Chapter 76: A Beautiful Day, Company Commander’s New Tricks!
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
“Revolutionary soldiers, remember…”
Under the night sky, mosquitoes buzzed around the streetlights on the sports field. Hundreds of people stood in a large circle on the field.
After the news review, the company had a five-minute break before being gathered here again.
The “happy party” the company commander mentioned was, in fact, a singing session.
The company commander led the singing, with the squad leaders singing each line loudly. The recruits followed suit.
After learning each song once, they would sing it directly. After singing it twice, they would move on to the next song.
One song after another. By the time it was 9 o’clock, Wang Ye felt his throat becoming sore.
He couldn’t help but complain. What kind of party was this? He just wanted it to end.
Everyone sang with full force, not caring about being off-key, only striving for the loudest voice. It was harsh on their throats.
Fortunately, the party, which was anything but happy for the recruits, finally came to an end after 9 o’clock.
“Now, everyone, write from memory. You can hum as you write, but no whispering!” Ye Sanshi sat on a bench in the dormitory. Wang Ye’s bed became their makeshift desk.
Strictly speaking, apart from the class monitor’s bed, all the other lower bunks in Class Five were the same.
They formed a group, sitting on a small bench, writing down the lyrics they had learned tonight.
They had to memorize all the songs taught to them.
Everyone thought the so-called happy party was over, but the pain hadn’t ended.
However, nobody expected the pain to continue.
“Brother Wang… How do I write the Chinese character for ‘seized’? Is it like this?” Qin Li whispered suddenly.
Wang Ye glanced at the notebook he held up.
Heaven help them. The character he wrote for ‘seized’ was actually the character for ‘hand.’
“Close enough. If it doesn’t work, just use Pinyin!” Wang Ye whispered back, offering an alternative.
He glanced at Qin Li and noticed two or three typos.
For example, he wrote ‘prison’ as ‘labor.’
Wang Ye wondered what Qin Li had been doing when he was studying…
“Okay then!” Qin Li replied softly and resumed writing, determined to make it right.
He didn’t dare say much. Even though they were sitting close and speaking softly, if Ye Sanshi found out, he would scold them or punish them…
Half an hour quickly passed, and the evening roll call began.
After a three-kilometer run, the sounds of class leaders’ scolding echoed through the dormitories.
“Do you have the brain of a pig?”
“You idiot! I want to crack open your skull and see where your brain went. What kind of memory writing is this…”
“I won’t even mention your typos. I can tolerate mispronunciation, but you even mess up the lyrics. Do a hundred push-ups!”
These sounds could be heard in all the dormitories that night, including Class Five.
It was time to wash up. But wait, some recruits were still doing push-ups on the floor, even with the lights off.
• •
“Another beautiful day!” Wu Jianfeng stood on the dormitory stairs, smiling at the recruits gathered before him.
In the line, Wang Ye wanted to ask him how he determined it was a beautiful day. It was only 6 a.m., and the sky was still dark.
“You entered the camp on the night of December 4th, and training began on December 5th. Today is December 14th, not counting the night you entered. I believe you all have passed the novice adaptation period. Now, we need to speed up our progress!”
“This can’t be good!” someone murmured softly from behind.
Wang Ye didn’t turn his head, nor could he. But he suspected it was probably a recruit from the sixth squad behind him. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have heard the muttering.
He couldn’t reply, nor could he say anything. But in his heart, he agreed with the sentiment.
If Wu Jianfeng said this, it meant he had something new in store, and his new tactics would undoubtedly make everyone uncomfortable.
“I’ll introduce some new tactics today as we welcome a new week!” Wu Jianfeng said with a smile. He then pointed in the direction of the training ground.
“Without pressure, there is no motivation. That’s what I believe, and it’s my motto. So this morning, we will continue the three-kilometer run, just like last week’s physical fitness assessment.”
He paused, his expression growing serious.
“But this time, it won’t be the usual formation. I’m going to select a few individuals!”
At that moment, Wu Jianfeng’s smile took on a devilish quality.
“The last five people in the entire company will go without breakfast. I know many of you weren’t in the habit of eating breakfast before joining the army, so you might as well save food now.”
His expression turned stern.
“The instructor and I will also participate later. Let’s run together. If you have what it takes, make sure the instructor and I go without breakfast. If you can’t, then save your own breakfast. The army doesn’t tolerate mediocrity. Now, everyone, turn left…”
This time, Wu Jianfeng didn’t even delegate the command to the duty platoon leader. He gave the command himself and joined the instructor after speaking. Leading the way, they jogged toward the training ground.
“It’s over. I feel like I’m going to die!” Song Yuejin sat helplessly on the track after completing the run.
Qin Li, sitting nearby, also glanced nervously at the recruits from the other classes who performed poorly in last week’s assessment.
Among Class Five, the two of them struggled the most with the three-kilometer run.
“Run as fast as you can. Let me tell you, the company commander won’t go easy on you,” Ye Sanshi scolded in a low voice.
These words made Song Yuejin feel even more uneasy.
But in the end, he took a deep breath and determinedly said, “Class monitor, don’t worry. I’ll give it my all!”
Wang Ye heard this but didn’t know what to say.
In these situations, they could only rely on themselves. No one else could help, even if they wanted to.
“Ready…” Wu Jianfeng shouted from the front.
In an instant, over a hundred people on the track stood at attention, ready to run.
“Run!”
With that command, the entire company started running.
Wang Ye noticed that the instructor was doing fine, running in the middle of the main group. But the company commander ran at an incredible speed and remained at the front. Even Wan Baojiang and the others couldn’t surpass him.
However, perhaps due to him being the company commander, they didn’t dare to surpass him…
This continued for half a lap.
Then, Wang Ye saw the commander turn around and say something.
After that, one by one, the ten or so people behind him started surpassing the company commander.
Gritting his teeth, Wang Ye also accelerated his pace. He wanted to surpass the captain too. This guy had been too unbearable lately.
He couldn’t scold him, let alone hit him. But now that they had the chance to run together, Wang Ye wanted to surpass him and finish the race first. It was a way to prove himself.
Although it went against his mature mindset, after being reborn, Wang Ye was still young.
The word “youth” flowed in his veins.