Cheng Cai was doing quite well in Third Company. He had gotten his wish and become a sniper, and he was no worse than anyone else in physical fitness, tactics, or professional skills. He had become one of Third Company's elite soldiers.
Naturally, he was taking part in this major competition as well.
He knew Wang Yan would definitely participate. In this competition, he wanted to defeat Wang Yan in some of the events.
He did not dare claim he could beat him across the board. Even after training desperately, his physical fitness results still lagged far behind the marks Wang Yan achieved with effortless ease. He could only contend with Wang Yan in tactics and shooting...
The 702nd Regiment was a fully staffed armored regiment with more than two thousand men. For a regiment-level major competition, soldiers deemed skilled enough were recommended by every level and assembled at regimental headquarters, numbering around two hundred in all.
These men had arrived at headquarters the day before. After breakfast, they all gathered together to listen to the regiment's leaders speak.
First came the significance, then the objectives, and finally encouragement and exhortation. Once that set of somewhat official but practical remarks was over, the preliminary round of the 2004 major competition officially began.
Overall, the competition was still divided into three parts: physical fitness, tactics, and professional skills. The professional skills portion also included a written test.
Since different branches and specialties had different professional skill requirements, those tests were arranged separately. Physical fitness and tactics, however, were universal, so everyone was assessed together.
Once the speech ended, the soldiers, who had received their competition numbers the day before, immediately began with the physical fitness events—a ten-kilometer light-load track run.
Wang Yan patted Wu Liuyi on the arm. "Keep up with