Chapter 178: Donggu Cave
Li An cited these reasons to tell his generals that training in attacking fortifications is very important, and this is one of the tactics that the Pingnan Army must master, after all, in future operations, it will definitely encounter such offensive operations, and if you don't master the skills at this time, you will suffer a big loss when you fight. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
After listening to Ang Lee's explanation, all the confidants and generals understood the importance of tackling tough training, and those who originally felt that attack training was important further deepened their understanding of this importance.
After visiting the fourth training ground, it was already time for lunch, Li An and his henchmen went to the school for dinner, and after resting for half an hour, they continued to the fifth training ground.
The fifth training ground is relatively monotonous, that is, rows of arrow targets, and the recruits and soldiers trained here practice archery.
In the formation of the combat regiment, for every five soldiers, there was only one archer, one crossbowman, and the remaining three, one sword and shield soldier and two pikemen.
However, when it came to the archery training ground, all five soldiers had to learn archery, and although sixty percent of the soldiers were not crossbowmen, they had to master this combat skill.
In the event that the crossbowmen are killed and the enemy is far away, the pikemen can pick up their crossbows and shoot at the attacking enemy, thus eliminating a larger number of enemy soldiers and reducing their own casualties before they engage in close combat.
The recruits have just participated in the training, and the accuracy of shooting is naturally unsatisfactory, and many arrows have been shot outside the target, and off-target has become a norm, and this must be improved by long-term training, and there is no urgency.
"Keep your hands flat, don't shake, and look straight ahead, yes, that's it."
Ang Lee walked up to a recruit and personally instructed the recruit to practice archery.
As a result of holding bows and arrows for a long time, all the recruits had beads of sweat on their foreheads, which ran down their cheeks and dripped on the ground.
Training is hard, fatigue and sweating are inevitable, and this is also necessary to improve combat effectiveness; only by sweating more during training can we shed less blood on the battlefield in the future.
"General, the soldiers are training in bow and crossbow shooting."
Instructor Long Wujun immediately ran over to report.
Li An said loudly: "The bow and crossbow is a sharp weapon for killing the enemy from a distance, which can effectively hit the enemy army and greatly reduce the casualties of our army. ā
"Yes, General, I understand."
Li An nodded: "Bows and crossbows and arrows are limited, when training, let the soldiers aim more and release fewer arrows, and practice the basic skills solidly, so that they can make faster progress." ā
"Yes, General."
Li An personally took the bow and arrow from the hand of a trained soldier, aimed at the arrow target fifty paces in front of him, and shot an arrow fiercely, hitting the bull's-eye.
Due to the excessive force, the entire target was shot back and forth.
"Good archery, good archery general."
The recruits nearby couldn't help but sigh.
"Soldiers of the Pingnan Army, listen up, what you will be able to do, you should be able to do it, within three months, every one of your soldiers should be able to shoot the bull's-eye fifty steps away, do you have confidence?"
Ang Lee loudly boosted morale.
"Have faith."
"Be louder, you can't hear it."
"Have faith, have faith."
The recruits raised their voices.
"Okay, very good, let's get on with training."
Li An praised it, and took his henchmen to the sixth training ground.
This training ground is an assassination combat training ground, and a large number of scarecrows are placed in the training ground for new recruits and soldiers.
Swordsmen and pikemen use their knives and spears to stab the scarecrow, the archers are equipped with horizontal knives, which are also very powerful and can stab the scarecrows, and the short knives equipped by crossbowmen are relatively weak, but they are also the most flexible and can attack by surprise.
Of course, the weakness of the short knife in close combat is still too obvious, for this reason, when the crossbowmen are in the combat training ground, they are equipped with spears, and on the battlefield, once the pikemen are killed and the enemy rushes in front of them, the crossbowmen can pick up the spears and fight.
In addition to assassinating the scarecrow, combat training also includes confrontation drills, in which two teams pit each other and attack each other with weapons that have been handled.
