Chapter VII: The Beginning of Military Training
Early the next morning, the school field in the city. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
More than 6,000 new and veteran soldiers in Ganzhou Town stood in four phalanxes according to the establishment, and at a glance, they looked a little imposing. But Pang Yue knew that this was just a faΓ§ade, and the team in front of him was nothing more than a rabble in the strict sense.
Immediately afterwards, the battalion officers of each battalion standing at the front of the phalanx began to report to Pang Yue standing on the high platform in turn.
"Lord Commander! After the Flying Tiger Battalion was assembled, it should have reached 1,232 people, but it was 1,232 people! The battalion officer stone is bright! β
"Lord Commander! After the camp is assembled, it should be 1,716 people, but it is 1,716 people! Battalion officer Choi Shoucheng! β
"Lord Commander! After the Gangfeng battalion was assembled, it should have reached 1,789 people, but it was 1,689 people! Battalion officer Lu Qiwu! β
"Lord Commander! After the Taishan camp is assembled, it should be 1,523 people, but it is 1,523 people! Battalion Officer Shi Lang! β
Pang Yue nodded, and asked loudly to the audience: "Soldiers, please tell me, who are you!?" β
When the recruits were still stunned, most of the veterans had already reacted and began to reply loudly: "Daming Ganzhou Army!" β
"Are you all?! Such a sound?! I can't hear you!! Pang Yue yelled on stage.
"Daming Ganzhou Army!!" "Daming Ganzhou Army!!" β¦β¦ Pang Yue's agitation method worked, and the veterans almost raised their voices to the highest, shouting one by one with red faces and thick necks, one after another. After a while, the recruits were also brought up, and they roared together, forming a wave of overwhelming sounds.
Pang Yue waved his hand, signaled the audience to be quiet, and continued: "Very good! That's like a man! This is a bit like the appearance of the Ming official army. But don't be too complacent, you're far from being a real soldier! Before that, you'll have to go through rigorous training! Only in this way can you truly grow into an elite and protect your parents, wives and children! Well, I don't want to say anything else, so let's start training now! The battalions organized a trip to the new school grounds, ten miles southeast of the city. Remember, be quick! Go for a run! If you go late, don't eat breakfast, what to eat? Eat the military stick! Let's go! β
After Pang Yue finished speaking, he set off first with the cavalry of the Flying Tiger Battalion as the leading team, and then, under the command of officers at all levels, the Trapping, Gangfeng, and Taishan Battalions of the army of less than a day lined up in a slightly scattered line out of the main camp in turn, and followed the Flying Tiger Battalion towards the south gate.
At this time, most of the people in the city did not get up, and the shops on both sides of the street were not open, and the streets were very deserted. After thousands of officers and soldiers from Ganzhou Town came out of the camp and poured into the streets, this silence was suddenly broken. The footsteps of thousands of people and nearly a thousand horses stepped on the ground together, waking up the sleeping people like thunder on the ground.
"Daddy, what's wrong?" In a house next to the street, a woman who had just put on her clothes asked her husband in horror.
After his husband cautiously looked through the crack in the door for a while, he turned his head and comforted: "Don't worry, it's the soldiers and horses of Ganzhou Town, they seem to be going out of the city, probably there is a war ahead." β
The woman just breathed a sigh of relief, but when she heard her husband say the word "war", she couldn't help but mention it again: "Alas, it's war again, and I don't know when the world will be peaceful." β
And this is the only one of the awakened people? They got up one after another, hid behind the door or behind the attic window, and looked in amazement at the large army of soldiers and horses running on the street, and their hearts were full of doubts: What are these officers and soldiers going to do? Gone in such a hurry? Some of the brave people even opened their doors or windows to take a closer look. β¦,
However, the teams of soldiers in Ganzhou Town who ran on the streets did not have the heart to care about what the people were thinking, and they were running forward desperately. There's no way, the chief soldier said just now that it's too late, but you're going to have to beat the baton!
In the queue of the Gangfeng Battalion, Wang Zhangtang, who had just been promoted to the rank of 100 presidents, turned his head and scolded while running: "Line up!" Don't run away! What's the point you're looking back at? Lao Tzu said about you! β
After the army marched along the street out of the south gate, it turned southeast and left.
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Ten miles southeast of Ganzhou, a new school field in Ganzhou Town
The site has been basically repaired, a group of craftsmen and husbands are building training equipment in the distance, and in the center of the school field stand the officers and soldiers of Ganzhou Town who have just run from the big camp in the city.
I saw that almost all the officers and men were out of breath, sweating profusely, bending over, gasping with their mouths wide open, and the battle jackets on their bodies were already soaked, as if they had just been fished out of the water.
"Don't sit! Don't lie down! Don't stand stupid! Go the extra mile! "The military judges, with their cowhide whips, are patrolling around with bands of soldiers with military sticks, whipping anyone who violates the rules. Due to the current shortage of veterans, Pang Yue did not set up a special military justice team, but drew 200 veterans from the Flying Tiger Battalion every day to take turns to perform training and supervision tasks.
The reason why the soldiers were not allowed to sit down or lie down was because Pang Yue knew that if a person suddenly stopped not moving or sat down to rest after a strenuous exercise, it would have a series of adverse effects on the body due to poor blood circulation. Only by doing more relaxing exercises can you promote blood circulation and avoid accidents.
"How's it going? How many are ineligible? On the edge of the school field, Pang Yuechao asked Shi Youliang, who was temporarily in charge of training supervision.
