Zuo Chong had heard Director Xiao’s introduction, looked at the earthwork drawings drawn on the blackboard in the cave, and asked casually.

"Mr. Xiao, does your army's privates also need to learn such advanced skills? Isn't it a waste of time? It's better to have commanded officials at all levels or excavated by special engineers during wartime."

In the Guo Army, except for a few elite troops, most of the troops have no relevant training at all, because to understand the local work chart, you must have a certain degree of culture.

Director Xiao shook his head, obviously disagreed with this statement, and then talked about the technical and tactical requirements of the Eighth Route Army for ordinary soldiers, with very detailed content.

"Mr. Xu, our soldiers must not only learn various single combat movements, but also learn to use terrain and landforms to move under enemy firepower and make simple measurements.

You must also master the four major techniques. The first three include shooting, bomb dropping and assassination. The fourth item is geotechnical, and it is not just a simple excavation of trenches.

Their courses include barbed wire, Luzhai, and the destruction method of outer trenches, passing methods, railway, highway destruction method, various trench construction methods, and operation method under enemy fire.

The enemy has planes and cannons, we don’t have them. The enemy has sharpshooters trained from thousands of bullets, and we don’t have them. To defeat the enemy, we must protect ourselves first.”

This remark shocked the Gory Party spies present. Each of the soldiers trained according to this training method is a qualified grassroots officer, at least reliable than the squad leader of the miscellaneous army of the Gory Army.

Perhaps he wanted to warn the government or show his strength, Director Xiao spoke again without waiting for everyone to come back from the shock.

"The above is only the first stage of training, and the second stage of training includes night education and contact education to help soldiers improve their survival and combat capabilities.

Night education is conducted once a week, focusing on marching, attacks, ambushing, sabotage tactics, night communication, alerting, and reconnaissance actions.

There is no fixed time for contact education. The principle is to ensure that students understand more than ten simple communication and contact methods and can be used in actual combat."

Is this training for ordinary soldiers?

Xu Enzeng swallowed when he heard this. The teaching corps of that year were just like this. What exactly did the underground party want to do? Should we learn from the Germans and train soldiers into low-level officers to facilitate large-scale expansion of the army at any time?

This terrible inference suddenly flashed through his mind. Thinking of the hundreds of thousands and millions of border troops who had been strictly trained in the future sweeping the Central Plains, he felt his legs weak and blurted out a problem.

"Captain Xiao, is there a third stage of training for your army?"

Zuo Chong glanced at Xu Enzeng and thought to himself that this guy was finally smarter, then looked at Director Xiao seriously and waited for the other party's answer.

“There is no third stage.”

Director Xiao replied lightly, pausing for a few seconds, and then giving everyone a critical blow: "But professional and technical troops have special corresponding training, please come with me."

As he said that, he walked in front and came to another cave outside, inside a group of Eighth Route Army soldiers who were maintaining light and heavy machine guns and grenade launchers. Facing the curious condolence group and the people of the government with a pale face, he began to explain in detail.

"After the first and second phases of basic training, soldiers entering the combat force will be redistributed according to their expertise, such as machine gunners and grenade launchers.

From a professional perspective, a soldier must be familiar with the weapons, shooting principles, troubleshooting, and disassembly of parts in his hands.

At the tactical level, the selection, transfer, firepower construction, target distance measurement of less than 800 meters, and cooperation with other troops are also their compulsory subjects.

These are the training contents of our grassroots soldiers. As for artillery, scouts, and correspondents, they are not trained here because they are confidential. Please forgive me."

Although Director Xiao did not say it, everyone knows that the training intensity of these three types of troops will only be higher, and will not be lower than that of infantry, machine gunners, and grenade launchers, especially artillery, which is the decisive factor in the outcome of the war.

Since the underground party did not want to say it, the condolence group would naturally not force others to do so. Mr. Chen and others happily walked around the camp to inspect the daily training of Eighth Route Army officers.

Compared with ordinary soldiers, the training requirements of border officers have increased by more than one level, and the content covers multiple aspects of military and political affairs.

Thought learning.

Summary of experience in battle, tactics, and combat.

Organize work training.

Small-scale confrontation drill.

Research on new military technologies at home and abroad.

It can be said that although the material conditions in the border area are very poor, everything else is almost advanced. Zuo Chong also saw the legendary aircraft carrier information in the reading room.

A group of educational posters hung in a simple and small cave. The upper left corner is a picture of naval warships and shore guns, the upper middle is a submarine, the upper right corner is a variety of artillery, the lower left corner is an aircraft carrier, the lower middle is an air defense weapon and fighter jet, and the lower right corner is a popular science of poison gas.

After approaching Zuo Chong, he carefully observed and determined that the submarine on the poster was an early model of the Holland submarine produced by the British. The military agencies of the State Government also conducted research on this type of submarine, and he could not admit his mistake.

The difference is that the government only has an unclear photo, which can be used in the underground party team, the method of using periscopes, and the introduction of torpedo weapons.

He really wanted to ask, who is the regular army?

