Chapter 288 Even the King of Soldiers Must Kneel! !
Chapter 288 Even the King of Soldiers Must Kneel! !
The first competition event was extremely intense, which severely challenged all the contestants, forcing them to put away their pride and concentrate on the competition.
The half-hour break passed in a flash, and the second competition event began.
This time it also has a tactical background, and compared to the first subject, it is more focused on anti-terrorism operations and tests the basic skills of the soldiers.
The competition venue is a nine-story training building with a two-meter-long platform on the roof.
At the front of the platform, there is a standard 15mm diameter climbing rope hanging down to the ground, which is 30 meters high from the top to the ground.
The contestants need to climb the rope to reach the roof within one minute.
Then conduct a downward-angle shooting at a distance of 150 meters.
The mechanism for obtaining points in the second event is exactly the same as that in the first event. Those who cannot climb up are not eligible to shoot.
You get one point for climbing up, and one point for hitting six targets within one minute.
Although this project seems simple, as long as you climb up you will have the opportunity to shoot, which sounds much easier than running before.
In fact, this project is even more difficult than the first one.
Because the special warfare subjects that the contestants practiced did include rope climbing events, and there were two of them, but the difficulty was completely incomparable to this.
First, for the subject that climbs 30 meters up, everyone holds the rope with both hands and puts their feet on the wall.
Not only can you use your hands to push the wall, but you can also push the wall with your feet.
It’s a lot easier!
The suspended climbing rope where you cannot squat on the wall is usually called a climbing rope or a climbing pole. The height is generally five meters, and the maximum height is ten meters.
And no matter which subject it is, it is usually done with bare hands.
However, this competition requires light luggage. The total weight of the water bottle, magazines, grenades, weapons, etc. will not be less than 20 kilograms.
Climbing thirty meters is difficult enough, and you have to carry a twenty-pound weight to climb that high.
There is even a time limit and it must be completed within one minute.
It's simply inhumane!
Anyone who has climbed this kind of rope knows that it is a great test of arm strength and skills, and the difficulty increases exponentially with every meter increase in height.
Normally in the army we were only trained to climb 10 meters, but here we were able to directly increase the climb to 30 meters.
Still gotta bear the weight!
Most of the contestants were really speechless, and their faces looked uglier than each other.
Normally, climbing ten meters is tiring enough, and climbing twice in a row can make your fingers tremble from exhaustion. Is it really possible to climb 30 meters now?
It really makes people lose confidence!
It’s too difficult!
But the rules of the competition have been announced and the competition is about to begin. There is no chance for them to try, and they have to go ahead even if they have no confidence.
Because there were only two ropes left, this project had to be done in a queue.
To be fair, the order will be determined by lottery.
Chen Jun was very lucky as he drew the number 10 which was the last to play.
Those who come on later can watch the games of those who came on earlier and gain experience from the performances of the previous players, which is obviously more advantageous.
The first team to take the field was Team No. 8, and the players all looked very solemn.
"Start entering the venue, 20 seconds to prepare."
The referee gave the order.
"come on! Come on!"
With encouragement from their teammates, the two players from Team 8 came to the rope, put on the safety rope, and prepared to climb.
As the first climb was about to begin, the nine teams waiting for the assessment nearby began a heated discussion.
"This is too difficult. Thirty meters. I have never climbed that high in my life. And I have to carry such a heavy load. Can I really climb it?"
"If there is no time limit, it would be fine. I can grind it hard and it should be able to be polished up."
"Yeah, it's only one minute. How the hell can we do this?"
"Damn it, whoever designed the competition is simply inhumane."
……
There was heated discussion throughout the competition, and everyone was very pessimistic about this project, with only a handful of players confident of completing it.
The Steel Battalion 7 competition team was also under a lot of pressure, and the atmosphere of discussion was also very heavy.
"If you don't need to bring weights, a height of thirty meters should be okay. Our team's daily rope climbing training also has fifteen meters. But it's really hard to say about the weight. It's very difficult." Qi Huan frowned.
"It seems that the higher-ups have made up their minds and are determined to pick out the strongest team. Therefore, the events in this competition are more difficult than the last." Wu Zhe said helplessly.
