Liu Cheng immediately shook his head:

"It's not embarrassing, it's just that this training class is not just about anything, you have to be assessed first."

"Oh?" When Tian Haoyuan heard this, he was immediately interested. "What kind of assessment? Let's hear it. ”

Liu Cheng grinned:

"It's basically the assessment of some training items, but due to the size of the school, each batch of students can only have a maximum of four hundred, and Zhou Zuopeng and Zhou Commander will also participate, so I can only give each of you a hundred places, and I will keep two hundred for myself, I don't know what Commander Tian wants?"

"This ......" Tian Haoyuan was a little embarrassed.

Liu Cheng knew that this matter was not something he could call the shots directly, so after thinking about it, he added:

"If Commander Tian thinks that this is not fair, and it is difficult to explain it in Song Zxi, then we will each select a squad of soldiers to compare, if you win, then our three parties will divide it equally, what do you think?"

The expression on Tian Haoyuan's face did not change at all, but he had already begun to scold the street in his heart:

Even if you don't count Lao Tzu at a loss, you kid is generous; Who doesn't know that Zhou Zuopeng is wearing a pair of pants with you now, and his people still listen to your orders?

Inside and out, whether you win or lose, you still have the biggest share.

But Liu Chengdu has already said this, if he doesn't agree to the competition, it will be tantamount to losing the face of the 29th Army.

So, he could only agree.

However, the distribution of places after the victory and defeat can still be fought for.

In the end, Liu Chengcai reluctantly agreed to give them one hundred and sixty places if they won.

Tian Haoyuan couldn't laugh or cry.

You are now on Lao Tzu's territory, but it seems that Lao Tzu has taken advantage of you.

However, what Song Zheyuan really likes is only Britta as a German instructor, and he wants to let several senior commanders under him receive training, and he will not care about the training quota of those middle and low-level commanders.

Therefore, Tian Haoyuan could only agree.

The five hundred people he brought arrived the next afternoon, and Liu Cheng was very generous in entertaining those soldiers and having a full meal, although there was no big fish and meat, but in this era, it could barely be regarded as rich.

Early in the morning of the third day, the 500 people brought by Tian Haoyuan and the more than 800 people after Liu Cheng's two selections appeared on the training ground at the same time, ready to compete.

The day before, Liu Cheng had already made it clear to Hao Dabao, asking him to personally select eight soldiers, counting him a total of nine, if he lost, then go directly to the grassland to find the mine opened by the little devil, and there was no need to participate in the battle again.

On Tian Haoyuan's side, there were nine veterans selected from his own guard battalion.

In the competition of that era, in fact, the project was very simple, and without high-tech weapons, what tricks could be made?

Besides, Liu Cheng didn't plan to expose too much of the training methods of the independent battalion.

It's not that he's afraid of being learned by Tian Haoyuan, after all, they are all anti-Japanese teams, and he also hopes that the combat effectiveness of the 29th Army will become stronger and stronger, and more devils will be able to be annihilated in the future.

However, with so many people and many eyes, who can guarantee that there will be no little devil eyeliner among the soldiers under him Tian Haoyuan?

After thinking about it, Liu Cheng finally decided to take physical fitness, bayonet fighting and shooting as the test subjects.

Before the competition began, Liu Cheng invited Tian Haoyuan to the main seat to sit down, and he stood on the side, ready to preside over the competition.

Even if he and Zhou Zuopeng's team together now have more than 10,000 troops, he is still a battalion commander at the level, and if he sits next to Tian Haoyuan, it will inevitably look a little weird.

After a total of 18 soldiers from both sides lined up in the middle of the field, Liu Cheng loudly announced the content and rules of the first competition:

Ten kilometers of weight-bearing running, carrying rifles, the final result is subject to the collective result!

Looking at the eighteen soldiers who were ready soon, Liu Cheng reached out and pulled out a pistol from his waist, loaded it cleanly, and raised it above his head:

"Ready! Trumpet! ”

With a crisp sound of gunfire, eighteen soldiers started at the same time and ran forward along the perimeter of the training ground.

The scale of this training ground is not small, and it is two kilometers in a circle.

After the figures of the eighteen soldiers ran away, Liu Cheng turned his head to look at Tian Haoyuan and said:

"Commander Tian, I won this battle, do you believe it?"

Tian Haoyuan smiled faintly and did not speak.

Seven or eight minutes later, the eighteen soldiers had completed the first lap.

After two kilometers, Hao Dabao's nine people were already fifty or sixty meters behind.

In the second lap, the distance had been stretched to nearly 100 meters.

The third lap was a little better, chasing back a few dozen meters, and the distance was back to about fifty meters.

By the fourth lap, the distance between the two sides had been stretched to more than 100 meters.

In the first four laps, Hao Dabao has been running at the end, and it seems that his condition is not very good.

Tian Haoyuan looked at the soldiers who were about to start the last circle, looked at Liu Cheng and said with a smile:

"Battalion Commander Liu, it seems that you are going to lose this game."

At this time, Tian Haoyuan's eyes suddenly found that Liu Cheng's right hand was making a gesture towards Hao Dabao, who was passing in front of him, without a trace.

Tian Haoyuan's heart moved, and then he found that the speed of the nine soldiers of the independent battalion suddenly increased.

He didn't understand a little, and he didn't know what Liu Cheng was doing.

Actually, it's just a very simple truth.

In later generations of long-distance running, the one who ran at the front from the beginning was often not the final champion.

To put it professionally, that's called leading.

The physical exertion of the leading athlete is greater than that of the following athlete, and often when it comes to the final sprint, the leading athlete does not have enough stamina.

This kind of "routine" in sports competitions in later generations, Tian Haoyuan definitely does not understand.

Liu Cheng had clearly told Hao Dabao to suppress the speed when he was preparing at the beginning, and as long as the distance behind him was kept within 100 meters, wait for his gesture to start sprinting again.

Seeing Liu Cheng's gesture, Hao Dabao immediately took a big stride, from the last to the first.

Under his leadership, the speed of the nine soldiers increased at the same time, and they caught up with each other within a kilometer.

In the last kilometer, due to the rapid obliteration of the previous advantage, the opposing soldiers, who were physically and mentally affected at the same time, completely lost their pace.

As soon as the pace is out of order, the breathing will be affected, and in this case the sprint, the load on the body will only increase.

In the last 500 meters, Hao Dabao and the nine people had already left each other 100 meters away.

When the last soldier of the independent battalion crossed the finish line, the soldier who ran at the front of the opposing party was still about 130 meters away from the finish line.

Thumped.

Even, it was a crushing victory.