Chapter 57 (1/2)
In the scorching sun, a group of newly recruited students from the military academy stood upright, listening to the stern instructions of the instructor.
“I know that you come from all corners of the country, and your family is rich or noble. But since you came to the training camp, everything started again. I don’t care what you have achieved before, what kind of family background, in my eyes, You are all newcomers. Here, the only thing that can prove you is through cruel training and assessment to win precious qualified places. Those who are eliminated, immediately leave!”
“Yes!”
“Next, everyone will draw lots.” The instructor took out 26 playing cards and asked everyone to draw one. Everyone talked a lot, and they didn’t know what medicine was sold in the gourd.
Everyone has drawn a poker, but the instructor still has one in his hand. “Who else hasn’t taken it!”
“Wait! There’s me!” At this moment, Xu Xingcheng arrived late. He took his playing cards and wanted to enter the queue. His clothes were just changed and they were not neatly dressed.
He wanted to stand in the queue, but the queue was too neat and there was no place for him, and a strong student in the queue deliberately refused to let him in, which made Xu Xingcheng very embarrassed.
The instructor noticed Xu Xingcheng, stopped talking, walked in front of him, and looked at him coldly. “your name.”
“Report instructor, Xu Xingcheng!”
“Do you know that ten minutes have passed since the assembly time?”
“I know! I’m sorry, instructor!” Xu Xingcheng is accustomed to everyday life, and it is the first time he has experienced this kind of collective life. He couldn’t pull his face to squeeze, silently waiting for everyone to wash before going to the tap at the end.
“I don’t need to listen to your apology! Do you know that ten minutes is enough time for the Japanese to blow you ten back and forth!” Since the Fengtian Incident, the Kwantung Army quickly occupied the northeast. The anti-Japanese sentiment in the army is unprecedentedly high, especially the principle of “non-resistance” promulgated by the chief officer, which makes these iron-boned soldiers feel aggrieved. Seeing that the Kwantung Army was encroaching on China’s land inch by inch, they all wanted to go to the battlefield to tear down the bones of the little devils and eat their meat.
No one likes war, but Chinese soldiers should not be afraid of war.
“Practitioner Xu Xingcheng was late for the first exercise and was fined to run 10 laps!”
“Yes!” Xu Xingcheng went out to prepare to run the lap, but the instructor said again. “My request hasn’t been finished yet. I run with a load and carry two fifty-jin sandbags to run 10 laps.”
The other students were shocked as well. Each hand carries a fifty catty sandbag, how can it run.
“What?” Xu Xingcheng dragged two sandbags, struggling to walk, with a very embarrassed expression on his face.
“The first penalty run, I don’t specify your time. As long as you can finish the run with a heavy load, it’s OK. If you don’t want to be punished, you can go back wherever you come from. The door of the military academy is always open. Look at you With thin arms and legs, he looks like a pampered son, it is impossible to pass our assessment, so why not just give up!”
Among the students, that Zhuang student took the lead to laugh at Xu Xingcheng.
Xu Xingcheng looked at the gate, then the instructor, and the students. He gritted his teeth and carried a sandbag on his left and right shoulders and ran with difficulty.
Back in the dormitory, Xu Xingcheng felt that his hands and feet were not his own. He didn’t want to eat the meal, dragging his tired body, and walked to his bed.
When I walked to the bed, I tripped over the strong student who deliberately stretched his feet and fell face to the ground. Xu Xingcheng’s aching body was even more uncomfortable, even getting up.
Upon seeing this, the Zhuang student laughed. “Your name is Xu Xingcheng, right? Remember, I’m Huang Kui, the son of Commander Huang Zhizhong of Fengtian Military Region. On the first day of today, you dragged all of us back, causing everyone to accompany you in the sun. Don’t go with me when you are in a group. Otherwise, I will make you unable to eat. I advise you to give up. This place is not for you.”
“Oh? Huang Junchang? That is the commander Huang Zhizhong who surrendered without a fight and handed over the entire Fengtian to the Japanese.” Although Xu Xingcheng could not climb up, he was not forgiving. Many students around were laughing.
