1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 2263
For most of the spectators who seldom have the opportunity to see the training scenes in the military, these soldiers are flying across the ditch on the school field and quickly crossing all kinds of obstacles.

Every time the soldiers on the field pass an obstacle, there will be exclamations in the stands. Whether it is a wooden wall more than ten feet high, or a barbed wire fence as low as knees, these military masters can perform movements that ordinary people cannot complete. Passing quickly, even people without much military knowledge can understand the important role such flexible and powerful movements will play in the life-and-death fight on the battlefield.

Zhang Jinbao enjoyed watching it very much, thinking that it is a pity that such a fierce competition has not been opened to the public for the past few years.Even if you need to buy high-priced tickets to watch it, there must be many people like yourself who are willing to pay to see it.

But what made him feel a little regretful was that the Haihan Army was only responsible for organizing and arbitrating this competition, but did not send personnel to directly participate in these competitions, so he could not take this opportunity to see the strength of the Haihan Army.

Zhang Jinbao was not the only one who had similar thoughts. For example, Su Keyi wanted to immediately suggest that the officials let the Haihan Army send a few people to participate in the competition, so as to understand the real gap between the Haihan Army and these students.

Probably only the soldiers from various countries participating in the school field will be grateful for the absence of the Haihan Army. They are very aware of the strength gap between themselves and the base instructors. Such competitions can be avoided, otherwise it will be really serious. Hit your self-confidence.

As for Dong Shangyi and Li Hai, who appeared last in the queue, they no longer had any distracting thoughts in their minds, and they were fully focused on the obstacles ahead.They have to fight for the top spot in order to win honor for their faction.For them, this school field is the battlefield at this moment.

The last obstacle is a log. The diameter of this log is less than half a foot, but the length is about five feet. It is fixed on several wooden stakes about one foot high on the ground. A fast pass is considered acceptable.

Although it seems very simple, if the player slides off the bridge halfway, he must return to the bridge and cross the bridge again. For the obstacle course that needs to race against time, as long as one mistake is very likely to lose the entire game.Among the several groups of people in the previous competition, some fell off the bridge at the last hurdle, resulting in a shortfall before the finish line.

The correct way to pass is of course to slow down, maintain balance, and strive to pass the level at one time.But these two are masters, they know very well that slowing down here is equivalent to giving the opponent a chance to surpass themselves, so there is no sign of slowing down in front of the single-plank bridge, and they both stepped onto the bridge in one stride.

It is not easy to maintain a precise foothold and body balance during high-speed running, but the two of them galloped effortlessly on the slender single-plank bridge.From the stands, there was no sign of them slowing down as they crossed the bridge.

An Daoshi, who was watching the battle from the sidelines of the track, sighed secretly when he saw this scene. Only then did he realize that Dong Shangyi and Li Hai had reservations in their usual training, and would slow down when passing the single-plank bridge obstacle. Out of the real ability to press the bottom of the box.

Although both of them tried their best, a competition is a competition, and there will be winners and losers in the end. In the end, Dong Shangyi crossed the finish line first with a three-foot lead.And with the performance of these two people, no need to look at the timing results, they are obviously much faster than the previous groups of people.

"It's amazing, it's really amazing! I'm so convinced that I lost!"

Before announcing the results, Zheng Zuo took the initiative to applaud and admit defeat: "Master Xu has such talents in the team, it is really enviable!"

Li Nai, who also participated in this gamble, also praised: "It seems that Mr. Xu has acted confidently before, and he really has the confidence. I am willing to gamble and admit defeat!"

"This competition is actually evenly matched. Both of them performed very well. It is a fluke for us to win." After winning this item, Xu Yuxing's tone became humble.

The second competition is bomb throwing. This competition is divided into two assessment directions, one is distance, and the other is accuracy.

The grenade is also a relatively new weapon for the Haihan army. Due to the cost and production capacity, only a few elite troops are equipped with this kind of range attack weapon. The bomb throwing technique is listed as a training item in the army. It's only in the last year or two.On the list of weapons and equipment that are allowed to be exported and sold, there is actually no grenade.

