Starting from the deputy company commander of the Soldier Assault Team

As he spoke, Zhang Anbang swallowed a piece of rabbit meat and couldn't help but praise, "Oh my, it has to be Old Zhao's braised wild rabbit, it's so authentic and delicious."

Gao Cheng was speechless. "Just eat. I've been driving all day and I'm not even tired yet."

"Mmm, it's really delicious. Deputy Battalion Commander Gao, your cooking skills are excellent," Yuan Lang praised as he ate.

"Huh?" Gao Cheng, who was happily eating braised wild rabbit, suddenly felt alarmed. "Hey, Lieutenant Colonel Yuan, you flatter me. This guy is nothing special, except he's passable at cooking."

Gao Cheng reluctantly belittled his cook Zhao Donglai to the point of being terrible, because he was really afraid of Yuan Lang.

Back then, this guy just praised his deputy company commander, and then the deputy company commander was removed from his post.

Yuan Lang only showed a slight interest in Wu Liuyi and Xu Sanduo before they appeared in the selection process. He then praised his company commander Li Xiao and cook Zhao Donglai.

What is he planning to do now? Thinking of everything that had happened before, Gao Cheng really didn't dare to praise his men in front of Yuan Lang, so he could only make a few casual remarks to brush it off.

"Oh, really? That's a bit of a shame." Yuan Lang said, glancing at Gao Cheng with a half-smile as he ate his meat.

"Okay, let's eat, let's eat," Gao Cheng said, not wanting to bring up the topic anymore. "We still have to work after we eat."

A dozen minutes passed quickly, and the three of them ate the two half-bowls of braised wild rabbit meat, which weighed a total of eight or nine pounds, cleanly finishing off even the broth in the bowls with steamed buns.

belch!

After finishing dinner, all three of them let out a satisfied burp.

It has to be said that Lao Zhao's braised wild rabbit is fragrant and spicy, and the meat is tender and mushy. It's really delicious and goes perfectly with rice.

Of course, it wasn't just the three of them; the eighty or ninety people who had already been eliminated also ate to their hearts' content.

The cooks processed all the wild rabbits and got more than 320 pounds of meat. The camp's several large marching pots, each with a diameter of 45 centimeters, were used in turn, and it took nine pots to stew them all.

Not only the three of them, but also the eliminated contestants and the soldiers from the division's reconnaissance battalion who had been busy chasing them all day, ate very satisfying meals.

Zhang Anbang picked his teeth. "Company commander, bring me some more bullets tomorrow. I need to continue to make some more contributions to protecting the grasslands."

Yuan Lang nodded in agreement, "Yes, yes, this stuff really tastes good. Anyway, you're free tomorrow, so keep up the good work."

I was thinking that one roasted lamb a day wouldn't be enough, but your contribution to the grasslands is a good supplement.

Buying sheep is still too expensive, but bullets are much cheaper, which will save the brigade some money.

"Uh," Gao Cheng listened to the conversation between the two and was speechless. He really wanted to say, if you want to continue eating, just say you want to continue eating. Why do you have to use the name of protecting the grassland?

Moreover, although buying a sheep that can yield 40 to 50 pounds of clean meat after washing, skinning, and deboning is not cheap, judging from Old A's equipment, you can tell that their budget must be sufficient, and they certainly wouldn't be short of this.

Of course, what Yuan Lang said makes sense. After all, the price of a sheep that heavy costs four or five hundred yuan, which far exceeds the cost of bullets that cost less than one hundred yuan.

Gao Cheng now completely understood why Zhang Anbang was becoming increasingly shameless. Judging from the shamelessness of his current leader, it was clear that there were probably no shameful people in this damned Old A.

As the old saying goes, "One who stays near vermilion gets stained red, and one who stays near ink gets stained black." It's quite reasonable that Zhang Anbang learned to be even more shameless after spending more than half a year there.

However, since the two of them had said so, Takashiro naturally wouldn't object.

His division's reconnaissance battalion has so many people, and he even provides the cooks. It's not like only the people participating in the selection can feast on meat while the rest of his division's reconnaissance battalion just sits around watching.

Since we have free labor, let's take advantage of this opportunity and prepare more food so that the soldiers in the camp can also have a few bites.

Thinking of this, he nodded and said, "Alright, alright, I'll get you nine magazines tomorrow, but I only have .81 caliber bullets here, not the small caliber ones you use."

"Hey, it's no big deal," Zhang Anbang waved his hand. "Company Commander, don't you know how good my Type 81 rifle is? Even the guns have to be provided by you, Company Commander."

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The three of them were quite content here, but the selection participants who were still struggling in the wilderness were in a much worse situation. Forget about eating meat, they were far from even reaching the subsistence level.

While the soldiers of the reconnaissance battalion were busy eating, Wu Liuyi, Xu Sanduo, and others did not rest. As night fell, they continued their march with great focus.

Finally, around 9 p.m., we found another ditch. This was a great spot. Hiding inside would not only provide shelter but also keep us warm and protected from the wind.

Although it's already April in the Gregorian calendar, the nights are still quite cool, especially in the countryside.

They still have more than 30 hours to work hard. If they catch a cold, how can they continue?

If you're already struggling to eat or drink anything, and then you get a fever, headache, or runny nose, it's much worse than adding insult to injury.

If it's accompanied by symptoms like coughing or sneezing, then you might as well just set off a flare and commit suicide; there's no way to hide it.

As the old saying goes, there are two things in life that cannot be hidden: a cough and a liking.

Imagine this: you've gone through so much trouble to finally find a place to hide and escape capture.

If you suddenly cough or sneeze without being able to hold it in, you'll expose everything. Wouldn't it be better to just set off a signal flare and commit suicide?

After the five men transformed into cattle and horses again and ate a lot of wild vegetables, Wu Liu began to arrange the order of the sentry posts.

Considering that Gan Xiaoning didn't eat many wild vegetables, Wu Liuyi arranged for him to be on the best sentry post from 10 pm to 11 pm.

Xiao Wenwu was on duty from 11:00 to 12:00, Guo Feng was on duty from 12:00 to 1:00, and Cheng Cai was on duty from 1:00 to 2:00.

The most tiring shift, from 2 AM to 3 AM, was assigned by Wu Liuyi to Xu Sanduo. Wu Liuyi himself took the most grueling shift, a full two hours from 3 AM to 5 AM.

Anyone who has served in the military knows that there is a widely circulated saying in the army: "If you're going to be a soldier, don't be a deputy squad leader; if you're going to be on guard duty, don't be on the second or fifth post."

The reason for saying this is that the vice class monitor is the most frustrated position in the class. He has the least power, the most work, gets scolded the most, and gets the fewest benefits.

The squad leader made all the decisions, big and small, in the squad. Duty errands, shift work, miscellaneous tasks, helping new recruits, checking bunks, and tidying up the barracks were all done by the deputy squad leader.