Blood and Sweat Dignity

  Bald instructor Xu Ziqin walked into the murky water pit with a shovel, digging the pit deeper and deeper.

  "Ahhhhh!!!!!!"

  In the polluted water, three people continued to do push-ups, they could only exert their strength to lift their bodies and expose their mouths and noses above the water surface for breathing. The exhausted and hoarse voices echoed in the sky for a long time, entering the ears and hearts of every new recruit, such a wild and shocking scene!

  The remaining new recruits couldn't help but stop their tactical movements and stare blankly at the three people who were shouting. Tears of frustration burst out from their eyes, they too had grievances, but unlike Tang Ao, they didn't have the guts to find Wang Huabiao!

  "Old cheap skin, old cheap skin, what's wrong with you? Doctor, doctor~~!"

  Yuan Li and Hong Yu's voices came from afar, filled with anxiety.

  Tang Ao, who was training on the edge of the field, suddenly sprinted towards the sewage pool. Lin Zijian's pale face had no blood color, his eyes were tightly closed, and Yuan Li Zheng was desperately pressing down on his chest!

  "This isn't suffocation, no need for CPR, you'll kill him like this!" Two battlefield doctors roughly pushed Yuan Li away.

  Tang Ao rushed over, looking at Lin Zijian's unconscious body which was slightly trembling. Enraged, he kicked the two doctors who were examining Lin Zijian: "Get out of here!"

  Two doctors reached out to grab Lin Zijian's wrist again, but were stopped by Yuan Li and Hong Yu. Yuan Li's face twisted in anger, shouting: "Dare to touch my brother again, I'll kill you!"

  For several months, new recruits who were eliminated due to injuries, most of them did not appear again after being diagnosed by these doctors.

  "Get out of the way, let the doctor diagnose him!"

  Bald instructor Xu Ziqin rarely became serious, using an unquestionable tone of voice to command the three.

  Yuan Li and Hong Qian retreated, but Tang Ao, with a stubborn expression, didn't move.

  Xu Ziqin walked up to Tang Ao with a shovel in one hand and placed the other on his shoulder, using force to push him down. At the same time, he tripped and Tang Ao fell to the ground with a thud. "Tang Ao, calm down! Being impulsive will only harm Lin Zijian. Let the doctor diagnose him first!"

  "I don't want it, I don't want you to check!"

  Lin Zijian woke up at some unknown time and refused the doctor's examination in a nearly desperate tone.

  Although he had said more than once that he wanted to leave this place, when the time really came, Lin Zijian was timid. He couldn't bear to part with Tang Ao's teasing, Xiao Pang's cigarette butts, these good brothers, and even the crazy shouts of the instructors who were like devils in a Buddhist hell.

  Two doctors pressed down on Lin Zijian, who was shivering with fear, and began to examine him. After a moment, their faces turned serious as they said: "It's acute appendicitis, he just fainted from the pain. Surgery must be performed immediately! I'm afraid you won't be able to continue training afterwards!"

  "Take it away!"

  Xu Ziqin shook his head slightly with a hint of regret, saying that the new recruits who could hold on till now were all future marshals, what a pity!

  "Who dares to touch Lao Gan's skin? I'll kill him!"

  Tang Ao once again shielded Lin Zijian behind him, baring his teeth and growling at the two doctors, revealing a ferocious appearance like a wild wolf!

  Two doctors were afraid of Tang Ao's ferocity and did not dare to come forward, casting a pleading gaze at Instructor Xu Ziqin, but at this time Xu Ziqin cast an inquiring glance towards Wang Hu on the side of the training field, he wanted to keep Lin Zijian behind!

  Wang Hu looked at Xu Ziqin's inquiry with a gaze that seemed to see nothing, and only shouted in a cold and stern voice: "Get Tang Ao away from me!"

  Xu Ziqin's face flashed a hint of disappointment, but it was only for an instant. He immediately withdrew his inquiring gaze and once again struck out, pinning Tang Ao to the ground with a loud thud!

  Two doctors put Lin Zijian on a stretcher and carried him away, while Yuan Li and Hong Ya were knocked down by Lieutenant Lu with one punch each and could not get up again.

  "Xu dog leg, let me go, let me go!!!"

  No matter how Tang Ao struggled, he couldn't break free from Xu Ziqin's restraints. In the face of absolute power, Tang Ao felt for the first time that he was so vulnerable, and could only watch as Lin Zijian was carried out of the training field!

  "Xiao Ao, Luan Li, Xiao Pang, I'm finally free, free, haha, you guys just continue to struggle here...... hold on, must hold on, don't make me look down on you, don't make me look down on you this bunch of sons, wu wu~~~!"

  Lingzi Sword on the stretcher went crazy with laughter, but that laughter eventually turned into a heartbreaking cry of exhaustion, utterly mad!

  "Keep training, no matter what!"

  "Your ancestors have been rooted here for 18 generations, train, train, train your butt off!"

  Tang Ao furiously roared and suddenly arched his body, terrifyingly exploding with force that sent the unsuspecting Xu Ziqin tumbling to the ground!

