I Became a Genius Commander at the Academy - Chapter 177

EP.177

Sergeant Copper, who was promoted from private to sergeant for his exploits at Richen Hill, was a soldier full of confidence until a few days ago.

And he had achievements in life that warranted such confidence.

The fact that he fought alongside Lieutenant General Jaeger, whom he respected until the end, in the Battle of Richen Hill, which was said to be the harshest battle in the history of the Empire, and finally came back alive.

For that reason, he took a long vacation and when he returned home, he was treated as a hero who saved the country in his rural village.

So Sergeant Copper decided to follow Lieutenant General Yeager for the rest of his life.

Although he is currently a non-commissioned officer, he has ambitions to be promoted to officer and become a semi-nobleman in the future.

But now he was truly regretting the decision he had made.

“……Fuck, save me. I think I’m going to die.”

Even as he said that, he followed the instructor’s commands and performed the notoriously difficult exercise number 8, and the number of exercises had almost reached the 20 designated by the instructor.

‘Please, let’s finish number 8 today with number 20. If it increases to 40 times, you will really die.’

However, the teaching assistant only looks down at the trainees with an indifferent expression and gives commands, as if he is aware of his feelings.

“one! two! three!”

In any case, he waved his legs left and right in accordance with the instructor’s commands and performed the movements without being caught.

So now all the trainees here, including myself, just have to stop shouting that last slogan…

“One, two, three… nineteen, twenty!”

I don’t know who shouted it, but the last slogan that everyone hated the most came out, and all 40 trainees who were not trained fell into despair.

I feel like I want to find out who did it, but if I turn my head, I won’t be able to see anything, so in the end, I won’t be able to find out who the culprit who committed that atrocity was.

The teaching assistant once again naturally said the words he had become familiar with over the past few days.

“The trainees are out of their minds! He told me to focus on training. Is it that difficult to follow the instructor’s instructions not to shout the last slogan? Isn’t this nothing compared to the fight at Lichen Hill? “Isn’t it!”

After hearing those words, the soldiers lying here thought that the training back then was better than this.

At the same time, I was very curious as to what kind of crazy person shouted the last slogan while doing eight hard-hitting exercises that felt like death.

The teaching assistant spoke indifferently, as if even having the time to think like this was a luxury.

“This instructor is disappointed in you! From now on, we will perform exercise number 8 again! Number of times is 40! “How many times will you repeat it?”

“Episode 40!”

“I like the sound of your answer! Okay then, let’s do it 40 times from now on! “The last slogan is not shouted!”

At those words, numerous trainees, including Sergeant Copper, prayed with sincerity from deep within their hearts.

‘Please, please, let’s end it here. There shouldn’t be a hellish thing like yesterday where you have to do 8 exercises up to 60 times at a time.’

Then, under the instructor’s control, they began to undergo the enormous hardship of twisting their entire body 40 times.

Until I just finished 20 reps, my back muscles were pulled and it was very painful, but now it hurts like it’s going to tear.

I felt like I wanted to get rid of everything and be discharged, but the trainees, including Sergeant Copper, believed in the promise made by the lieutenant general.

‘Other people may not know, but the Lieutenant General doesn’t lie to us.’

“Aaaah!”

“Hanaaa! Doowooul!”

“Thirty years old!”

As a result, the trainees here were somehow able to hold out until just before the long-awaited number 40.

And then the long-awaited 40th full-body twist began, right next to Sergeant Copper…

“One, two, three… thirty-nine, forty!!!”

Sounds that should never be heard! I heard the sound ‘40’.

At that moment, Sergeant Copper felt as if the lid of his mind had been opened and he turned his head to memorize the face of the person who happened to be next to him.

After training, during my personal maintenance time, I was seriously thinking about staying awake and staying awake.

However, the person who shouted the last slogan next to him was a completely different person than he thought.

“Shh, be quiet.”

Unlike the trainees, he wore combat uniforms that were not very dirty and wore red hats, the symbol of devil-like trainers.

This time, the person who gave the last slogan was not a soldier, but actually a teaching assistant.

Upon realizing this fact, Sergeant Copper was so dumbfounded that he couldn’t close his mouth, and hot anger welled up inside him like a pillar of fire, threatening to burst out.

But this is the imperial army where rank and position rule everything.

Since he was a non-commissioned officer belonging to the 7th Guards Division, no matter how extreme the situation was, he could not openly express his dissatisfaction with the fact that the assistant instructor was the culprit who gave the last slogan.

