Expedition to Europe

Generosity also depends on the object. Qin Zhiyuan will certainly be generous to scientists like Nikola Tesla, because Nikola Tesla will bring Qin Zhiyuan what Qin Zhiyuan wants.

Qin Zhiyuan is not so generous to the Marines who are participating in the exercise.

In fact, the supply standard of the Marine Corps has always been relatively high in the Lan Fang army sequence. This is related to the training volume of the Marine Corps. Think about it, running 10,000 meters every day is definitely not as consuming as triathlon, so the soldiers must be fully supplied to fill their stomachs and have the strength to train.

The "sufficient" here is limited to before participating in the exercise. Since arriving in the Marshall Islands, the Marines have started a "hell journey".

When they were driven off the transport ship, each Marine carried only a basic number of bullets, a personal medical kit, and only three days of rations.

The rations of the Marine Corps were good, including chocolate, fruit candy, quick-heating food and boxed canned food, which were standard for the Marine Corps. Everyone was used to adequate supplies anytime and anywhere, so when carrying rations, many soldiers wanted to be lazy, and all this was seen by the commander of the troop.

However, the "black-hearted" troop commander did not remind them, and allowed those soldiers who had been spoiled by the Lanfang logistics to be lazy without stopping them.

You have to experience the taste of hunger in person before you can have an unforgettable memory.

Afterwards, the Marine Corps soldiers were sent to various atolls in the Marshall Islands, and began to conduct beach landing and anti-landing operations exercises according to the plan.

It must be said that the Marine Corps trained by Griffin is still very combat-effective. Whether it is a breakthrough in the key points or a blossoming in the center, all kinds of tactics are completed with ease and cleanly, with almost no flaws. By three o'clock in the afternoon, all the scheduled exercise subjects have been completed.

Generally speaking, the Marines would withdraw to the transport ship to rest at this time, but just when the soldiers were looking forward to it, the commander of the unit finally ordered: "Rest in place, and the exercise will continue tomorrow."

Rest in place is equivalent to temporarily adding a field survival training, which is also a subject that the Marines often conduct. The soldiers were not surprised and immediately set up camp with local materials.

The more careful soldiers had a premonition of something bad at this time and began to distribute their food in a planned way.

The soldiers who were lazy when getting off the ship were not panicked. Although there was not much game on the atoll, there was a lot of game in the sea. It was not difficult for these Marines to get some food.

Just when the soldiers were busy picking up shells and extracting fresh water with simple devices, Zheng Lingfeng and Zhang Chengye were hiding in the tent of the command center drinking coffee.

After driving away the British in Chiang Mai, Zhang Chengye and Zheng Lingfeng returned to the army. Zheng Lingfeng was promoted to major because of his outstanding performance in the war of annihilation against Siam, while Zhang Chengye remained where he was.

At Zhang Chengye's level, it is not a problem to be solved by combat functions. What Zhang Chengye needs is opportunities. For example, the Marine Corps needs to expand its army, so that Zhang Chengye can get room for promotion.

Looking at the Marines busy on the beach, Zheng Lingfeng said maliciously: "Hmph, pick it up. After picking it up today, let's see what you will eat tomorrow."

Depending on the water, there will always be some shells and crabs washed up by the sea on the beach. In the eyes of the Marines, these are things that can fill their stomachs, but it's okay to eat them every three or five days. If you eat them every day, at most three days, even an iron man can't stand it.

Those small shells and crabs have a large number of parasites in their bodies. If you eat them directly without processing, you will definitely get sick.

Hearing Zheng Lingfeng's words, Zhang Chengye also stretched his head to look, and then said something more vicious: "It's what they deserve! A bunch of spoiled bastards, they deserve to be fed raw meat and drink blood."

It's not that bad to eat raw meat and drink blood. The Marines have all experienced field survival training, and they know what they can and can't eat. At this moment, even the dullest soldiers understand the ill intentions of their superiors. The Marines are still very brotherly. Those soldiers who brought rations took the initiative to take out their individual rations and exchanged them with the lazy people who didn't bring rations. Of course, there were laughter, scolding and contempt, but they were happy.

Zhang Chengye and Zheng Lingfeng were indeed black-hearted. When the soldiers who had been busy all day just fell asleep, Zhang Chengye blew the assembly whistle in his hand.

The whistle is an order. The Marines immediately jumped up, quickly organized their equipment and completed the emergency assembly. All this was done in the dark, with only the faint starlight to rely on. Based on this, the Marines are well-trained.

