As soon as the training started, the second day began.

The instructor was a second lieutenant who had lost a leg...... This is a major feature of the African military schools, where almost all the staff members come down from the battlefield and are more or less disabled.

Needless to say, the Agrokorps were desperately short of troops, especially well-trained German officers and soldiers, so able-bodied people should be sent into battle.

In fact, these wounded soldiers should be sent back to recuperate, but this is not a good idea...... Cutting off the supply lines meant that not only could the supplies not be delivered, but also the wounded soldiers, or at least at the risk of being bombed by British fighters and sunk by mines during the transportation process.

So some of the wounded soldiers stayed and became instructors in military schools.

The instructor's name is Erwin, and his blown off half of the stump is fitted with a wooden prosthetic, just like the pirate captain in the movie, and the military uniform looks a little weird.

"I know what you're thinking!" The instructor shouted at the cadets: "Look at me! If you don't want to be like me or worse than me, then brace yourself and finish the rest of the lesson! ”

After a pause, he continued: "I think you have all discovered that the people who can participate in the training here are the elites of the army, everyone has a good record, and even some people's experiences are legendary......

Speaking of this, the instructor glanced at Qin Chuan: "But when you walk into this school gate, you are nothing, there are only students and instructors here, understand?" ”

"Understood, sir!" The soldiers replied loudly.

The training subjects were really as Qin Chuan guessed, and all branches of the army went through them, especially tanks.

That is, let the infantry learn the driving and tactics of the tank, and let the tank crew learn the tactics of the infantry.

This training method is obviously correct, as mentioned before, the infantry commander can only command the infantry to cooperate with the tank if he knows the performance and blind spots of the tank.

On the other hand, a tank commander can only better provide or obtain cover for the infantry if he is aware of the tactics and weaknesses of the infantry.

It's easy to get started with these Qin Chuan, after all, in modern times, people who have taken the driver's license for a few years and have been driving for a few years, and they don't need to be taught to play the steering wheel, shift gears, and brake.

The problem is that most of the tanks in World War II were not assisted, and driving was a kind of physical and technical work, and it took considerable strength to change gears and brakes, and it was a little exhausting before driving for a while, and it is no wonder that there will be drivers who can't hold on and faint during the march.

So someone asked Davide how long he had been driving.

Davide replied, "About eight hours, you know, on the march!" ”

Everyone couldn't help but look at Davide with wide eyes and asked, "How did you persevere?" ”

"It's easy!" Davide said: "Imagine that the enemy's plane is chasing overhead, and as soon as you stop, you will be bombed, and you can do it!" ”

Therefore, human potential is unlimited, and although war is cruel, it is also a place where human potential is stimulated.

Artillery training is not limited to mortars...... The training of mortars was completed by the time of the recruits. As an officer, it is more required to command the infantry and artillery to cooperate, so what you learn is the operation of large-caliber howitzers.

Of course, it is not important to operate the howitzer, it is the calculation of coordinates that matters...... Infantry artillery coordination often occurs when there are no professional artillery observers on the front line, and officers are required to be able to direct artillery fire into the correct area.

So there is a reason why the German army can always perform exceptionally on the battlefield.

In this era, many countries still only talk about multi-service coordination, or think that they only need to mix several arms together to conduct a few exercises to "cooperate", but the Germans have already started in the training of officers in a down-to-earth manner.

It is conceivable that if every officer at the grassroots level has mastered the basic knowledge of other branches of the armed forces, then there is no need for command and orders from superiors, and they themselves know how to cooperate in combat, and this is the combat effectiveness of the unit as a whole that can defeat the enemy.

Compared with these, Qin Chuan's interest has always been in sniping.

There are many aspects of sniper training, such as distance judgment and tactical terrain assessment, or shooting training...... However, due to the need to save ammunition due to supply difficulties, shooting training was simplified to a considerable extent.

As a "novice" who has not experienced systematic sniper training, Qin Chuan has learned a lot of things in the training.

But at the same time, there are many things that confuse Qin Chuan.

The woods used by the soldiers for sniper training are known as the "shooting gardens".

Here, instructors teach camouflage techniques, such as hollowing out a tree trunk and hiding inside, covering its whole body with bark to disguise itself as a tree, or using wood to restrain a dummy from a trench with a steel helmet poking its head out of the trench to attract enemy snipers to shoot......

Here's what the instructor said, "Don't ever bother with these disguises, I mean if you have these resources around you, because they might save your life!" ”

"But the instructor!" Qin Chuan said: "Most of the places where we fought were deserts, and the trees there were things that attracted attention!" ”

"Of course!" The instructor replied, "These camouflage techniques can be used under certain conditions, such as Matru or Alexander!" ”

There is nothing wrong with what the instructor said, because the terrain of North Africa is not all desert either. But Qin Chuan always felt that something was very problematic.

After thinking about it later, Qin Chuan thought that there was a big problem with the practicality of these techniques: these camouflages required too much time and cost, and they were easily injured by stray bullets, such as being covered with bark and disguised as a tree, and a random shell from the enemy might kill a sniper. It can even be said that the result of such camouflage is that it is difficult for snipers to quickly raise their guns and shoot after discovering a target.

Therefore, the best camouflage on the battlefield should be fast, effective, able to use the simplest materials on the spot, and as limited as possible to yourself.

At first, Qin Chuan did not understand why there was such a dull, traditional and impractical teaching material for sniper training in the German army.

Later, after the instructor organized to watch a sniper training movie that was used as a teaching material by the German army, Qin Chuan understood...... It was a Russian-language film shot in 1935 with German subtitles, and the film introduced the high-level training of Soviet snipers, and the German army learned the content of the film and trained snipers in a targeted manner.

(Note: This Soviet sniper training film, there is a German remake of the 1944 version on the Internet...... "World War II German Sniper Teaching Film", which was once used by the German army as a tutorial for various sniper schools, and was publicly circulated by the United States in 1988.) ）