Unfair

The remaining 10 soldiers returned one after another, but the second person to finish took over 105 minutes. This was nearly 20 minutes slower than Jiang Yan Hai. However, even with this time, if not for Jiang Yan Hai's performance, it would have been considered an extremely excellent result.

At this time, Jiang Yan Hai's breathing had stabilized, and his physical strength had almost fully recovered.

Unlike Jiang Yan Hai, the second soldier collapsed directly after crossing the finish line. Other waiting soldiers had to help him up and start a slow walk, providing massage to relieve his muscles.

The gap between the two was obvious, and without a doubt, everyone understood how vast the difference was.

As for the times of the remaining few, there was no need to even mention them. The last person's time reached 125 minutes, a full 40 minutes slower than Jiang Yan Hai.

Clearly, such extreme physical training was not conducted very often in the entire Iron Fist Regiment.

After the last person returned, everyone rested for another half an hour. Then, Gong Jian announced that they would directly proceed to the next assessment: shooting.

The shooting assessment was divided into two parts. The first was fixed-point target shooting at different distances, and the second was 100-meter rapid movement shooting.

"Report!" Jiang Yan Hai spoke loudly after Gong Jian finished his announcement.

"Speak," Gong Jian immediately looked at Jiang Yan Hai.

"This is unfair to them. Let's conduct the test tomorrow. Their physical condition is severely depleted, and their muscles have not yet recovered to their normal state, which will affect their shooting scores," Jiang Yan Hai said calmly.

As soon as Jiang Yan Hai spoke, there was silence around him. If this had been before the previous assessments, these soldiers would have likely retorted or even mocked him.

But at this moment, the sheer strength was laid out for everyone to see. No matter how unwilling they were in their hearts, how much they didn't want to believe it, this was the fact, an irrefutable fact!

The observing soldiers understood the gap between the two sides even more directly. Currently, apart from the shooting scores, the gap between them and Jiang Yan Hai in all previous assessments was too vast; it felt like they were not even on the same level.

Let alone the Sharpshooter Fourth Company, even within the entire Iron Fist Regiment, Jiang Yan Hai was likely among the very top. Regardless of anything else, such results had gained the approval of the vast majority of soldiers. The remaining portion who didn't approve was likely due to Jiang Yan Hai himself, not his achievements.

"Hey, I say, Old Gong, how about this? I don't think we need to compare these results anymore. We, the Sixth Company, will take Jiang Yan Hai," the Sixth Company Commander suddenly walked over, smiling.

"Oh, Old Sixth, you're calling me Old Gong again?" Gong Jian looked at the Sixth Company Commander who had approached and chuckled along.

"Look, Old Gong, what are you saying? Between us brothers, who's who? What's there to compare? Marksmanship is honed with bullets. How good can a recruit's marksmanship be? Besides, I ask you all, even if Jiang Yan Hai's shooting scores are not as good as yours, would you dare say he's not good enough?" The latter half of the sentence was directed by the Sixth Company Commander to the other soldiers standing in line with Jiang Yan Hai.

These soldiers fell silent. No one spoke. They understood what the Sixth Company Commander was saying. None of them were recruits. They had undergone countless shooting training sessions. Was it fair to compare shooting with Jiang Yan Hai?

Not to mention, Jiang Yan Hai had just seen their excessive physical exertion and voluntarily requested to compete in shooting tomorrow.

They were all soldiers and had their own dignity. Before, they were somewhat unconvinced about Jiang Yan Hai entering the Fourth Company through connections. But now... if their hard strength wasn't as good as his, what else was there to compare?

The Sixth Company Commander was right. While marksmanship certainly had an element of talent, weren't all sharpshooters honed with bullets? Jiang Yan Hai had only fired how many shots in total, at most?

"Report!" Jiang Yan Hai shouted his report loudly.

"Speak." The Sixth Company Commander spoke directly.

"Reporting, Commander. As soldiers, when we go onto the battlefield, no one considers how many guns you've practiced with. Your enemy will not spare you just because you've practiced less. Similarly, as soldiers, since we've participated in the assessment, we must complete it," Jiang Yan Hai said loudly.

"Tsk... tsk..." The Sixth Company Commander couldn't help but let out a scoff, teasing, "I say, you kid, you're quite something. You've managed to say both the good and the bad, haven't you? Since you said that as a soldier, no one on the battlefield considers how many guns you've practiced with, will the enemy on the battlefield consider whether you have stamina? Are you mocking us?"

Jiang Yan Hai: "..."

Alright, the Sixth Company Commander had clearly returned Jiang Yan Hai's earlier statement about it being unfair to the others and his request to conduct shooting training tomorrow.

"Report, I request to go first," Jiang Yan Hai said directly.

"Fine." This time, the Sixth Company Commander readily agreed. After all, this assessment was being presided over by them, the company commanders.

"Can I go first for the 100-meter rapid movement shooting?" Jiang Yan Hai asked directly.

"Yo, kid, that's brave. What? You've only undergone similar training once, right? And you dare to jump right into it?"

The Sixth Company Commander couldn't help but laugh. 100-meter rapid movement shooting was theoretically something that recruits like Jiang Yan Hai, who had only completed over a month of new recruit training, would not have access to.

At least, they wouldn't be strengthening this aspect of training for now. However, they had all undergone it once. It was mainly to let them experience the gap between themselves and the veterans. Generally, this was something that squad leaders would demonstrate to new recruits during training to intimidate them.

Jiang Yan Hai choosing this right off the bat clearly indicated he was looking for trouble.

"Report, Commander. Since you said I'm mocking, I'll just mock to the end," Jiang Yan Hai said loudly.

"Alright, everyone, lead the way to the shooting range," the Sixth Company Commander announced directly.

Everyone soon moved to the shooting range. 100-meter rapid movement shooting was considered a relatively difficult military training action, with prescribed military movements throughout.

Of course, it was also possible to not complete the military movements, but theoretically, all the prescribed military movements had been explored and refined by countless soldiers.

Although it couldn't 100% represent battlefield conditions, it could represent the most common battlefield conditions.

"Shout 'start' when you're ready," Gong Jian said directly from the entrance of the 100-meter rapid movement shooting range. He would personally time it.

Jiang Yan Hai stood at the entrance, took a deep breath, first adjusted the rifle in his hands, and then decisively used the second Special Forces Experience Card.