Rise From Eight Hundred

There was no mobilization, just a marching order, and the entire Si Xing Regiment marched.

From the regimental commander Tang Dao down to the recruits and student soldiers who have not yet been awarded military ranks and are wearing new military uniforms, except for the wounded soldiers and female nurses in the medical team who did not meet the prescribed standards, the rest of them all carried less than 20 kilograms and more. Carrying weight up to 40 pounds.

This is also related to the policy formulated by Tang Dao, which distributes ammunition, equipment, and even horse feed and food that cannot be transported by the baggage company to the infantry company.

That is to say, an infantry company is calculated based on 130 people. In addition to each person's own 15 kilograms of weight, each additional person adds an additional 10 kilograms of weight. The entire company needs to distribute a total load of approximately 1,300 kilograms.

If someone is sick or weak and unable to bear such a heavy load, that doesn't matter. Your company will coordinate internally. Anyway, the total amount is given to your infantry company. Even if you crawl, your infantry company will have to drag away the 1,300 kilograms of extra weight.

In order to get rid of the burdens assigned to them, the company commanders of each company also showed their special skills. Some adopted an equalization system and assigned tasks to each platoon and each squad. They used the method of spiritual victory, overcoming difficulties even if they were encountered, etc. Awards will be awarded based on performance upon arrival at the destination;

And some adopt a reward mechanism, like Zhao Daqiang, who suddenly got the idea after a battle in the gold pit. First, a base number was set, and then no matter who in the company could carry an extra 2 pounds above this base number, he would be rewarded. 2 yuan, and those who carry an extra 4 kilograms will be rewarded with 4 yuan. Under heavy rewards, there must be brave men. There are many people who carry more than 4 kilograms more, which just happens to help reduce a lot of burden on the body.

Whether it is spiritual rewards, material rewards, or other methods, Tang Dao doesn't care. He is the leader of the regiment. He only cares about the general direction and only grasps the most important core qualities of the entire regiment's officers and soldiers-defending the family and the country, and enforcing orders and prohibitions.

Grasping the big ones and releasing the small ones is one of the most important abilities Tang Dao learned after he gradually became a senior officer.

Moreover, Tang Dao is well aware of the complexity of the future battlefield in North China. According to the situation, it is very unlikely that the Four Lines Regiment will participate in a large battlefield like the Battle of Songhu. Eighty percent of the battlefields are small-scale raids. His men These infantry company commanders must grow into commanders in the future. They must have their own independent judgment when they are unable to contact the regiment headquarters.

To put it bluntly, this long-distance transportation march is not only a test of the physical fitness and mental will of ordinary officers and soldiers, but also a training ground for 800 recruits. It is also an assessment of the management capabilities of each company commander.

Those who do not perform well will definitely be discounted by Tang Dao when the Four Lines Regiment expands its troops again in the future.

Of course, compared to the weight distribution that each company managed to achieve by itself, the officers set an example.

Regardless of whether they volunteered or not, the Sixings Regiment Headquarters also made a rigid rule that all units of the Sixings Regiment, from lieutenant to above, should carry 5 kilograms more than ordinary soldiers, and school officers should carry 2 kilograms more than lieutenants.

The rule of the Si Xing Tuan is that since you become an officer, you will have to bear more responsibilities if you get more military pay.

If you want to be a good officer, you must not only have a quick mind, but also have a good enough body. The new concept of Tang Dao was still somewhat uncomfortable for soldiers who came out of the old army before, but after following Tang Dao for a long time, I have gradually become accustomed to it.

Moreover, Tang Dao has never been a double standard who says one thing and does another. As the leader of the group, even if he is not the first in the group, he is still among the top two or three.

In addition to carrying the weight of his own equipment, Tang Dao also helped Tantai Mingyue carry an additional ten pounds. The leader of Tang Da wanted to help his fiancée, which no one could say.

This fact makes the middle-aged handsome man who is walking with sore legs and feet quite satisfied. Not to mention being young, promising and talented, just because he loves his wife, the little butterfly from the future is definitely the most popular father-in-law in this era. Gratified.

Eating and dressing are very important, but after all these are available, whether or not you feel sorry for your wife is the first choice of parents in the world for their son-in-law.

The reason why Captain Tang, who carries a weight of up to 40 kilograms, is not number one is mainly due to the perverted existence of Ming Xin.

Xia Dayu was sick. He got sick on the second day after crossing Mangshang Mountain. I wonder if he was too young. He was sweating heavily while carrying twenty or thirty kilograms of equipment. Then he took off his military uniform and was blown away by the cold mountain wind. As soon as it blew, I contracted wind-chill that night.

The high fever persists and the fear of wind and cold makes it impossible to walk, let alone continue marching with a heavy load. This disease will be just a cold in the future, but in this era of lack of medical treatment and medicine, the mortality rate is not small. Special Operations Squadron If you dare to be careless there, you can only send Xia Dayu to the medical team for treatment.

But Xia Dayu's burden was left to the special operations squadron.

