Chapter 169: The Enraged Old A Team!
After the smoke in the forest completely dissipated, Chen Jun led his men out to start harvesting the fruits of victory.
Dozens of flashlights shone over neatly, illuminating the central patch of forest very brightly. The old A members, surrounded in the middle with faces smeared in dirt, could see everything clearly.
The Steel Seventh Company warriors, who had long been curious, couldn’t help but start discussing.
“This is the Blue Army Unit? They look pretty intimidating.”
“Their background is indeed extraordinary. Not only do they use the same weapons as the Hong Kong Garrison Troops, but their clothes are ones we’ve never seen, and even their magazine pouches are different from ours.”
“Their faces are painted like opera performers, hehe, it’s quite amusing.”
“I’ve never seen such a unit. I’m really curious about their origins and which division they’re from.”
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The old A members, already feeling extremely upset inside, saw themselves being surrounded by the Red Army and discussed like monkeys.
Their hearts…
Were so aggrieved that their mentality was about to explode!!
However, no matter how upset they felt inside, there was no way around it. Being eliminated meant their skill was inferior to others. The only way to preserve their last bit of dignity was to play dead and pretend not to hear.
Chen Jun did not deliberately mock or make things difficult. This was high-level confrontation at the command level between both sides; win or lose actually had little to do with the warriors.
“Fifth Squad Leader, Sixth Squad Leader.” Chen Jun called.
“Here!”
The two squad leaders responded and stepped forward to Chen Jun.
“You two squads go together and strip all the weaponry and equipment from them—weapons, equipment, combat vests, including combat uniforms and hats. In short, everything except underpants and socks, I want it all.”
“Yes!”
Chen Jun issued the order to collect the spoils of war. The Fifth Squad Leader and Sixth Squad Leader immediately got excited and called their respective squads to move forward.
“Brothers, our deputy company commander has spoken. You all heard it earlier, right? If you don’t want things to get unpleasant, it’s best to cooperate obediently.”
The Fifth Squad Leader gave the friendly reminder to the Blue Army corpses first, which was already giving them enough face.
However, none of the eleven eliminated Blue Army warriors moved. Only the anger in their eyes was continuously rising.
Clearly, Chen Jun’s order to strip them bare was unacceptable to them.
“Yo, pretty tough, huh.”
The Sixth Squad Leader rubbed his hands, his face full of ill intent.
The Sixth Squad Leader had always been a “hands-on” type. Back when the new recruit company assigned him to lead Xu Sanduo, his approach was unique—he just went straight to action.
“Leaving only underpants, isn’t that a bit excessive? Even prisoners of war during wartime aren’t treated like this, let alone in an exercise.”
One of the Blue Army warriors sternly questioned, trying to seize the initiative in momentum.
“If they were prisoners, we indeed wouldn’t do this. We’d at least leave you a set of clothes.”
Chen Jun smiled and took a few steps forward. Just as the Blue Army warriors thought there was an opportunity, he sharply turned his words: “Unfortunately, you’re not prisoners, just a bunch of corpses. Corpses have no need for such fine combat uniforms.”
“You…”
The Blue Army warrior was so angry he was fuming, pointing at Chen Jun but unable to speak.
They were indeed corpses!!
“What’s wrong? Are you going to violate the exercise rules? If you don’t cooperate, we’ll do it ourselves, and it won’t be as comfortable for you.”
Chen Jun said with a smile, his smile very sunny, but the Blue Army warriors felt a chill in their hearts.
This tall Red Army deputy company commander was only a mere first lieutenant in rank. Any one pulled from their group had a higher rank than him.
But for some reason, the Red Army deputy company commander made them very fearful.
Just like rats are naturally afraid of cats!
Under this aura-like suppression, even though these eleven confident old A members were sure they wouldn’t lose in a real fight.
Confident they could at least take out twenty of the sixty-plus Red Army surrounding them.
But they still chose to compromise!
The suppressive force Chen Jun brought was too strong, leaving them very uneasy inside.
