Chapter 69: Wolf Tooth's Special Training

  In the early morning, in a courtyard in the southern suburbs of Beiping, with a whistle blowing, more than twenty fully armed young soldiers walked out of their respective dormitories.

  At this time, Ouyang Yun had already run five kilometers outside. He stood upright in front of the team with a slight sweat on his forehead and shouted loudly: "Attention! At ease!" Then he raised his right hand to look at his watch and said: "Four minutes is too long. Do you know what the assembly time for a qualified special forces unit is? One minute and thirty seconds!" His gaze swept through the team one by one, then he shouted loudly: "Attention, each class report numbers!"

  Today is the second day since "Wolf Tooth" was established. The 13 new recruits from yesterday have been sent to Wanping for general training in formation and internal affairs. Before sending them off, Ouyang Yun said bluntly that whoever reaches the basic training requirements first will be the first to return to "Wolf Tooth" for special training. The remaining recruits were divided into three classes by him: Class 1 with 7 people, Class 2 with 7 people, and Class 3 with 8 people. The class leaders were temporarily appointed, and after the special training ended, the final selection would be determined based on the examination results of each subject. To increase their sense of honor, he emphasized that all officers in "Wolf Tooth" have a military rank two levels higher than those of the same level in ordinary troops, which means that the class leaders in "Wolf Tooth" are equivalent to company commanders in ordinary troops. In addition, the soldiers' pay and food allowance are three times that of ordinary troops. The recruits who can come to "Wolf Tooth" are all top-notch students from the recruit team, including some officers such as platoon leaders and company commanders, so their morale is naturally higher than that of ordinary recruits. When they learned about the excellent conditions, everyone's chest was puffed out with pride, and a sense of arrogance arose naturally. However, when they heard that those who failed to pass the assessment after completing special training would be "eliminated", many people became worried again, and some even couldn't sleep well at night.

  Modern special forces training, each country has different settings based on its own conditions. The training that Ouyang Yun had experienced included early-stage training and late-stage training. In the early stage, the focus was on strengthening physical fitness and psychological adjustment ability through frequent cross-country running, swimming, push-ups, squat jumps, and circle runs. For example, crawling forward in the rain, mountain climbing, etc., to exercise physical strength. Through continuous self-transcendence, the trainee's physical strength can reach a certain standard within a short period.

  Next was the late-stage training aimed at strengthening individual special abilities, including driving training, parachute training, shooting, hand-to-hand combat, mapping, and blasting, which everyone must master. Then, according to each person's characteristics, they would focus on strengthening one or several aspects of skills.

  During the entire training period, the troops would arrange some actual combat exercises based on the situation, accompanied by psychological counseling. In some cases, they would even arrange real-life executions (mostly gunning down death row inmates) to increase courage.

  Among them, armed cross-country and swimming are throughout the entire training process. Cross-country is basically at least 5 kilometers every day, and swimming is arranged twice a week according to conditions. Then there are some strength-type trainings, which are compulsory courses every day. As for shooting and driving subjects, they are all arranged according to conditions, with weeks as time units.

  Armed cross-country, Ouyang Yun's daily routine consists of 5 kilometers in the morning and 5 kilometers at night, sometimes with a midnight surprise attack. He has to carry a helmet, dagger, combat boots, first aid kit, three days' worth of rations, a water bottle filled with water, communication equipment, multi-tool, plus a 10kg sandbag vest, 5kg sandbag leg wraps, bulletproof vest, pistol with 4 magazines, submachine gun/assault rifle with 5 magazines. If you have other special skills, such as being proficient in electronic messaging, sorry, you'll also need to bring an electronic reconnaissance device. The last two people to finish each cross-country exercise will be penalized with 200 push-ups and 200 frog jumps.

  Then there were three armed fordings every week. Except for sandbags on the body, nothing else was missing, and the last two names had to be fined.

  In terms of driving, cars and motorcycles are a must for everyone, then it's either armored vehicles, tanks or helicopters, if the unit conditions permit, you can also try flying a fighter jet (it seems not possible domestically), and the last two will be penalized.

  Parachute training is divided into two types, helicopter parachute training is once a week, and transport plane parachute training is once a month. The requirement is to enter combat state within 2 minutes of landing. In general, parachute training is carried out in conjunction with specific exercise tasks such as escorting, beheading, stealing important documents, rescuing hostages, etc. The losing side will also be penalized.

  The combat training took the form of confrontation, usually once a week. The loser not only had to add a certain amount of training subjects but also had to help the winner wash a week's worth of smelly socks - it was precisely because of this that no one in Ouyang Yun's unit did not secretly practice more - after entering the special forces brigade, there was no difference between new and old soldiers, and there was no need for new soldiers to help old soldiers with laundry. Although modern special forces are equipped with washing machines, "helping someone wash their socks" is not a glorious thing to say out loud. Therefore, among all the training subjects, Ouyang Yun took combat training the most seriously. Since he was allowed to bring weapons, he had the protection of his flying needles and basically never lost except for twice when he lost to the brigade commander.

  Surveying and blasting are both subjects that require a strong knowledge base, usually with one class per week, with the nature of bringing some lessons on board. The difference is that surveying is purely done with a pen, while blasting requires hands-on production of explosives or disassembly of explosives. Both training courses use time consumption as the standard for settlement, overtime counts as loss, and penalties are imposed.

  Ouyang Yun completely copied the special forces training manual from his old unit, except for some equipment and airborne operations that cannot be carried out due to current conditions. Everything else was copied verbatim, and as soon as it came out, it scared the recruits. They originally thought that the recruit team's training was already strict enough, but now they realized that compared to special forces training, it was simply child's play.