  Tang Ao snatched the iron shovel from Xu Ziqin, his eyes red with rage as he charged towards the training equipment. First, he hacked at the long, tangled iron wire mesh that was scattered all over the ground, then he swung the shovel and chopped through the horizontal bar, one by one, destroying each piece of equipment in his path. Finally, unable to contain his fury, he stormed towards the climbing wall that towered several meters high, raised the shovel and struck it against the base with a loud crash, sending bricks flying everywhere as the climbing wall shook and swayed precariously.

  A robust black figure charged towards the extremely destructive Tang Ao, and when he was still several meters away, he flew up and kicked his legs like a steel whip, mixed with a loud roar, landing on the shaky climbing wall: "Boom, rumble rumble ~~!"

  The wall collapsed with a loud crash, and in the smoke, the figure with a strong physique like an iron tower slowly emerged. His eyes were indifferent to everything, his expression was proud and lonely, it was actually Lei Feng!

  "Did I ask for your help?"

  "With one eye you see me helping this trash, I'm just doing what I want to do!"

  The new recruits stared blankly at the two figures in the smoke, their eyes filled with incomprehension and helplessness, but more so with admiration, fervent and crazy admiration!

  "Xu Ziqin, get those two useless soldiers out of here!"

  Wang Hu's voice was no longer cold and emotionless for the first time, replaced by a raging fury!

  Xu Ziqin furrowed his brow and ran to Wang Hu's side, saying in a low voice: "Wang Hu, have you gone mad? There were only a few good seeds among the new recruits, now some are injured, some are eliminated, and with these few left, you're still driving them away?"

  "The selection of soldiers for the first battalion has always been like this. Even if they were recommended by various military districts as top-notch soldiers, it was common to eliminate them all without exception. I drove away a few new recruits with my own hands!"

  "Who did you drive away? That was Lei Feng, you can't drive him away! You should give face to those who deserve it. If you understood human relationships, you would have been a general by now. Don't be stubborn! Driving him away means the end of your military career, my brother!" Xu Ziqin advised with a bitter tone, "Let me handle this matter, if all else fails, I'll personally see them off!"

  The king's face was cloudy and uncertain, finally he could only sigh heavily: "This army is becoming more and more unworthy of my nostalgia... you deal with it!"

  Wang Hu left, and Lieutenant Lü, who was missing an ear, led the new recruits back to eat. The vast training ground was left with only three people.

  "Lei Feng, you go back and have dinner too! Tang Ao, you stay behind!"

  Xu Ziqin did not directly order Lei Feng to go back with a single sentence of reprimand.

  Lei Feng knew that Xu Ziqin was trying to please him, or rather, the people behind him. However, he didn't feel pleased about it and instead stormed off in anger, as if he had been insulted. This was the first time Tang Ao saw this proud man truly angry!

  Lei Feng left, his back was so strong!

  "Everyone knows you don't want to be a soldier, but you were born into a military family, that's your fate!"

  Xu Ziqin withdrew his pitiful and envious gaze from Lei Feng's back, and turned to say warmly to Tang Ao: "Do you know Director Zhang of our armed forces department?"

  "Of course I know!"

  "We enlisted together, later he went local, and I transferred from the Second Cannon to Wang Hu's command. Your father Tang Lao Mian, I also know him, you should still call me uncle!"

  "Really?" Xu Ziqin's words brought the two people closer together.

  "Is there still a fake one! I heard Wang Hu mention why you joined the army and made a vow with others, was it to win dignity?"

  "Yes!"

  "Do you know what kind of person deserves dignity?"

  "Everyone, every single one!" Tang Ao said solemnly.

  "Haha!"

  Xu Ziqin smiled, "Only people who don't understand say things like that. True dignity is for people like Lei Feng, it's for people who make vows with you!"

  "What kind of people are they?"

  "They are people with power, influence and backing! The things they can get with just a flick of their wrist, you and I would have to work hard our whole lives to achieve. To gain dignity, you and I would have to pay a hundred times, a thousand times more in struggle and blood sweat than them, do you understand what I mean?"

  "I get it!"

  "Then consider this: leave here or continue to shed blood and sweat to win dignity? If you want to stay, do something that will make Wang Hu look at you with new eyes!"

  Xu Ziqin left, leaving behind Tang Ao with flashing eyes. The training field that was destroyed by Tang Ao looked even more dilapidated!

  The next day, 4:00 in the morning!

  "Old donkey, you go to the training ground and repair the training equipment that Tang Ao destroyed!"

  In the dormitory of instructors, Wang Hu, who had just gotten out of bed, gave his first order of the day to Instructor Lü, who was still half asleep.

  "Captain Lü's face turned bitter: "Tiger Team, you're kidding me! Other things are easy to say, but that climbing wall that was pushed down by Tang Ao and Lei Feng together is several meters high. Even a real bricklayer would need two or three days to..."!"

  "That's an order!" Wang Hu interrupted Lieutenant Lü's complaints in a cold voice.

  Lieutenant Lü sprang up from bed with a loud noise and shouted while pulling his neck: "Guarantee the completion of the task!"

  When hearing the word 'order', this is the answer every soldier should have!

  Wang Hu, as usual, broke the new recruits' sleep with an emergency assembly call and a cold roar, taking them to the shooting range half a mile away from the training ground, letting the new recruits experience live-fire shooting!

  She struck the edge of the field, because she was worried about Tang Ao and didn't sleep all night, Hong E and Yuan Li, one on the left and one on the right, surrounded Lei Ting: "How did you come back by yourself? Where's Tang Ao?"