After all, in his previous life, Chen Jun was the special warfare chief instructor. No matter how awesome the special forces soldier, they had to train into grandsons in his hands. Reborn, his presence remained.
How could ordinary old A withstand it!
They could only furrow their unwilling brows and throw down harsh words: “Brothers, a real man can bend and stretch. We won’t stoop to their level.
They want it, give it to them. After the exercise ends and we return to the squadron, the company commander will seek justice for us. They won’t get off easy.”
The Blue Army warrior found a way to back down for himself, and the other Blue Army also rationally chose to cooperate.
After all, if there were only ten or twenty Red Army, if it really came to blows, they wouldn’t flinch at all, confident they could regain face.
But here there were fifty or sixty Red Army…
Even a hero doesn’t suffer immediate losses!
The old A from the Blue Army cooperated proactively, and the efficiency was high. In less than three minutes, the field had eleven fewer majestic and handsome special forces old A that the Red Army envied.
And added a group of half-naked men left only in underpants, with camouflage greasepaint still on their faces, looking quite comical together.
After collecting all the equipment, weapons, clothing, etc., and piling them on the open ground to the left, to prevent Blue Army reinforcements from counterattacking for revenge.
From here to the Blue Army’s other two action groups, round trip at most ten minutes.
Chen Jun immediately arranged: “Third Platoon Leader.”
“Here!”
The Third Platoon Leader stepped forward.
“Take all these Blue Army corpses back and hand them to the company commander for personal handling.” Chen Jun ordered.
“Received!”
The Third Platoon Leader received the order, then organized manpower to take away this group of naked old A.
“Fourth Squad Leader, your squad take the spoils of war. Wait and follow me.” Chen Jun ordered again.
“Received.”
The Fourth Squad Leader received the order, then shouted: “Fourth Squad, take everything, not even a button can be lost. Must bring it all.”
While the Fourth Squad was packing up and leaving, Chen Jun then arranged for the Second Platoon Leader.
Have him take the remaining two squads of the Second Platoon back. Their mission tonight was completed; hurry to rest as there was still work tomorrow.
The air defense squad originally had big work today, and Chen Jun had made special arrangements for them.
In the original plot, on the afternoon of the first day of the exercise, the Blue Army sent attack helicopters to feint attack the Red Army tanks, then surprise attack and bombed the command post from behind.
Chen Jun originally wanted to use his God’s eye to give the Blue Army’s attack helicopters a lesson.
Bite off a piece of meat hard!
Unexpectedly, the Blue Army seemed to have realized something and did not arrange an attack helicopter assault, causing Chen Jun’s deployment to fall through.
Chen Jun guessed it was definitely due to Yuan Lang. After all, having worked with Yuan Lang for so long in his previous life.
He knew Yuan Lang’s style better than anyone.
Failing to take down the Blue Army’s attack helicopters left it as a sword hanging over the Red Army’s head.
Chen Jun had now thought of a backup plan, preparing to use the scheme he came up with tomorrow to lure out the Blue Army’s attack helicopters.
Since he couldn’t wait for what he wanted, he would take the initiative.
This piece of meat must be eaten!
So the Second Platoon’s air defense squad got off work early. They needed to go back tonight to rest well and recover energy, to cooperate with him tomorrow to fight this battle well.
Two minutes later.
The Fourth Squad finished organizing all the spoils of war, and the other squads also left the area according to orders.
Chen Jun then led the Fourth Squad to quickly leave, following the route the Blue Army warriors were originally going to return on, continuing to penetrate deep into the Blue Army’s belly.
The Fourth Squad couldn’t understand what Chen Jun was doing and could only wonder in their hearts while walking.
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When the Blue Army’s first action group encountered the attack, their radio completely cut off, and now it had even become Chen Jun’s spoil of war.
Therefore, the eight old A who escaped from the ambush had no way to make any reports on their way to rendezvous with Yuan Lang.
By the time Chen Jun’s side had eaten clean and left, they had only just managed to rendezvous with Yuan Lang.
