Wandering the Heavens

Chapter 325: Sword 28

Writing an outline manually is not an easy job, especially when it is written in traditional Chinese characters. For the sake of his eyes, Yu Xian could only write the outline during the day and check the progress of other work at night. During this period, the soldiers selected for the teaching brigade also arrived at the temporary station one after another to report. After all 360 people in the first phase arrived, Yu Xian took them to the previously selected camp to start training.

Everyone was living a good life in their original unit, but suddenly they were notified to pack up and report to the 386th Brigade because the headquarters was going to set up a teaching brigade. Naturally, they were unhappy about it, and Yu Xian was willing to give these soldiers a chance to vent.

"Hello everyone, I am Yu Xian, the captain of the teaching brigade. Some of you may have heard of me, and some people are wondering who the guy holding the tin loudspeaker on the stage is and why he is standing on the stage and speaking. Before the training officially begins, I will give a comrade who has questions a chance to answer questions. Who's up?" Yu Xian was talking loudly on the stage holding a tin loudspeaker.

"I come!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a big man jumped onto the platform, stood firmly, took off his hat and threw it aside.

"Tell me your name first." Yu Xian handed the tin horn and hat to Wei Dayong and said softly.

"I'm Yang Xiaocun, deputy company commander of the 386st Company, 771st Battalion, st Regiment, th Brigade. Now, it depends on what position you, the captain, can give me." Yang Xiaocun said loudly while looking at everyone present.

"The results of these positions will be determined after the inspection and training are over. Before that, there are only two officers in the teaching brigade, one is me, the brigade commander, and the other is the chief instructor Wei Dayong. Do you see that over there? That's the team I have trained since the May 1st mopping-up operation. They will undergo inspection and training just like you." Yu Xian said, pointing at Wei Dayong and the former soldiers of the First Battalion's Special Service Company in the audience.

"That's interesting. Let me test your ability as a team leader first." Yang Xiaocun licked his lips and said.

When Wei Dayong heard this, he wanted to step forward and fight with Yang Xiaocun, but was stopped by Yu Xian.

"After all this talk, you have the final say on what to gesture." Yu Xian said calmly.

"You are too small. If we compete with fists and feet, everyone will say that I bully you. How about competing with my shooting skills?" Yang Xiaocun glanced at Yu Xian and said.

Yang Xiaocun is a northern man, tall and strong, while Yu Xian is from the southwest, short in stature and small in frame. To people who don't know the truth, it seems that he cannot beat Yang Xiaocun with fists and feet.

"Let's compare them all!" Yu Xian shook his head.

"You are a real man. No matter whether we win or lose in today's competition, I, Yang Xiaocun, will recognize you as the team leader." Yang Xiaocun bowed.

"Please!" Yu Xian raised his hand gently.

The two men walked to the center of the platform, less than two meters apart, and started in a fighting stance. Everyone could see that Yang Xiaocun had some skills in martial arts, but Yu Xian's starting stance was very strange, with his left fist raised and extended forward, his right fist seemed to be against his cheek, and his feet were in a bow stance.

Yu Xian used a boxing method that Wei Dayong derived by combining Shaolin martial arts and the human skeleton and tendons. After being modified by the brigade commander and Yu Xian, it was summarized into eighteen movements. This was the first time it was presented in front of everyone.

Yang Xiaocun was a little confused when he saw the weird opening move, but he still took the first move. His boxing style was open and closed, focusing on offense, so defense was not that important. His boxing style well illustrated the saying that offense is the best defense.

Yu Xian's moves were both offensive and defensive, and he fought back and forth with Yang Xiaocun. This performance opened the eyes of the audience. They didn't expect that this captain was small in stature but had extraordinary skills, and he had the upper hand in a fight with a sturdy man like Yang Xiaocun.

In three minutes, Yang Xiaocun, who had a solid foundation in martial arts, was taken down with one palm.

"Thank you!" Yu Xian said, helping Yang Xiaocun who was lying on the ground.

"I give up!" Yang Xiaocun didn't act pretentiously. He stood firm, bowed and apologized, and was about to pick up his hat and step down.

"Wait a minute, there's also a shooting competition to be held!" Yu Xian waved to the audience.

Two soldiers walked onto the stage, took off their Type 38 rifles and handed them to Yu Xian and Yang Xiaocun respectively.

"Five bullets, aim at the target over there." Yu Xian took the gun and pointed it at the target in the distance.

Yang Xiaocun, holding a rifle in his hand, looked in the direction of Yu Xian's finger. The target was at least 500 meters away from the two men, which was a bit difficult. He took the bullet from the soldier and pressed it into the magazine. After pulling the bolt to load the chamber, he raised the sight and aimed the gun.

While he was aiming, Yu Xian fired, as if he didn't need to aim, and fired five bullets quickly. Yang Xiaocun was not slow in aiming either, but when he fired the second shot, Yu Xian had already finished shooting and returned the gun.

Yang Xiaocun was not disturbed, but maintained his position and aimed and fired, finally firing all five bullets. Two soldiers ran over to remove the target and brought it over for everyone to verify on the spot. Yu Xian scored 47 rings; Yang Xiaocun scored 35 rings, and one shot missed the target.

Yang Xiaocun was now completely convinced. He said on the spot that the captain should not go west when he pointed east, and then left the platform.

"Is there anyone else coming up next? I'll take it!" Yu Xian took the tin horn and shouted loudly.

The audience was silent for a minute, and no one stood up to challenge.

"Okay, then I will briefly introduce the tactical subjects of the training brigade. They are roughly divided into physical training and cultural courses. Physical training is physical training, grappling and fighting, and shooting training; cultural courses are based on the reading and literacy of our original troops, and we learn foreign languages, arithmetic, astronomy and geography, physics and chemistry, the Book of Changes and Fengshui, disguise and lurking, firearms and artillery, intelligence transmission, etc."

As soon as Yu Xian finished speaking, more than half of the people in the audience looked distressed. They were already overwhelmed by the literacy classes, and now the team leader said they had to learn these things too.

"Next we will start drawing lots to divide into groups. There are 400 trainees in our entire base. I have prepared 400 lots and placed them in front of you, numbered from one to eight. Everyone will draw lots one by one, and those who draw the same number will be in the same group. During the entire inspection and training period, you will all be comrades-in-arms who will share weal and woe and life and death together. Starting with the first soldier on the left, come forward and draw lots!" Yu Xian began to divide into groups.

According to the training outline, none of these people will be eliminated, but whether they join the combat unit or the logistics support personnel must be differentiated and assessed. These people are distinguished through physical training and cultural classes, and officers of all levels must also go through this procedure.

Yu Xian wanted to train Wei Dayong together, but later thought about his personality and decided not to. It would be good for him to follow him, because he would easily get carried away if he led the team to fight.

The training brigade started this morning. Everyone drew lots and divided into eight teams, and then began various courses and training. Yu Xian was very busy. The brigade commander said that he could not find a suitable person to serve as an instructor in the 129th Division. Therefore, Yu Xian was both a father and a mother. He not only managed military training and operations, but also cared about the psychological state of the trainees and investigated and selected officers at all levels.

I am so tired every day that sometimes I look up at the sky hoping that a political instructor will fall from it.

In addition to daily training and lectures, the teaching battalion also has to undertake some combat tasks issued by the brigade, such as escorting senior headquarters officials across the blockade line, transporting necessary supplies, supporting frontal troop operations against mopping-up operations, and so on.

During this period, Yu Xian also completed the survey of several transportation routes between northern Shanxi and Taiyuan, drew maps and made sand tables, and was just waiting to start work in a few years.