Chapter 285: First Kill! Soldier King Xu Awakens
When Chen Jun began proposing combat operations, Yuan Lang always held a cautious attitude, showing that he had no confidence at all in newcomers participating in actual combat.
From the start of the action until now, Yuan Lang had also given multiple reminders and instructions during this period.
Now that the target had entered the combat zone and the battle was about to break out, even if Yuan Lang had concerns in his heart, he could only set them aside for now.
Concentrate all energy on the present moment, striving to lead the newcomers in a brilliant first battle.
“Target confirmed, prepare for combat.”
Yuan Lang’s expression was stern with killing intent all over his body, and he began issuing tactical orders crisply.
“All units pay attention, do not alert them, wait until they all enter the ambush circle.”
“Oil Drum, you maintain concealment and are responsible for closing the mouth.”
“Others lock on targets, prioritize attacking enemy heavy firepower units, ensure one-shot kills.”
“E point take care of the snake head, D point responsible for right front, C point responsible for direct right, B point responsible for left front…, I point, you handle maneuver fill-in.”
Yuan Lang named each point one by one for mission assignment, dividing the tasks as meticulously as possible and assigning them to every team member participating in the action.
This way, after the battle erupts, firepower can be maximized as much as possible.
And avoid two or even three team members simultaneously choosing one target to open fire, leading to overlapping firepower waste and chaotic battle rhythm.
In addition, the strongest in combat effectiveness, Chen Jun—at least in Yuan Lang’s view the “strongest newcomer”—was arranged for maneuver to handle emergency situations.
Taking out this armed smuggling group in front of them, Yuan Lang believed theoretically there would be no problem at all.
By the time Yuan Lang finished arranging the tasks meticulously, another two or three minutes had unknowingly passed, and the target had appeared within naked eye line of sight.
No need to observe with binoculars anymore; targets’ heads could be locked through the telescopic sight.
Tense pressure began to envelop the entire team, while at the same time a faint killing intent started to emanate from the team members’ bodies.
The hard effort of killing pigs for over a week was finally beginning to pay off.
As the sniper promoted all the way by Chen Jun, owing Chen Jun too many favors and expectations, Cheng Cai’s ambition was even stronger than in the original drama.
He had long been eager to perform, to prove through strength that Chen Jun’s choice was right.
And precisely to prove his excellence, not to disappoint Chen Jun’s expectations, the ambition in Cheng Cai’s heart was much stronger than Tuo Yonggang’s.
At this moment, his line of sight through the 88 sniper telescopic sight roamed over every armed smuggler in the team.
Cheng Cai really wanted to fire.
Eager to take one down with each shot.
Fortunately, his cultivated rationality suppressed the frenzy in his heart, preventing premature firing that would expose and cause the ambush plan to fail.
Instead, following Yuan Lang’s orders, he forcibly endured the urgent impulse and continued lurking in the forest.
Perhaps it was the intense anticipation of wanting to perform and gain recognition that stimulated him, or perhaps the desensitization training had benefited Cheng Cai immensely.
At this moment, even though it was his first time killing, Cheng Cai felt no fear in his heart.
Only excitement and eagerness!
Wu Zhe, who had completely abandoned his doubts, was now exerting 100% of his strength and was also the most emotionally stable one.
His steady breathing and muzzle proved he had astonishing command talent.
The most important trait for a commander is not combat effectiveness, nor abundant command talent, but precisely a calm, cool, and mature personality.
Wu Zhe happened to possess this quality!
Tuo Yonggang was undoubtedly the most emotionally excited among all the team members at this moment.
Because he also wanted to prove himself through this battle, and his personality was inherently impulsive, with poorer emotional control.
This led to heavy breathing under various emotional influences, with fine sweat covering his forehead.
Ba Te Er and Wu Liu Yi were about the same.
Both were highly obedient to orders, possessing extremely strong sense of honor and sense of mission; as long as ordered, they dared to do anything.
In their eyes now, those approaching were no longer people.
Just targets that must be taken out.
Xu Sanduo was still relatively calm at this time, lying motionless not far from Yuan Lang’s side, telescopic sight locked on the front, shooting posture very standard.
His body did not tremble, and his breathing was relatively steady.
