Rotting Land: Survive-Chapter 483 - 478: Archery Team Training (2)

"Spread your legs, feet shoulder-width apart, clasp three fingers under your forehead, keep your elbows and shoulders level, draw both arms outward, then release your fingers to complete the release motion." Over and over, repeating the technical keys, Hu Xiaodong was talking tirelessly to death, yet the feedback from the trainees on the other end made him want to "kill."

"Hey! Chaozi, what are you doing? Look at yourself, what do you look like? A whole big mantis shrimp! And you, Wenquan Xin, you think you’re doing well, huh? Always laughing at others? Wang Qiang, I’m begging you to pay a little attention, shoulders and elbows parallel, shoulders and elbows parallel, are you so lax because you want to rest?"

Hu Xiaodong really didn’t expect teaching archery to be so exhausting. Although he was prepared, the actual result was far beyond his expectations.

He had to know that when he was an athlete, how dare he be as lazy and inquisitive as the three in front of him, when the coach told him to do something, he did it honestly without question.

But now, when you tell them to do something, they talk more than you do. Just after finishing the reprimand, Wang Qiang was the first to stand out and retort: "I’m telling you, Brother Hu! It’s not that we’re not training well, it’s just that training like this is really boring."

"Exactly, exactly, how can you practice archery without a bow? What’s the difference between this and posing!"

Hu Xiaodong was really at a loss, the first time teaching, he obviously didn’t know how to deal with the "revolt" of the trainees below.

Luckily, at this moment, Xu Renjie had just returned from a 5-kilometer training with his team, and upon seeing Wang Qiang and others shouting in the courtyard, as well as Hu Xiaodong’s helplessness, he immediately understood the situation.

He immediately removed the backpack from his body and strode over to where Hu Xiaodong was.

"Xiao Hu, what’s going on now?" Upon arrival, Xu Renjie pretended to investigate and inquired about Hu Xiaodong’s current situation.

The latter was not comfortable revealing the truth directly, so he could only reply with a few words of self-blame.

In response, Xu Renjie completely understood, he patted Hu Xiaodong’s shoulder, then turned to face all the trainees.

His gaze, sharp as an arrow, swept over Wang Qiang and the others. This was the first time Xu Renjie had encountered them on the training ground, and just one look from him gave them an invisible pressure.

"What are you here to do today?"

With a stern voice, he asked the first question, and Xu Renjie swept his gaze over the crowd again, finally resting on Wang Qiang.

As the saying goes, the gun strikes the bird that pokes its head out. Xu Renjie usually favors this kind of troublemaker when leading troops.

Although these guys are difficult to teach, as long as you smooth their edges and train them properly, they are bound to become good steel in the future.

A bit taken aback, Wang Qiang did not know what medicine was in Xu Renjie’s gourd, and replied somewhat inexplicably: "We came here to practice using bows and arrows, huh."

"Hmm!" Xu Renjie nodded indifferently, his expression calm, and just when everyone thought "that’s it, just end it like this," Xu Renjie suddenly lifted his head, his chest straightened as a stream of air surged up, and he shouted loudly: "So you all know what you’re doing, but have you done well? Oh, you can’t practice shooting without a bow? Do you think it’s meaningless without a bow? If you think this way, I suggest you leave early, don’t waste your time here!"

An unexpected tirade left Wang Qiang and the others speechless, even Hu Xiaodong on the side was a bit dumbfounded as he listened.

Is there really a need to be so serious? Reacting, Wang Qiang immediately opened his mouth to retaliate: "I say, Captain Xu, your words are a bit too much, our request to train with a bow isn’t... "

Before he could finish, Wang Qiang felt as if he was being locked onto by something.

It was Xu Renjie’s eyes, his aggressive stance forced Wang Qiang to swallow the words on his lips.

Anyone who has served in the military should know, there’s only one thing that matters in the army: obedience! Absolute obedience! Whether you are right or wrong; whether you are just or lacking; if your superior orders you east, you must not head west, if your superior tells you to run, you must not walk! If you dare to talk back and refute, well, the outcome will surely be miserable.

However, Wang Qiang is ultimately not a soldier, and Xu Renjie is impossible to step forward to kick him.

But even so, the aura he exuded still brought significant intimidation to Wang Qiang.

"Wang Qiang! Do you think my words are excessive? Do you think without a bow it doesn’t count as training? I’m telling you! That’s nonsense! You want to learn to run without knowing how to crawl, you are all adults, the foundation determines the height, this principle I think you should all understand, right. I just saw what Xiao Hu was teaching you, yeah, it’s basic, it’s boring. But those movements are the foundation for your future archery, if you can’t even persist in this, what the hell are you coming here to practice for?"

"Moreover, I want to remind you all! Please correct your mindset, understand why you are practicing archery? If you say it’s for me, Xu Renjie, then okay, you can leave! If you say it’s for the so-called coolness, then the same, get lost! I need, in the future, someone who can stand out when the team needs him, protecting the qualified archers of the team, not a bunch of idiots who only know how to complain about nothing!"

Xu Renjie’s words were indeed quite harsh, besides not using physical punishment, everything else was not much different from his usual reprimanding of soldiers.

And Wang Qiang and the others were quite shocked when they heard it, probably only having been scolded like this by a teacher during school.

"Alright! I’m not going to repeat myself, now if you feel you don’t want to obey management, don’t want to continue training, you can leave on your own!"

After saying that, Xu Renjie clasped his hands behind his back and closed his eyes.

After 30 seconds, he slowly opened them again.

With a satisfied nod, in front of his eyes, whether it was Wang Qiang, Wu Chao, or Wenquan Xin, all of them stood erect in place.

The performance of the brothers did not let Xu Renjie down, but he still maintained a stern face and said solemnly: "Good! Since you’ve stayed, it means you have some sense of responsibility. But I hope this sense of responsibility is not just skin-deep, it needs to be rooted in your mind, implemented in training. I’ll ask you one last time, can you persevere?"

"Yes!"

"Can you complete the training instructions Xiao Hu gives you?" 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

"Yes!"

"Will there be any more groundless complaints?"

"No!"

With each question and answer, the morale of Wang Qiang and the others was clearly stirred up by Xu Renjie, looking at the ever higher responses of the crowd, Xu Renjie affirmed: "Very good! As a man, remember your promise!"

Having said that, Xu Renjie turned his head towards Hu Xiaodong beside him, nodding his head to indicate him to continue the lesson. (To be continued. If you like this work, welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets on qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please go to m.qidian.com to read.)