Thanks to their daily hard physical training, the soldiers can reach speeds of ten kilometers per hour with so much equipment.
In fact, the actual distance from the Blacksmith Village to the target is nearly 80 kilometers. The troops can only embark on a relatively smooth road after passing through the core area of the swamp.
Soldiers have long been instilled with this truth - soldiers are valuable in speed. What they are proud of is their high mobility. Even if they are carrying thirty kilograms of equipment, they can still maintain high-speed maneuvers.
Because in daily training, there is a 15-kilometer cross-country course with a load of 20 kilograms, which is a required course for each company every week. All soldiers must meet the standards, otherwise they will either be punished or kicked out to the militia. Thanks to this
mode, the comprehensive quality of the main force soldiers has been strengthened.
However, today's situation is extraordinary. Most of the soldiers are carrying more than 30 kilograms of weight. They are human beings, not supermen. Of course, Balzen knows the harm of such heavy loads to the human body, so he only requires the troops to march for two hours.
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Gradually, these soldiers who were moving quickly along the road had to slow down.
"The soldiers are already panting. We don't actually need to be in such a hurry. Why don't we move forward slowly?" Krafsky, the first regiment of the 284th Division, said this. He is the deputy commander and currently still the commander of the regiment.
Assuming his first duty as a battalion commander.
Balzen glanced at the panting Klavsky and shook his head regretfully: "It seems that your physical strength is really bad! Look at the soldiers of my reconnaissance battalion. Is any of them breathing heavily? None."
"Oh! Oh! I won't argue with you. You are right. I admit that the reconnaissance battalion is the elite of the elite, but you also have to consider reality! I have never heard of a commander ordering the infantry under his command
, in just two hours, I took all the equipment and ran 20 kilometers on my feet.”
"Now you have seen it, it is the task force led by me! What? What else do you want to say?"
"Don't you think this is crazy? We really should take a break, otherwise some troops will be out of touch!"
At this moment, Yevgeny of the Second Regiment of the 284th Division is beside these two men. As a direct descendant of the commander, he is just listening for the time being. I still remember the long conversation he had with the commander around the campfire in April, and the commander made a heartfelt evaluation of Barr.
Cen. "His commanding ability is like this. When leading too many troops, he can easily get carried away and even forget his strategy."
Klavsky didn't think he could convince this guy. He quickly asked Yevgeny's attitude: "The troops should not continue to march in such a hurry. The order we received is to reach the target the day after tomorrow, not today! Besides, even if we can arrive today,
Only their reconnaissance battalion can reach it."
Yevgeny chuckled: "Okay! In fact, I support you. Balzen, I don't think you should work too hard today. Our army is indeed tight on time, and it is not so tense that we need to squeeze out the physical strength of the soldiers. Let's hold off for the time being.
Take a rest and walk slowly later!"
Now that Reichev's paratrooper battalion had already turned around and headed for Misi Ferry, there were only three battalions left under Balzen's command. Of course, out of emotion, Balzen hoped to arrive at his destination as early as possible so as to show merit to the commander. Seeing that these two
What should we do if the battalion commander’s joint efforts are constrained?
Continue to issue orders? No! This is impossible! They may not listen carefully, especially this Yevgeny. He is the commander's confidant, not his close comrade-in-arms!
After some weighing, Balzen had no choice but to issue an order from his regimental commander: the entire army should rest for fifteen minutes.
This order saved many lives. The soldiers had already run for twenty kilometers, and they had to overcome the mud and help the carriages run with the army.
The marching team was a full two kilometers long, like a gray-black snake, wandering between swamps and forests.
The soldiers formed a simple two-row column. After the troops stopped, everyone dispersed to both sides of the road, sitting or squatting one by one. Some were drinking water and eating potatoes, and some were simply resting.
In the team, the little soldiers also have to bear this kind of fatigue. Young soldiers like Natasha must train in accordance with the regulations since they become soldiers. Now they are no longer children, they are soldiers! Before the war,
Bottom, they are just small war machines.
