On the track of Nankai University, Chen Qiang had already begun to try to practice 200-meter sprint, but after practicing for half an hour, Chen Qiang suddenly realized that there was no task of running 200 meters in his training space, which means that in reality, he could not get points.

"This is not possible. I'm still counting on points training at night!" Chen Qiang said in his heart.

Chen Qiang spent several days in North Korea to participate in the competition, but during this period he did not do tasks to earn points. Instead, he used a lot of points, so Chen Qiang's reserve points are now almost gone.

"I have to save some points, so in reality, I still have to do 100 meters of training and get a little more points. As for 200 meters of training, it's better to do it in space!" Chen Qiang said in his heart.

At this moment, a teaching assistant came over from a distance.

"Our great hero, a reporter came to the school and said he wanted to give you an exclusive interview!" said the assistant teacher.

"There are other interviews? There seem to be many recent interviews. I have never heard of many newspapers and magazines at all." Chen Qiang shook his head helplessly, and then walked towards the reception room.

In the past half month, many newspapers and magazines have indeed come to interview Chen Qiang. In the whole of Tianjin, many tabloids have led the trend and praised Chen Qiang to the height of a national hero, and that momentum even surpassed that of the Tianjin hero Huo Yuanjia. Many people who praised Chen Qiang even compared heroes like Chen Qiang and Qi Jiguang.

Chen Qiang is famous in Tianjin now. There are no Chinese people in Tianjin who don’t know Chen Qiang. Even the nearby people in Peiping, Hebei and other places know Chen Qiang.

Of course, Chen Qiang was very happy as his reputation grew, but soon, Chen Qiang also felt that the direction of the wind was wrong. The reporter's interviews came too frequently and the newspapers were praised too frequently. Not to mention that they were blown every now and then, many tabloids even blew up every day, and a newspaper had to be blown several times.

Chen Qiang felt that he had been back in Tianjin for more than half a month, and his popularity should have decreased, but the reality made Chen Qiang a little confused.

Looking at the back of the interviewer leaving, Chen Qiang scratched his head inexplicably.

"I didn't expect that after so many days, there are reporters who come to release me. The people of Tianjin are so enthusiastic! If this were placed in the future, I would definitely be among the top few hot searches, right?"

...

Tokyo, Japan Sports Association.

"Report President, this is a telegram sent by the Tianjin Consulate General. The plan went smoothly. After some deliberate publicity some time ago, Chen Qiang has become a well-known figure in Tianjin. Many Tianjin citizens regard him as a national hero of China." Kenjiro Nakano said, presenting the telegram to Kiyukuni Kiyuk with both hands.

"Very good!" An Qingyi received the telegram with satisfaction, and a look of joy appeared on his face.

"President, I still have something unknown. Why do we have to spend our energy and money to hire Chinese newspapers to praise Chen Qiang? Is he not a match for our Japanese athletes? Are we doing this to promote him?" Kenjiro Nakano asked.

An Qingyi smiled slightly and said, "Nakano, there is a saying among Chinese people that the higher the fly, the heavier the fall! We are now holding Chen Qiang up just to make him fall hard when he falls. If he falls, he will hurt him. It is best to fall to death so that he will never get up!"

Kenjiro Nakano's face showed a sudden expression, while Kishi Kishi continued: "In addition, this is also a way to force Chen Qiang to participate in the 200-meter sprint. Soon after, we will organize some athletes to Tianjin, and there will be a few Belarusians to hold a Japanese, Chinese and Russian track and field meeting."

As An Qingyi said, she smiled like the old fox and continued: "This competition will not be a 100-meter sprint, there will only be a 200-meter sprint, and we will invite Chen Qiang to participate. According to the information I have, Chen Qiang will not be a 200-meter sprint at all, so as long as he comes to participate, the winner will definitely be our Japanese athletes!"

