177 – New Tactics (2)
Sergeant Copper, who was promoted from private to sergeant for his exploits at Richen Hill, was a soldier full of confidence until a few days ago.
And he had achievements in life that warranted such confidence.
The fact that he fought alongside Lieutenant General Jaeger, whom he respected until the end, in the Battle of Richen Hill, which was said to be the harshest battle in the history of the Empire, and finally came back alive.
For that reason, when he returned home on a long vacation, he was treated as a hero of national salvation in his hometown, the rural village.
So Sergeant Copper decided to follow Lieutenant General Yeager for the rest of his life.
Although he is currently a non-commissioned officer, he harbored ambitions to become a nobleman who would eventually be promoted to officer.
But now, he was truly regretting the decision he had made.
“…… Help me, damn it. I think I’m going to die.”
Even as he said that, he followed the instructor’s commands and performed the notoriously difficult exercise number 8, and before he knew it, the number had almost reached the 20 the instructor had set.
‘Please, let’s finish number 8 today with number 20. If it increases to 40 times, you will really die.’
However, the teaching assistant, perhaps aware of his feelings, merely looks down at the trainees with an indifferent expression and gives commands.
“One! Two! Three!”
In any case, he swung his legs left and right in accordance with the instructor’s commands and performed the movements without being caught.
So now all the trainees here, including myself, just have to stop shouting that damn last slogan…
“One, two, three… Nineteen, twenty!”
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I don’t know who shouted it, but the last slogan that everyone hated the most came out, and all 40 trainees who were not trained fell into despair.
I feel like I want to find out who did it, but if I turn my head, I won’t be able to see anything, so in the end, I won’t be able to find out who the culprit who committed that atrocity was.
The teaching assistant once again naturally said the words he had become familiar with over the past few days.
“Are the trainees out of their minds! He told me to focus on training. Is it that difficult to follow the instructor’s instructions not to shout the last slogan? Isn’t this nothing compared to the fight at Lichen Hill? “Isn’t it!”
Hearing those words, the soldiers lying here thought that that time was better than this training.
At the same time, I was very curious as to what kind of crazy person was shouting the last slogan while doing 8 rounds of guerilla exercises that felt like they were going to die.
The teaching assistant spoke indifferently, as if even having the time to think like this was a luxury.
“This teaching assistant is disappointed in you! From now on, we will perform exercise number 8 again! Number of times is 40! “Repeat it, how many times?”
“Episode 40!”
“I like the sound of your answer! Okay, then let’s do this 40 times from now on! “The last slogan is not shouted!”
At those words, Sergeant Copper and many other trainees prayed with sincerity from deep within their hearts.
‘f*ck, please, let’s end it here. There shouldn’t be a hellish situation like yesterday where you have to do 8 exercises up to 60 times at a time.’
Then, under the instructor’s control, they began to undergo the enormous hardship of twisting their entire body 40 times.
Until I just finished 20 reps, my back muscles were pulled and it was very painful, but now it hurts like it’s going to tear.
I felt like I wanted to get rid of everything and be discharged, but… The trainees, including Sergeant Copper, believed in the promise made by the lieutenant general.
‘Other people might not know this, but the Lieutenant General doesn’t lie to us, damn it.’
“aaah!”
“Hanaaa! Doowooul!”
“Thirty years old!”
As a result, the trainees here were somehow able to endure until just before the long-awaited number 40.
And then the long-awaited 40th full body twist began, right next to Sergeant Copper…
“One, two, three… Thirty-nine, forty!!!”
Sounds that should never be heard! I heard the word ’40’.
At that moment, Sergeant Copper felt as if the lid of his mind had been opened, and he turned his head sharply to memorize his face, as it happened to be the man next to him.
After training, I was seriously thinking about staying awake during personal maintenance time.
But the person who shouted the last slogan next to him was a completely different person than he thought.
“Shh, be quiet.”
Unlike the trainees, he wears a combat uniform that is not very dirty and wears a red hat, a symbol of devil-like trainers.
This time, the person who gave the last slogan was not a soldier, but actually a teaching assistant.
When Sergeant Copper realized that fact, he was so dumbfounded that he couldn’t close his mouth, and hot anger welled up inside him like a pillar of fire, threatening to explode.
But this is the imperial army where rank and position rule everything.
Because he was a non-commissioned officer belonging to the 7th Guards Division, no matter how extreme the situation was, he could not openly express his dissatisfaction with the fact that the assistant instructor was the culprit who gave the last slogan.
