"Stand up! Stand up! Remember what I just said! The palms of your hands must be close to your thighs!"
Darlene and others are now standing in a posture they have never tried before.
Keep your legs straight, your feet separated at a certain angle, your hands naturally drooping close to both sides of your thighs, tighten your abdomen, lift your chest, raise your head, look forward, and stretch your shoulders back.
What's the use of standing here?
Darlene was very confused.
Before joining the Knights of Michael, according to Darlene's imagination, the first thing she had to learn after joining the army was to learn how to hold a sword and how to hold a gun.
What Darlene never expected was that after joining the Knights, the first thing she learned was standing.
What are some good exercises to do while standing?
Chief Lindsay just said that when we encounter something that we don’t understand or have questions about, we are welcome to ask questions. I might as well ask Chief Lindsay.
Darlene, who was really curious about why she needed to practice standing, cleared her throat and said loudly to Lindsay:
"Sir! Why do we need to practice standing? What's so good about standing?"
As soon as Darlene finished asking this question, the other recruits all turned their attention to Lindsay.
Darlene is far from the only recruit who wonders why they need to practice standing.
"That's a good question." Lin said, "Actually, I'm not very clear either."
"?" Darlene looked at Lindsay in confusion.
"Maybe many of you don't know." Lindsay continued, "Our Michael Knights have a new leader. This new leader is the 30th in the history of our Michael Knights.
Serve as group leader."
"The new regiment commander has done a lot of things since he took office. One of them is to improve the previous military training methods."
"The new regiment leader calls this 'Military Posture', and it is one of the many training programs he has improved and created."
"I didn't understand it at first. What's the use of practicing this?"
"but"
Speaking of this, an intriguing look slowly appeared on Lindsay's face.
"After I really tried Standing Military Posture, I gradually understood the use of Standing Military Posture. You will know the use of Standing Military Posture later."
After saying that, Lindsay took out her pocket watch.
In the Britannia Army, soldiers at captain level and above can be issued a pocket watch.
"It's 7:08 in the morning. Let's stand for 30 minutes to practice. After standing for 30 minutes, we will go to have breakfast."
Breakfast? Can you finally have breakfast?!
After hearing the word "breakfast" from Lindsay's mouth, Darlene couldn't help but her eyes lit up and her mouth began to salivate crazily.
Stand for 30 minutes? This is too simple, who can't do it?
Darlene couldn't help but sneer at Lindsay's requirement of 30 minutes of military posture. She felt that it was a bit too simple, much simpler than jogging around the base.
However... after actually trying to stand in this posture, Darlene gradually felt that this was not that simple...
Darlene... no, it should be said that no one has ever stood in this posture before. It was the first time for Darlene to stand in this posture, which made Darlene feel very comfortable.
Moreover, because you need to straighten your legs and place your hands tightly on the sides of your legs, you must continue to exert force.
Under such constant exertion, it is far more tiring than imagined.
I don’t know how long it took, 3 minutes? Or 5 minutes? Darlene saw several recruits standing next to her, and their bodies had begun to shake.
Then, after an unknown amount of time, Darlene felt that her legs began to feel sore, and the soles of her feet were very painful. Because her hands had to be pressed tightly against the sides of her legs, her hands and arms also began to feel sore.
.
Not only that, Darlene also slowly felt a little dizzy.
Lindsay was not idle either. While Darlene and others were standing there in a military posture, Lindsay was holding her pointer and walking around everyone, patrolling.
While walking around and inspecting, she also said in a gloating tone: "How is it? Isn't it that easy? One of the functions of standing in the military posture is to exercise your willpower. This function is my own
I realized this because when I stood in a military position, I couldn’t hold on for long because I was too tired.”
So tired...
Darlene felt that a few minutes ago, she thought it was easy to stand in a military posture, but she was hopelessly stupid!
I'm so dizzy... I feel like I'm going to fall down... Am I going to be the first person to faint because of standing in a military posture? No way... It's so embarrassing...
Not wanting to be the first one to faint, Darlene gritted her teeth and persisted.
However, my head is still getting dizzy.
Darlene herself also felt that her body had begun to shake slightly.
At this moment, Lindsay frowned and walked quickly in front of Dalena.
"Hey! Kid!" Lindsay shouted to Darlene, "Didn't I just say it? The center of gravity must be on the balls of your feet! If you don't put the center of gravity on the balls of your feet, you will easily faint!"
After saying that, Lindsay grabbed Darlene's collar, then gently pulled in her direction, moving Darlene's center of gravity forward.
"Understood!" Although her head was still dizzy, Darlene still echoed Lindsay loudly.
After placing her weight on the soles of her front feet, Darlene gradually felt much better, and her dizziness gradually stopped.
Thirty minutes is usually a short time, but for Darlene and others who are standing in a military posture now, this is an unbearably long time.
Everyone gritted their teeth and finally made it to the end of the 30 minutes.
"Very good! 30 minutes are up! Everyone made it through! Not bad! You can go have breakfast!"
Finally...can we eat...?
When Darlene swallowed the newly secreted saliva, she realized that just by standing in military posture for 30 minutes, she was already sweating all over her back and forehead.
Being a soldier...is much harder than I thought...
Darlene wiped the sweat from her forehead and sighed in her heart with a wry smile.
…
The food in the army is pretty good, at least more abundant than in Darlene's hometown.
Breakfast is warm vegetable porridge.
Darlene had been hungry for a long time. She was forced to get up before dawn today, ran around the base, and then stood in a military posture for 30 minutes. Darlene's energy had long been exhausted.
Darlene drank three large bowls of warm vegetable porridge to calm her empty stomach.
When the new recruits were having breakfast, the instructors kept repeating to them that they should not chat or talk while eating. You can only hear the sound of bowls and spoons clashing together, not the sound of human speech.
According to the instructors, this is also a new requirement of their new regiment commander. From the moment he takes office, no matter whether soldiers or generals are allowed to talk while eating, because talking while eating will only disturb people.
Eating will make a meal that can be finished in 3 minutes abruptly extend to 5 minutes or even longer.
Darlene fully understands and agrees with the new rules set by the new team leader. Although eating is a good opportunity to chat, chatting during meals is also a waste of time to some extent.
It will make the meal time longer.
After a hearty breakfast, training started again.
Darlene thought that after breakfast, she would start other training, such as training with swords, or training with guns, but she did not expect that after breakfast, the training items would still involve standing in a military posture!
After experiencing the terrifying "30 minutes of military posture" before breakfast, Darlene was already afraid of the word "military posture."
If possible, Darlene doesn't want to stand in a military posture anymore.
Chapter completed!