Mercenary’s War

Chapter 2381 - 2357: King of Pits

Gao Yang actually thought Cui Bo made a good point.

Li Jinfang nodded repeatedly, patting Cui Bo and saying, "You’re right, Liang Dong, Mouse, that’s possible."

Liang Dong urgently said, "Damn! Mouse is cooking for you, and you don’t find it gross?"

Glolov complained, "That’s too much. Can you guys communicate in a language everyone understands?"

Cui Bo immediately boasted, "I propose the squad leader’s nickname be Mouse, or call him haozi."

Jansen immediately looked confused and said, "Horse?"

Gao Yang laughed, "Not horse, it’s the Chinese pronunciation of mouse, haozi, not horse."

Jansen clapped his hands and laughed, "Got it, Mouse is not bad."

Liang Dong looked helpless and said, "I figured it out. You never intended to let me think of a nickname myself, you guys wouldn’t agree anyway. Fine, Mouse it is, a name’s a name. Besides, I’m actually pretty good at digging holes."

Gao Yang asked with interest, "Oh, how so?"

Liang Dong gestured and said, "When it comes to digging smokeless stoves, I’m as good as three of them combined. I’m not bragging, in the cook soldier skills competition we got first; not only can I cook well, but digging a field smokeless stove is my specialty! Mine pits I dig are always benchmarks, they’re the standard for evaluation, you know? Digging operations, I’ve always been top-notch! It’s the benchmark! Don’t believe me? Hand me a shovel, I’ll dig one for you to see. I’m not boasting, why are you...?"

Cui Bo took his 205 engineer shovel from his backpack, handed it to Liang Dong, and said, "Didn’t you say you weren’t bragging? Come on, dig one then."

"Go, go, go, go stand over there. It’s late at night, I’ve been tired for half a day already. Anyway, digging is definitely my forte."

After casually pushing aside the engineer shovel Cui Bo handed over, Liang Dong continued boasting, but Cui Bo persistently handed the engineer shovel over again and said, "Aren’t you boasting? Just try! It’s only a foxhole. Once you dig it out, you’re not really bragging, right?"

Liang Dong rolled up his sleeves, urgently said, "Hey, my bad temper, how about we have a try? Let’s compete? I’m known as the King of Pits in the military, believe it or not? If I weren’t too lazy to move today, I’d definitely let you see."

Li Jinfang coughed lightly twice and then said seriously, "Actually, I’m also quite good at digging pits, especially individual shelters. In our company, I have no rivals. I can dig anything, machine gun shelters, individual prone shelters, standing shelters, and even mortar shelters. Let’s put it this way, I’ve never met a match in individual stuff."

Eileen stood up and shouted, "Match! Let’s have a match! Let’s have a match!"

Glolov also waved his fist and said, "Come on, let’s have a match!"

In the army, venting excess energy is not just about fighting. Competitions like these are the most common. What to do when two top talents are unwilling to concede? Compete.

Li Jinfang stood up, rushed back to his tent, and returned with an engineer shovel, shouting, "Come on, let’s have a match today. What shall we dig!"

Liang Dong took Cui Bo’s engineer shovel, thought for a moment, and shouted, "Digging smokeless stoves would be bullying you. How about this, let’s dig individual shelters."

Cui Bo excitedly said, "Foxholes then!"

Li Jinfang waved his hand and said, "Go, in the PLA we don’t use that term, just individual shelters, you just say what to dig."

Liang Dong confidently said, "No bullying, let’s dig individual prone shelters, how about it?"

Li Jinfang held the shovel horizontally and shouted, "Referees prepare the stopwatch, let’s start!"

Liang Dong looked at the ground, pointed to a spot, and said, "This place is flat, let’s dig here, I’ll let you choose the spot first."

Li Jinfang stood casually, shouted, "Come on."

Eileen pulled out a watch, looking excited, and said, "Are you ready? Get set... go!"

Li Jinfang and Liang Dong picked up their shovels, and at Eileen’s command, they squatted down and used the shovel to draw a semicircle on the ground, then sketched the basic shape of a shelter on the ground with the shovel.

Their movements were very similar, but Li Jinfang was about a second slower than Liang Dong in sketching out the shape.

It only took ten seconds for the two to sketch out the shape, then they immediately started digging, their shovels flying, piling up sand in front of the shelters.

Because of the flying sand, the spectators had to take a few steps back, and at this time Rebrov also came over, and immediately asked, "What’s going on here?"

"Don’t talk, the squad leader and Toad are having a pit-digging competition."

Satan’s base is on the mountain, but once you dig down, it becomes a mix of sand and small stones, and it’s particularly dry, with the edges dug out constantly collapsing, and the shovel often making a clanking sound when hitting stones.

Fre watched for a while and said in surprise, "F**k, digging can be this fast?"

Actually, Gao Yang and Fre were equally surprised because they had never practiced this.

Tommy nodded repeatedly with admiration and shouted, "Amazing, much faster than when I dig mortar shelters."

Liang Dong’s speed suddenly slowed down while digging because he had to pry out a large stone and throw it, while Li Jinfang didn’t encounter a big stone. But in the end, Liang Dong carefully tapped along the shelter’s edge with the engineer shovel to stabilize the sand and prevent collapse, then immediately stood up and shouted, "Done!"

Liang Dong had just stood up, and twelve seconds later, Li Jinfang also immediately stood up and shouted, "Done!"

Eileen shouted, "Mouse took eight minutes and forty seconds, Toad took eight minutes and fifty-two seconds."

Undoubtedly, Liang Dong was faster, and without that big stone, Liang Dong could have been at least thirty seconds faster than Li Jinfang.

Liang Dong looked smug and said, "Come on, inspect the pit!"

A group of people gathered around the two just-dug prone shelters, praising them repeatedly.

Emotionally, Gao Yang hoped Li Jinfang would win, after all, they’ve been together for so long. So Gao Yang carefully observed the two pits.

"Measure it."

Liang Dong confidently said, "The shelter is two meters long, sixty centimeters wide in front, forty-five centimeters of legroom in the back, thirty centimeters deep, the earth piled in front forms a slope ten degrees high, use the engineer shovel as a ruler, measure it freely!"

Satan’s group was all about having fun, and a group of people really gathered around the two prone shelters measuring carefully, finally comparing the results, and Glolov shouted, "Toad’s pit is 1.9 meters long, ten centimeters shorter, everything else is the same."

Li Jinfang gave Liang Dong a thumbs up and said, "Impressive, but I’m used to digging 1.9 meters because I dig according to my height, and I haven’t dug an individual shelter in years."

Liang Dong chuckled and said, "Don’t say useless things, I’m just asking if you admit it or not?"

Despite looking unconvinced, Li Jinfang eventually nodded, "I admit it."

Liang Dong looked smug and said, "Admit it and that’s settled, the standard for prone shelters is eleven minutes, I can do it in under five minutes on land, you think the nickname King of Pits is for nothing."

Li Jinfang finally looked impressed and said, "No wonder you’re called Mouse, my fastest record is six minutes, you’re good! Hey, why don’t we have a martial arts match?"