"Beep"
6:00 AM sharp.
The wake-up whistle rang out throughout the military region on time. Squad leader Li Long jumped out of bed like a spring and quickly changed into his military uniform.
The others obviously had not yet transformed into soldiers and turned a blind eye to the whistle.
Upon seeing this, the monitor shouted angrily, "Get up, get up, everyone get up!"
Many people didn't realize that this was a military camp, and they murmured in their sleep, "Mom, stop making noise, let me sleep a little longer."
The squad leader was so angry when he saw this that he shook his head one by one:
"Wake up, get up! Do you still think this is your house? Hurry up and get up! It's time for exercise!"
Some people finally reacted and opened their eyes hazily, looking like they hadn't gotten enough sleep.
Chen Ming was fine. He had adjusted to the jet lag at home before joining the army. He quickly got up, changed his clothes and folded his quilt.
At the monitor's call, everyone got up, put on their clothes, and folded their quilts.
Just as Chen Ming was thinking about folding the quilt as well as possible, he suddenly heard screams:
“Ahhh!”
Chen Ming was startled.
Not only Chen Ming, but everyone else in the class also looked over quickly, and even the class monitor was alarmed.
Yu Jun, He Dong and He Xue sat on their beds, rubbing their legs constantly, with painful looks on their faces.
"Squad leader, my legs hurt so much, can we not do drill today?"
He Dong hugged his fat legs and pleaded to the squad leader with a painful look on his face.
The squad leader looked at them, stunned for a moment, then remembered that he had asked them to run ten laps yesterday.
It is obvious that these three people have not exercised for years, and their muscles can no longer withstand the sudden intense exercise.
The squad leader frowned, "Do you think this is your home? In the army, unless your leg is broken, you have to get up and run for drill even if you have a sore on your foot!"
Faced with the squad leader's roar, He Dong and the other two looked miserable. They kept rubbing the muscles in their legs, hoping that this would relieve the soreness, and then got dressed and washed up.
Ten people in the class all crowded onto the small balcony to get water to brush their teeth. Due to lack of coordination, the scene was extremely chaotic.
When the squad leader saw this scene, he couldn't help but slap his forehead and let out a long sigh of exhaustion.
"Come one by one, don't crowd, be orderly in a hurry, otherwise it will get more and more chaotic!"
“Hurry up! He Dong, you are such a big guy, can you please stop taking so long when brushing your teeth? Brush quickly!”
"He Xue, what's the matter? You still want to wash your hair? Why don't you take a bath? Put on your hat quickly and go downstairs to gather!"
"Hurry, hurry, hurry..."
Under the urging of the squad leader, everyone finally finished washing up after ten minutes and hurried downstairs to gather.
"Ouch, my leg!"
He Dong, He Xue and Yu Jun limped down the stairs with the support of the wall, wailing with every step they took.
They looked at Chen Ming in surprise as he acted as if nothing had happened.
"Chen Ming, we ran together yesterday. The three of us are almost exhausted. How come you are still fine?"
He Dong supported himself on the escalator with one hand. The soreness in his thigh muscles made every step he took extremely painful.
Chen Ming said: "I started training at home before joining the army, just to get familiar with the military environment. I often ran, and the muscles in my legs were basically familiar with this high-intensity exercise."
"oh."
The three of them then came to their senses.
"If I had known, I should have trained in advance."
He Dong's face was full of annoyance. He sighed deeply and was full of regret. If he had known earlier, he should have trained in advance.
Chen Jun and He Xue also had regretful expressions on their faces.
If you don’t exercise regularly, running ten laps at once is really exhausting.
The open space under the dormitory building was already full of people, organized into classes, with everyone standing behind their class monitor.
Their squad leader Li Long had already been waiting for them downstairs, with his hands behind his back, his back straight, looking extremely majestic.
Chen Ming and others quickly stood behind the squad monitor, imitating him and trying their best to stand straight.
Soon, the assembly was completed, and each class reported their numbers. After the number of people was correct, the platoon leaders stood in front of the crowd:
"Today is your first day in the army, and also your first day of running drills. I don't want to see anyone left behind, understand!"
"Know!"
A deafening sound roared out from every soldier's mouth, like a gust of wind that was about to blow the platoon leader down.
The platoon leader nodded with satisfaction:
"Okay, now, let's start the three-kilometer run!"
After saying this, everyone started running one after another.
It was the same track that Chen Ming and his team had run on before. All the soldiers, led by their squad leaders, started running, raising clouds of dust.
The three platoon leaders watched quietly and chatted.
"This batch of soldiers is not very good."
A platoon leader chuckled as he watched the recruits doing drills.
The track is in chaos. Some people are fast, some are slow. The fast people can't catch up with the slow people, and the slow people can't catch up with the fast people.
A whole company, no rhythm at all
After a while, many people were already out of breath and their pace gradually slowed down.
"On the first day of service, it's good enough if they don't quit. What else do you expect them to do?"
"That's right. Maybe you weren't as good as them back then."
The three platoon leaders joked with each other and kept commenting as they looked at the new recruits running below.
"Yo, that soldier is pretty good."
They looked at each other for a long time, and a platoon leader suddenly said, "The one following Li Long."
"You just realized it. I've been paying attention to it for a long time."
"A recruit who had just joined the army for one day was able to keep up with the squad leader's pace. Moreover, seeing that he was not out of breath or sweating, it seemed that this amount of running exercises was nothing to him."
"Indeed, it seems that there is a good seedling this year."
The person the three were talking about was naturally Chen Ming.
After the running exercise started, many people in the class were already in chaos.
Yu Jun, He Xue and He Dong fell behind at the beginning because of their muscle soreness and their speed was extremely slow.
In the entire company of recruits, only Chen Ming could always follow the squad leader and his breathing rhythm was also very good.
And looking at his appearance, he really is able to do this with ease, and he's not just trying to save face.
Naturally, Chen Ming's excellence was noticed by the three platoon leaders. It was obvious that they began to have a good impression of the new recruit Chen Ming.
After running, return to the original location and continue gathering.
Everyone was breathing heavily and couldn't stand up straight.
Few of these recruits exercise regularly. After running three kilometers, they feel like their legs have nothing to do with them anymore.
The three platoon leaders stood in front of them, and they seemed to be used to it. Every year, the new recruits basically looked like this.
They also gave the new recruits time to rest, just letting them gather together without giving any instructions.
"Li Long, step out."
The second platoon leader suddenly shouted.
Chen Ming also looked in the direction of the voice. He still remembered this platoon leader. He was the lieutenant in the armed forces department before. His name seemed to be Gao Jie.
"arrive!"
Squad leader Li Long shouted quickly, then clenched his fists, hung them on both sides of his waist, waved them left and right, ran over, came in front of Gao Jie, stood in a very standard position, and waited for instructions.
"What's the soldier's name?"
Gao Jie pointed at Chen Ming and asked Li Long.
Li Long followed his finger and confirmed that it was Chen Ming, so he quickly replied: "Report to the platoon leader, his name is Chen Ming."
Gao Jie nodded, "He's a good candidate, cultivate him well."
Li Long saluted: "Yes!"
After saying that, he ran back to the team.
In fact, needless to say, Li Long himself will also take good care of Chen Ming.
He saw it all these two days. He was punished to run ten laps, but nothing happened. Now he is running three kilometers, and he is the only one who can keep up with the pace.