The children did not fall behind. This was of course due to the huge physical exertion. Fortunately, the adults also thought of the possibility of these children falling behind, so they followed a carriage and marched, with most of their backpacks and equipment hung on the carriage.
But after two hours of rapid march, even Natasha could hardly help but be out of breath.
After a short rest, the soldiers resumed their march.
There was no need to run wildly, and everyone moved slowly towards the target direction. Finally at a fork in the road, the leading soldier at the head of the team stopped and sent someone to report to the regiment headquarters.
"Reporting to the leader, we are about to leave the core area of the swamp. Do you want the whole team to turn around?"
"Wait a minute, I want to look at the map."
Balzen was very satisfied with being called the regiment commander by the soldiers, but he could not be consistent in commanding the army. The three battalion commanders, including him, immediately gathered and studied the map.
Yevgeny said with some concern: "According to the map, we are moving northeast from our current position. We have not built a road. The whole army will only be able to advance through the gaps in the woods. I am very worried that the carriage will get stuck in the soil.
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"This is something that really needs to be considered." Klavsky replied: "Even if the carriage really gets stuck in the mud, we can still pull it out. This is the road to the future, and our speed will be even slower!" He said,
He also sized up the situation and looked at Balzen's reaction, and deliberately turned up the volume: "There is really no way, we can't keep the speed too fast!"
What did they mean? Balzen understood instantly, and he immediately made a decision, and the troops began to turn and officially attack the small town of Loyev.
As the troops began to move northeast, trouble quickly began.
The huge Pripet Swamp has a lot of forests. It is sparsely populated and there are more wild deer than residents. Walking in the small wilderness of lush green grass in the forest, the soldiers can't help but slow down. The wild flowers here are indeed fragrant and beautiful.
The trees are beautiful and lush. If you are not going to fight, building a wooden house here will definitely be the favorite residence of forest hunters.
If the soldiers slowed down because of fatigue, then the speed of the carriage dropped simply because the wheels were greatly affected by the soft soil. There is no problem in four horses pulling a carriage of more than five tons. Once the road becomes complicated, the horses will also
Had to bear a lot of help.
Many carriages were gradually unable to keep up with the pace of the soldiers. No matter how hard the charioteers beat them, the horses still could not regain their high speed.
Seeing this scene, Balzen could only frown and pinch his waist, watching as some soldiers helped the carriage that was stuck in a small mud pit to get out of trouble.
For this reason, Klavsky also took the opportunity to ridicule: "You have seen it, right? This is called haste, waste in speed. If it goes like usual, your reconnaissance battalion will definitely be ordered by the commander to directly break away from the main force and fight to the destination.
, but this time you are the frontline commander! You cannot abandon the large troops, especially these carriages! They are the basis for whether our encirclement can be deployed!"
"Some of what you said is nonsense!"
"Um? Are you angry? I'm trying to persuade you not to rush for quick success! Let's move forward slowly. As long as we get close to Loev before the sun sets tomorrow, we will have completed the order! It's still early, so we'll
One third of the way has been completed!”
"Yes, I know. But dilly-dallying is not my style."
Krafsky shook his head: "You are now the commander of the regiment, and you should consider the situation of all soldiers. The reality is that the majority of soldiers are very tired, and you cannot ask all troops to be as powerful as the reconnaissance battalion. I
By four o'clock in the afternoon, the troops should stop and set up camp."
"What? Stop at four o'clock in the afternoon? It's still early before dark at that time!" Balzen complained honestly, "It's a pity that I am not the real leader, and you are not my real subordinates.
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"Of course!" Yevgeny came over to join the conversation: "We are higher than you in terms of military rank. You were personally appointed as the regiment leader by the commander, and the commander also gave us an order, just to make sure that you, the regiment leader, do not act randomly!
I think Klavsky is right, look at our march today, it's really crazy. After all, we are not planning to reach the goal today. I support the decision to rest at 4pm, whether you agree with it or not, I will order this
My subordinates. Because I must ensure that after the war begins, the soldiers’ legs will not be broken by exhaustion!”
These words were already very serious, and Balzen's pride was quickly dispelled by Yevgeny.