The ample and nutritious meals nourished the soldiers 'poor bodies. The soldiers quickly adapted to the gradual increase in long-distance running training. Many young soldiers were already proficient in the morning and evening long-distance running training.
Then came the new training program.
The morning was study time, including general knowledge education! He could read and count.
Why did soldiers learn to read? Zhang San felt puzzled and curious. The Australian master was actually willing to teach the big-headed soldier how to read and write.
In any feudal dynasty that valued literature over martial arts, soldiers were basically the lowest level of society that was despised by others. It was the social consensus of the feudal dynasty that good men should not be soldiers.
However, not only did the Aussies feed the soldiers, but they also put in a lot of effort to " teach and educate people." Zhang San didn't understand. He felt that if he became a general, he would have to save this money to buy a house and marry a few beautiful concubines.
Of course, Zhang San had always known his limits. He knew that a bumpkin like him could not be a general.
However, in his eyes, the teachers who taught people to read for free were all good people. Unfortunately, he was a little stupid. He could barely read, but his arithmetic was a drag. Every time he saw a few symbols called "Arabic numbers" placed together, he would have a headache.
A month later, Zhang San successfully passed the examination. However, he was assigned to the Infantry Division, Artillery Division, Engineer Division, and Logistics Division.
As this was the first batch of recruits from Australia and Song, most of them were retained as much as possible. Out of the 1,000 people, 800 were assigned to the Infantry Division. The training of the Infantry Division was biased towards physical training, confrontation training, and shooting training.
When they lined up, everyone was divided into a few pieces of tofu and stood still like wooden stakes. Sometimes, they stood for an hour. This made Zhang San both puzzled and somewhat unable to bear it. Could it be that the Aussies did not want to be soldiers, but wanted to form a few troupes?
Zhang San was also puzzled by the march with weights. This was the first time he had heard that marching also required special practice. Walking was learned not long after he was born. What was there to practice? Moreover, it was fine to have mules and horses carry heavy things for them. Why did they have to do it?
What made Zhang San the most uncomfortable was to distinguish between left and right. Every time he turned left and right, he would make a mistake. Therefore, he was hit by the instructor's military rod several times. The pain of the rod hitting his body made him want to cry out.
Fortunately, the instructor taught them a simple way to distinguish directions: holding a bowl in their left hand and chopsticks in their right hand. Left-handed people were unlucky. When they practiced formation, they often did the opposite.
This easy-to-understand association method allowed Zhang San to grasp the left and right directions with some difficulty.
The high-intensity training and the beating of the military staff made Zhang San feel like a year. The thunderous snoring in the military camp also made it difficult for Zhang San to fall asleep. After several high-intensity training and being beaten by the military staff, he could not help but tear up and give up the idea of being a soldier.
However, when he thought of his sister's sad eyes and the three full meals he had in the military camp every day, he forced himself to swallow his grievance and weakness with tears. It was not so easy to eat the food of the Aussies.
If he persisted, he would get used to it.
Zhang San hypnotized himself like this every night. He didn't know if it was a habit or something, but he was actually not troubled by the training trivialities.
After the basic training, the Australian gave each of them a wooden gun. It seemed to be a wooden musket model with a wooden bayonet.
While the instructor taught them to take care of their daily training, they began to practice stabbing and charging with guns.
At first, he stabbed the scarecrow that was as tall as a person. Zhang San felt that it was boring, so he kept stabbing according to the Australian's request. The Australian requested to stab a total of 300 times a day until his arms were weak and his palms were blisters. He insisted on completing the daily stabbing task.
As time passed, he felt that his spear stabbing became more and more proficient. Then, the Australian instructor changed the scarecrow to a wooden man, followed by a wooden man wearing rattan armor.
It was not enough to just stab the wooden targets that did not move. The instructor led them to charge with guns. From time to time, they had to cross the mound obstacles. They had to run side by side, cross, charge, and stab. No one could fall behind. Any infantry platoon that fell behind would be punished.
Soldiers who perform well will accumulate a reward of one coin
Then, he dug trenches, piled up earth, and quickly built walls. Zhang San thought that this Australian must have become a general, otherwise, why did he always like to dig trenches and build walls?
After a while, probably because they were a motley crew, the Aussies began to distribute weapons to the soldiers of the infantry division.
" Mini Rifle, Sharpsfield M1863 Rifle."
Although it was a gun from the 19th century in the M Nation, the survival of the M Nation in this world was a problem. Therefore, the transmigration group accepted this gun and named it the " Huaxia Style Rifle."
For Zhang San, this type of musket, which was called the " Huaxia Style Rifle " by the Aussies, was quite novel. It did not use a matchlock or a flint to ignite it. Instead, a small copper cap was placed on the fire door. When the trigger was pulled, the copper cap would spark and ignite the gunpowder in the chamber.
Good fellow? Zhang San shouted in shock. This type of Australian musket could actually fire three to four shots in a minute! This was much stronger than the muskets that the government troops fired once a minute. Moreover, the range of this new musket was extremely long. According to the Australian masters, its effective range was 300 meters, and the maximum range was 600 to 700 meters.
Wouldn't it be fatal if someone was still charging on the road?!
The excellent characteristics of the new musket made Zhang San unable to put it down. He wished he could fire a few more rounds to satisfy his craving. However, the repetitive daily reloading of ammunition, shooting with the rifle, and the boring events of charging with the bayonet made him very tired of the " Huaxia Style Rifle ".
After the recruits adapted to various military events, the instructor played a new " torture " method. In the middle of the night, when the soldiers were sleeping soundly, the assembly whistle suddenly sounded. Within five minutes, the soldiers who were not fully dressed were punished to run ten miles.
In fact, long-distance running was no longer a terrifying " monster " to soldiers. The most terrible thing was that it was a night march.
Each of them had a white cloth tied to their arms. They walked from Chikan to Gaoxiong and then back to Chiying. The organization and coordination at night relied on whistles and horns. When necessary, they would use whistling arrows and signal rockets. During this period, many soldiers were separated and left behind. Finally, at dawn, they slowly made their way back to Chikan along the simple road that was being built in Gaoxiong…
After being repeatedly " tortured " by the instructors, Zhang San finally became a qualified recruit of the Australian Song Dynasty. The high-load daily training was reduced and replaced by the station patrol.
Half of the infantry was stationed in Chikan, the other half was stationed in Gaoxiong, and an artillery company consisting of six 12-pound field cannons was stationed in Chikan.
Zhang San originally thought that he could relax a little and maintain his daily training. Then, he would patrol according to the plan and take two days off to rest in half a month. However, the Bureau Chief did not give him a chance to catch his breath.
This meant that Tycoon's inhumane training was not over yet.
"Bayonets are heroes, bullets are idiots! Only soldiers who dared to fight hand-to-hand were good soldiers!”General Li waved his fists and spoke loudly.
He brought hundreds of excellent melee coaches to the recruits. Gamers.
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