The third training project seems to be relatively simple, that is, based on the coordinates and distance provided by the two instructors, directly from Wang Ke's sixth group location, one group will set off every ten minutes and arrive at the camping site before seven o'clock in the morning. Flashlights and gear are available along the way.
This training program is too simple, and there are still more than three hours until dawn!
With the fixed coordinates and the compass in hand, there is still a straight line distance of less than two kilometers. In the general direction, you can walk there with your eyes closed. Except for Wang Ke, no one, including Qin Hu and Liu Liyong, thought that this seemingly simple training subject would cause all the groups to encounter difficulties they had never encountered before.
What is the concept of two kilometers? It is difficult to walk on the snow, but it only takes more than half an hour. Just find a good angle and go through it.
But everyone has overlooked one problem. This is a grassland, now covered with thick white snow. All the hills look similar. Although the snow reflects the light, they look exactly the same in any direction.
The first group set off, and the second group set off ten minutes later.
Just after walking 200 meters, the second group found that the footprints of the first group were blurred, leaving shallow snow pockets, but the direction was a little off. So the second group quickly corrected the direction determined by the compass and continued to move forward.
In this way, by the time Wang Ke and his sixth group set off, there were five blurry strings of footprints in different directions on the snow.
"Wait a minute, the routes of the first five groups are different, and they all have deviations!" Looking at the compass in his hand, Wang Ke stopped Tan Hu and Liu Liyong. He found that this mountain was a little weird. , the red needle on the compass is shaking constantly.
"Oops, there are iron mines underground, and the compass is not pointing accurately." Wang Ke realized that the failure of the compass would potentially mislead all the groups. If it was during the day, he could completely rely on those formulas, such as "The hour hand is folded in half to face the sun, and the twelve points point to the north!" and "The leaves are dense in the south and sparse in the north, and the direction of the annual rings and bark can be discerned!" If it is a clear night sky, You can also quickly find the north direction based on the Big Dipper. But now, even if there is a house as a reference, it would be great!
But except for the vast snowfield and the howling cold wind, there was nothing in front of them.
Wang Ke realized the seriousness of the problem. He quickly waved and called the two people together. Wang Ke told these two comrades what he had discovered, and everyone was dumbfounded! If you can't find north, what's the use of the distance you're given? You can't just draw a carpet around this distance, right? !
Now we have to find the true direction north. Otherwise, we may be taking the sixth blind road!
At this time, a river was faintly visible in the valley, but the river bed was already filled with snow.
"I have a solution!" Wang Ke shouted. He ran towards the river excitedly, and scraped down the snow on one side of the river bank and on the side, until it was two feet deep, until it reached the bottom of the snow. Grass. He stood there and shined his flashlight on the grass, observing it for a long time. Then he stood up again, looked around, and pointed at a direction that was almost at an angle of 90 degrees to each group, and said: "Let's go over there." Walk."
"Wang Ke, I feel that we were so wrong. Did the previous five groups all go in the wrong direction?" Yang Liyong said.
Wang Ke raised his head proudly and said confidently: "Don't forget, I am the reconnaissance squad leader. In terms of military topography, few of them surpass me."
Seeing that the two people were a little unconvinced, he explained: "Thanks to this river, look at the river bank and the ditch. The north bank is gentle and the south bank is steep. In the northern grasslands and desert areas, due to the strong northwest wind, snow ridges are often formed near the grass trees. , Shalong, the shape is characterized by a large head and a small tail, so the direction the head points is the northwest direction. We can also usually use North Point grass to identify the direction, mainly including Mongolian chrysanthemum and wild lettuce. But now In the grasslands and deserts under the snow, you can still use the characteristics of some sand plants to tilt toward the southeast to determine the direction. I just peeled off the snow, and I can judge from the direction of the grass lying below and the sand ridges. When nothing happens in the future, I will slowly tell you some knowledge of military topography."
Hearing what Wang Ke said, Qin Hu and Liu Liyong had to admire him. Even when the compass fails, you can still find the right direction in the vast snowfield. This is your ability.
The three people packed their bags and immediately followed the direction directed by Wang Ke and walked less than two kilometers. Soon, they discovered a raised house, and in the snow, there was just a bulging steamed bun.
At this time, there was a lantern hanging at the door of a house. It was almost impossible to spot it unless you walked up to it.
The sixth group was the first to find their way home. After reporting in, the three of them returned to the boarding house's kitchen. After walking into the house and unloading his luggage, Qin Hu said, "Wang Ke, I still found something wrong."
"What's wrong?"
"If you follow what you said, then our door should be facing the south!"
"You are really a dogmatist. The doors of yurts and houses on the grassland are different from those in the mainland. Most of them open towards the southeast!"
"Oh, I have learned a lot. You have never been to the grassland, how can you know so much grassland knowledge? Tonight, those groups were miserable. It would be great if they could walk back in our footsteps."
