The selection competition was attended by three regular companies, one machine gun company, and one artillery company in the battalion, and each company drew eight people, for a total of 40 participants.

At eight o'clock in the morning, Wang Hai came to the company playground on time to assemble, and when the waiting soldiers confirmed that the company had decided to let Wang Hai compete, they immediately boiled and discussed.

"I'll go, it's really Wang Hai, it seems that the rumors are true!"

"Why? I even asked a cook to represent our company in the tryouts. ”

"That is, Wang Hai is an imbecile, can't it be that we people are not as good as imbeciles?"

Wang Hai ignored these words as if the wind was blowing in his ears, but the members of the cooking class who came with him couldn't stand it. The house took the lead and shouted: "What's wrong with Wang Hai even participating in the competition on behalf of us?" The first class deputy is not his opponent, and if you think you are more powerful than the first class leader, stand up and compete! ”

"That's it, whoever thinks he's better than a deputy will stand up!" The other members of the cooking class shouted.

The discussion stopped for a while, and none of the people who had opinions about Wang Hai's participation dared to say that they were more powerful than the first class deputy, and the people in the first class were even more ashamed when they heard this kind of words, and they felt that their faces were lost.

Wang Aiguo, the first squad leader, came to Wang Hai and said, "I didn't expect the company commander to really agree to let you participate." ”

Wang Hai said: "Are you worried that I will drag you down? Don't worry, I will never do worse than Ren Ziqiang. ”

"I hope so." Wang Aiguo said that he hoped that Wang Hai could achieve better results than Ren Ziqiang, but he had reservations about Wang Hai's ability.

"The company commander is here." Someone whispered.

Wang Hai saw the company commander and the instructor coming together, and Wang Aiguo shouted: "The personnel participating in the selection competition stand in front, and the other personnel stand behind, and the whole company is assembled!" ”

With a "bang", the soldiers of the whole company quickly assembled and stood in a neat line on the playground.

The company commander and instructor stood at the front of the team, and the squad leader trotted all the way to the two of them, saluted and shouted: "Report to the company commander and instructor, the whole company has been assembled." There should be eight people participating in the selection competition, but there are eight people, please instruct! ”

Wang Hai secretly observed the participants, except for himself, the others were the squad leaders of classes 1 to 7, these people can be regarded as the best among the soldiers in the company, and the other companies should be sent by similar combinations.

The company commander saluted the squad leader, turned his head and asked the instructor in a low voice, "Lao Tzu, do you have anything to say?" ”

The instructor shook his head, originally the strongest lineup sent by the company, but now he suddenly changed to a cooking soldier to go in, he didn't have any bottom in his heart, so he could only take one step at a time.

The company commander turned around and shouted: "This selection competition is led by Wang Aiguo, the leader of the first squad, and I hope that everyone can show their best results and strive to participate in the big competition in the regiment on behalf of the battalion!" Alright, let's go! ”

"Yes!" The squad leader answered in a loud voice, turned around and shouted at the soldiers, "Attention the whole company, turn to the right, and run!" ”

The whole company began to advance towards the camp playground, and the other companies had already arrived at their designated positions, with each company having its competitors standing at the front, and the others following behind as spectators. After the whole camp was assembled, the battalion commander gave an impassioned speech in the stands, and then announced the official start of the selection competition.

The whole selection competition is divided into three steps, with a five-kilometer armed cross-country in the morning, shooting in the afternoon, and a field battle on the second day.

The team was pulled to the camp gate, from where it was exactly five kilometers to the shooting range, and the deputy and platoon commanders of each company were already scattered along the track to take on the role of supervisors. The soldiers who participated in the selection competition were all carrying standard equipment, such as satchels, water bottles, backpacks and a fully automatic rifle of the Bayi type.

The Bayi automatic rifle is too backward for Wang Hai, and he has never used it in the past when he is in action, so he has a sense of strangeness and studies it in his hand.

Wang Aiguo came to Wang Hai's side and whispered, "Do you remember how to play?" ”

Wang Hai looked up at Wang Aiguo, he really loved himself so much, the weapons he used were probably the ones he had never even seen, and this kind of rifle would naturally be familiar with it as long as he gave him a little time. Wang Hai said modestly: "I haven't used it for a long time, and it's a little rusty." ”

Wang Aiguo snorted and said: "I will only shoot in the afternoon, let's find a way to win the five-kilometer cross-country race first." ”

"Squad leader Wang." A slightly thin first-class non-commissioned officer walked over, glanced at Wang Hai and said, "Yesterday, I heard that you even sent a famous cooking soldier to participate in the competition, but I didn't expect it to be true." What's the matter, are you even out of talent? Earlier, I could have found a foreign aid for you in our company. ”

Wang Aiguo snorted coldly, and said with a full smell of gunpowder: "Squad Leader Xu, you don't need to worry about the affairs of our company, you should find a way to keep your results first, and then talk about it, this year you may have to change the company to participate in the big competition in the regiment in the representative battalion." ”

Squad Leader Xu smiled and said, "Squad Leader Wang, I'm just kindly reminding you, since you don't appreciate it, forget it." With that, he turned and left.

Wang Hai didn't know much about this Xu squad leader, so he asked Wang Aiguo, "Who was that guy just now?" ”

Wang Aiguo said: "Xu Fan, the first squad leader of the second company. Don't look at his thin body, but he has the title of "wild donkey", and the speed of five kilometers of cross-country is the fastest in the whole camp. Saying that, he sighed softly, and said with some envy, "The second company is also the company with the highest military quality in the battalion, and every year Xu Fan will lead the team to participate in the competition on behalf of the battalion." ”

"Squad leader, the game is about to start." The team reminded.

Wang Aiguo nodded and said to Wang Hai: "If you feel that your back is too heavy, I can help you hold the gun, so that you can run a little faster." ”

"No, I can do it myself." Wang Hai rejected Wang Aiguo's kindness, and his eyes fell on Xu Fan, the "wild donkey" not far away.

The members of each company lined up in a column and stood on the track, Xu Fan smiled at Wang Aiguo and said, "Squad Leader Wang, I will wait for you at the finish line, don't let me wait too long." ”

Wang Aiguo wanted to taunt Xu Fan, but the whistle sounded at this time, and Xu Dan rushed out with an arrow, although he had already tried his best to catch up, he still fell behind. "Wild Donkey" is really not covered, and it is so explosive. Wang Aiguo has already admitted defeat, it is impossible for him to exceed the speed of the "wild donkey", so he can only try to catch up behind and not let himself fall too far.

"I'll hold him down, you run."

A voice suddenly sounded behind Wang Aiguo, and before Wang Aiguo could hear clearly who was speaking, he saw a shadow pass by him, and followed Xu Fan in the blink of an eye. Wang! Wang Aiguo looked at the person who surpassed him in surprise, and it turned out to be Wang Hai from the cooking class.