  Chu Tian Ge and Liu Zhe Liang, as Ou Yang Yun's entourage, since he was going to participate in the special training, they naturally couldn't escape. The sandbags were exactly what the two of them went to prepare, at that time they didn't know what use they would be put to, until Ou Yang Yun first demonstrated putting on the back heart and leg bindings, only then did they realize, emotionally, that the next 5 kilometers of cross-country running not only required full combat gear but also carrying these 7-kilogram sandbags.

  Ouyang Yun and everyone else put on their sandbag vests, tied up their sandbag leg straps, blew the whistle, and said: "Now start cross-country running, target - Jin Ge Village in front to the right, go back and forth once. The first ten people to arrive will be rewarded with two meat buns, and the last person to arrive will be penalized with 200 push-ups and 200 sit-ups! Start!" After finishing speaking, he ran out first.

  Since returning to Beiping, due to the location of the haunted house being equivalent to a downtown area, Ouyang Yun had not conducted wilderness training for a long time. He wanted to see what his current physical condition was like, so he started with a 5km run early in the morning. People who have practiced long-distance running know that the most difficult part is the beginning limit, but as long as they grit their teeth and get through it, the rest will be relatively easy. Ouyang Yun's previous 5km had already exceeded his limit, so although his legs were a bit sore now, he was able to run quite lightly.

  He took the lead, and the students naturally didn't want to fall behind. They were indeed selected from the student army, and their physical condition was not bad. In the first three kilometers, no one fell behind, but after passing 3 kilometers, Liu Zhe Liang was left behind, followed by others who dropped out one after another.

  He deliberately tested the strength of the school soldiers and did not slow down because of this. When he ran back to the big yard, he was surprised to find that except for Chu Tian Ge, there were also Zhang Hua Ming, Lu Jian, Chen Ci Jun and six others who ran back with him.

  Chu Tian Ge, due to his long-term martial arts practice, had a great physique, which Ouyang Yun was aware of. The quality displayed by Zhang Hua Ming and the other five people surprised him, especially Zhang Hua Ming, who after running the entire course, only broke out in a big sweat, but didn't immediately collapse to the ground panting like Lu Jian and the others did. This showed that this guy's physical endurance was extremely strong.

  "Lu Jian, Chen Cijun... all get up, walk slowly. At this time, you can't lie down, or it will hurt your body." Tian Ge, Hua Ming, you help them a bit," Ouyang Yun said, helping Lu Jian up and then another recruit named Yang Xicheng, encouraging them to walk slowly to relax their muscles and avoid cramps.

  Lu Jian walked while saying with admiration: "Team leader, you're so amazing, it doesn't seem like you're using any effort at all."

  Ouyang Yun smiled and said, "I've practiced before, at the beginning it was just like you guys. To be a special forces soldier, the most important thing is to have good physical strength and strong willpower. Lu Jian, don't you regret joining this special training? Yang Xicheng, I heard that originally you were the deputy commander of the 1st company of the 2nd battalion?"

  "Yes," Yang Kuo-ching immediately stood at attention and puffed out his chest.

  Ouyang Yun patted him lightly on the chest and said with praise, "Not bad, do a good job. Being a special soldier is more interesting than being a company commander." His gaze turned to a recruit who looked a bit weak and said, "Liang Xiunv, I didn't expect you to be so frail, but your physique is not bad."

  At this time, the lagging recruits returned one after another. Many of them fell to the ground as soon as they entered the courtyard.

  Liáng Xiùnǚ said: "Commander, do you know my name?" After finishing, she hehe smiled, perhaps in his eyes, the superior being able to remember a small soldier's name is an honor.

  "Of course I remember," said Ouyang Yun with a smile. In the book "The Art of War", one of the rules is that the commander must remember the name of every soldier, so as to unite all under his command. Ouyang Yun remembered this point and spent a lot of time privately memorizing the names of his soldiers. Similarly, in the famous West Point Academy in the US, new students are required to spend some time remembering the names of all their fellow students. This shows how important it is for military personnel to remember the names of everyone around them.

  The recruits came back one by one, and after everyone returned, they all fell to the ground in the same state. At this time, Lu Jian and others' role was revealed, after all, they were former military officers, and they consciously helped Ouyang Yun to get everyone up from the ground, letting them walk slowly in the yard.

  Meanwhile, Ouyang Yun discovered that he had made a serious mistake. He forgot that this was the first time "Wolf Tooth" had gone on an expedition, and as the leader, he should have at least prepared one vehicle to follow behind the team to prevent anyone from getting injured or exhausted, so they could be taken back. In his era, all the team leaders would follow behind in off-road vehicles with at least one medical staff member on board. Now that there were no off-road vehicles, a horse-drawn carriage or even an ox cart should have been prepared, and if someone was left behind on the road, it would be a joke. Fortunately, this did not happen in the end. Only Liu Zhe Liang, who returned last, had red eyes, clearly feeling extremely ashamed of being the last one to arrive, and had cried a lot along the way. When he saw Ouyang Yun, he handed over a sentence: "Team leader, I've lost face for you." Then his body swayed and he fainted.

  Ouyang Yun felt a bit guilty in her heart, so she hurriedly supported him and first gave his legs a massage. When he woke up, she said: "Zhe Liang, you're already very lucky to be able to run back here. Following me for this period of time, there hasn't been much chance to exercise - take it slow, no rush."