Chapter Thirty: The Fake Genius

  "Absolutely right! Not just you, except for Wu Sheng, everyone has to be a rookie once. From tomorrow on, we'll start our formal military training together. Since we don't have any soldiers under us yet, we need to train ourselves into qualified ones first!"

  Huang Zhen Shan originally thought it was just a joke, but unexpectedly Chen Xiao Qi really had such an intention. Li Jun Feng, who considered himself one of the best soldiers in China at that time, listened and asked with some surprise: "Mr. Chen, this military training is naturally a good thing, but I have been in the army with Zhen Shan for many years and am already familiar with it. Do we also need to retrain together?"

  "This world is constantly changing, and military means are developing rapidly. In a day, you can travel a thousand miles. To say something unpleasant, the things you've learned have already become outdated. Let's not mention the distant past, but just look at the recently ended European war - machine gun arrays, barbed wire, trenches, armored vehicles, artillery clusters, air support and even air-ground integrated combat, large-scale mechanical movements, spy wars, intelligence wars, logistics, engineering troops, telephone frontline command... which of these have you ever learned? Have you seen a battlefield with thousands of cannons firing together, machine guns shooting from the sky and dropping bombs, tanks rumbling and destroying cities? You haven't seen it, but future warfare will only be more brutal, more intense, more technologically advanced, faster, more destructive, and on a larger scale. The war may spread from the sky to the land, from the surface of the water to the bottom of the sea, from China to Europe... Can you imagine the entire world being thrown into chaos, with billions of humans involved in a massive melee? I'm telling you, those so-called tens of millions of troops among the domestic warlords are nothing but a group of helpless sheep in front of modernized warfare machines. They only have the fate of being slaughtered and no chance to fight back. The war will occur and unfold in ways you absolutely cannot understand. Whoever can see the opportunity first and grasp it, whoever can get a breath of fresh air in this life-and-death competition, will be the one who survives!"

  Huang Zhen Shan and Li Jun Feng were speechless, they really didn't know that after so many years of war in Europe, almost no one at home had truly investigated and summarized these completely changed ways of warfare and military means. For a long time to come, these professional soldiers had been muddled in the same old routine for so long, yet suffered such great losses when facing Japan, which was already ten or more years behind the world, it's not just a matter of inferior weapons, but rather a lack of military literacy.

  Chen Xiaoqi sighed and said, "I know that just saying this will take you a while to digest. How about this? I have two things here, you can take them back and look at them first, compare them after you've finished reading, and see if what I'm saying is credible or not." Chen Xiaoqi seemed to have anticipated this outcome, turned his head and took out two thin booklets from his briefcase, roughly bound, obviously handwritten.

  These two booklets, one cover is written "Military Training Materials for Army Soldiers" (draft), the other is written "Special Operations".

  Finally, Wu Sheng said nervously: "Seventh Master, what about me? They all went to train, what should I do?"

  Chen Xiaoqi said, "Originally, these were all things that were supposed to be arranged tomorrow. Anyway, it's not too urgent for the time being. You need to hurry up and learn English, otherwise you won't be able to understand the new financial system, especially the financial books! I don't have a way to assign a translator to you right now!"

  Wu Sheng couldn't help but slap his thigh and sigh: "This is a disaster, at our age we have to start all over again, I'm just asking for trouble! Alas!"

  Chen Xiaoqi thought to himself: "I'm going to be reborn, you guys should also try this taste, it's not easy being brothers! Hehe!"

  The next day, at six o'clock in the morning, Chen Xiaoqi arrived at the guest house that served as a transit station for these outsiders. To his surprise, all seven of them were already up, but after some thought, he found it reasonable. In this era, there weren't many entertainment programs, especially for ordinary people, who went to bed when the sky darkened and got up when the sun rose, with very regular daily routines.

  Huang Zhen Shan and Li Jun Feng are from a military background, so it's no wonder they're used to getting up at the crack of dawn. It's hard to change the habits of the military. Zhu Da Cheng and He Bao Wen come from martial arts families, where they practice in the winter and summer according to traditional rules. Hu Qian is a descendant of the "Swallow School", which has its own set of rules. Wu Sheng doesn't need to be mentioned, his family is used to cultivating talented assistants, so he can't sleep in late like others. Zhou Yun Peng comes from a strict household where every move is watched closely by the elders, and there's no room for laziness. Chen Xiao Qi thinks it's pitiful that young people these days don't get enough sleep.

  Everyone got up, each doing different activities in the courtyard. Huang Zhen Shan and Li Jun Feng were practicing the boxing and kicking techniques passed down from their military days. Zhu Da Cheng He Bao Wen naturally had his family's traditional martial arts skills. Hu Qian also had his own set of moves. Zhou Yun Peng seemed to be performing a five-animal play-like action, while only Wu Sheng was wandering around aimlessly, looking rather lonely.

  It can be seen that Huang Zhen Shan and Li Jun Feng didn't rest well last night, both of their eyes were dark, but they were in high spirits. When Chen Xiao Qi came over, they stopped what they were doing and gathered around, each greeting him.

  Chen Xiaoqi nodded slightly and smiled: "Everyone, did you all rest well last night?"

  Everyone nodded, and Zhou Yunpeng smiled: "It's okay, it's just that the bed is too soft. At first, I felt like I was sinking down, like falling into a mud pit, no wonder I didn't have any strength. Later, I felt very comfortable."

