Chapter 43: Assessment

  "Everyone... my position on the new book chart is about to disappear... those who have flowers, please send flowers, and those who have votes, please vote for me? If I make it into the top three of the channel's new book chart, I'll erupt for seven consecutive days. Please support me! To those who haven't collected my work, can you spare two minutes to register a 17K account and collect my book? The new book collection chart has already dropped to tenth place, and if it drops one more spot, there won't be any "Together We Were Soldiers" left on the chart. I'm begging everyone..."

  That day, our class monitor gave us a lesson on collective honor that left a deep impression.

  We also made a promise to our monitor, this time in the camp assessment we will definitely not drag down the whole team.

  In the following days, our daily training volume increased again. The movements that we normally trained once, we actively asked to increase the intensity of training.

  On the training ground, every day we can hear our loud slogans.

  The assessment time is getting closer and closer...

  Today, we have another live ammunition shooting exercise.

  In the morning, we were taken to the shooting range.

  We spent the whole day live-firing at the shooting range.

  Every time I fire live ammunition, my left eye gets stuck with a band-aid, which makes me very annoyed.

  "Xiao Bin, you must overcome this difficulty, your left eye can't be closed is a curable disease."

  Lian Chang stood behind me and said.

  "Yes, Colonel."

  At this time Lian was squatting beside me, smiling at me: "You little devil, if you get a perfect score in this assessment, I'll let you be our new company's sniper."

  Good heavens! When Lian Zhang threw out this bait, I was extremely excited and nodded in agreement with Lian Zhang.

  The class monitor next to him also heard what Lianzhang said.

  After Lianzhang walked away, Class Leader walked over to me and said: "Work hard, if you really get a full ring, I'll teach you how to use the sniper rifle ahead of time."

  "Yes, class monitor."

  The class monitor nodded and said to me again, "When you have time, try your best to overcome the obstacle in your left eye. There were people who encountered the same situation as yours before, but they all overcame it by themselves. You should believe in yourself."

  "Yes, class monitor, I must overcome."

  Since then, I have been studying whenever I had time.

  It was also from that day on that I even used band-aids to cover my left eye when I slept.

  Although other comrades in the class saw it during the day, they would all laugh at me.

  But I don't care, as long as it can make my left eye close, I am willing to do whatever.

  Heaven will not disappoint those who are diligent and sincere; I finally succeeded tonight.

  When I excitedly reported to the class leader, the class leader scolded me in a bad mood: "Now you don't need to stick band-aids, if you haven't hit 50 rings, the sniper rifle won't be taught."

  I also made up my mind to hand in a satisfactory answer sheet to both the platoon leader and squad leader.

  Every day, when I'm on sentry duty with the deputy squad leader, I use the time to practice aiming with the Type 95 assault rifle in my hand.

  The deputy class leader saw that I was so hardworking and didn't blame me, but instead took great care of me and taught me the key points and details of shooting.

  I really want to have a sniper rifle.

  Day after day of hard training...

  The day of the assessment has finally arrived.

  On the first day of assessment, after we finished assessing our tactical movements, our scores fell behind those of Red First Company.

  The afternoon's hand grenade throwing assessment left a deep impression on me.

  Today, we finally saw the strength of Lian Zhang's pitching.

  When it was our turn, the company commander took the first shot. When the first training bullet was fired, we were shocked.

  "67 meters..."

  The first shot was thrown on the 67-meter line.

  After three throws, the team leader's highest score was 68 meters.

  The cow is too powerful, and Lian Chang is indeed a company commander.

  It wasn't until later that we found out that Lian Chang used to be the platoon leader of a reconnaissance company, and at that time my squad leader Zhao Zhijie and Chen Feng were old soldiers under his command.

  The class leader of Quanlian performed well, with an average of over 50 meters.

  My grades were also over 50 meters.

  Hu Xinyu and Zhang Yu are a bit worse than me, they are all over 40 meters.

