My Military Career in a Parallel World

For nearly an hour, the new recruits stood far away and watched the veterans train.

Apart from the training that could not be conducted due to venue limitations and some items that the new recruits had never been exposed to, the veterans went through almost all of their daily subjects.

Five-kilometer weighted run, push-ups, sit-ups, horizontal bar, parallel bars and other physical fitness projects, as well as tactical movements to cross barbed wire, emergency battlefield rescue, etc.

The same training subjects, but the gap between the two cannot be described in words.

If it were them, after an hour of such high-intensity training, even people with strong physical fitness like Jiang Chen, Li Qiang and others would probably be exhausted and out of breath.

But looking at these veterans, their expressions remained calm, as if they had just done a few warm-up exercises to stretch their muscles.

"Company commander!"

The recruits were still immersed in shock when a lieutenant officer trotted up to Ge Hongtao, saluted, and greeted him with a smile.

"Well, not bad. It seems that you haven't slacked off in training while I was away." Ge Hongtao nodded in response.

After saying a few words, Ge Hongtao ordered: "Blow the assembly whistle!"

"Yes!"

The lieutenant stood at attention and saluted again, then turned around and blew the whistle hanging around his neck.

Pee!

"gather!"

The veterans on the training ground quickly gathered here.

In less than a minute, the team had assembled and completed the formation. The lieutenant officer stepped out again, saluted Ge Hongtao, and reported: "Report to the company commander, the second platoon of the third reconnaissance company has been ordered by the superior to go to the regiment headquarters to assist the brother company in training. The number of people who should have been there is 36, and the actual number of people is 36. The report is complete, please give instructions!!"

"Well, very good!" Ge Hongtao returned the military salute, then walked to the front of the team and said loudly: "The reason why we asked you to come a day earlier is mainly to teach these rookies behind us a good lesson, to let them see what a real soldier is and what is the tip of the knife!"

"Guaranteed to complete the mission!!!"

The company of only thirty people had a much greater momentum than the group of more than a hundred recruits next to it. The roars that broke out in unison were so loud that they hurt the eardrums of the recruits.

The recruit company also shouted slogans, but the slogans they shouted were just the sound of their lungs, and the sound lacked real momentum.

Look at the team in front of us.

Every move and every word gives people an inexplicable sense of deterrence.

Weapons are dangerous tools!

Internally, they are the people's support and soldiers who can always be trusted. When danger comes, they are always the first to appear and the last to leave.

But to the outside world, they are a killing weapon that is enough to scare the enemy to death, and they will kill every mole who dares to spy on this land and its people.

The forbidden area for mercenaries is not created by shouting slogans. It is a "Jingguan" built with swords and guns, and the corpses of countless people, which intimidates anyone who dares to challenge it.

"Come on, some people, run a 400-meter lap to give these rookies some experience!" Ge Hongtao pointed to the 400-meter obstacle course not far away and said in a very calm tone.

"Yes!"

The lieutenant immediately agreed, then turned around and shouted to the team, "Three squads, step out!"

Eight fully armed soldiers walked out of the team in neat steps.

No one paid much attention to it before, until these eight soldiers walked to the front of the team, and then the recruits noticed the equipment on them.

In addition to the common Type 81 rifle, there is also the Type 81 light machine gun, which is also part of the Type 81 gun family. Everyone wears a pistol and a dagger for close combat on his waist.

There are binoculars and the necessary compass hanging on their sides. Although the clothes they wear look no different from those worn by new recruits, a closer look reveals that their clothes are not ordinary camouflage uniforms.

The color is more in line with the true nature of the jungle, and there are many small designs to prevent infestation by mosquitoes, rats and ants.

In addition, there was a soldier who was not carrying a backpack, but a personal communication device, and the grenade hanging on the carrying bag was not the wooden-handled grenade that everyone was familiar with, but had been replaced with an egg-shaped grenade.

The most eye-catching one was the soldier holding a black rifle and wearing clothes like a sack.

This black rifle was particularly conspicuous among the Type 81 rifles, especially the scope on top of the gun, which attracted the attention of more than one hundred recruits present.

Sniper!!

The temptation and attraction of these three words to men are no less than a naked beautiful woman posing in front of you.

The recruit's eyes became fiery and his breathing became heavier.

