Chapter 59 Recruit Training with a Difference
Early the next morning, after eating a big pot meal on the collective stove in the courtyard of Lamber's house, twenty guards led by Xia Xue came to the empty Sanshawan beach.
Sansha Bay is the sea of Funing, Fu'an, Xiapu and Luoyuan, the islands are intertwined, the water depth is flat, it is a natural harbor, the scenery of Sansha Bay is beautiful, stretching for dozens of miles, many places are undulating stones, because of the impact of the waves, these stones can be described as strange shapes, there are no wonders. Some are like demons and weird, and some are like monsters and beasts. The sea crashed against the stones, and there was a constant roar.
Xia Xue arranged it this way, and after eating collectively every morning, she trained in Sanshawan for one and a half hours, that is, three hours. Then at noon, I went back to Lamber's house to eat the collective stove, and then went to Sanshawan to train for one and a half hours in the afternoon, that is, three hours of training every day, six hours. Then go back to Lamber's house, have dinner, and then go home to rest and recover their strength. The next day continued, because the pirates would come at any time, and the time was pressing, so we could only hurry up the assault training.
Due to the tight schedule, Xia Xue couldn't teach them too many fighting skills, and decided to teach them only the simplest, but most effective killing technique, assassination.
All the time of the day, I only practice assassination and nothing else, so that I can master this killing skill more quickly.
Since the guards were still too weak at the beginning, Xia Xue decided to take it step by step. At first, they were asked to practice the bayonet 1,000 times a day, then after 3 days, it increased to 2,000 times, after another 3 days, it increased to 3,000 times, and after the 10th day, they practiced the bayonet 4,000 times a day, and then it did not increase, and the rest of the time could be used to train teamwork, actual combat confrontation, etc.
On the empty Sanshawan beach, the salty and wet sea breeze blows the hair of summer snow, which looks heroic.
Xia Xue walked up to Pan Jiang and asked in a deep voice, "Pan Jiang, who do you hate the most?" ”
Pan Jiang replied without thinking: "Woko pirates! ”
Xia Xue asked awe-inspiringly, "Why?" ”
Pan Jiang replied angrily: "Bandit pirates, burning, killing and looting, bullying men and women, all evil!" They killed my brother, and my sister-in-law committed suicide by jumping into the sea after being insulted by them! I'm going to kill them, to avenge my brother and my sister-in-law!" ”
Xia Xue nodded with satisfaction, "Okay!" ”
"Now, imagine your enemies, your pirates, standing in front of you, and stabbing them out! Remember! Use all the strength of your body to explode all the anger you have buried in your hearts! ”
Xia Xue shouted decisively.
"Watch my movements!"
"Follow me through every move!"
"Listen to me!"
"Ready!"
"Thorn!"
Twenty people stabbed out the bamboo or wooden spears with brushes.
"Thorn Left!"
"Thorn right!"
"Stab!"
Xia Xue taught the assassination actions one by one.
Xia Xue knew that if she wanted to develop combat effectiveness in a short period of time, she could only teach some of the most basic movements, and then ordered them to practice repeatedly.
"The road to simplicity". Xia Xue knows that the simpler the action, the more practical it is, and it is much more powerful than which fancy shows. But to practice well, the more effort you need to put in.
Many members of the Changxi Village Guards were obviously not used to such strenuous exercise, and within an hour, they were already sweating profusely and panting. They lack food and clothing, and their physique is indeed a little too poor.
"Take a break!"
Seeing that everyone has practiced almost, Xia Xue nodded and said.
Their rest time is Xia Xue's performance time. In order to increase the nutrition of the guards, Xia Xue decided to use the thorning technique taught to her by her father to catch a few large yellow croaker.
Xia Xue first found a piece of hardwood of moderate thickness, split two knives in the middle, formed a crossing, sharpened the four ends, and placed two small branches apart, so that the harpoon head was ready, and found a longer branch as a handle below, and tied all parts tightly with a rope, and a simple harpoon was completed. The harpoon's prongs are all spread out radially to look like an octopus, and the success rate of fishing is much higher than that of merely sharpened sticks or bamboo.
As soon as she reached the shallow bay, she saw a large fish swimming around a rock in front of her. Xia Xue instantly tensed her nerves, and hurriedly stabilized her steps and approached it step by step. She raised her harpoon over her shoulder, aiming its jaws at the lower back of the big fish, changing positions as it swam. Spearfish have a knack. When spearing a fish in the water, you should never aim directly at the fish's body. Because light is refracted when it is shot from the air into the water, the angle of incidence is less than the angle of exit, so the image that we see is slightly above the actual object. In addition, when using spear fishing, you must also pay attention to the strength of your hand, if you use too much force, if you do not fork the fish, you will not be able to immediately retract the rod and make up for it a second time. If the strength is too small, the fork head fork does not penetrate the body of the fish, and the fish will be frightened to flee immediately. Therefore, spearfish is also a technical job, talking about fast, accurate and ruthless, and all three are indispensable.
