bullyxtreme Chapter 105 Preparations before field training!
Chapter 105 Preparations before field training!
"It is completely nonsense that the three-edged military dagger is banned internationally."
Li Gang curled his lips and disdained to pay any attention to such a ridiculous statement.
However, if a soldier does not even understand his country's weapons and equipment, how can he be called a warrior?
This is also the reason why Li Gang is happy to teach new recruits all kinds of knowledge about the triangular bayonet.
In fact, if you want to go far in the army, it is not enough to just understand your own country’s weapons and equipment, you also need to understand your opponent’s weapons and equipment.
Of course, these things are still too far away for the recruits. All Li Gang has to do is to guide these recruits.
Don't believe everything you hear, and don't believe some so-called rumors.
"Sergeant, isn't the triangular bayonet prohibited by international treaties? Then why should we give up equipping this type of bayonet?"
Influenced by his father, Chu Fei was somewhat of a pseudo-military fan, and in the pseudo-military fan circle, the triangular bayonet was very famous.
"Haha, of course there is no so-called international treaty. If there is, do you know which international treaty prohibits the equipment of triangular bayonets?" Li Gang asked back.
This question really confused everyone.
Yes, everyone says that the triangular bayonet is banned by international treaties, but no one can answer which international treaty it is, including the person who first spread the rumor, who probably can't give an accurate answer.
"Moreover, this so-called international treaty is actually very watery. It is not as grand as you imagine. In fact, many so-called international treaties are not as effective as a piece of waste paper." Li Gang smiled and explained to everyone what the so-called international treaty is.
“There are many international treaties in the world, such as the treaty on limiting nuclear weapons that you are most familiar with and most widely known…
No matter what the treaty is, there are countries that support it and there are countries that oppose it. There are even countries that support the treaty but do not participate in it and are not restricted by it.
Therefore, the specific binding force of this thing depends on who proposed the treaty and how many countries join the treaty. "
"Oh... that's what love is all about."
After listening to Li Gang's explanation, everyone suddenly understood.
At the same time, everyone also realized that the so-called international treaty prohibition is complete nonsense. If the triangular bayonet is really that powerful, this equipment will still be equipped no matter how severe the restrictions are.
"Then squad leader, why should we abandon the triangular bayonet and switch to a sword-shaped bayonet?" Jiang Chen asked the last question in everyone's mind.
"The reason is very simple, and not as complicated as you think." Li Gang smiled slightly and began to explain to everyone.
Speaking of which, when the army gave up the triangular bayonet and switched to the sword-shaped bayonet, he also asked his squad leader the same question.
Unfortunately, my squad leader at that time just sent me away with one sentence: "Just do whatever you are told to do. Why ask so many questions?"
It was not until later that Li Gang got the answer to his question from Ge Hongtao, who had just graduated from military academy and was serving as platoon leader of the third company.
"The triangular bayonet is not as magical as the legend says. It is actually more of a helpless move..."
Recalling what Ge Hongtao said at that time, Li Gang slowly explained to everyone.
"The biggest advantage of the triangular bayonet is not that the wound caused by it is difficult to heal, but that it is cheap to produce!"
As he spoke, Li Gang took out the sword-shaped bayonet and placed it together with the three-edged military bayonet.
"Even if it is a sword-shaped dagger without a sharp edge and no lethality, its production cost is higher than that of a three-edged military dagger..."
Li Gang gently stroked the triangular bayonet with his hand and said in a joking tone: "In fact, you can completely treat the triangular bayonet as a large screwdriver.
Except that it is divided into triangular shapes, it is no different from a screwdriver in other aspects.
Therefore, there is no need to say much about the difficulty of its production.
On the other hand, a sword-shaped bayonet not only needs to maintain the sword-shaped appearance, but also needs to carve out a blood groove, not to mention the most important toughness as a bayonet. "
"The triangular bayonet has a cylindrical structure, so the toughness requirement is naturally much lower, and therefore the production cost is lower."
“Of course, these are not the reasons why we must replace the triangular bayonet.
The real reason why the triangular bayonet was eliminated was simply because its function was too single. Apart from its stabbing ability as a bayonet, its other uses were almost zero.
