53 Military Training
◎To be called a dream team, one must possess tremendous dominance.
Go to Beijing.
For He Qianlu, it was the place where he became famous, but also the place where he was sad.
He grew up here and experienced the happiest and most painful times of his life here.
Before that, he told himself that he must never return to Beijing.
However, because Zhu Qi joined the national team, He Qianlu needed to go with her to play in the table tennis league, so he broke this principle.
And now I have to move the information to the Bayi team...
The old man left with finality, leaving He Qianlu sitting there and beginning to hesitate.
He and Zhu Qi's registered residence is still in Jianghuai Province, but they are no longer players and coaches of the Jianghuai Provincial Team.
The coach of the Bayi team also wanted to join the army, but He Qianlu's previous affairs were somewhat sensitive, and the old man had not yet helped him deal with everything, so he could only hold the position temporarily and not be awarded a rank.
The coaching job of the Jianghuai Provincial Team is still retained. After all, He Qianlu is the head coach of the provincial team. He has a group of coaches in charge of leading the players. He spends half of his time each year coming back and the other half in Chaojing.
After all, Zhu Qi spends most of his time in the national team and is only sent to military training for two months each year.
It was impossible for He Qianlu to wait for her in Chaojing all the time.
After being transferred from the Jianghuai Provincial Team to the Bayi Team, there were many things to sort out besides the admission documents.
Copy of household registration, ID card, application for enlistment, electronic version of certificate of honor, written test on reciting the Officer's Code, report size to receive uniform, submit application for military service, prepare for one and a half months of military training, then take uniform ID photo, receive officer's ID card...
Zhu Qi was extremely busy throughout July.
But fortunately, Daxiong has already prepared everything. If Zhu Qi doesn’t understand something, he can ask him, which saves a lot of trouble.
Daxiong glanced at Zhu Qi's application materials and her Party membership declaration and said to her, "Those who have just joined the Bayi Squadron and have no military rank are conscripts. Their shoulder straps will be a thin bar, just like many active-duty soldiers who have enlisted for military service."
Zhu Qi asked him, "Are you also a conscript now?"
Big Bear nodded. "Yes, you have to serve in the military for two years or more, then choose to be discharged or continue in the army based on your personal abilities. You'll then be awarded ranks based on your performance. The lowest rank is second lieutenant, followed by first lieutenant, captain... Normally, if you don't become a coach, you'll stop at captain. If you serve for more than 20 years and receive enough honors, or if you later switch careers and become a coach for the Bayi team, you can be promoted to the rank of colonel."
"So what's the rank of our head coach, Mr. Shi?"
"Lieutenant General." said Big Bear.
Zhu Qi's heart was pounding, and he was very excited.
General level!
The rank of lieutenant is relatively common, and it is already a great achievement for ordinary people to reach the rank of colonel.
As a general, no wonder he is called the old commander.
The old man smiles every day and looks cheerful at everyone he sees. I didn’t expect he would hold such a high position.
Qin Xiaoba was so excited that his face was flushed with excitement because he was recruited by the Bayi Team. However, after he put on the camouflage uniform and entered the place where the Bayi Team prepared military training for these new recruits, his happiness came to an abrupt end.
The Bayi team found a border area military control center to train the newly recruited Bayi team players, and next to them were soldiers who were also serving.
There is wilderness all around.
Military equipment was everywhere. There seemed to be a few fighter planes on the hill not far away, and even the bicycles were painted in camouflage.
Zhu Qi even felt that there might be some incredible stuff buried in this mountain, such as the Dongfeng series.
Before entering the detention center, He Qianlu took Zhu Qi and Qin Xiaoba to get a haircut.
The barber had worked in the military control center for more than ten years and was very skilled. He could cut a hair in two minutes on average.
Girls all have their hair cut short to the ears, and boys all have their hair cut flat close to their scalps.
Qin Xiaoba had kept his hair long for a long time, and had been clamoring to go with Song Linzhou to find the Three Asian Dragons to get a fashionable perm. But she ended up crying while looking at herself in the mirror, and her head turned into a boiled egg with a few thorns on it.
Zhu Qi was very happy: "Very good, very energetic."
