Hearing the sound of orderly footsteps behind him, Li Ling stopped in surprise and turned around to see that all the recruits from the first platoon were running over.
"What are you waiting for? Let's go!" Chen Xiwa called out with a smile when he saw Li Ling stop, then walked past him and continued running forward.
At that moment, a smile bloomed on Li Ling's face, and a feeling of emotion rose in his heart. This feeling of sharing joys and sorrows with his comrades was truly wonderful.
"That damn mountain gun, wait until I get out of the company, and you'll see if I don't mess with him."
On the track, Chen Xiwa moved forward at a steady pace while muttering to himself.
Li Ling glanced at him speechlessly and said, "Is that all you've got? Just wait! I'll definitely give you a good beating when I get the chance."
Chen Xiwa turned her head in surprise and looked at Li Ling, asking, "How could you have a chance in basic training? We haven't even been promoted yet, and we could be sent back to civilian life at any time."
Li Ling chuckled mysteriously and said, "Just you wait and see! Isn't there a live-fire target practice test next week? I'll not only find a way to crush him, but I'll also make him suffer in silence, leaving him with no outlet for his anger."
Xiwa got excited and said, "Okay, if you can really do that, the military camp canteen will have all the beef hot pot you want on weekends, it's on me."
"You said it!"
"I said it."
"ah……"
"Charge!"
The runway was filled with the joyful shouts of the new recruits, and in the distance, the veteran observing everyone through binoculars also wore a knowing smile.
...
After the first platoon of new recruits finished running five kilometers, a torrential downpour suddenly began. It was well past lunchtime and the sky was completely dark, but the veteran soldiers were clearly not going to let the new recruits off so easily.
The reason is simple: they disobeyed his orders.
His order was for Li Ling to run alone while the others were dismissed and ready to eat, but the recruits all went to run with Li Ling.
By the time they returned, they had all missed mealtime.
Since you guys don't want to eat and want to share the hardships with your brothers, fine! Let's all go hungry together!
At the entrance of the canteen, all the new recruits were using their multi-functional lunchboxes to catch the rain. They were hungry and cold, and their bodies were almost stiff, but there was nothing they could do. The veterans were getting soaked with them too!
"Pour out the water from your hands," the veteran soldier ordered calmly, seeing that the recruits' mess boxes were already full of rainwater.
The recruits were frozen stiff and didn't react for a moment.
Seeing that no one moved, the veteran shouted, "Down!"
"Splash!"
The recruits realized what was happening, and although they were helpless, they could only turn their lunchboxes over, empty the water, and start filling them again.
The old man shouted, "Let me tell you, what you'll be drenched on the battlefield isn't this rain, but a rain of bullets and shells. We'll eat when our mess boxes are full."
After saying that, he turned and left.
“He’s a complete tyrant!” Chen Xiwa said, her voice trembling slightly.
Li Ling smiled bitterly to himself upon hearing this. This is a tyrant? That's because you haven't seen a real tyrant yet. Once you get to know Old Gao, you'll find that what this old punk is doing is child's play.
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Chapter 29 Never Bow Down
"My mother... if my mother knew I couldn't even get food, she would cry so much... Waaah..."
Chen Xiwa cried. He was starving and freezing, and he didn't know when this would end. Overwhelmed with grief, he cried more and more bitterly.
"I can't take it anymore, I really can't take it anymore, waaaaah..."
"I don't want to be a soldier anymore..."
"..."
With Chen Xiwa taking the lead, all the new recruits in the first platoon, except for Li Ling, started crying one after another.
Not far from the mess hall was the reconnaissance company headquarters. Company Commander Miao was observing the new recruits of the first platoon through binoculars. When he noticed that Li Ling wasn't crying, he couldn't help but smile.
"Report!" Chen Guotao, the platoon leader of the Night Tiger Reconnaissance Company, walked into the company headquarters and handed Miao Lian a booklet: "Company Commander, this is the training plan for the first platoon."
"Put it on my desk, hehe."
"yes."
After putting down the training plan, Chen Guotao walked curiously to the window. When he figured out what Miao Lian was doing, he said helplessly, "I say, you really have a lot of free time. What's so interesting about a new recruit crying?"
"Hehe, one soldier didn't cry."
Chen Guotao looked closely and immediately understood Miao Lian's thoughts. "Company Commander, you've taken a fancy to that troublemaker?"
Miao Lian said with a smile, "A troublemaker, if properly trained, can become a sharp and effective weapon!"
Chen Guotao chuckled and shook his head, saying, "They're absolutely right. You're just a soldier fanatic."
At the canteen entrance, Li Ling was annoyed by his comrade's crying and couldn't help but turn around and shout, "Stop crying! What's the use of crying? We're already in this state, and that hillbilly will look down on us!"
Then he added, “Crying means acknowledging the bear, crying means that the hillbilly was right, we are not bear people, and we don’t acknowledge this bear. If we’re going to acknowledge someone, we’ll acknowledge the hero!”
"I wrote a song for my brothers, and I'll sing it to you. Once you've learned it, we can sing it together from now on."
Li Ling took a deep breath and roared, "A man of iron stands tall and straight, we have no tears, only life itself. We charge towards victory, traversing eight hundred miles of mountains and rivers..."