
The agreement included that the Berdasi Rat would send more than 10 core members including the Silver Rat and Copper Rat to the station in the Java District of Dwipa and assist the Java District of Dwipa by training special forces.
In the afternoon, Heru Cokro invited the Golden Rat, Copper Rat, and Silver Rat to the Bhaksana Resto for a banquet.
On the table, the Golden Rat raised the cup of Tuak Gresik, smiled and said, “Java District Dwipa is truly worthy of bearing its name as Mahadesa. It really opened my eyes.”
Heru Cokro nodded, smiled and said nothing.
After the banquet, the Golden Rat returned to Jakarta while the Silver Rat and the Copper Rat stayed behind.
In order to train the special forces, they had to choose the suitable candidates first. Only the best of the best can take training. Needless to say, the first thing that came to Heru Cokro's mind was the Paspam Regiment. The whole regiment will be training.
But at the same time, in order to avoid the gossip and inconvenience of other units, Heru Cokro had decided that the five regiments of the First Legion could recommend one company of soldiers to participate in the examination. While 3 regiments of defense area from the District of Java Dwipa, Kebonagung Village and Batih Ageng Village can recommend 50 soldiers for the screening. In addition, Heru Cokro has instructed the spies of the Military Intelligence Division to join because one of the special forces' capabilities is reconnaissance, and that's what the Military Intelligence Division needs.
Upon learning of the situation, the three heads of the Military Intelligence Division had requested to join. The words that Heru Cokro said to them were still ringing in their ears. Now that they had the opportunity to receive special training, of course they would not miss it.
Seeing that the workload of intelligence gathering was not as heavy as before, Heru Cokro agreed to their request.
Thus, the total number of candidates has reached 3,250 people. Heru Cokro does not set any slots. He would leave it to the jurisdiction of the instructor. They will decide who stays and who goes.
After the selection of candidates, it will form a proper special training base.
The training camp will be placed on the outskirts. Kebonagung Village is located next to the forest, so it's a great option. In the afternoon, Heru Cokro led the Silver Rat and Copper Rat to the southern outskirts of Kebonagung Village.
Under the professional advice of the two mercenaries, they had chosen a plot of forest. It is special because it has a pond, making it an ideal water source. It can also be used in certain training programs.
In addition, there will be another naval training base in Pantura.
Heru Cokro specifically invited Him Ayu Heryamin. Under the advice of the Silver Rat and the Copper Rat, He Ayu Heryamin compiled an architectural blueprint, and submitted it to the Construction Division.
The training base requires a lot of professional equipment and facilities. There are some modern facilities such as high-pressure water guns that cannot be achieved under existing conditions, so they can only look for alternatives.
In order to build a qualified training base and to realize the bizarre plan, the Silver Rat and the Copper Rat must use their specialized knowledge-seeking alternatives and improvise the existing conditions to meet the required facility standards.
Not only that, the establishment of the base requires coordination between the Construction Division, weapons workshop, woodworking workshop, and others.
For the establishment of the training base, Heru Cokro had deployed all his resources and funds.
His full support boosted the spirit of the Silver Rat and the Copper Rat. At 16:00, another 10 instructors from the Berdasi Rat arrived, and immediately immersed themselves in the preparations.
The selection of candidates and the formation of training bases will be synchronized. Candidates recommended by the unit must also go through a series of internal screenings. Before the training base is completed, Rat Perak and the others will begin a series of physical fitness tests in the western outskirts of Java Dwipa Subdistrict. This will also be the first round of screening elections.
To form special forces, in addition to the needs of candidate selection and training bases, there is still one more condition that they must meet, namely the innovation of weaponry.
They will equip troops with accessories such as backpacks, boots, P3K boxes, and shovels, in addition to Military Ration Pills, and Military Niket. While the main weaponry consists of armor, Luwuk Majapahit Sword, crossbow, and barong. There are also plans for the development of military knives in the future. Therefore, the formation of special forces is a comprehensive project. If they succeed, it will result in an overall increase in the Javanese military of Dwipa, and push military personnel into the fast lane to become elites.
The idea of an elite route had long lurked in the minds of Heru Cokro, but he had not applied it before. Now, with military forces taking up one-tenth of the population, it carries a huge financial burden to the region.
At the same time, if they had too much manpower joining the military, the industry and the economy of the region would stall. Heru Cokro's plan to set the number of military forces to 1/15 or even 1/20 of the total population.
Vishnu first year, 12 October, western suburb of Java Dwipa.
Within four days, the Construction Division had set up temporary military camps for 3,250 candidates and instructors.
With the Silver Rat as the leader and the Copper Rat as the vice leader, the instructor team would begin the first round of screening tests.
The foundation of the special forces is physical fitness. In modern military screening, basic physical fitness tests include weight-bearing runs within five kilometers, single parallel bars, 400-meter barrier runs, push-ups, and many other exercises.
Currently, all these tests were foreign to the soldiers. Therefore, the team of instructors did not immediately start the screening. Instead, they begin a round of adaptive training. They took this opportunity to also get to know the physical fitness of the candidates and put together a suitable training program.
According to Heru Cokro's request, in addition to adaptive training, the instructor team will also provide training on basics such as military drill formations, emergency assembly, household, and other recruitment training.
In fact, the temporary military camp only served as a recruitment camp.
Heru Cokro did not just want to form a special forces group. He also wanted to inject modern military means into the bone marrow of the Javanese military Dwipa. He aimed to improve and discipline them and also taught them to use more logical scientific knowledge to solve problems.
For this reason, Heru Cokro has established a code of conduct for military conduct for a long time. Unfortunately, Heru Cokro is just a layman on the matter. He couldn't even practice it himself, so how could he apply it within the military?