The pictures of aircraft carriers are even more exaggerated. They are the most powerful Lexington-class armored aircraft carrier in the United States. How did the underground party get this kind of military secret photo?

Are all agents of the U.S. Navy Intelligence Agency blind?

Zuo Chong, who was dumbfounded, looked at the poster without saying a word, seeing the big picture from the small, and did not forget to study the world's most advanced naval weapons in the valleys far away from the coastline. This shows the importance of the underground party on science and technology.

In comparison, what are most of the officers of the Guo Army doing? They go private, dance, smoke tobacco, make money, and make women. The Fruit Party is really helpless.

Not only Zuo Chong thought so, but Gui Youguang, Wu Chunyang and Xu Enzeng also remained silent as senior intelligence officials of the State Government, they knew some dirty things in the army.

While everyone was moved, the visit came to an end. Director Xiao brought the condolence group to the cafeteria and invited everyone to the seat with a smile.

"Mr. Chen, Mr. Xu, please leave after dinner, but the conditions of the troops are limited, so don't dislike me."

"Captain Xiao is polite."

Mr. Chen waved his hand and sat down at a large round table. On the table, there was a large basin of small rice, two plates of green wild vegetables and a plate of radish and boiled meat.

It is said that it is boiled meat, but it is actually just a few pieces of pig internal organs, and the smell is very strange, but Director Xiao and Vice Minister Li ate it very delicious.

I picked up a few pieces of vegetables in my mouth and chewed them. How to say it, the taste was just that, and the salt was enough to meet the needs of vigorous exercise and supplement the various nutrients needed by the human body.

With the distinctive grains of millet and wild vegetables, it has a unique flavor in the mouth. Just look at Xu Enzeng who is busy with his head, you will know that this meal is not difficult to swallow.

After the meal, everyone drank some kind of "tea" fried with leaves, sat in the same place and chatted for a while. Zuo Chong tasted the bitter tea and discussed something with Director Xiao.

"Mr. Xiao, Xu has a heartless request."

"Oh? Mr. Xu, please say."

"Whether your army has had small-scale military operations in the near future? We want to go to the front line to take a look. I wonder if it is convenient?"

Zuo Chong slowly spoke up his request and looked at Director Xiao and Deputy Minister Li. The last rescue operation ended too quickly, and he wanted to observe the battle of the Eighth Route Army up close.

Director Xiao looked as usual and said generously: "Of course, it may not be convenient to fight the Japanese, but a large number of bandits are active in the border areas and engaged in sabotage activities many times, which has caused us great trouble.

The superiors asked the left-behind office to eliminate bandits as soon as possible and stabilize the lives of the people. Those bandits who have become traitors and traitors and pro-Japanese factions must be completely eliminated. The clearance operation started two years ago and has not ended yet.

Our biggest enemy is not the bandits, but the terrain. After the Loess Plateau is blown by wind and rain, it forms rugged plateaus, towers, and ditches. In addition, dust is flying when the wind blows, and the eyes cannot be opened.

Therefore, the casualties of the clearing troops were very serious. As of now, hundreds of people have been sacrificed. A few days later, there happened to be a battle. The target was the bandit Fang Laoliu, and Mr. Xu and you can watch it with you."

Deputy Minister Li laughed secretly, saying that there are two types of bandits in the border area, one is the "professional bandits" who simply robbed the family, and the other is the "political bandits" related to the Fructus Party.

Professional bandits are easy to eliminate, but political bandits are very troublesome to deal with. These people are often both bandits and officers of the Guo Army.

They repeatedly undermined the stability of the border areas, attacked cadres and masses, bombed and burned important facilities, and a few of them colluded with the Japanese army, and have become standard traitors.

Among them, the political bandit with the largest number of people, the most brutal means, and the closest relationship with the Japanese was Fang Laoliu from Qingjian County.

The other party was the "guerrilla commander" in the Second War Zone, but he, the commander, did not fight the Japanese, and only asked for trouble for the Eighth Route Army. He was full of blood and debts and his crimes were too numerous to be recorded.

The border area has protested many times. The second war zone either plays a misunderstanding or says that it will be a good discipline when you go back. As a result, the other party makes a comeback and becomes more and more rampant.

Once the border areas were slightly more cleared, the Fruit Party said that the underground party had friction. They had long been tire of this person, but there was no way to cure it.

Today, Zuo Chong took the initiative to participate in the actual combat, obviously trying to find out the combat effectiveness of the troops. Lao Xiao threw Fang Laoliu out at the right time. It was a wonderful step.

I believe that the dignified Deputy Director Zuo would not care about the life or death of a bandit. Some people in the Second War Zone dared not take the opportunity to cause trouble. After all, the P stocks are not clean and cannot withstand the investigation of the Military Control Commission.

"No problem, everything will be done as Mr. Xiao said."

Sure enough, Zuo Zhongda responded with a wave of his hand. Of course he knew what Fang Laoliu was, and even he knew who was behind the other party.

Such scum will die if he dies. A bandit can devote himself to the cause of the party and the country. That is a blessing that has been cultivated in eight lifetimes, and no one can ask for it.
Chapter completed!