The underwater breath-holding training program is divided into shore and underwater exercises.
The daily simulation training is on the shore, and it depends on the trainees to consciously hold their breath and pull hard objects.
Entering the pool is equivalent to entering a real battlefield background, allowing soldiers to experience the sudden changes and cruelty on the battlefield in advance.
Sometimes, in order to get closer to the battlefield background, we deliberately choose to train at night. There are searchlights on the opposite side of the pool. Students who are accidentally spotted by the searchlights or fail to meet the underwater breath-holding requirements will be fined for running 5 kilometers with 10 kilograms of weight.
The edge of the huge pool was crowded with people, and even several officers sitting on the rostrum came down. Mr. Don McLean was lowering his head and giving instructions to a trainee, and then the trainee turned around and left.
"Finally, take a deep breath! Then let the breath fill every cell in your body. You must control your mind in the water and feel the oxygen consumption caused by each heartbeat when you take a step. Find out how to reduce oxygen consumption. Way to consume!”
Second Lieutenant Jonas Hansen said to the two.
"start!"
During wartime, it is impossible for students to have time to adjust their breathing freely, so they are required to practice more lung capacity in daily life, find patterns in the water, find the power of water, and use it for their own use.
"start!"
Lieutenant Jonas Hansen said.
The instructor in charge of counting the watches began to time the two of them.
If during the first test, the instructors who were checking their watches were just doing a routine thing, then now they have a strong interest in Zhou Zhihan and want to see what kind of strength this Chinese student will show in this test. .
Regardless of the remaining two tests, based on Zhou Zhihan's excellent performance of completing 60 burpees in two minutes, West Point Military Academy will no longer be able to persuade him to drop out.
Zhou Zhihan's movements, which are similar to frog leaping, may become a training course at West Point Military Academy.
The two dived into the water at the same time, each pulling a rope tied to a 30-kilogram irregular hard object, and walked forward under the water.
Damn, it’s so cold under the water! With his whole body submerged in the water, Zhou Zhihan's whole body trembled, and he felt the urge to urinate...
The pond simulates the real water ecology. There are fish and shrimps. After spring, when the water temperature warms, snakes will be added. There is mud, roots, debris, and aquatic plants growing in some places at the bottom of the water, making it very difficult to walk.
Squatting quietly underwater consumes different amounts of oxygen than walking underwater, not to mention that you have to pull a 30 kilogram hard object while walking, which places even higher demands on students.
Without good willpower, physical strength and endurance, as well as a good sense of direction, it is difficult to pass this level.
Opportunities are fleeting on the battlefield, and the enemy will not give you sufficient preparation time. Many times, soldiers walk into the biting water in a very tired state, complete the river crossing, and launch a sudden attack on the enemy.
This is why this test is ranked second.
There is another reason. The school organizers did not expect Zhou Zhihan to successfully complete the first test and enter the second test.
It didn't take long for the mud and weeds at the bottom of the water to be stirred up by the two's steps. The water surface became turbid and the area gradually expanded. People around the pool could barely see two black figures moving forward in the water. In the end, Not even a human figure could be seen.
In the turbid water, Zhou Zhihan can only drag the heavy object forward with his eyes closed, which requires a high sense of direction and underwater judgment.
With a correct sense of direction, you can walk in a straight line, avoid detours, and reduce the time it takes to cross the river.
Having good judgment ability at the bottom of the water can ensure that the hard objects being dragged will not be caught by tree roots and weeds. This requires soldiers to have good avoidance capabilities in advance to reduce the number of hard objects being dragged because they will be caught by weeds and tree roots. And a waste of manpower and time.
Zhou Zhihan and Ryunosuke Sakamoto were not far apart under the water. When the two walked underwater, they made the sound of rushing water, which directly disturbed their hearing. They could only move forward based on their own intuition and feeling.
While walking, I carefully avoided branches and weeds. From time to time, big and small fish swam by. It felt like I had encountered a water ghost. The mud in the water was up to my calves, making it difficult to walk. Although I held my breath, I still managed to walk. You can feel the foul smell of mud.
Swimming across a river is mostly done to avoid being inspected by the sentry on the other side and complete a sneak attack. Therefore, if the soldiers on the sneak attack side make a mistake in judgment and just put their heads out of the water to take a breath when the searchlight on the water surface comes back, then the soldiers crossing the water to sneak attack will be there. Killed in the water.
During the war, before soldiers crossed the river, they would find out how long the opponent's searchlight took to come back and forth. When the searchlight swept over, the soldiers would dive into the water and silently count the numbers while walking forward. After the searchlight swept over, they would look out from the water again. Come out and take a deep breath.
Zhou Zhihan felt that he could stay underwater for two or three minutes without taking a breath. The cold water bottom made him calm down quickly, and his heartbeat slowed down to fifty beats a minute, which greatly reduced the oxygen consumption of his heartbeat. He closed his eyes and walked forward while pulling hard objects with his sense of direction, counting silently.
80 seconds later, Sakamoto Ryunosuke's head emerged from the water, he wiped the sewage on his face with his hands, opened his mouth and gasped for air, turned his head and glanced at the sign beside the pool.
18 meters.
There were applause and praise from around the pool.