Xia Xue took aim with her harpoon, and at the same time moved her steps very slowly to approach the fish, and it seemed that there was only a two-step distance between her and the fish. She suddenly bowed up, and rushed forward with a brisk step, and the harpoon in her right hand was thrown out by her suddenly, piercing the sea water and shooting straight at the big fish in the water. In an instant, a stream of blood erupted from the place where the harpoon had fallen.
Xia Xue hurriedly waded over and picked up the harpoon, only to see a big yellow croaker standing on the fork head of the harpoon. I saw that the body of the fish was pierced by the fork head, and the blood slowly seeped out from the wound and flowed down the fork head to the harpoon, and the fish looked like it weighed four or five pounds.
One hit! The guards were dumbfounded.
She found a few more shallow bays with fish, and threw them down with stones, and the fierce waves continued to ripple, and the waves surged one after another, and kept pouring under the hollow rocks, making a dull sound similar to the croaking of frogs. Soon after, there were subtle changes in the surging water, as if something was coming out from below. Inside the turbid waters, there are schools of fish hidden! The rocks fell, and the fish were frightened and began to flee outside. said that it was too late, Xia Xue concentrated her energy, and quickly stabbed with a simple harpoon, and the big fish were stabbed up like this. There is no marine pollution, no overfishing, and the fish resources in the southeast sea are really unprecedentedly abundant, and she does not have to worry about no harvest at all.
The guards were dumbfounded.
In the eyes of the twenty "recruits", Xia Xue's every movement was simply amazing. They used fishing nets, and they had to try their luck to get the nets inside, and they never thought that such a nimble fish could be stabbed by such a rudimentary harpoon, and then easily lifted up. Every time they thought about this, they admired Xia Xue, the "little fairy", even more, and added more confidence to resist the Japanese and defend the village.
Ouyang Yong and a few others went to Minzhou to buy grain, and Li Jing was the only one left in the house, and he was thinking about the way to train the guards recently, and how to train and train the troops with a large number of people and complete weapons, as the "military gods" of the Sui and Tang dynasties, it was not a problem, but for the twenty young villagers who lacked food and clothing, and did not have any regular weapons, Li Jing really had some difficulties in forming combat effectiveness in a short period of time. For the time being, I had to leave it to Xia Xue to train first, and then think about it myself to see if there was any better way.
The breakfast, lunch, and dinner of the collective stove were all made by Li Jing himself, Xia Xue didn't expect that the cooking skills of Li Jing, a generation of military gods, were really good.
Now the villagers of Changxi Village really regard Xia Xue as a fairy, and the fish in the sea are obedient, as long as Xia Xue makes a move, these fish will obediently go up. Take a simple harpoon, and you can get a lot of fish back every day, isn't this a fairy?
Unconsciously, Xia Xue has been mythologized in everyone's minds. However, Xia Xue did not explain that in ancient times, mythology, superstition, etc. were all good things that could be used, which could enhance their prestige and appeal, and it was a good thing for them to gain a foothold and develop in troubled times.
In troubled times, force is not omnipotent, but without force, it can't! The army is not omnipotent, but, without its own army, it can't! The army is a group that needs appeal, cohesion, execution, and discipline, and this requires the strong prestige of the general, Xia Xue needs this prestige now, superstition can just help, so why should she explain that as long as you practice hard for a long time, everyone can use a simple harpoon to stab the big fish in the sea.
After lunch, Xia Xue led everyone to Sansha Bay, and the guards who had eaten a full meal with fish were all in good spirits and full of energy.
Xia Xue didn't talk nonsense either, and immediately started training.
Xia Xue broke down the essentials of assassination one by one and taught them them, and at the same time let the two practice against each other to strengthen their confrontation ability as soon as possible. When sparring, of course, it is changed to a wooden stick or a bamboo spear or a blunt end of a wooden spear to stab.
After careful consideration, time constraints, and rudimentary weapons, Xia Xue decided to specialize in practicing bamboo spear or wooden spear assassination. Make bamboo or wooden spear assassination the key point in the focus and strengthen it on everyone's body.
Before, after, left, right, up, and down, these are the most basic movements that must be skillful.
Specialization, specialization, a thousand moves will not be as good as one trick!
With only one weapon, only one killing technique is taught.
That is with a bamboo or wooden gun:
Stab!
Fierce stab!
No chopping, no smashing, only thorns!
In short, no matter what enemy you encounter, you will always stab!
Stab!
An indomitable thorn!
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"Everything is better than the same fine", due to the great simplification of various killing techniques, all the energy spent on practicing assassination, the assassination level of twenty people has improved very quickly.
"It's not the process that matters, it's the result that matters!"
"Whatever method you use, just stab a bamboo or wooden spear into the enemy's body, and you will win!"
Under the guidance of the beautiful master, the guards practiced assassination with enthusiasm.
Xia Xue is always pointing at the side, correcting some of the most basic action mistakes, reminding everyone of some special precautions, and making up for some too obvious loopholes to avoid being attacked by the enemy. For the rest, there isn't much intervention.
Thorns are very flexible, in fact, there are no rules, requiring how to prick, must not prick. Everyone has different characteristics and different choices, and it is impossible to ask all of them to take the same action. It's still the old saying before, only seek the result, not the process. Xia Xue, as a genius girl, is certainly not so rigid and dogmatic in training.