Chapter 31 Chapter 30 Devil Training

Captain Gut took out a piece of dry dog ​​feces, and he said in an extremely serious tone: "Everyone smell it and remember the smell of this feces. Although you don't need to learn the Bristol stool classification method, but study the stool, It is also necessary." Everyone was disgusted. Captain Gut said: "To be honest, in the North Pole, when you see this dog shit, it will be like seeing your relatives. The sled dogs are your God. You must remember the taste of God. In this way, after you and the sled dogs are separated can find them again." Captain Gut called everyone together in the open space of the training camp. There were about 70 people who participated in the polar training from all over the world.

"Line up!" Captain Gut said loudly, and everyone stood in a row in disorder, some of them laughed. Captain Gut picked up the microphone and asked, "Can you hear me?" Everyone booed, and some people replied loudly: "I can't hear you." Captain Gut wanted to take special care of Hawthorne. He said to everyone: "This old man has reached the North and South Poles and climbed Mount Everest, so I don't think he needs to participate in special training." This remark made everyone angry, and one person shouted: "It's not fair, it's not fair."

In order not to embarrass Captain Gut, Hawthorne expressed his willingness to participate in special training with everyone. Captain Gut said to Hawthorne: "Well, you compete fairly with them. If you are eliminated, then I have nothing to do." Captain Gut divided everyone into five teams. Hawthorne and his party consisted of 15 people. The five teams started a fair competition and adopted the method of survival of the fittest. Only the winning team could embark on the journey to the North Pole. Captain Gut said: "First of all, everyone must be mentally prepared. In the next few days, I will use cruel training methods to train you in hell. This is entirely for your own good. Before that, I don't know how many A professional expedition team has been to the North Pole. Their field survival ability, teamwork ability, and professional archaeological knowledge are many times better than yours. However, many people have failed. The so-called failure... In the North Pole, failure means Death. We are conducting scientific research in the name of poverty this time, our purpose is to find the crystal cave, and everyone will be the richest man in the world."

Everyone applauded and cheered! Captain Gut said: "Now, I want to teach you to do a very important thing - to wear clothes! The Second World War was won by neither the Russians nor the Americans, but the severe cold in Siberia, many years ago , Napoleon’s 500,000 troops were also defeated by the Russian winter, and the Arctic winter will be extremely cold, unimaginably cold.” An assistant took out professional cold-proof clothing, and he demonstrated how to put on this heavy scientific research equipment. Captain Gut said: "Children, hurry up. After teaching you how to wear clothes, you will also be taught how to make phone calls and how to eat. In the North Pole, many things are different from other places."

Throughout the day, Captain Gut conducted theoretical training and patiently explained about outdoor safety, first aid, identification of Arctic wildlife, basic archaeological theories, and knowledge of meteorology and geography.The practice on the second day started from the simple ones, such as the basics of climbing and the processing of simple equipment.After the training of combining theory with practice, Captain Gut conducted the first assessment competition: making fire in the snow! There is a lot of sundries on the snow. You can see branches, boards, shotguns, kraft paper, linoleum, convex lenses, cotton cloth, scissors, ropes and other things.

Captain Gutt announced the rules of the game. Each team nominates a captain, and the five captains start fires in the field. The team members are not allowed to help. No matter what method is used, lighting the fire is considered a success, and the last one to light the fire will be eliminated. .Captain Gut especially emphasized: There are only two things to choose for making fire in the wild. The warden, Dr. Sloppy, Keith and others unanimously elected Hawthorne as the captain. Soon, the other four captains were also selected. Captain Gut gave an order, and the five captains rushed to the pile of debris.After all, Hawthorne was a 70-year-old man, so he couldn't outrun them at all. Hawthorne even slipped and fell, and when he stood up, the other four captains had already picked out something to start the fire.

The first captain grabbed the branches and planks. The second captain picked out the shotgun and the cotton cloth. The third captain chose scissors and linoleum. The fourth captain got the rope and the convex lens. There was only a piece of kraft paper in front of Hawthorne. He turned his head and looked at everyone helplessly. Dora clenched her fists and was about to cry, Linfeng said to herself: "We will definitely be eliminated." It was impossible for a piece of kraft paper to be ignited, and the other four captains looked at Hawthorne gloatingly, and they had already started to do it.The first captain chose to drill wood to make fire, which is also the most common way to make fire in the field; the second captain poured most of the gunpowder of the bullet on the cotton cloth, then tore off a small piece of cotton wool and stuffed it into the shell, and shot at the cotton cloth The third captain broke the scissors into two pieces, and the back of the knife hit sparks, which also ignited the oil felt; the fourth captain adopted the method of protruding and focusing to make fire.

