Iron Powder and Spellcasters

  Chapter 9 If you can hold a weapon, spittle in your mouth is a good soldier

"When you go to the battlefield, hold the weapon in your hand, and have saliva in your mouth, you are a good soldier!" Richard Nall, a swordsmanship instructor, was giving his last post-class remarks to 55 students of the 554th Infantry Division of the Army Officers Academy: "These words I didn't say it, it was the old marshal who said it."

  At the beginning of the establishment of the Army Officers Military Academy, the preparatory committee believed that there were too many indoor courses, and it was necessary to set up a special physical education course.

   The plan at that time was [Swordsmanship], [Wrestling], [Archery], choose one of the three.

   But most of the senior officers of the army were from the [night military cram school] of Marshal Ned, and they all learned a little bit of swordsmanship from the old marshal.

   Therefore, the top army officials hoped to carry on the long sword technique as a tradition.

   So swordsmanship was regarded as a sport and became an official course of the Military Academy.

   "Students, this is your last swordsmanship class. You must have all thought about the significance of practicing long swordsmanship for your future careers." Instructor Gnar paused and said unceremoniously:

"I can tell you now that there are very few opportunities for you to draw your sword and fight the enemy hand-to-hand in the future. Many of you, perhaps after leaving this training room, will never hold the sword with both hands again. handle."

   "What is a long sword to you? What is a long sword technique? Is it really an actual combat technique? Beyond the ivory tower, more agile and portable weapons are popular on the streets.

  Want to know what weapons can be used in actual combat? Just go to the Duelist Association! One-on-one, the masters there, none of you can win. "

   "In the world of officers, the long sword has become a weapon of honor used to embellish costumes, and long sword skills have become the threshold for distinguishing officers from one's background."

"Although we try to make you as close to actual combat as possible. But for you, swordsmanship has evolved from an actual combat technique to a sport. You must be thinking, is swordsmanship really meaningful? I can tell right now. You, it's pointless!"

"Don't think that you have been trained for many years, you are all excellent in swordsmanship, and you can kill all directions on the battlefield. Two peasants with pitchforks can clean up you!" Instructor Gnar's classroom atmosphere is compared to cultural and military courses. , much more relaxed and happy.

   This is the first time he has belittled his own students and showed no mercy to them.

   "Because when they really go to the battlefield and face death, even many knights who have been trained to be killing machines from the beginning of walking will have their minds blank due to nervousness, and their limbs are so stiff that they can't move."

   "Although long swordsmanship has been separated from actual combat, please remember what I said below: If at a certain time in the future, you really need to draw out your weapons for self-defense."

   "Whatever you hold in your hand, a spear! Sabre! A club! A hammer! Even bare hands. Think about my words today and think about your years of sword training!"

   "By that time, if you can recall the three things you did today, you might be able to save your life.

  If you can recall today's six-fold incident, there are absolutely few people on the battlefield that are your opponents.

   Because the principles of martial arts are always the same, many of the principles of swordsmanship can also be applied to other weapons. "

   "The old marshal often said, [I am most afraid of the ever-changing moves when practicing swordsmanship. When it comes to actual combat, I only know how to use brute force to cut through it], so he emphasized simple and direct attack."

   "When that day really comes, I hope you can remember what I said today. Don't hold the hilt too tightly! Don't let the arms be so stiff! Don't just know that the pig is advancing rapidly, the pace must be flexible! Think about your swordsmanship training!"

   Another class of students is about to leave the school. Richard Nall is rarely moved by true feelings, and every sentence he speaks is from the bottom of his heart. But his students didn't cherish this kind of revelation, and most of them just wanted to rush to dinner.

  Young people despise teaching from elders, because most teachings from elders condescending are really spam. But at the same time they can easily miss out on truly valuable experiences.

  It will take at least another ten years, when they have all become adults who have been beaten by wind and rain, before they can know which teachings they heard in the past are nonsense and which are rubbish.

  On that day, when they recalled today's swordsmanship class, they could understand the painstaking efforts of Instructor Gnar. But now, they're just a bunch of **** who grew up in an ivory tower.

   said a lot in one breath, and regardless of whether the students listened to it or not, Instructor Gnar simply ended the speech: "Okay! Disband!"

Instructor   Nar slapped his palms twice and issued the command: "Disband!"

  The students all bowed: "Goodbye, instructor."

   Then, he rushed out and returned the training A.

The    training room returned to quiet, and became empty again.

  Those young people who are sweating and laughing wanton here seem to be just a dream in this classroom.

   I will try my best to reduce the content of the dialogue (cover my face). After reading the first few chapters I wrote, I feel like it is almost turned into a dialogue novel (cover my face). There are still a lot of dialogues that have been deleted and deleted. We will pay attention to this later and distribute the dialogues reasonably.

   (end of this chapter)