Chapter 15: Drills Closer to Actual Combat (I)

Outside Bokan City, on the newly built training ground of the Bokan Military Academy, the cadets of the first class of the second year of the command department are standing there in full armor. Wei Zifu stood in front of them, looked at these students and said, "In order to allow you to adapt to the environment of the battlefield and not become deserters because of timidity when you enter the battlefield for the first time, the empire has built a new training ground. Here, a real battlefield will be simulated, not only to train your combat skills, but more importantly, to hone your willpower. ”

"War is cruel! When you go to the battlefield, you can't make mistakes! There is no chance to start over, and only those who have a cool head, a strong will, and strong skills can survive. Therefore, on the battlefield, you must not be disturbed by what your eyes see, and you must keep your mind clear, only in this way can you make correct judgments. Especially for you students of the command department, you will all lead troops in the future. It doesn't matter if you lead a platoon or a group army, it's not your life alone, don't let the soldiers you lead die in vain because of your own incompetence!"

"Next, we will first train your mental endurance in a battlefield environment. From where you are now standing, you must not panic, stop, or retreat until you reach the city wall in front of you, no matter what happens. Let's go!" After speaking, Wei Zifu turned around and walked forward first.

Wei Zifu's speed of progress is not fast, that is, it is about the same as normal walking. The wall in front of them was about 800 meters away, and at this speed, they could walk under the wall in less than five minutes. Although I don't know what will happen next, the students know that they will definitely not go to the end calmly.

After walking two hundred meters, nothing still happened, and Wei Zifu didn't speak, just took them and continued to walk forward. Another 200 meters passed, and nothing happened, and the students were a little puzzled, could it be that they were thinking wrong? Just walk under the city wall like this? Although they thought that they should be prepared, but after walking for so long, nothing happened, and their bodies inevitably felt a little slack.

At this time, the students heard some strange sounds, and the sound of "Xiu Xiu Xiu" kept coming down from the sky. What kind of sound is this? I looked up at the sky curiously, and the next moment I was stunned. Countless crossbow arrows whistled and flew towards their heads, such a dense rain of arrows that even if they wanted to dodge, they couldn't dodge.

The first time they experienced shooting crossbow arrows at themselves, most of the students didn't know what to do, and many of them had forgotten Wei Zifu's order just now. Some people involuntarily stopped, some wanted to dodge to the side, and some even moved backwards.

"Don't panic, raise the tower shield in your hand, use the tower shield to protect your whole body, continue to move forward, and the violators will be dealt with by military law!" Wei Zifu shouted as he raised his tower shield and demonstrated.

Except for Liu Yu and Wang Tong's actions that are quite standard, the performance of others can be described as miserable. After all, Liu Yu had experienced battles when he was in the territory of the beast clan, and with a certain amount of experience, he was not so nervous in his heart. When Wang Tong was in his hometown, he had seen the confrontation between humans and demons, and he was no stranger to war, and he had some ability to bear it.

The other trainees were different, they had only fought against their classmates in training, and they all used non-lethal weapons. Without the threat to life, of course, you can let go of your hands and feet to fight.

But now it was different, it was a real crossbow bolt! It would kill a man! The bolt fell to the ground, and half of the shaft sank into the dirt. Crossbow arrows clanged at the armor, leaving one pit after another in it. Where they were shot, bursts of pain came from them, constantly affecting their judgment and torturing their nerves. The most terrifying thing is the crossbow arrow shot at the face, seeing that the crossbow arrow is getting closer and closer to him, the "ping" sound hit the helmet shield. Although it was eventually blocked by the face protection, it is difficult for people who have not experienced this feeling to imagine.

Under the supervision of Wei Zifu, all the people raised the tower shield in their hands, although the movements were not very standard and not skilled, but they could cover their heads and faces. Hiding behind the tower shield, he didn't dare to look at the crossbow arrows that came at him, so he could only walk forward mechanically. He prayed in his heart that the crossbow bolt would not hit him.

The first 400 meters were quickly passed, but after the crossbow bolts started shooting, the 400 meters seemed to be like they could never be finished, and it felt like they had been advancing for a long time, but the city wall was still so far away from me, when would it come to an end?

Wei Zifu kept walking forward, and at the same time turned his head and shouted loudly to the students. Such a dense crossbow arrow shot at him, as if he didn't feel it, let the crossbow arrow hit the armor on his body, without the slightest timidity, the heavy sword in his hand from time to time pulled out and shot at the vital arrow.

When Wei Zifu walked to the city wall and stopped, only Liu Yu and Wang Tong were left barely behind him, and the other students had already fallen to the ground. When the rain of arrows had completely stopped, there was a mess under the city walls, and the fallen students lay on the ground, moaning incessantly.