"I understand. You are worried that Chen Qiang will not come to participate in the competition, so you will first portray Chen Qiang as a national hero of the Chinese. By the time of the competition, even if Chen Qiang doesn't run 200 meters, Chinese public opinion will force him to participate in the competition!" Kenjiro Nakano said.

"Yes, this is exactly my plan. Chen Qiang is now a hero in the minds of Chinese people and the fastest runner in Asia. We go to the Chinese territory to challenge him. If he doesn't fight, the ancients will be disappointed with him and he will lose their reputation! And if he fights, it just happens to give us a chance to defeat him."

As An Qingyi said, his expression seemed excited: "At that time, countless Chinese people will see that the hero in their hearts will fall from the altar, and the one who defeated him is our Japanese athletes! Although we have not been able to regain the title of "Asia's fastest", at least Chen Qiang will lose the game. An athlete who has experienced failure can only be an ordinary person and will not become a god in people's hearts! Just wait and see the show! Now, the more people praise Chen Qiang, the more people will spit on him after he fails! I want Chen Qiang to be ruined!"

"President Kishi Kishi, I still have something unknown. Why do you have to target Chen Qiang? Although he is a sprinter with great results, I think there is really no need for us to spend so much manpower, material resources and energy on him!" Kenjiro Nakano said.

"Nakano, you don't understand. Lieutenant General Oshima once taught me that East Asia can only have one strong country and one ruler, and that ruler is Japan. The entire East Asia will sooner or later be the territory of the empire, so other countries in East Asia do not need heroes except Japan! Especially heroes in the field of sports!"

"You may feel that a champion and a record are just personal victory, which cannot change a country or the entire nation. I tell you, that is a wrong perception. Some achievements are indeed personal victory, but they can bring morale to a nation, overall cohesion, and even enhance the collective sense of honor of the entire nation."

"The morale of the Chinese, the cohesion of the Chinese, and the sense of collective honor of the Chinese, these are things that should not appear! This will become an obstacle to the empire's path forward. What the empire needs is a loose China, a split, warlord-fighting China, not a unified, cohesive China, and everyone has a strong sense of collective honor! We cannot conquer such a China!"

An Qing sighed and continued: "Any hero will attract countless worship and imitations. Once a heroic figure appears in the field of sports in China, it will inevitably be admired and imitated by the Chinese. There are 400 million people in China, even if only one hundred people regard Chen Qiang as a role model, love sports, and engage in sports, then there will be four million strong people in China, and they may become four million strong soldiers! Our imperial soldiers will also face four million more strong opponents!"

"Nakano, you should understand now why I must target Chen Qiang? He is only sixteen years old and has unlimited potential! He will become a hero of the Chinese in the future! He will be a banner of the Chinese! Every championship and every honor he has won will bring cohesion to the Chinese, enhance the sense of collective honor of the Chinese, and countless Chinese people will worship him and imitate him. So we must knock him down and cut off this banner before he grows up! I do all this for the future of the empire!"

...

In the training space, Chen Qiang began the 200-meter sprint practice.

The difference between 200 meters and 100 meters is that there is an extra curve in 200 meters.

In other words, with this curve, the athletes' technical requirements have also been improved to a higher level.

First of all, when starting, you are on the straight track when starting in the 100-meter race, just rush forward with your head in a tight position, but the 200-meter race is in a corner. The first problem you face after starting is not acceleration, but turning.

When starting a curve, athletes will start as close to the outside of the track as much as possible, because this can extend the straight sprint distance after starting to obtain higher speed.

After starting, acceleration in the corner is also a technical difficulty. Acceleration in the corner is much more difficult than acceleration in the straight, and athletes are also very important to control stride frequency and stride width.

After acceleration, curve running technology is also very important. The human body needs to obtain a centripetal force when running on the curve. The athlete must constantly change his movement direction during the whole process, which complements the change in curve direction. For this reason, the athlete's body must be tilted towards the inside of the track.

