Qu Sen did not know that he was being discussed by the two officers. When he returned to the dormitory, he remained calm and did not mention the bet he made with Liu Fei about washing socks.
"As the winner, I have to maintain my composure!" Qu Sen said to himself in his heart.
After the roll call, when everyone was preparing to wash up, Liu Fei suddenly walked up to Qu Sen with a gloomy face without saying a word. He picked up the socks that Qu Sen took off and threw them into his basin before turning around and walking out.
"Hey, squad leader, there's no need." Qu Sen was stunned. He didn't expect that Liu Fei would really wash his socks. He quickly caught up and reached out to grab Liu Fei's sleeve.
"We'll compete tomorrow!" Liu Fei suddenly turned around and said in a muffled voice. Then, he used his strength to break free from Qu Sen's grip and walked out of the dormitory into the bathroom.
"Alright, let him wash it. As a soldier, you have to accept your loss. It's not shameful." Liao Genzhu smiled and stopped Qu Sen, who was about to chase after Liu Fei.
The socks were washed very clean and seemed to be particularly comfortable on his feet. However, when the afternoon training ended, they became sticky again. Qu Sen didn't need to take off his shoes to know that the smell was absolutely fresh.
An hour after dinner, Qu Sen and Liu Fei stood at the starting point of the 500-meter obstacle course again.
Qu Sen, 1 minute, 38 seconds. Liu Fei also got 1 minute, 38 seconds, but the latter knew that he was half a step behind. After the roll call, Liu Fei once again put Qu Sen's socks into his basin. This time, Qu Sen did not stop him.
On the evening of the third day, Qu Sen got 1 minute, 37 seconds, and Liu Fei got 1 minute, 36 seconds. When he was washing up, Qu Sen happily put Liu Fei's smelly socks into his basin and walked through the corridor into the bathroom.
On the fourth day, Qu Sen got 1 minute, 36 seconds, and Liu Fei got 1 minute, 35 seconds.
On the fifth day, Qu Sen got 1 minute, 35 seconds, and Liu Fei got 1 minute, 35 seconds.
The multi-purpose training ground was bustling with activity every night, and more and more warriors came to watch. The soldiers were happy to see this. Liu Yuanchao, who was in the regiment commander's office on the top floor, was also happy to see this.
He believed that his soldiers had to be this ruthless! In just a few days, Liu Fei's performance had actually improved by two seconds from his previous best. In addition, the team had also obtained a seeded athlete for the 400-meter steeplechase.
On the sixth day, Qu Sen and Liu Fei crossed the finish line with a time of one minute and thirty-three seconds under the exclamations of hundreds of onlookers. However, the two of them didn't wash each other's socks today because tomorrow was the internal selection.
The two of them agreed in the most concise language: Whoever wins tomorrow won't have to wash socks in the future.
The reason for such an agreement was that Qu Sen would also participate in the selection of the 400-meter steeplechase as a contestant tomorrow.
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April 17th. Compared to the previous few days, it was a rare good day. The main reason was that the spring breeze wrapped in sand and dust had stopped for a while. But on this day, the infantry regiment was exceptionally lively.
Because today was not only the selection of the 400-meter steeplechase event, but also the selection of participants for the military region competition and other events in the infantry course. Therefore, since early in the morning, the cheers and cheers on the training ground had never stopped.
At three o 'clock in the afternoon, teams of green squares on the training ground began to move toward the 400-meter steeplechase training area. In order to accurately record the selection process and make it easier to report to the higher-ups, the regiment's publicity officer had already set up a camera at the edge of the training ground.
There were a total of seven people participating in the steeplechase. Except for Qu Sen and Liu Fei, the other five people's scores were basically stable between one minute and thirty-seven to one minute and thirty-nine. Therefore, the spectating soldiers all knew that the winner of today's race would most likely be Liu Fei and the recruit from the 1st Battalion's 2nd Company, who had already become famous in this event.
After all, the two of them had competed every night for a week, and the fact that they had both won and lost was known to almost everyone in the regiment, from the cadres to the soldiers.
There were only four competition areas, so four out of the seven contestants went up first. Qu Sen and three other unfamiliar veterans were called out first and stood in front of the starting line.
When the whistle sounded, Qu Sen, who had been holding back his energy for a long time, lifted his leg and rushed out. The three-step pile, crossing the trench, jumping over the low wall, crossing the high platform, crossing the single-plank bridge, climbing over the high wall, and crawling through the low pile net. With the familiar obstacles and the rhythm that he had optimized many times, Qu Sen completed them very smoothly.
After turning back, the cheers of his comrades in the company were particularly loud, especially Wang Shuai's strong voice. It was hard not to hear it even if you didn't want to.
After crossing the low pile net and climbing the high wall in one go, Qu Sen adjusted his pace and smoothly climbed over the high platform, he had a premonition that he would definitely be faster today than yesterday.
After crossing the five-step pile and starting the final sprint, his ears were already filled with tsunami-like shouts of "Go! Go! Go! "filling the air.
The surrounding soldiers didn't know exactly how fast Qu Sen was, but they could see that Qu Sen had a huge lead over the other three contestants. Therefore, under the lead of the soldiers of the First Battalion, Second Company, all of them subconsciously shouted "Go! Go! "
"1: 29!" The referee excitedly announced a number that made everyone forget to cry out in surprise for a moment.
After a short moment of astonishment, the surrounding soldiers all simultaneously erupted into even more intense cheers and applause.
"Good!" Liu Yuanchao, who had unknowingly stood at the edge of the field, subconsciously clenched his fist and then sighed with emotion. "Damn it, in the regiment, how many years has it been since someone ran under 1: 20 for the 400 meters?"
On the side, political commissar Zhao Zhi also excitedly applauded along with the other soldiers. When he heard the regiment commander's words, he smiled and said, "This time that kid Liu Fei should be under pressure."
"Without pressure, where would the motivation come from?" Liu Yuanchao said stubbornly. After a pause, he said angrily, "That kid just lacks a decent opponent. If he had met someone like Qu Sen earlier, his score would have been under 1: 20 a long time ago."
While the regiment commander and political commissar were chatting, the first group of the 400-meter steeplechase race's results were tabulated. The three members of the second group were already standing at the starting line.
The spectating soldiers gradually quieted down, waiting for the second race to begin. Qu Sen, who was slowly walking on the grass at the edge of the track to recover his strength, also stopped and turned his gaze to the field.
When the referee gave the command to "get ready," the field was silent for a moment. Liu Yuanchao and Zhao Zhi had already stopped talking. Everyone's attention was focused on the members who were about to set off.
To be precise, it was Liu Fei. Everyone was looking forward to seeing what kind of result Liu Fei could achieve under the pressure of Qu Sen.
The whistle to set off sounded again. Liu Fei took the lead in the 100-meter flat race, leading the other two by a large distance. After the flat race, the first half of the steeplechase was successfully completed. The referee looked at the stopwatch in his hand and compared it in his mind. Liu Fei's current score was basically the same as Qu Sen's.
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