Chapter 71: Recruits (2)
"Remember the people who are on the same team as you now, the next time you are asked to line up, there will be no more time for half a pillar of incense!" Gu Wei looked around at the group of recruits, and said in a deep tone: "The next time is your punishment!"
The cowering recruits didn't wait for the imaginary punishment of the baton, they were just asked to keep doing a strange maneuver that the ancient commander called "push-ups." At least half of them had completed less than twenty strokes before they were able to prop up their bodies, and there were very few people who could actually struggle to complete the fifty push-ups required by Gu Wei.
However, after doing fifty strokes, it didn't end there, and the recruits were asked by Gu Wei to run in circles around the area he had demarcated in a column of ten people. The Military Police Department has not yet done to build a playground and a running track here, so Gu Wei only roughly estimated a circle about four or five hundred meters long for recruits to run. At the beginning of the second lap, some people gradually fell behind, and in the third lap, there was already a phenomenon of falling to the ground, so anxious that Gu Wei sighed for a long time, and had to terminate the punishment in advance. Through this simple physical fitness test, Gu Wei found that the physique of these recruits was really uneven, and if they had to train with a large amount of exercise, I am afraid they would need some time to recuperate.
"There's no way, I can't eat hot tofu after all!" I can only practice from the basic queue...... "Gu Wei was forced by reality, so he could only give up his original training plan to prepare physical fitness and basic tactics together. It's not that he was in a hurry, but that the Military Police Department asked him to do his best to train this group of people, or at least to train a group of auxiliary police officers who can help maintain law and order.
At present, the military and police department has encountered many difficulties in maintaining public order, and the main reason is that the different ethnic groups, language barriers, and lack of understanding often complicate the handling of problems that were not very strict, and the Li and Miao people often think that the crossing will stand on the position of the Han people, and it is impossible to be fair in dealing with the problem. Obviously, a mixed law enforcement contingent of the three ethnic groups can play a certain role in alleviating the contradictions that have not yet erupted, and at least they will not be able to enforce the law with as many conflicts due to different ethnic groups as they do now.
However, before the national divide could be eliminated, Guwei first had to use guò training to dispel the recruits' personal consciousness and make them understand the importance of obedience and discipline, and platoon training was an effective means of training for this purpose. Although there was a lot of criticism about platoon training in later generations, some people even thought that it was not a proper job to kick the troops who walked in the queue all day long, and practicing these skills was useless on the battlefield. People who say such things often do not have experienced military life, and do not realize that platoon training can directly and effectively erase personal consciousness, and mentally make soldiers quickly accustomed to obeying orders, strictly observing discipline, and valuing the team, and these elements are the basis of a qualified soldier. Only a unit that is ordered and forbidden can be talked about combat effectiveness. As for lonely heroes like Governor Shi and Uncle Shi, they are just saved in the movie, and in reality, this kind of joke who dares to stand up and put a gun in the crossfire of the position really doesn't die too quickly.
Although the drill of the queue can effectively hone the soldiers' prime, it is indeed a very tedious thing, and after just over an hour, Gu Wei felt that his voice gradually became hoarse, and he had to temporarily hand over the command task to his colleagues in the Military Police Department.
"These recruits are too bad, and it's more tiring to bring an hour than to bring a day's soldiers in the past!" Gu Wei complained involuntarily in his heart as he gulped cold water.
As soon as the training of recruits began, there was a large-scale phenomenon of left and right in the queue, and Gu Wei shouted at the top of his throat for a long time without receiving particularly good results. In the end, it was only by smart people who made a move and tied a cloth belt on the left leg of all the recruits as a sign that solved this problem that had plagued Gu Wei for a long time.
By the time of the noon break, most of the recruits were so tired that they couldn't straighten their waists, and for them, they never thought that being a soldier eating food was much more tiring than cultivating wasteland, and they kept obeying orders to turn left and right all morning, walking around. This kind of training may not seem to be very draining on the body, but it takes a long time to maintain enough energy and concentration, because if you turn in the wrong direction, the whole team will be punished for it, which is not a joke. These people have never had such an experience in the past, and after this half-day training, the mental and ** fatigue are quite strict.