Qin Xiaoba was very sad to see that his sister looked more beautiful and energetic after the haircut. "Why do you look so good after the haircut? Am I really that ugly? I think I could become a monk right now if I had six scars on my head."
Zhu Qi said, "I don't think you need to perm your scars. Even prisoners in labor camps have the same hairstyle as you."
Qin Xiaoba cried even more sadly.
Zhu Qi thought that only his younger brother was so stupid that he cried while getting a haircut, but it turned out that most of the other little boys who came to get their hair cut also cried.
“…” Zhu Qi.
Why do children nowadays start to have appearance anxiety?
A sign opposite the gate reads: "Suffer with all your heart and soul, toil with all your strength, and serve the motherland."
The 45-day military training in August also implemented these twelve words.
After arriving at the place, before I even had time to put my suitcase in the dormitory, I saw several coaches in military uniforms standing in a row with whistles hanging on their chests.
"gather!"
The children quickly gathered together.
Standing in the first row were female soldiers, including Zhu Qi, a total of six girls.
The Bayi team has table tennis, badminton, volleyball, springboard and swimming departments.
The old man was solely responsible for the table tennis department, while other departments were managed by other head coaches. While the other coaches only had two stripes and two stars on their shoulders, only Mr. Shi had two stars and a spike. He had coached 19 world champions and seven World Games champions, making an extraordinary contribution to the world of sports. Each star represented the old man's status and strength.
These are the favorites for China to win the gold medal, and the other girls are from other departments.
From the day he arrived, Zhu Qi knew that this Bayi "small national team" existed to cultivate championship-winning talents.
Zhu Qi shared a dormitory with two girls from the badminton club. They got up at six in the morning for their morning run, then washed up and had their meal, an hour earlier than when they were on the national team.
Zhu Qi usually gets up very early. This time is nothing for Zhu Qi, but for Qin Xiaoba it is like a life-threatening torture.
He likes sleeping in the most.
When I was in the provincial team, I was late every day. It was not until I joined the national team that my situation improved.
In the morning, we practiced various formations, including marching, saluting, marching with salute, etc., as well as standing still and kicking... After lunch, we started training our own projects as usual in the afternoon.
Go to the table tennis ground to practice table tennis, and go to the badminton ground to practice badminton.
Finally, I study military theory for an hour in the evening and do a night run before going to bed.
"March in step—"
"Stand still—"
"At ease—"
"salute--"
Although it is boring, it is nothing for people who have been practicing sports since childhood.
Every day during lunch, Daxiong would jokingly ask Zhu Qi: "Can you handle such a heavy workload?"
"It's okay, I'll be fine after a good sleep." Zhu Qi took a bite of the steamed bun and ate the meat slices in big mouthfuls.
Her physical fitness is also amazing.
Excellent recovery ability is the most necessary physique for a top athlete.
After all, illness is too deadly. Big Bear and Maomao were born in the same year, and now they are also covered in injuries. Sometimes, after training for a long time, the whole back feels like it has been hit by a stick, so sore and painful that even bending over is difficult.
After Zhu Qi came to the military control center, his appetite increased.
The canteen at the military control center is so generous, the beef slices are even bigger than your palm!
The auntie in the cafeteria doesn’t even shake her hands!
In terms of training.
The old man is very strict and elusive.
Sometimes, even though you clearly didn't see him in the gym and were about to put down your racket and relax, he would suddenly appear behind you and say, "Have you had enough practice?"
The one who was arrested the most was Qin Xiaoba.
Qin Xiaoba had become lazy and subconsciously said, "I've finished practicing all ten pots of balls."
The old man stepped aside and pointed with his folding fan at the basin of balls hidden by Qin Xiaoba, and asked, "What is this? Are you saving it for a midnight snack?"
Qin Xiaoba lowered his head.
"After making up for the training, you will be punished by running 5,000 meters. It's a small punishment but a big warning." After the old man said this, he put his hands behind his back and continued to supervise the training of others.
No one knows that there are seven people in the table tennis club, each with different training indicators, and each person has practiced fewer items and run fewer laps, but the old man remembers it all clearly.
Sometimes Zhu Qi also had doubts.
How did he do it?
Qin Xiaoba didn't dare to lie anymore and could only make up for the training.
