Chapter 13: Eighteen Minutes and Six
Big news soon came from Phoenix.
Every year, the Phoenix Ninth Company recruits no more than ten recruits, but this year, an unprecedented 25 people were admitted, and three of them were women.
This news once overwhelmed the death of the recruit assessment.
The Ninth Company also became the only company in the recruit assessment where someone died, adding a heavy touch to the name of the Ninth Company of Death.
The recruits who were admitted were all sent directly to the camp of the Ninth Company, and including Huang Shang, had no chance to return home at all.
As for the wild boar that Huang Shang risked his life to hunt, after cutting off a thigh, all the rest was converted into drinking water, food and other daily necessities and sent to Huang's family.
In the past, Huang Shang suddenly became rich and had so many things, he would definitely be jealous of some people, and it was normal for him to come to the door to find trouble.
Now, Huang Shang's identity is the Phoenix Army, and even if someone is red, he doesn't dare to fight the Huang family's idea.
In the past, only the matchmaker Chen was the matchmaker for Huang Shang, and with the change of Huang Shang's identity, the matchmakers in several nearby villages were about to level the threshold of the Huang family, and they all came to introduce Huang Shang.
Huang Shang didn't know that his identity as a phoenix army would cause such trouble for his family, and his mind was now all focused on recruit training.
The recruit training of Phoenix Ninth Company is different from that of other companies.
The other companies will gather all the recruits together for military training such as firearms, physical fitness, and combat, until a run-in period has passed, and these recruits will be disorganized and divided into various classes.
Phoenix Nine Company broke the stereotype.
From the first day of the recruits' enlistment, except that the firearms were uniformly trained by Mu Yunfei, there was no sign of a recruit company.
All the recruits were scrambled and assigned to various classes, and each recruit had a corresponding veteran for one-on-one special instruction and training.
Veterans are recruits' instructors, partners, and closest comrades-in-arms.
Every day, whether it is eating, sleeping, or going out on a mission, recruits must follow their instructors.
In other words, from the first day of recruits' enlistment, they are already a real member of the Phoenix Ninth Company.
The one-on-one training of the Phoenix Ninth Company can not only teach recruits according to their aptitude and teach the military skills of recruits in more detail, but also allow recruits to adapt to their military careers in the shortest time.
When the recruits of other companies were still in the recruit company, each recruit of the Phoenix Ninth Company already had actual combat experience and became a suitable Phoenix Army one step earlier than the other companies.
Huang Shang's responsible instructor was none other than Li Jianfeng, the company commander of the Phoenix Ninth Company.
Qian Xiaohao's responsible instructor is Chen Tie, a real muscular man, known as the No. 1 Hercules of the Ninth Company.
Yang Ke was assigned to Mu Yunfei, the deputy company commander, this is definitely not a relationship, but Mu Yunfei found that Yang Ke is very talented in shooting, and it just so happens that he is the first sharpshooter of the Phoenix Ninth Company.
"Your physical fitness is so poor that from now on you will have to wear this iron shirt for any training you do."
In the barracks, Li Jianfeng threw Huang Shang a shirt when he saw him for the first time.
The iron cloth shirt, also known as the weight-bearing shirt, was filled with iron sand to give it the name of the iron cloth shirt.
In fact, not only Huang Shang has this kind of clothes, but other recruits also have one for each person, including some veterans who will also use it during training.
The difference is that Huang Shang's iron cloth shirt weighs several times that of other recruits, a full hundred catties.
Every day, in addition to receiving firearms training with others at a fixed time, Huang Shang has been on the company playground since he opened his eyes, either running or doing push-ups, duck steps and other physical training.
Li Jianfeng seems to be an irresponsible instructor, and he is very lazy, throwing Huang Shang on the playground and never appearing again.
A week later, Huang Shang had just finished his warm-up exercise after waking up early, when Li Jianfeng suddenly appeared in front of him, still holding a stopwatch in his hand.
"Huang Shang, let's do a five-kilometer cross-country test today."
Li Jianfeng's words sounded like a discussion, but in fact they were an order that could not be refuted.
"Oh, good." Huang Shangying said.
"Then let's get started, you just have to follow me."
After Li Jianfeng finished speaking, he ran up without any warm-up.
Huang Shang was more than ten meters behind all of a sudden, and hurriedly caught up. But no matter how hard he tried and how fast he ran, these ten meters were like an insurmountable gap, and he didn't get closer by a centimeter until the end of the five kilometers.
"Eighteen minutes and six, that's too bad, you have to keep trying."
Li Jianfeng shook his head and commented, looking very dissatisfied.
Eighteen minutes and six!
Huang Shang was a little shocked, remembering that when he and Qian Xiaohao trained together before the assessment, the best result of the five-kilometer cross-country was only 18 minutes and 32, and he increased by 26 seconds in just one week after joining the army!
That's an exaggeration, isn't it?
What's even more exaggerated is that Huang Shang is still wearing the iron cloth shirt, that is, the weight-bearing off-road.
If you take off your iron shirt and travel lightly, it will be easy to get within 18 points.
It's only been a week, how can the pace of progress be so fast?
Could it be related to the food of the Phoenix Nine Company?
At home, Huang Shang could only drink third-level drinking water and eat rice, and he didn't dare to eat enough.
When you arrive at Phoenix Jiulian, there is an unlimited supply of free secondary drinking water, in addition to eating new rice, every time it is meat and vegetables with balanced nutrition.
Unable to find the reason, Huang Shang could only attribute it to the fact that he could eat and drink enough here, and his growth would naturally be faster.
"You're getting a nosebleed." Li Jianfeng said suddenly.
"Huh?"
Huang Shang hurriedly reached out and touched it, and sure enough, there was blood in his hand.
This is not the first nosebleed since entering the Phoenix Army.
Since he had a nosebleed on the day of the assessment, Huang Shang has had a nosebleed at least once a day for the past week, and every time without warning.
"Oh, maybe it's been a little hot these two days." Huang Shang preached.
"Nosebleeds can be big or small, you might as well take the time to go to the military doctor to check it out."
Li Jianfeng commanded, turned around and left.
After breakfast, Huang Shang took the time to go to the infirmary.
The military doctor examined Huang Shang and found no problems, and finally just prescribed him a little anti-fire medicine.
Even the military doctor thought that Huang Shang was on fire, and Huang Shang didn't take the nosebleed to heart too much.
After a day's training, Huang Shang went to bed after a simple wash.
In the second half of the night, Huang Shang heard footsteps coming in a daze, thinking that he was telling himself to stand guard in shifts, so he tried to open his tired eyes.
"I said why can't I find you, it turned out that I was hiding in the Phoenix Army, which caused me some trouble."
The sound is so familiar.
In the dark, Huang Shang vaguely saw a bearded face, and immediately "buzzed" in his head.
Emperor Heaven!