Today's live ammunition training coincided with a windless day, the entire training ground was already shrouded in smoke due to continuous explosions, and the air was filled with pungent gunpowder smell. ***I myself felt unaccustomed, barely restrained the discomfort of my nose, and threw out the two grenades in my hand.

  After the bombing was completed, he did not withdraw but stood two meters away from the bombing position, took a cigarette from his body, lit it with a match, and lightly sucked in a mouthful to counteract the pungent smell of gunpowder.

  Now he is also a company commander with a monthly salary of 50 yuan, and naturally dares to smoke cigarettes that cost six cents per pack. He has been frugal since childhood, so he still smokes quite thriftily.

  At this time, the second squad leader Li Dachao happened to bring his men up, saw the company commander smoking, and was overjoyed. He took three steps in two strides, and with a proud face, insisted on being rewarded with a cigarette.

  Li Wenbin couldn't refuse, this kid is from Henan, no idea how he ended up joining the army in Hunan. Among his three platoon leaders, this old kid was the most eloquent and also the most skilled at getting things done, often running to his face to curry favor or buy a good impression. At one point, he even wanted to acknowledge Li Wenbin as his brother, saying they shared the same surname, Li, and must have been from the same family 500 years ago. Although Li Wenbin wasn't too fond of Li Dachao's sly nature, he thought the guy was basically alright, so he casually tossed him a cigarette: "You're also a platoon leader, earning 30 big bucks in military pay every month, why are you always coming to me for cigarettes?"

  Li Chaomeng took a deep breath and said: "The cigarettes I bought myself are not as enjoyable as the ones Lian Changsheng gave me. Hehe!"

  Li Wenbin was taken aback, just about to tease the round-faced Li Chao a few sentences, when his eyes habitually glanced outward and he was shocked into stupidity.

  Shi Yong, a 17-year-old soldier from Chenzhou, Hunan Province, has been in the New Army for two years. He is quite brave and has a bold appearance with thick eyebrows and big eyes on his round face, earning him the nickname "Stone Courage".

  But Shi's boldness suddenly shrunk today, the training used fake bullets, and Shi Yong's strength was naturally one of the best in the whole row. The sixty-meter distance was easily thrown, and they were all accurate with just one throw, which earned praise from the new Li Lianchang. But after all, those were fake bullets that wouldn't explode, whereas the one in his hand now is real.

  What if it doesn't go out? What if this thing explodes in my hand? Shi, still young and with a general psychological quality, began to think wildly.

  In a daze, it was suddenly his turn. Shi Daibei let the person behind him urge him on, and only then did he realize that he had walked to the throwing position in an orderly manner. Although his brain was a complete blank, the effects of the past few days of training made his body involuntarily pull down the safety pin and pull the string. His movements were all correct, and next he should have taken a deep breath and thrown it out. But things went wrong with that deep breath. As soon as Shi Yong took a breath, he felt his nose was blocked and couldn't adapt for a moment. A violent coughing fit ensued, and as a result, the hand grenade he had unconsciously loosened fell into the throwing position. This scene happened to be seen by the company commander *** who was just about to tease Li Dachao, and his mouth immediately opened in shock, with his cigarette dropping down.

  That row of Li Chao followed the line of sight and saw the smoke-emitting hand grenade on the ground, and was stunned for a moment. As soon as he spoke, he quickly took a step forward, kicked out the hand grenade that had already entered the six-second delay period. The company commander *** also reacted, pounced on Li Dachao and Shi Yong, knocking them to the ground. Below the throwing position was a slope, but the hand grenade exploded before it could roll down completely, and the sand and stones stirred up naturally fell on the backs of the three people.

  The explosion at such a close distance frightened the soldiers who were queuing up to board the aircraft, and as soon as it ended, they all fell down in unison according to their conditioned reflexes. The blast also startled the regimental commanders who were chatting from more than 20 meters away, and for a moment, they didn't understand what was happening, thinking that a large area had been bombed.

  Wang Zhenyu immediately brought several battalion commanders over, ***only then stood up, shook off the dust on his hair, touched his arm again, kicked his leg, and felt that he was fine before letting out a sigh of relief. He smiled extremely rarely: "Li Dachao, I didn't expect it, but you kid are quite reliable at critical moments."

  Li Dachao also spat and stood up, patting the dust off himself: "That's right, who am I? Lian Chang, it's not me bragging, back when we were in Henan..."

  Every time Li Dachao bragged, it was this sentence. But what happened next to him in Henan is unknown.

  At this time, Li Dachao suddenly remembered Shi Yong, turned his head and saw that the kid had already stood up. He immediately became furious and kicked Shi Yong's thigh with one foot: "You're good, Shi Dabao, you've been boasting about your bravery all along, but in fact, you almost got me and Lian Zhang killed by throwing a hand grenade! I'll beat you to death, you coward!"

  Shi Yong kicked this foot to the ground, Li Chao still wanted to take action, but saw the captain coming up and immediately stopped and stood at attention.

  "What's going on? What's the situation?" Wang Zhenyu asked as soon as he came up.

  "Hurry up and explain: 'Report to Commander Wang, just now a soldier was nervous and dropped a grenade. Fortunately, the second squad leader Li Dachao reacted quickly and kicked the grenade away, avoiding casualties.'"

