The bus arrives at the station and the people arrive at the camp.
As soon as he got out of the car, Tong Zhi felt a familiar smell coming towards him.
It is said to be a special forces training base, but in fact, the architectural style, facilities, and venue here all have the flavor of a PLA Army field force camp in the 1980s.
Bungalows, training grounds with tamped mud floors, earthen single and parallel bars, barbells made of cement and wooden sticks, etc...
There are also two tactical obstacle courses. The obstacles are all handmade. It can be seen that the trees cut down from the nearby woods were hammered and nailed up by themselves.
However, Tong Zhi did not underestimate such troops.
The real core combat effectiveness of an army is not equipment and weapons. The most basic and core thing is will, which is the so-called spirit.
Without this thing, even if I give you the most advanced weapons in the world, it would be for nothing on the battlefield.
Sandy, now a captain, led Li Zheng and Tong Zhi into a white-painted bungalow - this was one of the few white-painted bungalows in the camp, and the construction workmanship was much more exquisite. , definitely the best house in the camp.
Li Zheng and Tong Zhi entered the row room, looked inside, and immediately felt the respect that the military of country W showed to PLA guests.
Obviously, this was specially prepared for them.
I don’t know where they knew the style of the PLA camp, with iron frame beds, white sheets, bedside tables, lockers, and two floor fans.
Don't underestimate this floor fan. It's a good thing here. There are just a few oscillating fans in ordinary row houses.
The floor is paved with tiles and is clean. It has obviously been carefully cleaned. There is also a separate bathroom. Although the facilities are simple, there are many.
"The environment is a little simpler. You can live here for a while. I have applied with my superiors and asked for an air conditioner for you. It will arrive in the next two days."
Captain Sandy was very concerned about Li Zheng's feelings and asked him: "Master, do you think it's okay?"
During the peacekeeping camp, Sandy and Li Zheng also learned some Chinese. Simple conversations were no problem. He would occasionally say one or two sentences in Mandarin that were not standard but full of sincerity.
For example, the sentence just now, "You guys just make do with it first."
This is actually a kind of respect. Speaking to others in their native language is itself the greatest respect.
Li Zheng had contact with Sandy's troops during peacekeeping, and he knew that the military of country W was divided into different classes.
There is a huge difference in the treatment between senior officers, mid-level officers, low-level officers and soldiers. Even soldiers are divided into non-commissioned officers and ordinary soldiers.
He couldn't help but ask Sandy: "Can you take me to see the company soldiers' room?"
Sandy was stunned.
He didn't expect that his instructor would immediately ask to see the soldier's room.
But I still agreed.
"Okay, I'll take you to see it."
Li Zheng and Tong Zhi put down their backpacks and luggage and followed Sandy to see the barracks.
There were a total of 30 personnel dispatched this time, but most of them were honor guards and logistics support personnel. They went to the camps of other army units for training, and Li Zheng and Tong Zhi were exceptions.
They were training for the newly formed Army Special Operations Company here, so they were the only two who came to this remote camp.
3 months.
That is ninety days.
To put it bluntly, practicing PLA in such a short period of time can’t even catch up with the training time of a pre-preparatory squad leader.
How can we teach these African counterparts the most things in the shortest time?
Tong Zhi and Li Zheng had already discussed their plans before leaving the country, but the plans could never keep up with the changes because the actual situation here was completely different.
For example, if you want to train CQB at the training ground, you must have a dedicated venue.
If you want to train special snipers, such as hostage rescue subjects, you must have special targets.
There is also tactical training. You must have a venue. Just the two training grounds that look nondescript, neither foreign nor foreign, it will be very difficult to transfer the domestic training model.
This is what Li Zheng and Tong Zhi felt when they went to the soldiers' barracks.
The soldiers' barracks were made of adobe bungalows, arranged in rows. The floor inside was not tiled, but cement. It was dirty and raised dust when you stepped on it. If a few people walked around, it would look like they were on the curb.
Then there's the toilet.
There is no independent bathroom in the large townhouse. The bathroom is about 20 meters next door to the townhouse.
Within the PLA, there are many things to check whether a camp management is up to standard, such as barracks construction, greening, facilities, etc.
However, there are two places that must be seen and are the top priority.
One is for eating and the other is for diarrhea.
As the saying goes, a team that eats poorly will affect its combat effectiveness.
The hygiene of the camp is definitely not good if you can't even go to the toilet.
If the toilet can be done well, it will definitely not be difficult to do other places. Anyone who has been a soldier knows this.
The iron frame bed in the row room is full of messy pillows and dirty quilts. There are no housekeeping rules like the PLA. They just pile them on the bedside. It is considered housekeeping. Some of them are not even piled, just a pile. Lying on the bed in a mess, instructors like Li Zheng and Tong Zhi, who were accustomed to being clean and tidy, frowned.
There were even a few soldiers lying on the bed smoking when they came in. When they saw the instructor coming in, they got up lazily and stood there with a military posture like a half-cooked noodle. It's swaying around, limp and weak, and it feels uncomfortable no matter how you look at it.
The two of them suddenly felt cold in their hearts.
You know how important spirit is.
The two of them were quite ambitious before coming here. They thought that a high-intensity training camp in three months would directly improve the combat effectiveness of the special operations company.
Looking at it now, with this mental outlook, let alone high-intensity training, there is a big question mark as to whether the four words "observance of discipline" can be fully achieved.
After looking at the terraced houses, I went to see the toilets.
As soon as I arrived at the toilet, I heard the sound of flying flies buzzing inside.
At the door of the toilet, Sandy stopped Li Zheng in embarrassment.
"Master, I think it's better to forget it and don't go in to take a look."
Li Zheng looked at Sandy, then at Tong Zhi, and finally decided to explore Longtan.
When he and Tong Zhi walked into the toilet with a look of death, even though they had received patience training, they couldn't help but feel their stomachs churn.
The toilet is new, because the base is also new, but the African giant flies flying in it are denser than the Allied planes that bombed Dresden. When they see someone coming in, the flies are scurrying around, several or even one Hitting the head and face makes people feel as disgusting as if they hit shit.
Following the strong smell, he pushed open one of the compartments, and found a pile of yellow and white stuff scattered all over the floor.
Li Zheng couldn't believe what he saw.
These people can't even poop in a manhole, but can they still shoot accurately?
If you don’t take shit seriously, how can you take other things seriously?
After leaving the toilet and walking to the open space, Li Zheng took a deep breath of fresh air, regained his composure and looked at each other with Tong Zhi.
Li Zheng saw a kind of despair in the eyes of deputy company commander Tong Zhi.
Tong Zhi said: "It's exciting, it's so exciting!"
Li Zheng smiled bitterly: "It's really annoying! It's really annoying!"
Tong Zhi said: "Our plan needs to be adjusted."
Li Zheng nodded: "Deputy company commander, you are right, I think so too."
Tong Zhi turned to Sandy and said: "We won't live in the officers' dormitory anymore. In this case, you can make arrangements and we will live with the soldiers in the barracks."
His English is not very good, so he has a heavy accent.
When you meet someone like Sandy who also has an accent, it's a bit confusing.
"What?"
Sandy didn't hear clearly.
He only heard these words with the soldiers.
Li Zheng reiterated Tong Zhi's meaning in English.
Sandy's eyes suddenly became round.
"You're going to live with soldiers?!"
In his opinion.
Are the two instructors crazy? !
If nothing else, who could stand the strong smell of feet in the soldiers' platoon?
"Yes." Tong Zhi said: "Li Zheng, tell him, but before that, gather everyone together. Today, before we eat, we will do what we need to do to let them understand what it means to be a soldier."
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