Ace Special Forces in Movies and TV Shows

Chapter 0024: The Best Soldier in the Recruit Company

Gao Cheng laughed so hard his eyes almost disappeared—the third company commander also laughed so hard his eyes almost disappeared.

After the initial shock, one officer voiced his doubts: "Seventh Brother, was that kid in the shooting team before joining the army?"

Gao Cheng said smugly:

"If he were on the shooting team, and he got this score on his second shooting attempt, I'd tear him apart! He only got around 40 rings on his first live-fire attempt, didn't he?"

"42 rings," He Hongtao chimed in.

Gao Cheng patted his head: "Look at my brain, I've completely forgotten."

Even a child could tell from his boastful tone. After showing off, he continued, "Back then, that kid scored 42 rings. I specifically checked, and he wasn't from the shooting team. He had only ever played with toy guns before."

The officers looked on with a mixture of envy and sourness—this soldier with such a high shooting talent had been pulled into Lao Qi's arms again.

The company commander couldn't believe it. How could he, the Third Red Army Commander, not know Gao Cheng's character? How could such a talented marksman be so generously given to him? Something fishy was going on! There had to be something fishy going on!

"Old He, is there something seriously wrong with this soldier?" the third company commander asked He Hongtao quietly.

He Hongtao was taken aback, then shook his head and said, "No, he's the best soldier in the recruit company. For the past three months, he's been training extra every day. He's really hardworking. To be honest, I've never seen such a good soldier before."

"How could Gao Laoqi possibly give the man to us!" The third company commander exclaimed in disbelief.

He Hongtao was stunned, but quickly realized what a blunder had happened. He smiled wryly and said, "How could Gao Lian possibly give such a soldier to someone else? He's always the type to eat the meat first. He's never been so generous."

I knew it...

The company commander suddenly realized, feeling utterly disappointed—he'd been excited for nothing. Frustrated, he asked He Hongtao, "Then who was this good soldier you were talking about?"

"It's Xu Sanduo. Xu Sanduo is the second soldier in the entire recruit company who has been training non-stop. From the beginning of the recruit company until now, only Xu Sanduo and Zheng Yingqi have been training non-stop," He Hongtao introduced.

Upon hearing this, the third company commander immediately became interested and said to He Hongtao, "Old He, tell me what number target Xu Sanduo is. I want to see this kid's score!" The third company commander thought that since he could train with Zheng Yingqi so much, he must be pretty good.

"Target number 11," He Hongtao said immediately.

"Target number 11..." The third company commander found the target position. His originally excited face instantly turned gloomy after seeing target number 11.

14 rings!

Five bullets, three hit the target, and you only got 14 rings? That's not even passing!

"Old He..." The third company commander stammered, looking at He Hongtao, "This...this is the promising soldier you were talking about?"

The greater the hope, the greater the disappointment; this is exactly the situation for the third company commander.

He Hongtao said, "It's the recruit period. This soldier has a good attitude towards training, is very principled, and takes things seriously. He's a good soldier." His words sounded like he was trying to comfort him.

The third company commander remained noncommittal, but he was inwardly extremely annoyed, especially after seeing Gao Cheng's smiling face!

On the platform, the officers checked the approximate ring numbers on the target paper through their binoculars. Before the veterans removed the target paper, they finally had a rough idea of ​​the score. Without considering the ring numbers, more than 90% of the shooters hit the target with three shots, and two of them even hit excellent scores, with one of them almost getting a perfect score!

This is just one platoon—if all three platoons were like this, Gao Laoqi would be so arrogant! Even if he were arrogant, they could still imagine that Gao Laoqi would only leave them the leftovers. Thinking about this filled them with resentment—if they had known this would happen, they would have preferred to try and snatch the position of company commander.

On the firing range.

The new recruits stood in neat rows after finishing their target practice.

Cheng Cai looked at Zheng Yingqi not far away with a complicated expression. He thought this was his last chance to overtake Zheng Yingqi in the recruit company. He didn't expect Zheng Yingqi to fire with such a rhythmic shooting speed again. As for the results, Cheng Cai knew that he and Zheng Yingqi were no longer comparable.

Zheng Yingqi didn't notice Cheng Cai's expression; he was quietly asking Xu Sanduo without moving his lips, "Sanduo, how did you do?"

