"Idiot! I said turn left! I said turn left!"
Makarov roared and pulled out a person from the team.
This is a place called Kas Village on the southern border of Arda. This village has a total of about 200 households and a population of nearly 1,000. It is considered a very large village in Arda.
During the pirate invasion, the villagers here organized a Militia team of more than 50 people to protect themselves.
After the pirates were driven away, Affairs Officer sent by the Lord's Manor established the Farmers' Association organization in the village, and recruited dozens of people to join the Militia team, totaling nearly a hundred people.
As for why Makarov, a member of the regular army, is here, we have to start a few days ago.
A few days ago, the army suddenly intensified its training intensity, and many people speculated that Arda might be going to war somewhere nearby again.
Many people became excited, because for them Standing Army people, war means military merit and rewards.
The Soldierss were gearing up and began to focus on training. The two victories against the pirates and the Bairdin rebels made them gradually realize some of the special advantages of their unit, which they had previously thought were useless training.
For example, queue training allows them to quickly form favorable formations to face the enemy on the ever-changing battlefield. Units such as squads, platoons, and companies are very convenient when splitting and combining formations, and it is also helpful for commanders to issue deployment orders.
Another example is long-distance training, which allows them to seize advantageous terrain, or appear in front of the enemy when they least expect it.
"Sweat more in peacetime and bleed less in wartime."
Everyone in the military now believes it.
Just when everyone was working hard to train, Staff Department suddenly selected a group of highly qualified veterans and sent them to various villages and towns to guide the training of Militia in various places.
According to the Militia training outline previously formulated by the Staff Department, excluding busy farming seasons, Militia in various regions need to conduct at least one-day training sessions every month, including: emergency gatherings, long-distance marches, formations, and stabbings.
Compared to the Standing Army, this kind of training can be said to be dispensable. After all, Militia's nutrition cannot keep up with high-intensity training.
The original Militia training mainly relied on retired Soldiers due to injuries. However, due to the insufficient number of retired Soldiers, many places lacked the guidance of "professional talents", resulting in Militia training in most areas being in vain.
The war threat from the Kent Family made Staff Department once again set its sights on Militia. In addition, the busy farming season has passed, and standardizing and strengthening the training of Militia has been put on the agenda.
Makarov is one of these selected veterans.
Because of his previous military exploits, Makarov had been promoted to a second-class soldier at this time. After arriving at Kas Village, he added the number of Militia to a company, and divided the Militia team into platoons and squads according to the organization of the army.
He immediately started training them and asked craftsmen in the village to build equipment such as horizontal bars and parallel bars.
We still encountered a lot of difficulties. At the beginning, these guys couldn't even stand in a basic queue. Every time they lined up and regrouped after disbanding, many people couldn't find where they should stand, and the queue became a mess.
Based on his own experience during recruit training, Makarov resorted to the whip method. With the help of the physical pain, Militia finally gained a little more memory and finally stood in a decent queue when they gathered.
Then another tragedy occurred when the team was moving...
They are not required to be able to goose-step, but they have to be in step no matter what, right? How can we fight when we are all in disarray while walking like this?
Makarov asked them to step with their left foot first when they started to march, but some people always forget. It's not that these Militias really don't know which is left and which is right. After all, it is possible for people to not be able to distinguish left and right when they are nervous, and his super loud voice made Militia feel more nervous.
This problem becomes more prominent when the team turns left and right.
For example, the young man who was caught out by him just now, his name is Josse, and he has just been added to the Militia team. Every time Makarov shouted to walk in step or turn left or right, he was caught in the wrong direction 7 times out of 10, so he became Malalov's key "care" target.
Josse was caught in front of everyone. Against the backdrop of the strong instructor, the relatively slender Josse looked like a little chicken being carried by an old bear.
All Militia held their breaths, not daring to take a breath. Everyone showed sympathy and quietly prayed for the unlucky Josse.
Makarov touched his forehead helplessly with his hand. The Josse in front of him was scolded and beaten, but he couldn't avoid making mistakes.
He felt cruel and said loudly to Josse: "Josse, you forced me to do this."
Josse A look of horror quickly appeared on his face after hearing this. The instructor is not going to...
Makarov turned around and shouted to everyone in the team, "Militia Josse must accept punishment because he refuses to change despite repeated admonitions."
"As for the method of punishment, I have told you before that if someone makes such a stupid mistake again, I will definitely let him do it in front of everyone."
Strangely, after listening to his words, Militia in the team lost his original expression of sympathy and was replaced by an expression of expectation and even gloating.
Josse's face was full of despair. He begged for mercy, "Master Makarov, please show your respect. How can I live in the village in the future?"
Makarov put on a straight face and suddenly shouted in a high pitched voice, "Militia Josse!"
"Yes! Sir!" Finally, Josse had developed the correct habit when responding to the order.
Makarov ordered him in an unquestionable tone, "Execute the punishment method I mentioned before! Now! Immediately! Immediately!"
"Yes! Sir!" The muscles on Josse's face twitched as he loudly responded to Makarov's order.
It's unavoidable! Under the gaze of everyone, Josse stood firm, holding the wooden gun tightly on the ground with his right hand, and... holding his crotch with his left hand.
Then Josse shouted with grief and anger:
"This is my left hand!" he shouted while moving his left hand.
"This is my right hand!" he shouted while moving his right hand.
"The left hand is for..." He hesitated at this point.
"Keep talking!!!" The roar of Makarov immediately sounded in his ears, and spittle sprayed his face.
He could only continue to shout angrily and loudly:
"The left hand is for masturbating!"
"The right hand is for holding the gun!"
"This is my left hand! This is my right hand! The left hand is for masturbating! The right hand is for holding the gun!"
This was repeated three times.
After a short period of silence, the Militias across from Josse suddenly burst into laughter. "Hahaha!!!"
Makarov immediately took a step forward and shouted, "Whoever dares to make a fucking sound again, I will make him do it 100 times in front of all the villagers."
Everyone immediately suppressed their laughter. It would be bad if this happened to them.
At this time, Josse can be said to be on the verge of tears. He will never make a mistake in his life, but his image is also ruined.
"Militia Josse, return to the team and continue training."
The instructor finally let him go back.
After this training, the name ""Left Hand" Josse" spread like wildfire in the village.