That day was the first time Marine Brigade Commander Liu Zhijun came to the reconnaissance camp to inspect the work since the sea training began.
After getting off the car at the camp, Liu Zhijun quietly walked towards the sea training ground of the reconnaissance camp with a staff officer without notifying anyone.
Liu Zhijun was a tough man. He was in this brigade when he was a soldier, and was later selected to the Amphibious Frogman Brigade. At that time, there were no reconnaissance battalions, and there was no Jiaolong Commando. The Amphibious Frogman Brigade was the best among the Marine Corps. Forced existence.
From a soldier to a platoon leader, he later went through school training and went abroad to communicate with foreign militaries. After receiving training, he was promoted from platoon leader to brigade commander without ever moving. He is considered an old man in the fleet.
Because of his personal experience, he was very strict about training. Often when he appeared on the training ground, all the battalion commanders below him would feel weak in their calves.
Old Liu Tou is not a layman. He is an expert in land warfare and special operations. If the people below try to trick the leader, it is not surprising that he will be scolded at best, or transferred away at worst.
When he came to the scout camp now, he didn't even say hello before. In his words, he didn't want to say hello when he went down to watch the training, and he didn't go to book tickets to watch a show.
Brigadier Liu, who was wearing camouflage uniform, had just arrived at the beach when he heard noises in the distance and saw several companies of soldiers from the reconnaissance battalion standing on the beach. They were not training. They were all staring at the sea in the distance and occasionally shouting. Two sounds, as if to cheer up the people in the sea.
Following the soldiers' gaze to the sea in the distance, they saw a few small black dots fluttering on the sea in the distance, turning over white flowers and swimming toward the shore.
After watching it for a while, I felt that the speed was not slow, so I stretched out my hand: "Telescope."
The staff officer quickly took out the binoculars and handed them over.
Brigadier Liu took the answer and raised his hand to point into the distance.
The multiplier was wrong. He put his finger on the multiplier adjustment knob and adjusted it for a moment, and finally saw the small black dots clearly.
The reconnaissance battalion is the brigade commander's favorite, and good soldiers are picked here. As long as there is any matter of honor in the fleet, the reconnaissance battalion is the right choice.
Therefore, Brigadier Liu is familiar with the soldiers in the reconnaissance camp. Except for a few new recruits, he can name every veteran.
But it didn't matter. Brigadier Liu discovered something new and couldn't help but say "Hey".
Because among the leading people, there were two unfamiliar faces.
do not know.
Definitely not a soldier from the reconnaissance battalion.
He was almost certain.
If it was a new recruit or a transfer from another company, at least he, the brigade commander, would know.
"Has the Reconnaissance Battalion selected troops from the brigade recently?"
He put down the telescope and couldn't help but ask the staff beside him.
The staff officer shook his head and said no, he had never heard of such a thing.
Brigadier Liu pointed to a few small black dots in the distance and said, "Who are these two people?"
The staff officer quickly took the telescope handed by the brigade commander and looked at it.
After watching it for a while, I became a movie fan myself.
I really don’t know him.
Never seen it before.
"This doesn't seem to be a soldier from the reconnaissance battalion..."
Suddenly, an idea flashed through my mind, and I remembered something.
"Brigade commander, didn't two people from Lu Te come to the reconnaissance camp? The commander of the theater arranged for them to come over for exchanges. Is it these two people?"
When the staff officer said this, Brigadier Liu remembered.
"Oh! That's what happened."
Suddenly his face darkened, and his face was dark and hard, like Bao Zheng's.
"Our navy is not as good as Lu Te in doing this kind of swimming?"
He recognized that one of the leaders was Qiang Yong, the most powerful swimmer in a row. During the last sea training, Qiang Yong Quanwu's five-kilometer swim broke the record for a row. He also praised him and awarded him an award at the summary meeting. So impressed.
Now, the two Lu Te's and Qiang Yong swim together. Although they don't surpass Qiang Yong, they are still on par.
This is a bit embarrassing.
"Brigadier, let's go down."
said the staff officer.
"No." Liu Zhijun waved his hand and said, "There are still a few hundred meters left. Let's watch for a while and see who wins."
…
The waves were a bit big today.
The characteristic of this sea training ground is that the waves are relatively bigger compared to other sheltered bays. Especially this morning, there was a little wind and the waves were a bit fast.
There is another more important reason, and that is the trend.
Most people only know about tides but don't know about currents.