Many team members were cheering for their captain, only the members of Hawthorne's team remained silent, each with a depressed expression. Hawthorne sighed, picked up the kraft paper, and immediately, his eyes lit up. Hawthorne rolled the kraft paper into a barrel shape, picked up something from the ground and showed it to everyone, Linfeng, Dora and others burst out laughing. The four captains who were getting the fire were stunned. Hawthorne was already holding a torch and looking at them like a barbarian. He spread his hand and held a silver lighter in his hand. A team member yelled: "Cheat, this old man is cheating!"

Captain Gut said: "The lighter is under the kraft paper. I put it there. You can find it if you look carefully." Captain Gut warned everyone that in the Arctic, they must protect their lighters as well as their own lives.The captain who used shotgun ammunition to make fire had already ignited the cotton cloth. After a while, the two captains who made fire by drilling wood and striking iron to make fire also succeeded in igniting successively. Captain Gut walked up to the captain who used a convex lens to focus the fire. This person was one of the tourists from the equator. Captain Gut said, "You lose, go, go back to the equator, you idiot."

The captain with the convex lens looked blank, not knowing what to say. Captain Gut grabbed the convex lens, threw it on the ground, and said angrily: "Idiot, there is no sun in the Arctic winter!" Winter in the Arctic lasts for 6 months, and the closer you get to the pole, the more obvious the meteorological and climate characteristics of the polar region.Even in midsummer the sun was only a pale white light far away on the horizon.In winter, the polar night at the North Pole comes, and the sun is completely invisible for nearly half a year. A few days later, Captain Gut held a second assessment.During this period, the remaining four teams have mastered basic field survival skills, including adaptive training in various climates and terrain environments, and also learned to check some simple traps and identify unknown dangers that may be encountered.Captain Gut told everyone that he will encounter various difficulties during this scientific expedition, and self-defense fighting is also essential, because during the expedition, he may encounter polar bears and kill a walrus with his bare hands when he is hungry.

Captain Gut said: "The second game is competitive fighting. To put it bluntly, it is a group fight. Four teams will fight against each other. The two winning teams will go to the next round of assessment. Only the strong will be eligible to set foot on the North Pole." A team member looked at Hawthorne with provocative eyes and said, "Old man, go home early, I don't want to blow your dentures away." Another team member said loudly to Dora: "Hey, little beauty, have you prepared your handkerchief, I really hate to make you cry." Keith smiled at the two team members and said, "You two better write your names down and stick them on your buttocks now. I can guarantee that when you go home, your mother won't recognize you." General Rogge made a simple arrangement. He asked the warden, Hawthorne, Dora, Dr. Sloppy, Barr Jr. and others to stand in the center, while the others lined up on the periphery, thus forming a powerful phalanx. Keith said: "Protect the elderly, women, and children. I should also stand in the middle. The game of barbarians is not suitable for me." The warden said, "Well, I'll switch places with you, and I've longed for a fair fight." The game started. The two teams stood in the open area of ​​the training camp. Both sides were not allowed to use weapons. If all the players of either side fell to the ground, they would lose.Captain Gut was a little worried about Hawthorne. Hawthorne reassured him and told him that three members of our team had participated in the World Fighting Championships.As expected, there was no suspense in this match. Linfeng, Yihe, and the King of Pain put on a wonderful performance for everyone. They punched and kicked with amazing fighting power. The warden and others didn't even have a chance to attack. The members of the team all fell to the ground. After a few days of recuperation, the remaining two teams conducted the final assessment: hunting in the wild. The rules of the competition are limited to three days, hunting within 100 kilometers around the training camp, whichever side gets the most prey weight will be the winner, and the loser will be eliminated.This assessment is a test for everyone's polar survival ability. Captain Gut told Hawthorne that the captain of the other team is called Nanook, a native Eskimo. Hawthorne was not sure about this test, he knew that any Eskimo was a great hunter. Both teams chose to go north, towards the inaccessible place. For this hunting, in order to ensure the safety of their lives, they were equipped with shotguns, daggers, harpoons and other equipment. Following the wild animal identification methods learned, Dora and Barr tracked footprints, searched for excrement, and found a herd of reindeer. However, they ran around all day but found nothing. That night, Hawthorne taught everyone how to build a snow house, and they camped on a flat snow field. Everyone was very tired and fell asleep in the igloo. Only General Rogge was alert. He found more than a dozen raised lines on the snow that were approaching, and he immediately woke everyone up. Everyone stood in a circle and loaded their guns. "Well done, whatever it is," said the warden. "Are we going to kill them, or are they already hunting us?" Hawthorne said.