Soldiers Assault: Starting from the 7th Steel Company

Chapter 48 The calm before the storm

Although the news that the 7th Steel Company was going to be reorganized was spreading everywhere, it was just a rumor after all. As long as the official document was not officially announced, it would not count, at least it could not be made public.

Therefore, daily training still needs to be carried out. Gao Cheng did not reveal anything in public, but he became more strict with everyone.

I don’t know when it started, but the training in various subjects has become particularly serious.

The frequency of various assessments has begun to increase, and on the training ground, there are now many more officers holding notebooks and taking notes and drawing.

Even the greenest recruits could guess from the clues that this was a record of their training results, which would determine their future destinations in the near future.

Therefore, there was no need for urging from the squad leaders, and the people in the Seventh Company trained like crazy.

Because of Shi Jin's outstanding performance in the exercise, Gao Cheng specifically talked to him and told him that he must seize the opportunities in the upcoming assessments so that he can leave a strong mark in the final stage.

In fact, it was equivalent to telling him in disguise that the 7th Steel Company was about to be reorganized.

Therefore, Shi Jin's life is very busy and fulfilling every day.
Because Xu Sanduo has grown up and no longer needs his protection, he has plenty of time to improve his grades.

Chen Jiang also helped him frequently and offered many valuable opinions and suggestions in some areas, which allowed Shi Jin to improve further at this stage.

He knew very well that it was very difficult for a third-term sergeant to be promoted to a fourth-term sergeant.

But no matter how difficult it is, there is always a chance!
Fight!

In addition, there is Wu Liuyi,

His performance in the exercise was average, but he had not yet reached the retirement age, and now he was just trying his best to get into a better company.

When Xu Sanduo competed with him, he would always give in to him intentionally or unintentionally, at least that was the appearance.

The two men used all kinds of methods to PK, and even each carried a huge marching pot on his back, two ammunition boxes in his hands, and heavy sandbags on his body. Did they really think of themselves as supermen?

The most infuriating thing is that every time Xu Sanduo would fail by a hair's breadth.
Therefore, Wu Liuyi was very annoyed and shouted: Do I need your charity?

Among the soldiers of the Seventh Company, perhaps only the deputy squad leader of the Third Squad, Chen Jiang, was the most free and easy. His second-class merit was finally approved, and the shining golden medal made everyone envious.

The most enviable thing is that the Party Committee of the Group Army agreed to let him participate in the promotion selection as a representative of outstanding soldiers. Although there are still military skills assessments and cultural subjects examinations to come, everyone knows that these cannot stop Chen Jiang.

In other words, Chen Jiang no longer needs to participate in those life-threatening projects, he just needs to concentrate on preparing for the promotion selection.

On this day, instructor Hong Xingguo actually brought in a young soldier.

"Come here, this is Ma Xiaoshuai, a cadet soldier who was just transferred from the Electronic Warfare Battalion and a top student. Ma Xiaoshuai, this is your squad leader Shi Jin and your squad deputy Chen Jiang."

Ma Xiaoshuai, his epaulettes all red, immediately stepped forward and saluted the two: "Hello, squad leader! Hello, deputy squad leader!"
Shi Jin and Chen Jiang returned the military salute very seriously.

"Your squad leader Chen is quite remarkable. He is a college soldier from Nanjing University. He also won first place in our army's shooting competition and was awarded second-class merit!" Hong Xingguo could not hide his pride when introducing Chen Jiang.

"Oh, Deputy Class Leader Chen, please give me more guidance in the future!"

Ma Xiaoshuai is as his name suggests, he is handsome and active in dealing with people.

Chen Jiang smiled and waved his hand, "Just good luck."

Shi Jin was as kind as ever. After he sent the instructor out the door, he called Ma Xiaoshuai over and asked Chen Jiang to explain to him the relevant matters concerning the class's internal affairs.

“This is your personal locker.”

As Chen Jiang explained the situation to him, he felt as if he had just arrived at the 7th Steel Company. Before he knew it, he had become a veteran. Time in the army flew by so quickly. Although Ma Xiaoshuai's arrival had injected a bit of fresh energy into the 7th Steel Company, the current training workload was too heavy, so heavy that everyone felt it was difficult to breathe.

Gao Cheng presided over the long and solemn joining ceremony of the 7th Steel Company for Ma Xiaoshuai alone.

It’s that familiar dialogue:
How many people are there in the 7th Steel Company?"

Five thousand men! One thousand one hundred and four of them sacrificed their lives for their country! Fifty-one years have passed since the Seventh Steel Company was founded, and despite several changes in designation, a total of five thousand men have been members of it!
Soldier Ma Xiaoshuai! You must remember that you are the 5,000th soldier of the 7th Steel Company!

I don’t know if it was a coincidence of fate, but Ma Xiaoshuai happened to be the 5,000th soldier of the 7th Steel Company, and was very likely the last soldier to join the company.

So everyone understood that this might be the last time they would experience such a sacred and solemn ceremony.

Especially when Ma Xiaoshuai sang the war song without music, everyone shouted at the top of their lungs:
A thunderbolt, a sword, a group of fierce tigers and the seventh steel company;

A man of steel with an iron will, he defends the country and his homeland with iron blood.

The sound of killing scares the enemy's courage, and his reputation for victory in every battle is legendary.

The attack must be conquered, the defense must be strong, and we must step on the enemy's bones and sing triumphantly.

Not far away, Chengcai was hiding under a big tree, singing along loudly.

Chen Jiang saw him, and Xu Sanduo and the others in the Seventh Company probably saw him too.

But everyone chose to ignore it, perhaps only Chen Jiang and Xu Sanduo looked over.

But so what?

There was no way they would give up the sacred initiation ceremony and run over to see him off.

Yes,

Chengcai has moved again.

After he arrived at the Red Third Company, he was promoted to a non-commissioned officer as he wished, became a volunteer soldier, and also became a squad leader.

However, the Red Third Company never assigned him a sniper position. It was not because the Red Third Company was unaware of his shooting talent, but because Chengcai had ruined his character, and no soldier was willing to form a sniper team with such a person.

Finally, the instructor of the third company, He Hongtao, had no choice but to arrange Chengcai to be the squad leader of the Grassland Fifth Squad, which he least wanted and hated.

This is such a huge irony!

When he came out of the recruit company, Chengcai was full of energy and became a rising star in the 7th Steel Company.

Xu Sanduo went to the Grassland Class 5, which was "the paradise for latecomers and the hell for squad leaders", with a dusty face.

But not long after that, the two people's situations changed.

Chen Jiang couldn't help but sigh: God gives equal opportunities to everyone, it just depends on whether you cherish them or not!
The joining ceremony had not yet ended, but Chengcai had already been dragged onto the jeep leaving the regiment headquarters. It was unknown when it started to rain heavily that day, and Chengcai, who was crying as he got on the car, was soaked to the bone.

The people of the 7th Steel Company stood in the rain, no one retreated.
They all cried out in their hearts:

Come on storm, we are steel and iron, we are not afraid of you!

(End of this chapter)