389 Officer selection
"Good!"
In the middle of the field, Yin Xiao made two beautiful sorties in a row and changed his moves in the middle of the way to accurately pick up the big recruit's right hand single knife, and the crowd of onlookers also resounded a few cheers.
Of course, this time the applause was changed to a few officers present, in addition to me. And the other recruits were collectively dumb and disappointed. I couldn't help but applaud, but the recruits around me were not happy and glared at me angrily. I couldn't, so I shrugged my shoulders and said that the applause was purely from an ornamental point of view, and had nothing to do with my personal position.
But whether the recruits like it or not, the situation on the field cannot be changed. The big recruit lacked a weapon in his hand, and his mentality was even more impatient, so he swooped down on the Yin School with a single knife regardless of it, wanting to "die together".
I saw that Yin Xiao was not in a hurry, first pretended to take half a step back, and suddenly bent over with his back and swept the ground, sweeping the big recruit to the ground with a stick. He was unforgiving, and then jumped forward, and the stick in his hand fell like a torrential rain. The big recruit had completely lost his ability to resist at this time, and could only roll on the ground with his head in his hands to dodge, screaming in pain.
After a hard lesson, the Yin School stopped, called the veterans on the left and right to go up and pull the big recruits up, and then asked him: "Now, what else do you have to say?" ”
The big recruits were beaten to a pulp, with a blue nose and swollen face, and the arrogance of Fang Cai was long gone. But his mouth was still very hard, not only did he not admit his mistake, but he still scolded, and even spit a mouthful of thick phlegm towards Yin Xiao.
Yin Xiao hurriedly retreated, but he was still stained with thick phlegm on his clothes, and his face turned black all of a sudden.
I couldn't help but shake my head and sigh in the audience: "Alas, isn't this looking for death? ”
Sure enough, Yin Xiao was no longer polite, and the wooden stick in his hand slammed into the abdomen of the big recruit.
"Click!"
After a crisp sound, the big recruit suddenly blushed, and fainted with a muffled grunt. The onlookers all gasped: this dantian is really wasted!
"Drag him to the Chacha Division and accuse him of disobedience to his superiors and disobedience to military orders! Expelled from the underworld! Yin Xiao shouted solemnly.
The two veterans replied: "Order! So he took the big recruit from the left and the right and went to the Chacha Division.
"The rest, keep practicing!"
It's so lively that it's over. With the order of the Yin Colonel, the other recruits no longer dared to say more, and they all ran back to their positions tremblingly, listening to the orders of the officers and veterans to continue training.
I couldn't help but sigh in my heart: "Alas, this is a typical example of killing chickens and monkeys!" also deserves the bad luck of that big man, from ancient times to the present, no matter which army it is, it must be established with strict military discipline. If they all come and go as they want like him, wouldn't it be like playing at home, just having fun? ”
In the following two months, we got up early every day and practiced three times a day: early in the morning to practice physical fitness, in the morning to practice formation, and in the afternoon to practice martial arts and combined strikes, and the schedule was full. Not only is the training intensity high, but the daily management is also very strict and meticulous. The officers all had a watch in their hands to calculate our daily routine in minutes. The slightest sluggishness or delay is a rattan lesson.
With such a large training intensity and such strict military regulations, it is inevitable that some people will not be able to stand it and quit. But there is already a negative example in the front, and no one in the back dares to mess around again. Expulsion from the underworld is a small matter, and it is not worth it to abolish the cultivation!
I'm okay, after all, I have received the devilish training of the Xiao group master in the Black Tiger Regiment, and I have benefited a lot. This level of discipline is nothing to me these days. Therefore, I was one of the few who performed quite well in the boot camp, and I was also favored by the officers.
Every month, the recruit camp will be graded by the senior and veteran in charge of training according to the performance of each recruit, and will be rated according to the ranking of "excellent", "good", "average" and "poor". The other recruits were trained every day to scream, and they only barely managed to avoid a "bad" review. Otherwise, they don't know what kind of punishment awaits them.
However, I gave my best, and regarded the training in the boot camp as a recovery training after I recovered from a serious injury, and I refused to slack off at all. Therefore, I was rated "excellent" in the first month's evaluation, and "excellent" in the second month.
It wasn't until the third month that we finally knew what that rating was really going on. And I'm glad that I haven't been lazy in the past two months, and I've performed well enough.
As promised by the Yin cha during the recruitment in Zuoqiu City, the Yin Army will select one Yin Commander and ten Commanders from among our two hundred recruits, and those who are eligible for the selection will be determined based on the scores of the previous two months. Only those who have obtained double merits can run for the Yin School, and those who have won the first prize can compete for the position of senior with other recruits who have obtained single merits.
The selection criteria are also very simple, it is a one-on-one competition, the winner is up, and the loser is down!
