Girls und War

Until the advent of modern laser weapons, gunpowder guns were the soldier's only choice for combat.

If laser weapons did not have the advantages of portability, ease of control, and enormous power, gunpowder guns might still continue to be used as individual weapons and continue to be passed down.

But times have changed.

The planet's standing self-defense force has been replaced by strategic space bombing and fully mechanized laser battlefield clearing.

There is no need for humans to engage in head-on combat, nor is there a need for slow and weak gunpowder guns.

The gun, like the sword, has finally become a microcosm of history.

Today's humans look at it more like a cultural relic or a work of art.

But the cradle of ultra-modern military officers, the imaginary quantum battlefield, needs this kind of weapon.

A truly ultra-modern battlefield cannot produce a real soldier.

If a strategic enemy of humanity appeared, the only thing they would do would be to launch a mindless attack with a massive star-destroying force. Then, they would send a vast array of spaceships equipped with hundreds of millions of fully intelligent combat robots to bear down on the enemy forces—a remote-controlled war with no human casualties.

At this time, are we going to use precious human lives as meaningless cannon fodder to fill the gaps on the battlefield?

Even in the next-generation nuclear battlefield, the significance of soldiers is only to serve as deterrence and strategic supplement.

The more technologically advanced the era becomes, the less meaningful the existence of individual soldiers will become.

Therefore, the only purpose of combat training for new recruits is to select true commander talents in the cradle of imaginary battlefields.

In order to achieve this goal, the recruit training camp will provide comprehensive training for the "pre-nuclear war era" for recruits.

Of course, this includes the use of firearms and tactical training on the gunpowder battlefield.

I'd like to add a point to what I mentioned previously about the three levels of engagement in the imaginary battlefield.

One is the cold weapon exchange without gunpowder;

One is the exchange of hot weapons in a non-nuclear battlefield;

Another is an indiscriminate, ultra-modernized space war exchange.

The group of girls that Xia Shu is in is at the second level of engagement.

Further up, there is a "military chess" style cosmic battlefield where only senior military officers participate.

Further down, there is a cold weapon battlefield where only hand-to-hand combat is carried out.

A place like the cold weapon battlefield, which requires no technical skills, is of course left to the boys who can only die once.

The girls' precious lives can only be consumed in the meat grinder-like artillery front.

After all, the consumption of combatants in the era of hot weapons is simply not on the same level as that in the era of cold weapons.

How can you waste a boy's life?

This is where sexism in the military comes in.

So, when Sergeant Bayonet brought a fully automatic rifle that looked like a work of art to everyone's eyes.

They all opened their eyes wide and cried out "Wow!"

That's a real gun!

It is not the virtual data in the game, nor is it a modern handicraft made of soft materials.

It is a single-soldier combat weapon produced in a military factory that can fire bullets!

Don't think that girls' minds are filled with dolls and marshmallows, such soft interests and hobbies.

Girls are just as interested in military weapons as boys.

Human instinct has always been to favor self-defense tools that can create a sense of security.

The same goes for guns and swords.

The principle is the same.

The Master Chief briefly explained the structure and working principle of the firearm.

Then the robots were assigned and each one was given a blank gun.

This is really amazing.

Natsuki tutted.

As expected of a future society with extreme overcapacity, every new recruit can be equipped with a new gun.

Thinking back to the days of recruits on Earth, guns were far from enough.

In a company of new recruits, at most one-third can use real guns for tactical training.

Others can only use plastic imitation guns.

Then three groups of people took turns training with real stuff.

After receiving the gun, Xia Shu skillfully pulled out the empty chamber and checked the condition of the gun.

Sheng, who was standing next to him, was stunned by the look on his face.

The gun is extremely sophisticated in structure and its style is the old classic AK style.

After all, it is a classic, and its structure and style are simple to the extreme.

In the past, there were several original gun series imitating AK in China.

For example, the 56 series and the 81 series.

But later the military phased out these old guns, and the Type 95 and Type 03 were the only ones on hand.

Even so, the shadow of the AK series can still be seen on 03.

Blue Star's ultra-modern military industry is reflected in this gun, which has an extremely delicate and smooth gun body.

