A sharp whistle marked the end of one of the most painful training sessions of the day. After a short warm-up, Pippens was about to put on a load as heavy as his wartime backpack and start a five-kilometre trail run. Unlike the one-kilometre warm-up in the morning, the five-kilometre cross-country training is designed to strengthen combat skills rather than physical fitness. In the morning, they can happily run the whole distance in a small cotton vest, but this time they have to do their best for the group cross-country run. If the instructor does not achieve the desired result, the last place will be punished with a lower standard for lunch compared to the other groups. The first place will be rewarded with additional dishes regardless of whether the results are good or bad. At this stage, nothing is more intuitive and effective than the reward of adding vegetables.

Because of the drag of one person, the whole group will be punished for not having meat to eat. In essence, this is to train the weak links in the small team and eliminate the short-board effect. In wartime, the unskillfulness of one person is likely to lead to the collapse or even total destruction of an entire team. Putting possible problems into the present in the form of starvation, sweating or even drooling is always 10,000 times better than bleeding.

Pippons made his way briskly through the mountains and forests. As a former shepherd, running long distances was a piece of cake. But long-distance running with such a heavy load on his back is still rare for him. After arriving here, a large amount of protein added to food replaced the previous single starch intake, and with reasonable exercise, the physical fitness of these soldiers was greatly improved. The new army no longer needs to outwhelm its opponents with numbers, and the quality of each soldier is especially important. Pippens also often sighs in the mirror about the great changes in himself recently, looking more full and powerful, compared to the previous thin and tall man is simply by leaps and bounds, almost a Peugeot beautiful man.

Of course, there are also students who are very unsuitable for the training form of trail running. They used to come on long marches with armor, but they didn't require much speed. You must know that the skill of rapid marching and night marching has only begun to appear in modern times, which requires not only individual physical fitness but also team cooperation. They were inherently lacking teamwork training while serving in the Elta Army, and a small amount of coordination training was also geared towards combat, such as the coordination of swordsmen and spearmen. There is little training for marching, and the protein intake needed to improve the body is inadequate. One of them is the lack of team spirit, and the other is the lack of physical fitness and weakness. The direct result of this is low sustained combat capability and insufficient combat effectiveness. The breakthrough in marching skills means that troops can now advance longer distances each day in non-motorized environments such as mountains, or spend less time outflanking the enemy's rear, and even if the enemy can break through, they will never be able to get around the encirclement.

The trail run went well, and all the teams completed the whole race within the required time, which was a very happy result. Next came the obstacle course, and then the lunch everyone was looking forward to.

For the students, the subject of passing the obstacle course gives them a new experience. The high wall that requires team cooperation, the fire jumping ring like acrobatics, once you are proficient, you are familiar with the road and find it very interesting. But what the instructor wants is not just "to pass", Pippons's leg tucking action when passing the obstacle is often criticized by the instructor. What the instructors need is that they can be a model for future generations in terms of movement and passing speed. It is impossible for the instructors from the PLA to improve the tactical level of these people in a one-to-one or even one-on-one manner, and they need more helpers who are more familiar with the Elta language to help the new district expand its local military power.

And only after mastering these tactical moves will they begin to be nurtured by the breath of gunpowder and move towards the path of true modern warriors. However, mastering the operation of firearms is not enough to be able to go to the battlefield, how to hide, how to check the map, how to indicate directions, how to convey information with gestures without speaking, how to survive in the wild, prevent poison, mosquitoes, and prevent heat stroke...... Soldiers must first learn how to survive well, and then they can talk about how to fight and how to achieve combat goals more efficiently.

Whether it's cold weapons, guns, or even magic warfare, the side that has entered the industrialized society can no longer treat soldiers as cheap consumables. By the end of World War II, the Soviet Union had already suffered from a shortage of soldiers, and recruited large numbers of ethnic minorities and soldiers from Central Asia. When an agrarian society enters the stage of population saturation, it always has to have wars and even natural disasters to consume the mouth to eat, so as to enter a new round of circulation. Taking ancient China as an example, every prosperous era was preceded by a war of great attrition. The abundant means of subsistence brought about by industrialization, and the declining birthrate caused by the increase in individual working hours made it unacceptable to lose too many people, which can be seen from the gradual weight and size of the armies of the world, infantry fighting vehicles, and personal armor.

The sun began to turn into the scorching midday sun. The trainees finished their morning training and began to enter the canteen specially opened for them. Here, the luncheon meat began to turn into real meat products, and the large row of noodles served at noon today made many students almost drool on the table. Other mille-feuille pancakes, rice bowls of all kinds, and even bread and steaks to suit their tastes are served. Even dairy products such as buttermilk began to climb the counter at their suggestion. Here, students only need to use the supply vouchers distributed every day to receive the food they want. Of course, there will be such treatment as adding noodles and rice. Plenty of carbohydrates fill the calorie gaps they squander, and protein is absorbed into their bodies as a raw material for muscle fiber reinforcement. Abundant minerals sharpen their nerves, sharpen their vision, and strengthen their muscles and bones. Even if they now use spears and shields to compete with their former counterparts in a-for-tat duel, the loser will still not change.

The trainees began to devour in the cafeteria, turning hunger into strength. No one would be stingy to provide such a good student with good food, let alone replace their own soldiers to shed blood and tears in another world? Now the surrounding situation has eased slightly, and the west is a big dark cloud. Thousands of years of new hatred and old hatred have quietly blossomed the most vicious fruits in this land. The black-haired and black-eyed man with the steel gun in his hand also had to turn his attention from the portal to the frontier at this moment, so as not to let this poisonous tree spill even a single spor.