dawn.
Four barracks.
Everyone was still sleeping soundly, and Hua Yao blew the assembly whistle.
The sergeants didn't know what happened, so they quickly took their clothes, put them on, picked up their guns and came to the training ground.
After a long time, these people came sparsely, and in the end three people still didn't come.
I saw that their clothes were disheveled, their hats were crooked, and they were swaying around. The team was standing in a mess and without any formation.
Hua Yao faced them and asked, "Is everyone here?"
"Report to the battalion commander, there are still three people who have not come to our sentry, namely Chen Lichun, Kong Zhongming and Fatty Yu Shijun." Sun Yu, the sentry commander, reported.
"Why don't you come? Are you sick? Did you ask for leave?" Hua Yao asked.
"Report to the battalion commander. The three of them said they haven't slept well yet and can't scream."
"Yesterday, I told you that you are not allowed to be late during the assembly, otherwise you will be subject to military law. Are they deliberately contemptuous of me?" Hua Yao asked.
"Battal Commander, they are new here. They usually lack training and are used to being lazy. They haven't adapted yet." Sun Yu said.
"I want to ask you, do you want to live?" Hua Yao asked.
"Of course I think so." Everyone replied.
"If you want to survive, you have to do as I say. Do you know who the Mongolian bandits are? I am not alarmist. It may be a bit exaggerated to say that they are red-haired beasts, but to say that they are demon kings who kill without blinking an eye, It's not too much. The war is imminent. With the way you are now, can you survive on the battlefield?" Hua Yao asked.
Everyone bowed their heads and remained silent.
While they were talking, the three late sergeants came over. The fat man Yu Shijun was tall and big. He was rubbing his eyes and yawning as if he hadn't woken up yet.
"Report to the battalion commander, we are here." Yu Shijun said.
"Why are you three late?" Hua Yao looked at the three of them and asked.
"The three of us drank some wine last night, so we were quite sleepy," Yu Shijun said.
Everyone was happy when they heard it.
"What? What time is it now? Are you still going to drink? Besides, who allows soldiers to drink?" Hua Yao asked.
"Reporting to the battalion commander, we were new here yesterday. I heard that Commander Zhang's military pay and treatment are the best, so I would like to congratulate him in advance." Yu Shijun told the truth.
The crowd burst into laughter again.
"Seriously, who is joking with you?" Hua Yao said with a serious face, "Yesterday I gave you many orders and made it very clear to you. Who knew you were treating my military orders as child's play. I think you are a first-time offender. , come here, pull these three people down and hit forty big boards again."
At this time, six sergeants came over, held the three men over, pushed them to the ground, took off their pants, and spanked them on the buttocks.
"Hit me, hit me hard!" Hua Yao said.
"Battal Commander, spare your life. We won't dare to do it next time."
In the blink of an eye, these three people were beaten to pieces, their flesh and blood were bruised, they were crying and begging for mercy again and again.
The sergeants did not expect that the battalion commander would actually fight, and they were all so frightened that they did not dare to speak out.
"Pull the three of them down. If you dare to be late again next time, I will kill you." After these three people finished playing forty boards, Hua Yao said with a stern face.
Only then did everyone realize that Hua Yao was ruthless, and his military appearance immediately became more tidy, and he could stand in line neatly, and his military posture could also be standard.
"I announce that you will be divided into two squads, and a hundred people with better marksmanship will be selected from among you. Follow me, and I will teach you how to shoot and form a sharpshooting team. The remaining four hundred people will be led by Deputy Battalion Commander Gui Wu. Train you to fight as a team." Hua Yao said.
"Batalion Commander, who doesn't know how to shoot? Do you still need to teach me?" Sun Yu said.
"Yes, I know you all know how to shoot, but shooting is different from shooting. Some people can't hit an enemy with ten shots, but some people can kill two enemies with one shot, or even more. How can this be the same? "Hua Yao said, "Most of our usual shooting training involves us standing in front of the target and shooting at the dead target, and the people we are about to face are Mongolian bandits. Most of them are cavalry. They will not stand still and wait. Those who are being beaten move very fast, and at the same time, they will fight back at us. Therefore, this requires us to be able to accurately shoot moving targets while moving quickly. If you want to survive on the battlefield, you must strengthen your training in peacetime. , on the battlefield, perhaps due to unfavorable factors such as nervousness or unfamiliar geography, the hit rate may be a little lower than usual training. This requires that our basic skills must be very solid."
Upon hearing this, everyone felt that Hua Yao was right.
"Batalion Commander, let's all learn shooting from you." Sun Yu said.
"That won't work. I only lead a hundred people. I'm not the one who wants to come and learn shooting from me. I'll accept it. All of you rush to the shooting range immediately and show me the live shooting. The winner will stay." Hua Yao explain.
In this way, after layers of selection and screening, one hundred people were finally selected and incorporated into the Sharpshooter Team.
The rest were all under the command of Wu Sen.
Wu Sen told everyone: "Group operations are different from conventional operations. As war gradually develops and evolves, it will become more and more large-scale group operations. We do not deny individual abilities, but we pay more attention to teamwork. The power of mutual cooperation requires us to be as unified as possible, unified in command, and unified in action. This is like a pair of chopsticks that are easy to break, but ten pairs of chopsticks hugged together will become very strong. And we are about to face That's right for the Mongolian bandits. They generally don't act alone. They basically go out in groups. They have the characteristics of fast movement and concentrated troops. They often attack a target with hundreds or even thousands of people. This is also One of the reasons why they often succeed easily.”
When everyone heard this, they all felt that they had learned a lot. The previous officers had never told them about this new war concept.
From this day on, training started at dawn every day and ended at midnight. Although everyone said they were tired and had backaches, they also felt that they had gained a lot.
However, less than five days into the training, Zhang Tianhe suddenly announced that all personnel would set out early tomorrow morning.
Hua Yao found Zhang Tianhe and asked, "Commander Zhang, we have only been training for less than five days, why are we leaving in such a hurry?"
"Brother, I also want to give you more time to strengthen your training, but the summit does not allow it. The Governor issued another order to urge us to set off. I have already told Zhang Xiluan that we will set off after the map is obtained, but it is not allowed. , he said, according to what you said, if we can't get the map, then won't the Mongolian bandits not have to go and annihilate them?" Zhang Tianhe said.
"Those officials don't take the lives of us soldiers seriously," Hua Yao said.
"Brother, as the saying goes, there are policies from above and countermeasures from below. We can set off first. We can walk more slowly on the road, or simply rest on the road for a few days. It's not a bad idea. We will be out here, and your life will be affected." Zhang Tianhe smiled. Said.