Fishermen customarily refer to the vertical rise and fall of the sea surface as tides, while the horizontal flow of sea water is called tidal current, which is commonly known as "flowing water" by locals.
Moving water is very important to fishermen. When setting the net, you must look at the flowing water, otherwise you will catch nothing. Being able to look at the flowing water is an essential skill for fishermen.
Today's water flows east-west, and the direction Li Zheng and his friends swam in today happened to be north-south.
Therefore, swimming was much more strenuous than usual.
Normally, Qiang Yong's swimming speed would not be worse than Li Zheng's, but today due to the current and strong waves, his physical exertion was much greater than usual.
Where is Li Zheng?
He absolutely possesses physical fitness, his endurance and toughness have been tested in actual combat, and few people can reach his level.
If you don't have enough skills, you have to rely on physical strength.
Due to the tension between the two, he ended up on a draw with Qiang Yong.
Because Hou Jun is a little older and his physical fitness is not at its peak, he is about five or six meters behind the two of them.
Next to him were several other non-commissioned officers from the First Reconnaissance Company. These were unable to compete for first place. As long as the first echelon reached the shore, it was already a victory.
The focus of the audience was on Li Zheng and Qiang Yong.
A Lu Te and a sniper. Before entering the water, no one would have thought that Li Zheng had the strength to compete with a prodigal idiot like Qiang Yong.
But when the team of the first company reached the 2.5-kilometer turnaround point on the sea, everyone suddenly discovered something incredible.
Li Zheng actually caught up with Qiang Yong and swam with him!
The entire battalion was training on the same beach, and you could smell it upwind and downwind.
Lu Te's people swam with the talented people from land and sea and actually managed to survive. This news immediately spread throughout the entire reconnaissance camp.
Not only the soldiers, but also the company commanders and even the battalion commander Shen Xiangdong stopped their training involuntarily and stood directly on the beach to watch the excitement.
Of course, everyone wants to win.
After all, he was Lu Te, and he was still able to play with water as well as the navy. This involved a face issue in the camp, so everyone wanted to see what the result would be.
At this moment, what Li Zheng is fighting for is not personal honor and face. He just doesn't want to lose the face of his old army. He comes here to study. He wants to give a thumbs up when he and Hou Jun are mentioned in the future, saying that the Menghu Brigade's Those two are really good!
Therefore, Li Zheng also tried his best, and it can even be said that he was exhausted from feeding.
Can't lose.
Just can't lose.
Rarely had he been so easy to beat.
Li Zheng's toughness is what troubles Qiang Yong the most.
Once upon a time when he was overtaken by Li Zheng at the turnaround point, Qiang Yong accelerated and threw Li Zheng more than ten meters behind him.
Unexpectedly, Li Zheng quickly caught up with him and found himself side by side again.
So I had no choice but to speed up again.
Dumped Li Zheng again.
After repeating it three times, Qiang Yong suddenly understood something.
Li Zheng has a very terrifying physical ability as a basis, so he uses himself as a reference. In terms of swimming experience, Li Zheng does not have as much experience as himself. Because of this, he does not know how to control the rhythm in the most scientific way, so he uses himself as a reference. As a reference, if I am fast, he is also fast. Anyway, I have solid physical fitness as a foundation and I am not afraid of squandering it.
In fact, Qiang Yong discovered this a little late, and made one wrong step and the next.
Long-distance armed swimming is actually the same as running a ten-kilometer cross-country run. Everyone has their own different rhythms at different stages based on their own circumstances.
Some people don’t compete for the first echelon in the early stages, but work hard in the middle stage and then go all out in the later stage.
Some people work hard from the beginning and run into the first echelon, and then run to the end at a constant speed. They do not work hard or accelerate.
All kinds, all with their own styles.
Qiangyong accelerated three times, breaking his usual rhythm.
In addition, today's sea conditions were a bit bad, which made Qiang Yong enter an unprecedented difficulty.
He found that he had very little energy left and could no longer speed up any more.
Now that he can maintain this speed and reach the finish line, he is already an Amitabha. What he is most worried about is that Li Zheng suddenly exerts force in the last two hundred meters. What should he do?
Chase?
No more energy.
Not chasing?
Then watch Li Zheng take first place.
He couldn't help but glance sideways at Li Zheng.
He found that although Li Zheng's lips were a little purple, his face was not too pale.
This shows that Li Zheng is not at the end of his rope yet.
Due to this tension, Qiang Yong suddenly felt a sharp pain in his calves and soles.
Oops!
Cramped!
