Chapter 4 Rigorous Training
Little Eric is a recruit in the French Praetorian Guard crossbow barracks, he applied to join the French Praetorian Guard three days ago through his family connections, and was just approved to enlist yesterday, so he hurriedly packed his bags yesterday and moved into the crossbowman barracks.
Little Eric has a good family life and a good family background, so little Eric didn't suffer much before, he is white and clean, his skin is relatively delicate, with golden hair, blue eyes, a high nose bridge, and a relatively thin body, which looks a little weak. Yesterday, he wore a blue coat and light blue pants and went to the barracks, all the way with a pair of curious baby eyes wide, very curious about everything in the barracks, looking left and right, completely forgetting that he was here to join the army, but it was very much like a trip. As soon as he came over yesterday, he was told by the head of their new barracks that from the moment he entered the barracks, he should start preparing to be abused as a dog, and specially emphasized that he should get up very early the next day, and if they are smarter, it is best to go to bed early, otherwise they will die of pain tomorrow.
Little Eric and his friends didn't take it seriously, and thought that as usual, they just had to go to bed two or three hours after dark. So, after dinner, a few of them talked about the mountains in the barracks, boasting indiscriminately, each of them talked about the situation in their own families, and they all talked about their views on the barracks and their great dreams of entering the barracks, most of them said that they wanted to make a name for themselves, and then went back to their hometown with military merits to marry the beautiful girl they had admired for a long time. Who knows, when these new recruits were talking nonsense, there were already people who were secretly in the places they couldn't see, smiling and discussing how to plot against them and abuse them tomorrow. If they knew this, they would probably go to bed early and go to bed early, and they wouldn't dare to talk like this anymore.
Tiger the crossbowmen and Ryan the archers are good friends in the crossbow camp master's tent, drinking wine and eating cheese bread with a sinister smile on their faces from time to time.
Tiger has a slight beard, a slender face, a pair of narrow eyes that sparkle with a sly light, a medium build, a fair face, and he has always had a motto - if you can hide in the shadows and hurt people, you will never be stupid to stand up as a target. Ryan has a short beard, a rosacea nose that is red all the year round, a round head, and a slumped back, looking harmless to humans and animals, but under his obscene appearance, he still has a sense of justice, has shrewd wisdom, and is very skilled in training archers.
Tiger said: "Seeing that the recruits here don't listen to persuasion, and now they are still bragging there, tomorrow they will know how to write the tragic words, I will make them regret coming to the barracks, hehe......" After speaking, he showed an extremely lewd smile, obviously they are happy to abuse the newcomers.
Although Ryan also felt a little happy, he also showed a little unbearable eyes, and said: "Won't this be too ruthless, but don't be afraid of their drills, when the time comes, we will shrink back home, and our recruits will be reduced again, after all, we were almost crying home by the commander at the beginning." As he said this, a look of palpitation flashed on his face, and it seemed that he was a little ruthless about being trained by his commander before.
Tiger doesn't care so much, he still has a grim expression on his face: "If you can't stand this level of training, then hurry up and go home, after all, joining the army is a matter of life, not for those young masters to come for sightseeing." Speaking of the chief's cruelty to us at the beginning, of course I remember it clearly, it was because I was so miserable by the chief at that time, so every time I saw those rookies crying there and grabbing the ground, I had a sense of pleasure, haha......" The expression of conspiracy on his face made Ryan shudder a little, and his whole body was slightly chilled, and he silently warned himself in his heart, don't offend this rabbit cub, otherwise there will be no good fruit to eat.
That's it, nothing to say all night.
Before dawn, even the chickens had not yet begun to crow, and little Eric was also immersed in a sweet dreamland, he dreamed that he fought bravely, established great feats, and then returned home, and the beauties of his hometown welcomed him, and he hugged him left and right, and lived a happy life......
Suddenly, a terrible whistle pierced the night sky, and it was extremely loud. Eric was taken aback, his dream was shattered, and he sat up suddenly, and for a moment he couldn't figure out the situation, his eyes were not fully opened, but he just sat up in a mess as he watched the recruits in front of him. Everyone looked at each other, completely unaware of what was happening, and the terrible whistle in their ears kept ringing mournfully.
At this time, a squad leader suddenly ran over to the door and said loudly, "Get up!" Poor little ones! Give you 3 minutes, put on your uniform, wash up and assemble on the playground, if the time is more than 1 second, you will be unlucky, and the penalty for running 10,000 meters is light! The squad leader shouted loudly: "Do you hear that!" Hurry up, you idiots."
