Chapter 55: Scout Selection (Part 2)

  "Brothers, I'm afraid I won't be able to hold on with everyone until the end." Old soldier Xia said with a forced smile.

  "Platoon vice captain, don't say that, you'll definitely be fine." I hurriedly comforted the old soldier.

  Old soldier Liu Xing rolled up his pant legs and we were all stunned.

  His feet have swollen like pig trotters.

  At this moment, we all know that he really can't continue participating in the selection with us anymore.

  "Xiaxia, you... your legs can't withstand intense exercise anymore." said veteran Liu Xing.

  The old soldier nodded with a hint of a smile and said to us: "I know, alright, don't worry about me, hurry up and go, there are only 60 spots available."

  At this time, the reconnaissance squad leader came over to us, took a look and said: "You guys hurry up and leave, I've got this place covered."

  We nodded and reluctantly ran forward, with the voice of Old Soldier Xia Tian shouting from behind: "Add oil, new first company."

  We took a glance back and continued to dash forward with all our might.

  Just as we had run nearly two kilometers, another old soldier stopped in his tracks.

  "What's wrong?"

  We stopped in our tracks.

  Old soldier Zhang Yue said to us: "You run your own, I can't run anymore, running will cramp."

  "Is it the foot or the thigh?" asked veteran Liu Xing.

  "My thighs, calves and legs are all cramping up, Liu Xin, you lead the brothers to run ahead, I'll walk for a bit, then I'll catch up with you guys at the finish line." Old soldier Zhang Yue said to old soldier Liu Xin.

  Old soldier Liu Xing nodded and shouted at us: "Let's go, quickly."

  We ran a few steps and turned back to look at Old Zhang Yue, feeling somewhat reluctant to part with him.

  I know, we're going to lose another good general again.

  Until we couldn't see Old Zhang Yue anymore, we started running forward with all our might.

  When we arrived at the finish line, Class Monitor Chen Feng stuck a number plate on our chest.

  After this subject, our new platoon was left with only 6 people, and there were only three new recruits and three old soldiers.

  Veteran Zhang Yue has left our team.

  After a brief rest.

  We sixty people in this subject gathered in front, and eleven eliminated comrades stood behind our team.

  In front of us were many dishes of delicious food.

  "Xiao Bin, isn't the team leader being too stingy? With so many of us, just over 10 dishes are not enough to eat." Hu Xingwei next to me complained.

  I irritably replied to him: "It's already good that there is this much, who knows if we can even eat our fill."

  In fact, as I said, we really can't eat well, and Hu Xingwei blamed me for being a jinx.

  These delicious dishes were prepared for the eleven eliminated comrades, and the company commander also said that if you want to eat those dishes, you can hand over your armband and enjoy them with the eliminated comrades.

  And we...

  Lian Chang let the class leaders give each of us who passed this selection a 200-meter dash and a bottle of mineral water for field cooking.

  Hu Xingwei couldn't help but frequently glance at the dishes on the table.

  I nudged Hu Xinyin with my shoulder and reminded him, "Third Blade, don't be foolish. After the selection is over, we can eat as much of these dishes as we want."

  Hú Xīn Kuài listened and smiled at me with a smirk: "Little guy, of course I know. Old Hu is enjoying this spiritually, you don't understand."

  I glared at him with annoyance several times.

  After disbanding, we reorganized into a new group of six people and started dividing up tasks.

  We picked up firewood, dug a hole, put the firewood in the hole and lit it, then used wooden sticks to hold the combat ration box over the hole and started cooking.

  At this time, I noticed that the 11 eliminated comrades were eating delicious dishes, but from their facial expressions, we can see that they would rather eat plain rice with us than sit here.

  The selection is cruel, just as Lian Chang said, this time he has no sympathy.

  When we thought it was about time, we opened our combat meal boxes and out came the aroma of rice.

  At this time of hunger, we can't afford to care about whether there's a dish to go with our rice.

  As long as there's food.

  Breaking off branches as chopsticks, we started eating the white rice in the boxed meal.

  Fragrant.

  Delicious.

  At this time, we all feel that white rice is so delicious, and in a few mouthfuls, we will finish the white rice in the boxed meal. It's even unnecessary to wash the boxed meal because it's been eaten too clean.

  After lunch, we were arranged to go to the camp tent for a simple rest.

  About an hour.

  Emergency assembly whistle sounded.

  We gathered together.

  We were taken to a field.

  This paddy field has no seedlings, only mud.

  Just then, all the class leaders came over carrying several buckets of water.

  The class monitors poured all the water into the fields.

  Mud and water blended together, becoming very thin and watery.

  Let's all stand in the fields together for a long time.

  After we all stood in the field, we found that villagers kept coming towards us one after another.

  With these villagers watching, we felt even more excited.

  Lian Chang shouted at us: "This time the subject of selection is called Mud Pond Reversal."

  Before Lian Chang announced it, we had already guessed that it would be a reversal of fortune.

  "Alright, everyone listen up, get ready for the countdown." The company commander shouted at us through a loudspeaker.

  We shouted loudly and made a preparatory pose for the backflip.

  "About turn." The company commander gave the order.

  "Fall down."

  We let out a loud shout and fell backwards.

  After resuming the preparatory stance, the instructor shouted again; "Side fall."

  "Fall down."

  We shouted loudly and fell back once again.

  Time and time again, he fell to the ground.

  We're all covered in mud and water, every time we fall down, we have to get up quickly.

  Once, twice, ten times.

  Time and time again, I fall down, just to stand up even more firmly.

  One minute, ten minutes, thirty minutes, every second is consuming our physical strength.

  We thought of success, we thought of failure, but we never thought of giving up.

  "There's no way."

  Someone in the team shouted at us, we are all muddy men and can't tell who is who.

  We all shouted: "No."

  At this time, Lian Chang used a loudspeaker to shout at us: "Are you all right?"

  Without hesitation, we shouted: "Let's go."

  This time the mud pit was particularly difficult, especially when it came to getting out after falling in. Once you fell in, your feet would sink into the mud, and at first, you could easily pull them out, but later on, it became increasingly laborious.

  It wasn't until Commander Lian announced that this subject was over that we realized we had been fighting in the fields for almost two hours.

  After we walked out of the fields, we all rushed to the small stream on the opposite side, took off our tops, lay in the water and enjoyed ourselves. We had long forgotten about the cold and the fatigue.

  After each of us walked out of the water, Lao Zhang let us return to the tent to change into clean camouflage uniforms.

  When we came out again, the class leaders had already lit a huge bonfire for us.

  We all gathered around the bonfire to warm ourselves up.