It is about five kilometers from the city to the school field, and Pang Yue's prescribed qualification time is two quarters of an hour, that is, half an hour. In fact, he also knew that this standard was a bit relaxed, but there was no accurate timekeeping tool - clocks and watches, so he had to set this standard for the time being, and then adjust it when the conditions were available.
"My lord, I don't know how many unqualified subordinates there are. Anyway, according to your orders, my subordinates have already sent someone to stop all the rabbit cubs who have been running for more than two quarters of an hour. Shi Youliang said with a big grin, and pointed to a group of soldiers on the school field who were watched by the military judge.
"That's good, I'm still relieved to do things for Zhou Ming." Pang Yue said with a smile, and then looked at Wei Yuan, the new captain of the pro-soldier beside him (the original pro-soldier captain Ma Yuancheng has gone to the Flying Tiger Camp as the commander): "You take fifty horsemen to search along the road you came from, and bring all the people who have fallen behind to the school field." β
"Yes!" Wei Yuan replied dryly, ordering fifty horsemen from Pang Yue's personal army and leaving quickly.
"My lord, do you really want to perform that joint sitting method?" Shi Youliang asked
"When did Zhou Ming ever see me joking about military affairs?" Pang Yue asked rhetorically, and the next tone could not be denied: "If one of the soldiers falls behind, all of them will be punished, and if one officer falls behind, all subordinates will be punished together!" Besides, this is not an arbitrary act on my part, but I have discussed it with you before. β
Alas, my God, I don't know how many people are going to be unlucky now! Shi Youliang sighed in his heart.
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After running five kilometers and a little more push-ups and frog jumps, the soldiers were finally able to sit down and rest. Not long after, the man also came to the school field with buckets of food, and the whole army opened the meal.
Soon after coming to the Ming Dynasty, Pang Yue found that most of the ordinary people and the army at this time only ate two meals a day, and he couldn't help but shake his head again and again when he saw this situation: If an army can't even eat enough, where will the strength train from? Where does the strength come from to kill the enemy? Therefore, after coming out of Ogi Port, Pang Yue ordered the implementation of a three-meal system in the army. Now that Ganzhou Town has just been built, it is a critical period for training, and three meals a day are even more important. In order to ensure that the soldiers had sufficient physical training, Pang Yue stipulated that three meals a day must be guaranteed, and the staple food must be dry rice. For the sake of convenience, Pang Yue transferred most of the men from the camp to stay in a small village called Liujia Village, about a mile away from the school field, and was responsible for two meals a day, morning and middle school, and sent them to the school field after they were done. β¦,
At this time, most of the soldiers in Ganzhou Town were sitting in accordance with the rules of the establishment, waiting for the commander and the chief to share the meal. Today's breakfast was dried rice and pickles, and many people swallowed involuntarily when they smelled the aroma of the food.
However, there was still a small group of officers and soldiers who not only did not have breakfast but were next to the military sticks. Pang Yue stipulated: those soldiers who had run for two quarters of an hour, but had arrived on the playground before the departure of his own army, were to be beaten with five military sticks; The stragglers who were recovered from the road by the pro-soldier team were beaten with ten military sticks; The commander and the captain of the army who have fallen behind will be beaten with ten military sticks and removed from their posts, and the flag of their flag will always be beaten with five military sticks; Officers above the flag general level who have fallen behind will be given 20 military sticks and demoted by one level, and their direct officers will be beaten with 10 military sticks; There were soldiers left behind in one Shiri, breakfast in all Shili was cancelled, and the chief and the chief of the army each beat five military sticks. Fortunately, no officers have been punished this morning.
Although Zhang Yunli once asked Pang Yue his own question: Is this punishment method that is almost a sit-down method too wide? But Pang Yue still insisted on his own point of view, in his opinion, the implementation of this method, not only can arouse the sense of crisis among officers and soldiers, but also promote mutual assistance between soldiers, stimulate the sense of responsibility of officers at all levels, although the means are a little rude, but there is no way, this is the army! Rules that are too gentle are bound to be useless.
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At 8 o'clock in the morning, the morning officially begins, and the first event is to practice standing posture.
The sun came out, and the strong sunlight sprinkled the entire school field, but the soldiers in Ganzhou Town were still lined up one by one, standing up straight, not daring to move at all. Officers and veterans on supervisory duty were patrolling around with whips or sticks, and would be struck at the slightest movement or irregular standing.
The officers who supervised the training repeated loudly as they walked: "Keep your head straight, your neck straight, your eyes straight ahead, your chest straight, and your abdomen ......."
"My lord, it's almost, isn't it? Do you just keep standing? Seeing that the soldiers had been standing for half an hour, Zhang Yunli asked Pang Yue.
Who knows, before Pang Yue could speak, Shi Lang next to him had already replied first: "Deputy Marshal don't worry, I think this method of the adult is quite good, it is very beneficial to hone the willpower and obedience consciousness of the soldiers, why not stand for a while?" β
After hearing this, Pang Yue secretly sighed: This Shi Lang is really straightforward, and it doesn't matter who he is talking to.
Fortunately, Zhang Yunli's cultivation is good, and he didn't show any unhappiness when he heard Shi Lang's words, but just smiled slightly.
"Zibin, don't worry, I have my own arrangements." Pang Yue said, "Stand for another half an hour and let the soldiers rest." β
As a traverser, Pang Yue is more likely to understand the significance of the training program of standing in a military posture than people of this era. Although practicing standing posture looks inconspicuous or even dispensable, as long as you persist in it for a long time, over time, you will naturally form a unique temperament that is as immobile as a mountain, and develop a serious and rigorous style of action, which is indispensable for a soldier. Especially now that training has just started, it is even more important to start from these small things.