The recruit barracks were large round tents, and the one in which Eric was sleeping was a full 20 people, almost all of them sleeping next to each other on the floor, which was covered with hay. As Eric and the big guy were talking nonsense there, they were so excited that everyone forgot the commander's warning, and they all went to bed very late, because they were too tired, so everyone didn't take off their clothes, so they slept casually one by one, and they didn't feel inconvenient. Now they are suddenly asked to change their military uniforms and gather in the playground, and the scene is chaotic as you can imagine! After listening to this, Eric shouted in his heart that it was over! Then he hurriedly undressed, and after taking off his clothes with his hands and feet, he immediately walked to the place where he put his military uniform, who knew that halfway through, he saw a guy who took off his pants too quickly, and he couldn't stand steadily, so he jumped and jumped towards Eric, Eric saw it and was startled and quickly dodged back, but was hit by an elbow on the back of the head by the person behind him, and then the front did not dodge, and was hit by the fit to the chest, and the pain was so painful that he couldn't breathe for a moment. It turned out that the person behind was also wearing a military uniform and was in a hurry, and he didn't notice that someone was next to him, so he suddenly stretched out his elbow and hit it squarely. "Damn it!" Eric cursed secretly in his heart, and didn't have time to pay attention to this, nor did he have time to pay attention to the pain, and immediately went to change into his military uniform.
After a while, the recruits finally changed their clothes. By the time Eric came to the playground, the playground was already half full, and the sad thing was that Eric was already 1 minute late, and the officers did not let him stand with the other half, but asked him to stand on the other side, and the other side began to come one after another, and the number of people gradually increased. Eric has not fully recovered yet, but the current situation is very clear, Eric is sad in his heart, and he does not know what kind of punishment he will receive.
The answer was soon revealed, and the latecomer was punished for 10,000 steps and did not have breakfast, which Tiger said was due to the fact that it was the first offender who was given a lighter punishment. Tiger was very happy, and shouted there: "Yesterday I specially gave you fools a reminder, you should go to bed as soon as possible, and you are still there nonsense, today I see that Lao Tzu will not kill you!" "Almost everyone including Eric didn't get enough sleep, and they were about to run 10,000 meters, and everyone was immediately complaining. But they were greeted with the instructor's whip, "Hit, give me a hard beat!" Tiger exclaimed excitedly.
When the late recruits were out of breath and screaming and returned to the playground after running all day and night, and those who were not punished were eating lunch, which made Eric greedy, but he couldn't help it, so he could only scream in his heart while standing in line with the whip and cheers of the squad leader.
What Eric didn't expect at all was that this station was standing for a long time, and he could barely move, and once there was a slightly wrong movement, he would immediately be greeted by the instructor's whip, and he would be whipped and called a pain! So, when the sun slowly rose and the sun shone on the earth, soon some of the recruits couldn't hold on anymore, and fell down one by one, and then Ryan asked the veterans to be carried aside, and when their faces returned to normal a little, they were called back to the queue to continue standing.
The first day of training passed like this, and I spent almost the whole day standing.
On the second day, he began to train for long-distance running, and Eric had not recovered his physical strength from standing for a long time on the first day, and was called up early the next day to line up in the playground.
After yesterday's lesson, the recruits have also tasted enough, so after the first day of training, they all hurriedly ate dinner, and immediately climbed to the recruit camp to lie down and sleep, and only today did they recover a little bit of vitality. But today's long-distance run is a whole day of running, starting from the barracks, running around the mountain, running again. Eric forgot how many laps he had run around the mountain all day, he only remembered that he had been running, and when he heard the instructor's order to pause, he immediately took time to rest, and after resting for a while, he immediately began to run around the mountain again when he heard the whistle, and he had to run down the mountain for a whole day, at least a dozen kilometers. In the end, Eric ran with his legs as if they were filled with lead, and if the road wasn't quite smooth, I am afraid that he would have fallen far from knowing how many heels.
The next recruits were almost like that, standing in line and running for days on end.
"These recruits are 0 eggs, you can't practice well! With this bit of physical strength, I'm afraid I don't even have the strength to pick up a knife and cut people. Cavalry Commander Ryan said with a frown.
"It's to train hard, practice physical fitness in the first few days, and after a while, you can start training specific war skills and combined attack skills!" Tiger said.
"Well, especially you long-range shooters, before we don't attack, shoot well, let's line up, and then you can hand it over to us!"
"......" Tiger and Ryan were speechless for a while, these noble cavalry regiments have always looked down on them, but they are used to it.
This is the case with the French army, which has always maintained its combat effectiveness at the highest level by training new recruits and veterans again and again, and because they are professional soldiers, they can receive training and practice war skills for much longer than other European countries, and their natural combat power is much higher than that of other countries.