Chapter 322: Breaking the Record
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
“Crazy, it’s truly crazy. How long has it been now?
About half a minute?
He’s already run two hundred meters?” Next to the single combat tactics competition field, a soldier was speaking in an amazed tone.
“Nonsense, there’s definitely been half a minute, but whether it’s been forty seconds or not, 1 don’t know.
That’s too fast, can he really make it back?”
At this moment, it’s not just the single combat competition field.
It can be said that within the four-hundred-meter running track circle where Wang Ye is right now, everyone around the competition field, except for those participating in the competition, has their eyes on Wang Ye.
At the same time, there are actually people timing this.
Soldiers can’t wear wristwatches because they’re competing, but the leaders of each company don’t have to compete.
“Commander, thirty-seven seconds!”
Inside the large tent, a staff officer whispered this at the moment.
The division commander didn’t say a word, and no one nearby said anything either.
Captain Hong clenched his fists tightly.
He dared to say that the tension he felt at this moment was no less than the moment his wife gave birth.
It was so nerve-wracking.
At the beginning of this year, due to the incident involving Deng Hai, the Iron Bone Hero Regiment’s reputation had taken a heavy blow.
Although later, the division headquarters helped by conducting infiltration exercises with the reconnaissance platoon against the Iron Bone Hero Regiment.
To put it bluntly, it damaged the reputation of the division’s reconnaissance unit to support the Iron Bone Hero Regiment.
But exercises were still exercises and couldn’t do much to repair the damage.
It was only when they encountered a major flood disaster this year that the Iron Bone Hero Regiment had a chance to turn things around.
The whole regiment had two second-class merits, more than ten third-class merits, and even the commendations were raised due to quota issues.
But, all in all, this could only offset past wrongs and completely erase the series of negative impacts caused by the Deng Hai incident.
And now, this was when they truly had a chance to shine!
Wang Ye broke the division’s record in the five-kilometer run, bringing glory to the regiment.
And now, if Wang Ye breaks the entire army’s record, he dared not even think about it.
But now, it seemed like this might actually become a reality.
So, he was very nervous.
Because once the dream became a reality, Wang Ye would not just bring glory to the regiment.
The division headquarters, the army headquarters, and even the leaders of the large military region would all have smiles on their faces.
This was an honor out of this world and even beyond that.
The difference between a division’s record and the entire army’s record might sound like only a few seconds, but the real impact was much greater.
No one dared to breathe, Captain Hong watched nervously, and the other regimental commanders beside him remained silent.
Inside the large tent, the staff officer only occasionally reported the time.
“Commander, one minute and seven seconds!”
The time he just announced was when Wang Ye had just finished the third hundred meters, which meant he had completed the two hundred meters hurdles and only had the final hundred meters of running left.
It could be seen from the time taken that Wang Ye’s speed had noticeably decreased from the second hundred meters to the third.
There was no way around it, even with Wang Ye’s exceptional stamina, he was starting to feel a bit exhausted on the way back.
After all, he not only had to maintain his speed but also navigate various obstacles.
But right now, Wang Ye didn’t even know how much time had passed.
In fact, he didn’t have the time or the mental energy to think about it at this moment.
He had only one thought in his mind.
Give it his all, run as hard as he could.
“Last hundred meters, the last hundred meters!”
In his heart, Wang Ye kept encouraging himself.
His legs felt like they were filled with lead, and Wang Ye wanted to pick up the pace again, but his legs weren’t cooperating.
“Hu… Hu…”
With a forceful breath, Wang Ye’s face was now flushed with an unusual redness.
Sweat was pouring down, but Wang Ye didn’t pay any attention to it.
Gripping the rifle, eyes fixed ahead, he increased his breathing while continuously exerting his willpower to accelerate his steps.
It helped a bit; his speed did increase.
But compared to the sprint he had done on the way here, the speed was still significantly slower.
“One minute, twenty-four point eight three!”
When Wang Ye crossed the finish line, the referee next to him shouted out the result with great force.
However, in that moment, Wang Ye didn’t hear a thing.