  "Ah", knowing that no one was injured, Wang Zhenyu felt relieved and looked at Li Dachao standing in front of him: "You are the platoon leader Li Dachao of the 2nd Platoon of the 8th Company."

  "Reporting to Captain, I am Li Chao, indeed a seasoned veteran, and his response fully complies with the new regulations."

  "Hmm, very good" Wang Zhenyu was extremely satisfied "I declare, reward Li Dachao with 20 big oceans, record second-class merit once."

  Li Dachao listened excitedly and hastily gave Wang Zhenyu a salute, and Wang Zhenyu also returned him a military salute with great amiability.

  Then he turned around and looked at Shi Yong, who was as still as a wooden chicken: "Are you scared?"

  Shi Yong faced the team leader's questioning but didn't know how to respond and could only continue standing there silently.

  Wang Zhenyu didn't say much either. He took a hand grenade from ***'s hand and stuffed it into Shi Yong's hand: "Either pull the string and throw it out, prove that you're a real man with guts; or pack up your things and get out of here, I don't want cowards and trash around."

  Shi Yong's whole body shook, his throat swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva, but he still didn't say anything. His body involuntarily returned to the throwing position, out of control. Wang Zhenyu also unexpectedly stood beside him, not avoiding him. Many brothers from the 8th company now surrounded them, their eyes wide with excitement, staring at Shi Yong.

  Shi Yong didn't think about whether he would die or not at this time, instead, he worried that if he made a mistake and hurt the leader, what would happen.

  Sweat suddenly burst out from his forehead, down his face, over the tip of his nose, and off his chin onto the ground.

  Shi Yong let out a loud roar, pulled the string and threw the grenade. Boom! It exploded.

  Wang Zhenyu smiled and patted Shi Yong's shoulder: "Good job, this is a real man, this is a good soldier, hehe, not called you the battalion commander."

  With just one sentence, Shi Yong, who was filled with guilt and self-abasement just a moment ago, looked at Wang Zhenyu's departing back with tears in his eyes.

  Wang Zhenyu walked and said to the officers following him, "Soldiers are not born knowing how to play with weapons and fight. You have to teach them, encourage them. Today's example is just that simple, overcoming psychological obstacles. Let them succeed once and then do it again. In the future, when our team expands, I require you to pay attention to various methods when training new recruits. Specifically, I'll show you how it's done; then you show me, and we discuss. Then I'll show you again, and you show me again, and we discuss again. You can't teach good soldiers with just a stick, haha, I'm emphasizing again that I'm not yelling at you platoon leaders."

  Let the brigade commander make fun of his own name, and the third battalion commander Hao Bing can only stand by with a wry smile.

  Then Wang Zhenyu said to ***: "Li Lianchang, you are in charge of summarizing and then communicating with other company commanders. In the future, when encountering similar situations, don't rush or fight, being simple and crude is not acceptable."

  Unconsciously, the officers had already begun to get used to listening to Wang Zhenyu's lectures.

  With new equipment, Wang Zhenyu, who has further strengthened his strength, plans to go to Nanjing.

  Nanjing in modern history is generally considered to be as unfortunate and troubled as Beijing at the end of the Ming dynasty.

  First, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom came to this place and killed a king, then the Xiang Army looted and burned the city, followed by Zhang Xun's capture of the city and slaughter of the rioters, and finally the Japanese devils came and carried out a large-scale massacre.

  No matter which army came to Nanjing, the scenes of killing people, massacring cities, and rivers of blood were all necessary, until Wu Huawen's troops from the four surnames entered the city in 1949.

  It's just that the Nanjing Massacre was played by Rì Ben to an unprecedented and unmatched extent, it's simply a classic anti-human existence. Compared with it, the previous three families' evil deeds can even be considered good deeds, so the group of ghosts could only admit defeat and let out the first place in the history textbook to Rì Ben.

  But since history has brought our Wang Zhenyu to this era, the shameful chapter in the textbooks will naturally not be allowed to reenact.

  Before leaving Wuhan, Ye Ziyun was unusually quiet and followed her father Ye Zuwen. Her eyes were red and swollen, obviously from crying, and no matter how Wang Zhenyu teased her, she ignored him.

  Just as Wang Zhenyu was about to board the ship after bidding farewell to Ye Zuwen, Ye Ziyun suddenly grabbed his arm from behind and pinched it hard, saying: "You big scoundrel, you're not allowed to get married before I do."

  Having said that, she didn't wait for Wang Zhenyu's reaction and ran away with a red face, no matter how hard Ye Zuowen called out to her.

  Ye Zhiwen's sudden action shocked Wang Zhenyu and her father Ye Zuwen, and Wang Zhenyu still didn't understand what necessary connection there was between his marriage and marrying this arrogant miss. As a father, Ye Zuwen probably understood, but as a father, he couldn't say it clearly, so he just awkwardly smiled at Wang Zhenyu and said that he had spoiled this girl too much, now she's talking nonsense...

  Wang Zhenyu's mind had already drifted to Nanjing, thinking about his own itinerary after he left, and naturally didn't dwell on this matter too much. In later life, he was somewhat slower than ordinary people in matters between men and women.