"Our right wing position is under attack by the enemy and urgently needs support. Now I order a 10-kilometer forced march and then immediately engage in battle." Zhang Chengye issued a combat order in a serious manner. As soon as he finished speaking, the soldiers below wailed.

Right wing position, 10-kilometer forced march -

This is a deserted atoll with a circumference of less than 10 kilometers. There are only more than 1,000 people led by Zhang Chengye on the entire atoll. Where does the right wing come from?

But wailing is a wailing. The soldiers can only curse in their hearts at most, and never dare to show it. Otherwise, God knows what kind of trouble these two guys who have been sleeping in the headquarters all day will make, since there is an order. If issued, then this is a drill subject and must be strictly implemented.

So around this uninhabited atoll, the soldiers began their "hurry march" in the dark, one step at a time.

I didn't know who was so discerning at the time, and picked this shabby place that looked like it had been gnawed by dogs. This atoll is not all surrounded by beaches, but there are also various strange-shaped rocks that have been severely weathered. These rocks have been damaged by the waves for many years. The surface is extremely smooth. During the day, if you walk carefully on it, it will sometimes become slippery. On the contrary, marching in the dark at night is equivalent to leaving your fate to God. As a result, the soldiers fell miserably that night. After dawn, Zhang Chengye counted that in just one night, the non-combat attrition reached 5%, almost every day. Someone from a company quit due to injuries. The most serious ones even broke their legs and it was not known whether they could recover.

It is normal for this kind of thing to happen during an exercise. Lanfang's military exercise also has a "mortality rate." Under normal circumstances, for an exercise of this scale, a mortality rate of less than 5% per thousand is considered normal.

Just yesterday during the exercise, one of the Vladivostok's shells seriously deviated from the impact point. How powerful is the 406 mm caliber naval gun? A squad of Marines were instantly wiped out, and this was just a slight touch. If the impact was any further off, not a single Marine in the entire company would be able to escape.

Read the original article in Liu#9@书/吧!

The content of the exercise on the second day was the same as that on the first day. After completing this day's training, the soldiers were still ordered to "rest in place." This time, complaints finally began to appear. Many soldiers began to not understand this kind of training. meaning.

"Bitter? Will the enemy let us go because our conditions are difficult? Tired? Are the other brother troops who are training tired?" Zhang Chengye noticed the signs in time and immediately began to rectify the situation: "What are we? We are the Marine Corps! We stand upright. The Marines want to be in the Navy! If you are a soldier in the Marine Corps, don't be afraid of hardship or fatigue. If you want to retire, report it now. I will shoot you and report it as an accidental death. At least I can give you the honorable title of 'martyr'. So that your family can still straighten their spines and behave like they are now——"

Zhang Chengye did not leave any escape route for the soldiers. If someone really dared to file a retirement report, Zhang Chengye would really dare to report it as an accidental death. Ci would not be in charge of the soldiers.

"I tell you the truth, our training will last for a week in total. No one is allowed to let me off the hook. Starting from tomorrow, the headquarters will be cancelled. All staff of the headquarters will train with you, even our operators! "Zhang Chengye also gave me a sweet date with a stick.

Although the Lanfang Army is a male society, there are also women, such as telephone operators and health workers, who are generally held by women. This is a tradition left over from the Foreign Legion period. Generally speaking, these girls are the treasures of the army. Even Zhang Chengye has to support him. Anyone who dares to speak loudly to these girls will immediately become the mortal enemy of the Marine Corps soldiers. Zhang Chengye is also determined. , if you can be ruthless enough to let these girls participate in the training, and you will also participate in it, sharing the joys and sorrows with the soldiers, this time you can definitely make the soldiers have no complaints.

"Don't worry, battalion commander. I promise that no one in our company will hold us back. If something happens to our company, you have no one to ask but me." The first company commander immediately expressed his determination.

"The same goes for our second company. All our second company are men, and there is not a single coward!" The commander of the second company maintained the formation.

"Our third company guarantees that there will be no accidents!" The third company commander was unwilling to be left behind.

That's right. This is the spirit that an army should have. What should we be afraid of if we don't have supplies? What's the point of suffering a little and being tired? Lanfang's soldiers are all heroes, and no one will miss the mark at the critical moment.

Not only the battalion led by Zhang Chengye, but also in the entire Marshall Islands, there are scenes like this. Soldiers have never been young men who come to the military to enjoy the blessings. Just like the couplet hanging on the door of the Marine Corps: "Promotion If you want to make a fortune, please go elsewhere; if you are greedy for life and afraid of death, don’t enter this door.”

This is the couplet that Qin Zhiyuan personally selected for the Lanfang Marine Corps, and it is also the highest creed of the Marines.