This is a very good result.
Sakamoto Ryunosuke is a transfer student. He has only been here for a day and is not familiar with the environment and training methods. It is really good to have such results.
All the first-year students present can do it by holding their breath in the water for 80 seconds. However, after completing the first test, they immediately enter the water and hold their breath while dragging a 30 kilogram weight. The difficulty increases exponentially.
After Sakamoto Ryunosuke determined that he had completed his mission, he looked around for Zhou Zhihan. Based on his own results, he judged that he should be able to defeat this East Asian salted fish.
But there was no trace of salted fish anywhere in the water.
Find the shore.
Not even on shore.
Sakamoto Ryunosuke is a little panicked. The salted fish has not surfaced yet, which means that he is still moving forward.
The instructor checked his watch and saw that 95 seconds had passed and Zhou Zhihan still did not appear on the water. He was a little worried.
105 seconds passed, but Zhou Zhihan still hadn't surfaced, and squad leader Steven Goode was also a little uneasy.
Zhou Zhihan was covered in sweat when he entered the water. He wouldn't have cramps due to the sudden cold and wouldn't he get it on the bottom of the water?
After 116 seconds, Zhou Zhihan still didn't surface, and everyone started to worry except Ryunosuke Sakamoto. This is not normal. Not to mention entering the water after the first round of testing, even if you enter the water directly without any strenuous exercise, the result of walking in the water for 2 minutes is still considered excellent.
At 130 seconds, Second Lieutenant Jonas Hansen could not sit still anymore. He unbuttoned his trousers and unbuttoned his shirt, ready to go into the water to fish for people at any time. If Zhou Zhihan drowned, all the instructors present would be involved. As a Zhou Zhihan's instructor was in even greater trouble.
The students who were watching Zhou Zhihan couldn't sit still. Although Zhou Zhihan had repeatedly hindered the class before, at the critical moment of life and death, everyone was still anxious and worried about him.
At 150 seconds, the water surface floated. At the 30-meter mark, a person's head emerged from the water, wiped his face, exhaled a long breath, and then took a greedy breath.
"Ding! The host defeated the Japanese student for the third time and was rewarded with 400 air combat coins!" The system's voice came to Zhou Zhihan's ears again.
"China..."
“China Week…”
There was a burst of cheers from the edge of the pool. The soldiers couldn't let go. Some people applauded Zhou Zhihan sincerely.
There are also people who are jealous, fuck, why can he achieve good results despite never training? This is unfair, why is it him and not me, why...
By the pool, Major Jeff Hunter, the director of the training department at West Point Military Academy who was specially invited by the students, asked a lieutenant wearing a Marine Corps uniform next to him in a low voice: "This student's performance will be ranked among this year's Marines." What are the selection conditions like?"
"If he takes individual tests, his scores are average, but his combined test scores are above average."
This officer is Lieutenant H. Becker, an officer of the Marine Corps stationed at West Point Military Academy. His mission here is to discover good talents in time and train them intensively, so that they can later enter the Marine Corps and become the national elite.
This is like a talent scout in the entertainment and sports world of the 21st century, who specializes in discovering potential newcomers.
"The United States needs such talents. What class is this student from and what is his name? Is he an American?" Major Jeff Hunter asked.
Becker, Lieutenant H shrugged and spread his hands.
"Sir! His name is Zhou Zhihan from China. He originally went to Randolph Air Force Academy to study. Since his physical fitness did not meet the requirements of the Air Force, he was arranged by Randolph Air Force Academy to practice physical fitness in Infantry Sergeant Class 17." An instructor said to Jeff. Major Hunter said, "This morning, you signed the document asking him to drop out of school and return to China. He was unwilling to leave, so he asked for a physical fitness test."
Major Jeff Hunter was stunned for a few seconds: "Is he the Chinese student Zhou Zhihan who has been here for three months and has not made any progress in physical fitness?"
Major Jeff Hunter only knew that Zhou Zhihan had made no progress in the three months he had been here. He did not know how lazy Zhou Zhihan was in training. The instructors responsible for training students reported that Zhou Zhihan's grades were unqualified and he met the conditions for dismissal. Jeff Hunter All it takes is Major Hunter and other department heads’ signatures and approval.
The leaders of various departments in the military academy are in charge of the overall situation, the instructors implement the details, and the cadets obey the training.
"Sir! Yes!"
The instructor said.
"When was the last time he was tested?" Major Jeff Hunter asked.
"Sir! It was a month ago. His test results at that time were appalling!"
"In this short month, his performance has improved so quickly?" Major Jeff Hunter thought for a few seconds and nodded, "Only through quantitative accumulation can a qualitative leap be achieved. It is possible that his performance a month ago The amount of training did not reach its peak, but the amount of training reached its peak in the following month, so his physical fitness has made a qualitative leap."
"Sir!" the instructor said softly, "But in the last month, he has slept in every day and never participated in training?"
"F..." Major Jeff Hunter suddenly had the urge to swear.
At this moment, Zhou Zhihan and Sakamoto Ryunosuke began to test their core strength.
This is Sakamoto Ryunosuke's strength. He wants to regain some face. He has lost two games in a row. Now he is fighting for dignity.
