Volume 46 Chapter 5

In the barracks, Zhang Tie’s daily time schedule was as precise as the gears on a difference engine. When he walked down the steps of the officers’ dormitory, the wake-up call of the 46th Air Cavalry Regiment had just sounded at six o’clock in the morning. Under the light of the stone lantern, Shitou, his orderly, also trotted over from the playground with the sound of the wake-up call.

"Report..."

Zhang Tie glanced at Shitou, nodded, and walked directly with Shitou towards the training ground in the camp.

"Did you go to bed after one o'clock last night?" Zhang Tie asked as he walked.

"Ah, sir, how do you know?" Shitou scratched his head in amazement, and gave Zhang Tie a look of admiration and surprise, "I saw that there was no one on the rolling rack in the training ground at night, so I practiced alone for a while ..."

Rolling frame training is the basic skill of air cavalry. A qualified air cavalry, after rolling for ten minutes on the rolling frame, is still clear-headed and not drifting. For ordinary people, it is difficult to do this step, but for a For soldiers above the third level, as long as they are trained, they can quickly adapt to various movements on the rolling rack. Because Stone really wants to become an air cavalry soldier, he takes time every day to quietly train on the rolling rack at night.

"Night training should not exceed twelve o'clock. Young people like you must go to bed before twelve o'clock. If you stay up for a long time to train, it will cause too much damage to your body and overdraw your body's potential. If you want to train, you'd rather get up early , don't go to bed late..."

"Yes!" Shitou firmly memorized Zhang Tie's words. For Shitou, Zhang Tie's words were like a bible, and every sentence would be firmly memorized.

The two came to the training ground of the first battalion. The air cavalry of the first battalion, from the sound of the reveille, in just a few minutes, everyone had assembled on the training ground.

As an air cavalryman, running 10 kilometers after getting up every morning is an essential training. Since Zhang Tie became their battalion commander, Zhang Tie came to the training ground on time every day and trained with everyone. After running ten kilometers, rain or shine.

Today is no exception.

Training under the leadership of Zhang Tie, the morale of the soldiers in the entire first battalion was high. After a month, no matter how hard everyone trained every day, no one had ever complained of suffering or being tired.

In the dark, I led a battalion of soldiers to run 10 kilometers on the training ground. The sky was not fully lit yet, and it was still hazy, but the east was pale. After running, everyone walked directly from the training ground Go to the cafeteria to have breakfast. From the first day, Zhang Tie also held a plate, and together with the soldiers of the first battalion, had breakfast in the battalion cafeteria without any special or exception.

As soon as they entered the cafeteria, the team disbanded, and the officers and soldiers took their own plates to eat, and the atmosphere relaxed.

Today's cafeteria was full of aromas, and the bellies of the soldiers in the first battalion started to growl.

"Ah, what is so delicious, braised pork, hahaha, this is the first time I have eaten braised pork in the war zone..." Guo Haichao, a team leader under Zhang Tie, laughed, surrounded by several team leaders With Zhang Tie, they took the dinner plate together to make breakfast.

The person in charge of the cafeteria, Lao Gao, wore a chef's hat and smiled. He walked around the cafeteria like a Maitreya Buddha, pointing the soldiers in the cooking class to bring up the prepared breakfast. When several captains walked over surrounded by Zhang Tie, Lao Gao's smile became more eager.

"Old Gao, today is a good day. We have brought all the braised pork. Let our battalion commander reward you, and let you go skydiving sometime..." Another team leader named Alchemist was also laughing. I was joking with Lao Gao.

"With my body size, if I really want to board the plane, the plane's fuel will be consumed by half, the battalion commander will not agree..." Lao Gao patted his round belly and laughed.

"Why is there still braised pork today?" Zhang Tie asked while taking the plate from Lao Gao.

"Several farms outside sent our group dozens of big fat pigs and a flock of sheep. At night, I made mutton soup for everyone to replenish their bodies and relieve the cold..."

"If you get mutton at night, don't forget to send some to those brothers who are still in the regiment hospital..." Zhang Tie instructed Lao Gao.

"Come on, Battalion Commander, you still remember those little bastards, Lao Gao dare not forget them!" Lao Gao nodded with a smile.

In the past month, when the first battalion conducted low-altitude and ultra-low-altitude skydiving training, because the training was a bit difficult, many things happened in all the training. Although no one died, injuries are common, especially broken. There are already more than a dozen wounded in the first battalion, but Zhang Tie has no intention of stopping the ultra-low-altitude skydiving training at all.

A battalion commander like Zhang Tie always takes the lead and jumps first, and the soldiers and officers below naturally work desperately.

Holding the dinner plate, Zhang Tie sat down at a dining table with several captains after finishing the meal, and started to eat breakfast.