Compared to the peace of the shooting training ground, the situation here is extremely warm, especially the confrontation of new recruits, who attack each other in teams, and the shouts of killing and wounding are intertwined, making it difficult to understand whether this is a training ground or a battlefield.
All the henchmen and colonels felt that such training was too cruel, but when they thought of shedding less blood in the future battles, they understood and felt that it was worth it.
The seventh training ground is dedicated to physical strength and perseverance, which is extremely hard and the terrain of the training ground is also very different.
All the recruits and soldiers, with armor and weapons in hand, under the leadership of the instructor of the Dragon Martial Army, first crossed a clearing, and then entered a muddy swamp, this swamp was artificially made, and the silt was not deep, however, the soldiers were trapped in it, and it was very inconvenient to walk, and the test was physical strength and perseverance.
After these recruits finally crossed the muddy ground, they were waiting for an undulating artificial hill, and running in the hilly area was also very physically demanding.
After crossing the hilly area, there is a large pool in front of you, which must be swam across, which is not a difficult task for the people living in the south, but it is very physically exhausting to swim with a body of armor, and it is a great test for the recruits.
Crossing the pool is not over, what awaits them is a more complex terrain, and they will have to face difficulties with more tenacity.
By the time the recruits had passed through the trials and finally returned to the starting point, they were too tired to walk anymore and were all lying on the ground panting, but it was not okay to rest like this, the enemy would not give you a chance to breathe on the battlefield, and you would either continue to walk or be captured or killed.
"Get it all up for me and run one more lap."
The instructor of the Long Wujun shouted hoarsely.
However, the recruits were so tired that they couldn't get up at all, so there were no soldiers willing to obey orders.
"General, the recruits have just started training, and the intensity of this lap is already great enough, if they are allowed to walk around again, I am afraid it will be too difficult for them."
A confidant general intercedes on behalf of the recruits.
Li An smiled and instructed: "All the recruits and soldiers rest for half an hour, rest, and walk around again." ā
On the issue of military training, Li An has always felt that he must be strict and must not be soft-hearted in the slightest, because at this time, he is soft-hearted to recruits, and when he arrives on the battlefield, recruits will shed more blood and sacrifice, and they will not train well, which is the greatest ruthlessness.
"Soldiers, are you tired?"
Li An looked at the hundreds of recruits lying on the ground and asked loudly.
"General, we really can't walk."
"General, my legs have become very heavy, like they have been filled with molten iron."
"General, we really can't walk anymore, and we've never been so tired from doing farm work."
All the recruits and soldiers are crying out.
"Soldiers, I will know that you are all very hard, but in the time of battle, the enemy will not give us a chance to breathe, if someone pursues you with a knife from behind, will you lie here like you are now and wait for death? Everybody can't walk when they get back to the starting point, don't you think it's a matter of will? ā
Ang Lee loudly educated the soldiers.
Obviously, there are individual differences in recruits, it is impossible to suddenly run at the same time, all the soldiers can hold on to a lap, but they are tired after returning to the starting point, this is not all a matter of physical strength, but a matter of willpower, it is these recruits and soldiers, after returning to the starting point, their hearts suddenly relaxed, and there is no idea of continuing to insist, so they softened.
And this is enough to show that these recruits still have potential, as long as they continue to let them walk in a circle, they can still walk, and once they cross this limit, their physical strength will get a big boost.
"General, I can still go."
"General, I can still walk."
"General, General......"
After a while, the recruits and soldiers who were originally lying on the ground all got up and supported the ground with the weapons in their hands to make themselves stand more steady.
Seeing that all the recruits and soldiers had stood up, Li An was greatly relieved, and walked to the last training ground with all his henchmen and colonels.
The last training ground was discipline training, where the soldiers were trained to enforce prohibitions, beat drums to march into the army, and sing gold to collect troops.
The facilities of this training ground are also very simple, that is, war drums, gongs and other equipment used for commands, the instructors of the Longwu Army beat the drums, and the recruits and soldiers raised their weapons and walked forward.
Orders and prohibitions are of paramount importance to an elite army, and no matter how brave and strong the soldiers of an army are, no matter how well-equipped, if they do not obey the command, they will inevitably be a vulnerable force.