Now is not the same as before. The use of a simple bayonet is becoming less and less useful. In most cases, in addition to the most basic stabbing ability, a bayonet also needs to have a certain utility knife function.
Especially for our troops in our current environment, they need a utility knife for their daily training and drills, but the three-edged bayonet has no such function at all.
That’s why it really needs to be replaced, because it was created in an emergency situation.”
After explaining why the triangular bayonet was eliminated, Li Gang also shared some knowledge he had learned from other aspects.
For example, although a bayonet looks simple, its production difficulty is not low at all.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, despite the extreme shortage of supplies, our army's military factories were still able to produce some bullets and rifle parts. Although they were rather crude, they were usable at least.
But the bayonet is different. Although it looks simple, it is not so easy to make.
Of course, we're talking about large-scale production here, not just a few copies.
A bayonet needs to withstand the force of piercing a human body without breaking, and the craftsmanship required is far from as simple as imagined.
This is also the reason why the troops at that time mostly used broadswords in hand-to-hand combat.
There is no other reason, it’s just that we can produce the broadswords in large quantities ourselves.
What Li Gang said may not be a big deal to real professionals, and may not even be considered common sense. But if they had not come to the army, how many of the recruits here would have the interest and opportunity to learn about this knowledge?
The recruits were very interested in what Li Gang said about the stories behind the weapons and equipment. If the rest time was not limited, they would have wanted to hear more.
Afternoon exercise time.
After seeing off Battalion Commander Lei Zhenjun, Ge Hongtao finally remembered the bet.
It just so happened that when the battalion commander left, he told him to implement this matter as soon as possible and get more good soldiers for the reconnaissance battalion.
After asking the police detective company and confirming that there was nothing to do in the afternoon, Ge Hongtao called all the soldiers from the second platoon over.
However, he did not take people directly to the recruit camp. Instead, he asked the second platoon leader to take them to a small river not far from the regiment headquarters and wait.
As time enters the last month of the recruit company, the recruits have basically completed all the learning and training they needed to do.
Formation, physical fitness, tactics, shooting, bombing, chemical defense...
With only the final assessment and the long-distance field training required for new training left, the work of this recruit company can be declared completed.
For assessment, each project has fixed indicators. If it works, it works; if it doesn’t, it doesn’t work.
Moreover, the personnel responsible for the assessment were directly arranged by the regiment headquarters, so it was useless for him, a company commander of a recruit company, to care about it.
However, field training is different.
This project can be said to be the last stage of the new training and also the most difficult stage before the recruits are assigned to the company.
Ge Hongtao didn't know nor did he care how the recruit companies of other troops trained.
Anyway, the 228th Regiment's training standard for new recruits has always been a minimum of more than kilometers, and they are not allowed to enter the city during the entire process, not even passing through the city.
To be more precise, except for unavoidable circumstances, they have to stay in the wild throughout the entire process, and the road they walk on cannot be a flat and wide highway, but a bumpy mountain path or even a roadless one.
One hundred kilometers of mountain road and one hundred kilometers of highway are two completely different concepts.
Putting aside other things, just how to ensure the supply of materials to deal with possible accidents along the way is enough to make people worry.
The two company leaders Ge Hongtao and Lu Ming, as well as three platoon leaders including Zhao Hongbin, had been planning and arranging the field training a long time ago.
Including but not limited to planning the training route, observing the conditions along the way, eliminating possible dangers, etc.
In addition, various trainings must be arranged during the training.
It is almost impossible to complete it without a week or two.
Therefore, as soon as the National Day holiday ended, Ge Hongtao had already arranged the training for the new recruits.
Before the training begins, the recruits still have a skill to learn.
Especially for new recruits from the north like Jiang Chen, if they don’t have this skill, a lot of training cannot be carried out.
Swim.
Although Jiang Chen and his men are in the army, swimming is a skill that everyone needs to learn regardless of their branch of service.
After all, in addition to fighting, our soldiers also need to stand up when the people need them.
Especially in the south where there is abundant rainfall, floods and waterlogging disasters occur almost every year. As soldiers, they must always be prepared.
There is no indoor swimming pool for them to use, so if they want to learn how to swim they can only go outdoors.
Water and fire are merciless, but water is even more dangerous.
It is still a bit unsafe for squad leaders like Li Gang to lead more than ten new recruits at the same time.
