Chapter 13 The Battalion Commander's Last Training

July 28, 2070 at 9 a.m. – Earth Singapore – The day of the training camp was still slanting with heavy rain, but many of the trainees on the training camp were still standing upright, letting the wind and rain blow. The commanders of the battalion headquarters also stood on the rostrum, without raincoats or tents, and accompanied the training soldiers in the rain. The battalion commander stood at the front of the rostrum, and his sharp eyes swept over the soldiers under the stage over and over again.

"All of them, stand upright! Look to the right, look forward, take a break, and stand upright! Each team reports on the number of people who should be there and who actually arrived. "Team 1, there should be 20 people, but it is 20 people, the report is complete!" "Team 2, there should be 20 people, but there are 20 people, the report is complete!" Most of the squads in front of the "3 squad" had casualties, but it was acceptable, but ...... "27 squad, there should be 20 people, but there were 3 people, and the report is complete!." "28 squad, there should be 20 people, but it is 1 person." At this point, it's time for Team 29 to report on the numbers, but ...... There was no one in the usual position where Team 29 was standing! The entire school field fell into a dead silence, and after a while, a member of the 30th squad walked to the position of the 29th squad in two steps and stood upright, and shouted: "29th squad, there should be 20 people, but there are 0 people!" Report complete! The battalion commander of the "30th Squad" watched silently, his expression did not change together, it seemed that he was not in the same place, but no one knew that he was constantly silently reciting in his heart: War and battle are all cruel, and people will die, young man...... I'm going to die......

“…… The report is complete"""76 squad, there should be 20 people, but it is 14 people, the report is complete! Finally, it was Mark and their turn, Lao Liu walked out of the team in two steps, and said in a deep voice: "77 squad, there should be 20 people, but there are 20 people, the report is complete!" Seeing his brothers standing here one by one, Mark felt that his little sacrifice was completely worth it.

When all the teams had finished reporting, the battalion commander began to speak. "Fighters, before today's training begins, I would like to say a few words. A few days ago, most of you were just ordinary people who had been trained soldiers, to put it bluntly, a patchwork militia. But after the battle a few days ago, you have proven that you are not a rabble! Not battlefield cannon fodder! You can fight, you are warriors! So, soldiers, you have passed the first test, welcome to the army! Saying that, the battalion commander saluted an extremely standard military salute to all the soldiers, and all the soldiers saluted back. After a pause, the battalion commander continued: "Soldiers, the casualties in this operation are huge, and it is all my fault as a battalion commander that I have not collected enough intelligence to allow you to complete tasks beyond your strength. I apologize to you. As he spoke, the battalion commander bowed deeply to the team. Soldiers, I submitted my resignation to the Ministry of Defense two days ago, and tomorrow, I will step down. So, today, is my last training session for you. Speaking of this, the battalion commander paused, took two deep breaths to calm down before continuing: "After I leave, there will be a better officer to take over the position of battalion commander, I hope you will obey his orders, train well, and become even better soldiers." Can you do it?! "Please rest assured that the battalion commander will complete the mission!" In the heavy rain, the voices of the unarmored soldiers were louder, more neat, and more powerful than the usual voices of armored and loudspeakers. "Very well, training begins." Watching the fighters march neatly towards the training ground, the battalion commander smiled. The battalion commander's face was covered with rain, so no one knew that there were unshed tears in the corners of his eyes.

Today's training is a 3-kilometer obstacle course, and a large number of obstacles such as tire walls, canoe bridges, silt ponds, and thorn nets are laid on the 500-meter-long training field, and the fighters need to run back and forth six times to complete it. "Starting with the first squad, one squad after another, I believe that it is okay to run five or six people side by side on such a wide road. By the way, this time there was a training session with elimination, and the bottom 30 teams in the time ranking eliminated 5 people from each team. Now, the training begins. "Rush!" The first squad rushed out the moment the battalion commander said the last word, skillfully shuttling between various obstacles, maintaining a high speed and rushing forward. After the first team ran 200 meters, the second team also rushed out. In this way, every once in a while a team enters the training ground, but the fighters are not in the slightest worried that the training ground will be crowded. Because when the number of teams in the training ground reaches a certain limit, the first team that runs at the front finishes the training and exits the training ground, and when another team enters, the second team also completes the training.

