Chapter 222 Trump Card
"Oh, I'm so exhausted today." A sergeant fell heavily on the bed, not even wanting to move a finger.
After the training was over and the meal was over, the sergeant had to be busy making the bed as the training had just been reorganized today. After finishing these tasks, it was already late at night.
The surrounding soldiers were also wailing.
"The days ahead are going to be tough. The intensity of the training in the past few days alone is several times that of where I was before. There are still winds coming from above. We need to continue to increase the intensity." Another soldier agreed.
"I haven't asked yet. Who were you before?" The sergeant who spoke out first asked curiously. Most of them had just met today and were not very familiar with each other.
"It's easy to say that I was personally recruited by the commander-in-chief from Tianjin. You know, at that time I defeated several opponents before joining our Dingliao Army." The sergeant said with a proud face.
The other sergeants in the camp gathered around him curiously and asked him to tell him about the selection of the Ding Liao Army in Tianjin. The sergeant also said it proudly and exaggeratedly, focusing on how powerful he was. He only boasted and attracted the attention of the onlookers. The sergeant let out a burst of exclamations.
"Look, what is that boy doing?" During the conversation, a soldier suddenly found an unsociable colleague sitting motionless on his bed in the camp.
Under the faint moonlight, he looked like an old monk in meditation.
"Meditate? Practice internal energy?" A soldier replied uncertainly. After looking at it, he added: "I remember, his name is Huo Yuanjia. He was standing in front of me during training today. That boy is practicing Jia Zi is always the first person to arrive at our post, and even after practicing for a whole day, he doesn’t look tired at all.”
"No, it's so powerful!" The surrounding soldiers looked in disbelief. Today, they were drilled to the point where one life was lost and half of their lives were lost. There was no pause or rest in between, and they kept running.
"Shh, someone is coming. Go to sleep." A soldier on the periphery was the first to hear the footsteps outside and whispered quickly.
The soldiers quickly lay down on the bed quietly. Huo Yuanjia had actually heard the footsteps outside for a long time. He lay down calmly and covered himself with the quilt.
Huo Yuanjia and other soldiers recruited from Wei Jichen's hometown were all new soldiers. Wei Jichen naturally wanted to let them get familiar with the army, so they were also separated and trained in various armies. After they were trained properly, Wei Jichen would consider starting from the army first. These people supplement their own soldiers.
After Huo Yuanjia entered the army, apart from feeling constrained by military laws and regulations, he adapted quickly to other aspects. These trainings couldn't be easier for him who has been practicing martial arts since he was a child.
Not long after, a sentry officer led several shed leaders in.
"You bastards, don't think I don't know you are pretending to sleep. Get up quickly, something big is going to be announced." The leader of the shed shouted loudly.
The soldier who had just been lying down heard the voice of his shed leader and immediately got up.
"Captain, what's the big deal?" the soldiers asked curiously. When they saw the sentry in front of the commander, they couldn't help but flinch.
This sentry officer is from an authentic Wei Zijun background. He has a straight face all day today and never speaks more than three sentences. If anyone makes a mistake, this sentry officer's sharp glance will make someone tremble in fear. .
Only those veterans knew that this sentry officer definitely crawled out of the dead.
"Okay, you guys really haven't slept yet. If you have something serious to do today, I'll spare you a break." The shed leader hummed, then turned to the whistle officer and said, "Li whistle, please announce the news."
All the sergeants, including Huo Yuanjia, looked at the sentry officer. The sentry officer said in a hoarse voice: "Let me make a long story short, the special forces team is recruiting people. As long as you have the ability, just sign up. Sun Liu, you stay and explain it clearly to them. "
After the sentry officer left the shed chief who had just spoken behind, he quickly headed to the next tent with several other shed chiefs.
Special teams? This was the first time that Huo Yuanjia heard this name.
"Okay, everyone, listen up." Seeing the curious expressions on all the sergeants' faces, Commander Sun Peng couldn't help but clapped his hands and said, "The special operations team is the former Sharpshooter Team. I only need to talk about their records and you will know. They are so powerful. During the Sino-Japanese War, at least half of the Japanese generals were lost in their hands. Needless to say, the veteran soldiers in the special forces are definitely top-notch, with superb skills and outstanding marksmanship. This time the special forces recruit new members. Members, I don’t know exactly how many people will be recruited, but it must be very few, and the number of people who signed up will definitely exceed more than 5,000. There are no twos and threes, don’t even think about going to Liangshan, everyone thinks clearly in their own hearts, and consider it tonight. Report to me tomorrow.”
