Chapter 371 Extra Handsome
As the saying goes, if you want to capture a man's heart, you must first capture his stomach. The same goes for cooperation. Most contracts are negotiated over a drink.
An Zhixia also got up early the next day to cook. She soaked the pickled cabbage in water for half an hour to remove the heavy salt taste, cut it into thin strips, fried it with chili peppers and shredded pork, and sprinkled it with fried peanuts and sesame seeds after serving. She made hand-rolled noodles with fried and slightly charred eggs, and a few pieces of braised meat and green rapeseed on top.
The group of people actually ate three large pots of hand-rolled noodles with pickles. If Fang Yuan and Meng Han hadn't thought about the competition later, they would probably have finished a whole pot each. Staff Officer Liu, Lou Chenzhen, and Shui Daman didn't have this worry and ate heartily.
The Canadians' stomachs were full and their eyes were wide open. They saw the three people each holding a pot and eating. After eating, they looked at the empty pot with a look of disappointment...
They couldn't help but ask the translator: "Do all men in Xiahua eat so ferociously? Won't their stomachs burst?"
The translator laughed and replied, "Soldiers have big appetites. They can eat a whole bowl of rice, not to mention one. Even if they get a second bowl, they can still finish it. By noon, their stomachs will still be growling with hunger."
Canadians still find it mysterious, but they have seen the facts with their own eyes and have no choice but to believe it.
After dinner, Fang Yuan, Staff Officer Liu and Meng Han left first, and asked two soldiers to take them to watch the military exercise outside.
Because of the arrival of Canadian friends, especially since they were from a TV station, the higher-ups attached great importance to it. Not only did they come by car and boat to watch the performance in person, they also dispatched a number of special forces to participate.
Shouhu Island is very large, so naturally the military exercise venue is also large. Normally, military exercises would last for one or two weeks, but this time it was a special case, so the competitions for the top soldiers in all the battalions were moved to the first day.
Two soldiers drove a small military truck and took An Zhixia and his group to the military exercise site. They also introduced in detail: "This is our internal soldier assessment, which is equivalent to the midterm and final exams for students. So there will be no large-scale team competitions, but individual competitions, including a total of five events: armed cross-country, 500-meter obstacle race, obstacle swimming, shooting training, and bomb throwing!"
As they were talking, they arrived at the starting point of the armed cross-country race. Two hundred soldiers were already ready. Among a group of people in gray uniforms, Fang Yuan looked quite handsome and cool in a black outfit, like a black panther accumulating strength waiting to explode.
"We compete in all five events at once, and each one is timed. The five-kilometer armed cross-country race with a load of 35 kilograms and uphill all the way is the most physically demanding, while the 500-meter obstacle course requires speed, as does obstacle swimming. Shooting training and bomb throwing require accuracy, and these two are placed at the end of the assessment to test the soldiers' personal physical fitness."
After hearing this, An Zhixia felt that the leaders really knew how to have fun. If it were an individual choice, they would definitely choose shooting and throwing bombs first. Just think about how accurate you can be if your muscles are sore all over?
As soon as the whistle sounded, everyone rushed out, the military truck followed slowly, and the people in the car watched with bated breath, fearing that their words would affect everyone's performance.
Thirty-five kilograms is equivalent to carrying a ten-year-old child. Fang Yuan and Meng Han were not in the lead at the beginning. They maintained a steady running speed and gradually overtook one opponent after another. Their speed became faster and faster, and they even sprinted in the last few hundred meters.
Fang Yuan was always half a step faster than Meng Han. After passing the finish line, he did not stop but rushed directly to the obstacle area: 5-step piles, craters, low board walls, Erlang platform, cloud bridge, single-plank bridge, high board wall, ground net...
The man had a slender figure and handsome movements, without any sign of fatigue. His speed was even faster than that of an ordinary person running on flat ground, causing many people to gather together and their faces turned red with excitement. The pride and passion he aroused could not be restrained, and even the Canadians could not help but call out to God in a low voice.
Meng Han was also fast, with a stern look on his handsome face, and he followed closely behind Fang Yuan.
After passing the last obstacle, Fang Yuan accelerated again and jumped directly into the pool. He kept getting out of the water and swerving along the way. He climbed out of the water, wet and shaking his hands, and ran to the shooting range. He took a deep breath, stood in position, looked at the target, picked up the black cloth to cover his eyes, touched the gun, disassembled it very quickly, raised it up and fired ten shots at the target.
After he took off his blindfold and picked up the new gun, he walked towards the bombing area and fired ten shots in succession at the moving target.
After all five events were completed, Fang Yuan was the first to take down the red flag, while Meng Han was three seconds slower in taking down the yellow flag. Only then did the crowd outside the competition area react and burst into applause and cheers that resounded through the sky.
His performance in each individual event has refreshed the record by several seconds! You have to know that these results were broken by many soldiers again and again, and it is very difficult to improve by 0.01 seconds. Moreover, when competing in five events together, the individual results will definitely be affected, at least they will be behind compared to the individual results.
But this doesn't seem to have any effect on him, which also means that his individual results are even better!
The last two scores were like cheating, he hit the bullseye with both shooting and throwing bombs...
Such performance is so shocking, and makes people extremely crazy and excited!
Fang Yuan chuckled and walked up to An Zhixia with a steady breath. He stuffed the red flag into her hand, looked at her eagerly and said, "Wife, I have completed the mission!" If another twenty or thirty years had passed, he would definitely hold her tightly in his arms to calm his inner excitement.
An Zhixia clenched her fist and gently pressed it against his chest, smiling brightly and whispering, "Brother Yuan, you look especially handsome today!"
Fang Yuan couldn't help laughing out loud, but he felt a little embarrassed. He turned his head to see the listless Meng Han, stepped over with his long legs, and snorted twice: "How about it, does the Southern Soldier King accept it?"
"I give in!" Meng Han gritted his teeth and said, "Just wait, I don't believe I can't beat you!"
He rubbed his forehead helplessly. "Meng Han, you will never be able to beat me in your life. Why are you making things difficult for yourself? Be a good soldier and climb up the ranks as soon as possible. Is this all you have achieved in all these years?"
Meng Han pointed at himself and wanted to say that he was only 26 years old this year. How many deputy regiment commanders in Quan Xiahua were 26 years old? But thinking about it, the person in front of him was not an ordinary person. If Fang Yuan was still in the barracks, he might have really been a regular regiment commander, or...
He lowered his voice and leaned close to Fang Yuan's ear, "I'll prepare the car for you. You can give me the money and find someone to drive it away later."
Fang Yuan patted his shoulder, smiled and whispered back: "Thanks, brother!"
"Alright, alright, you don't even let anyone take advantage of you. How can you have the nerve to call me brother?" Meng Han pouted in disdain and waved at him, "I'm leaving," then said hello to An Zhixia and stomped his feet away.
It's the end of the month, and your monthly tickets are particularly powerful~ Thank you~
(End of this chapter)
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