He is two meters and five centimeters tall. Who made him a soldier?

Chapter 209 Parachuting related training (dry stuff)

"Instructor, why do you look at me with tinted glasses? Why can't I get on a plane and skydive?"

Hearing the instructor's tone, it seemed as if the instructor was not allowing him to go skydiving, and Lu Qinglong immediately asked with some dissatisfaction.

At the same time, the two huge pectoral muscles on his chest moved, which surprised the instructor. He quickly reacted and replied:
"Don't get me wrong, that's not what I meant."

"May I ask, how much do you weigh?"

The teacher was polite, or rather he had to be polite.

If I make Lu Qinglong unhappy, this guy will kill me with one punch!
The army has more talent! Why did they recruit the Hulk into the army?
If it were in their Air Force, they would be eliminated in the first round. After all, they are too big to jump into some small aircraft models. They can only jump into the Fat Girl Y-20 or other large aircraft.

This point will be brushed off.

With Lu Qinglong's physique, it would be most popular for him to join the armed police, so why did he join the army?

"Me? Three hundred kilograms, what's wrong?"

“Three hundred kilograms!”

The instructor's mouth twitched, and he began to wonder whether Lu Qinglong could still parachute.

Because they were about to organize a skydive, they only had two types of parachutes prepared. The experienced veterans would jump with paragliders, while the new recruits would probably just jump with round parachutes.

As for the round umbrella, isn't his weight a bit over the standard?

The impact force on the legs at the moment of landing is completely on a different level.

If you make a slight mistake, spraining your ankle is just a minor matter. But if it is more serious, even your internal organs may be severely impacted.

"As for you, as to whether you can parachute, I need to think about it."

"Well, I can't jump to conclusions so quickly. There will be a landing exercise in the next subject. I want to see how you perform."

"If you can easily keep the method I taught you to land, then I can let you parachute."

The teacher spoke very carefully, and at the same time watched Lu Qinglong's expression cautiously, fearing that this guy would suddenly turn hostile.

Fortunately, after listening to it, Lu Qinglong nodded, indicating that he could continue training.

After walking through one class of recruits, the instructor then helped the recruits from other classes adjust the correct exit movements.

"Okay, your exit postures are pretty good. Now let me simulate an exit situation for you."

"Everyone, look here. Because there are new comrades here, I'll ask an old soldier to do a demonstration, and I'll explain it from below."

As the instructor spoke, he randomly asked a first-term non-commissioned officer to stand on a platform that was about two meters high.

A soft sponge mat had been laid on the table in front of him, which was about one meter thick.

At the instructor's request, the veteran soldier remained in the posture they had just trained, with his hands in front of his stomach.

According to the instructor, the reason they held their stomachs was because when skydiving, the area in front of the stomach was the reserve parachute.

That is, in case the main parachute cannot be opened, they can still manually open the backup parachute.

"In our airborne army, if you recruits do a parachute jump and the rope connecting the main parachute to the aircraft is not pulled open, and you manually open the backup parachute, you can take the initiative to receive a third-class merit."

When the teacher said this, Ji Baichang's eyes lit up. It was the first time he heard such a statement and he found it quite novel.

If the main parachute is not pulled open, can you get third-class merit if you open the backup parachute manually?
Isn't this way of achieving merit a little too easy?

Just for a moment, Ji Baichang wanted to become a paratrooper.

As if seeing the reactions of these recruits, the instructor from the 15th Airborne Army continued:
"Of course, it's almost impossible for this to happen even if you jump 10,000 times without the main parachute opening, not to mention that you were able to stay sane and open the backup parachute when you were stalling and sinking on your first jump."

"I haven't seen it much anyway."

"Okay, get ready to leave the plane!"

The instructor shouted, and the first-term sergeant on the diving platform hugged his stomach with both hands and stepped about two steps away from the edge of the platform.

"Jump!"

The instructor shouted again, and the first-term sergeant, who was demonstrating, stepped onto the diving platform in two steps, then curled up his body, maintained a balance in the air, and jumped onto the mat.

"It's OK, but my right leg is a little off, but everything else is fine."

The teacher nodded.

For these army special forces who only undergo parachute training once a year, this posture is not deformed and basically there is no big problem.

"New comrades, do you understand? You need to maintain this posture when you jump down. This way, even after you leave the plane, your movements will not be deformed and the parachute will open smoothly."

"Here's a negative example. When you jump down, spread your legs a little and drop one leg. Is that okay?"