From this point, Xu Sanduo’s performance was acceptable, but when the real battle erupted, whether he could overcome his psychological obstacle to fire, or like in the original drama, not fire a single shot from start to finish.
No one could predict now, not even Yuan Lang right beside him.
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The hunting squad was fully prepared, with nine rifle muzzles neatly locked on targets, just waiting for the battle opportunity to arrive.
The armed smuggling group did not notice anything unusual and continued moving forward slowly at their rhythm.
Perhaps Kun Jiang was extremely confident in his counterintuitive approach, believing the most dangerous place was the safest.
Even when the team reached the small valley entrance, there was not even a second of pause.
The armed smugglers in the team made no move, just maintaining basic vigilance for border smuggling, following the team forward.
The pack horses moved very slowly on the forest path, unable to walk side by side with people and horses.
The huge team of over forty people plus ten horses took nearly a minute to fully enter the ambush circle from head to tail.
Seeing all targets had “entered the trap,” Yuan Lang felt the timing was about right.
“Coordinated shooting, five-second prep!” Yuan Lang ordered.
This was one of the more basic but very practical special warfare techniques taught by Chen Jun to A Team, perfectly suited to the current scenario.
It was also the first time this special warfare technique was deployed in domestic actual combat for verification.
“Five… four…”
Yuan Lang locked on the target in front while counting down at standard speed, his voice synchronously transmitted to every team member’s ear.
The team members all locked their telescopic sights on the most valuable targets according to prior arrangements.
When the countdown ended, Yuan Lang gave the order to open fire.
“Pa~”
Yet only one gunshot from nine rifles.
Perfect unison.
Eight bullets at supersonic speed crossed nearly a hundred meters in an instant, hitting targets in the horse team almost simultaneously.
All headshots, dropping dead on the spot.
Two armed smugglers with light machine guns, one with a rocket launcher, two with mortars—all in the first batch of deaths.
Heavy firepower as primary strike targets, with truly astonishing results.
The reason nine rifles fired only eight bullets was that Xu Sanduo still hadn’t fired; seeing living people right in front, he couldn’t pull the trigger.
However, despite Xu Sanduo’s hesitation and no shot, the first wave of coordinated shooting still yielded full harvest.
“Well done, much better than I imagined.”
Chen Jun was very satisfied with the team’s first battle hits; precise target hits in first actual combat showed solid basic skills.
“All hits, worth the training after all.”
Yuan Lang, seeing a batch of armed smugglers drop in the team, was equally satisfied, his last bit of anxiety completely dispelled.
The only regret was Xu Sanduo.
Yuan Lang glanced at Xu Sanduo in passing, seeing him still in prone aiming position; not good to say anything in this situation.
Could only hope Xu Sanduo would break his psychological obstacle here, achieve breakthrough, and reach a new peak.
After all.
As long as he wasn’t scared off and still aiming, there was still opportunity.
Thirty-one armed smugglers had eight killed, combat effectiveness dropped by a quarter instantly, narrowing the numbers gap significantly.
The armed smuggling group fell into chaos instantly from this assault.
The ten pack horses startled by the sudden gunshots rampaged through the team, knocking over several handlers, indirectly helping the hunting squad.
The handlers and armed smugglers were equally startled, but they did not panic and flee.
Knowing capture meant death sentence, they were long prepared for kill or be killed; upon attack, their ferocity emerged.
Everyone rushed to left and right sides first, using roadside bushes and weeds and trees for cover.
Armed smugglers fired back while running, spraying everywhere without knowing target locations, aiming to suppress enemy mentality.
The handlers without guns, unwilling to wait for death and attempting desperate struggle, picked up weapons from the ground.
The eight killed armed smugglers at the start—their weapons were mostly picked up and taken into the nearby forest to hide.
“Withdraw, withdraw from the forest.”
Some armed smugglers shouted from the forest, attempting to turn back to the border line.
As for the drugs still on the horses, no one cared now, no one tried to gather them; everyone just wanted to run.
Unknown how many hid in the forest; frontal assault definitely unwise.
Running back through the forest was the best path.
As long as they survived, drugs lost no big deal; people alive meant opportunity to replant and sell next year, but dead meant nothing.
