Dreaming back to 1949, the great powers were there to deceive us

On the morning of September 9, Hu Zhenhua turned his attention to Shanxi Province.

As soon as the sky was getting light, the reveille sounded. The soldiers in the barracks got up, dressed, and washed. According to previous practice, they should do exercises first and then have breakfast.

But the situation was different today. After the troops assembled, the regiment commander Zhou Chuanhu issued an emergency order, requiring them to run to Xiyun Peak.

It was a cliff as sharp as a knife, with a height of 200 meters.

Xiyun Peak is 5 kilometers away from the barracks, which is equivalent to a forced march.

Zhou Chuanhu leads by example!

The entire province of Shanxi was liberated on May 5st. After the defeat of the reactionaries, some chose to move south, some chose to lie in wait, and some simply became bandits.

Coupled with the gangsters, stubborn landlords and illegal businessmen in society, the public security situation in the whole society is still very serious, so the stationed troops often attack everywhere and go up the mountain to suppress bandits.

After the troops ran for a kilometer, the battalion commander Tang Zhan ran up to Zhou Chuanhu and asked,

"Captain, what are we doing here? All the bandits nearby have been wiped out. There's not even a rabbit left in the mountains!"

When the soldiers around heard Tang Zhan's question, they immediately pricked up their ears, afraid of missing a word!

In early August, the Jinzhong Military Region, Taiyue Military Region, Taihang Military Region and part of the Luliang Military Region were merged to form the Shanxi Provincial Military Region, which was under the jurisdiction of seven military sub-districts: Linfen, Yuncheng, Changzhi, Fenyang, Xinxian, Yuci and Xingxian.

The troops of each military sub-district constitute the main force of the Shanxi Provincial Military District.

These troops belong to the local garrison forces and are located in the liberated areas. Apart from suppressing bandits, they have basically no chance of war!

The soldiers were eager to fight, so Tang Zhan saw them marching so early in the morning and thought they had another mission, so he ran over to ask.

Zhou Chuanhu received the order early in the morning and was also confused. It required him to march quickly to Xiyun Peak on an empty stomach and carrying guns!

Zhou Chuanhu thought his superiors were going to test their endurance, so he turned around and shouted,

"This is a test from the commander. Everyone, please stay focused and don't let anyone down!"

When the soldiers heard this, they cried out!

Forced marches require a speed of more than ten kilometers per hour, and they must carry heavy loads. This is a strong test of the soldiers' physical strength!

A five-kilometer forced march was nothing to Zhou Chuanhu's regiment.

In military terminology, there are two more words: regular march and forced march!

Regular marches require a speed of about five kilometers per hour while carrying a load, and advance about 40 to 50 kilometers a day.

A forced march generally refers to distance, not speed! The world's most famous forced march took place on the Korean Peninsula, when our army captured Samsoli. The march involved a 14-hour forced march of 72.5 kilometers (the straight-line distance shown on the map is much greater in reality!), a record that remains unbroken.

More than half an hour later, Zhou Chuanhu arrived at his destination! The person who came into view was Zhao Lou, the deputy commander of the military sub-district. Standing next to him was a man in strange attire. It was none other than Xu Ping, a member of the special forces team!

However, he now has a new identity: Chief of Staff of the 1st Airborne Division!

All special forces members who had appeared in the raid on Xinjin Airport were transferred and incorporated into the airborne division.

Xu Ping gave a look, and more than a dozen soldiers immediately stepped forward and began to check the breathing of the soldiers in Zhou Chuanhu's regiment.

"You, get out of the queue!"

"You, get out of the queue!"

Shouts came one after another. Zhou Chuanhu panicked when he saw a large number of soldiers being picked out. He saluted Zhao Lou hurriedly.

"Commander..."

Zhao Lou just gave Zhou Chuanhu a cold look, and he swallowed the rest of his words.

After more than ten minutes, one-third of the soldiers were picked out. Judging from their rapid breathing, their endurance was not up to standard!

Xu Ping said in a clear voice without any emotion,

"Take back the selected soldiers! The rest go up the mountain!"