It just so happens that the veterans from the second platoon are coming over to fulfill the bet, so such good human resources should be utilized in vain.
So, Ge Hongtao came up with this idea and took the opportunity to take the new recruits to the river to train them in swimming.
"What are you talking about? There are no women here. Why are you so shy? Take off your clothes quickly!"
Ge Hongtao stood on a rock on a river bank about five or six meters wide, looking at a group of new recruits who had been fidgeting and not moving for a long time and cursed them unhappily.
"Everyone, take off your clothes and get in the water quickly. Each squad leader should supervise the soldiers in their squad and find out who can't swim. Don't cause any trouble!"
"Second row, I told you to come here, not to stand by and watch the fun, get over here and help!"
Although this place looks like the wilderness, in fact, ever since the 228th Regiment's headquarters was stationed here, the surrounding situation has already been clearly understood.
Not to mention the small river beach in front of the recruits, even the upper and lower sources of the river were explored by the regiment's guard company.
Some places the water is deep, and some places the water is shallow.
What was the highest water level of the river in the past thirty years, what was the average water level during the rainy season, etc. ... were all recorded accurately and drawn into a map.
The water level of the river in front of them was neither too high nor too low, which was just right for novices to practice swimming. Moreover, the river was not wide, so any problems could be discovered immediately to avoid drowning.
Therefore, this section of the river has always been used for swimming training for new recruits.
Following the urging of the squad leaders, the recruits took off their clothes one by one, leaving only a pair of shorts. Some recruits who could swim had already jumped into the river, while others took off their clothes and hesitated for a long time by the side without going into the water.
"Qiangzi, what are you waiting for? Let's go. This damn weather is so hot. We can finally go into the water to cool down!" Chu Fei shouted and jumped into the water first.
Although Jiang Chen is from the north, he has lived in the mountains since he was a child. When he has nothing to do, he goes to the river with his friends to catch fish and crabs.
Although the swimming posture is a bit ugly, it doesn't mean that he can't swim at all.
He took off his clothes and jumped into the water with Zhang Meng.
Although the swimming postures of the other students in Class Five, including the fat boy Sun Weichen, were uglier than each other, no one said they were afraid of water.
Only Li Qiang lingered on the shore for a long time and didn't dare to get closer.
"Qiangzi, what's wrong with you? You can't swim, right?!" Seeing that Li Qiang hadn't gotten into the water yet, Chu Fei seemed to have found something. His mouth was almost grinning to his ears. He swam over with a doggy paddle and said, "It's okay. The water isn't deep at all. Come down and I'll teach you how to swim!"
"Get lost! You still have the nerve to teach others? Look at your swimming posture. Even a dog can swim better than you! Don't tell others that I am your squad leader when you are assigned to a company. I can't afford to lose face with you!"
Li Gang, who was splashed with water by Chu Fei's doggy paddling, shouted with a dark face.
After scolding Chu Fei, he turned to look at Li Qiang and said, "Go to the shallow water nearby to get used to the current first. I'll come over and teach you how to swim later."
"Yes, squad leader!" Li Qiang also breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that.
He really had never been in contact with water. Before, at most he would go to the bathhouse for a soak, let alone go to a river in the wild.
After instructing Jiang Chen to keep an eye on the few people and talking to the soldiers from the second row who came to teach the new recruits how to swim, Li Gang went to find Li Qiang.
"Relax and don't be afraid. The deepest part of this section of the river is less than 1.6 meters. It won't drown anyone!"
Li Gang came over and said a few words of comfort to Li Qiang, and then he began to teach Li Qiang how to swim and tread water.
The most commonly used swimming movement in the army is breaststroke, and this is also what Jiang Chen and his friends learned.
Fortunately, Ge Hongtao pulled over 30 people from the second row to serve as sparring partners.
Otherwise, it would be quite troublesome for Li Gang and a few other squad leaders to teach more than a hundred new recruits.
Time is limited, and it is obviously unrealistic to expect all recruits to learn swimming before they are assigned to other companies. Swimming is not a skill that can be learned in a day or two.
All Ge Hongtao has to do is lay a foundation. For deeper training, they will have to wait until they are assigned to the next company and their respective company squad leaders will further deepen the training.