In addition to braised pork, the breakfast in the cafeteria also includes corn buns, porridge, rice, vegetables, pickles and some preserved fruits, which can be described as very rich.

The canteen of the battalion headquarters is a big canteen, even the officers and soldiers eat together, there is no distinction between superiority and inferiority, but seeing several big captains surrounded by Zhang Tie, even the small captains are embarrassed to join in. Naturally, the soldiers would not squeeze over to join in the fun.

Compared with the bowls full of braised pork for each of the other captains, Zhang Tie only made a little symbolically.

A piece of delicious braised pork was put into his mouth, and Guo Haichao was so intoxicated that he closed his eyes like taking drugs. He opened his eyes after a while, and sighed, "Damn it, I have been in the war zone for two years, and I finally ate it. Here comes a piece of authentic braised pork..."

Among the several captains under Zhang Tie, Guo Haichao is the more forthright one, and the other captains also have their own characteristics. The thorny heads of the first battalion that Xing Xiangtian mentioned a month ago are actually these few Captain, but now, these thorny heads are almost becoming Zhang Tie's believers. Whatever Zhang Tie says, these captains will respond immediately, and there is absolutely no second word.

"If we can eat braised pork, it will really delay the blessing of General Mu Shen. If there is no General Mu Shen, maybe we can only drink porridge and eat radish sticks now..."

"It's true. Last year, it was good if we could eat enough. I didn't expect to be able to eat meat this year..."

Several captains sighed while eating braised pork.

Before Zhang Tie became General Weiji last year, the troops in the theater had a hard time. The frontline troops at that time could eat enough every day, but it was rare to see meat. After stirring in the cauldron, it fell into the bowl of ordinary soldiers, that is, it was a little bit oily. Anyone who could eat a piece of meat in the bowl was simply lucky. The rations of the second-line troops are all supplied by the system. The daily food ration of each soldier is accurate to the gram. It is not easy to eat six percent full. The food supply in the theater is very tight, and a lot of food is used from various cities. Liuku’s inventory was transported by air, and a lot of food was transported from outside the theater. The cost was high, and it took up a lot of transportation resources in the rear. Because of the food problem, the deployment and mobilization of Taixia’s troops in the western theater were still normal. Training is greatly affected.

And after Zhang Tie served as General Weiji, with the first batch of corn harvests in the four prefectures around Kangning in the theater, the food problem in the entire theater was alleviated at once, especially after the autumn harvest, the second bumper harvest completely let The theater has stabilized, and neither the Great Depression nor the war that many people expected to appear in the theater did not occur.

It is difficult for a person not to be in troubled times to understand the role of food. The role of food at that time is simply a magic needle for the sea. Once the food is harvested, everything stabilizes and every problem is solved. The bumper harvest of food and the production of industry and agriculture in the war zone gradually returned to normal, and the outflow of population gradually decreased. In the later period, there were even repatriation population. The recovery of agricultural production was most directly manifested in the military camps. Even the food that could supply the military camp became more and more abundant. After the autumn harvest, pigs and sheep, eggs, aquatic products, and even beef began to gradually appear on the menu of the army canteen.

As the saying goes, sailing in the sea depends on the helmsman, and the logistics supply in the theater changes. As a front-line soldier, Zhang Tie will naturally give credit to Zhang Tie.

Zhang Tie didn't know that before he came down to the army, his reputation and prestige as General Weiji was not so high in the hearts of ordinary soldiers of hundreds of millions of troops in the theater. Especially after Zhang Tie comprehended the sword song in the knight battle a month ago, and beheaded a lot of demon knights on the battlefield alone, Zhang Tie was undoubtedly Taixia's hero and country in the hearts of those ordinary soldiers. pillars.

Zhang Tie has such prestige among the ordinary troops in the theater, but among the air cavalry troops in the theater, Zhang Tie's prestige can almost rival Zuoqiu Mingyue.

Because the air cavalry units in the entire theater, from planes to candle oil, from airports to logistics, were almost completely established by Zhang Tie alone.

Several officers of the first battalion were talking about "General Mu Shen" in front of Zhang Tie, without knowing that the General Mu Shen they were talking about was sitting with them, listening to their praises when discussing In other words, those captains are not afraid that their battalion commander will be "jealous", because in their view, the distance between Zhang Tie's position and ordinary soldiers like them is so different that it is like people from two worlds. Similarly, listening to those things about Zhang Tie, it is impossible for anyone to feel jealous.

Hearing these words, a strange feeling rose in Zhang Tie's heart. He was a little embarrassed, but his heart was inexplicably warm. There was a warmth surging in Zhang Tie's chest, knowing that he was in the war zone. Paying is worth it. When a person is doing one thing for a lifetime, it is actually worth it to make so many people think of you. This is the way of justice. On the contrary, Zhang Tie took it very lightly.