Tire Wall ...... 47th Squad. "Ahh A team member was flipping over the top of the tire wall when his hand accidentally slipped and failed to grasp the tire, and he fell off the five-meter-high tire wall. "Pat, how are you?" The captain of the 47th team, who had climbed to the top of the tire wall, resolutely jumped down from it and came to his team's side. "My leg may be broken, leave me alone, you guys go quickly, I just take the initiative to quit, the team can't stop." "Pat, we can't" "Instructor, I'm quitting!" "No!" "Captain, let's go!" The captain stood up with tears in his eyes and ran forward with the rest of the team. Watching his teammates go away, Pat whispered, "Come on, guys." "After immobilizing Pat's broken leg, two logisticians carried Pat on a stretcher." Battalion commander, how do you calculate the results of this squad? "Minus 5 seconds." "Yes." "Son, you should be proud of yourself for being able to make the sacrifices you deserve for your teammates."

Thorn Net...... 55th Squad. This was the fourth time the team had gotten through the thorn net, and two of the team members had their backs blurred with flesh and blood, but they still persevered. "Zhang Lian, Hu He, you two quit immediately!" "No, Captain! We can still hold on! "That's right!" "Really?" "It's true!" "Click-click-" After two muffled sounds, the two strong players fainted, and behind them stood a teammate who was in a knife position. "Instructor, they're out!" After saying that, the captain continued to run forward with the rest of the team. "Battalion commander......" "Add a second, although it is for the friendship of your own team, but this is a * naked abandonment." "Yes." "Logically this judgment is very correct, but unfortunately it is wrong in principle."

Single-plank bridge...... 63rd Squad. "Wow!" "Poof-" One of the team members slipped and fell directly off the 10-meter-high single-plank bridge. Emerging from the water, the team member shouted to his companions who were waiting for him by the bridge, "Go first, and I'll chase you at once." "Who believes it!" "If you don't believe it, I won't come out if you don't leave." "Okay, you cow. Guys, go. "A few moments after his teammates left, the team member fell into the water, and the blood stained the nearby water red." Come on, someone's hurt! "The logistics personnel on duty near the single-plank bridge discovered the situation and threw themselves into the water to save people while informing the medical team." Battalion commander, someone in the water on the other side of the single-plank bridge was seriously injured. "What's going on? What's in the water? Hurry up and find out. "Yes." "Wait, this accident shouldn't have happened, subtract five seconds from that squad." "Yes."

Starting point...... 77th Squad. "Team 77 prepares--let's go!" With the instructor's order, the fighters of the 77th squad rushed out, and the first obstacle they faced was the barricade wall. The barritering wall, as the name suggests, is used to stop people. The height of each barrier wall varies, ranging from 1.5 to 2 meters, for a total of 10 walls. With the help of the momentum of running, Mark leaped to his feet and easily climbed over a 1.7-meter-high barrier wall. "It's simple." Watts, who had climbed over another wall, said disdainfully. "You won't say that on the last lap, keep going." With that, Mark climbed over another wall. Behind the barrier wall is a ladder, and I won't introduce the ladder, I know it. However, the ladder here is not usually long, it is very long, up to 20 meters long. "Rush!" Watts was the first to rush forward, and grabbed the ladder with his arms outstretched. "Shake your body, and when your body swings forward, you can grab one more ladder with the help of inertia, and try to save your physical strength, you understand?!" "Yes, Captain!" Caught in the heavy rain, the ladder is very slippery, fortunately, the team members have non-slip gloves and hold it very steadily, otherwise they will fall into the mud pool below the ladder, which feels hehe.

