Just as Zhuang Yan was still spitting and scolding Li Yong on the sea, the first batch of veterans who went ashore had already arrived at the shore.

"Old Wen Baodao is not old!"

Zhang Chengyuan, the commander of the reconnaissance company, took off the equipment on his body, handed it to the clerk, turned his head and shouted to Wen Zhixing who was not far away: "I didn't expect it to be as fast as me." ”

Wen Zhixing snorted, and said disdainfully: "Obviously a little faster than you, but I actually said that I was slower than you, Zhang Cannon, your reputation as a cannon is really not in vain." ”

"Who said it was faster than me?" Zhang Chengyuan was not convinced, and called the platoon commander on duty: "Zhou Dabing, what was the time for giving me the card just now?" ”

Zhou Dabing said: "Company commander, your time is two hours, seventeen minutes and twenty seconds!" Captain Wen's time was two hours, seventeen minutes and twenty-five seconds! ”

"!" Wen Zhixing turned his head to Zhou Huping, the leader of the third squadron who was in charge of the card time, and said, "Zhou Huping, report the time!" ”

Zhou Huping looked at the stopwatch and said, "Captain, your time is two hours, seventeen minutes and fifteen seconds!" Company Commander Zhang's time was two hours, seventeen minutes and twenty seconds! ”

"See!" Wen Zhixing laughed and said, "There is a problem with the broken stopwatch of your reconnaissance company!" ”

Zhang Chengyuan snorted and said, "You teach the brigade to cheat, and let a squadron leader give a squadron leader a card time, this is to give him a chance to slap his ass!" ”

Wen Zhixing said: "Yo! The time we teach the brigade is cheating, and one of your platoon commanders gives a company commander card time, so it's not a sycophant!? ”

The two commanders are not convinced by me, I am not convinced by you, and they are arguing endlessly.

"Don't fight!"

Deputy Chief of Staff Cui suddenly appeared beside everyone.

"What's there to fight about? You didn't follow the rules today, did you do this in the armed swimming? Hu Lai! ”

"Hello Deputy Chief of Staff!"

"Hello Deputy Chief of Staff!"

Wen Zhixing and Zhang Chengyuan saw that Cui Gaoyi was coming, and immediately stood up and saluted.

"Okay, okay, this is the training ground, there's no need for so much red tape." Cui Gaoyi returned the salute and said: "Armed swimming is the same as a five-kilometer cross-country, it is teamwork, look at the two of you, you are also the commander of the unit, why do you engage in this kind of individual competition like a three-year-old child?" ”

Armed swimming is indeed a collective subject that requires concerted efforts.

Even in the process of swimming, you have to line up.

Generally speaking, veterans and spearheads with particularly good water quality must line up in front of the ranks, and advance in one, two, or even three columns according to the width of the water area to be passed, and machine guns and other weapons must be set up in front of the team, so that they can counterattack as quickly as possible in the event of an enemy attack.

There is also an advantage to swimming in formation, people with bad water ability follow behind people with good water quality, and can move forward with the help of the water split by the soldiers in front, which can save a little effort, and having a formation has great benefits for diving in the dark night, and it is not easy to be washed away by the current.

Therefore, it is not advisable to compete in the ability of individual soldiers to swim in armed swimming, such as teaching brigades and reconnaissance companies.

Wen Zhixing and Zhang Chengyuan have been Cui Gaoyi's subordinates for many years, in fact, as soon as Deputy Chief of Staff Cui opened his mouth, the two of them could hear that the chief didn't really want to blame himself.

Cui Gaoyi is a person who has fought in the war, and his education level may not be high, but when it comes to training, he is an expert.

Most of the senior cadres of the 1st Division were promoted from the war in southern Xinjiang back then, and they were as fierce as tigers, and the more wild and fierce the soldiers, the more they liked them, and other minor problems were harmless.

"Yes, the deputy chief of staff was right in his criticism." Zhang Chengyuan smiled and pleaded guilty: "Please criticize the chief, I will reflect on it when I go back." ”

"Reflect on the fart!" Cui Gaoyi glanced at Zhang Chengyuan and said, "You Zhang Dacang will reflect?" The last time you had a fight with the teaching brigade, I asked you to write an inspection, but what about your inspection? ”

Zhang Chengyuan pretended to be surprised and slapped his head: "Oops! Chief, blame me for this! Some time ago, we were even distributed a batch of new reconnaissance equipment, and my mind was so focused on the research and training of the new equipment that I actually forgot about it! It's my fault, please criticize the chief! ”

"Don't pretend to be stupid in front of me!" Cui Gaoyi said: "I don't know your Zhang Cannon's temperament yet? Don't take out that little bit of fancy intestines in your stomach and show it off in front of me! You are so good at acting, do you want me to write a letter of recommendation to the People's Liberation Army Academy of Arts, so that you can report tomorrow and learn acting? ”

"No, no, no!" Zhang Chengyuan hurriedly waved his hand, "I like the reconnaissance company, I won't go anywhere!" ”

Cui Gaoyi said: "Well, don't worry, this year and next year, there will be a big change in our division, and you will definitely have the opportunity to show your skills." ”

turned back to Wen Zhixing and said, "You are a battalion-level cadre, what are you fighting with Zhang Dacang?" You've only been training for a few days? It's only 5 km? ”

Cui Gaoyi's meaning couldn't be more obvious.

Although he has no objection to this kind of training, he can't help but be a little worried.

You must know that in the sequence of troops, the elite amphibious combat units only assess 3 kilometers of armed swimming, while some special forces only require 5 kilometers of swimming assessment, and even some less demanding troops only need to assess 500-1000 meters of unarmed swimming.