It's common knowledge in the team that the old man doesn't like to lie.
And his eyes are like eagle eyes. There are seven people in the entire table tennis team, distributed in all parts of the stadium.
You can tell at a glance who is practicing seriously and who is practicing carelessly.
"Hit the ball solid! Even the kids on the provincial team could catch it!"
"The core must be solid! You can't just wander around like a street urchin!"
"You have to get your moves right! You have to pull the ball all the way! Your opponent won't give you a second chance!"
The old man is extremely strict!
If you slack off even a little, he'll hit you on the head with a fan.
The old man watched Zhu Qi practice for a while and found that Zhu Qi had an excellent ability to listen to the rotation. He found a slightly translucent red scarf and wrapped it around Zhu Qi's eyes, allowing Zhu Qi to listen to the sound and judge the rotation of the ball.
Someone on the opposite side was serving the ball, and Zhu Qi sat opposite and listened.
A ball hits me.
"Topspin?"
"wrong."
The second ball came.
"Backspin?"
"wrong."
The third ball came.
"Backspin?"
"wrong."
“…” Zhu Qi.
Only two out of the ten balls were correct, and they were correct by Zhu Qimeng.
She was a little frustrated.
For athletes, eyes are very important.
He had to keep a close eye on the direction and rotation of the ball. Without his eyes, Zhu Qi felt like a baby who had just learned to walk and could never guess correctly.
The more anxious you are, the more mistakes you will make.
Zhu Qi gritted his teeth and practiced continuously, but he just couldn't get it right.
The old man went out for a walk and found that Zhu Qi had not found Guan Qiao, so he stood opposite Zhu Qi and said to her: "When listening to ball, you need to listen for three sounds: the sound of the racket hitting the ball, the sound of the ball flying in the air, and the sound of the ball hitting the table."
He served a ball.
Zhu Qi held his breath and concentrated, trying to find the position of the ball through the unclear red cloth, but he still couldn't judge the rotation of the ball.
Qin Xiaoba also muttered beside him: "This is too difficult..."
The old man served another ball.
Zhu Qi still didn't guess right.
"Close your eyes." said the old man.
This sentence made Zhu Qi react.
Although the red cloth can let light through, Zhu Qi would still subconsciously stare at the ball with wide eyes and forget to pay attention to his hearing.
She closed her eyes and everything was dark.
The sound of the ball seemed to be amplified several times.
Da, rustle, bang!
Found it!
"Upper left!" Zhu Qi said firmly.
She heard the others gasp and knew she was right.
The second ball.
Snap, swish, da!
"Backspin!" Zhu Qi became more certain.
The third ball.
Snap, rustle, bang!
"Topspin!" Zhu Qi shouted.
The people watching nearby applauded. Zhu Qi took off the red cloth and saw the old man opposite smiling at him: "Just practice like this."
After practicing blindfolded catching for a week, Zhu Qi felt like he had opened the door to a new world.
The old man's creative ideas and varied training methods make it both difficult and interesting for the children.
In the entire table tennis team, only Zhu Qi and Daxiong can meet the old man's requirements. The others are punished by running laps and doing frog jumps every day.
During the month in the military control center, Zhu Qi also felt like he was being tempered and refined into steel.
Practice under high standards has made her loop ball technique more and more mature. Basically, she can hit 9 out of 10 balls, and even add a little side spin.
Qin Xiaoba's tactical system is very similar to Zhu Qi's, but he has never been proficient in looping the ball because the old man feels that every time he hits the ball, the impact between the racket and the ball is not strong enough.
So the old man took a fishing rod, tied a ball with a fishing rope, and hung it in front of Qin Xiaoba for him to hit the ball.
If the impact is not strong enough, the ball will be pulled back and hit Qin Xiaoba in the face.
After practicing for a few days, Qin Xiaoba's forehead turned blue and he was able to hit loop balls.
He gathered his strength to hit the racket, and watched the ball fly straight into the sky after hitting the table. He rolled around on the ground holding the racket and yelling excitedly.
"I'm really strong!"
"I'm sick." Zhu Qi.
"Nervous." Big Bear.
Although the old man was very strict with them, he also loved them very much.