The armed smugglers’ ideas were good, but the deliberately ambushing side had certainly anticipated any escape route they could think of.
Cheng Cai, who had always hidden in the forest following behind the smuggler team, became their nightmare.
When they turned to run back from the forest, Cheng Cai in the forest raised his 88 sniper and began picking them off.
A sniper’s pressure was no joke.
“Pa pa pa pa.”
Cheng Cai fired very fast, four shots in under two seconds.
Three leading armed smugglers all headshot, brain pulp and skull caps blown off, dropping stiffly to the ground.
The only survivor was lucky, with a tree exactly blocking in between.
Letting him luckily survive.
The remaining armed smugglers running behind discovered ambush behind, and a sniper at that, nearly scaring them shitless.
No one dared poke out and run wildly anymore, hurrying to find shelter.
Sniper suppression too terrifying.
However, the smugglers who hid in the roadside forest faced enemies not just Cheng Cai, but from all directions of the valley.
“Pa pa pa pa…”
“Da da da da…”
Assault rifles and light machine guns opened fire together, bullets flying into the forest like raindrops.
Of the remaining dozen-plus armed smugglers and handlers turned armed by picking up guns, anyone poking out was instantly taken out.
In a blink, over a dozen more dead; the armed smugglers truly panicked.
Knew no escape.
Ferocity began to erupt.
Surrounded and unable to run, they stopped running, instead using the ubiquitous giant trees in the primitive jungle to exchange fire with the ambushing hunting squad on all sides.
With so many towering trees, the hunting squad’s output was greatly restricted.
Even though each had precise marksmanship and had overcome psychological obstacles, firing at living people without pressure.
But enemies hid behind big trees, unable to kill them.
Even with high ground advantage, trees too dense leaving narrow space, limiting bullet flight paths.
As the gunfight between both sides continued, the hunting squad’s positions gradually exposed, discovered by the desperately struggling armed smugglers.
Bullets fired at the hunting squad clearly increased compared to the start.
The armed smuggler who grabbed the rocket launcher and hid was the biggest hidden threat; hunting squad members had to stay vigilant at all times.
Big trees could block bullets, but not rocket destruction.
One hit meant instant death.
Fortunately, the hunting squad had solid basics, special warfare techniques mastered to perfection, combat experience far surpassing the ambushed armed smugglers.
Seeing enemies posed potential threat, and own side facing mounting pressure.
The hunting squad immediately switched tactics, from fixed position suppression to mobile maneuvering, using pulling the fire line to increase their advantage.
No matter how thick the trees in the primitive jungle, they could only block frontal bullets.
Once able to pull fire line to the side, enemies became living targets.
As the hunting squad switched to flexible tactics, the armed smugglers who had barely held turned passive again.
One after another armed smuggler wiped out by the hunting squad like chicks.
Even one who had waited half a day for opportunity, wanting a big blast, found a target position, rushed out with rocket launcher for a shot.
But before he could pull the trigger, a bullet exploded his head.
And it wasn’t just anyone who headshot him.
It was actually the “Great Holy Mother” Xu Sanduo.
Seeing the enemy with lethal heavy firepower about to threaten his comrades fatally.
Xu Sanduo, who had always been unwilling to fire, under the intense emotional stimulation of not wanting his comrades with whom he shared daily life to get injured, protecting comrades.
Correct thoughts finally defeated wrong notions, letting Xu Sanduo complete a splendid transformation.
Of course.
Xu Sanduo’s awakening at this moment to finally become a qualified special forces soldier, the greatest meritorious official was Chen Jun’s desensitization training.
Without the effect of desensitization training, the killing intent seed accumulated from slaughtering nearly a hundred pigs.
Xu Sanduo simply wouldn’t dare look at this scene now, with blood splattering and corpses everywhere; not looking meant not spotting the rocket launcher shooter, so no trigger of possessive protection desire to fire.
“Well done, keep going!”
Hearing the gunshot from beside, Yuan Lang showed a long-absent smile; eyes still on the telescopic sight, but immediately encouraging Xu Sanduo.
Encouraged Xu Sanduo felt it deeply, no longer sensing that inexplicable pressure on him.
Fully immersed in the battle, telescopic sight locked second target; from this moment, officially starting the Xu Bing Wang path.
