Chapter 21: The Trial of the Wasteland March (1)
After two months of horseback training, the trainees were at least able to ride.
At the end of May 848, the Wasteland Marching Trials began.
Instructor Keith stood on the high platform of the camp playground, pointed to the march route map of the sign behind him, and said: "The horseback riding training has come to an end for the time being, this time it is a wasteland march trial, and the training content is very simple, so simple that you waste can easily pass it." ”
The bald head has a wave of daily ridicule, and everyone is not surprised, and some people have no waves in their hearts, and even want to laugh a little.
The Wasteland March Trial, the last assessment before the June holiday, is important even though it does not count towards the final score.
There are now only 246 people left in the training corps, and 7 people have been eliminated in climbing training, and even more are injured, but as long as they are not too seriously injured, they can still stay in the training corps after recovery.
The 246 people will be divided into two large classes, each with a squad leader and a recorder, and the two classes will start from two roads. Walk around the forest in front of the base, march in the wasteland on both sides of the forest, and then the two squads meet at the destination, exchange information on the march route with each other, and follow the other party's path back to the training corps base, which is roughly an elliptical route.
The total distance is about 40 kilometers, and you can't ride too fast on a horse, at least you have to spend the night in the wild to come back.
Instructor Keith on stage continued to spray...... Lecture: "Listen to me, even in ordinary times, you are also soldiers, soldiers must be vigilant and will to fight at all times, no matter what the situation can not be without a sense of crisis, give me patience, this training is your combat awareness." ”
"All were divided into two classes according to the previous list, with 123 people each, 1 class leader Marco Bot and recorder Armin Arnold; Squad 2 leader Wren Ackerman, recorder Mikasa Ackerman. Alright, soldiers, now let's go! Instructor Keith gave the order, and everyone took action.
Wren put on the three-dimensional maneuver, touched Tigulis's head, and turned on his horse. Seeing that someone was still tidying up, he took the map in his hand and observed it carefully, this trip was not in a hurry, after all, if he rode a horse at full speed, 40 kilometers was really not far, and the horses on this wasteland march were basically walking slowly.
Mikasa has a clipboard and pen ready to record what happened along the way.
As the leader of Class 2, Ren carefully planned the route, after all, when he arrived at the destination of the meeting, Class 1 had to follow their route back, and Mikasa had to record the landmarks along the way and the performance of the class members. If the two classes find that each other's marching routes and landmark records are incorrect, then the whole class will have to deduct points, and Wren naturally doesn't dare to be careless, otherwise it will not be good if the car rolls over, and he will not be the only one who will be unlucky.
And, of course, be alert to possible dangers on the march.
This training is just like Instructor Keith's words, normally speaking, it is not difficult, as long as you are careful, and there is nothing wrong with it.
The question is, are there really no surprises? With the usual characteristics of this world, I'm embarrassed if something doesn't happen.
Wren saw that Class 2 was already on horseback, and on the other side, Marco's Class 1 was also ready.
"Okay, let's go now, remember to ride slowly." Wren gave an order, shook the reins, and rode off on horseback, and everyone slowly followed.
Time seemed to have returned to another continent, and Wren recalled the day when he led a squadron of knights to conquer the Devil's Mountains on the border.
The white and shiny minarets of the White Tower City are faintly in sight, the waters of the Mar River flow slowly, the thorn flags flutter in the wind, the desolate trumpets sound, and the knights line up, singing ancient songs and riding forward......
At the same time, Marco on the other side also set off with everyone.
In Class 2, in addition to Wren and Mikasa, Reiner, Berthold, Arnie, Ymir and Thomas, Wren's younger brother Neil is also in this class.
In addition to Marco and Amin in Class 1, Allen, Jean, Sasha, Heresta, Connie, Mina, etc. are also in Class 1. It can be said that both sides are lively.
Wren rode on the back of Tigulis, admiring the natural scenery of the wasteland, and to be honest, quite a bit of a northern feeling. On the right is the forest, and they are going to walk around it.
Two hours later, passing a rocky slope, Wren turned over and dismounted, and ordered: "Okay, stop and rest for half an hour." ”
Wren sat on a rock, and in the afternoon the route would be about to reach into the forest, which meant spending the night in the forest, which was never a safe place.
He took a sip of water and beckoned the elites of Class 2 to come over: "Come here." ”
Mr. Lei said that he was going to have a meeting! Let's discuss together, good friends, there is a pot to carry together!
Mikasa, Reiner, Ymir and the others all walked over when they heard this.
Wren didn't sell it, and it was rare to get serious: "We have to go into the forest at about 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and according to the itinerary, we have to spend the night in the forest." ”
Reiner frowned, "Spending the night in the forest is not a good option. ”
Ymir said: "There are a lot of beasts in the forest, do you want to arrange people to keep vigil?" ”
Thomas knew Wren better: "What did you think of? ”
Wren's expression was a little serious: "The beasts in the forest are still second, you see. ”
He spread out the map: "According to the normal speed, we have to spend the night in this area, there is just a small road running through the edge of the forest to connect the two nearby towns, which means that there may be people in this place in the forest, if it is an ordinary person, it is not ruled out that there are bandits hiding here, after all, this place is too easy to rob, you can hide in the forest after robbing." The same is true on Mark's side, where two paths run through the forest on either side of the forest and connect the two towns. ”
Mikasa's expression was a little worried, not because he was worried about himself, but because he was afraid that something would go wrong on Allen's side.
"Little ghost, we have a three-dimensional mobile device, so we shouldn't be afraid of ordinary bandits." Ymir had some poisonous tongues.
Wren spread his hands: "Can any of you guarantee that they don't have guns?" ”
Although there are muskets inside the wall, it is difficult for the garbage fighting qi to completely resist, and it may not die if you take a shot, but it is definitely cool! As for the others, maybe they will get a boxed lunch with one shot.
Berthold: "Can we spend the night outside the forest?" ”
Reiner shook his head: "I'm afraid not, the horses can't run in the forest, and spending the night outside the forest will delay the route handover, and then the tasks of the two classes will fail." ”
Wren continued: "Don't worry too much, it's just a guess that there are bandits, but be careful, everyone can't be too far away from the big army, it's best not to remove the three-dimensional mobile device, even if it is unloaded, it must be placed in your sight, if there is a suspicious character, control it first, if the bandit has a gun in his hand, endangering the lives of his comrades, if necessary, he can kill him directly!" ”
Everyone looked at Wren with some surprise, although everyone is a training soldier, they still can't accept this kind of thing of killing people, killing people and killing giants are two different things.
Thomas swallowed: "Kill, even if it is a bandit, it may not be a crime to death, right?" ”
Two years in the Otherworldly Continent are not for nothing, and Ren is already a real warrior: "This is the most extreme situation, if you want to choose between a comrade-in-arms and an enemy, I hope that it is the enemy who dies, and what if the crime is not to death, I will not gamble with the lives of my comrades." If it was the enemy who died, I might feel guilty afterwards, but I would never regret it! ”
Everyone looked at Wren as if they had reacquainted themselves with him. He usually doesn't pay much attention, but he didn't expect to be so decisive at the critical moment.
Half an hour later, the 2nd flight started again. In the afternoon, Class 2 gradually went deeper into the forest. Everyone was a lot more alert at this time, as Wren said, further on, there was a path through the right side of the forest, connecting the two towns, this place was indeed too easy to rob.
If there is really a shear-shearing thief in the forest, I am sorry for such a good location if I don't grab a wave.
Class 1 on the other side was much more lively than Class 2, and Alan and Jean quarreled again.