Squad Leader Xiong returned in the afternoon.
But Instructor Cao announced that for the following month, Xiong Jie would have to go to the hospital for physical therapy every two days. The Cooking Squad's grocery shopping time would be moved up by half an hour to give him a ride to the hospital on the way.
Once he recovered, Xiong Jie could still train, but it was unlikely that he would be able to perform maneuvers like the One Hundred Meters Ladder Attack Drill that were particularly straining on the back.
The old soldiers all felt a bit regretful.
Going forward, if Xiong Jie were to stay in the troops, he could only follow technical or logistics career paths.
Before He Zhijun's batch of soldiers emerged, Xiong Jie had been a signature figure of the squadron.
Even Zhao Jinchen, who boasted a formidable presence as an old soldier, had to admit that among the soldiers who joined the squadron the same year, he only ranked second.
And Xiong Jie was the first.
