Chapter 104 The military parade was so cool, we need to have one!
Military camp.
The newly recruited soldiers are training.
They were divided into teams of one hundred, standing in ten rows and ten columns, all in perfect order, forming a straight line no matter how you looked at them.
Each team has an instructor who is teaching the new recruits how to stand at attention, stand at ease, turn left, turn right, and turn forward and backward.
The new recruits: "..."
Most of them had never served in the military, but a small number had previously served in the Jinzhou army.
No one has ever seen such a strange training session. Why aren't they running or practicing shooting? Why are they just wandering around here?
Some people mustered up the courage to raise questions.
The instructor said, "Just do as I say."
The new recruits looked at each other in bewilderment.
They followed the instructor's instructions, straightening their chests and tucking in their stomachs, and stood up straight.
The instructors checked each student one by one. One patted their back, "Don't slouch, stand up straight." Another patted their stomach, "You belly, tuck it in!" Another pulled their hands, "Fingers together, close to the seam of your pants." Another lifted their feet, "Spread your feet a little wider."
...
The instructor said in a deep voice, "Hold this position and don't move."
A stick of incense.
Two incense sticks.
The new recruits: "!"
Some people can't stand it. How can just standing be so uncomfortable? I thought standing was easy.
Compared to standing at attention and at ease, which only make your back and legs uncomfortable, turning left and right is a hassle for both new recruits and instructors!
Because many people can't distinguish between left and right!
"To the left."
Zhang Jia turned to the left, and was face to face with Chen Yi, who was turning to the right. The two men locked eyes, and Chen Yi, stunned, asked in a low voice, "Was I wrong?"
Zhang Jia nodded vigorously.
Chen Yi quickly turned around.
"Turn right."
Zhao Bing was stunned. Right? Which side is the right?
Seeing that everyone else was doing it, he was afraid that it would be strange if he didn't, so he followed the example of the people around him and started doing it.
"Bang." Zhao Bing twisted his right ankle, stumbled forward, and almost fell.
The people around him gritted their teeth, not daring to laugh.
"Turn around."
Some people turned around from the right, and some people turned around from the left.
The instructor looked at them and calmly reminded them, "Look around you, are you still standing in a straight line?"
The new recruits: "?"
Standing at the right end, Zheng Ding leaned back and looked at the nine people on his left. The originally neat line had become crooked.
His face immediately flushed.
The instructor looked at the recruits with a mocking smile. "How about it? Still think it's easy?"
He raised his voice, "You can't even stand in a straight line, you can't even tell left from right, how are you going to go to the battlefield? How can we trust you to carry out the general's orders completely?"
The new recruits, who had never experienced PUA, immediately felt deeply ashamed.
The instructors, on the other hand, were already used to it.
From Yunhe County to Anling Prefecture, and then to Jinzhou, they had been recruits themselves and led recruits along the way, so they knew all too well the situation where recruits couldn't distinguish left from right.
They had already developed many solutions.
For example, making a fist with the left hand, the instructor raising a flag to signal, or calling on the best performer to stand at the front...
After teaching the new recruits to distinguish left from right and how to turn on the spot, the next training was to squat, sit, disperse, line up, march in place, swing arms in place, march in step, kick in formation, march in formation, and run.
Five days later.
Wang Wu looked at his instructor in surprise, "What does it mean when put together?"
The instructor chuckled and said, "After practicing marching and halting in step, marching and halting in goose step, and marching and halting in running, we'll practice the parade formation."
Li Ji was bewildered. "Split-type?" What does that mean?
The instructor pretended to be mysterious, "You'll see when the time comes. A well-practiced marching drill is actually quite impressive."
Seeing the recruits' worried expressions, the instructor encouraged them, "After we finish practicing the parade, we can start practicing military boxing!"
This sparked the anticipation of some of the new recruits.
The instructor didn't mention that there would be physical training, survival training, tactical drills, weapons training, horseback archery training, and military theory learning later on...
Training and learning are inherently tedious, and this level of training was much more demanding than what we're experiencing now.
The head instructor clapped his hands, attracting the attention of all the instructors and recruits.
He said, "Let's all relax tonight and have a singing contest!"
In the distance, the veterans who were having a theory class listened to the loud singing and couldn't help but feel envious: Ah, interesting and simple drill training.
I wonder when they can accompany new recruits in field combat training.
Farming, road construction, bridge building, irrigation ditches... anything is better than training in the camp.
The instructor, who was teaching a cultural class, noticed that someone was daydreaming and coughed loudly.
Everyone immediately averted their wandering gazes and looked at the instructor with serious expressions.
"parade?"
Hu Dazhu raised an eyebrow curiously, "What is this?"
He Qinglan raised her hand and snapped her fingers with her right thumb and forefinger.
A wide light screen appeared out of thin air above everyone's heads.
Then they saw the "military parade" from later generations.
Soldiers in various uniforms, holding guns, walking by with their heads held high and chests out, exuding an imposing aura.
Army, Air Force, Navy...
The tanks, missiles, and airplanes that follow are even more enviable.
Everyone present watched without daring to blink.
After reading it, Ning Huai'an looked intently at He Qinglan, "Goddess, can't we really have such a divine artifact?"