"preparation!"

Ignoring the recruits' reactions, the lieutenant officer faithfully followed Ge Hongtao's orders, took out the timer and walked to the starting point.

"kill!!!"

In an instant, eight soldiers rushed out like arrows.

Their speed did not seem very fast, even slower than the five-kilometer run they had just done. The recruits simply thought that the training just now had made their physical strength not as strong as before.

But this thought disappeared when they came to the first obstacle of 400 meters.

The three-step piles have three ten-centimeter-high pillars, and the requirement is to step on the pillars for each step. The difficulty is not too high. Even when the new recruits see the veterans crossing them easily as if a dragonfly skimming the water, they still feel that this project is too simple, right?

I can do it too!

The second obstacle was a trench, which the veterans also jumped over with just one simple step.

The third obstacle is a little more difficult, jumping over a low wall.

However, this project was not difficult in the eyes of the recruits. Who hasn't had the experience of climbing walls and trees when they were young? This low wall is only half a person's height at most, so it's just a matter of moving your legs.

The veterans also performed well on the high board diving platform, and the new recruits didn’t find it difficult at all.

But in fact, this is the most difficult subject in the 400-meter obstacle course. Only after truly experiencing it can you understand its difficulty.

Ladders, single-plank bridges, high walls, low-pile nets...

At this time, they had reached the end of the runway. After passing another flag, they turned around and ran back.

Although it is the same obstacle, the method of passing it is different this time.

Instead of crawling over the low-pile net using tactical moves, he directly jumped over it, then climbed the high wall and went around the pillars under the single-plank bridge.

The previous time, I passed through from the top of the ladder, but this time I passed through from the bottom with both hands holding the bar alternately.

I came to the high board diving platform again. This time there was no assistance from the low platform. I had to rely on my own strength to jump onto the nearly two-meter-high platform.

Go back to the low wall. You don't need to climb over it, but go through the hole below it.

Jump into the trench which is also nearly two meters deep and then climb up, cross the five-step pile, and finally run a 100-meter sprint, and the entire 400-meter obstacle course is completed.

Looking at the 400-meter obstacle race events individually, each one is not too difficult when taken alone, but the story becomes different when they are added together.

One minute thirty-five seconds fifty-eight.

One minute, thirty-seven seconds, thirty-one.

One minute and forty seconds and thirty-three.

One minute, forty seconds and fifty-nine seconds.

1 minute 41 seconds 13.

……

The slowest time among the eight people was over one minute and forty-five seconds.

For an ordinary person, even running 400 meters would probably be about the same result, let alone overcoming obstacles.

This refers to high school students who are at the peak of their physical and intellectual abilities. If it is a college student with a "disabled body but strong will", I'm afraid two minutes would be too little...

Of course, young people are like a newborn calf that is not afraid of a tiger. There are always some individuals who still feel that this thing is not as difficult as they imagined.

I can do it too!

Especially the new recruits from sports schools or martial arts schools, each of them almost had the words "that's it?" engraved on their foreheads.

then……

They are in tragedy.

When you are far away, it doesn't seem like a big deal, but when you get closer, let alone other items, the first level of three-step piles alone stumps a lot of new recruits.

Each pile is more than 1.5 meters apart, and you need to step on the piles throughout the entire process. Once you slow down, or your steps are unstable and you don’t calculate the distance well, you will fail the first level.

Now let’s talk about the second item: crossing the trench.

Before I got close, I thought it was nothing, but after I got closer...

mmp...

If I jump down, can I still get up?!

And this platform, is it probably two meters high? !

What's even more daunting is that this thing is not a wall, there is no place for you to leverage...

Practice makes perfect, and only by experiencing it personally can you know the difference.

Of the first ten recruits who experienced the 400-meter obstacle race, only five came back in the end, and their results were generally over three minutes.

As for the other five people.

Uh……

They are still lying in the pit, trying hard to get out.

"Okay, you guys go over and pull them up!" Ge Hongtao pointed at a few recruits and gave the order.

After everyone came back, he continued, "There is no special assessment for the 400-meter obstacle course for new recruits, but I can tell you that after you are assigned to a company, no matter which unit you are in, there will be a minimum assessment standard for the 400-meter obstacle course."