Without Wei Zifu's orders, a team of medical soldiers had already run out and conducted physical examinations on the trainees one by one.

The trainees were not actually injured, but were mostly frightened by the pain caused by the impact of the crossbow arrows. In that case, the severe pain in their bodies made them think that they had been wounded, and their legs were weak and they had to collapse to the ground.

The defense of the standard battle armor and tower shield is still very strong, resisting all the attacks for them, and the crossbow arrows that come over are also removed from the arrow cluster, and it is impossible to shoot through the armor without the arrow cluster. After all, this is still training, and the empire will not joke with the lives of these students, but Wei Zifu did not explain it in advance.

The medical soldiers took off the armor and helmets of the cadets, applied ointment to reduce swelling and relieve pain, and then carried them to the dormitory one by one to rest.

Looking at Liu Yu and Wang Tong, who were still standing behind him, Wei Zifu waved his hand and said, "You two also go back to rest, and continue tomorrow." After saying that, he left without looking back.

Liu Yu and Wang Tong breathed a sigh of relief, and they were finally relieved! Let's talk about tomorrow's training tomorrow, and they should be able to get used to it after so many times.

After a night's rest, the students' spirits finally recovered a little. When they saw Instructor Wei again, they all had a new feeling in their hearts. Isn't this man afraid at all? Such a dense array of arrows is terrifying just to look at!

He was able to calmly walk forward against the rain of arrows, and kept instructing the students on the skills of defending against arrows, which made the students feel extremely awe of him in their hearts, and they couldn't help but imagine that the soldiers of the empire were all such people? What kind of performance should he have on the battlefield in the future? Will he be knocked to the ground like yesterday, or will he stubbornly rush to the city like the Wei instructor?

"After yesterday's drill, I think you all have a deeper understanding of the battle, although your performance yesterday was very bad, but there is one thing that I am very satisfied with, that is, no one is a deserter!" Wei Zifu glanced at every student standing opposite him with his eyes, "The first time you go to the battlefield, no one will not be afraid, everyone is the same." So you don't have to feel like you're inferior to others because of the fear in your heart, the key is that you can overcome that fear. The enemy will not spare you because of your fears, and you can only overcome them if you are braver than them. ”

"Instructor Wei, were you scared when you first went to the battlefield? What kind of behavior did you have at that time? Can you tell us about it? So that we can have a more intuitive understanding of the war. Zhang Bo waited for Wei Zifu to finish speaking, and immediately asked. Not just him, but everyone wanted to know the answers to these questions, so they all looked at Wei Zifu to hear what he would say.

"I can tell you unequivocally that even now, every time I go to war, my heart is filled with fear. But if you want to know what it was like when I first went to war, then you should try, and as long as everyone can stand under the walls, I will announce the answer. When you want to get the answer, it's up to you to perform. Now, head for the walls!"

This time, Wei Zifu stood at the back of the team to supervise and handed over the task of guiding the students forward to Liu Yu and Wang Tong.

Liu Yu and Wang Tong walked in the front, followed by their classmates. After yesterday's baptism of fierce arrow rain, the students today seem much calmer, at least in the first 400 meters or so, no one appears to be unusual.

Less than four hundred meters from the city wall, a dense stream of crossbow bolts arrived as scheduled. Before the crossbow arrow fell, Liu Yu hurriedly raised the tower shield in his hand, and raised the tower shield diagonally above his head as demonstrated by the Wei instructor yesterday, leaving a gap to observe the situation on the road and the city wall in front of him, while shouting: "Raise the shield!"

Under the leadership of Liu Yu and Wang Tong, the students raised the tower shields in their hands one after another to cover the vital parts of their bodies.

With a "boom", the crossbow arrow slammed into the tower shield, and Liu Yu's left hand holding the tower shield was numb for a while, and he almost couldn't grasp it. Walking in the forefront, Liu Yu knew how much pressure Wei Zifu was under yesterday!

Most of the first round of attacks fell on him and Wang Tong, and the gravitational acceleration generated by the crossbow arrows when they fell from a high place made the crossbow arrows reach five times their own gravity when they hit the tower shield! The weight of the crossbow arrows, which originally weighed five catties, would increase to twenty-five catties at this moment, and more than a dozen crossbow arrows hit the tower shield at the same time, and the weight that Liu Yu carried exceeded three hundred catties at once.

By the time all the crossbow arrows on the tower shield were thrown off, Liu Yu hadn't had time to catch his breath, and the second round of attacks had already come again. (To be continued.) )