Soldiers Assault: Starting from the 7th Steel Company

Chapter 24: Which is more important, talent or hard work?

Chen Jiang's words touched Shi Jin's most vulnerable spot.

He also came from a poor and backward rural area, and his family was extremely poor. In the end, he had no choice but to give up the opportunity to go to high school and choose to join the army as the eldest son in the family.

After joining the army, not only did he have one less mouth to feed at home, but he could also send back an allowance or salary every now and then. His younger brothers and sisters' tuition came from him.

If it is true as Chen Jiang said, that the fourth-term non-commissioned officer fails to be promoted, he is very likely to retire early. Gao Cheng has mentioned this to him more than once.

Once he goes back, he doesn't know how to face life after retirement. Although there are resettlement policies for retired non-commissioned officers in the local area, there is a big gap in the retirement benefits between third-term non-commissioned officers and fourth-term non-commissioned officers.

The gap is so large that it may even affect whether younger siblings can successfully complete their studies.

"Sanduo, I hope... I hope you can go up and try again!" Shi Jin's face was full of expectation. There was no other way. If Xu Sanduo couldn't solve the problem of wrapping his abdomen around the bar, riding in the infantry fighting vehicle would be a big problem, not to mention the shooting performance inside.

Seeing Shi Jin's expression, Xu Sanduo finally understood that what Chen Jiang said was most likely true.

"Squad leader, I'm going!"

Xu Sanduo risked everything.
"Don't leave!"

After he said this, he jumped up desperately and accurately grabbed the horizontal bar above. Although he still climbed up in an ugly posture to prop up his body, at least this time he was much faster.

"Stick close to your body and pay attention to your center of gravity. One inch below your belly button, remember, keep everything tense, both above and below!" Chen Jiang reminded repeatedly.

After hearing this, Xu Sanduo's face became solemn. He didn't dare to look down at all because it was really high. But he couldn't let the squad leader leave, so he gritted his teeth and turned around desperately.

With the help of inertia, his legs quickly crossed the horizontal line and his head began to be in a downward position. This brief feeling of dizziness brought a great visual impact to people. It was because he was a little panicked at this step that caused his legs to relax and his movements to be deformed.

This time, he was determined not to ignore the consequences and turned around with all his might. Finally, after turning 360 degrees, his body returned to its original angle.

He was as happy as a child, "Class leader, Chen Jiang, I made one!"

"Yeah, Sanduo, look, I told you you can do it!"

"Don't stop, one more!"

Shi Jin and Chen Jiang had a very good understanding and quickly gave encouragement.

"Ambiguous~"

Xu Sanduo responded and planned to try again.

With the successful experience once, things went more smoothly afterwards. But he couldn't do more than a few because his upper limbs couldn't hold on for long, and he finally fell down, but this time he didn't fall upside down.

"Sanduo, after you turn your body, don't always rely on your arm strength. How many can you do if you do that? You have to rely on inertia! Also, your upper limb strength is too poor. Look at Chen Jiang's arms, and my arms. You must practice this!"

Shi Jin lifted his sleeves and let Xu Sanduo take a look. The muscle lines were very obvious.

"Sergeant, Sanduo's performance today is already very good. I will train him well next time!" Chen Jiang saw that it was getting late. After all, this was a military unit, and it was impossible to train here all the time.

On the way back, Xu Sanduo kept asking, what level of performance would the squad leader have to reach before he left? Shi Jin didn't answer, but Chen Jiang gave him a message: the squad leader's stay or departure was determined by the entire class!
That night, Xu Sanduo was destined to have a sleepless night, not because he was complacent about doing a few abdominal rotations, but because he felt that he was carrying a huge responsibility, the responsibility to keep the squad leader.

The next morning, the training of the 7th Steel Company started as scheduled. Gao Cheng would not change the training plan at all because of the addition of a new member to the company.

The training subjects were exactly what Xu Sanduo feared the most: large-scale maneuvers and armed reconnaissance in infantry fighting vehicles.

Although Shi Jin specifically explained the key points of getting on the bus and demonstrated it twice, Xu Sanduo simply couldn't keep up.

If he is allowed to go first, he will often hit his head on the door frame, and then block the way for those behind him.

If we let him get on last, the door won't close because he's the slowest.

At the end of the day, Xu Sanduo vomited all over the place and his head was dizzy. The most devastating thing was that because of Xu Sanduo's joining, Class 3 ranked last in individual scores, which was a great humiliation that Class 3 had not encountered in many years.

In the next few days, there was shooting training. Xu Sanduo was a mess because he had little contact with live-fire shooting. Although he had tried very hard, including Chen Jiang and others who used all their time to teach him, he could never reach the average level and became a complete burden to Class 3.

On the way back that day, the third squad was the most listless in the entire team.
Gao Cheng came over and said two words to Shi Jin,

"Find a way yourself. I don't want to ruin Class 3 and yourself because of your inexplicable promise!"

"The regiment-wide live-fire drill assessment is coming up soon, and Squad 3 can't fall behind!"

In fact, Gao Cheng revealing this to Shi Jin was already a bit against the rules, but he had no choice. When he saw the results of Class 3, he was anxious.

After dinner in the evening, Shi Jin brought Chen Jiang to give Xu Sanduo some special lessons, mainly to correct his wrong posture when getting on the car, and to continue practicing abdominal rotations on the bar.

The latter is better, after all, there is successful experience. The next step is to practice repeatedly, and it will get better.

The difficulty lies in getting on the bus. Xu Sanduo simply cannot do such a simple action. No matter how he is encouraged or demonstrated, he cannot do it properly.

After practicing for a long time, there was still no progress. Bai Tiejun, who was passing by, joked that Xu Sanduo's head was almost deforming the car door.

He was driven away by Shi Jin.

"Sergeant, I'm really stupid and can't do this," Xu Sanduo said with a sad face.

Shi Jin felt both distressed and angry. Why was this guy like this?
After repeated thoughts, Chen Jiang came up with an idea. "Squad leader, if we let Xu Sanduo force his way in, he won't be able to get on even if he smashes his head. Over time, he'll develop a fear of getting on the vehicle. I suggest we hang a wooden stick on the obstacle in front, at the same height as the steel door of the armored vehicle. Let Sanduo get used to the height before he can get on the vehicle!"

Shi Jin's eyes lit up after hearing this, "Your idea is good!"

The three of them immediately started to make arrangements. Chen Jiang and Shi Jin demonstrated repeatedly. They even moved a stool to simulate the seats in the carriage. Then Xu Sanduo practiced over and over again.

Chen Jiang’s requirement: You must pass 4 out of 5 times in the simulated scenario before you can go on board for training.

Although the process was difficult, at least Xu Sanduo didn't have to bang his head every time.

From a distance, Gao Cheng was still looking at this place through a telescope, and finally shook his head helplessly, "Talent is something that can't be easily changed by hard work."

(End of this chapter)