups, or stand in military posture.
In addition to the rigorous training, Li Zheng felt that Hou Jun was still a little less humane.
When I was practicing common subjects and tactics, I fell or slipped. Other squad leaders came up to me nervously and asked about the injury. Are you okay? how's it going? Do you want to go to the infirmary?
But Hou Jun wouldn't.
The last time I even crawled in a low position, the skin on my hands was worn out after a few trips, and the blood turned the camouflage uniform red.
Hou Jun just glanced at him briefly, but didn't make any sympathetic expression. He didn't even ask if he wanted to go to the infirmary, and continued to yell at everyone to continue training.
Once the movement is not done well, Hou Jun will rush up, bend down and curse at the person lying on the ground. Those curses are like turning on a fire hose, which cannot be turned off. The scolding will probably even kill people. They can all be angry.
The recruits in the first class, including Zhang Jian, who always had different opinions, all felt that the squad leader Wu Yi was a good person, while Hou Jun was an impersonal guy, a piece of iron with no emotions, as if he felt uncomfortable watching the recruits idle.
Squad leader Wu Yi also mentioned this to Li Zheng and the others, saying that this was Hou Jun's fault in the teaching team. The training of the teaching team is like this. Those instructors will feel uncomfortable when they see you feel comfortable, and they insist on giving you some advice. The training volume is enough to make you exhausted.
But Li Zheng was wondering, why did Hou Jun have this problem when other squad leaders came back from the teaching team?
Of course, he didn't dare to say this. If he did, Hou Jun might hear him, and the latter would put his face to the tip of his nose and spray it like a torrent of river water, or like the Yellow River flooding out of control. You go out and "do some activities."
Although Li Zheng broke the record of five kilometers in the new barracks under Hou Jun's armed leadership, this matter somehow spread to the company commander Xie Dong, who called Hou Jun into his room to criticize him.
"You are also an old comrade. I don't know what you have been advocating for leading the troops in recent years? Lead the troops in a civilized manner, lead the troops scientifically, and do not fight or scold the soldiers. Look at you, you don't care if you open your mouth to curse, but you still take it Wearing an armed belt and beating someone for five kilometers?"
Xie Dong was really angry this time.
Normally, he would not easily get angry with Hou Jun.
"You also led new recruits in the past two years, but this is not the case!"
Hou Jun reached for the cigarette nonchalantly, but Xie Dong was so angry that he grabbed it and put it into his pocket: "Still smoking! I'll beat you to death!"
Hou Jun felt bored, leaned back in his chair, and said nonchalantly: "The past was the past, the present is the present, and one moment is better than the other."
Xie Dong said: "Are you still reasonable? If the battalion knows about this, the battalion commander will have to evacuate you."
Hou Jun chuckled and said, "He won't withdraw."
Xie Dong said: "Oh! I still can't see it. When did you, Hou Jun, learn to rely on your old age and sell your old age? Who will not turn around if the earth is separated from you? The second battalion will not live without you?"
Hou Jun said: "That's not true, but in the division-wide assessment at the end of this year, the red flag of the advanced training unit in the battalion may not be guaranteed."
Bang!
Xie Dong was really angry this time and started to fight against the crime.
"Hou Jun! You're really trying to get on your nose, aren't you? Beating up new recruits is a big deal!"
Hou Jun glanced at the angry Xie Dong, thought for a while and said: "Do you remember when you and I were soldiers? We were both in the second squad, and the guy who is the second squad leader is doing better than what I am doing today. More ruthless, right?"
Xie Dong was stunned for a long time, and his anger seemed to subside a little, and he sat back in the chair again.
Hou Jun continued: "I remember that we had a tactical competition with the second platoon and lost. We called for emergency rallies four times that night. The last time we were pulled directly to the tactical field and crawled 400 meters around the field at a low profile."
Xie Dong suddenly took out the pack of cigarettes from his pocket and threw it in front of Hou Jun.
"Smoke it."
Hou Jun was not polite, picked up the cigarette box, took out a cigarette, lit it, and took a heavy puff.
"I still remember that the person who hated the second squad leader the most was you Xie Dong."
After that, take a look at Xie Dong.
Xie Dong remained silent.
Hou Jun said: "But when you were admitted to the military academy that year, you cried like a dog while hugging the second squad leader. Thank you squad leader one by one, thank you squad leader. Do you think he was cruel during training? Did he slap you? Do you hate it? he?"
A series of questions made Xie Dong unable to resist.
They were all soldiers of the same age and knew the basics, so they couldn't act like company commanders.
In the end, I could only nod: "I don't hate it."
Hou Jun smiled: "Hey, that's right. Do you remember what is written on the three plaques erected by our teacher's teaching team?"
Xie Dong continued to remain silent.
Hou Jun himself said: "The squad leader is an excellent soldier, the squad leader is an officer's assistant, and the squad leader is the mother of the army. You think, how can a mother really not love her child? Beating, sometimes is also a kind of love, must Let’s see what the starting point is. For example, I know you can be better, but because you can’t bear the little pain, if I slap you a few times, can that be called beating you? That’s called whipping!"
Xie Dong became angry again: "You are using strong words to make sense!"
Hou Jun said: "We are here to be soldiers, not to go to kindergarten. I am not training soldiers, I am here to stimulate their potential. You see, Li Zheng set a new record for the five kilometers in the new barracks, 19 minutes and 49 seconds , who is dissatisfied? Who says I am wrong? He can get this result even if he relies on his words to do ideological work. I call him daddy!"
Xie Dong was silent for a while, and couldn't help but laugh: "Your father knows that he will beat you to death for being an unfilial son!"
Then he said again: "Let me tell you something serious. You must hold a scheduling meeting when you go back and review yourself. I don't care whether you accept my criticism, but you can't be careless about this matter."
"I got it." Hou Jun put out the butt of the cigarette, took out another one before Xie Dong got the cigarette back, and then walked away.