The faster the running speed, the greater the inclination of the body, the larger the crankshaft of the runway, the greater the inclination of the body, so that the body can be smooth and at high speed.

Many people should have watched motorcycle racing. When a motorcycle turns on the track, the tilt of the body will be very serious. Sometimes they even feel that the motorcycle is about to fall to the ground. This is the same principle as the 200-meter curve running. Relying on the tilt of the body, we can ensure that the cornering can be completed at a high speed.

When the body is tilted, the techniques of rear pedal and forward swing will change, and the swinging arm will be different.

When pedaling back with curve technology, the right foot needs to touch the inside of the forefoot, and the left foot needs to touch the outside of the forefoot so that the body is in a tilted state.

When swinging the arm, the swing range and strength of the right arm should also be greater than that of the left arm. The angle of the elbow joint of the right arm should be biased to the right rear and the forward swing to the left front, so as to keep the body balanced in the curve.

Finally, when the curve enters the straight, it also requires technology. The need for running a curve is different from the need for running a straight, so when the curve enters the straight, athletes must immediately change their skills, adjust the rhythm of their running, and finally achieve seamless connection, so that they do not lose time.

In addition, when athletes run corners, they should try to run along the inner curve line as much as possible, rather than along the outer curve line. The 400-meter standard track, the outer curve line is an average of 7.536 meters more than the inner curve line. Divided by 4 is 1.884 meters, which means that the 200-meter athlete runs along the outer curve line and runs an additional distance of nearly two meters. This will cause a time gap of more than 0.1 seconds.

Therefore, athletes who run 200 meters must have good eyesight. During the curve, they should always pay attention to their feet and try to run along the inner track line as much as possible without stepping on the track line.

The above are the most basic technical skills for running 200 meters, but in 1930, none of these technologies were found.

Later generations of research on 200-meter curves have risen to the level of mechanics research. Bend running is originally an athlete doing circular movements, so a large number of physicists began to study the role of circular movements and vertical force in curves, and calculated the best way to move for athletes; a large number of sprint coaches also began to study physics desperately, at least they had to understand circular movements thoroughly.

In 1930, physicists had no time to study curve running! Sports coaches don’t talk about scientific training, they all rely on experience to teach.

...

Chen Qiang started practicing the 200-meter sprint training with the most basic techniques, so the training process was not fast.

Sports training is a gradual process, just like building a tall building. First lay the foundation and cover it layer by layer. There is no shortcut. If you train to cut corners, you will get a tofu project.

During the day, Chen Qiang still trains 100-meter sprint, mainly to accumulate points. At night, Chen Qiang enters the training space and spends all his time on 200-meter training.

What Chen Qiang didn't notice was that when he was training every day, in an inconspicuous corner nearby, there were always people who were silently observing him and recording his training content.

...

Tokyo, Japan Sports Association.

Kenjiro Nakano presented the telegram that he had just translated to Kiyoichi Kishi, and said at the same time: "Report to President, the people in the Consulate General in Tianjin have been observing Chen Qiang for several days. He is still conducting a 100-meter sprint training."

An Qingichi nodded with satisfaction: "Very good, our athletes are almost ready. Nakano, I will give you two things now. The first thing is to call the Consulate General in Tianjin and tell them that the plan can be started. The second thing is to inform our athletes and prepare to set out for Tianjin!"

...

The assistant teacher ran over from a distance, came to Chen Qiang, and said, "The Japanese man from last time is here again! He is in the reception room, and the principal asked you to go there quickly."

"Is it Shiro Kitashima from the Japanese Consulate in Tianjin?" Chen Qiang asked. He was quite impressed by Shiro Kitashima. Chen Qiang has not paid the 350 yen appearance fee last time that Shiro Kitashima gave him.

"This Kitajima Shiro is my God of Wealth. I don't know what to do with me today. Is it possible that I will come to give me money again?" Chen Qiang thought about it and trotted all the way to the reception room.

