Chapter 26: Bandit Army Training (Seeking Bookmarks)

  As the bandits of Heifengzhai were reorganized by Xu Bin, a former special forces soldier, into two large categories: the Xu family army and the logistics department. The mountain valley flat area built in the back mountain became the military training ground for these 108 soldiers of the Xu family army. From the five-kilometer long run starting at six o'clock in the morning to the two-hour physical training after seven o'clock in the evening.

  These bandits who are working hard for a better future, from their initial persistence to now gradually having a hint of military demeanor. Xu Bin, who has been training with these bandits for a month, seems to have also regained the familiar taste of his past life in the army. Every day, he accompanies these soldiers from the Xu family's army, with eyes that are both resentful and slightly admiring, as they undergo each military training exercise that is not too comfortable.

  When a person is focused on something, time always slips away unnoticed. When Li Chengbing told him that the month-long military training was about to end.

  Looking at these people in front of me, I heard the whistle sound and saw that the new recruits could gather within 20 seconds. Except for their clothes which were all different, this neat and orderly formation would not be taken as ordinary bandits by anyone who had been a regular soldier.

  The next day was the last day of a month's military training, and in the morning, Xu Bin rarely allowed these soldiers from the Xu family to not get up for a run or do morning exercises. However, the soldiers who had already gotten used to running in the mornings still got out of bed at 6 o'clock. Seeing that Xu Bin was not organizing any training, some of them knew that they needed to train more during peacetime if they wanted to survive on the battlefield in the future. They voluntarily started doing a morning run around the training ground, which had already been trampled into a solid surface by their footsteps.

  At half past seven, the time for dinner, Xu Bin ordered Li Chengbing to blow the assembly whistle. Seeing the first batch of subordinates rushing out of the rooms next to the training base, Xu Bin felt that this month's hard work had not been in vain. At least now these one hundred and eight people looked like they had a bit of military bearing.

  Compared to the first day when queuing for food took half a day, Xu Bin rarely showed a smile and said: "Today is our last day of military training. This month you haven't let me down. Although there are still some people among you who have not reached my expected goal. But you can persist, at least proving that you are not a bear, and you have the qualifications to be Xu Bin's soldiers."

  Considering that you have been training hard for a month, today I made an exception to let you rest for a day. You can sleep in and take care of your personal hygiene. Starting tomorrow, I will officially issue the standard military uniforms that belong to you. This means that starting tomorrow, you are soldiers, not bandits. From now on, you must understand the difference between being a soldier and a bandit.

  Also, don't think that once this month's training is over, everything will be fine. The upcoming training and challenges you'll face will be even more difficult and cruel. In short, unless I feel that you are qualified, you must stay here for training.

  Until I think you can compete with the government troops at the foot of the mountain, I will naturally take you down the mountain to do something big. But before that, all of you must honestly stay here for me. If anyone dares to cause trouble during rest periods, you should know my methods. Dinner is served!

  After a month of hard work, I can finally rest for a day. The new recruits who used to be bandits also let out a sigh of relief as they took over their own food from the old bandits who joined the logistics team.

  Compared to the logistics soldiers' rations, these members of the Xiang family army had three meals of rice a day, and at night they could even enjoy a meat dish that was hard to come by in those days. It was precisely this somewhat luxurious treatment that allowed these bandit soldiers, who normally only ate game and rarely got to eat meat, to grit their teeth and hold on until now.

  Now hearing this big boss, or rather the big captain Xu Bin say that today can be a day off, the bandits who have been holding on for a month are so excited that they almost jump up. However, they are very clear that if at this time you dare to be too pleased, then this ghostly clever Captain Xu will make you understand what it means to be extremely happy and sad, absolutely a basin of cold water will pour out the excitement that has just risen, and wash it away cleanly.

  After finishing the rest of today's affairs, Xu Bin didn't say much else and instructed Li Chengbing to start organizing these new recruits for dinner. As for him, he came to the simple canteen built with wooden planks in the valley like these new recruits, got a meal, casually found a table to sit down and started eating.

  During the meal, Wang Erpiao, who had also felt a bit miserable this month, walked over with a plate and said: "Squad leader, what is the training subject we are going to conduct next? Can you tell us first?"

  For a month, these bandits hadn't even touched their guns, and every day was spent on physical training and team drills. At first, Wang Er couldn't understand what the point of all this running around was.