  When it was our turn to queue up for a long throw, we were stunned...

  Our platoon leader has let us down again... At this moment, we all understand our squad leaders...

  Our hand grenade throwing distance was the farthest at 31 meters, just a little bit short of passing...

  Lian Zhang publicly humiliated the entire company in front of everyone and immediately scolded the platoon leader.

  This time the grenade was thrown far and we turned the game around.

  The other companies had already formed up behind our New First Company and Red First Company.

  After all, these are our infantry regiment's specialties.

  The next few subjects of assessment, our new first battalion and red first battalion are still evenly matched, biting each other to the death.

  There is still one more day of assessment tomorrow.

  Tomorrow we will assess the last two items, in the morning is a live ammunition shooting with a rifle, and in the afternoon the last item is a 5km loaded assault, at that time we will carry a weight of 35 kilograms, and also hold a QBZ-95 assault rifle.

  That night, Lian Zhang asked the class leaders to let us have a good sleep and not to have nighttime training, in order to keep our spirits up for tomorrow's assessment.

  That night, we slept particularly soundly.

  The next day at the shooting range, we started the live ammunition shooting assessment.

  Lian Chang is different from us, he not only has to test rifle shooting but also handgun shooting.

  We admire Lian Chang more and more.

  The class leader did not appear in front this time.

  But chose to shoot with me.

  When I lay down, the class leader whispered at the shooting position beside me: "Keep a normal heart, don't rush, aim and shoot, pay attention to breathing."

  "Yes, class monitor." I replied softly to the class monitor.

  "Bang..."

  The monitor shot quickly and fired the first shot in our group.

  I'm trying hard to adjust my mindset.

  After calming down, I started focusing on aiming.

  "I felt the heartbeat sound, I teased my own breathing rhythm, and fired..."

  After the shooting ended.

  The class monitor took me to the registrar's office to inquire about the ring number.

  When I found out that both I and our class monitor were Manchu.

  I and the class monitor were laughing very happily.

  The class monitor patted my head and laughed: "Starting tomorrow, I'll teach you how to use a sniper rifle."

  "Thank you, class monitor."

  This time's shooting assessment, our team's overall score is higher than Red One Company, we finally overtake Red One Company again.

  Lian Zhang told us that this afternoon our company will win over Red First Company as long as we are qualified.

  After lunch at noon, the class leaders gathered us behind the barracks.

  The class leader stood in front of us and said: "This afternoon's five-kilometer load-bearing exercise, the class leader has something to tell you."

  At this time, the class monitor shouted: "Xiao Bin, Hu Xinkui, Zhang Yu."

  Arrived.

  We three responded simultaneously.

  "Alright you three, this afternoon during the assessment, team up with the older soldiers who are physically fit and keep an eye on the new recruits who can't run well." The squad leader assigned us our task.

  "What's the line for?" I asked the class leaders at this time.

  Squad leader Chen Feng replied to us: "The platoon leader handed it over to us squad leaders, and we must carry it to the finish line for him. We can't let him drag our company's hind legs."

  "Yes."

  We should follow the Tao.

  The afternoon was our last assessment project, in Lian Chang's words, it was "the final spasm."

  On the first day of joining the company, the company commander told us that we should have a sense of belonging to the company as our home.

  I suddenly found out that we are becoming more and more like a qualified soldier.

  Soldiers were born for battle.

  Our team has a striking slogan.

  "Train for battle, not for show."

  I now fully understand the meaning of this sentence.

  "Everyone... my position on the new book chart is about to disappear... those who have flowers, please send flowers, and those who have votes, please send votes? If I make it into the top three of the channel's new book chart, I'll erupt for seven consecutive days. Please support me! To those who haven't collected my work, can you spare two minutes to register a 17K account and collect it? The new book collection chart has already dropped to tenth place, and if it drops one more spot, there won't be any "Together We Were Soldiers" left on the chart. I'm begging everyone..."