As he was talking, Shen Rusong soon discovered that all the hunters wore leggings, which could be said to be very long. Some people's leggings were wrapped around their thighs.
In the absence of mobile vehicles, there is no way to cover meat with iron, but all infantrymen wear leggings, and boots are not worn every day. Wear boots in the hot summer and wait for the heat to kill you. These days, they are all high. Put on your shoes, and then put on the leggings in circles. Wear standard boots only when it's not hot.
As for the exoskeleton. It is certainly a good thing, but good steel is on the edge, and the service life of the exoskeleton is no longer than that of a tank engine. Therefore, it is impossible to wear it all the time during long-distance marches, and it will be equipped until the battle is confirmed. This is just like tanks saving motorcycle hours. Expensive armored vehicles such as tanks must be transported to the frontline shunting yard by rail mobility, and then maneuvered with their own engines. During this period, armored soldiers and armored vehicles are often separated.
Of course, there are exceptions. Special lightweight exoskeletons will be used by troops performing long-term missions, but a certain amount of backpack capacity must be sacrificed to carry more accessories and batteries.
How can everything be perfect? Especially when it comes to military equipment, cost-effectiveness, applicability, and reliability always rank first.
Everyone rushed to the hunter camp, and Xu Bowen took the lead to stand at attention and salute, loudly saying: "The combat engineer platoon leads the team to report, please give instructions!"
The slightly dim lantern cast a dark look on the face of the officer in front of him. After returning the salute, he put his hands behind his back again. A pair of sharp eyes swept over him. Without a single polite word, he said straight to the point: "Have you ever had any experience in long-distance marching before?" ?”
"Report! Yes! In March and April this year, we marched 200 kilometers over thousands of mountains!"
"Oh! It's Qianshan." The officer sounded slightly surprised. He leaned over and took a closer look at Shen Rusong, and said, "You are from the Yanqi regiment, right? Did you take a trip to Qianshan... to fight the beast tide?"
"Report! Twice!"
The officer grinned widely, his white teeth contrasting with the white dagger on the box. The shoulder straps showed that he was a lieutenant colonel, so he was undoubtedly the chief officer of the Jaeger Battalion.
He said: "Xu Bowen... well, that's very good. Li Minbo, this ghostly boy, does have vicious eyes. Is the purpose of the secondment clear?"
"clear!"
The battalion commander nodded and said: "There are many mutant beast nests in the Tong'an Mountains. Our department needs to open up passages and clear the way for the large troops. This time, we not only seconded engineers, but also a group of infantry comrades. You are indeed good at attacking difficult problems." Some, oh yes, you go and report to Li Minbo, he will explain the coordination tactics, remember to get the hunting equipment."
The battalion commander glanced at the engineer shovel that each engineer carried on his waist, walked over and pulled it out, tested the sharpness of the blade teeth with his thumb, then put it back and said meaningfully: "Put the shovel in the backpack and open the way." Use a machete!"
Shen Rusong lowered his head and glanced at the other party. Indeed, a slightly curved machete swung down with great force.
After leaving the hunting camp, Shen Rusong stretched his muscles. Now he had time to pay attention to the layout of the hunting camp.
The equipment is all standard, with the same camouflage as military uniforms, big eight leaves or jungle camouflage. Now that we have not gone deep into Tongan Mountains, the hunters are not so hungry that they can put paint on their faces. If there is any difference, it should be that the height of the tent is lower than that of the engineer. Maybe it is because he is used to camping in the forest?
Compared with the rigorous and serious atmosphere of the 594th Battalion that I just passed by, the Chasseur Company is actually quite leisurely. It is not noisy like a motley crew, but has the lively atmosphere that a military camp should have. The guards on duty outside were meticulous, and the hunters patrolling the camp with their military dogs never strayed from their gaze.
There are also female soldiers among the hunting soldiers. They don't shy away from arm-in-arms with the male soldiers, sit around the campfire and share toasted buns, and arm-wrestle with the male soldiers amidst cheers. When Shen Rusong passed the corner, he saw a tall and thin female soldier wearing only a vest fighting fiercely with a male soldier who was an order of magnitude stronger than her in a specially designated training ground. Both sides were bleeding from their mouths and noses.
Shen Rusong saw that the female soldier who was at a disadvantage was constantly moving and dodging. She slipped past the opponent's side several times before she could make a move, bullied her body and hung directly on the opponent's shoulder. Then she leaned back hard with her burly physique. The opponent fell backward. Amidst the exclamations of the onlookers, they all fell to the ground, and it turned into a complete melee.
Seeing that the two were about to get angry, everyone pulled away from them. The female soldier broke away from others and shouted: "Lu Lingjie, it's a tie this time!"
The big man shook his neck and shouted back: "Tong Lin, you win, I won't argue with you."
"Not convinced? If not convinced, come again and fight!"
Shen Rusong wanted to see more, but the rest were internal affairs, and it was inappropriate to hear more and see more, so he asked where Deputy Company Commander Li was.
"Deputy company, he is in quarantine over at the warehouse. Are you a seconded engineer? Remember not to touch him casually when you get there. If he bites and stings, you may need to get serum."
Shen Rusong turned back to his class and said, "Did you hear that? Follow the rules on other people's territory! Don't touch it!"
Li Hao didn't know what he thought of, but he leaned close to Yang Qi's ear, and the two burst into laughter.
As soon as these two idiots stuck their butts out, Shen Rusong knew what they were trying to do, and he didn't know what they were laughing at?
When we went to the warehouse area of the Jaeger Camp, it was said to be a warehouse, but in fact it was a storage yard for unloaded ordnance boxes. From a distance, we saw Li Minbo, who had a long face and a tall body. The quarantine he was conducting was for the captured mutated beasts. test.
Seeing that others were busy, Shen Rusong stood aside to watch the operation.
The mutant beast caught is the common helmeted rat, which is no longer common. It is not much different from the burrowing vole. The main reason is that the helmeted rat is big and has hard fur that can block pistol bullets. It will bite people when it is anxious, and it is more important for storage. Big hazard. The other one is a hyena. This head is very ulcerated and bald. It smells bad when you get close. If you are bitten, you really have to go back and get anti-venom.
Collect blood samples, measure body size, and compare with data from normal ethnic groups. Seeing that it was almost done, the engineers came forward to report.
"Ah, it's you, yo, Xiao Xu and Xiao Shen." Li Minbo looked very happy when he saw that all the combat engineers he had named had arrived. He said hello while cleaning his blood-stained gloves.
After exchanging a few words, the engineers learned that the forward team of the Jaegers had been setting out for several days, and sent back the coordinates to mark the cleanup location. The nearest nest was less than fifty kilometers away from the Huijiang radar station.
"Don't say too much. Let's get the equipment and go eat and drink. We will break camp and set off tomorrow. After that, we won't see the sun for several weeks."
Li Minbo glanced at the fair-skinned female soldiers among the engineers, and said with a pun: "Be sure to keep your coats on!"