"This is too high. If I fall down, it will definitely hurt." Xu Sanduo said naively.
"There is a safety rope tied to you, so you won't die if you fall. If you are afraid of heights, just don't look down. Just keep climbing up, and climb as high as you can." Chengcai encouraged.
"What are you afraid of? Just do it. Every step you can take is a step forward, and every point you can get is a point forward." Tuo Yonggang is open-minded.
"We in the 7th Steel Company cannot be cowardly no matter where we go. There are challenges only when there are difficulties. Only when we can win can it prove how good we are. If it is too easy, everyone can complete it, and it will be meaningless." Wu Liuyi said seriously.
"Wu Liuyi is right. It's fun only when there are challenges."
Chen Jun patted Wu Liuyi on the shoulder, glanced at everyone and encouraged them, "Don't think too much. Just keep climbing up. I'll be happy if you can get points. If you don't, just try your best."
Chen Jun's words were originally meant to comfort everyone, but hearing Chen Jun care so much about them, it instead aroused everyone's desire to win.
Everyone began to gather their strength in their hearts, determined to climb up even if it meant death.
While the Steel Battalion 7 competition team was chatting, the two contestants from Team 8 had completed their preparations and began to climb up following the referee's timing command.
After all, they are top players selected from thousands of candidates. Both players started very steadily and there were no problems with their speed and technique.
Use your legs to hold the rope together, and use your hands to grab the rope above and pull yourself up, just like a caterpillar, climbing up one step at a time.
The first ten meters took less than ten seconds, which is considered very fast.
But after ten meters, the physical energy is severely consumed, just like the physical strength consumed in a 100-meter sprint. From then on, the speed becomes slower and slower as you go up.
It took seven seconds to go from ten meters to fifteen meters, and fifteen seconds to go from fifteen meters to twenty meters.
The higher you climb, the time it takes almost doubles.
Even though the two players from Team 8 tried their best, one of them only made it to 24 meters before falling down due to weakness in his hands.
The weight you carry on your body is really a drag, like someone is pulling you down.
The difficulty is at least twice as much as doing it barehanded!
The first contestant lost his strength and fell from the top, causing screams from all the contestants. Fortunately, he was hung by a safety rope and was not seriously injured.
But the disappointment of not being able to climb up made the contestant feel like a lost soul.
Just lie there motionless, letting the rope drop down.
The second contestant was not much better. He only managed to climb less than three meters higher. When he saw that the goal was only a few meters away, it became an unreachable goal.
Finally, at a height of 27 meters, he lost his strength and fell down. When the captain of Team 8 saw that both of them had failed, his face suddenly turned very ugly, and the morale of the entire team was extremely low.
In order to boost the morale of the entire team, the captain had to change his mind and go on the field early.
As the strongest player of Team 8, their captain's appearance on the field made the players of other teams, who were under great pressure, temporarily forget that they were opponents and placed great expectations on him.
I hope someone can make a breakthrough and prove that it is possible.
This will give subsequent teams confidence.
The captain of Team 8 was indeed very strong and his will was very firm. When he climbed to 20 meters, his face was already red and his neck was thick.
The blue veins on his forehead seemed to be about to explode, and bulged to be as thick as chopsticks.
Even though he squeezed out every bit of his strength, he could only climb to a height of 29 meters.
At this point his hands were as hard as rocks and he could no longer muster even a trace of strength. No matter how hard he struggled, he couldn't move up an inch.
When he let go of one hand and tried to climb up, the other hand could no longer support his entire body.
"Brush~"
He fell down too!
"Fuck, can they really climb up? The captain of Team 8 is already strong enough, but he's still more than a meter away. They're so close yet so far apart."
"It's too difficult, it's really difficult."
"Six people got points in the last project. I don't think the whole group will get zero points in this project."
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The contestants were all overwhelmed by the exaggerated difficulty. They felt tremendous pressure even before they went on stage. Almost no one had the confidence to complete it.
However, amid the noisy wailing, some people found better experience from the failure of Team 8.
The one who reacted the fastest was Chen Jun!