Therefore, even if foreign military students have mastered the skill of throwing bombs, they will basically not have the opportunity to use this skill for a long time in the future. It is tantamount to learning a dragon-slaying skill.The reason why this dragon-slaying skill is taught to foreign military students is because the military believes that this training can effectively remind foreign military students of the huge gap in weapons and equipment with the Haihan Army, so as to play a certain role. deterrent effect.

Naturally, these students have seen the power of grenades during the training period, but the guests who watched the contest may not understand the significance of this project. Therefore, in order to illustrate this point, the Haihan Army specially set up a small grenade at the other end of the school field. Temporary shooting range to demonstrate the power of grenades.

The demonstration method is also very simple and rude. An area with a radius of ten feet is circled, and then the fat pigs that have just been slaughtered are hung on racks at different distances, and they are used as the target of attack.Grenadiers throw grenades into this area from a distant bunker, and after the explosion, they can observe the killing effect at different distances.

"Originally, we planned to carry out this demonstration in the equipment display event after the competition, but considering the viewing effect of this competition, we finally decided to display it in advance." Yan Chujie explained to the distinguished guests sitting next to him in a succinct manner The purpose of arranging a demonstration of weapon performance.

So the guests saw the whole process from the throwing of the three grenades to the explosion, but their stands were far away from the demonstration area. Although the explosion was not small, most of the guests who could not hear Yan Chujie's explanation could not understand it immediately. The significance of the item demonstration.

Of course, the main purpose of Haihan's military arrangement for this project is to deter foreign troops. It doesn't matter whether the public can understand it immediately, as long as the adults present understand what kind of advanced weapons Haihan has in hand.

The fat pigs on the shelf were taken down and transported to the stands by a cart. Yan Chujie got up on his own initiative and invited the distinguished guests around him to check the effect of the killing.

Even a half-layman like Su Keyi couldn't help being moved when he saw the shrapnel deeply embedded in the fat pig's body, and the closer to the center of the explosion, the denser the shrapnel was.According to the instructions given by Haihan, this weapon called a grenade can produce dozens of iron shrapnel after it explodes, causing damage within a three-foot range. Penetrating, its killing effect is almost the same as that of musket bullets.

It can be imagined that when the two armies are facing each other, if the opponent throws such weapons one after another in the formation, the killing effect will probably not be inferior to the shelling, and this grenade is only the size of a fist and weighs about half a catty. It is portable and used It is much more convenient than heavy artillery.Although the range is far inferior to artillery, when the combat distance is close or the terrain is complex, this weapon is more flexible in use than artillery, and its power is greater than that of rifles. It is indeed a weapon that has to be feared. .

"The grenade used in the demonstration just now is just a less powerful version, and the grenade we equipped to the Haihan Army will be slightly heavier, and the lethality and damage range will be larger. We have already It has been used many times on the Liaodong battlefield, and I am quite satisfied with the practicality and reliability of this weapon."

Yan Chujie paused and continued: "But it is also because this weapon is very dangerous, so in today's bomb throwing competition, we will not use live ammunition to avoid accidents."

The reason Yan Chujie gave was just a prevarication. In fact, these foreign military students have never received live ammunition throwing training. This is not only a matter of training risks, but also a way to keep technical secrets. The detonation time after dropping the firing pin is critical for the grenadier to estimate the flight time and select the projectile parabola.

In fact, the grenade is not a new invention in the world of this era. The "shocking thunder" of the Northern Song Dynasty was made of pig iron with a black gunpowder inside. It was detonated with a fuse and then used to kill the enemy with fragments.At the end of Ming Dynasty, there was also a kind of
Explosive weapons are called "the enemy of ten thousand people", but this thing weighs tens of kilograms. It is obviously impossible to throw it by manpower, and it can only be used on the top of the city.

