Chapter 54: Rain Flower Platform

  A week later, after completing their political studies, all the new recruits were taken to the headquarters of the Central Military Academy's Training Division - Nanjing Yuhuatai!

  On the training ground specially prepared for them by the Training General Headquarters at Rain Flower Pavilion, Zhang Lieyang smiled and looked at all the new recruits, saying: "I hope you all think carefully, from now on I will not treat you as human beings during training! Only in this way can I change your original bad habits! Now I announce your training plan: '1. Every morning, fully armed, run 20 laps around the playground before breakfast! 2. After breakfast, hand-to-hand combat training, and after hand-to-hand combat training, lunch! 3. After lunch, rest for an hour and a half, then shooting training, and after shooting training, dinner! 4. After dinner, summarize the day's training! 5. I will have random emergency assemblies, the time for emergency assembly is one minute, if there are less than ten people who exceed the time limit, those ten people will run 20 laps around the playground, and if there are more than ten people, everyone will run 20 laps!"

  After Zhang Lieyang finished speaking, he looked at all the new students and said: "I will train with you during your training!" After saying that, Zhang Lieyang looked at his watch and continued to say: "Now everyone go down to tidy up their quarters, and start live ammunition training after lunch!"

  In the shooting range in the afternoon, Zhang Lieyang held a Type 99 rifle and said to all the new recruits: "Now I will introduce you to the weapons in your hands!" After a while, Zhang Lieyang finished introducing and said to the new recruits: "Do you see the targets in front of you? On the battlefield, only hitting the yellow five-pointed star on the ghost's hat can penetrate the ghost's steel helmet. I require you to hit the ghost's heart at any time!" As he spoke, Zhang Lieyang casually fired a shot and hit the center of the steel helmet far away.

  Watching Zhang Lieyang's incredible marksmanship, all the new recruits on site were in awe. Next, Zhang Lieyang corrected their gun-holding postures one by one and had them hold their guns in place.

  After a gun in the afternoon, new recruits returned to their dormitories with waist and back pain. After a short rest, new recruits came to the cafeteria to eat and then returned to their dormitories to summarize today's half-day training.

  In the middle of the night, when all new students were asleep, the emergency assembly whistle sounded. After waiting for half a day on the playground, Zhang Lieyang led the law enforcement team to every room and dragged out all the new students from their beds. Looking at the half-asleep new students, Zhang Lieyang smiled and said: "Congratulations, you all didn't come out for the first emergency assembly." Then Zhang Lieyang let the law enforcement team use fire hoses to wake them up a bit before continuing: "Each of you has a sandbag of the same weight in front of you, now tie it to your body and run 20 laps around the playground!"

  All the new students had no choice but to follow Zhang Lieyang and start running. One lap, two laps, three laps... After the tenth lap, people started falling down one by one. When Zhang Lieyang finished his twentieth lap, he looked around and saw that only three people had completed the entire course with him.

  Zhang Lieyang looked at the new recruits who were lying on the ground in a mess and laughed, saying: "With you guys looking like this, how are you going to lead troops?!" Zhang Lieyang then had the law enforcement team take them to the bathroom to relax with hot water.

  It wasn't until three days later that all the new students finally caught their breath. At the same time, Zhang Lieyang also gained the nickname "Devil Instructor".

  On the martial arts field, Zhang Lieyang held a wooden gun and said to all new students: "If any of you can win against me, then whoever wins doesn't have to participate in this subject's training!"

  Upon hearing Zhang Lieyang's words, three people walked out, one of whom said: "The three of us want to have a competition with you!"

  "Alright!" With that, Zhang Lieyang and the three of them arrived at the center of the arena. The three men held wooden spears and surrounded Zhang Lieyang, constantly rotating around him. Zhang Lieyang stood firmly on the spot, holding a wooden spear and laughing as he looked at them. "I'm coming!" He said, and with one swing of his spear, he knocked down the person to his left. With a reverse grip, he used a backhand spear thrust to take down another one. The third person, seeing his companions being struck down by Zhang Lieyang, hastily charged towards him. Zhang Lieyang turned around and with a swift and fierce thrust, knocked the man to the ground.

  Looking at the three people lying on the ground, Zhang Lieyang said bluntly: "You three have such abilities and still want to fight against the little devils in the future? You're still too tender!" At this time, the three men appeared in front of Zhang Lieyang, one of whom said: "We are from the instructional team. We saw that you have great skills and we'd like to learn from you!"

  "Alright! I'd like to see what the coaching team is capable of!" Zhang Lieyang said, tossing the wooden gun in his hand to that person. He himself casually picked up a wooden gun from the ground with his foot and said: "Let's start!" As he spoke, Zhang Lieyang quickly entered the state he was in when he was fighting in Shanghai.

  As they looked into Zhang Lieyang's eyes, the instructors were stunned, never expecting a young new recruit to have such a strong killing intent.

  Just as the opponent hesitated for a moment, Zhang Lieyang's heavy thrust directly knocked him to the ground. Then Zhang Lieyang looked at the other two and said: "Come on together! Don't waste time!" Under Zhang Lieyang's intimidating momentum, the other two had already lost the courage to attack Zhang Lieyang.

  Seeing this scene, Zhang Lieyang smiled and turned around to face all the new recruits, saying: "When fighting with bayonets on the battlefield, you must treat all enemies as dead men, use your unstoppable momentum to defeat the opponent!" As he spoke, Zhang Lieyang began to demonstrate the basic movements of bayonet combat.

  Three instructors fled back with their tails between their legs. They said to Guan Yongqing, "Captain, that new recruit is incredibly formidable, we're no match for him!"

  "Get out!" Gu Yongqing didn't even look at them and let them go down.

  Before he knew it, three months of training had passed and the new recruits were starting to take shape. One day, Zhang Zhizhong arrived at the training ground and looked at the new recruits who had been trained by Zhang Lieyang with a smile, saying: "I didn't expect that in just three short months, these new recruits would have changed so much! It's truly a miracle!"

  Upon hearing Zhang Zhizhong's words, Zhang Lieyang smiled and said: "In three more months, we should be going back to class! At that time, those old students will definitely be shocked!"

  "I'm really looking forward to it now! This time, the one who will be inspecting your six months of training results is the Chinese Garrison!" Zhang Zhizhong said with a smile.

  "What's this about Chinese garrison troops?!" Zhang Lieyang asked in puzzlement.

  "Yes! This is a mysterious corps, they are selected from orphans and trained as soldiers since childhood! They only obey the principal!" Zhang Zhizhong said, looking at Zhang Lieyang: "However, you don't have to worry! They won't kill new students!"

  "Director of Education, I think you've misunderstood! I believe it's better for them to die at the hands of their own people than to die at the hands of the devils on the battlefield! To die at the hands of the devils on the battlefield is a shame for us Whampoa students!" Zhang Lieyang said gritting his teeth.

  "Then hurry up and train them well!" Zhang Zhizhong looked at his watch, smiled and said to Zhang Lieyang: "I'm giving you a two-hour leave now. Go to the entrance of Jianjun Camp, there will be an unexpected surprise waiting for you!"

  "What surprise does Education bring?!" Zhang Lieyang asked curiously.

  "I told you to go, just go, what's the point of talking!" With that, Zhang Zhizhong drove Zhang Lieyang away.