There is no defect at all, and the possibility of part deviation is eliminated at the nanometer level.

The frosted material is comfortable to hold, and the weight is stable, neither light nor heavy, just right for a girl's hand.

Xia Shu did not find any trace of this gun in his past memories of firearms.

That makes sense. After all, this isn't the original world, so it would be strange if the technology lines completely overlapped.

She tried firing the gun with an empty chamber.

The click of the trigger made her heart tremble.

The firing sound is so familiar to the extreme, it’s just too cool.

There were also many girls like Xia Shu, pulling the bolt to test the gun.

The instructor sternly warned them not to point the gun at anyone.

Not even an empty gun.

This is to prevent friendly forces from being hit in the event of a test failure.

This kind of thing has happened on the battlefield before.

You can never go too far wrong.

However, although they were given guns, they had no bullets.

They were clearly not at the stage where they could use bullets.

The only reason for giving them guns is that they need this prop for new training.

Thus, the cruelest and most terrifying training in the entire recruit company training began.

29. About tactical actions

The most complex and difficult training in the recruit company——

It is undoubtedly tactical training.

So what exactly is so-called tactical training?

The action training of self-protection and tactical movement on the battlefield is collectively referred to as tactical training.

Tactical movement on the battlefield is a very complex subject.

Because the actual battlefield scenes are extremely varied.

Any area with or without people can become a battlefield in modern warfare.

For example, plains, plateaus, hills, mountains, rivers, coasts, islands, water-networked rice fields, cities, Gobi, deserts, tropical mountain jungles, etc.

There are countless.

It is obviously impossible to make new recruits fully familiar with the tactical movements on these complex battlefields in just three months.

So all they have to learn are the basic tactical moves that are common on all battlefields.

And all you need to do is study on the soft grass.

The movements to be learned are organized into a complete set——

Tactical prone position, sideways crawling, low-post crawling, tactical rolling, tactical running, obstacle running, and based on this, moving fully armed with guns.

These movements may sound easy, but they are actually many times more complicated than physical training and any other training.

And they are extremely prone to injury when performing various dangerous tactical actions.

Not to mention the huge burden on the body after being fully armed.

The company did not rush them to start training, but asked each squad leader to return to his or her own area and explain the various common sense and tricks of tactical training.

After Shuibian brought them back to Class A's training area, he did not rush to explain the tactical training knowledge, but started with guns.

"The gun is your life." This was the first thing she told the recruits.

On the battlefield, you must hold your gun tightly and treat it as an extension of your body.

Once you drop your gun, you're dead.

Even if the enemy doesn't kill you, the supervision team will kill you.

Shuibian first taught them how to disassemble guns and then taught them how to clean them.

While teaching, he explained the functions of various guns and the precautions required in their use.

Firearms on modern battlefields can be roughly divided into: pistols, rifles, machine guns, and grenades.

Ordinary soldiers rarely come into contact with machine guns and rifles, so there is no need to explain them.

As for pistols, most of them are used by officers for self-defense and are not often seen.

And once you learn how to use one type of gun, you can easily learn how to use the others.

The types of rifles can also be divided into: bolt-action rifles, semi-automatic rifles and fully automatic rifles.

Ordinary infantry generally use automatic rifles, also known as assault rifles.

As the name suggests, this gun fires automatically and continuously, without the need to reload the chamber one round at a time.

The other two loading modes are used for sniper rifles.

Because we want to pursue high-precision single-shot shooting, we cannot use a continuous-fire mechanism.

Even if you want to pursue high precision with an automatic rifle, you can switch the gear to semi-automatic.

As for another lighter tactical firearm - the submachine gun.

It has another name.

Portable light machine gun.

In fact, this type of gun is a branch of the machine gun and has a different tactical positioning from the rifle.

Machine guns are not usually used for single-shot fire, but are often used for fire suppression.

Rifles are sometimes adjusted to single-shot semi-automatic mode in order to achieve greater efficiency in killing the enemy.

However, in modern times, the concepts of automatic rifles and submachine guns have become more general.

Due to the evolution of industrial processes, the effectiveness and production standards of guns have been greatly improved.

After briefly explaining the guns, Shuibian explained the tactical moves.