Chapter Forty-Eight: Hard Training

Qingfeng Village Camp. School grounds.

The whole army gathered and stood solemnly in the wind.

You are fully armoured and stand at the front of the queue on horseback.

You say, "Listen, everybody." We are here, and we have not participated in the bloody battles on the battlefield, but our task is by no means easier than fighting on the battlefield. It may even be more difficult than on the battlefield. ”

"Because, from today on, each of us, including me, will have to challenge the limits of our physical fitness, and we will always move forward bravely until the edge of life and death. Some of us may cross that limit and die. ”

"Why push the limits of physical fitness? Because our enemies are strong, and every one of them is strong. We have to be stronger than them, and we can only enter the extreme realm that they dare not enter. We must be more fierce than them, more capable of fighting for our lives, more fearless of death, more able to endure all unbearable physical and mental pain, and more courageous to sacrifice everything! ”

"In the past, our method of warfare was based on strong cities. Cities are able to withstand the strength of a significant portion of the enemy's forces, providing us with an additional layer of protection in addition to our armor and ensuring our supplies during our operations. But if we hang forever on the mother's crony, we will never be able to solve the problem of the northern front. According to our army's new tactics, from now on, we will often penetrate thousands of miles, even thousands of miles, into the enemy's territory, and we will sweep across the grasslands like a violent wind. We have to get used to fighting in a new environment where there are no friendly troops, no fortresses, no provisions, and enemies on all sides, and we want to win. This is a situation that we have never faced before. The only way to survive in that environment is to rely on today's arduous training. ”

"Our training goal is to increase the ability to ride long distances to more than 10 times the current limit! The new goal is to be able to ride for 15 days or more, travel more than 3,000 miles in a row, and maintain a strong fighting ability, and be able to fight the main force of the opponent in a decisive battle that can inflict heavy damage on them! ”

"Yes. We want to exceed the carrying capacity of any warhorse. We're going to carry four or five horses at the same time and gallop across the grasslands! ”

"Today is the first day, and our goal is to gallop 400 miles around the clock, and without any supplies, divide into two teams for one hour of high-intensity cavalry battle, and then, without provisions, gallop 400 miles back to the camp."

Next, Zhang Baolai will explain to you the specific marching route and combat deployment. Everyone must be mentally prepared, and everyone must take off a layer of skin today. ”

Dawn the next day. It wasn't dawn yet.

Once again, the whole army assembled in the school field in the dark.

It's quiet. The surrounding peaks reveal strange outlines in the darkness, making people feel furious.

You ride to the front of the queue and do today's training mobilization.

You say, "I know that when we came back yesterday, it was almost midnight." Along the way, there were 23 of us who fainted due to exhaustion. In the simulated battle, 56 people were killed and 123 were seriously injured. According to the results of yesterday's training, we lost half of our troops in the first day and night of our encounter with the enemy. We only have enough to fight the enemy for two days. If you can't hold out for three days, you want to end the war, it's just a dream. We are still very far from victory. ”

"I know everybody is tired and miserable right now. Many of them had been ground to blood, and even the saddle was soaked with blood. Now that everyone is riding on a horse, it is difficult to clamp the saddle, and every time the horse is bumpy, it will bring pain to the heart. Many people couldn't take a step when they got out of bed this morning. Junko and I are a little bit better than everyone else, but it's not much better. Look at Junko's face. He was suffering as well. Moreover, when everyone collapsed and rested last night, he was still arranging the patrol of the camp and preparing for today's training. ”

"I know everybody is thinking: we can't be better than them because they grew up on horseback. But we can also live on horseback from now on. We are made of the same materials as them. Between their strands is flesh and blood, and so are we. If their young children can live on horseback, why can't we, the men of the tower, do it? Are we not as good as their children? We can likewise eat on the back of a galloping horse, sleep on horseback, and heal wounds on horseback. We can also get used to turning horses into a part of our body, into our new organ! ”

"Grinding off some of the flesh of the twin strands, what's so scary! It is the real horror that wears off the courage of a man and the fighting spirit of a soldier! If we can't even defeat the saddle, what else can we defeat?! ”

"Let those delicate flesh and blood be worn away, God will reward our patience and perseverance, and we will grow stronger flesh and blood, which will become our leather armor!"

"Do you think that the enemy's strong long-distance riding combat ability is innate? When they are babies, they are no different from us. They are also earned through persistent long-term training. They have trained this strength by putting their whole lives into it. If they can get it that way, there's no reason why we can't get the same! ”

"Our flesh and blood can be worn away in hard training, but our backbone and our will are indelible!"

"This is the spirit of the New Han Army! If we want to die, each and every one of us will die in the direction of rushing towards the enemy! ”

"The training objectives today are exactly the same as yesterday. If we don't complete our training goals, we can die halfway, but we must not rest halfway. ”

"Now, everyone follow me and go!"

Night. Sweating profusely, you return from your command post to your room in the barracks.

Wu Shun is already waiting for you there.

He greeted you, took the helmet from you, and said, "Young master, the hot water is ready." ”

"How's the brethren doing?"

"As you can imagine, they're all half exhausted. Today, 60 people fainted on the way. Now there is 1 more situation that is terrible. ”

"Did the military doctor with the team go to see it?"

"If I go to see it, I may have to lie down for two or three days before I get up, and I will definitely not be able to get up tomorrow."

"Take me to see him."

"Let's rest first. Along the way, you ran back and forth, and you ran twice as much as we ran. He's not very conscious now, and he doesn't know if you go. ”

"But the other soldiers knew. They will know that their rulers will not turn a blind eye to their suffering. ”

You go back to your room again.

You said to Wu Shun: "Go back and sleep for a while, you don't have to wait here for me, I can do everything by myself." It's going to be tomorrow soon. Don't get tired. ”

Wu Shun said, "No. I can only sleep when you sleep. You should eat these two pills first. ”

You glanced at him. You take the Mixed Yuan Pill from him, take two sips of water, and swallow it.

Wu Shun said, "I'll help you get a hot towel." ”

"Junko, go back to sleep. Obedient. ”

"If you don't lie down and rest, I won't go to sleep if I die."

You look at Wu Shun. You sigh and say, "Okay." ”