Fang Huai also started studying military strategies only after his rebirth.
This move is called "burning one’s boats", but it can also be referred to as "advancing by retreating".
Queuing actions are probably Squad Nine’s biggest weakness; since it’s like this, we might as well let everyone see it.
Since it’s already so bad, if we do well it’s an inspirational story; if not, by then everyone will have gotten used to it and it won’t seem too jarringly ugly.
And it so happens that this Friday, there will be a squad leader queuing demonstration in the middle of the playground, with Hao Chengbin leading, right in the central area.
We have to put a little pressure on everyone; with the sa commander, the outcos are worlds apart. Squad Nine’s new recruits will have a standard to look up to and also feel a sense of sha.
Only with sha can one beco braver, right?
With here to help everyone avoid pitfalls, life has been too smooth recently; it’s ti to add so intensity to everyone’s life.
...
In the afternoon, Squad Seven, Squad Nine – the highest-scoring squad in the whole corps – was brought to the center of the playground for training.
Everyone thought they were going to show off their queuing skills, but it turned out to be more like a cody sketch performance.
In queuing, it’s not just about one person being strong; even if everyone is strong, if there is just one oddball, it’s a test of everyone’s ntal state. If soone with obsessive-compulsive disorder is watching from the side, it could drive them insane.
Fang Huai, training with Liu Yue on the side, soon began to ask for help and more and more people started helping with that long bamboo pole.
Since he couldn’t really get the hang of it by himself, if he continued this way, his next task might be correcting his own marching twist.
Liu Yue was caught in the middle by everyone, with the squad leader shouting "one-two-one" on the side to prevent his steps from getting mixed up.
Soon, other squads also started to practice similarly; after two drill sessions, there were many more long bamboo poles on the training ground.
Yue Tao was also not good at queuing, so he practiced with Peng Yingqirui on the side, laughing as they watched. He pointed around the entire playground and said jokingly.
"Hey, little guy, if we put all these twisty marchers in one group, wouldn’t that sort everything out?"
Peng Yingqirui was stunned by the question and then looked around carefully, thoughtfully stroking his chin.
"Hmm... I don’t think that would work. There are different schools of twisty marching and their proficiency varies."
"What do you think is Liu Yue’s level of proficiency in our squad?"
"You see, soone who can march with a pole is at most at 30 percent proficiency. Liu Yue needs four people around him to straighten out, at least 80 percent.
From my observation, the most impressive is the squad leaning by the basketball stand; even with six people around, they still twist. The squad leader’s commands are no good; they just march... Look, look, their squad leader has started to curse at them."
"Damn, look, soone got kicked."
"Damn, the Chief of Staff is here!"
"It’s not just the Chief of Staff, right? Looks like the Regintal Commander is here too!"
...
Squad Nine quickly lined up under Hao Chengbin’s command and began training by squad units.
The Regintal Commander was here, and training separately in a chaotic ss wouldn’t look good if observed by the commander.
Old Pan was tough, too; seeing the Regintal Commander had arrived, he imdiately brought Squad Eight right next to Nine.
Squad Eight’s queuing was indeed much better than Nine; without comparison, Eight’s excellence would not stand out!
Soon, the Regint Departnt blew the whistle.
"Don’t move, don’t move! Maintain the standing posture!" Hao Chengbin reminded.
A Chief of Staff ran over to the Regintal Commander to report.
"Comrade Regintal Commander, the new recruit group is undergoing queuing training. Please give your instructions!"
"Continue training!"
The Commander’s voice sounded very authoritative at this mont.
"Yes!"
The Chief of Staff turned around and shouted loudly, "All squads! Continue training!"
Within two minutes of the Regintal Commander’s arrival, at least a dozen texts were sent from the playground.
Cadres from all squads quickly received the news and jogged from the New Training Building to the training ground.
The Regintal Commander walked around and observed, with an increasingly large entourage following behind. It seed like the Regintal Commander and the Chief of Staff were discussing sothing.
As a crowd of people approached Squad Nine’s area, Hao Chengbin got sowhat nervous. He kept repeating the queuing actions on the spot, not daring to start marching.
The marching was just too ugly!
anwhile, Pan Zhaohui of Squad Eight was marching smartly with crisp steps.
The Regintal Commander stood quietly and watched for a while before nodding his head.
"Hmm... Is this Squad Seven, Squad Nine?"
"No, Commander, this is Squad Eight, Nine is the one next to it," the accompanying Chief of Staff chid in.
"Oh..." The Commander nodded again and then looked toward Squad Nine.
The Chief of Staff continued, "This is the squad currently in first place in our regint for points. I’ve checked their Internal Affairs a few tis, pretty good. Oh, and Commander, you visited them last week!"
"Yes, I rember! There was a young fellow, very articulate!"
"Exactly, exactly, the one in second place, the one who wrote the song!" said the Chief of Staff, pointing towards Hao Chengbin.
"This squad leader, he is a model soldier for our whole corps, a queuing expert, Hao Chengbin! He also perford very well in last year’s post exercises, even receiving personal praise from Detachnt Captain Zhang!"
"Hmm... A strong general will not have weak soldiers under his command," remarked the Regintal Commander.
Hao Chengbin stopped his queuing orders and turned around to salute: "Hello, Commander!"
The Regintal Commander returned the salute: "Continue training! I’m just here to take a look at everyone’s morale and deanor. Don’t let interrupt your training!"
With that, the Commander fell silent again, simply observing from the side.
Hao Chengbin had no choice but to start from the beginning: adjusting uniforms, counting off, announcing the drill, standing at attention, standing at ease, resting at ease, and the halt transitional movent.
The movents were fairly standard, and the sound of their feet coming together during the halt transitional movent was quite synchronized.
