On the night of the report, Zhang Chengyuan stayed in the recruit dormitory in the barracks. One example of the recruit dormitory is two rows of bunks, each sleeping 9 to 10 people, each separated by only a fist or two, and if you are not careful, you will kick or hit others. Zhang Chengyuan is burly and has broad shoulders, although he sleeps well, he can't avoid the touch of rough recruits on the left and right, because his alertness is too high, so he didn't sleep well that night, and the next day he applied to the team leader to sleep in the corner.

However, the military regulations are strict, and even this little thing cannot be accommodated, especially the bad habit that the recruits can be bargained for everything, so the team leader severely reprimanded Zhang Chengyuan and slaughtered him as a bird for other recruits to see. After being drunk, the arrogant Zhang Chengyuan was naturally very unhappy, but after he realized that all the non-commissioned officers and veterans were almost the same virtue to the recruits, and his squad leader's verbal violence was the slightest, he gave up the idea of secretly teaching him a lesson in the future. Through this small incident, Zhang Chengyuan realized that in the military, human rights are sometimes really dispensable, and even if some exist, they must be greatly restricted.

The training life of recruits is really extremely difficult for most ordinary young people with average physical conditions, and many of them faint from exhaustion on the first day. Zhang Chengyuan's team also lay down several times that day. Among the soft recruits, Zhang Chengyuan performed extremely well, whether it was the military posture queue or various techniques and tactics, he won the first place in the first week of training assessment. The captain of the Xide squad happily praised him, and took the initiative to move Zhang Chengyuan's bunk to the farthest corner, and the other recruits were also impressed by him, and no longer regarded him as a weak and useless artist.

Next, Zhang Chengyuan's performance became stronger and stronger, and he was the best in almost all events, and his overall performance was the first in every week. At the end of the five-week recruit training and at the graduation ceremony of the boot camp, Jang Sung-won undisputedly received the highest recruit medal called the "Training Center Director Award" from the hands of the top commander of the training center, and was awarded the title of "special soldier".

The reason why he worked so hard was definitely not to make a big show among the recruits or to make the officials remember him, because it must be known that no matter how good the South Korean conscripts are, as long as they do not turn into volunteers, there is absolutely no possibility of promotion and wealth, and it is impossible to apply for early retirement, at most they will pick a slightly easier position. In that case, how could he do such useless work?

The main purpose of his doing this is to let his relatives and friends be able to see his current situation on the official website of the training center and on the army's propaganda television program, so that they can feel more at ease. Of course, it would be better if the media could pay attention to the training of this recruit and report on his excellent performance by the way, so that the public and his fans will have a better impression and favor of him!

Fortunately, Park Byungyeol's reaction was definitely fast enough, and after learning about Jang Sung-won's excellent performance in the training camp in advance, he promptly contacted some reporters from TV stations, newspapers, and magazines who had friendships, and reported the incident with all his might, which temporarily kept Jang Sung-won's popularity for a while.

After completing his recruit training, Jang was assigned to serve in the front-line unit of the Army's 15th Division stationed on the border in Hwacheon-gun, Gangwon-do. Prior to this, Shangguan had recommended him to participate in the selection of the Marine Corps. In recent years, the Marine Corps has vigorously supported and continuously expanded the ranks of the Marine Corps, but the Marine Corps is strictly selected, and the training is far more difficult than that of ordinary troops, so the number of soldiers is insufficient every year, so it often asks each recruit training camp to encourage outstanding recruits to participate in the selection.

However, although this kind of assessment was just a piece of cake for Zhang Chengyuan, he did not have a strong love for South Korea, nor did he have the vanity to become the strongest branch of the army, so he refused without hesitation. For his refusal, the commander could not force him to go because of the military regulations, and besides, as an officer in the army, who really wanted to let the athletes in the army serve in the navy?

Zhang Chengyuan was reluctant to go to the Marine Corps because in the current situation, it was safer and easier to be in the Army than in the Navy.

On the sea, due to serious differences between the two Koreas over the demarcation of maritime boundaries, the two sides each drew a water boundary that was not recognized by the other side, which led to numerous conflicts and many small-scale naval battles. Just three years ago, in June 1999, the largest naval battle since the armistice of the Korean War broke out between the South Korean Navy and the North Korean Navy. Although South Korea suffered very little losses in this naval battle, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no casualties in the event of a larger-scale maritime conflict in the future.

In contrast, it is relatively safer on land because of the demilitarized zone between the two Koreas, and at least after being attacked, Jang Sung-won's chances of survival on land are much higher than on the ocean, or on an island that can easily be blocked from retreating.