However, after the lunch was delivered, the morale of the gang had recovered a little. In order to allow these recruits to recuperate as much as possible, the executive committee has made a lot of money and formulated a special diet according to the nutritional formula to ensure that these recruits can have enough nutrients on the basis of sufficient daily calorie intake. At present, the poultry raised on the farm is not yet ready to be slaughtered, so the meat mainly comes from seafood. In addition to a pottery bowl of rice, each person also has a bowl full of fish, shrimp and crabs, so that those Li Miao youths who rarely have the opportunity to eat seafood can eat from ear to ear.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Gu Wei also lectured these recruits again: "You all remember, what you are wearing and what you eat in your mouth are all given to you by whom! If you want to be fed and clothed in the future, give Lao Tzu a good exercise! If anyone can't bear this hardship and want to slip away, hurry up after eating this meal, Lao Tzu doesn't want that kind of girl who is afraid of hardship and tiredness!"
Perhaps it was this sumptuous lunch that saved morale, or perhaps it was Gu Wei's vulgar reprimands that played a role, and the effect of the afternoon training was indeed significantly improved. By sunset, the recruits had finally mastered the basics of walking in unison, standing still, and turning left and right, and the number of turns in the wrong direction was much less than before. After dinner, everyone was gathered together for an evening cultural lesson.
It is said to be a cultural class, but in fact the content of this lesson is not to teach them to read and write, but only to teach nearly half of the ethnic minority recruits to speak Chinese. The reason why the first day of training was so difficult, Gu Wei thought that a large part of the training was still affected by the language barrier, and if he could teach everyone to speak Chinese, then the effect of the training would definitely be significantly improved. And the Han youth among the recruits became sparring partners at this time, helping Li Miao's teammates practice Chinese word by word.
In addition, the singing of military songs is also one of the most effective means of cultural indoctrination. The first song that Gu Wei prepared for them was the "March of the Chinese People's Liberation Army", which had been sung in the army for decades in later generations, but in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, some of the words in it were modified, for example, the lyrics of a certain line mentioning the great leader were changed to "The banner of the executive committee is flying high", and the "comrades" in the lyrics were also changed to "comrades-in-arms". Although half of the recruits could not even speak Chinese well, the melodious and catchy military song obviously moved this group of young people who were in the prime of their blood, and whether they remembered the lyrics or not, they all roared happily to the melody played on the loudspeaker.
Gu Wei originally wanted to prepare to regularly show these recruits a little film and television works on the theme of ancient wars, so that these recruits who had never seen blood could have a general idea of what war was before they went to the battlefield. However, the boot camp here is still in its infancy, and even the training ground and station are not complete, let alone the power generation equipment is available. There are several diesel generators at Base 1, but now that diesel has become a strategic reserve, the Executive Committee will never agree to use diesel power generation to show movies to these recruits. Gu Wei had to think about how to pull the boys from the Ministry of Energy over and install a set of photovoltaic power generation equipment for the training camp.
After an hour and a half of cultural lessons, Gu Wei asked each team to hold a training summary meeting for the day, and each team elected one person as the captain, and when they gathered tomorrow, the team leader would stand at the front of each team. As the chief instructor, Gu Wei took turns to observe their summary and selection process in these squads. After such a day of training, the members of each team also have a preliminary understanding of each other, and at this time, they can roughly see which people are more capable and which ones have obvious ambitions.
In this selection process, there are also some brave and ruthless young people who choose the form of martial arts in order to become captains. Most of these thorns are mainly young people of the Li and Miao tribes, and Gu Wei does not stop this, at most he acts as a referee so that they will not play too much and hurt the harmony. In Gu Wei's view, soldiers should have this kind of aggressive style, and if they don't even dare to fight, then how can they be expected to pick up guns and go to the battlefield to kill people in the future? After watching a few bare-handed fights, Gu Wei found a few guys with good skills, which can be regarded as an unexpected gain.
This basic training lasts from 10 to 15 days, and then the Gu Wei will divide them into two groups according to their performance in training. A group of officers will be handed over to other colleagues in the Military Police Department for basic policing training, which will soon be put into practical use. Others will remain here for more specialized military training as future naturalized soldiers. Gu Wei believes that many of the first batch of naturalized civilian officers in the future should be among these people now.
After the election, Gu Wei ordered the squad to return to the camp to rest. No barracks have yet to be built in the current training camp, and everyone, including Gu Wei, can only live in military tents. However, the recruits obviously had no complaints about such treatment, and the fatigue accumulated throughout the day completely exploded the moment they lay on the **, and the snoring could be clearly heard throughout the camp.