There is a small training ground under the headquarters building, which is used for soldiers' training. It is located opposite to where they are now. When Qingshan was standing at attention just now, he felt bored and kept watching the soldiers training, which he thought was quite interesting.
Leng Xing looked in the direction Qingshan was pointing, and wow, this naughty kid is really courting death!
It turns out that Qingshan refers to the military's 400-meter obstacle course. There is a saying in the army: "I would rather run 5 kilometers than 400 meters." The 400 meters here refers to the 400-meter obstacle course.
The 400-meter obstacle course may seem short, but it actually demands tremendous physical effort. It involves eight obstacles: a cross-pillar, a trench, a low wall, a high plank platform, a single-plank bridge, a high wall, a ladder, and a low-pillar net. Runners must navigate both forward and backward directions. A 400-meter obstacle course reveals a person's fitness level—it's truly a brutal training exercise.
"Student Chen, are you serious? The 400-meter obstacle course looks easy, but it's actually very physically demanding and requires skill. You..."
Leng Xing wanted to persuade Qingshan to give up, but Zhou Shuyi spoke first:
"Chief of Staff, I think we should let her try. If she doesn't try once, she'll never know how much she's worth!"
Leng Xing looked at him, then at Chen Qingshan, and wanted to curse.
"...Captain Zhou, lead the team to the training ground!"
The soldiers training on the field saw Commander Zhou and Chief of Staff Leng approaching with a group of students. They thought they were just another visitor, so they perked up and tried their best to show off. The Tiger Regiment's third platoon was training on the field today. The platoon leader stepped forward and saluted Leng Xing and Zhou Shuyi: "Hello, Commander!"
"Hold the soldiers to stop and assemble."
"yes!"
Regular soldiers can assemble much faster than students. It only takes them ten seconds to line up neatly and wait for instructions from their leaders.
Leng Xing looked at the more than eighty pairs of eyes staring at him on the field, and thought to himself, what is going on?
"Today, student Chen Qingshan from Shouda University is challenging Captain Zhou to a 400-meter obstacle course. Whoever finishes the fastest will be the winner. Everyone—uh, everyone, please be the spectators. Everyone—! Sit down!"
The student team was better off; they knew the whole story and sat down at the command, waiting to watch the excitement unfold. Chen Qingshan had made a bet with Instructor Zhou to rid everyone of the "waste" label. The students naturally hoped she would win, but Qingshan looked so quiet and delicate; could she possibly defeat that pure, naive Instructor Zhou?
When the soldiers of the third platoon heard the order to "sit down where you are," most of them hadn't fully grasped their leader's meaning: What did they mean by "challenging Captain Zhou"? Their actions couldn't keep up with their thoughts, and they sat down where they were, creating a wave of people, one after another. The third platoon leader was furious. Was he trying to humiliate the chief of staff by behaving like this in front of him?
The soldier from the third platoon whispered in his ear, "Hey, Lao Wu, did you understand what I just heard? What does this mean?"
"It's a boy named Chen Qingshan from Shouda University. He wants to compete with our team leader in the 400-meter steeplechase to see who is faster!"
"Isn't that ridiculous? Two and a half minutes is a pass for the 400-meter steeplechase. We've been practicing for so long, who can do it under two minutes? Our captain's best time is one minute and thirty-five seconds, the fastest in our entire regiment, maybe even the entire brigade!"
"Shitou, don't be so harsh. Have you forgotten? A year ago, the regimental commander lost to the brigade commander in the 400-meter steeplechase..."
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"Fuck! The brigade commander is from the special forces, and now the one challenging the regimental commander is a student. How can it be the same? If he can win, I'll write the word "王" upside down!"
"Look, regardless of whether Chen Qingshan can win or not, just based on his courage, I respect him as a man!"
"Well, this guy is brave, he's a real man!"
Leng Xing signaled Zhou Shuyi to warm up. He used this time to introduce the content of the 400-meter obstacle race to all students, the origins of each obstacle and its application in actual combat, and focused on explaining the movement tricks for passing each obstacle. In fact, these were mainly for Chen Qingshan to hear.
Qingshan memorized all the tricks that Leng Xing had told him, and thought to himself that he was lucky to have met him, otherwise he would not have known that the seemingly simple 400 meters had so much to say.
Zhou Shuyi has finished warming up and is ready to start.
Leng Xing took the stopwatch from the third platoon leader and started timing himself:
"Ready—, go!"
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