The vigorous and resolute tactics of the Northern Jiangsu Guerrilla Corps made every bandit who was recruited give up the idea of escape. After all, no one wanted to die in confusion.
Huang San and his new batch of recruits did not immediately engage in training, but were taught by the battalion staff.
Most of the lectures were about national justice and military rules and disciplines. After a week, Huang San and others had a new understanding of the anti-Japanese war and felt ashamed of their previous actions.
While Huang San and the others could listen to the lectures without any worries, the other bandits in the prison camp were not idle and started doing hard labor.
The Northern Jiangsu Guerrilla Corps needed to open a training ground, and the bandits in these prisoner camps became the best labor force.
Although the labor reform made the bandits very tired, they did not complain at all. Instead, they rushed to express their desire to get a chance to escape from the prison camp. Who made them hesitate before.
In just one week, a large training ground was opened up, allowing the officers and soldiers of the Northern Jiangsu Guerrilla Corps to finally have a place to train.
A week of indoctrination in patriotism, coupled with the study of military rules and disciplines, greatly improved the ideological awareness of more than 150 recruits including Huang San.
After the intensive study, they returned to their respective squads, preparing to start military training with the veterans and prepare for the counterattack on Huaiyin.
Although Huang San and others learned from the veterans that the training of the Northern Jiangsu Guerrilla Corps was very hard and were mentally prepared, they still felt bitter when they arrived at the training ground.
A valley that was originally covered with thorns has been opened up as a training ground. Countless trenches, earthen walls and thorn nets are scattered among them, making one's scalp numb just by looking at them.
It can be said that when they were bandits, they lived an extremely happy life, with almost no need for any military training, eating meat, drinking, gambling and gambling.
Now that they suddenly stood on the training ground, they suddenly felt that their days back then were so happy.
"Squad leader, let me give you a demonstration." The company commander named Huang San and squad leader Zhao.
"Yes!" Squad Leader Zhao stepped forward and went straight to the training ground without any hesitation.
First they crawled, then climbed over obstacles, and finally there were shooting demonstrations in various postures. Although squad leader Zhao was young, the whole movement was smooth and smooth, and he quickly completed the demonstration and came back.
Huang San and the others looked at Squad Leader Zhao, who was wearing clean clothes. He was covered in dirty mud and sweat. Looking at the mess, some of them smiled.
But they soon realized that they had laughed too early and what they should have done was cry.
Under the order of the company commander, more than ten brothers from the first class took the lead in training to crawl forward. There was smelly mud on the ground and sharp thorns above them. The smell that hit their faces made them almost want to vomit.
"Lie down!"
Following the squad leader's order, whether they wanted to or not, they had to lie down in the stinking mud and crawl forward under the thorn net.
Because of irregular movements, from time to time the stinky mud splashed on the face, or the skin was pierced by the thorn net, and some people screamed in pain.
After the two-hundred-meter-long crawling training was completed, many people had blood stains on their bodies and were covered in dirty, smelly mud.
"This is completely tormenting people. How can there be such training?" This crawling training made them miserable, and some brothers couldn't bear it.
But when they saw the backbone of the veterans in the class, all of them looked like they were nothing, and looked at them with sarcastic smiles, they all wisely closed their mouths. They didn't want to be looked down upon.
After the crawling training, they had to cross obstacles, climb over trenches, earth walls, cross single-plank bridges, and cross zip lines. The brothers who had complained about their hard work before looked at their hands that were blistered from friction, and then they felt that crawling was really heaven.
Although there were only two training items on the first day, after the training was completed, Huang San and the others were completely disengaged and could not stand firm even during the battle.
Unfortunately, at dawn the next day, the assembly whistle sounded again, and they had to drag their exhausted bodies into training again.
The almost harsh training made Huang San and the other officers and soldiers who had recently joined the Northern Jiangsu Guerrilla Corps miserable, but they still endured the whips in the hands of the instructors.
As time went by, Huang San and the others gradually adapted to such high-intensity training and felt more and more relaxed.
But it was obvious that the training of the Northern Jiangsu Guerrilla Corps was more than that, and soon new subjects were placed in front of them.
Surviving in the wild, from how to set up camp and set up sentries, to finding food, eating tree roots, grass and bugs, and learning to build foxholes and trenches in the wild, is a huge physical exertion and makes them hungry every day.
This is not over yet. While enduring hunger, they also have to complete search training, prisoner training, lurking training, camouflage training, and squad and platoon cooperative combat training.
Nearly a month of brutal training has made every officer and soldier become more capable, and Huang San and the others have also integrated into this new group.
From the beginning when he and the veterans looked down upon each other, in the end they fought side by side and completed the mission in a tacit understanding, and the relationship between the two parties became more and more harmonious.
Although it was very hard every day in the army, the Military Supplies Department also found ways to supplement their nutrition. Not only were all the birds and animals within a radius of dozens of miles wiped out.
The intelligence department also established a hidden contact point outside the mountain. The guerrilla troops stranded in Huaiyin and Baoying, led by Luo Feng, the deputy commander of the third battalion that had been dispersed at the beginning, established a firm foothold.
They frequently attacked the Japanese warehouses and transport teams, and sent a steady stream of food and supplies into the mountains, making the base areas in the mountains stronger and stronger.
After Huang San and others completed the basic training, they sent the ammunition purchased by the Northern Jiangsu Guerrilla Corps into the mountains, followed by live ammunition shooting.
In Huang San's previous view, shooting was nothing more than shooting, but when they actually participated in shooting training, their understanding of shooting was completely overturned.
From the maintenance of firearms and ammunition, to the identification and use of various types of weapons, they have never been exposed to these before.
Shooting is not just about holding a gun and pulling the trigger, but also training from ranging, shooting moving targets, fixed targets, and shooting from different postures.
Such systematic training has transformed the entire army's officers and soldiers, giving them a new definition and understanding of war.
The bandits from the prisoner-of-war camps were gradually organized into various companies. Under strict military law control, these once rebellious bandits were quickly put into submission.
Under the good food guarantee, the brothers' training enthusiasm was extremely high, and the training effect also improved by leaps and bounds. A group of strong brothers were selected into the Fierce Flame Special Warfare Brigade and enjoyed better treatment. Of course, the training was also more cruel.
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The battlefield is the best training ground. Although the brothers were trained to howl like little tigers, in the end they were still a little short of the mark.
During this period of time, the intelligence department also completely sorted out the information on the surrounding bandits. Yang Ling held a military meeting and finally finalized a plan to suppress bandits and train troops.
At this time, suppressing bandits can be said to kill three birds with one stone. It can not only avenge the previous attack, but also achieve the purpose of training troops and eliminating harm for the people.