In Europe, grenades filled with black powder also appeared in the 15th century. By the middle of the 17th century, field grenades appeared, and there were grenadiers who specialized in using this special weapon.If we look at it from a time point of view, the progress of the West may only be a decade or so behind Haihan.

Of course, no matter whether it is a local or a similar weapon from the West, in terms of design principles and combat performance, it is incomparable with the grenade equipped by the Haihan Army. The M68-style grenade is at least several generations ahead of the contemporaneous technology, and it is enough to make the big shots present greedy.

Yan Chujie also specifically explained that the models of the Haihan Army are different from the grenades used in the demonstration, in order to let those present understand that they want to use the bomb-throwing skills learned by foreign military students to calculate the actual combat effectiveness of the Haihan Army. The tactics used are not working.

In fact, the fact that Haihan equipped the army with grenades is more or less known to several military observers stationed in Jinzhou, Liaodong. It was only today that they saw the power of this weapon with their own eyes.

And everyone's first thought after checking the killing effect was almost the same - can Haihan's new weapon be bought with money?

"This weapon is still in the trial production and trial stage, and there are still great risks and uncertainties, so our country has no plans to export it for the time being." Yan Chujie immediately poured cold water on everyone, but he immediately slapped him. Just gave a candy: "But our country is willing to teach the bomb-throwing tactics to students from various countries first, and when the time is right, it will open the sale of this new weapon to other countries. At that time, it will be equipped and trained to use this new weapon in its own army. Weapons will also be smoother."

Yan Chujie didn't say a word about when the "time is right". This time may be one or two years, or it may be ten or eight years.

After everyone returned to their seats, Yan Chujie signaled the beginning of this competition.

The contestants used training mines of the same weight but not filled with gunpowder in the competition. Each person had six throwing opportunities. The distance was measured in the first three times, and the farthest one was used as the result. The throwing accuracy was measured in the last three times. For the sandbag target on the ground ten feet away, take the closest one to the target as the result.The average of the two rankings will be used, and the highest score will be the winner.

The antagonism of this event is not as strong as the previous obstacle race, but in the same competition, it is clear at a glance which is stronger and weaker.The landing point of the training mine covered in white ash on the ground is very clear, and it is easy to see at a glance who is throwing farther and more accurately.

Although Zhang Jinbao didn't quite know what a group of big shots were studying around a few dead pigs, he quickly returned his attention to the current game.

To everyone's surprise, the two teams that performed well in the first event were not at the same level when it came to bomb throwing.Although the players they played also played well, they could no longer take the top spot in this event.

In the first three rounds of long-distance competition, Xu Jiajun and An Nanjun ranked third and fourth respectively. The second place was occupied by a player from Jindun with a score of 27 feet and three feet, while No.1 was occupied by a player from the little-known Fushan team. A player surnamed Ma won with a distance of 33 feet and [-] feet, causing many people present to ask who the Fukuyama team is.

Not to mention ordinary people, even among the group of people sitting with the high-ranking officials of Hai Han, there are many people who don't know the origin of this team, and Su Keyi is one of them.After asking Ning Qi who was next to him, he realized that it was a landlord armed force from Daming Shandong.

Ning Qi's explanation wasn't exhaustive, so Su Keyi didn't know the origin between this landlord armed force and Hai Han.In fact, the team from Fushan County, Dengzhou, Shandong can be regarded as a private armed force cultivated by Chen Yixin in Shandong to some extent. Of course, for the sake of convenience, this armed force is not directly under his personal name, but It was established in the name of his father-in-law Ma Dongqiang.

The reason for such an arrangement is, on the one hand, to protect the many interests of the Ma family in Fushan County, and on the other hand, it can also pave the way for the children of the Ma family to have channels to enter the bureaucratic system of Haihan.

Of course, if he just joins the army, then Chen Yixin can handle it in Shandong, but the Ma family hopes that his children will have a better future, so after Chen Yixin's activities, he started last year in the name of the Shandong Dengzhou Fushan County Militia , sent several people to Sanya to study military skills.

(End of this chapter)