Chapter 74. Shang Zhen practices his skills.
As old Huo Tou said, he really didn't have any tricks to teach Shang Zhen. What he taught Shang Zhen was Zamabu.
The feet should be shoulder-width apart, the fists should be collected at the waist, and the person should be standing there in a half-squat or not. This half-squat but not a squat means that the person's thighs should be basically flat with the ground.
The above are human appearances, that is, what others can see.
But in fact, there are some internal requirements, such as holding the chest and head up, tightening the abdomen, raising the tongue and palate, lifting the buttocks, etc.
As for the profound truth, Lao Huotou didn't understand it. He said that this is what his master taught him. Although he didn't understand the truth, it must be reasonable, so you can do whatever I say.
As for the simple truth, Old Huotou understands it. Old Huotou said that whether it is a martial arts practitioner or a soldier fighting with a bayonet, the lower body must be stable. Only when the lower body is stable can it have explosive power, and only when the bayonet is thrust out can it be powerful. , and the squatting horse stance is the best way.
So, is what this old Huotou said correct?
If you are a particularly smart person or someone who is extremely talented in sports, you should listen to Lao Huotou's method.
If you are a particularly stupid person, you will listen to Lao Huotou's method. Anyway, you don't know how to do it, so you will do what others say.
But the majority of people in this world are not very stupid, but they are definitely not very smart, and Shang Zhen is just such a person.
So why did Shang Zhen suffer so much this month?
That's because Shang Zhen has his own testing method.
He followed Lao Huotou's request to squat on horseback. On the first day, he only persisted for more than a minute before he felt that the pain in his legs was unbearable.
By this time, Shang Zhen became surprised.
He has the simplest understanding, that is, since he can't do Zaimabu for a long time, it means that Zaimabu is definitely good for the body.
So he followed Lao Huotou's request and stayed there four or five days a week.
He could only hold it for about two minutes at first.
But as time went on, he was now able to stand on horseback for fifteen or six minutes.
During this month, Liu Guodong and his men constantly looked for opportunities to assassinate the Japanese and puppet troops based on the intelligence reports. They used these "remnants and defeated generals" as much as they could, and even when they did, they would only find one or two people. Serve them as guides and never use them as cannon fodder.
In this way, Shang Zhen in Hejiatun finally had the opportunity to practice his skills.
Of course he doesn't just do the horse-stepping, but he also doesn't miss out on shooting and aiming, jumping up and down, stabbing with a bayonet, and exercising the strength of his upper body.
What is particularly pointed out here is how he practiced bayonet fighting.
He hung an object on the elm tree in the yard, and tied the wooden bayonet he made to his rifle to stab the object every day.
Why didn't he use a real bayonet? The reason is that if that thing is stabbed with a straight bayonet, it will definitely leak.
Just because that thing was what he had stolen back from the common people's house on the hilltop when he came back from field training the first day.
That's just a pig!
Pig's bladder is the folk name for pig bladder in the Northeast. People in the south call it pig's bladder. The so-called pig belly is made of pig's bladder stuffed with meat.
It's just that Shang Zhen didn't fill the pig bar with meat, but he filled it with weeds.
Then he hung the thing on a tree branch and stabbed it with the wooden bayonet every day.
The pig's skin is just a layer of skin, even with the weeds inside it is light and fluffy, but the pig's skin is extremely tough.
So every time Shang Zhen's wooden bayonet stabbed the pig, the pig would naturally swing away.
But who cares about that? He stabbed with a wooden bayonet every day so stubbornly.
After training, he was able to thrust the rifle more and more powerfully, and at the same time, his reaction speed also became faster.
So much so that when he lay in bed every day, he was as tired as a dead dog.
He was so tired that he would naturally not have any more dreams, nor would he scream at night like he did when he was a soldier.
Just like a fairy tale written by a foreign fairy tale novelist, an ugly duckling is so ugly among a group of ducks that it is so unique that it will be ridiculed by its peers.
And the same is true for Shang Zhen.
