On the outskirts of Baoding, in the barracks of the Northern Army's 101st Infantry Division, the soldiers were training.
Yuan Kewen, Jiang Baili, and Zhang Xiaozhun were observing the soldiers 'training.
The training plan of the 101st Infantry Division was fundamentally different from the other Beiyang Army units.
In addition to the basic formation training, there was also physical training and shooting practice.
The other troops of the Northern Army could only fire live ammunition a few times a month. So, the soldiers of the 101st Infantry Division would shoot with live ammunition every day.
Yuan Kewen was very clear that the so-called marksmanship was all about feeding bullets.
Without enough live ammunition training, the soldiers could not practice their marksmanship at all.
One had to know that in this era, the shooting skills of the Japanese were extremely accurate.
In the entire Beiyang Army, if any of the troops were to fight with the Japanese in terms of marksmanship, they would definitely not be a match for them.
In addition, the Japanese were also very good at fighting with knives.
Although the East Asian people were short, they were strong and had good fighting skills.
In this aspect, the Beiyang Army was undoubtedly far behind the Japanese.
These were also the key training subjects of the 101st Infantry Division.
Of course, Yuan Kewen also knew where his weakness lay. Therefore, he deliberately increased the firepower of the troops. He hoped that he could use firepower to make up for this gap. In the future, when they encountered the East Asian people, they would be able to resist their attacks and even defeat them in one fell swoop.
"Commander, the troops are currently undergoing a five-kilometer cross-country training. However, only about half of the soldiers were qualified. The rest of the soldiers still needed more training.”Jiang Baili said.
Yuan Kewen nodded. These soldiers were all as thin as sticks. A five-kilometer cross-country was naturally very difficult for them.
In the beginning, only a few soldiers in the entire division could complete it.
However, after two months, coupled with the improvement in food, the physical fitness of these soldiers had been greatly improved.
"The soldiers are still too weak. They need more training and more nutrition.”Yuan Kewen said.
"Commander, the standard of food in our division has already exceeded that of other troops by a large margin. If he continued to improve, he would probably incur the wrath of the public!”Zhang Xiaozhun said with a bitter smile.
"Don't worry about the others, we just need to train our troops!”Yuan Kewen said indifferently.
"Charge! If you pass, you'll get a big meat bun!"
"Faster, faster!"
The soldiers ran with all their might. At the finish line, there was a fragrant meat bun with a mouthful of grease.
This made even more soldiers quicken their pace even though they were very tired.
When they crossed the finish line, they immediately picked up the meat buns and started eating them.
"Beep!"
When the whistle sounded, it meant that the soldiers who had yet to cross the finish line had failed the training.
In that case, they couldn't eat meat buns. They could only drink porridge and some salted vegetables with white steamed buns.
For many people, it was already very good to be able to eat steamed buns.
But why could others eat meat buns?
This caused many soldiers who failed to pass the training to grit their teeth. They had to put in more effort in tomorrow's morning training. They had to eat big meat buns!
Under such circumstances, the soldiers of the 101st Infantry Division worked even harder during training.
After the physical training in the morning, the next step was formation training and bayonet fighting training.
After that, it was lunch.
The main course for lunch was steamed bread and rice, accompanied by braised pork and vegetables. Even though the red braised pork was made of big pieces of fat meat. However, for the soldiers who lacked oil and water, this was definitely a rare delicacy!
Even though the training was tough, they could eat their fill and meat. Then, no matter how bitter it was, it wouldn't be bitter anymore.
After an hour of rest in the afternoon, it was time for live ammunition training.
In order to improve the soldiers 'marksmanship as much as possible, the 101st Infantry Division's bullets were supplied as much as they could.
Yuan Kewen's arsenal in Jinwei was almost completed, and the machinery and equipment had been shipped over from the Germanic Empire. Soon, it would be mass-produced. The 101st Infantry Division's ammunition consumption was guaranteed.
After a day of training, it was time for dinner and rest.
However, in order to improve the response ability of the troops, the market would hold an emergency gathering and even start a drill.
Under such high-intensity training, the 101st Infantry Division's combat strength was rapidly forming.
"Baili, Xiaozhun. The current training progress was already very good. It was estimated that the entire division would basically be able to form combat strength next month. "However, our soldiers are basically illiterate. That won't do. I want to set aside an hour every night for the soldiers to learn about culture!”Yuan Kewen said.
"Cultural studies?" Jiang Baili, Zhang Xiaozhun, and the others were stunned.
In this era, soldiers were all uncultured boors. It was enough to learn how to shoot and fight. Was there a need to learn culture?
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