"Captain, where is the special force you mentioned? During the drill today, there was an engineering team and an artillery team, but I didn't see any special force." A soldier asked what he was thinking.
Chief Sun looked a little embarrassed and scolded: "Why are you asking so many questions? If I knew, I would be a member of the special force. They are a mystery in our Dingliao Army. They are like dragons that see the beginning but fail to see the end. Don't say It’s me. Even if you ask the battalion officers and commanders, they probably won’t know.”
"So mysterious!" a sergeant muttered.
"Chief Sun, let me report one." At this time, Huo Yuanjia, who had never spoken a word, suddenly said.
"You!" Chief Sun glanced at Huo Yuanjia suspiciously and said softly: "Usually only veterans who have been in the field for several years dare to sign up."
"Don't worry, I won't embarrass our shed." Huo Yuanjia picked up a piece of wood from the ground, squeezed it gently, and the wood turned into dust and scattered all over the ground.
All the soldiers changed color and quietly stepped back a few steps. This guy was so fierce.
The next day, when Wei Jichen came to the training ground again, the soldiers were already standing neatly and in good shape. Wei Jichen couldn't help but nod in his heart. People still need pressure.
My dear, there is more to this chapter^.^,
There are Chinese and German coaches training here. Officers at all levels will work together and slowly get on the normal track. You don't need to worry too much. Just come and have a look from time to time and strengthen ideological education.
How to strengthen ideological education and keep this army firmly under his control? Wei Jichen can't do it too blatantly, so he has to proceed step by step.
First of all, when distributing food and wages, he must be present in person to distribute them. Secondly, on weekdays, he should have more contact with soldiers, care about their lives, think about what they think, and worry about what they worry about.
Another important point is that Wei Jichen has asked Wang Shizhen to compile a history of the development of the Ding Liao Army. An army cannot do without a military soul, which is forged by a series of victories and a series of blood and tears. After the book is compiled, it will be distributed and narrated in the camp school and among the soldiers.
To make all the soldiers of the Ding Liao Army clearly understand where their army came from, to generate cohesion, centripetal force, and a sense of sharing honor and disgrace, and this book will inevitably mention me in a large section, and I will be the centripetal force of the soldiers.
Talking like this day and night is like brainwashing, and the soldiers will naturally have a worship and awe mentality, and in the future, when an order is given, everyone will follow.
Wei Jichen didn't need to worry about the ordinary troops, so he put his energy on the A unit.
What surprised Wei Jichen and Mengzi was that the number of people who signed up reached more than 7,000. It seems that everyone thinks they are talented.
Come to think of it, these soldiers were originally elite soldiers from other armies, so they were naturally a little arrogant. This time, when they heard that they would select more elite soldiers from a hundred, they would of course come to challenge.
Wei Jichen did not personally preside over the first round of selection, but Mengzi presided over it. They were all physical tests, such as completing a 4-kilometer long-distance run within 15 minutes.
After the first round of selection, 5,000 people were eliminated at once. The remaining 2,000 people were because Wei Jichen felt that the total number of applicants was too large. In order not to miss the good seedlings, the number of people who entered the training and were eliminated was increased from 1,000 to 2,000. Of course, only 500 people would be left in the end.
As night fell, Huo Yuanjia just entered the tent, but saw a strange sergeant staying inside. Huo Yuanjia was secretly alert because it was the first time he saw such a military uniform in the army.
"Are you Huo Yuanjia?" The sergeant asked without any emotion in his voice.
"Yes, I am." Huo Yuanjia replied.
The sergeant didn't give him time to think at all, and quickly said: "Take your basic equipment and gather at the west end of the playground in ten minutes. No one will be waiting after that."
"Excuse me, who are you?"
"Special Forces!" After the sergeant finished speaking, he didn't give Huo Yuanjia a chance to ask again, and turned around and left the tent.