These recruits have just started their training and are a little sluggish to military orders, but it can be seen that they are all training seriously and trying to keep up with the pace of orders, and none of the recruits are deliberately resisting military orders, which makes Li An quite satisfied.
Although these recruits seem a little clumsy, they are willing to obey orders, and as long as they train for a few more days, they will inevitably be able to adapt to the frequent changes in military orders and keep up with the pace of training.
Eight combat regiments, corresponding to eight training grounds, rotate every three days, and all of them can be rotated within a month, so that the soldiers can be proficient in various combat capabilities.
However, in addition to these eight training grounds, there are still several training grounds that are still under construction, after all, the current eight training grounds cannot show all the battlefield situations, and in order to make the training of the soldiers closer to actual combat, it is necessary to build more realistic training grounds.
After the officers and men became familiar with the life in the barracks, Li An also had to conduct a large-scale multi-arms exercise, and when the time came, all the officers and men of the Pingnan Army would take part in it, and the combat regiment, baggage regiment, and special regiment would cooperate with each other to temper the combined combat capability of all arms.
In Ang Lee's impression, it is difficult for a single branch of the army to deal with all kinds of complex and changeable battlefield situations, and only a combined branch of the army can give full play to its maximum combat effectiveness.
When encountering the ditch and water network blocking the way, the baggage regiment boat bridge team stepped forward, and when the enemy army held on to the strong camp, the special regiment siege team immediately launched an attack, the enemy army collapsed and fled in all directions, and the cavalry team of the special regiment immediately launched a pursuit to expand the existing results, and when the enemy attacked on a large scale, the combat regiment attacked with all its strength to resist the enemy's attack.
That is to say, in synthetic warfare, each single arm can play its own unique role, so as to maximize combat efficiency and obtain the greatest victory with the minimum loss.
After visiting the eight training camps of the combat regiment, the sky had sunk in the west, and a busy day had passed, but such busyness made Li An feel happy, and he was very happy to see the Pingnan Army he had formed single-handedly getting on the right track, just like watching his son grow up slowly.
As he was still a little uneasy about the recruits, Li An decided to continue to inspect the combat regiment in the next few days to guide and correct various problems encountered by the soldiers in their training.
"General, General, a cave has been found in the East Valley."
A soldier of the Dragon Martial Army hurriedly came to report the situation.
"Cave, what kind of cave?"
Li An asked curiously.
Donggu was the place where the baggage regiment was stationed and trained, and he took his henchmen to inspect there for several days, and he was quite familiar with the situation there, and he didn't see any caves at all.
"General, it's a big cave, just in the southwest corner of the East Valley, a few recruits of the medical team, saw that there was a piece of herbs that hadn't been burned by the fire, and wanted to climb up to collect the medicine, but they stepped on the air, revealing a big hole, and a few of them opened it to see, it was actually a big cave."
The soldiers of the Dragon Martial Army were also excited.
"How big is the cave, has anyone ever entered it?"
"Back to the general, no one dares to go in casually, and I will report it."
Li An nodded and looked at the generals behind him: "Maybe it's the treasure cave of the bandits?" Let's go and see. ā
With more than a dozen henchmen, Li An walked towards the East Valley and went straight to the southwest corner of the East Valley.
At this time, the day's training of the baggage regiment has ended, hundreds of soldiers all gathered at the entrance of the cave, curiously looking at the dark entrance of the cave, several bold want to enter, but were held down by their companions, because it is a piece of black hole, no one knows what kind of hole it is.
"Will there be a treasure in here?"
"I heard that bandits used to frequented this place, so it won't be a treasure cave for bandits!"
"If it's really a treasure cave for bandits, there should be a lot of valuable things in there."
"Don't talk nonsense, the general is here."
The recruits and soldiers whispered, and when they saw Li An coming, they all got out of the way and let Li An enter.
"General, this is it."
The soldiers of the Dragon Warriors pointed to the swarthy hole. (To be continued.) )