"Impossible. Many people are superstitious about the compass in their hands. It will definitely spin around there. It will be good to be back at dawn. Some groups tonight will have to walk at least 20 kilometers. The coaching staff is so damaged that they actually use The underground iron mine designed a subject for us." Wang Ke said worriedly. In fact, it was worse than what he said. One of the groups moved to Wang Ke's door, but still couldn't find it. Finally, they heard snoring next to them. , and then I realized that I had accidentally found it by mistake.
While more groups walked around a few times, they discovered the cold-proof cave built by the sixth group. After seeing his messy footprints, he realized that the compass was malfunctioning, but he was completely confused. It really depends on walking in a circle with a radius of two kilometers.
After three rounds of elimination, almost one-third of the team members were eliminated, leaving only the elite among the elite.
Next, you will receive systematic snow driving, snow shooting, snow reconnaissance, snow lurking, snow azimuth travel, snow visual distance measurement, snow camping, snow picnic, snow chemical defense and decontamination, Snow cross-country, snow communication...
More than a dozen subjects all revolve around the cold, naturally harsh conditions of the plateau and snowy areas.
In these projects, driving, shooting, lurking, camping, picnicking, off-roading, bathing, etc., almost no problems were encountered by the sixth group. Even traveling according to the azimuth angle on the snow did not have many problems. With Wang Ke, the sixth team had more experience, judgment and recognition knowledge than what was in the textbook. They actually knew the North Point Grass and knew how to identify the direction from a jerboa hole in the ground.
But there was also a subject that stumped the sixth team, which was visual distance measurement in the snow.
Visual distance measurement is a compulsory subject for scouts, and it is also a technical subject that special training team members must master.
When I first started, I was completely confused.
Wang Ke summarized what he had learned from books and what platoon leader Hu Zhijun had explored into the four unique skills of "listening, knowing, participating, and measuring", so that in visual distance training on plains and mountains, the error could basically be controlled within 50 Within meters, the smallest error is actually a few meters.
What is the concept? The lethality radius of the artillery shell can reach 200 meters, but if the deviation exceeds 50 meters, the lethality may be reduced by half. Therefore, in visual distance training, those with an error within 25 meters are considered excellent, and those with an error within 50 meters are qualified. These two criteria are used.
But when we arrived at the snowy plateau, this method immediately became impossible.
Let’s start with “listen”. People's conversations can be heard within a hundred meters on the plain; within 200 meters, the sound of a car starting up can be clearly heard; within 2,000 meters, the sound of a loudspeaker at the head of the village can be clearly heard; within 2,500 meters , gunshots can be heard.
Let’s talk about “knowledge” again. There is a saying on the plains: "Five clear and six unclear, seven empty and eight empty, a thousand meters depends on labor." At 500 meters, men and women can be distinguished, and their heads and limbs can be distinguished; at a distance of 600 meters, they cannot be distinguished. At 700 meters, you can clearly see the gap formed by a person's legs when he steps, but at 800 meters, you can't see it clearly. When a person is 1,000 meters away, he can see the general thickness of his body from top to bottom, as well as larger movements such as sitting, standing, and bending over. At 2,000 meters, he can see a black spot.
Wang Ke told Qin Hu and Liu Liyong: "Actually, there are many doorways here. One hundred meters can tell the difference between facial flesh and parts on a gun; two hundred meters can count the tiles on a house; thorns can be seen on the barbed wire; three hundred meters can tell about the seams on the wall. It can be seen that people’s faces are unclear; four hundred can still distinguish heads and shoulders, five hundred can only distinguish men and women; seven hundred can walk around, eight hundred’s crotch is empty; a thousand meters thick, two thousand doors have become holes "The smoke can still be seen at three thousand, but it is difficult to see it above five thousand."
What about the word "gin"? What does gin mean? Liu Liyong has no contact at all.
"Participation means learning to learn from and refer to. For example, a telephone pole is 40 meters long; a high-voltage power tower is 70 meters long. A train carriage is nearly 25 meters long, and the entire train is only 400-600 meters long."
"The last thing is the test, the eye-twitching ceremony, right?"
Several people shook their heads. Professor Wang Ke: "If you want to quickly measure the target distance for precise shooting, you should first align the left side of your thumb with the edge of the target, then switch your right eye, visually measure the horizontal length of the jump, and then multiply it by 10 times to determine the distance to the target. This It’s the eye-twitching technique.”
However, Wang Ke's four unique skills of "listening, knowing, participating, and measuring" have errors on the snowy plateau. Because there is no reference object, and the mapping of snow makes everyone's vision and hearing increase or decrease. When there is no wind or snow, I can hear farther and see farther. When there is wind and fog, I can hear and see closer. I have completely lost my rhythm. What should I do?
On this day, Wang Ke came happily and said, "Hey, we have it. Let me teach you a trick, or use a tester. Use tools to measure and you will not be cheated. When the sight of a semi-automatic rifle can cover a human body, it is 200 Meter, if half of it is covered, it is half of the distance. On the other hand, if half of the gun's sight can cover a person, it is 400 meters; if one-third can be covered, it is 800 meters."
"What if guns aren't allowed?"
"Then straighten your right hand and hold up a pencil. When blocking a cow, the distance is 200 meters. When blocking half a cow, the distance is 400 meters..."