At this time, the third action group, second action group, and fourth action group had all arrived. Except for the few groups left to hunt rats, everyone else was present.
Seeing the first action group that came to rendezvous had only so few people left.
The whole group was in an uproar!!
“What happened? Two squads… only eight left?”
“Isn’t there still one squad behind? Only one squad came?”
“I heard the first action group encountered an attack, but even if attacked by the Red Army, with our strength, could the losses be this big? Impossible.”
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In four exercises, they had never suffered such a major blow. The most losses in one battle hadn’t exceeded four, and that was yesterday at 034 highland where they were inexplicably taken out. Before that, never more than three.
In the eyes of the confident old A, losing four at once was already the ceiling.
They couldn’t believe over a dozen were gone at once!
Special forces training is extremely complex, and the cost is that forging each special forces soldier requires at least the funding of a hundred ordinary soldiers.
For old A who should be one against a hundred, losing one is already a major loss.
Losing over a dozen at once was unthinkable.
Even seeing the disheveled first action group, Yuan Lang already had a result in mind, but his reason wouldn’t let him believe it.
The old A he saw as his pride, one in ten thousand, were beaten so badly by mere grassroots units.
Losing more than half in one battle…
Yuan Lang couldn’t accept it!
So at this moment, he was impatient, eager to figure out exactly what happened to the first action group just minutes ago.
With eyes cold enough to spew fire, he grabbed the collar of the person in charge of the first action group.
“You’re not going to give me an explanation?”
Yuan Lang’s icy words like midwinter made the first squad leader feel pressure as heavy as Mount Tai.
But if he didn’t give a reasonable explanation, he knew the usually smiling Captain Yuan would definitely make him feel despair.
Stripping the squad leader position would be light; he might even be kicked out of A Team.
Leading the team yet losing over a dozen was no small matter.
The first squad leader himself was also very aggrieved. They were fine on the way there, same route back, but couldn’t return.
From start to finish, no mistakes; all according to Yuan Lang’s orders.
The attack had little to do with him!
But even with grievances, he couldn’t say it.
He could only brace himself and recount the attack process to Yuan Lang verbatim.
Only at the end adding personal emotion, smiling bitterly and helplessly: “I really can’t figure out how the Red Army knew which route we were taking back.”
After hearing the Red Army attack process, before Captain Yuan Lang spoke, Qi Huan’s heart exploded with anger.
” Bastards, actually using flares to hit people. Don’t they know how dangerous that is? If an accident happens, can they take responsibility? No, I have to go to the directing staff and report them for violation.”
Qi Huan was so angry he was blowing his beard and glaring, wishing to roll up sleeves and go to the directing staff now.
The other old A were also filled with righteous indignation, accusing the Red Army of not playing fair, actually doing such dangerous things in a confrontation exercise.
Their emotions too impulsive, losing reason, made them ignore the most critical point—
How did the Red Army know the old A’s withdrawal route?
No matter how unfair the Red Army was, the key to their successful attack was knowing the old A’s withdrawal route in advance.
Otherwise, even if the Red Army had heaven-defying abilities, they couldn’t make the first action group suffer such a big loss.
And Yuan Lang, whose face was originally black as charcoal, after hearing the whole process, did a one hundred eighty degree reversal, his dark face turning into a smiling one.
Those who didn’t know would think Yuan Lang was angered into laughter, even laughing maniacally from being driven mad.
But actually not at all.
This was the excited laugh from encountering an interesting opponent, born from the heart.
Yuan Lang’s own ability was extremely excellent, rarely meeting anyone who could arm wrestle with him. The previous four exercises were like kids playing house, winning easily, unable to arouse his interest.
Let alone fighting spirit!
If not for the higher-ups’ mission, Yuan Lang wouldn’t even want to participate in the confrontation.
Now finally encountering someone with strength, who could make old A suffer big losses, and using his most familiar, unconventional playing style.
Proving qualified to be his opponent, how could it not make Yuan Lang’s heart surge.
Experts like fighting experts!!
With fighting spirit finally stimulated, amid the uniform complaints and curses from the old A on site, Yuan Lang said something completely opposite.