Zhou Chuanhu was very anxious and roared,

"Commander, these are all good soldiers! Why did you dismiss them just by looking at them?"

Zhao Lou looked at those young faces, opened his mouth, turned to look at Xu Ping, and pleaded,

"Chief of Staff Xu, what do you think?"

Xu Ping was not unreasonable. He thought for a moment and said,

"Then let them participate in the second round of screening, and those who pass will join the reserve force!"

Zhao Lou was overjoyed and laughed heartily.

"Okay, okay! We have to give them a chance. If they fail the test, they won't have anything to say!"

Zhao Lou looked at Zhou Chuanhu and ordered,

"Those who step out will have breakfast, and the rest will go up the mountain. Execute immediately!"

"Yes!"

At the top of Xiyun Peak, Xu Ping took out a red silk scarf and said loudly,

"Today's assessment only involves one item: psychological quality! As long as you pass it, you can join the frontline troops!"

Having said this, Xu Ping looked around and continued,

"The frontline troops are very dangerous. If anyone doesn't want to go, they can withdraw from the assessment!"

As soon as the words fell, a soldier roared in dissatisfaction,

"There are no cowards in our group!"

"very good!"

Xu Ping raised the red scarf in his hand and said loudly,

"The test is simple. You'll be tied to a safety rope and then jump from the top of a mountain. When the free fall ends, the elastic rope on your body will start to exert force, and you'll need to pull out the red scarf from your pocket! This is the first step! After landing, you'll untie the safety rope yourself. This is the second step. Then, you'll have to run 50 meters to the shooting range. This is the third step. After that, pick up your rifle and shoot! This is the fourth step! If you can complete all four steps above within three minutes, you'll pass! With three bullets, if you can score 20 rings, you'll be considered excellent! Do you understand?"

Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, I don’t know why.

Seeing that they didn't understand, Xu Ping took out a rubber band and a little man and demonstrated to them!

After a full half hour, they finally understood!

The training of paratroopers is not a matter of a day or two, but the situation does not wait for anyone, so we can only select from the army and screen out those with stable psychological qualities!

According to Xu Ping's estimation, it would be good if we could pick out 900 out of these more than 200 people!

After everyone understood the rules, Xu Ping sent someone to demonstrate skydiving to them.

Instructor Feng Tianxing fixed the elastic ropes around his waist and legs. He had to make sure his feet were facing downwards so that he would not get hurt when he landed after parachuting.

Feng Tianxing's movements were very slow, so that everyone could see clearly. He demonstrated several times before he spoke.

"Everyone, please pay attention and watch my movements. Bend your legs and adjust your breathing! The scarf is in my chest pocket. It can't be taken out too early or too late!"

This is simulating the parachute opening action!

Suddenly, a little soldier looked towards the edge of the cliff and shouted,

"Mom!"

He slipped and almost fell, but fortunately his comrade next to him grabbed his clothes, thus avoiding tragedy!

More than 900 people, more than half of them were shaking! Jumping from such a high cliff was something they had never thought of. Was it safe?

Xu Ping has already noticed that at least 30 people are afraid of heights!

After Feng Tianxing explained the key points several times, he walked up to the steel frame extending from the cliff, leaped up, and jumped down.

Everyone screamed, quickly lay down, and stretched their heads to look down!

Feng Tianxing descended very quickly. When he was more than 60 meters from the ground, the elastic rope began to tighten. At the same time, he took out the silk scarf from his pocket and waved to everyone.

After Feng Tianxing's speed completely stopped, the elastic rope rebounded, and after jumping several times, his body finally stopped!

The people on the top of the mountain quickly lengthened the elastic rope until Feng Tianxing landed!

He quickly untied the rope on his body, ran to the shooting range 50 meters away, then untied the rifle behind him and fired three shots at the target!

The movements are coherent and done in one go!

Xu Ping looked at everyone with a smile and asked,

"Who will take the lead?"

Everyone couldn't even stand steadily, so who would dare to step forward?