The Price of Victory

That morning, the two sentries at the entrance of the second battalion of recruits saw Li Zheng and Zhang Jian rushing through the door like a madman, running towards the five-kilometer finish line of the training ground.

The two were followed by a squad leader, Wu Yi, who kept pouring oil on the fire, shouting, "The last two hundred meters, the last two hundred meters, give me a rush! Charge!"

When the three of them rushed through the gate like a gust of wind, Sentry A looked toward the way, and actually didn't see any other recruits.

Sentry A touched his hat and said to Sentry B, who was on the opposite side of the street, with a surprised look on his face, "Fuck! These two boys left the army so far behind?"

Sentry B was also a man who had been there, and it was obvious that the two recruits running in front of them had a huge bull's-eye speed.

"Do you think they'll make the 22?"

Sentry A said, "Hell knows, I didn't time it, either this year's recruits are weaklings, or these two are just too strong."

At the finish line, Company Commander Xie Dong stood there pacing back and forth with his hands behind his back.

This morning, all four of his companies were conducting a five kilometer test.

He had come to see the results.

The duty platoon leader with the duty armband pointed in the distance and suddenly called out, "Back!"

Xie Dong subconsciously blurted out, "So fast?!"

He walked to the finish line and asked the third squad leader who had stuck the watch, "Chen Chong, how many minutes has it been?"

Chen Chong, the third squad leader, raised his stopwatch in front of Xie Dong and said, "Not bad, it's just 20 minutes and 18 seconds, not yet 21 minutes, this result is fine."

Xie Dong's face appeared joyful when he heard this, turning his head towards the direction of the gate, he could vaguely make out that one of the three was Wu Yi, and the other two were Zhang Jian and Li Zheng.

These two boys can ah!

Now less than two hundred meters from the finish line, if they put in more effort, it was estimated that there was a real possibility that they could run into the 21 minutes.

Although it was unarmed, the recruits who ran within 21 minutes in the first test were really rare.

"Ay!"

He waved at Wu Yi and the others.

"Li Zheng Zhang Jian! You two sprint faster for me! Strive to score 21 points!"

The voice was loud and echoed over the training ground.

Only Li Zheng and Zhang Jian didn't hear it.

The two had already entered a state of complete selflessness, the only perception was whether or not there was any other person surpassing them in the line of sight of the afterglow beside them.

Who overtook the other, the other certainly accelerated to death.

As a result, no one can overtake anyone.

Zhang Jian was very anxious, he wanted to dump Li Zheng, but unfortunately could not do it.

He suddenly realized that he had made a mistake.

When he first started running, in order to show his strength, he intentionally took the lead and ran at the front of the whole platoon, intentionally trying to let the class leaders see his strength and notice him.

In fact, that kind of acceleration for long-distance running for the distribution of physical strength is unscientific, this kind of disadvantage in Li Zheng and his fight gradually appeared, into the last two kilometers more obvious.

If he didn't rush so fiercely at first, Zhang Jian should have the strength to leave Li Zheng behind by at least 20 meters.

But now it was too late.

"20 minutes and 54 seconds!"

When the two crossed the finish line, Chen Chong, the squad leader in charge of the card meter, pressed the stopwatch.

Li Zheng's entire body relaxed and staggered a few steps, as if there was a dark cloud covering his face in his vision, appearing for a while and disappearing for a while.

After staggering a few steps, he suddenly fell headlong onto the grass.

"Oy! Li Zheng!"

Company Commander Xie Dong was startled.

Li Zheng had obviously run off his strength and fainted.

This situation was highly dangerous and something was going to happen if not handled properly!

He sprinted up and tried to give first aid.

But before he ran two steps, there was another Dong sound from the side.

A cry of alarm came from over there, it was Wu Yi shouting.

"Zhang Jian, what's wrong with you?!"

Turning back to look, he only saw that the brat Zhang Jian had also planted himself in the lawn by the side of the road.

"Quick! Run to the battalion headquarters and notify Dr. Bai and the hygienist! Tell them to bring over first aid and a stretcher, and say that he fainted from running off his strength!"

Without saying a word, Wu Yi spread his legs and rushed to the battalion headquarters.

...

Li Zheng finally opened his eyes and was greeted by a tantalizing blue sky.

The sky had just dawned, and there were thin clouds in the distance, spreading across the sky like fish scales, which was very beautiful.

He seemed to hear someone calling out to him, but it was as if he was separated by something, as if he was hiding in the water and couldn't hear.

Several recognizable and unrecognizable faces appeared in sight, there was the company commander Xie Dong, there was also the squad leader Wu Yi, and there were two others who did not know who they were.

An unrecognizable captain reached out and wiped something in his nostrils, and the stimulating smell refreshed him instantly.

Then the captain was heard to say, "Put his feet up and his head down to let the blood flow back in."

Then, someone carried him to something with seven hands and feet, and he himself was lifted up in the air and ran in a direction ...

After that, Li Zheng fainted again.

After waking up completely, Li Zheng was already in the battalion's infirmary, lying on a simple hospital bed.

Li Zheng tried to move his arms and legs, seems to be nothing.

With a tilt of his head, he saw Zhang Jian sitting on the opposite side of the bed.

Zhang Jian was holding a cup in his hand, drinking while looking at himself.

Li Zheng climbed up in a single bound, sat on the edge of the bed and watched, not speaking.

Zhang Jian spoke first: "I didn't expect you to be really scrappy, and actually managed to cross the finish line with me."

Li Zheng said: "Underestimate the person is not? Is this the level of your sports practice?"

Zhang Jian's face slightly red, then said, "You take it easy, don't run out of a heart attack."

Li Zheng surveyed the surroundings and knew that this was a medical center.

Why was Zhang Jian here?

He must have been sent here as well, it was always impossible that he came here to take care of himself.

"You fainted too?" Li Zheng smiled.

Zhang Jian was slightly stunned at his words, then redeemed himself by saying, "I was just a little dizzy all of a sudden, and when the military doctor saw that my face was a little ugly, he told me to come over here to drink a cup of sugar water."

After saying that, he shook the cup in his hand.

Before his words fell, the door was pushed open and the Captain's military doctor appeared in front of the two.

Seeing that both of them were awake, the captain said, "I'll check and examine the heart rhythms, and you can go back if there's nothing wrong. You two new recruits can really play hard to get, you're not as competitive as you are for the Olympic gold medal. Just now they all ran off their strength and fainted together at the finish line, this situation can be big or small, if you are not careful, you may even lose your life ...."

While saying this, he took the stethoscope and checked Zhang Jian once, then checked Li Zheng once more.

After checking, the captain waved his hand and said, "You guys go to the hygienist and get some glucose, go back and flush the water and drink it, there's no problem with your body! Remember next time, don't forget to fight in death, quite a martyr ah?"

The two of them left the infirmary amidst the sound of the captain's medic's exhortations, walking down the corridor, Li Zheng glanced at Zhang Jian beside him and said with a smirk, "It's just dizziness, isn't it?"

Zhang Jian grunted and didn't answer, throwing off his steps and shaking off Li Zheng as he walked towards the fourth company.