Huang Kui was furious, and gathered a group of students he had just met and punched and kicked Xu Xingcheng.
Xu Xingcheng couldn’t dodge, and he really didn’t have the strength to hide. He just hugged his head and let them vent. Finally, he fell to the ground with a bruised nose and a swollen face.
When Huang Kui stopped, he found a picture of a woman dropped from Xu Xingcheng’s military uniform pocket. Xu Xingcheng saw it too, and hurriedly stretched out his hand to pick it up, but was taken one step ahead by the Zhuang student and looked closely.
“give me back!”
“It’s an actor, so you guys are so good. This little girl is not bad, is it your girlfriend?”
“Keep your mouth clean! She… used to be…”
“Once? Your kid is really a kind of love, and you keep taking pictures of your ex-girlfriend with you. If you want me to say, this little girl doesn’t know which man she has sex with now. Bitch is ruthless, actor Wuyi, haven’t you heard of it?”
“Shut up!” Xu Xingcheng didn’t know where his strength was. He got up and grabbed the photo, pushing Huang Kui staggering.
“Smelly boy! Do you dare to do something to me?” Huang Kui rushed forward and wanted to fight, but the instructor suddenly opened the door of the dormitory.
Huang Kui and the other students gave up and returned to their respective positions.
“What’s the noise? Haven’t you been fined enough today?” The instructor came to Xu Xingcheng, seeing that Xu Xingcheng had been beaten with a bruised nose and broken glasses. “Xu Xingcheng, who hit you?”
Huang Kui gave Xu Xingcheng a fierce look. Xu Xingcheng hesitated. “Report instructor, I accidentally fell.”
“Are you sure you fell down accidentally?”
Xu Xingcheng looked around with hostile eyes. “Yes, I’m sure.”
If he speaks out now, they will remember a big mistake at best, but he will be even more sad for the next three months.
“Well, then, walk carefully. You must know that fighting in the army is a matter of severe punishment!” The instructor looked around harshly and left.
Xu Xingcheng took the photo back to his bed and saw Huang Kui arrogantly cut his throat. Xu Xingcheng was upset, turned his head and ignored him. Instead, he picked up the picture of Tianying he was protecting and looked at it, as if he had forgotten the pain in an instant.
For the next period of time, he was not at peace.
In the bathroom, Xu Xingcheng, who was washing, was surrounded by Huang Kui and a few other students, pressed into the pool filled with water, struggling for a long time, and almost suffocated.
In the mud, the students crawled forward, Huang Kui took the lead and kicked Xu Xingcheng’s face in the mud, leaving him in the last place.
In the canteen, Xu Xingcheng was always cut in for food. He finally had the meal, but there was no seat, so he could only bite the bullet and sit opposite Huang Kui. Huang Kui put all the meat on Xu Xingcheng’s plate into his own bowl, and spit on Xu Xingcheng’s plate. Xu Xingcheng looked at it, feeling nauseous, dropped his dinner plate, and continued to participate in the afternoon training hungry.
In the obstacle course, Huang Kui deliberately mistreated Xu Xingcheng in embarrassment when he jumped the obstacle. He sprained his ankle, and there was a heartache.
On the shooting range, Huang Kui scored a high score, but Xu Xingcheng’s gun missed the target.
Faced with this series of mistakes, the instructor frequently shook his head at Xu Xingcheng’s performance.
Two months passed, the instructor stood on the playground, and the students stood in line in front of him.
“After a round of basic project training, everyone must have warmed up. Then our training will also enter the main topic. You have issued your poker cards before, take them out!”
The students pulled out their playing cards one after another, still confused, Xu Xingcheng saw that he was holding the king of spades.
“You may not understand the meaning of the playing cards at the beginning. I will explain to you now that there are 26 students in this officer training class, but in the end, only half of the students can pass the assessment successfully!”
“Ah? Why is the elimination rate so high?”
“Yes, this is too cruel, right?”