  Everyone burst out laughing. This is not surprising, as they basically all slept on hardboard beds at home, and the bedding was not very thick. However, the guest rooms here were equipped with steel wire soft beds, similar to the " Simmons" type commonly seen in later generations. Although at this time, the elasticity and stiffness of the steel wire had a certain degree of inadequacy, people would sink into it as soon as they lay down, feeling a bit uncomfortable was normal. Once you get used to it, that's it. However, people who sleep on such beds can't do heavy labor, their waists won't be able to take it.

  Chen Xiaoqi said to Huang Zhen Shan and Li Junfeng: "You guys seem like you didn't get enough sleep! Did you stay up late last night before going to bed?"

  The two men smiled wryly, it wasn't just that they hadn't slept enough, but rather they had hardly slept at all. The two things Chen Xiaoqi had given them had a huge impact on the two of them, and for a moment they could hardly accept it. That book "Army Soldier Military Training Textbook" was somewhat easier to handle, after all, it was all related, although the content was much more detailed than what they knew before, much more advanced, but still easy to understand. However, "Special Operations" was more difficult, Li Junfeng was a top student from a professional military academy, but lacked actual combat experience, while Huang Zhen-shan was an old soldier, but had almost no understanding of military strategy and tactics. The two men looked at each other in dismay, unable to grasp the main points, but they knew this stuff was not ordinary, so they gritted their teeth and quickly read through it once. The two men were speechless for a while, but later slowly began discussing it, and as they did, they realized that Chen Xiaoqi was a profound and mysterious person, his reserved and self-satisfied attitude had been knocked down a peg or two.

  Chen Xiaoqi's two things are not rare, one is a copy of the "1987 Edition of the People's Liberation Army Land Force Soldier Military Training Textbook" bought from a street stall. He also flipped through it repeatedly at that time, remembering roughly, and adding his own initial military training experience, as well as the content of online military forums and TV dramas, to come up with this thing after more than a year of continuous enrichment. It's worth noting that this was a product of a summary compilation conducted after the Vietnam War, which is naturally not comparable to this era.

  The content of "Special Warfare" is even more nonsense, basically there is no formal training material to refer to. Chen Xiaoqi simply wrote down some contents from online introductions to special forces around the world, Hollywood movies, domestic TV dramas, internet forums and so on, then started listing outlines from military selection and training, and finally compiled a book that seems to be but not quite. It looks very mysterious, especially with some equipment methods that people in this era have never seen or heard of. As for the strategic use and role of special forces, it's not something ordinary people can understand, let alone Huang Li duo.

  After seeing these two things, the two people finally confirmed that Chen Xiaoqi's confidence came from somewhere. They can now be sure that either Chen Xiaoqi has a powerful force backing him up, or this stuff is something that only national power can produce, and it's impossible for a twenty-year-old kid to come up with it. It's simply unimaginable. But if he really did it himself, then that's even better. This guy is like a demigod, just based on his military talent alone, he would be highly respected wherever he goes, at the very least, he would be a high-ranking general, and if he's lucky, he could even surpass people like Chiang Kai-shek or Tsai Tung-tze.

  Chen Xiaoqi naturally wouldn't say anything, he just pretended to be mysterious and smiled "heh heh heh" there. Especially when Li Junfeng solemnly returned the two books, his attitude and expression changed in a way that even Chen Xiaoqi could see, despite not having much social experience. What a wonderful thing!

  "Alright brothers, from tomorrow on, we won't have it so easy. Before the rest of the team arrives, we need to get ourselves in shape and show them that our group isn't something to be taken lightly. Today, you can just wander around the factory area or go practice at the shooting range if you want. Later, a tailor will come to take your measurements for custom-made training uniforms, which we'll be able to wear tomorrow if we work overtime. Hehe, I'm warning you all now, tonight you'll be moving into the training center and starting formal training early tomorrow morning. My own training time won't exceed three hours a day, but you'll have the whole day to train. If after a month of evaluation, your military skills aren't up to par with mine, don't say I didn't give you a chance!"

  Others were fine, but Zhou Yunpeng's face immediately fell, frowning and pouting: "Huh?! We're going to train already?! I thought we could play for a couple more days, this whole trip has been just sightseeing, Seventh Brother, can't we delay it by two days?"

  Chen Xiaoqi smiled and said, "This is not something to be discussed, now that we're here, everything has to be done my way. I have to take responsibility for your future, it's not just a matter of letting you drift aimlessly. You're not young anymore, there are plenty of things for you to play with, hehe, if you still have the energy to play after tomorrow, then I'll relax a bit too!"

  Huang Zhen Shan grabbed the back of his collar and pulled him over, baring his teeth in a menacing grin: "You little stinker, you're still thinking about going to town to see the foreign woman, huh? You think she's so beautiful? Well, listen up! You'd better behave yourself here. It's been a long time since I've disciplined anyone. Today, I'll start with you and get back into practice. Come on, let's go practice shooting!"

  Zhou Yunpeng was not convinced, shouting: "What's the big deal about shooting a gun? We have several guns at home, I've fired them too, just like cannons, what's the fuss?"

  Chen Xiaoqi laughed and said, "It's different here! I have all kinds of handguns, rifles, submachine guns, light machine guns, heavy machine guns, and enough bullets to spare. What I'm worried about is that you'll get tired arms and legs from shooting!"

  Zhu Dacheng and He Baowen's eyes lit up, excitedly shouting: "Let's go, let's go, feel the gun, we've grown so big just playing with fists and feet, but we've never really tried what it feels like to hold a gun."

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