"If General Mu Shen is here, in the battle of honor these days, even if the earth knights of the Demon Race line up, they will not be the opponent of General Mu Shen. How can it be the turn of the Earth Knights of the Demon Race to be rampant..."

"Yeah, I heard that in that battle, General Mu Shen directly pierced through the formation of demon knights with one sword, and killed all the demon knights. In the end, he even drew with the phantom knights of the demon clan. !"

"By the way, Battalion Commander, you came from above, have you heard any news?"

Zhang Tie was eating, quietly listening to the discussion of several captains, and it was inconvenient to intervene. Unexpectedly, one of his captains named He Jiajun suddenly lowered his voice, leaned over, and said something in a low voice.

"What's the news?" Zhang Tie glanced at He Jiajun, and the other captains all leaned over their heads and pricked up their ears.

Compared with Guo Haichao's boldness, He Jiajun, among the several captains of the first battalion, belongs to the kind of person who is relatively "compromising" and very well-informed. This guy was born in the He family in Xinghui County, Kangzhou. It can be considered that he came from a wealthy local family, and he also has an uncle who is also in the war zone, and he is serving as a clerk in a certain army in Ningzhou to join the army.

"I heard that Taixia intends to form an air cavalry unit. The newly formed air cavalry unit will be at the same level as the Upper Fourth Army. Lord Zuoqiu intends to let General Mu Shen be the commander of the Taixia air cavalry unit!"

"Where did you hear that?" Zhang Tie asked, frowning.

He Jiajun smiled mysteriously, and lowered his voice, "This is when my uncle attended a meeting with their legion chiefs, the several legion chiefs were chatting, and I heard that Master Zuoqiu has already I wrote to Xuanyuan Hill, but the crown prince of Xuanyuan Hill has not yet agreed, and the resistance seems to come from the Tun Party lineage..."

This kind of gossip is vivid and can scare many people, but for Zhang Tie. This is simply nonsense, if there is such a thing, it is impossible for Zuoqiu Mingyue not to tell herself. I don't even want to do it, how could I accept the command of the Taixia Kong Cavalry appointed by Xuanyuan Hill for no reason.

However, except for Zhang Tie and a few people, when most people hear such news and rumors, even if they don’t believe them all, most of them will be dubious, because the news is compiled so vividly, and what makes Zhang Tie feel relieved is that , at least among such rumors, Tun Dang has already stood in a disadvantageous position, which has the taste of a villain. Although this is unreliable gossip and rumors, but among such gossip and rumors, It can also be seen that the hearts of the people in the war zone are against each other...

I don't know who made up such news.

Zhang Tie glanced at He Jiajun, pretended to think for a moment, and then said calmly, "This news is probably false. The Air Cavalry Unit is only temporarily established in the Western Theater. Not yet, how could there be a commander of the air cavalry unit, and he is on the same level as Taixia's upper fourth army. You must know that the commanders of Taixia's superior army are all sky knights, Zhang...Mu Shen is just the earth now Knight, I don't think it's possible to be equal for the time being..."

"If General Mu Shen really becomes the commander-in-chief of the Taixia air cavalry, I don't think anyone in the entire Taixia air cavalry will be unconvinced. To be honest, those of us who fly planes in the sky can be said to be Mu. The disciple and grandson of General Shen, General Mu Shen is the first air cavalry of the human race, and besides General Mu Shen, I can't think of anyone in Taixia today who is more qualified than him for this position!" Guo Haichao wiped his mouth and said .

"Old Guo is right. If General Mu Shen is really going to be the commander of our air cavalry, we will be blessed. I will be the first to agree!"

"Haha, Lao Guo, what's the use of agreeing, you are just a captain now, and you only have a hundred air cavalry under your command. When you become a knight first, and you can have a million air cavalry under your command, you agree , I'm afraid it still has some weight..." Alchemist Ming laughed.

"Damn it, even if I'm not a knight, I still agree, who can bite my ass..."

He Jiajun was about to say something, but saw a regimental staff officer appearing at the door of the canteen of the battalion headquarters. When the staff officer saw Zhang Tie, he walked over and whispered something in Zhang Tie's ear. Nodding, the staff officer of the regiment headquarters left.

After the staff officer left, Zhang Tie ate all the food on the dinner plate, and only after leaving no grain left, he put down the tableware in his hand, glanced at the several team leaders, "The team leader has something to do." Find me for a meeting, if I haven't come back by the time of training, you can train according to the plan..."

(To be continued. "This text is provided by the dawn update group x-on:ch8296929 (Dian Dian Han Zhi)")