The special operations squadron currently has less than 60 people, but they also have a cavalry squad with 10 horses brought by Lu Sanjiang. Therefore, it is calculated based on two-thirds of the infantry company's transport capacity. There are horses to help share the load, but the special operations squadron averages it out. The weight of an individual soldier is also six kilograms higher than that of an ordinary infantry company.

Lao Hei, Gu Xishui, and Lu Sanjiang did not go to Tang Dao to complain. They were old men who had been with Tang Dao for more than two months. They knew that it would be useless to go and complain. Tang Dao said, "You are not going to be the whole group." The sharpest knife? How many more kilograms of weight will you be unable to carry? ’ will block it for them.

Therefore, a lieutenant captain and two second lieutenant deputy captains of the special operations squadron could only grit their teeth and grit their teeth. The two captains, one captain and two deputy captains, set an example and each carried a load of thirty-three kilograms. Reserve members like Xia Dayu He also carried twenty-five kilograms on his back, while the average team member averaged nearly thirty kilograms.

Xia Dayu was sent to the medical team for his illness, but the 25-jin load could not be sent there, and had to be handled by the special forces.

Mingxin took on the 10-jin load directly, plus his heavy sword that was not counted at all, roughly estimated to be about 50 jin.

Really, when the officers and soldiers of the Four-Line Regiment saw Mingxin walking on the road with three food bags, three rifles, ten grenades, and a heavy sword on his back, they were shocked at first, and silently calculated in their hearts when he would fall.

One day, two days, three days

Until a week later, the strongest man of the Four-Line Regiment still kept walking in front of everyone at a constant speed, and the whole group was numb.

Let alone other things, this endurance alone is already twice that of ordinary people.

In a week, the Four-Line Regiment marched at least 60 miles a day according to the established marching speed. Some companies rested too long in the middle and fell behind, but it didn't matter. Others walked to the camp in 8 hours, and you walked in 10 hours, 12 hours.

Arriving at the camp, the whole army did not eat and sleep immediately. Tang Dao had very strict requirements. Each battalion and company had to dig field trenches and send out fixed and mobile sentries.

It was not that Tang Dao was strict and did not know the hard work of the officers and soldiers, but even though it was far away from the battlefield of Xuzhou, this road to the north was not safe.

The Japanese army had already begun to attack Henan Province, which belonged to the First War Zone. The First War Zone was resisting the enemy with the Yellow River. Tang Dao could not guarantee whether a small group of Japanese troops had crossed the Yellow River and entered.

If the Japanese army attacked on their own territory and caused losses, it would be embarrassing and the newly established Four-Line Regiment would suffer a blow to morale. Not to mention the damage to the equipment that had been transported with great effort, that was what Tang Dao could not accept.

Since the two countries were at war, they had to remain vigilant at all times. Tang Dao also hoped that his soldiers could keep this vigilance as a habit.

Therefore, the officers and soldiers of the Sihang Regiment, who were already exhausted from the long march with heavy loads and the need to maintain the marching speed, had to build field positions after a short rest. It was around 11 o'clock in the evening when they finished eating.

After sleeping for 6 hours, the marching bugle would be blown, and everyone would pack up their equipment, eat breakfast, and set out on the march again.

Over and over again, in the words of Li Jiujin, the captain of the company, after arriving at the destination: "This is a nightmare march that he never wants to experience again in his life. Every day he faces the next 60 miles, and the long road seems to have no end. It is even more desperate than when he was in the Sihang Warehouse, when 400 soldiers were surrounded by a Japanese infantry regiment!"

Even an old soldier who has experienced countless tragic battlefields will feel desperate during the march, and for the new recruits, it is even more of a nightmare journey.

The new recruits are all in the baggage company, and they don't have to build field positions like the combat troops, but they are not idle either.

Arriving at the camp, we rested for only half an hour before the old soldiers blew the whistle to gather us in infantry platoons for boring queue training.

Two hours a day, rain or shine, because there was no wind or rain, and in the cold winter in Henan Province, there was nothing but cold.

If someone fell, they would be dragged aside, and the kitchen staff would prepare ginger soup for a few sips to rest, and then continue.

It's not that no one wants to be lazy, but the old soldiers are fierce and vicious. They have killed the devilish Japanese, so why would they care about a group of new recruits who joined the army to survive?

Those who are lazy will be punished to stand at attention for three hours, and if they are still not honest, they will be punished for the whole night.

Dare not to execute? The military law team of the regiment is not vegetarian. For new recruits, they will not use knives, guns, sticks and clubs. If they are beaten once, their salary will be halved. If they are beaten the second time, they will be beaten with ten horse whips. If they are beaten the third time, their uniforms will be stripped off and they will be kicked out of the Four-line Regiment.

It was the cold winter and it was in the wilderness. They didn't have to be hungry, but they couldn't survive the night just by freezing.

It's as simple as choosing between life and extreme exhaustion.