In the reception room, Chen Qiang met Shiro Kitashima again. Shiro Kitashima has gained much weight than last time he met. It seems that he lives a very comfortable life.

"Jun Chen, we're meeting again." Shiro Kitashima still kindly gave Chen a Japanese-style meeting gift.

"Mr. Kitajima, I miss you very much, too." Chen Qiang replied with a smile, but said in his heart, are you here to give me money again?

The two of them took a seat and met a Japanese man. Chen Qiang was too lazy to greet him. He didn't go around the corner and asked directly: "Mr. Kitajima, what's wrong with you coming to me this time?"

"Jun Chen, that's right. Recently, our Japanese Sports Association organized several track and field athletes to visit Tianjin. In addition to our Japanese athletes, there are also some Russian athletes. So we plan to organize a Japanese, Chinese and Russian track and field competition. I hope you can participate. This is an invitation letter." Shiro Kitashima handed the invitation letter to Chen Qiang.

"Russian athlete? Are you referring to a Soviet player?" Chen Qiang asked.

"It's not the Soviet Union, it's a white Russian." Kitashima Shiro explained.

Chen Qiang was slightly stunned. Aren’t these Russians all white? Why should we emphasize the “white Russians” separately?

Next to him, the teacher of Nankai University who was accompanying him whispered to Chen Qiang: "The white Russians that Mr. Kitajima mentioned refer to Belarus, which is different from the Soviet Union."

After listening to the teacher's explanation, Chen Qiang realized it.

The October Revolution in Russia sent the Tsar family to the guillotine, but the old nobles, officers, Cossacks, some intellectuals, merchants and landlords of Tsarist Russia opposed the Soviet regime, and these people were the so-called "Belarus".

Most Belarus choose to go to Turkey, Slavic countries, Baltic countries, and even Germany and France to seek refuge. Belarus in the Far East mainly comes to China, such as Harbin and Shanghai, and many Belarusians gathered.

In addition, Japan also took in many Belarusian expatriates.

In 1918, in order to seize the Far East occupied by the Soviet Union, Japan sent troops to land in Vladivostok, and once took over the Siberian Railway east of Lake Baikal, and even supported a Russian puppet regime in East and West Siberia. However, when the Soviet Union recovered from the October Revolution, it immediately launched a counterattack against Japan. After Japan suffered heavy losses, it had to withdraw its troops from the choice, and took away many Russians before leaving.

After knowing the origin of Belarus, Chen Qiang had already understood that the so-called "China-Japan-Russia" three-country confrontation was actually the Japanese brought a younger brother to make up the numbers. That "Russia" was completely negligible, and the actual competition was the athletes from both China and Japan.

Since there is a game, Chen Qiang will certainly not be timid. While opening the invitation letter, he asked: "Mr. Kitajima, I am very grateful for your invitation. Of course, I am very willing to participate in the game, but the appearance fee is..."

Shiro Kitashima seemed to have guessed that Chen Qiang would have a performance fee, so he said directly: "We in Japan are willing to pay 300 yen as the performance fee for Chen Jun to participate in the competition."

Chen Qiang nodded with satisfaction and thought to himself that Shiro Kitashima is a man of teaching, and he will learn from it so quickly!

Although the appearance fee of 300 yen is less than the last time, it was a competition held in Tianjin. Chen Qiang did not have to work hard, and could earn 300 yen by squatting at home.

Then Chen Qiang lowered his head and looked at the invitation letter. This time he still had one copy in Chinese and Japanese, and the content was similar to last time.

However, the event that invited Chen Qiang to participate turned into a 200-meter sprint!

"Why did it become a 200-meter sprint?" Chen Qiang showed a surprised expression.

"Is this Japanese a worm in my stomach? I'm practicing 200 meters here and I'm worried that there is no competition to let me verify the training effect. This Japanese invited me to participate in the 200 meters competition. When I really want to sleep, someone will give me a pillow!"

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Chapter completed!