“This teaching assistant was very disappointed that the trainees were still unable to focus on their training! “Get ready for gymnastics number 11!”
Doing exercise 11 after exercise 8 was practically torture.
So the trainees next to Sergeant Copper whispered complaints without the trainer knowing.
“f*ck, tell me to die instead. “Why is it number 11 after number 8?”
“What kind of bastard is shouting the last slogan and falling asleep again? “Are you crazy?”
“I don’t know who it is, but if I find it, I will kill it…”
Their complaints were at a whisper level and did not reach the ears of the teaching assistants.
“11 Gymnastics 10 times!”
“Episode 10!”
“Your voice is small! Episode 30! Do it 30 times! “The last slogan is omitted.”
“Evil!”
At this time, Sergeant Copper sighed once, but since he had no choice, he got into position to start exercise number 11.
“Trainee number 38 is excluded!”
“Trainee number 38 is excluded! Evil!”
The teaching assistant, who had secretly added the last slogan in between, called Sergeant Copper out, and he headed to the back of the parade ground.
Sergeant Copper knew this because he had seen how people who had been sidelined several times in the past came to their senses after receiving some kind of treatment.
After jumping into the air, you lie down again and repeat push-ups at different angles dozens of times, or you do push-ups but have your body stay in a lowered position for over a minute.
Sometimes, you have to keep your head down with your helmet on while your back is turned…
I was tested to the limits of my body and mind in a new and ingenious way that I had never seen before.
At this time, the only trainee who was called to the back of the parade ground was Sergeant Copper, and the instructor spoke quietly from a little distance away.
“Trainee 38, sleep backwards.”
“Sleep backwards!”
“Stay like this for a while and listen to the instructor.”
However, contrary to his expectations, he was able to let go of the worries he had been carrying after hearing the words of his teaching assistant who helped him rest.
“I will never say that this assistant secretly added the last command. This is a special order given by the Lieutenant General to increase training effectiveness, so it must not be divulged. Do you understand?”
Sergeant Copper resented the lieutenant general for a moment, but soon reflected on himself for blaming him.
For him, it is impossible to dare to harbor blasphemous thoughts toward him.
He was the one who risked death to save a soldier like him on Richen Hill, so I thought he must have meant something if he ordered it like that.
“Evil!”
“Okay, the trainee will roll left and right as instructed for 5 minutes.”
“Roll left!”
Rolling from side to side is the same as resting during guerrilla training as long as the speed is appropriate.
As he rolled from side to side following the instructor’s instructions, he got the idea that there would be something to be gained by going through this training, so he decided to just try it out.
After completing PT exercises today, the trainees belonging to the 7th Division, including Sergeant Copper, went through formal training and then even completed a mock battle that was like an actual battle.
After completing that day’s training, the trainees entered the temporarily prepared barracks and as soon as they turned their backs, they all fell asleep as if they were dead.
**
And 15 days later.
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For the first time in a long time, Sergeant Copper and other soldiers did not start their morning with guerrilla exercises, but instead did mock battle training first.
The training was so intense that it was incomparable to before.
So, if it had been before, it would have been possible for someone to fall out along the way.
“The window is light? “At this level, I can stab you with all my might dozens of times in a row.”
“The armor isn’t that heavy. “At this level, it won’t be hard to canter wearing this.”
“Was this training originally worth doing like this?”
The soldiers trained as if they were fighting against their limits every day through difficult training such as guerrilla exercises in the morning and formal training or mock battles in the afternoon.
As a result, they gained stamina that was incomparable to what it was 15 days ago.
Watching that scene, the officers commanding them thought about suggesting to the lieutenant general, ‘Isn’t this a bit bad?’ When they were receiving guerrilla training. He thought he was foolish.
The fact that the physical strength of the soldiers and themselves has increased to this extent in this short period of time is equivalent to saying that the combat power of the unit has increased.
This is because it means that the probability that they can survive the battlefield and return has increased.
Other officers of the 7th Division, who had suffered through guerrilla training and watched mock battles together, nodded and said,
“f*ck, I really thought I was going to die when I was training.”
“The lieutenant general had everything in mind. “I never thought it would be this effective.”
“As an officer, I cannot lose to the soldiers with physical strength. “I’ll have to focus more on training starting tomorrow.”
And Lieutenant General Peter Yeager, who was watching the scene from behind, thought that they would be really scared if they heard it.
‘If you stimulate your honor as an officer, it seems possible to gradually increase the training intensity by 1.2 Times.’