After Being Reborn, I became a firefighter again?

Chapter 132: Chapter 89: Plateau Achievement?

During the evening exercise on the second day, Fang Huai took the initiative to request a feel of the water hose.

As soon as the request was made, it received an enthusiastic response from the new recruits.

With the lower unit right before their eyes, and just as they had finally gotten used to the life of the new recruit group, the squad leaders had depicted descending to the lower unit as something akin to ascension.

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Forget it, kids, what lies ahead is endless suffering. Right now you are just beginners, but when you get to the lower unit, that’s when you’re really on the fast track.

This left the new recruits feeling somewhat uncertain, wanting to get a glimpse of what they could touch in the lower unit and to have a bit more of a fighting chance at survival.

In Fang Huai’s eyes, some of the new recruits were already on par with a number of old soldiers. Those unscrupulous veterans were just enjoying the looks of terror on the recruits’ faces.

But if these threatening words came from Guiyang Special Forces veterans, he felt that they were somewhat sincere.

He had seen their training performance with his own eyes that day.

Fang Huai himself was truly nervous.

Fortunately, Hao Chengbin also thought it was beneficial to touch the water hose before descending to the lower unit, so he simply said, "Wait here," and ran towards a small door on the opposite side of the playground.

When he came back, Squad Leader Hao looked as if he had just dug coal for half a day, covered in dust and spitting as he walked.

In his hands, he was pulling a small cart and the hose on it, which seemed to have been in service no shorter than Squad Leader Hao himself.

Dust, rust, and the buckles, orange with barely any paint left, all quietly exuded the essence of being worth eight cents a pound.

Fang Huai carefully estimated that the waste recycling station would have to spend at least 10 yuan for this whole cart of hoses that originally cost 400 yuan per roll.

"Squad leader... these are discarded hoses, right?"

"Of course, they’re discarded. Why else would we bring them here? The training hoses are all the worn-out ones! These things are expensive!"

Hao Chengbin roared at a bunch of clueless new recruits and casually picked up a roll and hoisted it slightly.

"Yue..." As Hao Chengbin lifted it, he accidentally brought it close to his face and the strong smell of mildew shot straight into his brain, eliciting an involuntary eye-roll.

Fang Huai watched with a touch of admiration.

The squad leader was dealing with this pile of crap by hand... That wasn’t easy!

The new recruits also had a hard time holding back their laughter.

Hao Chengbin then picked another roll that seemed drier and passed it to He Zhijun, who was standing at the command position of the formation.

"Here, Xiao He, show them how to flick the hose," he said.

To Hao’s surprise, He Zhijun looked reluctant and somewhat disdained the roll of hose:

"Squad leader... is that really necessary?"

Hao Chengbin glared at him: "Damn it, are you doubting me? This one is completely dry!"

He Zhijun cautiously took it, placed it on the ground, uncoiled the hose, tidied it up, and then tightened it, smacking it several times and spinning it around until it felt as tight as it could be before he stopped.

He also grew more serious and placed the hose properly on the ground.

Squad Leader Hao explained from the side:

"To understand the hose, you start with coiling it up!

To perform well in hose-related training, the first step is to coil the hose tightly! freeweɓnovel.cѳm

A loosely coiled hose will never do well in training! Only a tightly secured hose like Squad Leader He’s can achieve good results!

Next is to flick it open!"

As Hao Chengbin spoke, He Zhijun bent halfway over, grabbed the two buckles of the hose, and flung his arms forcefully upward.

Wind swept dust and clouds turned to rain that hit the ground, along with some small pebbles, sending the debris hidden in the hose flying in all directions.

"Ptooey!" He Zhijun spat out the dust, and when he looked back at Hao Chengbin, his eyes carried a hint of distrust.

Hao Chengbin waved off the dust with a hand while chuckling, "I didn’t lie to you, did I? With this much dust, it has to be dry!"

He then pointed to the hose that was now long and straight: "See that? This is how a master flicks a hose, not only completely unfurling it but also running it parallel to the edge of the playground!

Every step in using the hose affects the final result!

Talking too much is useless. Come on, coil it up here, try it yourself! Fang Huai, start rolling up that hose!

I’ll teach you how!"

Hao Chengbin led Fang Huai to one end of the hose, showing him how to coil it up.

Coiling a hose isn’t difficult.

They are all rolled up in a double-fold style: the hose is folded neatly in half side by side, then rolled up starting from the fold, placed on the ground when finished, and loosened in the opposite direction with a foot to flatten out any irregularities before tightening it up.

Both couplings are on the outside so that you can easily grab them and flip the hose out.

But doing it well takes some finesse.

The two couplings need to be aligned to flick it properly—just like Squad Leader He, with a well-coiled hose and a good technique, one flick and it’s straight.

Precisely controlling the direction to knock over a can 10 meters away is no problem.

Speed is also essential.

Every time there’s a police dispatch, you might have to unroll dozens of hoses, and after taking them back and drying them, coiling them up is the new recruit’s nightmare.

It’s usually done in the spare time before dinner, after training.

New recruits do it and then eat their meal.

If you’re slow, the squad leader will be worried, and your fellow same-year soldiers who coil hoses with you will be so hungry they curse their mothers.

Hao Chengbin explained the key points while directing Fang Huai hands-on.

Fang Huai also understood that this belonged to firefighting professional knowledge; without someone teaching, you wouldn’t master it.

Pretending to be less skilled than he was, he rolled the hose slowly.

But after he finished, Hao Chengbin tightened the rolled hose to teach him how to flick it, Fang Huai couldn’t control his itchy hands any longer.

During the process of coiling the hose, he felt that the skill level was borderline magical.

The hose... actually felt quite light.

He really wanted to test out the effectiveness of this skill.