I asked you to escape, but you became a soldier in World War II

Chapter 53 Is He a Genius?
Theoretical classes that were divorced from practice were indeed very boring, and German bombers came to bomb from time to time. Everyone could only run to the nearby air-raid shelters amid the heart-wrenching sound of air-raid alarms.

After this and another, Lin Chen finally understood the embarrassing situation of the White Sea Fleet.

It turns out that to the southwest of this place is Leningrad, which was heavily besieged by German troops, and many scientific research institutions and agencies were moved here.

Therefore, even though the White Sea Fleet is far less powerful than the Northern Fleet, it also receives special attention from the German Air Force.

Since there was a bombing, the important ships certainly could not stay here and be bombed, so they left one after another, leaving only a group of old warships and a small number of sailors (many experienced sailors were incorporated into the army).

During these days of attending classes while avoiding bombings, Lin Chen and the other four students quickly became familiar with each other.

They are: Isakov, Marcos, Alexander and Youssef.

Like Lin Chen, the four were non-commissioned officers, among whom Alexander had the highest rank of sergeant.

However, his academic qualifications were the worst and he did not understand many professional terms, which made Teacher Ivan extremely annoyed.

From them, Lin Chen also learned about Teacher Ivan's past. It turned out that he was a submarine captain during Russia's World War I. Later, shortly after the start of World War II, when he was drafted into the army again and was ready to do something big, his right hand was broken in a training accident.

The absence of his right hand meant that he would never be able to command operations on a submarine again, so he was very depressed for a time. Finally, his old superior recommended him to his superiors, who also took a fancy to his submarine combat experience and sent him to teach at the Naval Academy in Leningrad.

Later, before being besieged, he retreated here with a large number of agency personnel.

After the German planes left, the six teachers and students walked out of the air-raid shelter and found that the simple classroom had been razed to the ground. Everyone was extremely depressed.

Although this classroom can be said to be extremely simple, it can at least shelter us from wind and rain. Now the enemy has destroyed even such a small place.

"Let's go. Actually, you have almost learned all the theory. To become a real submarine soldier, you still need to practice! Let's go!" Teacher Ivan waved to everyone without any emotional fluctuations, obviously wanting to take everyone to a new place.

"Practice? Oh my god, are you going to take us on a submarine?"

Everyone was full of curiosity and even discussed what type of submarine they would board.

Teacher Ivan first took everyone to the warehouse to get a few ice picks, hammers, and a very thick rope.

Everyone hurriedly asked what it was used for, but Ivan did not answer. He just smiled mysteriously and said, "We'll know soon."

The group passed through the ruins of the city and finally arrived at the seaside. At this moment, the surface of the White Sea had been frozen. Ivan did not stop, but led everyone forward until they reached the junction of the sea water and the ice.

Seeing that everyone was still looking around for the "submarine", he put the thing in his hand heavily on the ground.

“I want to ask, is there anyone who can’t swim?”

Everyone laughed.

Are you kidding? What’s the point of sailors if they can’t swim?
"Okay, then let's dig an ice hole right here! Come on, let's get started." He quickly directed everyone to start working on the ice.

Everyone now understood a little bit, are they going to jump into the freezing cold sea water and dive?

Two not-so-big ice holes were quickly dug, and Teacher Ivan finally told us the purpose of this trip!

"Students, if you want to become a diver, you must be able to escape underwater. The water temperature where we are is like this all year round. People cannot keep their eyes open for a long time in such cold water, so identifying the direction becomes the top priority. My task for you is to go down this hole and swim out of that hole!" He added with a smile, "Of course, you must tie a safety rope around your waist. If we see you swimming in the wrong direction from above, we will pull you up! But I don't want this to happen, because that means you have to come again tomorrow! But you have to dig the hole tomorrow by yourself."

Everyone gasped. Digging a hole here was really tiring. How long would it take one person to do this?

"Who's first?" Ivan asked loudly.

"I!"

Everyone turned around and saw Lin Chen was the first to raise his hand.

Ivan had a blank expression on his face and ordered loudly, "Take off your clothes! Tie up the rope and go into the sea!"

Lin Chen quickly took off his clothes until he was left with only his underwear. The cold wind blew over him, and his teeth chattered from the cold.

But he still tied the rope with the help of others, took a deep breath, and jumped vertically into the ice cave.

It's cold. It's really cold.
It's just chilling to the bone.
The moment Lin Chen came down, he aimed at the direction of the exit, and then swam forward quickly the moment he floated up.
I have no sense of direction and can only rely on muscle coordination to try not to deviate from the direction.

Because once the movements are deformed by the cold, the swimming direction will inevitably deviate, making it difficult to swim to the exit, and there is almost no solution under the ice.

He was forced to open his eyes slightly to see the general direction.

It hurts, it hurts so much.

The cold sea water rushed in, greatly stimulating Lin Chen's optic nerves, forcing him to close his eyes immediately.

It’s okay. If you swim in the wrong direction, Ivan and others will pull you. Since no one has pulled the rope yet, it means your direction is correct.

When he felt he was almost there, he swam in, feeling the ice above with his hands.

The intense exercise consumed the oxygen in his lungs quickly, and finally, he touched it.

After emerging from the sea, he took a deep breath of fresh air. Then his classmates pulled him up and handed him a towel. Only then did he dare to slowly open his eyes.

Seeing everyone's admiring expressions, Marcos gave him a thumbs up, and even Teacher Ivan came over to help him untie the rope and patted him on the shoulder, "Very good performance!"

In fact, he had thought that it was impossible for anyone to succeed, because during their training period, before the teacher explained the key points, they all tried boldly, but none of them succeeded, and in the end they were dragged to the shore half-frozen to death.

So when Lin Chen was the first to sign up and try, he sneered and thought that Lin Chen would definitely fail.

Because underwater diving may seem not a long distance but is extremely difficult, it requires coordinated movements as it moves forward, without any left-right imbalance.

However, the strength of a person's left and right hands and left and right feet is often very different. When you can't see underwater, the tension and helplessness will make you have all sorts of crazy thoughts. How is it possible to maintain balance?
But the result was far beyond his expectations. Although Lin Chen was not moving fast underwater, he succeeded in the end.

Could this person be a genius?

(End of this chapter)