Huo Yuanjia was happy, it seemed that he had passed the last test, but he knew that this was just a small test, and there must be more stringent requirements later.
The basic equipment of the Ding Liao Army infantry was quite a lot, including a set of military uniforms, military blankets, backpacks, water bottles, round shovels, bandages, painkillers, cotton, etc.
Fortunately, Huo Yuanjia had already put them in the backpack. Looking at the round shovel, Huo Yuanjia finally took it.
When the other sergeants who returned to the camp entered the door, they were envious of his dress.
"Don't embarrass our tent." One of the old sergeants stepped forward and patted Huo Yuanjia on the shoulder, saying with a smile.
"I will do my best." Huo Yuanjia glanced at everyone and walked out without looking back.
Arriving at the west end of the playground, Huo Yuanjia saw that there were crowds of people there, about two hundred people.
Two soldiers with cold faces stood in the front, one of whom was the person who had just notified him.
"Okay, eight minutes have passed, the last one has arrived, we are ready to set off." The soldier saw Huo Yuanjia coming, raised his hand and ordered, Huo Yuanjia was the last one he notified, and no one in the team of two hundred people did not arrive on time.
"No need to ask more, no need to say more, just follow us, the last fifty people to arrive at the destination will be eliminated, and each of you take a rocket from the box, if you get lost and can't find the way, tomorrow you can fire the rocket, and someone will come to search and rescue." The sergeant said to himself.
The soldiers all stepped forward and took one according to the order.
More than two thousand soldiers to be selected were divided into ten teams, each with two hundred people, led by two veteran special forces members, and set off to the destination in batches.
This time, it was a long-distance raid and night march, which tested the soldiers' physical fitness and endurance.
"Now, let's go!" Huo Yuanjia and his team left the military camp under the leadership of two veteran team members.
There were nine other teams that left at the same time, but they had different marching routes.
Huo Yuanjia originally thought it was an easy task, but soon he found that the two special forces in front seemed to be torturing him and others.
Where they passed, there were not only mountainous jungles, but also rugged paths. I don’t know how the special forces found them. There was also a waist-deep river. After crossing the river, the clothes were soaked, which added a lot of weight. Then there were several kilometers of muddy swamps. When they stepped in, the muddy water sank to their knees.
It was not very clear to walk at night. Many people staggered and fell to the ground from time to time. Everyone kept their heads down and rushed on for an unknown time.
Huo Yuanjia felt that his feet were getting heavier and heavier. What was depressing was that he was the only one in the team who brought a round shovel, which added a lot of weight.
Even Huo Yuanjia couldn’t stand it, and some other soldiers couldn’t stand it. Since crossing the river, some soldiers kept sitting on the ground and refused to get up. They must have given up.
The team of 200 people lost more than 20 people at once, and the two special forces members in front seemed to be fine. They neither urged everyone nor slowed down, and continued to run forward.
It seems that they will not stop until they run all night. Huo Yuanjia secretly adjusted his breath and prepared for a long run.
The crisp sound of birds rang out everywhere. The sun had not yet risen from the top of the mountain. In the forest about 100 kilometers away from Haicheng, Wei Jichen was holding a cigar and looking at the road in the distance. Mengzi was greedily breathing fresh air beside him.
A large open space was cleared in the forest. On the open space, there were several temporary tents, with some guns and military rations placed inside. The special forces would live and train here for a while.
More than 20 veteran special forces were on guard everywhere. This was the base they carefully selected to train new recruits. It took a lot of effort to transport guns, ammunition and military rations here, but they didn't want to be discovered by others.
"Marshal, are we too strict? Even if we are veteran special forces, we don't know if we can arrive here on time after all the trouble." Mengzi asked when he saw Wei Jichen's relaxed look.
"If you can't even do the most basic marching, then you are not qualified to join the special operations team. The biggest difference between the special operations team and the sharpshooter team is that every special operations team member must be a sharpshooter, not every sharpshooter can become a special operations team member." Wei Jichen said calmly.
"Someone is coming!" Mengzi smiled and pointed to the distance, looked for a while, and then said: "It's number five and number six."
In the special operations team, there are no names, only code names. The current special operations team number has reached 65, with an actual number of 60, and 5 people died in the war.