Others were also full of anticipation.
He Qinglan calmly said, "How about I just summon the water from the East China Sea and flood all the other states?"
Ning Huai'an sighed in disappointment.
Mo Jingchun suddenly raised her hand, "There are female soldiers in later generations, so why can't we have female soldiers?"
"Female soldiers? Women's physical fitness is..." Hu Dazhu started to say, but then the image of the female soldier formation flashed through his mind again, and he stopped.
Mo Jingchun glanced at him and said, "You're smart enough to know your place, otherwise I would have argued with you."
She continued, "Song Zhiyun of the Song family in Biancheng has a women's army, and I think we can do it too."
He Qinglan said, "Originally, I wanted to wait for Song Zhiyun to personally select and train people."
"Song Zhiyun?" Xiang Yuesheng asked, "Are you sure she will..."
Cheng Hui explained, "We have been supplying food and clothing to the people on the border. People are bound to be grateful for what we provide, and sooner or later, Song Zhiyun will join the goddess's ranks."
Ning Huai'an said, "But at present, they cannot leave the border."
He Qinglan nodded. "She'll only vote for me if I'm already certain I'll be the master of this empire." In a sense, this was also a tacit understanding between her and Song Zhiyun.
therefore……
Mo Jingchun looked from left to right and said, "Let's train our own female soldiers!"
Cheng Hui glanced at Mo Jingchun, then at He Qinglan, and said, "It's possible, but who will be in charge? You definitely won't agree to give it to a man, so how about giving it to a woman..."
He stopped short of making a point.
However, everyone present understood what he meant: there was no suitable person at the moment.
Zhu Youchuan's gaze fell on Mo Jingchun's face, and he suddenly said, "You come."
Mo Jingchun was surprised, "Me?"
Zhu Youchuan explained his reasons: "Firstly, you have enough seniority that no one will disobey you. Secondly, you are currently in the military camp, where you can gain experience."
When he said that, everyone else thought it made a lot of sense. At present, Mo Jingchun was indeed the number one female contestant in Jinzhou, second only to the Goddess.
He Qinglan nodded, "Okay. Xiao Mo, you can stay in the military camp for a while. By the time we conquer the southwest and northwest, you'll have learned enough to personally lead and train troops."
Mo Jingchun has no experience in leading troops, but he can learn slowly in the military camp.
The people present: "..."
Mo Jingchun opened his mouth wide, "Southwest Northwest?"
Ning Huai'an asked, "Are we going to attack the southwest and northwest next?"
Hu Dazhu: "Hmm, the southwest region isn't easy to conquer."
Xiang Yuesheng glanced sideways, "The Northwest is indeed easier to fight than the Southwest, but the geographical environment..."
Zhu Youchuan: "The geographical environment of the southwest is also terrifying!" Historical records say that the southwest region is plagued by miasma!
The goddess's words made everyone forget about the female soldiers and shift their attention to the war in the southwest and northwest.
Cheng Hui sighed, "Let's talk about the military parade first, and then we can talk about the southwest and northwest."
The people present: "..."
Oh right, we were originally discussing the military parade.
He Qinglan asked, "On New Year's Eve, shall we hold a grand military parade? Do you agree?"
Everyone nodded in agreement: Of course!
Hu Dazhu beamed, "Everyone was dressed in military uniforms, marching in neat rows. It was so impressive! It made me really want our soldiers to do it!"
Ning Huai'an's tone was slightly excited, "Showcasing the soldiers' bearing and our weapons is to tell the people that we can protect them!"
Zhu Youchuan thought of something and clenched his right fist. "We'll find someone to draw the illustrations and publish them in the newspaper. That would be a good form of publicity."
Xiang Yuesheng said, "Since everyone agrees, let's call the captains over for a meeting to discuss this."
"Goddess, before that, don't we need to fight any wars?" Mo Jingchun asked He Qinglan. After receiving an affirmative answer from He Qinglan, she began to look ahead, "Shall we also establish a squadron of lieutenants? If we don't have enough people, we can set up a squadron of centurions!"
Cheng Hui said, "By sending out the news in advance, people from all over the country who want to come to the capital to watch can set off earlier."
“Speaking of this,” He Qinglan said, “each prefecture could also send out a mass contingent.”
Everyone: "Huh?"
He Qinglan: "There is a mass parade following the military parade."
Cheng Hui stroked his beard. "Not bad. With all the counties involved, it'll be even more lively!" It's the New Year, the more lively the better.
A mass parade? Zhu Youchuan said, "Then each workshop will send out a square formation?"
Cheng Hui suddenly had a brilliant idea, "Now that we have the [unclear], how about we put on a gala? The [unclear] can be in charge, organizing people to rehearse the performances. We can have a military parade during the day, a gala at night, and a grand fireworks display. Everyone should have a good time!"
Mo Jingchun agreed, "That's great, that's great." She imagined it for a moment, clapped her hands, and said, "I'm really looking forward to New Year's Eve this year."
The goddess has just become the new governor of Jinzhou, which is indeed worth celebrating!
They're too busy to hold any celebrations right now, and the people in their administrative office feel they're not doing justice to the goddess.
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