He only practiced in the field for a few days and then returned to the yard to practice.
As for the reason why he came back to the yard to practice, he was practicing his aim in the woods that day. Several middle-aged women from the village went to the mountain to pick branches for firewood.
Little did they expect that there was someone in the woods aiming a gun, but a woman was so frightened when she saw Shang Zhen that she let out an "ouch"!
In fact, women in the countryside are a more civilized term. Married middle-aged women in rural areas of Northeast China are called old ladies.
Ouch, that old woman screamed so loudly at that time, I don’t know, she thought she was being hit!
Shang Zhen was so frightened that he quickly put away his gun and explained to others that he had no plans to calm down the old women who turned around and ran to the village, believing that he was a good person.
Shang Zhen thought about how this would work? Don't cause any more misunderstandings among your own people in the village. This is war time! Come on, I'd better go back and practice.
But now that he has returned to the yard, he has attracted the attention of others.
In particular, Hou Kanshan was extremely sarcastic and sarcastic towards Shang Zhen, and he said that Shang Zhen was suffering from a demonic disorder.
But Shang Zhen would not pay attention to him. According to Ma Erhuzi's words, Shang Zhen really took Hou Kanshan's words as nothing but bullshit.
When Mr. Wang was at home, although he was surprised by Shang Zhen's behavior, he would never object. After all, he was the platoon leader, so he would not object to his men practicing their skills.
And when Mr. Wang was not at home, Hou Kanshan spread the word everywhere, and the words he said were extremely unpleasant, such as that there was an idiot in our yard.
Nowadays, the military discipline of the Northeast Army is not very strict, or even if it is very strict, soldiers at home will never take the initiative to train like Shang Zhen.
The woods were big and there were all kinds of birds. Naturally, other soldiers saw Shang Zhen's behavior and felt displeased, so they followed Hou Kanshan and ridiculed him.
But at this time, the old Huo Tou, who was the leader of the cooking team, glared, and everyone in his company became honest.
What is a veteran? Of course, only those with the most seniority are veterans, and Lao Huo, who is nearly 50 years old, is the ancestor of veterans!
The soldiers he brought out hand in hand are now platoon leaders and squad leaders. He glared. Which soldier in his company dares to feel uncomfortable?
The hard work in this world will eventually pay off. Although Shang Zhen still looks so thin in the eyes of others, Shang Zhen himself knows that the muscles in his body have finally become stronger, and at the same time his endurance has also increased.
It's funny to say that there are only two motivations that can make Shang Zhen endure such hardship.
One is revenge, revenge for his third brother Li Fushun, revenge for his companions like Gazi who he thought died for him.
The other one wants to survive, survive in this cruel war, and give himself a wife as his mother said.
"Okay, boy! You're so strong!" At this time, Liu Guodong praised Shang Zhen when he saw Shang Zhen trying to get up.
Of course Liu Guodong knew what kind of abilities Lao Huo had. Lao Huo only joined the cooking class when he was older. When he was young, he was definitely a good man.
"When you have nothing to do, you all should learn from this brother Shang Zhen. Sweat more and practice your fighting skills. It's better than letting the Japanese stab you to death with a bayonet, right?"
When Liu Guodong was praised by Shang Zhen, the people around him who were watching Shang Zhen sit on his back all fell silent.
Shang Zhen had already gotten up from the ground, but he had a bad feeling in his heart.
Doesn't Captain Liu continue to praise himself and let his subordinates exercise like this?
If that's the case, I'll be hated by others. If I really can't do it, I'll practice in the wild again?
Shang Zhen was thinking about it, and just when Liu Guodong was about to speak, a soldier suddenly ran in from outside and quietly shouted "report".
"Just tell me if you have something to do. Are you a thief?" Liu Guodong said angrily.
"No, company commander." The soldier could explain, but his voice was still low, "People in the village said they saw a shameless person wandering around the entrance to the village!"
Note: pee (niāo) quip, a Northeastern dialect, describing a very small sound.