“Good tactics, good methods, good courage.”
Yuan Lang called good three times, voice quite loud, stunning all the on-site old A, who all looked at their boss in astonishment.
“Captain, how can you call it good? He took out eleven of us.” Qi Huan said urgently.
“Precisely because he took out eleven, that’s why I call it good for them. They truly have strength, enough to be opponents of us old A.”
Saying this, Yuan Lang scanned the crowd, lips curling playfully: “This is our fifth confrontation. The first four were resolved easily.
That kind of play with no challenge at all, like kids playing house—you wouldn’t really think it’s fun, would you?
Now finally one different, bringing more fun to our bland lives. Shouldn’t you be happy?”
Yuan Lang’s influence in A Team was like his current status in Steel Seventh Company.
Both faith-like existences!
After Yuan Lang’s simple explanation, the on-site old A’s thoughts instantly shifted, all feeling what Yuan Lang said made sense.
Abusing noobs is fun at first, but abusing too much gets boring.
Opponents who know how to resist are what bring more fun.
Just like wooing girls.
The harder to get, the more premium, the rarer.
The kind you can get with a beckon, only good for venting, arousing no interest.
This is man’s nature!
Even Qi Huan, who was questioning earlier, after Yuan Lang’s words, had his thoughts elevated, clearing his prejudice against the Red Army, reason returning, gaining new understanding.
“Captain, you know, you’re right.”
Qi Huan chuckled sheepishly: “They actually knew to use flares to destroy our night vision goggles. That’s rare just for that.
Most grassroots units haven’t seen night vision goggles, let alone understand their working principle.
This Red Army could target and handle it, enough to prove the one commanding this unit has deep knowledge of high-tech equipment.
In grassroots units, just this point is extraordinary, surpassing most people.”
After Qi Huan’s analysis from another angle, the on-site old A suddenly realized, truly recognizing that this opponent was different from before, already able to pose a fatal threat to them.
With this pressure, they became even more interested in this potential opponent.
“If I’m not mistaken…”
Yuan Lang’s lips curved up, guessing: “The anomaly at Red Army Headquarters, tank and air defense coordination, the professional sniper team at 034 highland, and this night’s assault…
Wait, this series of deployment plans likely all come from the same person.”
“Ah? From one person? How is that possible? Does the Seventh Hundred and Second Regiment have such an expert?” Qi Huan doubted this judgment.
“Nothing impossible. Didn’t you notice? This series of deployments I mentioned all have one characteristic, all carrying the same flavor.”
Yuan Lang paused here, and after a few seconds, mysteriously said: “That’s a familiar taste, the taste we’re most skilled at.”
“Haha.”
Qi Huan suddenly laughed, slyly: “I know what taste the captain means. Using the words of our previous opponent, it’s called despicable, haha.”
“The despicable taste!! Hahaha.”
The old A all laughed after hearing, all liking this label.
“Finally met an opponent. Now there’s fun. Daring to pit our A Team, he’s the first. As courtesy demands reciprocity, I must prepare well and send him a grand gift tomorrow.”
Yuan Lang’s eyes surged with eagerness to try, even more anticipating the next confrontation, waving his hand: “Now, Qi Huan, assemble and return.”
With Yuan Lang’s words, it destined tomorrow to be the day of major battle eruption.
The old A with appetites whetted, plus revenge stimulation, had fighting spirit maxed, morale soaring to the skies.
All harboring urgency to take down the fierce enemy, under Qi Huan’s organization, returned the original way.
However, no matter how demonic Yuan Lang was, he couldn’t outmatch Chen Jun who knew him inside out.
Unexpectedly, the Red Army that gained big advantage through ambush had even fatter guts than he imagined, not stopping there to withdraw.
Even after he led the team back, the Red Army’s action tonight wasn’t over.
Chen Jun actually only brought one squad, daring to penetrate 2 kilometers deep into the Blue Army position rear, and rendezvous with the vanguard reconnaissance squad already waiting here.
