Parachute instructor Zhang Yan described parachuting as extremely difficult, which Li Zheng and the others thought was a bit exaggerated.
But they soon discovered that they were wrong.
In order to ensure that skydiving successfully leaves the cabin and can withstand the impact of parachuting and landing in the river, beginners must first conduct the most basic posture training.
The so-called "posture setting", as the name suggests, is to maintain a correct skydiving posture for a long time without moving.
The paratroopers summarized the essentials of this movement, which can be simply summed up in one sentence - bend over, hold the chest, draw in the abdomen, and bend the legs.
It sounds simple, but it's not simple at all.
In the first theoretical class, when the special operations company including Li Zheng listened to Zhang Yan's explanation of skydiving postures, they all felt that this was not an international joke?
Do you still need to practice?
Isn't it just "bending over, holding the chest, tightening the abdomen and bending the legs"?
How difficult is it?
Isn't it just like Zhan Junzi?
Doesn’t standing in the military posture also require the chest to be raised, the abdomen to be drawn in and the feet to be close together?
So what's the difference between this and standing in a military posture?
Tong Zhi knew very well what his soldiers were thinking.
But he didn't interfere, and he didn't want to teach these boys a lesson.
Because reality will teach these new recruits how to behave and understand what awe is.
The process of being able to jump from an altitude of more than 1,000 meters, overcome various air currents and ensure a safe landing at a designated location every time is definitely not comparable to a simple military posture.
Now that the special operations company has arrived at the parachute training base, Tong Zhi is happy and free, and is only responsible for watching and supervising.
He knew Zhang Yan, knew his level, and also knew that the new recruits would soon experience the pain of arrogance.
Sure enough, on the first day of ground training, what everyone thought was the simplest and easiest "posture shaping" was practiced.
At the beginning, Zhang Yan only asked everyone to give it a try and maintain the standard posture for ten minutes to find out the feeling.
Posture shaping training may be said to be simple, but it may not be simple at all.
The posture doesn't look like much, but an ordinary person in good health can learn it roughly in ten minutes.
It's nothing more than putting your hands behind your back, bending down, tightening your abdomen and lifting your legs. It looks like a standard exiting action when taking three steps off the plane while carrying an umbrella bag.
But the interesting thing about this training is that it also has broken down movements, just like goose walking and push-ups.
Anyone who has served in the military knows one thing. You are not afraid of doing push-ups, but you are afraid of doing push-up decomposition movements.
What is decomposition action?
Normal push-ups are one up and one down. The breakdown of the action is when the monitor says "one", then you bend your hands and do it, and keep this position motionless. Your abdomen cannot touch the ground, and you rely entirely on your two bent hands for support.
When the monitor read "two", he stood up.
The decomposition action consumes more than twice as much physical energy as the normal action.
The same goes for this posture.
When listening to the theory class, he only listened to the essentials of postures. After experiencing ten minutes of off-machine movements on the training ground, Zhang Yan began to introduce the decomposition of off-machine shaping movements.
"Later, when we conduct off-camera posture training, we will use decomposed actions. This is to better form muscle memory and exercise the strength of your legs. Of course, you are all in the special operations brigade, so it is said that you have physical strength. Not a problem, right?"
Everyone thought, Emma, Teacher Zhang praised us.
So everyone happily replied: "Absolutely no problem!"
"We usually run ten kilometers every day!"
"It's not a big deal! It's just a breakdown of the movements!"
Zhang Yan smiled and looked at this group of new recruits who had no idea what the world was like and felt that they were invincible after eating porridge for a few days. He was already rolling with laughter in his heart.
"Okay! Very good! As expected of the Army Special Forces! Have you rested well now? Once you have rested, we will move on."
"no problem!"
The response was overwhelming.
Tong Zhi couldn't help but cover his mouth, turned around and walked aside to wait for the show.
"Later, when I say one, you lift your right foot off the ground, keep taking the leg action when you leave the machine, and then put it down when I say two, do you understand?"
"clear."
The answer was no louder than before.
There was a question mark in everyone's mind.
One leg support?
Li Zheng had never done one-leg support before, and the army didn't practice this either. How many minutes could he stand?
He didn't know.
But he is very confident in his physical fitness.
Isn't it just supporting the ground with one foot? There shouldn't be any problem if you stand for twenty or thirty minutes, right?
"It sounds like you don't have enough confidence. What's wrong? Where is the confidence of the Army Special Forces?"
Zhang Yan still had that smiling look and his soft tone was like a loving father.
Everyone, look at me, I look at you, and then loudly answer at the same time: "Understood!"
Zhang Yan said: "Well, this is like a special soldier! Who is a man among men? A soldier! Who is a man among soldiers? A special soldier! If you want to be a qualified special soldier, you have to show your manliness. , don’t hesitate and act like a girl. Okay, follow my instructions and get ready to leave the plane - "
Everyone immediately followed the previously trained movements, put their hands behind their backs, lifted their legs, bent over, tightened their abdomen, and shrank their necks...
"Not bad, very standard. He is indeed a good candidate for the special forces. He can get started quickly."
While Zhang Yan was boasting, he read out the word "一" that Li Zheng would remember deeply throughout his life.
"one!"
Everyone immediately put their right foot away.
Now, all the soldiers in the company are in an independent posture.
"good--"
Zhang Yan dragged out the last sound of the word "good" for a long time.
"Just keep it like this, don't move. As for us...the qualifying time for new recruits is 15 minutes. You are special forces, so it takes more than 20 minutes, right? Of course, our veterans here can stand for more than 30 minutes. If any of you can stand for 30 minutes today, your time for this subject will be halved from now on!"
30 minutes?
Li Zheng felt like he had no feeling in his feet.
The pair of iron legs developed through long-term high-intensity cross-country training and various frog leaps and duck walks are now working.
Very stable, no feeling, very comfortable.
He feels that he can try to shock for 30 minutes. It shouldn't be difficult...
At that time, it was not just one or two people in the company who thought this way, but most of them felt this way.
Hi!
Isn't it the same as going forward? Kick out with one foot, keeping the leg lift motion unchanged.
In those days, it was common for recruits to perform a goose step for ten minutes, so it would take an extra 20 minutes!
Li Zheng thinks he can do it.
Fatty Wei thinks he can do it.
Zhang Jian also thinks there is no problem.
Ma Teng and Jiang Cheng also thought that the problem was not big and that it was okay.
Time passed bit by bit, minute by second.
Li Zheng felt that his calves were gradually getting hot, and the semitendinosus and biceps femoris muscles on the back of his thighs were also starting to get hot.
The surroundings were eerily quiet, and the world seemed to have stopped spinning. In addition to the rustling sound of the wind blowing through the treetops, there was also the gradually heavier breathing of the surrounding comrades.
Then my whole body started to feel hot.
I don’t know when a dense layer of sweat had appeared on my forehead, falling down my cheeks and hitting the cement floor of the playground.
"Teacher, can you take a break?"
At the back of the team, a soldier in the second platoon began to be unable to withstand it.
Zhang Yan raised the stopwatch in his hand: "It's only been ten minutes. You are special forces. Army special forces. It's only been ten minutes and you can't hold on anymore? Hold on for five more minutes before taking a rest."
