Chapter 28: The Assessment Begins

  "Hurry up and line up..."

  "Third row, hurry up..."

  "Second row, hurry up and gather, I'll see who's the last one..."

  Each squad leader began shouting orders for us to speed up.

  After receiving our firearms, we all boarded the military vehicle.

  It's impossible to say that we're not nervous, everyone is extremely nervous in their hearts, and last night the company commander gave us a pep talk.

  I still remember Lian Chang's words "Whether it is a mule or a horse, it will be known by taking it out for a walk."

  Today's assessment mainly consists of three items. The first item is live ammunition shooting, with five bullets per person. Excellence requires a score above 45 rings, and passing requires a score above 35 rings. The second item is hand grenade throwing. The third item is the 5-kilometer light equipment run, where the last person's result is taken. What we call "light equipment" doesn't mean having nothing on us; we still have to carry a rifle on our backs, which is what makes it "light equipment".

  The class leader told us last night that whoever hits 50 full rings can have a week off from evening physical training with everyone else.

  At that time, none of us dared to make a guarantee. This is not something that can be casually boasted about. We were just new recruits, how could we possibly say that we would get a full score and then actually do it?

  When we arrived at another unfamiliar place, we were very nervous. Today's weather was a bit bad, and everyone felt slightly chilled due to the tension.

  After sitting down on the lawn, we started waiting for the assessment personnel sent by the team.

  "I'm so nervous, I've got sweaty palms." I said to Hu Xingwei and Zheng Hao.

  "Haha, nervous, right? Let me tell you, I'm not nervous at all."

  "Hey, if you're not nervous, then why have you gone to the bathroom three times already?" Zheng Hao said with a smile.

  I also followed with a murmur: "Yes."

  "Ah, no, I'm just... nervous, yeah, that's it. I didn't want to take the exam and suddenly thought of going to the bathroom." Hu Xingwei stuttered in response.

  "Alright, alright, if you don't brag, you'll die." I rolled my eyes at him and replied.

  Everyone is nervous, no one wants to be a weak link in the team...

  About 10 minutes later, a military off-road vehicle appeared in our line of sight. Three officers got out of the car, with the highest rank being major and the lowest being captain.

  "A, Xiao Bin, who are these three leaders?" After standing up, Hu Xinnuo nudged me with his shoulder and asked.

  "How was I supposed to know?"

  I irritably replied.

  After the report was finished, we started the first assessment item.

  Still like the first live ammunition shooting last time, starting from a row.

  It was somewhat unexpected that the class leader didn't arrange for us to practice aiming while waiting today.

  Let's relax and have a good fight.

  "I'm telling you, as long as you master the shooting skills, all of you will definitely pass, got it?"

  At this time, Class Five Monitor Zhou spoke to us.

  "I understand."

  Suddenly, we saw the class leader walking towards the assessment team. It seems that the class leader is very familiar with the three assessors.

  "Wu Ban Zhang." Hu Xinkuai shouted to Wu Ban Zhang Zhou Zheng.

  Speak.

  Hu Xingwei pointed to Zhao Zhijie, the class leader in the distance, and asked: "Does our class leader know the head of the assessment team?"

  The fifth squad leader looked at him and nodded, "You are the backbone of our regiment, you don't know that your Zhao ZhiJie is a military model in our regiment. Before he came to our company, Zhao ZhiJie was an old scout."

  I was very surprised when I heard Zhou Zheng introduce our monitor. From the time we enlisted until now, the monitor had never said anything like that to us.

  "Why didn't the squad leader continue serving in the reconnaissance company?" I couldn't help but ask.

  Class Monitor Zhou Zheng shook his head and said: "I don't know, this is also what several of us class monitors want to know."

  "Alright." I nodded and replied, still feeling a bit disappointed in my heart.

  Time flies second by second...

  When we heard the company commander calling out our second squad, we felt even more tense.

  "Don't be nervous, just like yesterday's live firing exercise." Class leader Zhao ZhiJie shouted from behind us.

  The shooting range we came to today is a bit larger than before.

  We are in classes 5 and 6 as the first batch, while classes 7 and 8 are behind us.

  After receiving ammunition, our fifth and sixth classes became fan-shaped and walked towards their respective targets.

  After falling down, I started wanting to calm myself down.

  The class leader once said that the calmer you are, the better your fighting skills will be.

  "Third Brother, take aim, your target is No. 11. If you're unsure, it's better to count again, don't make a mistake."

  After falling asleep, I didn't forget what the class leader arranged for me to remind Hu Xingwei.

  "Good."

  Hu Xingwei nodded and said okay.

  "Commence firing."

  The examiner saw that we were all ready and shouted "good" to us.

  "Bang..."

  It is unknown which comrade fired the first shot.

  Then came "Boom... Boom Boom."

  I adjusted well and also started focusing on shooting.

  After finishing shooting, we thought we could hear our scores, but unexpectedly, we were soon taken away from the shooting position.

  After sitting down, our classes 5 and 6 started to feel anxious.

  "Three knives, didn't miss the target, did you?" I poked Hu Xingyuan's shoulder and asked.

  Hu Xingwei shook his head and said no.

  At this time, we saw the class monitor walking towards us with a piece of paper in his hand, unhurried and calm.

  After coming over to us, the class leader waved the note in his hand and said: "The scores of Class 5 and Class 6 are all in my hands."

  "Monitor, come on and read it out loud for us."

  "Yes, class monitor, read it out loud for us."

  "Go ahead, class monitor."

  Our excited class monitor asked.

  The class monitor smiled and said, "Okay, I'll read it out loud for you."

  Class 5: Xia Zhiyi passed with 38 points... Liu Tao excellent with 47 points... Liu Wei passed with 36 points... XXX... XXX......

  After the monitor finished reading out the scores of Class Five, all the new recruits in Class Five let out a sigh of relief, fortunately no one was unqualified.

  At this time, our class of six began to look forward to the class leader announcing our results.

  The class monitor suddenly smiled at us.

  "Good."

  I secretly thought in my heart.

  Because I know, Class Monitor's smile represents his satisfaction, there must be no unqualified ones.

  If there were any unqualified ones, the class leader would have already spoken up and said: "Get rid of them, get rid of them."

  "Hmm."

  The class monitor cleared his throat and read out to us: "Class 6, Zheng Hao, 44 laps with one lap difference, excellent... Gu Wei Yang, 42 laps, qualified... Kang Yong, 39 laps, qualified..."

  I looked forward with eager expectation at the paper slip in the class monitor's hand, waiting for the announcement of my grades.

  "Hu Xingwei excellent 47 laps..."

  "I knew it, I'm awesome!" Hu Xingwei exclaimed excitedly after the class monitor read out his scores.

  At this time, the class leader smiled at us: "Alright, stop being smug, take a good rest now. After the shooting is over, you still have two more events waiting for you."

  "Yes."

  Everyone in the class knows their scores now, except mine which was not read out by the class monitor.

  I'm somewhat puzzled by this monk's behavior.

  I rolled my eyes and shouted at the class monitor: "Class monitor, class monitor."

  The class monitor turned his head towards me and replied: "Your grades are still unknown, wait for it."

  The class monitor seemed to have dismissed me with just one simple sentence...