Chapter 32 We Have A Good Team

  The short five-day New Year's holiday has passed like this.

  In these five days, we had a lot of fun.

  Even meals have changed, more abundant than usual.

  The deepest impression on me in these five days was watching the Spring Festival Gala, and at that time, the TV played a sketch called "I'm Proud" which left a deep impression on us new recruits.

  Especially the two security guards' "at ease, attention" made us laugh, their at ease when standing at attention and taking a step forward was the best comedic moment, we all know that at ease and attention are in place.

  And then there's that phrase "I'm proud" which was very popular in our new recruit squad, most people would imitate the tone to learn it.

  On the sixth day of the first month, Lian Chang assembled us in the team training ground.

  Lian Chang said to us: "Today is the sixth day of the New Year, and the holiday has basically passed. I hope everyone will continue to train well from today on, can you comrades do it?"

  "We can." We answered loudly to the company commander's question.

  "In another week, the whole new recruits will be organized to throw a hand grenade, of course, this time it won't be a training bomb, but a real one."

  When Lianchang announced this news, we were all very surprised and I was also very excited. Finally, there is a chance to really throw it.

  In the following days, the class leader began to train us crazily.

  Come as you are.

  Every day at 5:00 in the morning, the class leader would wake us up on time and personally take us for a 5-kilometer run.

  Wow, with the class leader leading in person, it's a whole different story.

  The night before, several old soldiers from the old soldier company carried a box of things to our class under the arrangement of the monitor.

  When we saw what was in the box, we were all tongue-tied. Goodness gracious, a whole box full of lead blocks in little jackets.

  Every morning, all new recruits have to wear this little armor and run five kilometers.

  It's tough, too tough, wearing this little jacket while running is really exhausting.

  Dissatisfaction is always there, but we still have to accept this reality obediently.

  That afternoon, all of us new recruits ran to the cooking class.

  Because today is new soldier Zhang Lei's last day of chopping firewood, we all want to see how he chops the firewood.

  Good grief, that axe is terrifying.

  One hand can't lift it up at all, and with two hands, it's still a bit difficult to lift.

  It wasn't until the cook's explanation that we learned the inventor of this training method was a retired cook.

  At that time, the cook team leader was not reconciled to facing the stove every day. Later, during an outing, he found someone to custom-make this 20-kilogram axe.

  After having the axe, every day a comrade from the cooking class would be arranged to chop firewood in rotation, and must use this axe to chop firewood, which can guarantee the food of the company and exercise the cook's body.

  Watching Zhang Lei struggling to hold up his axe, we all wanted to give it a try.

  Hu Xinyin was the first one who wanted to try it.

  He laboriously raised his axe and brought it down with a thud on the neatly arranged firewood.

  My god, this guy is indeed Hu San Dao! And I must say, his axe skills are much better than Zhang Wei's.

  I also wanted to try it out very much, after he tried it out, I excitedly ran up front.

  My right hand grasped the end and my left hand grasped the front section, I raised the axe.

  Facing the firewood, Ah Dong also made a sound.

  Huh? Why didn't I have it as tough as they did?

  Instead, it's somewhat relaxing.

  Other comrades were also surprised.

  Later on, I thought about it and realized that it was all thanks to our class monitor. Every day, the class monitor would tell me to go to the back hill to pick up bullets.

  The power in my hand has increased several times.

  It seems these days of practice were not in vain.

  The training methods of the class leader are also more and more admired by everyone.

  This afternoon after training ended, our class monitor called us one by one to the barber shop.

  The class monitor gave us haircuts personally.

  When it was my turn, I smiled and said to the class monitor: "Class monitor, can you give me a haircut with some personality?"

  The class monitor stood behind me and looked at me in the mirror before responding, "No way, you're too ugly to pull off a stylish haircut."

  "My god, the class monitor is so mean! I'm clearly not bad-looking, but he's intentionally saying this about me. He must be jealous that I'm better-looking than him."

  The class monitor laughed loudly and said to me: "Although you are ugly, I can use hairstyles to cover up your image."

  It's really speechless, the class monitor went around in circles, just wanting to say that his haircutting skills are awesome.

  "Alright, I really want to tell the class monitor: 'Class monitor, you're definitely awesome because you always hover between being a cow A and a cow C, you must be very conflicted.'"

  But I don't dare say it, if I say it and the class leader is unhappy, then I'm done for. Who knows what even more perverted training is waiting for me.

  As it turns out, the class monitor's haircutting skills are really great. Looking at my new hairstyle in the mirror, I'm delighted.

  The class monitor gave me a crew cut, with the top pointed sharply. Although it's very short, it indeed looks much better than my previous hairstyle, which looked like that of a prisoner in a labor camp.

  Tonight, we didn't organize physical training as usual, but sat on the bench in the room.

  The class monitor sat in front of us, facing us.

  Because Lian Chang said, tonight each class's monitor will organize us to have a class meeting.

  The class leader sat in front of us and smiled: "We don't have a formal class meeting either, just casually check in, let's just consider it a chat."

  "Yes." We replied.

  The monitor continued to say to us: "During this period, I think you all know that each of you has made progress. Today, the monitor wants to tell you that the troops are like a big melting pot, and you are like a piece of iron. Whether or not you can become good steel depends on your own efforts, it's not just relying on the monitor. You need to work hard to temper yourself into fine steel."

  "Yes, class monitor." We shouted again.

  "Of course, I don't want anyone to fail to become good steel and end up as iron slag."

  "Monitor, we will definitely not let you down, we will practice hard."

  "Yes, class leader, we will definitely train hard."

  The monitor's words were very inspiring to us.

  "The army is a big melting pot, coming in as iron and going out as steel."

  We must remember this sentence in our hearts.

  What the monitor said is very right, only after being tempered a hundred times can one be honed into a good soldier.

  That time's class meeting, I think it was very necessary.

  The monitor told us many heroic deeds of some troops.

  But the monitor didn't mention his own heroic deeds, and we won't expose him either. Maybe the monitor is still not satisfied with his performance.

  The class monitor chatted and joked with us like an elder brother.

  It's just our class 6 that occasionally bursts into laughter.

  At this time, I feel even more that being able to come to the class of the class leader is such an honor and such good fortune.

  The class leader is very strict with our training standards every day, but has never made us feel like we don't want to train.

  The deputy class leader told us that the only way we can repay the class leader is with outstanding training results.