Fear of death doesn't mean no one dares to violate military discipline. These recruits were civilians a few days ago. It's hard for even gods to make them become soldiers who obey orders.

In the face of such high-intensity training subjects, there are countless people who cheat and play tricks, some pretend to be sick, and some even hurt themselves. They stepped into the pit and sprained their ankles and couldn't walk normally.

Facing such people, the platoon leader transferred from the guard company took thundering measures. It's okay to be sick or injured during the march, but they have to accept the investigation. However, if problems are found, the whole recruit class will enjoy the joint responsibility system and be whipped 10 times. Moreover, the recruits who are beaten will not receive any preferential treatment. After the military doctor applies medicine and sleeps on their stomachs for a night, they still have to carry more than 20 kilograms of weight to march. Those who disobey will naturally be expelled from the army.

The wound on the back is painful, and the friction of heavy objects makes the pain even more excruciating, comparable to torture.

As for the instigators, Tang Dao didn't kill them with one blow. They could find a way to escape, which shows that they can use their brains, but they didn't use their intelligence in the right place. The training of new recruits is not only to temper their bodies and wills, but also to let them find their own direction.

The punishment for such troublemakers is to deduct two months' military pay and double the horse whip. If there is no improvement, of course, the most severe military law will be imposed.

The principle of Tang Dao is very simple. In this era, China lacks industry the most, but what it lacks the least is people.

This is the case when they are new recruits. How can we expect them to go to the battlefield where blood and flesh are flying? It is better to eliminate them early.

At this time, he could not have any mercy. Even if he turned into a devil, he had to squeeze out the potential of these recruits. If he really couldn't squeeze it, it only meant that he was not suitable for being a soldier.

Tang Dao, who also went through the recruit period, knew that the potential of the human body was unlimited. As long as he didn't want to die, a dog could become a qualified soldier.

Hammer is the best example. Didn't an ordinary Chinese pastoral dog become stronger after experiencing the days of war? Even the wolf-blue dog that the Japanese spent decades breeding with selected genes was killed?

After punishing several troublemakers in this way, and several infantry squads of dozens of recruits were punished for this, the military discipline and style of the recruits suddenly took on a new look.

Even if they were exhausted, no one dared to cheat on the seemingly useless queue training.

In this era, Tang Dao used the simplest and crudest way to quickly integrate a group of refugees who were not even close to the barracks into the army.

Of course, Tang Dao did not only use thunderous means to train strictly, but also gave sweet dates after a slap in the face to win people's hearts.

At noon, the simplest and most convenient meals were steamed buns and meat soup, but at night, the front-line combat troops were busy building field positions, the recruits were training, and the kitchen teams assigned to each company were not idle.

A large amount of meat purchased from Xuzhou was distributed by the military supply department. Every night, each person in the regiment had three taels of meat, one egg, two bowls of rice and two steamed buns. That food standard, let alone the refugees who relied on one or two taels of white porridge every day, even the veterans of the Four Lines Regiment had never enjoyed it.

This was also Tang Dao's opportunity to desperately supplement these soldiers with enough protein. Not only did they consume a lot of physical energy during the day, but these soldiers from poor families were not bad in terms of basic nutrition, but they lacked enough nutrition.

On the battlefield, a 1.7-meter-tall "big guy" couldn't beat the little devil who was only 1.5 meters tall. In the final analysis, it was because of insufficient strength.

The daytime load-carrying march was like a millstone, draining the energy of the entire regiment, and then replenishing it with rich nutrition, repeating over and over again. Tang Dao believed that it would not take too long. Regardless of whether they were new recruits or veterans, it would not be a problem to fight a small Japanese soldier alone with strength, not to mention bayonet fighting.

The short legs of the Japanese were a genetic defect. Until nearly a hundred years later, the Japanese, who had been drinking milk to improve their physical fitness since childhood, did not improve their overall national height.

Compared with the 500 new recruits, it was the 300 student soldiers that impressed Tang Dao.

These proud sons of heaven, like the new recruits, did not receive any preferential treatment. The 300-person student company was allocated 5,000 kilograms of various equipment and ammunition. They had no personal equipment, but they all carried their own personal belongings, and some students even carried more than ten kilograms of books.

That also meant that the average personal weight of the student company was more than 20 kilograms per person. For this group of scholars, including many girls, it was an impossible task.

When Zhuang Shisan finished distributing the loads to each unit according to the military order, even Tang Dao secretly wondered if this was too harsh on the student soldiers, and even ordered Erya to ask Teacher Xiao He if the guard company could help them share some of the load if they really couldn't carry it.

As a result, the student company refused, and not only refused, but also persisted.

At least in the first week, they maintained the same intensity as the regular army and the new recruits and persisted smoothly.

In addition, they took the initiative to ask the veteran squad leader to conduct queue training for them, but in the end Tang Dao reduced the evening training to one hour considering that they would not become combat soldiers in the future.

Sometimes, ideals can be transformed into motivation.

This made Tang Dao have a new understanding of them.

These scholars are of great use!