"Jump, don't be afraid, jump down! You can't drown anyone."
A dam has been built in the stream next to the Yangjiawan camp, and the accumulated stream water has formed a small pool several meters deep. The fierce Wang Beard is standing by the pool and urging loudly.
To launch guerrilla warfare in the Huaihe River area with dense water networks, it is not enough just to fight the Japanese on land. Every brother must also be able to swim, so Yang Ling also launched targeted swimming training.
Those brothers who live in the south have been dealing with water since they were young. Naturally, they are not afraid. They jump into the water like dumplings and dive and float freely like fish.
But most of the brothers were landlubbers, and their legs trembled when they saw the water several meters deep. Although Wang Huzi kept urging them, they still didn't dare to jump down.
"Don't wait any longer. The brothers behind you are still waiting."
Looking at his brother who was standing by the pool and hesitating for a long time, Wang Huzi became a little impatient.
"Jump down, it's okay, we are here." Those brothers who acted as lifeguards who could swim were also encouraging them in the water at this moment.
"I, I'm afraid..." The brother standing by the water still didn't dare to jump down.
"What a fucking coward—" Wang Huzi said, walking over and kicking the frightened brother into the water.
"Wow!"
Suddenly there was a large splash of water, and the brother yelled, and immediately filled his mouth with water.
"Ha ha ha ha......"
The brothers around him burst into laughter when they saw this brother's embarrassed appearance.
The lifeguards who were in the water pulled the shouting and flopping brothers out of the water and brought them to shallow water to let them slowly adapt.
"Are you going to jump on your own, or should I kick you down?" Seeing that the brothers who entered the water were safe, Wang Huzi turned his eyes maliciously to the brothers who were still on the shore.
Each of these brothers is a good fighter on land, but they have a deep fear of water.
But Yang Ling knew that if they wanted to successfully fight against the Japs in this area, they would have great limitations if they didn't know how to fight with water.
After all, bridges and important locations are guarded by Japs and puppet troops, and there are often Japs patrol motorboats in the rivers. If they want to attack the Japs unexpectedly, everyone must learn to swim.
That's why they have swimming training. For brothers who know how to swim, it's just child's play, but for most landlubbers, it's life-threatening.
"Company Commander, Company Commander, I'll jump by myself." Seeing Wang Huzi approaching him with ill intentions, a brother had to take a deep breath and jumped into the water.
But when they entered the water for the first time, they flopped twice and sank, but they were quickly pulled out by brothers who knew how to swim. On the first day of training, these landlubbers drank full stomachs of river water.
"After dinner, everyone will summarize the experience of not floating today and find out how to feel in the shallow water area tomorrow. Chief Yang said that everyone must learn to swim." During dinner, Wang Huzi assigned tasks to the brothers.
Although the brothers complained in their hearts, they had to study in the face of Yang Ling's strict orders.
With the help of the brothers who knew how to swim, the brothers who couldn't swim started to sink when they entered the water. In the past few days, they drank a lot of water every day.
But with the familiarity in the water, people soon became lighter as they paddled, and stopped sinking.
"Hahaha, I can float, I can..."
Some brothers were just able to float, dancing in the water and forgetting to paddle. Before they finished speaking, they sank again, causing the brothers to burst into laughter.
"Three classes in a row performed well. All five combat groups can swim. I specially rewarded their class with two braised fish tonight."
In order to encourage the brothers to practice swimming hard, Yang Ling also formulated a series of incentive measures to mobilize the enthusiasm of the brothers.
"Thank you sir!"
The squad leader of the third class grinned widely after receiving the reward. He stood up quickly and saluted loudly to thank him, which made the brothers in the surrounding rows and classes jealous.
Although their third guerrilla detachment confiscated a lot of food from the house of Mr. Liu in Xiaowangzhuang, there was very little meat.
Logistics platoon leader Sun Zhong asked the brothers in the cooking squad to go fishing in the river and bring it back to the brothers when they had nothing to do, but there were hundreds of brothers in the third guerrilla detachment.
Although the fish in the Huaihe River area is rich and delicious, there are so many people there. Every time they are given a small piece of fish in their bowl, it is not enough to fit between teeth.
So now every time the cooking class makes fish soup, they will specially select a few fish to make braised fish to reward the class or combat team with excellent training.
In this way, in order to be able to eat braised fish, every combat team works extra hard during training and is very enthusiastic about training.
"Everyone should train well. Starting from tomorrow, the top three performers will all have something to eat!" Looking at the greedy brothers, Yang Ling also expanded the scope of rewards.
This move caused the brothers to shout and applaud, creating a lively atmosphere in the Yangjiawan camp.
Under the hard training of the brothers, most of the people in the third guerrilla detachment were able to swim a distance of seven or eight meters in less than a week and successfully completed the task.
training in this subject.
Of course, Yang Ling and the others did not just train for swimming. They also had strict training on individual soldiers' investigation capabilities and team cooperation.
The brothers of each detachment not only have to rely on complex terrain conditions to shoot fixed targets, shoot moving targets, approach for close reconnaissance, but also cover the passage of rice fields, woods, and bridges, set up ambushes, how to dig foxholes, and how to maintain and use firearms.
In addition, brothers must also learn to camouflage and lurk on their own. After all, if you want to attack the Japanese behind enemy lines, camouflage and lurking are essential training.
The first is the training of camouflage, from the theory of camouflage to the actual operation. Reeds, straw, branches, and rotten mud are all available to cover or smear on oneself, so as to blend in with the environment and hide.
Effect.
After the disguise was completed, it was time for latent training. The brothers didn't pay much attention to the latent training at the beginning. They just lay there and didn't move.
At the beginning, Yang Ling also developed relatively simple lurking training for the brothers, that is, lurking in a dry place for a few hours is considered to have completed the task.
However, as the intensity of training increases, not only do they have to be in a dry place, but they also have to deliberately create some harsh and humid environments for them to lie there for a day without moving.
Lurking in the stinky mud in disguise was okay for an hour or two, but as time went on, the brothers' bodies became cold and numb, and the bites of various mosquitoes made them miserable.
Some brothers couldn't help but move their bodies to swat mosquitoes that bit them.
"Stand up! Which combat group are you in?" Wang Huzi and the other instructors are also selfless. If they see anyone moving, they will fail to lurk.
"Combat Group 30."
"Deduct one point, lie down and lurk, and restart the timer."
The punishment for these combat teams that failed in lurking is also severe, not only points will be deducted, but also the time will have to be reset.
The final score will determine whether they will be rewarded or punished after completing the training. Point deduction means that they will eat braised fish and there will be no other benefits.
"Sir, he moved alone, and we didn't move..." The other two brothers in the combat team defended themselves aggrievedly.
Wang Huzi replied coldly: "If you are lurking in front of the Japs' position and he exposes his target, do you think the Japs will only hit him instead of shooting at you?!"
"So, you are a fighting team, you are a whole, you must remember it all the time, each of you must be responsible for your own actions!"