Starting from the deputy company commander of the Soldier Assault Team

Zhang Anbang gave the new recruit a thumbs up. This recruit is capable and knows when to speak. "Our Steel Seventh Company doesn't have high requirements, just a little bit higher than the standard requirements."

及格2分15秒，良好2分00秒，优秀1分45秒，你们能不能做到。」

When he reached the last sentence, Zhang Anbang's voice suddenly rose.

"Yes, definitely!" the veterans shouted loudly.

The new recruits were completely bewildered. "Brother, we haven't even run for a short while yet. What do you mean 'can' or 'can'? Are you being so hasty? We haven't even given our opinions."

Bai Tiejun muttered under his breath, "I know! I shouldn't have come to the Steel Seventh Company! If I hadn't come, I... I wouldn't be suffering like this!"

"I believe you can all do it. As the old saying goes, all talk and no action is a fake skill, all action and no talk is a foolish skill, and both action and talk are real skills. We can't be fake, we can't be foolish, we have to be real."

Class leaders, get your boys in line and get to work!

"Yes, Deputy Company Commander."

……

The new recruits began practicing under the guidance of their squad leader, while Zhang Anbang watched leisurely from the sidelines. He knew very well that something interesting was about to happen.

As expected, Zhang Anbang was not disappointed. In less than a minute, the squad leader's heartbroken voice came from behind him: "Han Dong, we need to sprint in this 100-meter race, but you can't sprint too hard."

This is the 400-meter steeplechase, not the 100-meter dash at a sports meet. You need to be aware of that. Turning so sharply around the corner, you need to practice. Hey, Yang Li, during the lunch break from now on, you can take Han Dong to practice shuttle runs.

"What are you looking at? Did he say he wasn't talking about you? Bai Tiejun, open your legs a bit wider. It's just a three-step stance, how could you still miss? Did you forget to pull your pants up properly?" Wu Liuyi's loud shout came from behind.

"No, I just didn't look carefully. My pants were pulled up properly."

……

"Steel Pillar, you little brat, get down here right now."

The voice of Xiao Wenwu, the squad leader of the fifth squad, carried a hint of worry.

"Squad leader, I'm coming down." Gangzhu's thick Xi'an accent rang out.

Xiao Wenwu kicked the steel pillar in the buttocks, "You worthless bastard, what did you promise me? Huh? How do we get over the ladder? What did I tell you? Repeat it to me."

"Yes, squad leader. The squad leader said to hold the horizontal bars lightly with both hands and step forward quickly by stepping on the gaps between the bars or on the bars with both feet in turn."

"Hmm, not bad, you remember it very clearly. So how did you do it? Hmm? Answer me."

Steel Pillar slumped, his toes unconsciously scraping the dirt. "Squad leader, I was wrong! The thing is, when I went up there and saw that steel pipe, it was almost the same as the wall in the village, and my old habit just kicked in, and I immediately stood up and ran!"

Xiao Wenwu darted to the steel pillar in a flash, gesturing wildly with his hands, "Not much difference? Where is it not much difference? That steel pipe crossbar is only 6 centimeters thick. Whose wall is only 6 centimeters thick? Yours?"

"Class monitor, my family doesn't have a wall over our house. When I was little, I always played by climbing over other people's walls!"

"Okay, okay, okay, I don't care if your house has a wall or not, just remember this: never run like that again. Now go back and start over."

Xiao Wenwu realized after speaking that the Mandarin he had adapted to during his years in the army was suddenly replaced by Gangzhu's.

"It's the class monitor, I know."

……

"Be careful when you jump off that high board! Your center of gravity is so far back, you're bound to fall! Can't you just jump forward?"

The squad leaders were shouting until their throats were dry, and the key members of the squad were constantly watching over the various high and low points. After all, the new recruits who had just joined the company needed to be taught, but safety was even more important.

If new recruits get injured by accident, it will not only delay the training progress, but it can also easily leave a psychological shadow on the recruits, so we must pay attention to this at the beginning.

For a whole hour, the veteran sergeants talked non-stop, finally leading the new recruits through all the obstacles three or four times, both ways.

"Shi Jin, tell everyone to take a break."

"Yes, Deputy Company Commander." Shi Jin immediately turned around. "Everyone, take your time. Rest for twenty minutes."

If Gao Cheng were leading the team, he would definitely say at this point, "Shi Jin, how many times has our company received a collective first-class merit award?"

