hsntnovel Chapter 18: Combat Training
Chapter 18: Combat Training
With guidance from MS students, all students passed the assessment in just one week.
Today, in a large virtual training ground that includes both a virtual bridge for warships and a virtual cockpit for mobile suits, Guo Yi gathered all the trainees and officially announced: "From today onwards, we will officially begin the team combat training phase."
Each group consists of twenty people, comprising ten crew members and ten pilots.
In the future, the group's performance will be your individual performance.
Therefore, the group ranked first will become a formal member of the naval trial force.
Now, you can start forming teams freely. Each team should select a leader to report to me, and then the group will disband.
"Let's form a group of a few, I'll be the captain..."
"I want to be a captain too..."
"..."
After Guo Yi announced the disbandment, the trainees immediately took action.
Although the trainees have been together for more than three months, they are all juggling multiple roles, wanting to compete for first place and also wanting to take on the positions they desire. As a result, it is difficult for them to form teams in the short term.
Guo Yi simply watched silently and did not intervene: forming teams freely is the first step in the group's integration process.
"Report, my team has selected its members."
After some time, Liao Haizhou reported to Guo Yi: "I will be the team leader, and my position will be the captain of the pilot team. Zhang Rui will be the deputy team leader, and his position will be the captain. Shi Junfeng will be the helmsman..."
"..."
After listening to Liao Haizhou's report, Guo Yi frowned slightly and asked in a low voice, "No, why did you choose these people to form a team?"
Two of them were at the bottom in every subject, and the rest were mediocre.
"You've teamed up with them, don't you want to become a full member of the naval testing unit?!"
"this……"
Liao Haizhou smiled awkwardly and changed the subject, saying, "Chief Instructor, I'll explain to you privately later."
"..."
Guo Yi glared at Liao Haizhou and reminded him, "Don't forget what I told you on the first day."
"Chief Instructor, don't worry, it will absolutely not interfere with your selection plan."
"Okay, go ahead."
"Um."
"..."
After all the trainees had formed teams, Guo Yi gathered them together and explained, "Team-based combat training is very simple. Every day, each group will randomly select a map here for a combat match."
The winning side gains one point, while the losing side does not lose any points. Rankings are based on the scores.
For daily training, it's still the same two places as before.
To emphasize, the reason we specifically asked you to come here for this competition is because the equipment here has a physical feedback system that is as close to reality as possible.
Therefore, you must come here for competitive training, and you must play a full round every day!
After saying that, Guo Yi called out, "Now we will begin the initial ranking competition. Liao Haizhou's group and Lu Fan's group, you two groups will set an example for everyone."
"Yes."
"..."
Once both groups were in position, the large screen in the training field lit up automatically.
The top half of the screen displays an aerial view of the entire battlefield, while the bottom half shows a real-time sand table.
On the left and right sides are the operation screens for each person.
"If you want to listen to the communication from any side, just put on your headphones and listen. There is only video here, no communication."
Guo Yi first spoke to the students who hadn't yet competed, then said to the two competing teams, "Let's start drawing maps and begin the competition."
"Yes."
"..."
With Guo Yi's prior instructions, Wen Shu specially arranged a very interesting battle map for both sides: a complex U-shaped low-altitude canyon map.
In addition, the origins of both parties are also quite interesting: half a large cave.
The term "half" refers to the fact that the front half of the warship was located outside the cave, while the rear half was inside.
Once both sides entered the map, as Guo Yi had predicted, both captains simultaneously and habitually issued the same command: "Warship start-up, speed 1, warship take off, begin target acquisition."
Power was activated, and the warships began to take off. At that moment, radar operators from both sides reported almost simultaneously: "Horizontal 0 degrees 9 o'clock (3 o'clock), 30 kilometers, target detected!"
"..."
Both captains instinctively glanced nervously to their left (right) and found that they were blocked by a wall, unable to make unimpeded contact with the other side. They immediately relaxed and began to think about tactics.
"Boom!"
Suddenly, a violent shaking disrupted everyone's thoughts, and then the screen went black.
"Sigh~"
Inside the training hall, Guo Yi saw two warships first being pushed upside down by the cave, and then their bridges being violently pushed into the mountain by the engines, causing them to explode. He finally sighed helplessly.
"Beep, both warships self-destruct, combat ended."
"What are you waiting for? Get out here now."
Seeing that the hatch was open and both sides were still sitting in their seats looking completely bewildered, Guo Yi couldn't help but angrily rebuke them: "You committed suicide without even stepping out of the hatch! You've really given me a lot of credit!"
"..."
After both sides returned to their lines dejectedly, Guo Yi replayed the events of the previous day while saying sarcastically, "You guys are really something!"
Without checking the condition of the warships or their surroundings, he ordered them to take off with his eyes closed... I'd be crazy if you guys didn't die!
"Thank goodness this is just a simulation training exercise, otherwise... anyone who wanted to be one of your crew members would be incredibly unlucky."
After making sarcastic remarks, Guo Yi said to the trainees in a serious tone: "Listen carefully, whether it's a warship or a mobile suit, you must make sure you are aware of your own situation and the surrounding environment before you launch an attack!"
Being ambushed is a minor matter; getting yourself into trouble is your own fault. However, killing your teammates is an unforgivable offense.
Also, do you know why I emphasized physical feedback?
Because during a violent impact, it is very difficult to maintain body control, let alone think.
However, violent collisions are commonplace for battleships and mobile suits!
Therefore, you must get used to maintaining body control during a violent impact, and never, ever act recklessly because of the impact.
The most obvious example is the situation just now.
If the collision hadn't caused both helmsmen to unintentionally increase engine power, neither of you would have managed to ram the bridge to pieces.
Captain, you must remain calm in the event of a violent collision and issue orders as soon as possible.
In the event of a violent collision, the controller must immediately assess the damage to the warship and report the situation in detail to the captain as quickly as possible.
Radar operators, you'd better be able to predict in advance whether the warship will have a violent collision, where it will happen, and what will cause it.
If not, then the first thing to do is to figure out why the warships collided so violently.
You are the eyes of the warship; if you are blind, the warship becomes a mobile coffin.
Therefore, you must develop the habit of constantly paying attention to the situation around the warship.
Especially in complex terrain, you need to be 200% alert.
Did you all understand?
"Understood!"
"Alright, the next match will be between Liao Haizhou's team and Zhong Luren's team..."
"..."
Just as Guo Yi was busy training, the shipyard, like a butterfly flapping its wings, finally stirred up some trouble in the outside world.