"I don't know." Xu Sanduo gave his usual simple smile. "It should be better than last time."

This guy hadn't mastered any techniques for avoiding detection, and his silly remarks immediately drew a reprimand from Wu Liuyi: "Xu Sanduo! Silence!"

Xu Sanduo quickly stood at attention.

Last time, there was no target reporting during the target practice session, mainly to let the new recruits experience what it's like to shoot. This time, it's much more formal, and the squad leader has started reporting the targets.

"Target number 1! Three shots hit the bullseye, 19 rings!"

"Target number 2! Five shots hit the target, 31 rings!"

……

"Target number 9! Five shots hit the target, 49 rings!"

The sound of the target being reported stopped, and the eyes of the squad leaders and new recruits all focused on Zheng Yingqi at shooting position number 9.

49 rings!

Almost a grand slam!

Wu Liuyi's face lit up with joy, but he quickly became annoyed. 49 rings—what did this kid just say? Not as good as I imagined? Did you mean 50 rings when you thought it was good?

"Hey, hey, hey, what are you all standing there for? Keep reporting the targets!" Gao Cheng on the platform shouted, but his voice carried an air of smug pride. After his shout, he muttered under his breath, "It's just a 49-ring score, look how surprised they are!"

Seventh Brother, can't you just stop pretending?

A group of officers thought to themselves, "Old Seven's got a bit too much of a swagger today..."

After Gao Cheng's reprimand, the target reporting finally resumed.

"Target number 11, 3 shots hit the bullseye, 14 rings!"

When Xu Sanduo's score was announced, he hung his head listlessly again...

"Target number 15! 5 shots, 46 rings!"

Target number 15 is Cheng Cai.

When Cheng Cai heard his score, he couldn't help but grin, but when he thought of Zheng Yingqi's score, his joy vanished, replaced by a bellyful of resentment—Damn it, he's outdone me again!

The new recruits, having finished target practice, moved aside and returned to the back to become spectators, ready to watch the second wave of recruits perform. Xu Sanduo said dejectedly to Zheng Yingqi:

"Yingqi...I...I did it again..."

"Xu Sanduo, stop it again! This is just the beginning! Our military career has only just begun. Don't be discouraged, there's a long road ahead!" Zheng Yingqi comforted Xu Sanduo, but inwardly he sighed. He had been hoping Xu Sanduo could pull off a spectacular victory that would dazzle the company commander's... well, the company commander's eyes. But this guy still backed down at the crucial moment...

After comforting Xu Sanduo for a while, they began to behave themselves as spectators. In the shooting results of the later batches of new recruits, no one like Zheng Yingqi appeared, but two were still excellent. The new recruits were just proud or envious of them, but the audience on the platform were almost dying of jealousy.

In a recruit company, if four soldiers get excellent marks, a bunch of good marks, and a large number of passing marks in shooting practice, that's not a big problem. But if the seventh company gets all four excellent marks and a bunch of good marks, that's going too far!

"We need to go to the regimental headquarters and complain! The 7th Company is already ridiculously strong, how are we supposed to survive like this?"

A group of officers whispered amongst themselves, noticing that Gao Cheng's expression was off.

The company-wide shooting exercise finally came to an end. As before, the target papers were distributed to the new recruits as souvenirs. The only difference was that Zheng Yingqi, as the only recruit who achieved a near-perfect score, received special treatment—he was given a big red flower.

"I never thought this flower would actually be hung up today! Zheng Yingqi, I hope that in the future, you will continue to live up to the title of the best soldier, and not just be limited to the title of the best soldier in the recruit company!" Gao Cheng personally tied the big red flower around Zheng Yingqi's neck and encouraged him: "From now on, be the best soldier in the Steel Seventh Company!"

Finally, he added a declaration of belonging, which made the group of officers purse their lips in anger:

"That damn Gao Laoqi!"

The third company commander muttered to himself.

(Just saw the situation on QQ Reading, so exciting! I thought Qidian was finished, but it turns out the sun is shining again! Thanks to the brothers in the bookstore for the donations! As for the extra chapters for donations, I'll just keep track of it. You name how many chapters you want, that's how many...)