……

This is how the people of the Seventh Steel Company survive: set themselves an unattainable goal, and then throw themselves into it in a flash.

This kind of training ground is the best place to inspire soldiers' sense of honor. Anyone who can throw themselves into it is a favorite of the company commander.

Every time Wu Liuyi finished the obstacle course and was panting, he would run up to Gao Cheng, pat Gao Cheng's pocket, and hold out his hand. Gao Cheng would always smile, take out a cigarette, and hand it to him, watching him light it with a smile.

The treatment Wu Liuyi received was the envy of all the soldiers in the company, because Wu Liuyi was the one who could toss them over in a flash.

During training breaks, Gao Cheng would often shout his private thoughts to more than a hundred people. Every time he said those private thoughts, he would smile mysteriously and humbly.

The soldiers in the entire company felt that the reason they didn't use the name "Ever-Victorious" or "Great Merit" but simply used the ordinary character "Steel" was to make their brother companies look bad.

Every officer leading a team has his own method, and this is the method that suits Gao Cheng.

Zhang Anbang was different. He had a very clear understanding of the situation of all the soldiers. Like a gentle rain, he would chat and joke with them during rest time.

During their rest time, the soldiers were very willing to chat with this smiling leader, and many of their innermost thoughts came out during the conversation.

However, Zhang Anbang on the training ground left the soldiers speechless. They couldn't understand how the deputy company commander, with his mouth that was over 30 degrees Celsius, could utter such cold and piercing words, colder than the winter wind.

Many times they wondered why the deputy company commander, a perfectly normal person, had such a sharp tongue. So, compared to the recruits' evaluation of Zhang Anbang as a smiling tiger, in the Steel Seventh Company, he also had a nickname of being sarcastic.

"Run! Keep sprinting! Are you trying to turn a 400-meter race into a 100-meter race? Are your legs rented or borrowed? Are you afraid of being a second too late to return them?"

"At this pace? Climbing a low-lying net is slower than the 90-year-old lady who sells popsicles in my hometown."

They really wanted to say, "Deputy Company Commander, I'm not well-educated, don't lie to me. How fast can a ninety-year-old woman go? Besides, who has a ninety-year-old woman still selling popsicles?" But they didn't dare to ask.

Of course, if they asked, Zhang Anbang would definitely tell them unequivocally, "You may not be well-educated, but I am. I would never lie to you."

……

"You guys were charging like rabbits up the ladder, and you were lying on top of it placing your order! How many times have I told you about physical exertion? Did you grow a brain just to look taller?"

"Crawling through the hole, crawling through the hole! We need to crawl through the low wall to come back! What are you doing? Even a dog would shake its head at your movements!"

……

The soldiers often wondered if someone like the deputy company commander, if he were to kiss a woman, might poison her to death, and then poison himself during an emergency CPR.

"Ah Gan, who's the best at the 400-meter obstacle course in our company?" Bai Tiejun nudged Gan Xiaoning on the shoulder and asked curiously.

"Are you referring to soldiers or officers?"

"Ah, a soldier? Or an officer? Our Seventh Company has such an awesome officer?" Bai Tiejun was even more curious.

"Hehe, the best soldier in our company is the deputy squad leader of the fifth squad, and the most capable officer is the deputy company commander. Let me tell you, our deputy company commander is no ordinary person. He is one of the best in every subject in our Steel Seventh Company. Do you know what that means?" Gan Xiaoning asked with a smile.

Bai Tiejun came from the recruit company of the B Regiment, so he had naturally heard of the Steel Seventh Company's prowess. However, since he was still in the recruit company at the time, he would only hear veterans mention it occasionally without going into details. He immediately pressed for an answer, "Ah Gan, what does that mean? Tell me more about it."

"Our company is the 702nd elite company. The 702nd is the main force regiment of the T Division. Our company is the company with the best overall strength in the entire division. If our company is one of the best in a subject, then it is one of the best in the entire division."

"Squad Leader Wu, last time we participated in the division-wide competition, we came in second in the 5-kilometer cross-country race. What do you think that means?" Gan Xiaoning raised his eyebrows and said slowly.

Bai Tiejun nodded repeatedly, looking completely understanding. Then, he craned his neck and shouted, "Deputy Company Commander! We've only listened to our squad leader's explanations; we haven't figured out these obstacles at all! Why don't you find someone to demonstrate them for us, so we can see for ourselves!"