The underworld yin army is different from the modern troops of the underworld countries, and any guns, ships, and planes are not very effective in the underworld. You know, our team isn't dealing with people, it's ghosts. Even if you were given a machine gun, would your bullets be able to knock them apart in the face of ethereal ghosts?
Therefore, to deal with ghosts, we can only rely on our "traditional craft": Yin Gong. In addition, the Yin weapons we use are also based on knives, guns and sticks, which is destined to be closer to the combat methods of the Yin army in the ancient cold weapon era, and the real swords and guns are competing.
In this way, in such an army, it is natural that personal martial arts are the most important. If you can become an officer, you must at least have a job in your hands, otherwise you won't even obey your subordinates, how can you command them?
Of course, if such a false name and official position alone were not enough to attract me to the selection, it was the benefits and privileges that come with being an officer that are attractive to me. According to the veterans, after becoming an officer, not only does the salary increase, but there are also some benefits, such as:
Officers of the rank of chief and above are allowed to move freely in the barracks;
Officers above the rank of junior colonel are free to enter and leave the barracks during rest periods, and can have their own separate dormitories, so they do not have to be crowded with ordinary soldiers;
Senior officers above the rank of Yin General can also enter and exit freely in the underworld, and can even meet the king of Hades and so on.
Among them, the most tangible thing for me is to be able to live in a dormitory alone. In that case, whether I grow my own void melons or eat yin food, I don't have to dodge.
In the past two months, there are only four recruits who can be rated as double excellent: me, Ma Peng, Guan Mao and Yao Chen. The only position in the boot camp was created from the four of us.
So, on the day of the open selection, the officers first called the four of us over to draw lots to decide the order of the matchups. I drew No. 1 first, Guan Mao was No. 2, Ma Peng was No. 3, and Yao Chen was No. 4. In this arrangement, I will take the lead with Guan Mao in the first fight, and Ma Peng and Yao Chen will be the second. The winners of the next two games will compete again, and the winner will be awarded the position of the Yin School.
The venue for the selection was on the school field in the barracks, and it was specially paved with soft mats, and special judges and judges were arranged, which looked very formal. Not only that, but there are also tables, chairs and benches around the venue, which is like a small gladiatorial arena.
Such a selection competition was extremely exciting, and even the senior officers were very interested in it, and at least five Yin generals came that day, and by the way, they acted as judges. The outer three floors and the outer three floors were crowded with recruits and veterans, and everyone wanted to join in the fun and see who could carp jump from a recruit to the rank of lieutenant.
When everything was ready, Guan Mao and I were going to start the first tryout. But before I got on the field, I was a little dumbfounded!
In order to avoid accidental casualties, all participants in the selection competition are allowed to use only wooden weapons. That way, my shield wok and my usual knife would not work. This is definitely a big weakening for my strength. It also means that I can only rely on my own experience and martial arts to achieve victory.
In fact, there is another disadvantage, my right arm has not fully recovered to 100% condition so far, and the explosive power when making the chopping action is obviously not enough, I am afraid that my offensive ability in the game is worrying!
The unfortunate thing is not over yet, my opponent Guan Mao was actually the Qiu family's dart master when he was in Zuoqiu City. The people of the Teng family and the Qiu family have been on the same page since Long Xiaoyan's expedition completely annihilated He Biao's expedition. I had met Guan Mao when I was in Zuoqiu City, so I knew his origin.
He deliberately walked up to my side before he came on the field and whispered maliciously, "Hey, backstabber!" Without an iron pot and a kitchen knife, I guess you're just an embroidered pillow! ”
I frowned and replied, "Who do you think you are?" You're just a little-known person in front of me, and you don't even deserve to lift my shoes! ”
"Hey, hey! What are you proud of? Guan Mao didn't laugh angrily, and said coldly: "I watched it at the scene when you fought Scarface Bear in Zuoqiu City, and you were so seriously injured, it is estimated that your right hand has been scrapped, right?" I was also there when you went to participate in the conscription later, if you hadn't relied on your fame to get by, I'm afraid you wouldn't even be able to choose the Yin Soldier, and you still want to choose the Yin School? ”
I didn't think he knew me in such detail, and for a moment he was speechless to refute it. Guan Mao saw that I was embarrassed, and he already felt that he had achieved his goal of hitting the opponent's self-confidence, and proudly laughed twice and walked away.
"Humph!" I looked at his departing back and snorted coldly, and said in my heart: "If you want to play psychological warfare with me, you are still tender!" ”
Guan Mao's wishful thinking was definitely wrong. If he hadn't come to me in advance to provoke, maybe I would have been caught by him in the weakness of his right arm after a while, and I couldn't wait to fall into passivity. But when he said this, I was prepared in advance, and I could formulate corresponding countermeasures to avoid such a passive situation.
Moreover, I have been stubborn since I was a child, and the more someone dares to provoke me, the more I want to make him deflated!