But the Regintal Commander hadn’t left yet.
He started to nod and comnt on the actions with the Chief of Staff.
Seeing this, they had no choice but to keep going with the marching exercise.
Hao Chengbin called out loudly, "Next item! Marching at ease, quick march, and halt!"
He then ran to the command position next to him, vacating the space and bracing himself, he shouted, "March... at ease!"
Now there was no hiding it; once they started moving, Liu Yue inside nearly went stiff with his hands and feet, not only clapping his own side but repeatedly hitting the person next to him.
Within a few steps, everything was in disarray.
Everyone had to walk at their own pace, and when they stood still, the whole line had beco a fan-shape.
Even the Chief of Staff felt a bit embarrassed and coughed lightly.
Hao Chengbin also felt embarrassed, fearing exactly what had happened! This round was by far the worst they had done today!
The young officers next to him were also struggling to control their facial expressions: so wanted to laugh, so wanted to cry.
Wang Jian and Liang Longhui were the ones who felt like crying.
Even if Liang Longhui was dissatisfied with Squad Nine, it was still Squad Nine of the Seventh Company.
The praise given to Squad Nine by the Chief of Staff on the way over was now as much of a slap in their faces as the current situation.
The Regint Commander, however, did not speak and crossed his arms in front of him, looking thoughtfully at the bamboo poles on the ground next to him.
Hao Chengbin stepped forward to straighten the line, and on the way back, they attempted a quick march once more.
Everyone was even more nervous, the quick march becoming faster and faster; Fang Huai didn’t dare to slow the steps, fearing it would cause more chaos.
When Hao Chengbin called for the halt, the entire line lurched forward, and with an abrupt stopping motion, it finally managed to stabilize.
Hao Chengbin realigned the line once again, preparing to proceed with the squat and stand, completing the taught subjects, and reckoning his face couldn’t be more lost at this point.
But the Regint Commander spoke up, "Wait a mont."
He put down his hands and walked straight up to Liu Yue, who clearly had a problem, looked him in the eyes and smiled, saying.
"What’s your na?"
Liu Yue felt his legs go weak; he was already the most timid and least noticeable person in the squad. The attention and continuous drills throughout the day had made him very nervous, and now that the Regint Commander was speaking to him face to face, he stamred, unable to speak.
"Regint Commander... my na is, I am called..."
"Don’t be afraid, be a bit bolder," said the Regint Commander gently, but it was not enough to relieve the tension.
Honestly, after such embarrassnt in front of the Regint Commander today, Liu Yue didn’t know if he would drag the whole squad into punishnt.
Behind him, Liang Longhui really wanted to give a reminder or two, but he couldn’t manage to call out Liu Yue’s na, so he just shouted toward Liu Yue, "Speak up!"
"Reporting to the Regint Commander... my na is Liu Yue."
But the Regint Commander was not satisfied, "If you have a twist, embrace it, what is there to fear? Louder! Show so military spirit!"
Finally, Liu Yue looked up, "Reporting to the Regint Commander! My na is Liu Yue!"
"That’s more like it!" the Regint Commander laughed heartily, patted Liu Yue on the shoulder, then turned to the others with his hands behind his back, continuing.
"Back when... I was studying in Langfang, drill practice nearly drove mad! I too had the inside-arm swing, the sa-side hand!
Moreover, I was the most severe case, running in formation and still doing the sa-side! The person next to was punched daily, grinding his teeth whenever he saw ! But our District team Commander, far from looking down on , let lead the running and call out the commands!
Hey, it’s really weird, once I relaxed, it only took a couple of days before I got rid of the sa-side hand!"
"Hahaha..." The atmosphere around lightened up a lot all of a sudden.
Liu Yue too had a look of astonishnt.
The Regint Commander also had the sa-side hand?
"Co on, young man, call your own commands, just fling your arms and walk, just like you normally do, give it a try!"
As soon as the Regint Commander spoke, Hao Chengbin imdiately cleared a path for Liu Yue.
Liu Yue had no choice but to follow the Regint Commander’s orders.
"One, two, one..."
He walked like a toddler learning to walk, very cautious with each step.
He stopped after a while.
Everyone could see it was not a good walk, still the sa side.
But the Regint Commander nodded, "Not bad! Do it again! Just walk straight over here, I will help you with the command!"
Liu Yue was clearly bolder this ti.
The Regint Commander then shouted "One Two One" next to him, his voice starting very soft, following Liu Yue’s steps, and gradually increasing.
The regintal staff quickly took out their cara from the bag and started taking pictures.
...
After seven or eight attempts, a miracle really happened.
Gradually, the Regint Commander’s voice started to lead Liu Yue’s footsteps, and even his hand movents did not ss up, they were just not very standard yet.
The people around began to clap.
Finally, the Regint Commander stopped, turned to Hao Chengbin, and said, "Train him a few more tis; his problem isn’t physiological, you need to work more on building his self-confidence."
"Yes!" Hao Chengbin stood up straight, his eyes filled with complex emotions.
The Regint Commander’s thod of instruction truly gave cause for reflection.
Fang Huai stood by, clapping his lips together, but his thoughts went deeper.
This is the art of leadership! In just a few minutes, the problem was solved, the embarrassnt of everyone was lifted, and the material for this month’s regintal report was probably secured!
Many birds with one stone!
Indeed, the Regint Commander walked over to Liu Yue, patted him on the shoulder with encouragent, and the regintal staff completed the last picture.
[Task Completion.]
Today’s mission was accomplished with the help of the Regint Commander.
Fang Huai was reflecting on this.
"Fang Huai, co over here!" Suddenly, the Chief of Staff called him over.
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