"The way they climb is not good. You must not rush at the beginning. If you use too much force at the beginning, you will not be able to hold on later. It's like running a 1500-meter long-distance race. If you start with a -meter sprint, you will definitely fall behind later."
Chen Jun found out the most critical and main reason for the failure of the four members of Team 8.
Then he reminded everyone: "It will be my turn soon. Remember not to go too fast in front of you. Keep a steady pace so that you can climb up."
"Indeed, Team 8 has big problems."
Wu Zhe agreed with Chen Jun's analysis and guessed, "They must have been used to climbing ten meters, so they rushed up in one breath like usual, which caused them to become exhausted at the end."
"Actually, they still have a lot of time, especially the captain of Team 8. He still has nearly twenty seconds left. It's such a pity." Qi Huan said.
……
The Steel Battalion 7 competition team discovered the problem. The people in other teams were no dumber than Chen Jun and others, and they also discovered the same problem through Team 8.
Therefore, the focus of the subsequent discussion shifted to how to solve the problem.
Regarding the key point of lack of successors, each team has its own ideas and thoughts, and the solutions can be described as different and unique.
Even the remaining four members of Team 8 made changes as a result.
The captain of Team No. 8 personally experienced and summarized the experience, and told the four teammates behind him, hoping that the four of them could turn the tide.
Team 8 only got zero points in the first game, and we really can’t accept getting zero points again in the second game.
pity.
At the cost of giving the first four teammates zero points, they finally found the last four players with the biggest problems, but they did not meet the captain's expectations.
Even though you know that you can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, you must never rush into it at the beginning.
There were still two team members who couldn't hold on to the end.
Climbing to a height of thirty meters with a load really tests the limits of physical fitness. Physical fitness is a hard indicator, and any skills will be useless if you don't meet the requirements.
The other two team members climbed to the top, and both touched the top edge of the extension board.
However, when they got here, they both realized that what lay before them was not hope, but despair that they could not resist.
The end of the rope is tied to the front of the extension board. If you want to get up, you must hold the edge of the extension board with both hands, and then use a double muscle-up to support your body.
This movement itself is very difficult and really tests the body's explosive power.
The most important thing is that there is no force point on the board, there is nothing to grab and exert force. The flat board is too slippery to grab at all.
I could only lean on the board and hold on.
Although all the people here are top special forces, their physical fitness is far superior to that of ordinary people, and they have no pressure to do ten consecutive muscle-ups on weekdays.
However, his body had been drained of energy from the previous exercise, and he was so weak that his arms began to tremble.
I simply don't have the strength to prop my body up.
Seeing that the two players from Team 8 had already touched the top edge but were unable to climb up any further, the looks of the surrounding players changed.
Everyone felt that the last level was truly "hell-level".
It's like the straw that broke the camel's back.
The entire team of Team 8 was wiped out, no one was able to score a single point, and the second team to play was not much better.
Even though Team No. 3 learned from the experience of Team No. 8, six of the eight contestants climbed to the top.
However, the last level was too difficult. Not even one of the six people was able to make a breakthrough, and all of them failed under the extension board.
And the six people died in different ways.
Some people kept struggling and trying, which ultimately resulted in them exceeding the allotted time of one minute and failing to get that precious point.
Some people were climbing by grabbing the edge of the board, but they lost their grip and fell down.
Some people even had some creative ideas. They turned their bodies upside down on the rope, tried to hook the board with their feet, and then back up backwards.
As a result, his hands couldn't support such a heavy weight and he fell down directly.
……
The second team to play was completely wiped out, which was a heavy blow to all the players and made the entire competition extremely depressing.
Even the person in charge who was watching the game from a distance couldn't help but have an idea in his mind -
"Is it too difficult? Is it too much?"
It is normal for the person in charge to have this idea, because each project has a dedicated team who are only responsible for setting up competition items and do not carry out actual operations.
After all, it’s a military-level competition and it’s hard to find anyone to test it in advance.
If all the testers were so awesome, they would have been poached by the special forces long ago and would not have been left to work in logistics or be in charge of competition projects.
(End of this chapter)