The Strongest Soldier: From Being Specially Recruited into the Army

Chapter 22: Capture Fist Training! Improve through confrontation!
Su Chen is the only one who entered the Eighth Company as a new recruit. You must know that many veteran scouts in the Tiger Regiment who have served for many years do not have this ability.

So after joining the company, the old soldiers were very polite to Su Chen, and there was no incident of old soldiers bullying new recruits.

What's more, Chen Rulong, the monitor of Class 1, Row 1, also won the honor of outstanding monitor because of Su Chen. Just because Su Chen mentioned Chen Rulong at the commendation meeting, how could anyone make things difficult for Su Chen?

Of course, the most important thing is that Su Chen's own strength is good enough. After he joined the company, he was at the top level in physical training. Like some other professional combat skills, Su Chen also studied hard. Such a soldier who can endure hardships, is willing to endure hardships, and has strength, even if Su Chen is a private, he is also very respected in the Eighth Company.

Before I knew it, a week had passed since I joined the company.

During this week, Su Chen fully felt the rhythm and intensity of the front-line combat force known as the "Special Operations Company".

To sum it up in one word: practice!

If you can't die from training, then train to death. This is the style of the 8th Sharp Knife Company. There is endless physical training and combat skills learning every day.

The so-called thing about new recruits being assigned to other companies while old soldiers celebrate the New Year together does not exist at all in the Sharp Knife Company No. 8. Some retired veterans say that it is easy to be assigned to other companies, but this is also impossible in the Sharp Knife Company No. 8.

An old soldier from the company once said with emotion that their Eighth Company’s training was almost more brutal than that of the armed police!

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When I got up this morning, it had been snowing all night and was still falling. Snowflakes were floating in the sky. Looking around, the entire military camp was covered with white snow.

But this did not stop the Eighth Company from training. Not only that, they had to clear the snow before they could train.

After the snow clearing was completed, the soldiers came to the training ground. In the weather close to minus 20 degrees Celsius, the soldiers of the Eighth Company still stood upright, like pine trees and cypresses standing tall in the cold wind.

The company commander Shang Yong, who was wearing a winter training uniform, looked around at them and said, "Today we are going to conduct cold resistance and enemy-catching boxing training! Come on, everyone! Take off your shirts!!"

Cold resistance training is one of the routine subjects of combat troops in the Northeast region. In the ice and snow, in temperatures of minus ten to twenty degrees Celsius, the soldiers, with their upper bodies bare, fight each other with the enemy-capturing fist technique. This can not only ensure that the body is active and provide heat, but also exercise the ability to capture the enemy, killing two birds with one stone.

Following the order from the company commander Shang Yong, the soldiers of the Eighth Company took off their shirts without any hesitation, leaving their shirts bare.

As soon as Su Chen took off his shirt, he felt the biting cold wind like steel needles piercing into the bones. It was really as cold as a knife!

However, what surprised Su Chen was that not only their soldiers, but also the company commander and instructors did not hesitate at all and took off their shirts, enduring the cold and freezing in the snow and ice.

This is the characteristic of the 8th Sharp Knife Company. Here, no matter whether it is the military commander or the soldiers, no one will be left out in training.

After the company commander Shang Yong took off his shirt, his dark skin was exposed. Under his strong muscles, Su Chen noticed that there was a bullet scar and two knife scars on his chest.

"Everyone, stand two arms' length apart in front and behind, and one arms' length apart to the left and right, and get ready to punch the enemy!" the company commander shouted the order.

The fighters immediately distanced themselves from each other and began punching according to the commands.

The Enemy-Catching Fist was originally a comprehensive training routine composed of individual movements used by the armed police force to capture the enemy. It was first evolved from the Public Security Fist. The basic movements are derived from Bajiquan, and the shadows of modern martial arts and Sanda can be seen in it. The Tiger Group uses the 16-movement Enemy-Catching Fist, which can also be called the Three-Way Enemy-Catching Fist. Its moves are characterized by leg techniques, the use of fists and feet, the combination of wrestling and capturing, high posture and small posture, and natural and practical. It emphasizes defeating the enemy with one move and taking the initiative, which perfectly interprets the "fast, accurate and ruthless" essentials of Kung Fu!
As Su Chen followed the commands and fought, he felt the ferocity in every move, and couldn't help but realize that the army's boxing style was different from what he had learned.

What Su Chen learned in the martial arts school was considered real kung fu, but it was still within the scope of a game with rules. The Tiger Group's three-way enemy-catching punch made Su Chen feel what killing skills were, and every move was a killing move.

Just listen to the names of these moves and you will know: ear-piercing impact, wrist grabbing and elbow smashing, rib chopping and chest striking...

Su Chen dared to assert that if he were to use these moves in a conflict with someone in real life, he would be so poor that he wouldn't even be able to afford to wear pants.

Especially for someone like Su Chen who has a background in martial arts, if he can't control the power of these moves, it can really kill people!
After finishing a set of enemy-capturing punches, the company commander ordered: "Each platoon will form a squad, two people in a group, and start practicing the set of moves!"

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The improvement of Kung Fu lies in confrontation, and the improvement of strength also lies in confrontation. The enemy-catching fist techniques are indeed fierce, but if you just fight wits and courage with the air, it will lose its essence.

Only through confrontation can every action be accurate and accurate, and you can find the essence of defeating the enemy in one move, because on the battlefield, the enemy you face is never air or a sandbag that only knows how to be beaten, but a living person, a person with independent thinking ability.

Su Chen's opponent is a sergeant named Du Feng. He has been a soldier for many years, and his fighting skills are among the best in the 8th Sharp Knife Company.

"I've heard that you are the champion of free fighting in Liaodong Province. Come on, let me learn from you!" Du Feng took a stance, waved at Su Chen and said with a smile.

The fact that Su Chen is the Liaodong Province free-fighting champion has long been no secret in the Sharp Knife Eighth Company and in their class.

Soldiers are all very proud and think that so-called fighting competitions are just a gimmick, especially for those soldiers in the 8th Company who are learning killing skills.

Su Chen also took up his stance and said with a smile, "Okay, veteran, be careful!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Su Chen didn't waste any words. He let out a low shout, rushed forward, and swung his fists. When Du Feng raised his arm to block, he was not in a hurry and punched the ribs with his other hand.

Du Feng didn't expect Su Chen's punching speed to be so fast. He was a little slow in dodging. Although he dodged in a hurry, as the saying goes, "one step slow, all steps slow." He was already behind and was bullied by Su Chen. He could not fight back and could only defend.

Du Feng realized that this was not going to work, so he found the right opportunity, shouted loudly, and kicked.

But at this moment, Su Chen was quick-witted and rushed forward, wrapped one hand around Du Feng's kicking leg and locked it tightly, then he gathered his energy in his dantian, moved forward, folded his left arm, swung his elbow and smashed straight towards Du Feng's cheek.

"bump……!"

Although Su Chen had restrained his strength, this elbow still knocked Du Feng dizzy. As Su Chen let go of him, he staggered two steps, lost his balance, and fell on his butt in the snow.

After Su Chen stopped, he said, "Thank you, old soldier!"

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(End of this chapter)