After crossing the finish line, he continued to run for another seven or eight meters before being stopped by Wu Jianfeng and Kang Hua, who reached out to support him.
As soon as Wang Ye released his effort, his legs went weak, and his entire weight could only be supported by Wu Jianfeng and Kang Hua.
“Haha, Wang Ye, you’re amazing!”
Supporting Wang Ye at this moment, Wu Jianfeng couldn’t contain his excitement, and he burst into laughter.
Kang Hua was also smiling, holding onto Wang Ye tightly while speaking softly, “Wang Ye, you’re going to be famous this time!”
“Heh…” Wang Ye smiled and tried to speak, but for a moment, he felt like he couldn’t find the words.
Completing the four-hundred-meter hurdles in one minute and twenty-four seconds, the intensity was so great that even now, he couldn’t quite handle it.
It wasn’t an exaggeration to say that Wang Ye had pushed himself to the limit and tapped into his own potential during that run.
“Don’t talk for now, take it easy. Come on, let’s help you walk slowly and take a break before you sit down!”
As Kang Hua spoke, the regimental reporters and division reporters standing nearby all had a look of wanting to speak but hesitating, waiting on the sidelines.
In fact, if it wasn’t for the fact that there was still someone who hadn’t returned from the 400-meter obstacle course, the two referees and the three judges might have been unable to hold back and wanted to run over.
Yes, Wang Ye didn’t break the record.
But this result had already broken the military region’s record!
Their own military region’s record.
However, Wang Ye was not actually aware of this at the moment.
No one had told him, everyone had only mentioned the records for the entire army and the division.
But you couldn’t ignore the fact that above the division, there was the army, and above the army, there was the military region.
And the military region’s record was one minute, twenty-five point seventy-one seconds.
There was no doubt that Wang Ye had broken the record.
He didn’t quite reach the entire army’s record, but he did break the record for his own military region.
“Amazing, Old Hong, congratulations!”
“Congratulations, Old Hong, I’m really jealous, what kind of luck did you have this year!”
“Haha, 1 feel like it’s definitely a stroke of luck. 1 stepped on a pile of dog poop at the beginning of the year, although it stinks a bit, but now my luck has turned!”
“Haha!” In the large tent, Captain Hong was beaming with a red face at this moment. Even if someone said he had lucked out, he laughed loudly.
Let them be jealous.
Their regiment was about to become famous.
Of course, not just the regiment, their division was also about to gain fame.
Although they didn’t break the entire army’s record, breaking the military region’s record was still a tremendous honor.
Wang Ye’s name would soon be engraved in the military region’s hall of honor.
Naturally, his personal information would be complete, from joining the army to the division, then to the regiment, and finally to the company.
Joy had come from nowhere.
To be honest, Captain Hong had actually mentally prepared himself for Wang Ye breaking a division record.
But he didn’t expect that today would bring one surprise after another. Wang Ye not only broke a division record in the morning but also delivered a super performance in the afternoon.
“The military region’s record?”
After taking a pause for more than ten seconds, Wang Ye finally recovered and was a bit taken aback when he heard Wu Jianfeng’s explanation.
Wu Jianfeng smiled and said, “Yes! Although you didn’t break the entire army’s record, your performance has already broken our military region’s record. Just wait, the regimental commander and others should be on their way!”
At this moment, the four-hundred-meter hurdles competition had actually come to a halt.
Everyone knew that with this kind of situation, the senior officers in the main tent were definitely not going to sit still.
Of course, the main reason was that the referees and the temporary team leaders of the third phase were no longer focused on the competition.
They all wanted to see how the division commander and others would react when they arrived.
A first-class merit was probably impossible.
But a second-class merit should be in the bag!
After all, this wasn’t breaking a division’s record.
If it were just a division record, regardless of whether Wang Ye had broken one or two, he would probably only receive a third-class merit in the end.
After all, this was just a division-level competition.
But now, Wang Ye’s performance was extraordinary.
Even though it was a division-level competition, his result had broken the military region’s record.
With such an achievement, giving him only a third-class merit wouldn’t be enough.