It may be a habit from the army, which is to unconditionally protect one's shortcomings.
There was a leaky window in the stadium, and even though it was summer, water would leak inside when it rained.
The rubber base of the table tennis court cannot be soaked in water. Sometimes sweat drips on it, and you will slip when you move carelessly.
The old man personally carried his toolbox, climbed up the ladder and hammered nails into the roof, then filled the leaking roof with cement and patched it up firmly.
At night, we check each room one by one and make surprise raids at irregular intervals to see if any players have hidden poker or mahjong tiles.
The next day, he got up earlier than anyone else and called everyone in each door to do morning exercises.
As luck would have it, Zhu Qi was on her period, so the old man, carrying a bamboo basket, went to some river and caught a carp. He then had the canteen cook a huge pot of fish soup, which he'd apparently even put in lots of ginger slices he'd grown himself. When it was served to Zhu Qi, the soup was so simmered it was pale white, and drinking it warmed her whole body.
If the rubber supply cannot keep up, he will call the logistics department and argue with them angrily.
"If you don't have rubber, why don't you ask the national team for it? Our kids don't have enough rubber, what's the point of having your logistics department? It's your fault for not having enough stock normally. I don't care about that. Everything must be there today!"
The seventy-year-old old man went upstairs and down the river, and the seventeen-year-old Qin Xiaoba was dumbfounded: "I think our master's spirit can live to be a hundred and forty."
Zhu Qi listened and nodded repeatedly.
Seventy years old is the right age to make breakthroughs.
There are a bunch of passionate old men in their seventies outside. How can they broadcast the debate between two old men competing for the presidency live around the world?
Why can’t our seventy-year-old father shine in Moscow?
The old man didn't allow the players to call him coach or instructor, saying that he was still young and wanted to integrate with the young people and not make the relationship so rigid.
Zhu Qi then asked him, "How should we address you? We can't just call you by your name."
Think about it.
Everyone decided on the most intimate and respectful name.
It’s the master.
Since we are your master.
As the first one to be selected, Big Bear became everyone's eldest brother.
Zhu Qi, who was the second oldest after Daxiong, became the second senior sister to her fellow junior brothers.
Zhu Qi never thought that one day he would have five more younger brothers.
In the first month of the Bayi team.
Everyone transitioned from the initial boring training to relying on each other and accompanying each other.
From time to time, they would compete with the players of the Bayi Badminton Team next door.
Those playing table tennis and badminton would call over those playing volleyball nearby, and several boys would play football together.
The picture is very interesting.
The two girls from the badminton team who lived with Zhu Qi were Yang Xinrui and Zhao Yuguang.
They won the silver medal in women's doubles at the Tokyo World Games and were called the Yang Guang combination. They were selected by the badminton team coach and joined the Bayi team.
Because the badminton team and the table tennis team are both on Tiantan East Road, they often meet each other in the national team, and they know each other's names when they run into each other.
After a month of spending time together, the three girls became more familiar with each other.
They would also exchange their experiences in competitions with each other. Yang Xinrui found a badminton racket from somewhere and gave it to Zhu Qi. Then the three of them would play badminton for a while after training in the evening.
Well...actually, most of the time, they were the ones who beat Zhu Qi.
When it comes to competition, every field is like a different world.
Zhu Qi was fooled by all the fake moves in badminton, and could only get back on track at the table tennis table.
Yang Xinrui and Zhao Yuguang stood across the table, neither of them could beat Zhu Qi, who was playing table tennis with a spatula.
"Oh, you hit me too fast! Hit me gently!" Zhao Yuguang said coquettishly.
Yang Xinrui also shouted: "Stop pulling and spinning it, we can't catch it!"
The two girls were watching the ball seriously on the opposite side, while Zhu Qi was holding a spatula on the other side, stirring left and right, and stir-frying a dish.
Mixed doubles was also added to the badminton event, and Zhu Qi shared a lot of mixed doubles experience with them.
They raised many questions while listening.
“Is mixed doubles better with both right and left hands?”
Zhu Qi thought about it and nodded, then shook his head. "Actually, I think they're pretty much the same, but the left and right hands cover a wider area and their steps don't overlap, making it less likely for them to collide. But if both right-handed players work well together and their advantage can make up for that, then there's no need to focus too much on left-hand coordination or anything like that."