"For ordinary companies, if you can complete the course in 2 minutes and 30 seconds, you will pass. 2 minutes and 15 seconds is good. If you can complete the course in under 2 minutes, you will be considered excellent!"

"But..." Ge Hongtao paused, a smile appeared on his face, and he pointed to the team of the third company next to him.

"Do you know what kind of troops are in front of you?!"

Without waiting for the recruits to answer, Ge Hongtao continued, "I said before that I would show you what a real soldier is and what is the tip of the knife!"

"And the troops in front of you are the tip of the knife!

They are called Scouts!!!"

"Two minutes is a very good result for an ordinary company, but for a scout, it's just a passing grade!!!"

Next, all the recruits experienced a 400-meter obstacle race under the supervision of veterans.

How should I put it? "All kinds of problems" is not enough to describe the performance of the recruits.

Some people sprained their ankles when jumping over the three-step pole, some people were afraid to jump across the trench, and many of those who jumped bravely made mistakes and fell into the pit.

Some people fell off the single-plank bridge, some missed their step on the ladder and got their balls stuck, and some fell flat on their faces when crossing a low wall...

If there hadn't been veterans watching over them, at least half of the more than 100 recruits would have been sent to the infirmary.

"Jiang Chen, how do you feel?"

As the role model of the recruit company, how could Jiang Chen not be noticed? As soon as he stopped after running the last 100 meters, Li Gang came over immediately.

The first time he ran the 400-meter obstacle course, Jiang Chen was very tactful and did not pursue speed, but only wanted to pass all the events intactly.

Li Gang was no longer surprised by Jiang Chen's behavior.

He finally understood that the boy in front of him had no youthful drive at all. He never did anything without confidence. Every time there was a new project, his performance was mediocre, and sometimes his results were even at the bottom.

But if you give him two days to train on this project, you will find that this guy is like a completely different person.

Li Gang has long been accustomed to this.

Therefore, when he heard that Jiang Chen's time in the 400-meter hurdles was only three minutes and twenty seconds, he was not surprised at all. When Jiang Chen came back, he just asked him how he felt about this event.

Jiang Chen calmed his breathing, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said calmly: "Not bad, if I try a few more times, it shouldn't be difficult to get under two points."

Not bad? It won't be hard to run under two minutes a few more times?!

Li Gang couldn't help but roll his eyes. If this guy wasn't right under his nose the whole day, he would have thought that Jiang Chen was secretly practicing harder without telling anyone.

Little did he know that he had already guessed the answer to the question in an unintentional thought.

Jiang Chen has achieved his current success by working so hard.

"Are all the new recruits nowadays so good at bragging? Come on, it won't be hard to break two minutes! Do you know how long it took me to break two minutes in the 400-meter obstacle course?!"

The old soldier next to them couldn't help but curl his lips when he heard the conversation between the two.

If Li Gang, the top student of the third company, hadn't been right next to him, he would have been unable to help but retort.

Being a soldier means competing, and being a scout means competing even more!

Don't fight? Then you'll be a soldier!

Wouldn’t it be better to just go to the farm and raise pigs, and wait to be discharged from the army in two years?

Jiang Chen never thought of hiding his own strength. As an adult with rich social experience, he could also see the disdain in the eyes of the veteran next to him.

However, Jiang Chen had no intention of explaining. How about we let the results speak for themselves?

Assuming you are still there at that time...

Just as Jiang Chen was thinking this, Ge Hongtao had appeared behind the two of them and witnessed the entire conversation between him and Li Gang, including the fleeting looks of disdain on the faces of those old soldiers.

"Haha, don't just talk and don't practice!" Ge Hongtao said with a smile. The few people who heard the noise turned around and saluted: "Hello, Captain!"

Ge Hongtao waved his hand casually to signal them to relax, then looked at Jiang Chen and asked with interest: "Jiang Chen, how long does it take you to run the 400-meter obstacle course in under two minutes?"

Facing the company commander's slightly scrutinizing gaze, Jiang Chen thought for a moment and replied, "A week, at most a week. I can definitely get in under two minutes!"

The smile on Ge Hongtao's face became even wider. As for the few old soldiers next to him, their eyes almost rolled up to the sky when they heard the words.

Running under two minutes in a week?!

What a joke! Why don’t you say you can go to the sky?

Don't you even think before you brag?!

……