Ace Special Forces in Movies and TV Shows

Chapter 0026: The Ceremony of the Steel 7th Company

The training ground of the recruit company was not far from the garrison of the Seventh Steel Company—it only took an hour to travel by military truck. The recruits, squatting in the back of the military truck, looked at the ever-changing scenery with anticipation for the future. From curiosity to boredom, they finally grew tired of the repetitive scenery outside, and then a different view finally appeared.

The Seventh Company's garrison was as dazzling as a pearl embedded in the mountains. Perhaps because the repeated deserted mountains had lowered the new recruits' expectations of the Seventh Company, they were invigorated when the neat and tidy barracks and cement roads appeared.

Is this their military camp for the next two years or more?

The new recruits looked around curiously until the military truck stopped.

"Everyone down! Assemble!"

Gao Cheng's voice came over. The new recruits on the two military trucks seemed a little flustered when they got off, probably out of fear of the new environment. Gao Cheng was displeased to see this. How could the soldiers of the Steel Seventh Company be so timid? The soldiers of the Steel Seventh Company should be able to walk into the mountains without a care, even if they know there are tigers in the mountains. Of course, if they went into the mountains without a gun, Gao Cheng would definitely kick such soldiers out of the Steel Seventh Company.

The soldiers of the Steel Seventh Company must not be idiots!

Shi Jin and his men stood opposite the new recruits, heads held high, watching them as they lined up. Faced with the gazes of their squad leaders, the recruits involuntarily straightened their posture even more.

"Um... welcome to the 7th Company, 3rd Battalion, 702nd Regiment (702nd in the TV series, 353rd in the original work). Your squad leaders will give you a memorable induction ceremony later. I hope you can inherit the spirit of the Steel Seventh Company, carry forward the fine traditions of the Steel Seventh Company's predecessors, and be good soldiers, and excellent soldiers!" The new recruits were still a little confused by Gao Cheng's words, but after they went through the welcoming ceremony, Gao Cheng believed that these soldiers he had personally selected would understand!

And we will pass this spirit on!

"Alright, let's divide into classes now." Gao Cheng took out the roster and began calling out names one by one to divide the students into classes.

Cheng Cai glanced at Zheng Yingqi out of the corner of his eye while standing in line. Zheng Yingqi seemed calm, not worried about which class he would be assigned to, but Cheng Cai was very unsettled. He kept praying:

"Please...please don't be in the same class as Zheng Yingqi!"

"Lu Yuan, Class 7!"

"Huang Yifei, Class 6!"

"Chengcai, Class 7!"

Cheng Cai finally heard his name called and where he was going. Although he was a little disappointed that he was not assigned to the third squad, which was the "platoon leader's" class, he was more nervous about which squad Zheng Yingqi would be assigned to.

[Please, please, please don't let it be Class 7!]

He kept praying in his heart.

Compared to Cheng Cai, Zheng Yingqi was unusually calm—he had long been certain that Cheng Cai and he would not be assigned to the same class, and now that Cheng Cai had been assigned to Class 7, the possibility of him going to Class 3 was even higher.

Sure enough, Gao Cheng quickly called out his name: "Zheng Yingqi, Class 3!"

Cheng Cai finally breathed a sigh of relief, no longer having to compete with him in the same class. After two months of competition for the deputy squad leader position in basic training, Cheng Cai realized that he could no longer catch up with Zheng Yingqi's back and had given up hope. Now that he had given up on Zheng Yingqi's desire to compete, he was the happiest when he heard that Zheng Yingqi had been assigned to the third squad.

Unbeknownst to Cheng Cai, who was secretly pleased, Wu Liuyi had been watching Cheng Cai's expression closely. When he saw that Cheng Cai hadn't been assigned to the same class as him because of Zheng Yingqi, Wu Liuyi's eyes flashed with disdain. He disliked Cheng Cai even more for his pretense with other fellow villagers—a soldier who fought for everything but ended up being afraid of fighting in the end. He truly looked down on him!

There were fewer than thirty new recruits in total, and the list was quickly read out. Gao Cheng closed the roster and said, "You've all remembered your assigned squads, right? Your squad leaders are all here. Now follow your squad leaders."

After Gao Cheng finished speaking, he handed the lead role to the class monitors. Shi Jin and the class monitors who arrived later started shouting:

"This side, Class One."

