Chapter 22: Military Training (1)
When all three of them had returned, Koval alone picked up the troops' materials and looked at them carefully in the dim light of the oil lamp, trying to find out what was missing in his plan. www.biquge.info He was suddenly promoted from a platoon commander to an acting battalion commander, and he had no reliable subordinates, and the three company commanders were also newcomers who had just been promoted, so he really couldn't count on them. As for the other platoon commanders and sub-platoon commanders (which correspond to the current squad leaders), they are also served by soldiers who have experienced the war. Almost all the Polish officers in Germany, Austria, and Russia were promoted by one rank, but their technical and tactical level was not improved. Moreover, the level of the soldiers of Austria-Hungary and Russia is also greatly inferior to the quality of the soldiers of France and Germany and other powers. Now there is really nothing to do about promoting them. That's why Father John was able to get a battalion commander for Koval so easily.
After browsing the information of the troops, Koval lay on the bed, repeatedly recalling today's gains and losses. Shocked the three subordinates with force and rank, and carried out their own plan. This is also a helpless thing, and there is no time to slowly subdue them now.
When he got up in the morning, Koval called the company commander and the platoon commander together to arrange the training plan.
So in the morning, it was Koval and the officers of the various companies who led the team to run five kilometers cross-country on the playground. The soldiers usually only saw senior officers watching them run, and they were very curious and excited to drink the officers running together.
For shooting training, Koval asked officers at all levels to count each soldier's shooting results and hand them to him every day. The results were a real mess, and at a distance of four hundred meters, most of the soldiers on the first day were off target. The platoon commander and the sub-platoon commander had slightly better results, and ten rounds were able to hit two or three rounds.
As for trench drilling, because the Eastern Front in World War I had not experienced as brutal trench warfare on the Western Front, these Polish soldiers who had served in Germany, Austria, and Russia had not experienced much trench training.
Seeing that the troops can't attack or defend like this, Koval is also very anxious.
Koval taught a few soldiers in a company to hold guns and shoot correctly, but they still couldn't remember it for a while, and they taught it several times before they got a little shape. As far as Koval could see, there were more than 500 people. In this way, I don't know how long I want to teach one by one, although it has the effect of increasing prestige and morale, but the efficiency is too low. There are 15 people in one platoon, 50 people in three platoons, and 178 people in three platoons plus the company headquarters.
In this way, he must not be tired to death, Koval took a sip of water and secretly thought: Now he is not a platoon commander, he can do everything himself. It is necessary to change the way I used to be a platoon commander, who used to manage the soldiers, but now it is important to manage the officers.
Koval counted all the officers and non-commissioned officers that night, three deputy company commanders, nine platoon commanders, and twenty-seven sub-platoon commanders, a total of thirty-nine men. As for the other deputy governors, they have not yet been singled out. From today's statistical report, Koval selected 41 people with the best shooting results, making a total of 80 people. Divide them into groups A and B, with 40 people each. Every morning, I personally lead Group A training and in the afternoon I lead Group B training. In this way, the elite can be pulled out for training alone, and it can not affect the training of other troops, and when the commander is not there, other commanders will lead the training.
Thinking of such a good method, Koval was finally able to sleep peacefully.
The next day, Koval passed on his orders, and the three company commanders did not object, and they looked like they were doing whatever they wanted. Probably trying to wait for Koval to make a fuss.
Kovar took Group A to a remote training ground and exclaimed: "I know a lot of people have been very upset with me lately and think I'm messing around. But I have to ask, what are you here to do in the army? What are you here for? ”
"Who can say it out loud!" Koval roared as he stood in front of the non-commissioned officers.
"Fight!"
"Fight!"
"Fight for Poland!" The scattered sounds gradually converge into one sound.
When the shouting stopped, Koval shouted: "Fight for Poland!" Why do you fight the enemy, you can't even shoot the target, how can you fight the enemy! To send to death? ”
The non-commissioned officers stood with anger from humiliation in their eyes.
Koval stood in front of them, feeling that he had provoked their emotions, and said, "Not convinced, huh? Not convinced, right? ”
"Whoever is not convinced will stand up, shoot, go heads-up, whatever you want!" Koval provoked.
The non-commissioned officers looked at each other.
"I'm coming!" A muscular figure emerged from the crowd.
"What's your name?" Koval looked curiously at the first soldier to rush up.
"Chief, Thomas Majewski." The soldier said dryly.
"Are you shooting or fighting?"
"Shoot."
"Five bullets will determine the winner." Koval picked up his own Mauser M1898 rifle.
At the end of World War I, the Germans in East Prussia retreated with a large number of Mauser rifles left for Pilsudski's Polish army to use to lower the Russians in the east.
The two men each picked up five bullets, picked their positions, and began shooting at the target 400 meters away.
Koval quickly fired five rounds of bullets, watching Thomas lie on the ground and concentrate on shooting, each shot was prepared for a long time, but the moment it was fired was very fast.
"Looks like this little guy is a man of genius." Koval looked at him and thought to himself that as long as he had this state of selflessness, it would be easier to become a marksman.
After waiting for a while, Thomas finally finished firing five rounds and stood up with a blank face.
Although he took three times as much time as Kovar, he was able to look good, and Koval felt that he was very good at taking advantage of his advantages and had a good mind.
A soldier ran over and took the target, Koval fifty rings, Thomas forty-two rings.
"You're back." Koval scoffed loudly, "Is anyone else coming?" ”
"I'm coming!" A strong man ran out and shouted, "Adam Carroll asks for a challenge." ”
Koval looked at his figure not as stout as Alex yesterday, and he was not as old as him, but he had the air of a beast in him, and it seemed that he was a good opponent.
"Come on." Koval said, standing.
Adam leaned down slightly, slowly walking around Covar.
It seemed that he was a cautious veteran, and Koval thought to himself: but if he wanted to completely subdue this group of people, he couldn't drag him down like this, and he had to win clean and beautiful.