Among the cadets of the teaching brigade, the proportion of second-year soldiers is relatively large, and all of them have received sea training training, but there are still some recruits who come to the sea training ground for the first time.

It's only been more than a week, and it's actually a bit too hasty to swim 5 kilometers directly?

Wen Zhixing said: "It's okay, I think the quality of this year's students is good, and they can succeed." ”

Between the words, he turned his head and glanced at Zhang Chengyuan intentionally or unintentionally: "It's not just that we have recruits, but people also have them, not to mention that we teach the brigade to bully their reconnaissance company." ”

Zhang Chengyuan's face darkened, and he had to argue again.

Cui Gaoyi raised his hand and signaled Zhang Chengyuan not to speak.

The latter had no choice but to shut up.

"How many people have dropped out halfway through so far?" Cui Gaoyi asked.

Wen Zhixing looked back at Zhou Huping, who looked at the roster in his hand and said, "So far, a total of seven people in the teaching brigade have given up halfway to continue swimming for various reasons, most of them are because of fainting or cramps. ”

"Seven ......" Cui Gaoyi nodded thoughtfully: "It's okay." ”

Then he asked, "What about the reconnaissance company?" ”

Zhou Huping coughed lightly twice and said, "Six of them!" ”

Zhang Chengyuan smiled hesitantly: "Look! That's just the way the teaching brigade is! ”

"What are you laughing at?" Wen Zhixing said: "Of our more than 400 people, we gave up seven, and you more than 100 people gave up six, you can calculate the proportion!" Still laughing? ”

Zhang Chengyuan's face darkened, and he said unconvinced: "Your teaching brigade selects the best soldiers from the whole division to participate in the training every year, and every year selects the best students to stay in the team as the coach squad leader. What about us? Our reconnaissance company can only pick and choose when the recruits report for duty, and we are bigger than you when it comes to the difficulty of training! ”

Wen Zhixing sneered: "Zhang Dacang, you are embarrassed to say such things, you are the thickest skinned in the team directly under the division." You don't want to think about it, you are like robbers, every year the recruits of the direct team just arrived in the army, handed over to us to teach the brigade for training, after the training, you grandsons came over one by one to pick each other, and transferred all the good seedlings, and the rest were given to other units, we don't leave some students as squad leaders, just those crooked melons and cracked dates that you pick leftovers, I really don't look down on the teaching team! ”

"Hey! You old ......."

"You two, are you excited?" Cui Gaoyi said: "When I, the deputy chief of staff, am transparent? ”

Wen Zhixing and Zhang Chengyuan hurriedly shut up.

Cui Gaoyi said: "Okay, don't fight for the time of the two of you, and don't fight for the exit rate, isn't this game over yet!" Until the end. Not to mention ......"

He looked at Wen Zhixing and said: "No matter how small or small the unit is, since it is a competition, it will be treated equally." What's more, your teaching brigade was indeed sent to you by the best soldiers of the division that year, and its physical fitness and understanding were the best in all aspects, and you should have won it. ”

Wen Zhixing smiled: "Yes! If you win, you should too! ”

As he spoke, he threw a meaningful look at Zhang Chengyuan.

Several people sat in the shade of the trees, looking out to sea.

There were still quite a few soldiers on the sea, some teaching brigades and some reconnaissance companies.

And from the distance, it seems to be far from the shore.

Among these people, of course, including Zhuang Yan and Li Yong, most of them are recruits, and compared with those veterans who have already experienced sea training, the recruits' skills in swimming are still much worse.

In long-distance armed swimming, skill is important.

There are a lot of tricks to swimming. One is to swim with tall and strong people, wake can save people's physical strength. The second is to calculate the time of the ebb and flow of the tide, when the tide is low, you can't swim even with the strength of the milk. Third, we must know how to borrow the undercurrent in the seawater, and when encountering the undercurrent in the seawater, do not fight hard, and swim sideways along the direction of the flowing water, which can save a lot of energy. The fourth breaststroke is the most labor-saving, the self-swimming speed is fast but more laborious, and the breaststroke is mostly used in the sea, and the head is immersed in the water to reduce the resistance of the seawater. Fifth, when you don't have the strength, you should straighten your body, turn your back to the direction of the target you want to swim, kick the water slowly with both feet, and try to use the current to float forward and slowly recover your physical strength.

Take the cramp phenomenon as an example, when recruits encounter this situation, almost all of them choose to quit because of inexperience and panic.

However, this is not the case with experienced veterans, who have a cramp in one foot, they will immediately pick up the cramped foot with both hands, lift it to the chest, and then pull the thumb of the foot up and the cramp will disappear.

After the cramp is a temporary hour, the veteran treads water with one foot to relieve and relax the cramped foot, and when he is fully recovered, he will continue to resume his normal swimming style.

As the minutes passed, there were fewer and fewer people on the sea.

Suddenly, all the soldiers on the beach of the sea were shouting loudly into the sea, and they seemed to be coaxing each other, and the sound of the sound reached under the coconut trees in waves.

"What's going on?" Cui Gaoyi raised his head and looked over there, "Is something wrong?" ”

"I'll take a look!" Zhou Huping hurriedly ran to the shore.

Soon, he ran back again.

"Report to the deputy chief of staff, a cadet of our squadron and a soldier of the reconnaissance company are sprinting, and the people on the shore are cheering them up!"

"Huh? That's the case......" Cui Gaoyi thought about it, and suddenly stood up with a pat on his thigh, "Go!" Let's check it out! ”