“This trainer was very disappointed that the trainees were still unable to focus on their training! “Get ready for gymnastics number 11!”

Doing exercise 11 after exercise 8 was practically torture.

So the trainees next to Sergeant Copper whispered complaints without the trainer knowing.

“Fuck, just tell me to die. “Why is it number 11 after number 8?”

“Some bastard is shouting the last slogan again and falling asleep. “Are you crazy?”

“I don’t know who it is, but if I find it, I will kill it…”

Their complaints were at a whisper level and did not reach the ears of the assistants.

“11 gymnastics 10 times!”

“Episode 10!”

“Your voice is small! Episode 30! Do it 30 times! “The last slogan is omitted.”

“evil!”

At this time, Sergeant Copper sighed once, but since he had no choice, he got into position to start exercise number 11.

“Trainee number 38 excluded!”

“Trainee number 38 is excluded! evil!”

The instructor, who had secretly added the last slogan in between, called Sergeant Copper and made him head to the back of the parade ground.

Sergeant Copper knew this because he had seen how people who had been sidelined several times in the past were treated and came back to their senses.

Jump into the air and then lie down again and repeat push-ups dozens of times at an angle, or do push-ups but have your body stay in a lowered position for over a minute.

Sometimes, I had to keep my head down with my head down while my back was turned… I

felt like I was being tested to the limits of my body and mind in a new and ingenious way that I had never seen before.

At this time, the only trainee who was called to the back of the parade ground was Sergeant Copper, and the instructor spoke quietly from a little distance away.

“Sleep behind trainee number 38.”

“Sleep back!”

“Stay like this for a while and listen to the instructor.”

However, contrary to his expectations, he was able to let go of the worries he had been carrying thanks to the words of his teaching assistant who helped him rest.

“I will never tell you that this assistant secretly added the last command. This is a special order given by the Lieutenant General to increase training effectiveness, so it must not be divulged. Do you understand?”

Sergeant Copper resented the lieutenant general for a moment, but soon reflected on himself for blaming him.

Because it is impossible for him to dare to harbor blasphemous thoughts toward him.

He was the one who risked death to save a soldier like him on Richen Hill, so I thought he must have meant something if he ordered it that way.

“evil!”

“Okay, trainee, roll left and right as instructed for 5 minutes.”

“Roll left!”

Rolling from side to side is the same as resting during guerrilla training if the speed is just right.

As he rolled from side to side following the instructor’s instructions, he realized that there would be something to be gained from completing this training, so he decided to just try it out.

Likewise, the trainees belonging to the 7th Division, including Sergeant Copper, completed PT gymnastics today as well, followed by formal training, and then even completed a mock battle that was like an actual battle.

After finishing the day’s training, the trainees who entered the temporarily prepared barracks fell asleep as if they were dead as soon as they turned on their backs.

**

And 15 days later.

For the first time in a long time, Sergeant Copper and other soldiers did not start their morning with guerrilla exercises, but instead did mock battle training first.

The training was so intense that it was incomparable to before.

So, if it had been before, it would have been possible for someone to fall out along the way.

“The spear is light? “At this level, I can stab you with all my might dozens of times in a row.”

“The armor isn’t that heavy. “At this level, it won’t be hard to canter wearing this.”

“Was this training supposed to be like this in the first place?”

The soldiers trained against their limitations every day through difficult training such as guerrilla exercises in the morning and formal training and mock battles in the afternoon.

As a result, they gained stamina that was incomparable to what it was 15 days ago.

Watching that scene, the officers commanding them thought it was foolish of them to have considered suggesting to the lieutenant general, ‘Isn’t this a bit bad?’ during guerrilla training.

The fact that the soldiers and their physical strength increased to this extent in such a short period of time is equivalent to saying that the unit’s combat power increased.

This is because it means that the probability that they can survive and return from the battlefield has increased.

Other officers of the 7th Division, who had been through guerrilla training and watched mock battles together, nodded and said,

“When I was training, I really thought I was going to die.”

“The lieutenant general had everything in mind. “I never thought it would be this effective.”

“As an officer, I cannot lose to the soldiers with physical strength. “I’ll have to focus more on training starting tomorrow.”

And Lieutenant General Peter Yeager, who was watching the scene from behind, thought that they would be really scared if they heard it.

‘I think it would be possible to gradually increase the training intensity by 1.2 times if it stimulates my honor as an officer.’

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Thank you, zakuti.

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