"Class Two, come here!"

"Third class, come to me."

……

The squad of the third platoon was quite large, with both the platoon leader and deputy platoon leader present. It was led by Zheng Yingqi and Bai Tiejun—yes, the legendary ruthless Bai Tiejun, who was in the same class as Zheng Yingqi. In basic training, Zheng Yingqi was in the second platoon, and Bai Tiejun was in the first platoon.

Despite Bai Tiejun's pitiful clinging to his position as the leader of the Heartless Pit in the storyline, he was one of the best recruits in basic training. Otherwise, he wouldn't have made it into the steel-forged Seventh Company!

"Besides me and Liu Yi, the only other veteran in our third squad now is Gan Xiaoning..."

Shi Jin introduced the veterans of the current third squad one by one. As soon as they arrived at the dormitory building, they saw several people standing there waiting with smiles on their faces. Zheng Yingqi recognized Gan Xiaoning in the crowd at a glance.

"Squad leader, deputy squad leader, welcome home!"

The veterans of the third platoon cheered for Shi Jin and Wu Liuyi, who responded with smiles and then received bear hugs from the veterans one by one. Shi Jin would occasionally say, "Good lad, you've gotten stronger!"

After the veterans finished their bear hugs, Shi Jin pointed to Bai Tiejun and Zheng Yingqi behind him and said:

"Our class members, this is Zheng Yingqi, the best recruit in the recruit company. He got 42 rings on his first shooting test, and he was just one ring short of a perfect score on his second test! This is Bai Tiejun, the same one!" Shi Jin gave a thumbs up, and Bai Tiejun smiled shyly when he heard this—in front of Zheng Yingqi, he was just a supporting character.

"With the squad leader and deputy squad leader in charge, they're sure to get the best soldiers! I knew that from the moment they went to basic training." Gan Xiaoning said with a smile, then turned to Zheng Yingqi and Bai Tiejun and said, "I'm Gan Xiaoning, welcome to the third squad, first platoon, seventh steel company!"

The other veterans stepped forward and introduced themselves one by one. After they finished, Bai Tiejun wanted to introduce himself, but Wu Liuyi stopped him:

"Come on, let's go to our class to prepare for the induction ceremony! Only after the induction ceremony will you be considered true soldiers of the Steel Seventh Company! We can get to know each other then."

Zheng Yingqi suddenly realized why the voice in his mind hadn't sounded even though he had joined the Steel Seventh Company. It turned out that not going through the induction ceremony didn't count.

In the dormitory of the third squad, Wu Liuyi and Shi Jin stood in front of the soldiers arranged in two rows.

Shi Jin solemnly said, "Soldier Zheng Yingqi, step forward!"

Zheng Yingqi stepped forward solemnly.

"Private Army, Bai Tiejun, step forward!"

Bai Tiejun, who is usually all smiles, stepped forward with a solemn face.

"Private Zheng Yingqi!" Wu Liuyi shouted.

Zheng Yingqi was already used to Wu Liuyi's loud voice, and he also knew the significance of the ceremony, so he naturally responded readily. Wu Liuyi then asked:

How many people are in the Seventh Steel Company?

"The Seventh Steel Company has a total of four thousand nine hundred..." Zheng Yingqi knew the approximate number, but naturally couldn't answer that directly. He replied loudly, "Report, I don't know!"

This is, of course, a reasonable answer.

Shi Jin interrupted, shouting, "Line up, White Iron Army!"

"arrive!"

How many people are in the Seventh Steel Company?

Bai Tiejun glanced at Zheng Yingqi subconsciously, then decided to speak according to his own understanding: "Report, according to our army's organization, each company should have about 120 men..."

"Wrong!" Wu Liuyi loudly refuted Bai Tiejun's answer, then exclaimed, "It's 4,936 people! Of them, 1,104 sacrificed their lives for the country!"

Zheng Yingqi had seen this scene on television many times before, but he couldn't feel the solemnity of the ceremony or understand Wu Liuyi's pride. But at this moment, when Wu Liuyi shouted that the Steel Seventh Company had 4,963 people, and when he announced that 1104 of them had sacrificed their lives for the country, Zheng Yingqi suddenly felt an immense sense of solemnity.