All the way forward, the crowd passed through the tire wall, the canoe bridge, the zipline, the barricade stick, and came to the thorn net, which was the most likely to cause injury. "The passage on the right is higher, and a few of you big men climb over there, and the rest of you go through the four passages on the left." "Yes." Lying on the ground, Mark began to crawl forward. "Damn, captain, why are the thorns on the thorn net so dense, I've been scratched four times." "Watts, you'd better keep your mouth shut, lest you get the mud in your mouth." "I-woo-cough-" "Sure enough......" The thorn net was overhead, so no one dared to raise their heads, so they had to crawl forward in the mud. "5 meters, 4 meters, 3 meters, 2 meters, 1 meter" Finally, from under the twenty-meter-long thorn net, Mark wiped the sweat on his head that was not there, as well as the rain and mud that existed. "Don't stop, keep going." "Holy!" At this time, even Mark couldn't help but scold, "Brother put me down" after a long, long time, "No, your back is scratched, and you have to be strong." For the last 100 meters, I was able to hold on. Carrying Watts on his back across the canoe bridge, Mark and his teammates came to the final 100 meters of the final lap of the "simulated swamp". The rain is still falling, and it is getting heavier and heavier, and the original "simulated swamp" is becoming more and more realistic, and the mud can already be submerged to your knees when you step on it. Mark carried Watts on his back, heavier, and the mud had already covered his thighs. "Persistence, can't be eliminated. Insist "Behind Mark, the tired, scarred, and sharply reduced willpower of his teammates walked deep and shallow, if it weren't for Mark and Lao Liu, the two leaders who were still taking the lead in the front, they would have given up a long time ago. "Rain and mud can blind your eyes, drain your strength, break your confidence, and strain your will, but they can't stop you from winning, just like now" In a trance, Mark felt as if he had returned to the beginning, the summer vacation where his father had trained him, back to the muddy mountain road. Shaking his head vigorously and recovering from his trance, Mark used all his strength to pull his left leg out of the mud and strode away. "Rush!" Behind him, his teammates, who had no strength, shouted and followed, and they were all holding on with willpower.

With 10 meters to go, an exhausted Mark fell to his knees, and now he didn't even have the strength to move his fingers. At this moment, Mark remembered a person, "Uncle, I'm about to die of the sun, you can help me untie the rope." "No, there's still 20 minutes until the end of the sun training, Mark, hold on." "But I'm almost dehydrated, how can I persevere?" "Rely on your faith, your willpower." "Faith, willpower?" "Mark, if you want to be a soldier, you have to find your faith that can sustain you when you're at your weakest. Of course, faith alone is not enough, you also need to have enough willpower to support your faith, and my uncle has been a soldier for many years. So, keep doing the devil's training your father gave you! "Huh!?" "Ahem, to add a point, faith can be found, but willpower can only be exercised slowly, and you have to 'exercise' often in the future." "Uncle, you bastard!" "Hehe, add another 5 minutes." “”

Faith clenched his fists hard, and Mark began to crawl with Watts on his back. "If you can't finish the run, go. If you can't finish walking, climb it. If you can't finish climbing, then you have to finish rolling! 9 meters, 6 meters, 4 meters, 3 meters, 2.5 meters, 2 meters, 1.7 meters Mark put down the Wheath on his back face to the ground, pushed him to the finish line with all his might, and the logistics staff who had been waiting there quickly carried the scarred Wheath away and ran to the infirmary. One by one, his teammates rushed to the finish line, leaving Mark alone lying there quietly. On several occasions the logisticians tried to carry Mark away, but the battalion commander radioed them and ordered them not to touch Mark, as Mark's fists were still clenched tightly.

"Battalion commander, he's already the limit! Can't train anymore! "Not yet, he's not at his limit." "Battalion commander!" "Wait." "But," I said, wait! "Yes." At this moment, a shout resounded throughout the training ground. "Ahh

I am writing this chapter for so long mainly to illustrate a truth: even an ordinary person, as long as he has enough willpower and firm faith, can accomplish many things that seem impossible to ordinary people, and our protagonist is such a person. If you encounter something in life that you can't do, please don't give up easily, if we can't do the smart method, use the ordinary method, we can't do the ordinary method, just use the stupidest method, no matter what, we can always complete it