Two months later, on June 29, 2002, naval battles broke out again between the two Koreas, this time with casualties in South Korea, when a South Korean high-speed boat was sunk, four people, including the captain, were killed, nearly 20 were injured, and one was missing. After learning the news, Zhang Chengyuan, who was serving in the army, called it a fluke in his heart, glad that he had not been transferred to the Marine Corps, otherwise he would definitely be overwhelmed and exhausted by the sudden strengthening of the surface vigilance mission several times, and he even had to worry about whether the artillery fire from the north would suddenly attack in the middle of the night.

On land, there has been no war between the DPRK and the ROK for more than 10 or 20 years, and even after the naval battle, Jang Sung-won is not very tired from his daily vigilance tasks, let alone has no worries about being suddenly killed by North Korean artillery fire one night.

However, just a few days later, Zhang Chengyuan was unlucky, and in a shooting incident, he almost lost his life. And to his surprise and shock, it was not the enemy who had attacked him from the north who shot at him and a dozen of his comrades, but his comrades in the army at the same outpost.

In the South Korean army, because of the inheritance of some bad traditions of the Japanese army, it is not uncommon for superiors to bully subordinates and veterans to bully new recruits. Although Zhang Chengyuan sometimes saw some recruits being bullied, he also flashed such a scene in his mind: One day, a soldier couldn't help but pick up a gun and beat and kill several non-commissioned officers of the outpost who had repeatedly beaten, insulted, and physically punished his subordinates for no reason, but he never thought that this scene would really happen in reality, and he almost killed him.

The events of that day happened at about 2 o'clock in the morning, Zhang Chengyuan, who often woke up three times a night, was dazzled and noticed that someone walked lightly to the door of the room, he thought it was a comrade-in-arms who had just returned to the camp after performing a night patrol mission, and he didn't care, but then he heard an extremely special and familiar sound, and immediately opened his eyes, but saw a black thing that looked like a grenade flying in.

At this moment of urgency, Zhang Chengyuan's Yuan Shen was activated instantly, making him instinctively make a first aid action, reaching out to the back of his head, throwing the pillow at the grenade flying over, and knocking it out of the door. The whole action, including the reaction time, did not exceed a second, and only a loud "bang" was heard, and the grenade exploded. The man outside the door also reacted very quickly and dodged without being injured.

As soon as Zhang Chengyuan heard that there was no scream, he immediately reacted that the danger had not passed, and immediately jumped off the shop, ran to the door and squatted down as fast as he could. At this time, the officers and soldiers who heard the explosion also woke up, and immediately got up and rushed out of the door to check what was going on, not knowing that there was a murderer hidden at the door of the road, and he might die at any time if he rushed out of the door.

Without waiting for Zhang Chengyuan to shout loudly and ask his comrades-in-arms to be on guard, a gun barrel was already stretched out at the door, and the gunfire immediately rang out, and then the screams rang out. Zhang Chengyuan didn't care to look back, he lunged forward, grabbed the gun, and at the same time slammed a lightning-fast punch on the arm where the murderer was pulling the trigger. Then, before the killer could scream, the bones in his arm were broken, and the gunfire stopped.

Zhang Chengyuan kicked out again, kicked the murderer away, immediately turned the gun and aimed it at the murderer, and then retreated into the dormitory to observe the surrounding situation to prevent other accidents.

That's the end of it. Within 10 minutes, the gendarmes arrived at the scene and immediately took away the perpetrators who had suffered heavy blows, as well as Zhang Chengyuan and several other people present. Fortunately, after understanding the situation, Zhang Chengyuan was released, but he was strictly ordered by a certain commander not to leak half a sentence before the matter was concluded.

Later, it was learned that the murderer was a first-class soldier surnamed Jin at the outpost where Zhang Chengyuan was located, and because he was dissatisfied with the insult of the superior, he made such an impulsive move in a moment of emotion. Soon after, the soldier was sentenced to capital punishment because the shots he fired killed a non-commissioned officer and wounded several soldiers, which was too serious. It is worth mentioning that the non-commissioned officer is one of the people who usually likes to abuse this soldier.

This kind of thing happened, although he was commended for his bravery and his rank was promoted to a first-class soldier two months ahead of schedule, Zhang Chengyuan's heart was very bitter, and he felt that such an army was really not worth staying for an extra day. Although the perpetrators have been severely punished, the ugly traditions of the military and the lax management of the army, which caused the incident, have not changed much, and similar things will surely continue to happen in the South Korean military. In addition, he also felt a little worried, for fear that something similar would happen to him again, although this time he could escape the catastrophe, but next time he may not be so lucky.

For the next year and about nine months of service, Jang Sung-won trembled every day, not only to carry out his tasks to guard against the infiltration of the North Korean enemy, but also to guard against the gunfire of his colleagues who might get out of control one day. If it weren't for the strong spirit and physical fitness, it would have been really difficult to survive this period of military life that he didn't want to look back on.