  As they persisted day by day, these bandit recruits who were usually lax in discipline could at least stand and walk like soldiers carrying guns, looking more like the security guards Wang Er had seen in Ju Xiang City than their usual selves, except for their strange clothes.

  Just learning all this stuff with such great effort, but not even touching a gun, Wang Erpao was worried, can this team's example withstand the other side's bullets and artillery? In these times, whether being a soldier or a bandit, without good marksmanship in battle, you will absolutely be the first to die.

  For Wang Erzhuang, who was appointed as the company commander of Xu Jiajun's first company, from the initial discomfort to now fully adapting to the army's schedule. Xu Bin also thinks that these people are not without potential for being soldiers, the key is still lacking pressure and opportunity. Now let him train for a month, these bandits will be pulled down the mountain, if they don't show their signboard who would dare say they are bandits?

  Wang Erpao came over to ask about the next step in training, and Xu Bin smiled and said: "Didn't you say that learning to walk and run is useless if you don't learn to shoot a gun? So our next step is to train how to shoot a gun, and everyone must achieve the goal of hitting the target with the first shot. As long as we reach this goal, it means that our Xu family army can also go down the mountain and try out the training effect in a small battle.

  Otherwise, we must prolong this training. I would rather see these brothers sweat more on the training ground than lose their lives in future battles due to inadequate training.

  "Right, how does it feel to be a company commander now? Although you have fewer people under your command, when the Xu family army expands in the future, you will understand the feeling and taste of my training for you today. You should know that you are the company commander of the first company of the Xu family army, if you can't achieve convincing results in training, I'm afraid the brothers from the other two companies will laugh at you!"

  He remembered that he had assigned Wang Erzhu and 35 soldiers to him for management, and the people who were allowed to command, were uniformly arranged in the combat sequence of Xu Jiajun's first company.

  Those second and third-rate brothers always felt that Wang Er Chou, who joined the mountain stronghold later, relied on what to rank above them, the old men of Hei Feng Gang. For this reason, the three teams still often compared their strengths in private training sessions.

  What made Xu Bin happy was that this competition was conducted privately, and the two battalion commanders were Li Chengbing and another leader of Heifengzhai who had a good private relationship with Xu Bin. Everyone still paid close attention to this benign competition, and if it would cause internal strife and drag each other down, they would intervene to stop it.

  Moreover, in order to make these original bandits from the mountains and the bandits from their own stronghold quickly blend into this new unit. Xu Bin would often intentionally cultivate a sense of collective honor among them during training. As a result, although everyone still liked to fight, the competition between old and new people was relatively restrained.

  Being a soldier and being a bandit are the same, no matter what your previous identity was, as long as you are stronger than others, you will get respect from others. This principle is also being firmly implemented in the Xujia Army.

  When Xu Bin asked, Wang Er Zhuang said confidently: "Please rest assured, Commander, our company can always take the first place in any training. We are not afraid of Li Lianzhang and his men when it comes to shooting. In the past, when we were at Xianglufeng, my mountain brothers had many more opportunities to practice shooting than you did. So I dare guarantee that in terms of shooting, our company still has confidence to maintain its first place."

  Bandits practicing shooting targets is also called training?

  For Wang Sanpao to say such confident words, Xu Bin didn't say much, just smiled and didn't refute. At least in his opinion, the current Xujia Army only has a bit of an army's appearance, and it still has a long way to go to truly become the army in his mind!

  Thinking of his own shooting practice plan, a strange smile that made Wang Er Cuo's scalp feel numb appeared on Xu Bin's slightly immature face. Seeing this smile and thinking of the confident answer just now, Wang Er Cuo wondered if he had said too much.

  Thinking of the team leader who has a lot of bad ideas in his head, even walking and running require training for a month. As for training to shoot guns, it should be even more cruel and strict, right? But Wang Er Niu also can't help but wonder, is it possible that shooting guns can also be trained to produce some unacceptable weird moves?

  It shouldn't be that bad!

  Wang Er Gou suddenly felt that he might be too sensitive. But when he saw Xu Bin's training plan for the second day, he realized that compared to this training plan, the first month's training was undoubtedly too easy! For the first time, he understood that practicing a gun could also have so many doors inside.

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