I Became A Mech Soldier After Waking Up in The Future. - Chapter 37

If Captain Amanda’s responsibility was mainly to oversee the military operation and battlefield strategy, Lieutenant Charlie Field’s responsibility was in the political framework and interdivisional relations.

Speaking of which, the federal political system was rather special. The military held the most power, and the Council of the Seven Stars Generals was the highest political echelon. The seven generals governed the city-states under their jurisdiction.

The federation had a symbolic president, who was selected from among the Seven Stars Generals in turn. The Seven Stars Generals mainly belong to three major parties: the Socialist Party, the Republican Party, and the Democratic Party, thus making these three parties become the three major ruling parties in every election where they would take a turn as the winner.

Besides those three, there were three major opposition parties: the Liberal Party, the Communist Party, and the Independence Party. Together, they created something like an opposing political council which served as a check and balance for the ruling parties.

Unlike in the past, party status was now subordinate to the military. Therefore, people in the former military who were responsible for political work, such as political commissars and instructors, had their status fall below that of real military officials. Although these people still had the power to contain the military chief, because of the annual party rotation, they were also mobilized very frequently and could not effectively organize their own forces.

This Lieutenant Charlie Field is such a character.

It’s not surprising that Jeanne would appear alongside him since, generally, all the work of receiving foreign dignitaries or superiors and all the political and diplomatic affairs in the Third Squadron fell under his jurisdiction.

However, Keiko had a little interest in him. People like this who played politics were usually slick and cunning. Keiko and people like him didn’t usually get along, so she avoided getting involved with them.

Thinking of this, she couldn’t help but take another look at Jeanne, who was standing next to Charlie. This woman actually gave the impression similar to Lieutenant Charlie. If she had a choice, she really didn’t want to have any relationship with such a troublesome person, but alas, she couldn’t do anything about it and she couldn’t help sighing heavily.

Jeanne seemed to have noticed that Keiko was peeking at her, and she cast her gaze over to confront Keiko, with an inexplicable smile on the corner of her mouth.

Keiko licked her dry lips and looked away, averting her gaze from Jeanne. Her vigilance was raised again. This woman came to the outdoor training ground for no reason today, and she must have a purpose. If something goes wrong this time, it must be the work of this demoness.

Be careful, be careful, Keiko secretly reminded herself in her heart.

As the commander of a team consisting of 500 people, Keiko didn’t have to attend the physical combat training. Her duty was to guide the training instructor, supervise the soldiers’ training, and correct the mistakes made by the soldiers.

She was no stranger to this kind of job. After all, it was one of the jobs she had been engaged in for many years. However, each instructor’s training style is different. Like Keiko, she was the type who liked to go into battle in person and sweat together with the soldiers. Only by taking the lead and using herself as an example could people be convinced. This was her experience of leading soldiers for many years.

She first watched from the sidelines for a while to see how the soldiers completed their training, and only after she was familiar with the process did she try it out in person.

The obstacle courses on the training ground are actually quite difficult, several times more difficult than what she used to be in the special forces. It was understandable because the physical strength of the neo-humans had been improved and far exceeded the old standard.

For example, in the ditch obstacle course, the ditch was almost 8 meters wide. If it were in the past, this obstacle might be deemed as ridiculous as it was impossible for a person to jump over such a distance if they were not an Olympic record-holding athlete. But now, every soldier could do it with relative ease.

The single-plank bridge was an extreme test of balance ability. It was narrow and long, so extreme that it made people tremble. Moreover, a mud pit is deliberately dug under the single-plank bridge. If you slipped off the bridge, you would fall all over the mud.

The paintball obstacle was the best course to test the ability to respond to stress. When running at high speed to avoid the powder balls that are shot randomly from all directions, the fewer white marks on the body, the stronger the ability to respond to stress.

In addition, Keiko felt that the most difficult part of the course was the last obstacle—rock climbing. The 18-meter-high concave-convex stone wall has no reminder points, and there was no climbing rope protection.

Soldiers were required to free climb to the top and touch the bell before they could come down and finish the obstacle. The large rock protruding from the top was especially a nightmare.

She had tried all the training programs two or three times by herself. With her current physical fitness, coupled with the strong reaction ability created by her years of martial arts experience, these training programs are indeed not a problem.

After physical training, there is also fighting training.

The federal army practiced its own military boxing technique. Keiko, as an expert in the field, could see at a glance that the federal military martial arts were a combination of a large number of traditional Oriental martial arts and Western martial arts, which only accounted for a small part of it.

Practicing boxing was only a warm-up. The most important part of combat training was, naturally, the sparring. Naturally, there was a competition between soldiers, and it was even formalized as a ranking battle. Every training session would have a ring match and the person who won would have their ranking upgraded. Every month, those who ranked at the bottom would be punished while those who had made significant progress would be rewarded. If they could reach the top, there were ample benefits that even made higher-ranking officers drool.

The ranking wasn’t divided by military ranks; instead, it was ranked by the entire troops. Of course, it was a little bit exaggerated to compile a ranking of the entire three million soldiers, so at most, it will be based on the results of each 10.000-man division.

Speaking of which, since Keiko was transferred from the Central Army, her previous rankings have been cleared. Because she had not participated in the Western Army Mecha Brigade’s ranking competition, her ranking in the entire division was still undecided.

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Author’s note:

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