Chapter 10 New Recruits Report for Duty 8

  "What does he want to do?" Lei stood there, not daring to move, his inner fear increasing, making him forget the cold of his body. Lei's eyes were fixed on the officer's index finger on the trigger, that finger slowly pressing down on the trigger, although the movement was small, but every time the trigger was pressed down a bit, Lei felt his heart seemed to be lifted up a bit. Suddenly, the officer raised the gun slightly and pulled the trigger all the way down. With a "bang!" sound of the gunshot, Lei heard a "click" sound from behind, everyone turned around to look, only to see a piece of tile on the opposite house being shot down.

  The new recruits all thought to themselves: "That's a real gun! This perverted company commander really wants to kill us!", the fear in their hearts made them give up on the idea of rushing into the house, and even the idea of knocking on that big bell to leave this place didn't appear in their minds until now they were completely intimidated by this devilish company commander.

  Since they can't go back to the warmth of their homes, the only way for them to survive is to keep moving constantly. For a while, they do push-ups, sit-ups, leg raises, running, and everything else. As long as it's an action that can warm themselves up, these people have done it all. When one action gets tired, they switch to another one. The weather is very cold, but their bodies are sweating.

  Time passed minute by minute, and the company commander hadn't uttered a word. None of these new recruits dared to stop moving, because as soon as they stopped, they would feel tired and cold. Just as the company commander was staring at these new recruits, he saw that senior soldier come up to him and whisper: "Four hours have passed."

  "Oh, it's passed so quickly?" Lian gazed at the superior soldier, in his imagination, at least half of these new recruits should have fallen to the ground, but until now, not a single one has fallen and can't get up.

  The superior private did not respond, he raised his wrist and turned the military watch on his hand towards the company commander. The company commander glanced at the watch, then looked up at the distant sky, now the night sky was pitch black and couldn't see any stars, the company commander muttered to himself: "Why is it always so dark before dawn." Then he shouted to everyone: "Alright! That's all for today, now everyone go back to sleep!"

  "Whoosh..."

  As soon as the company commander finished speaking, these new recruits didn't respond to his words at all, but instead rushed directly into the house. They were really too tired, and not even a word could be spared. This time, the company commander did not blame these new recruits either, but waited for two minutes before asking in a low voice to the officer who came out from inside: "How is it?"

  The officer closed the big gate and replied in a low voice: "Everyone has fallen asleep."

  At this time, the superior soldier interrupted: "Company Commander, they've only been here for a day, isn't this a bit too much? If they come to resent you in the future..."

  He turned around and looked at the superior soldier, a smile on his face: "You didn't come this way either, do you still hate me now?"

  The superior soldier smiled lightly and stopped talking, this was the company commander's training method, the soldiers brought out by this company commander were more powerful than the special forces of other troops.

  That day, the instructor didn't call the new recruits to get up and train again until the sun set once more. The officer then took the new recruits back to the cafeteria. Although Lei and the others had slept for a whole day, their bodies still felt very tired, with deep-seated soreness and hunger pangs. He couldn't help but fantasize about having three steamed buns like yesterday. However, this time they weren't eating steamed buns, but rather noodles with meat sauce. From steamed buns, pickled vegetables, and plain water to noodles with meat sauce, this sudden change delighted the new recruits, who each filled their bowls to the brim and devoured the food in big mouthfuls. Being able to eat a bowl of hot, steaming noodles with meat sauce on such a cold day was indeed a pleasure.

  The officer saw them and said: "Eat slowly, you can eat as much as you want today, there's plenty of noodles inside!"

  The new recruits didn't listen to the officer's words, they still used their usual tone. Lei ate three big bowls at that time, he felt that he had never eaten such delicious noodles before, if it wasn't for his stomach being really full, Lei really wanted to eat another bowl.

  After everyone finished eating, the sergeant took Lei and the others back to their dormitory. Everyone found that the company commander had not appeared all along. Li Yuan plucked up the courage to ask the sergeant: "Old soldier, where is the company commander? What are we going to be tormented with today?"

  "What? Torture you? I think you don't want to live!"

  Li Yuan immediately realized his mistake, the old soldier had been with the company commander for so long, of course their feelings were deeper than his own. How could he say such a thing in front of the old soldier? Lei also broke out in a cold sweat and stepped forward to apologize to the officer: "I'm sorry, I'm his squad leader, he misspoke earlier. If you want to punish him, then punish me instead."

  The officer looked at Lei's face and smiled slightly, then shouted to the others: "No training today, you can continue sleeping, but tomorrow won't be as comfortable as today!", after finishing speaking, the officer turned around and walked out of the door.

  The officer's actions left Lei somewhat surprised, he really couldn't understand what this officer was trying to do, yesterday he was still pointing a gun at him, and now he had let go of the opportunity to punish himself. The officer walked to the door and suddenly stopped, he turned around and smiled at Lei, saying in a low voice: "Oh, sorry about that, yesterday I shouldn't have thrown your things on the ground. You don't have to be so tense, yesterday I was just trying to scare you, there were no real bullets in the gun, it was just a blank shell, and that piece of tile was something I had prepared beforehand." After finishing speaking, the officer disappeared outside the door.

  What? Lei Zong was stunned, he didn't know why the officer wanted to tell him these things, and he couldn't believe that he had actually been scared by him yesterday. How could the army allow people to kill at will?

  Outside the door, Lian Chang asked the officer in a low voice: "Did you tell them about what happened yesterday?"

  "Sorry, Captain," the officer said with a slight smile, "I just didn't want them to hate you too much."

  " You always act on your own! " Lian Zhang said lightly, and then turned around and left.

  The officer looked at the company commander's receding back, then turned to face Lei and the others in the house, saying softly: "You're able to meet a company commander like him, it's truly the blessing of your ancestors." After finishing speaking, the officer also stepped away.