"Baobao, you've played women's doubles before, right? What do you think is the difference between women's doubles and mixed doubles?"
Zhu Qi thought about it again and analyzed it carefully: "Actually, I think... the biggest difference is that women's doubles emphasizes similarity, but mixed doubles emphasizes complementarity."
The two girls who practiced badminton didn't understand and continued to listen with their eyes wide open in curiosity.
"When Ah Shui and I played women's doubles, we felt our playing styles were very similar, both playing with the backhand. When we played together, we played like one. Because the other team was also two women, we could switch between offense and defense at any time. In mixed doubles, the other team had a male player who might constantly be targeting you, so your partner would need to support you from behind and feed you the ball, understanding your weaknesses and helping you compensate."
Zhao Yuguang was very surprised. "Wow, if that's the case, it seems like the female players in the mixed doubles group are under even greater pressure."
Zhu Qi nodded: "Of course, female players have to withstand more pressure, more scoring points, more high-quality balls, and more kills."
The two girls agreed with what he said, and they told Zhu Qi a lot about the badminton team. They asked to go hiking every week. When they were in Chaoyang, they climbed Xiangshan and Badachu, and when they were in Qingdao for training, they climbed Laoshan.
After climbing down, one's bones would fall apart.
But after getting used to it, I still feel uncomfortable if I don’t climb.
"After all, the badminton team is full of physical monsters. In the physical competitions organized by the General Administration of Sports, the badminton team always ranks first. Our table tennis team is relatively rubbish and basically ranks at the bottom." Zhu Qi was also puzzled. She always felt that their table tennis team had sufficient physical training, but it was different from other national teams.
Yang Xinrui smiled and said, "But your team still has the most honors. We can't compare to them. The table tennis team is the Chinese Dream Team..."
Her voice became smaller and smaller, a little embarrassed.
In fact, the table tennis team's performance in the Tokyo World Games was not very good.
The badminton team at least won four gold medals and one silver medal, and went home happily to be commended by the General Administration of Sports.
But the table tennis team won back three of the six gold medals with the determination to "take all six gold medals". After the Tokyo World Games ended, no one mentioned this matter for a year.
To be called a dream team, one must have tremendous dominance.
Although the table tennis team survived the Tokyo cycle, the future Moscow cycle remains unknown.
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After finally adapting to the military training life, when the progress was halfway, Mr. Shi called together the six male players and one female player of the table tennis team and had a brief conversation.
He Qianlu and Shi Ge were also there, the latter probably came to see how the men's team was training.
"Many badminton techniques and tactics are very practical. They are very good at using fake moves to confuse opponents. You need to learn this." The old man changed into a military uniform and was still energetic when standing in front of the young people. He had the solemnity of an old man on the street walking his bird and then turning into a bureau chief.
The players who usually laughed and joked also became serious.
Except for Daxiong, Qin Xiaoba and another player Shang He from the national men's table tennis team, the rest of the Bayi team are children from the national second team.
When Shang He was young, his father sent him to Shaolin Temple for two years. Because his name sounds like a homophone when read backwards, everyone calls him a monk.
He is the same age as Qin Xiaoba. Both were selected from the National Youth Training Camp. They joined the national first team at the same time and were roommates for a period of time.
In order to make it easier to address her, he would also call Zhu Qi "sister".
besides.
The Bayi team made unified requirements for all players.
"When you stand on the highest podium, whether it's world-class or Asian-class, and the national anthem plays, as soldiers you must salute."
"Among all the national team players, only the Bayi team players have this honor."
The voice coming from the radio was inspiring.
Zhu Qi came back to her senses and looked at her green military uniform. On her chest was the military training completion badge and the military emblem with a golden halo, as if the brightest sun in the sky melted into her chest.
In the future, she will not only stand on the podium as an athlete, but also represent the country's soldiers.
After the coaches issued the officer certificates, the one-month and two-week military training came to a successful conclusion.
Salute, ceremony over.
【Author’s words】
I made up the story of the Military Control Office because I couldn't find any information about the Bayi Team, so I made it up based on some scattered clues.
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