The instructor asked the first-term sergeant who had just demonstrated.

The first-term sergeant nodded, walked back onto the diving platform, and demonstrated again at the instructor's command.

This time, the first-term sergeant who was demonstrating the move made a mistake according to what the instructor had just said. When he jumped out of the diving platform, one of his feet fell off sharply, and then his face hit the soft sponge pad.

"See? It's fine now that it's a diving platform, but if it were a real plane jumping off."

"Once your legs fall off, you will probably tumble rapidly in the air. When the parachute is pulled open, it will probably fly out along your thighs. Getting your crotch or balls stuck will be a minor issue. The most likely scenario is that the main parachute will not open, and you will keep tumbling in the air."

"At that time, you would have fainted, not to mention opening the backup parachute."

"So, new comrades and those who are experiencing skydiving for the first time, watch out, you must practice your exit movements well."

After the instructor's explanation and demonstration, Ji Baichang finally understood the importance of the exiting posture, and then practiced it honestly.

It's a little difficult when you first jump down, and you need to overcome the fear of hitting your face on the sponge pad, but otherwise it's not a big deal.

Sometimes it is very common to lose your legs or lose your balance.

"Teacher, how about adding another sponge pad to the top?"

"If I jump down, will it collapse directly?"

It was Lu Qinglong's turn to do off-camera training. He looked at the sponge pad under him and felt a little doubtful.

He felt that if he jumped down headfirst, the sponge mat would definitely sink and he would fall to the ground.

Just now, when he saw Li Wa, who weighed more than 90 kilograms, jumping down, he felt that the sponge mat could not bear the weight, let alone his own weight of kilograms.

"Oh, sure. Wait a minute."

The instructor nodded, then took another sponge pad and stacked it on the sponge pad.

In this way, there is a two-meter sponge pad underneath the two-meter diving platform, which is basically parallel to the diving platform.

Seeing this, Lu Qinglong nodded, and then followed the movements that the instructor had just taught him, jumped off the diving platform, hugged each other in a very correct posture, and then landed on the sponge mat.

However, even though there were two layers of sponge pads, Lu Qinglong's weight was so great that when he jumped down, he still made two holes in both sponge pads.

The teacher was silent for a while, looking at Lu Qinglong's innocent eyes and unable to speak for a long time.

He only brought four sponge pads in total, and Lu Qinglong destroyed two of them. So there were only two sponge pads left, and Lu Qinglong couldn't use them anymore.

Thinking of this, the teacher showed a slightly embarrassed smile on his face and said to Lu Qinglong:
"Well, your dancing moves are pretty good. You don't have to continue with the next off-camera moves. Just keep doing what you are doing now."

"Then for the next training, you will wait for the landing training below. Then we will decide whether to jump or not based on your landing training results."

The instructor showed an awkward smile on his face. He could see that Lu Qinglong was really eager to skydive, and the sponge pad he had given him was dried up and broken.

"OK then."

Lu Qinglong nodded and went to the side to practice the exiting action by himself.

Almost all the other veterans in the company had finished jumping two buildings and soon it was their turn for landing training.

The content of landing training is basically to let them jump down from different heights with their hands raised.

Of course, this is not a blind jump. There is sand on the ground where they land, which can act as a cushion for them.

At the same time, they stand on the diving platform, and there are naturally some movements they need to follow when jumping down.

"We also have a set of guidelines for landing training."

"Three points, legs together, hold tight."

"The three points refer to the two points at the front and back of the combat boots you wear, and the other point is your knee."

"Holding your legs firmly means that when you land, your ankles must also be firmly held, so that you can land safely on the ground."

"Let me show you a demonstration."

As the teacher spoke, he walked up to the platform, which was about 2.6 meters high at its highest point.

Then raise your hands as if you were operating the pull ring on the round umbrella, and keep your legs together.

He pressed his body slightly and then jumped down.

His body was steady in the air, and finally landed perfectly on the sand, his legs bent to reduce the impact.

As expected of an airborne troops instructor, his legs are really tough.

After the instructor finished the demonstration, the veterans present immediately clapped their hands to express their recognition of the instructor.

They say the 15th Army is very tough! Today I saw that it was indeed true.

Maybe it's nothing to just watch other people jump, but when you stand on the highest diving platform, plus your own height, the height of your sight looking at the ground is at least four meters, which is indeed a bit scary.

Under the instructor's command, the veterans of the company began training one after another.

(End of this chapter)