Chapter 286: International Special Forces Competition Begins!
“Pop pop pop pop pop…”
The dense, ear-splitting gunshots echoed in the depths of the jungle.
As the smoke from the gunfire continued to spread, screams rose and fell incessantly, the number of corpses on the ground increased, and a strong scent of blood began to drift.
If an ordinary person smelled this scent of human blood and saw the ground covered with corpses bleeding from countless holes.
They would surely feel very uncomfortable.
Nervousness, fear, and shock would be the norm; even vomiting from fear would be normal.
However, after enduring the torment of desensitization training, Cheng Cai and Xu Sanduo and the other team members’ tolerance greatly increased, and they had become accustomed to corpses and blood.
Those human bodies soaking in formalin were far more terrifying than those lying on the ground from gunshots.
Even Xu Sanduo, who initially couldn’t bring himself to fire and hesitated for a long time before overcoming his mental barrier, didn’t have many emotional fluctuations.
Even when the battle reached its intense climax, he was too preoccupied to care about the emotions associated with killing.
His mind was filled with only one thought:
To eliminate all the drug dealers in front of him and rid the country and its people of this cancer.
The hunting squad gradually entered a combat state, their feel for the fight growing hotter, their marksmanship and technology becoming more mature, and their combat effectiveness began to climb rapidly.
In contrast, more and more armed drug dealers were dying, their defense capabilities weakening, their morale sinking lower and lower, and fear became the main theme.
As the courage of their desperate struggle dissipated, the instinct for survival took over their brains.
The armed drug dealers stopped caring about anything; each one selfishly only wanted to use their companions as bait to make a quick escape at the last opportunity.
Even though there were ambushes on all sides, the possibility of escaping the encirclement was very low.
But it was better than staying there and waiting to die.
The armed drug dealers, scared out of their wits, fled into the forest, using the trees and shrubs for cover, and those who couldn’t escape tried to find places to hide.
Yuan Lang frowned upon seeing this situation, realizing that this would not do.
Although nine people could guard eight directions, the entire encirclement was two to three hundred meters long, leaving significant gaps between each person.
If the armed drug dealers were allowed to run rampant in the forest, more than just one or two would end up escaping.
For such a detestable cancer, Yuan Lang didn’t want to let any of them go; as long as they dared to cross that line, they had to be taught a deadly lesson.
Furthermore, after such an intense gunfight, the remaining armed drug dealers, even including the pack horse handlers, were only eight in total.
Nine well-trained elite special forces soldiers pursuing eight remnants was theoretically more than enough.
Therefore, Yuan Lang decisively ordered, “All units, attention. The remaining targets are scattering. Pursue them and ensure they are all brought to justice. Over.”
Upon receiving the order, the members of the hunting squad immediately switched to combat mode.
Recalling the movement trajectories of all the armed drug dealers and horse handlers in their respective areas during the battle, they eliminated those who had already been shot and began tracking the remaining targets.
Tracking is the most basic special warfare technique for special forces soldiers; rapidly analyzing traces and footprints is fundamental.
No matter how well the armed drug dealers camouflaged themselves, as long as they moved, they would leave traces, and they could not escape the keen eyes of the hunting squad.
Having gotten into the zone during the battle, the hunting squad, now at the peak of their combat effectiveness, soon achieved very ideal results.
However, individual abilities vary, and tracking skills also differ.
Cheng Cai, as a sniper with the most meticulous observation, had already almost eliminated the targets in the rear, and within two minutes, he had located and killed the target.
This was the fastest among the six newcomers!
Given Cheng Cai’s talent, ability, and strength, it was well-deserved that he took first place.
The second to find a “rat” was Xu Sanduo. Although even Yuan Lang was very surprised, Chen Jun saw it as a demonstration of skill.
Xu Sanduo’s observation skills were not as good as Cheng Cai’s; he was even ranked last in the entire hunting squad.
But he had an absolute advantage:
Photographic memory!
In the past, Xu Sanduo’s value for this special ability was limited to rote memorization from books and remembering what leaders said in meetings.
Now, with his potential fully awakened, Xu Sanduo had further developed his photographic memory.
It wasn’t just for memorizing books.
It could be used to remember everything!
Xu Sanduo was able to find a target second because of his cheat-like, super memory, forcibly memorizing the locations where all the drug dealers appeared during the entire battle, their firing positions, and so on.
And it was constantly adjusted throughout the battle, updating the latest situation for each drug dealer.
In a fierce battlefield with bullets flying everywhere, extreme interference, and being in high danger, he could dynamically recall more than twenty targets simultaneously.
This ability couldn’t be called exaggerated.
It could only be called abnormal!
While his reconnaissance and tracking abilities might not be as good as others, Xu Sanduo relied on his photographic memory to find a drug dealer hiding in a tree hollow.
And fate is indeed that marvelous; this drug dealer was the one who threatened Xu Sanduo in the original drama.
In the original drama, he had deceived the simple Xu Sanduo with his superb acting skills, pretending to control his female accomplice, which eventually caused Xu Sanduo to be “foolish” for a long time.
Unfortunately, with Chen Jun, a transmigator, present, his opportunity to act was cut short.
To prevent Xu Sanduo from becoming foolish like in the original drama, even with desensitization training as a safeguard, Chen Jun decided to eliminate all potential hidden dangers for insurance.
Therefore, after the ambush battle began, the first person killed was the female drug dealer among them.
There was only one woman in the entire pack horse team. Even though she wore a headscarf and veil, her physique could not be hidden, and finding her was not very difficult.
Without a woman to cooperate in acting, the drug dealers had no way to ambush Xu Sanduo.
Moreover, the drug dealers had run out of bullets.
He still had a grenade hidden on him, which was the drug dealer’s final trump card; he didn’t want to use it unless absolutely necessary.
This meant that the battle between the two sides was originally completely devoid of suspense.
However, Xu Sanduo was still too kind-hearted; even after taking lives, he couldn’t be fierce.
Seeing that the opponent did not have any automatic weapons, only a small dagger, Xu Sanduo did not open fire. His first thought was to capture this drug dealer alive.
In a one-on-one frontal duel, Xu Sanduo’s melee combat ability is extremely strong.
It can be said that among the nine members of the hunting squad, apart from Yuan Lang and Chen Jun who were not on the same level, others would have a hard time against Xu Sanduo.
Even if veteran soldier Qi Huan fought Xu Sanduo in close combat, he would most likely lose to Xu Sanduo.
If even top experts in the field cannot defeat Xu Sanduo, a drug dealer who has not learned professional combat skills and relies solely on ferocity is even less of a match.
“Lay down your weapon and surrender. This is your only way to survive, and I won’t kill you.”
Xu Sanduo aimed his gun at the drug dealer to intimidate him, hoping to capture him without shedding blood.
However, the drug dealer knew that once caught, his end would still be death. Xu Sanduo’s offer of surrender was completely useless to him.
“Surrender means death, fighting gives me a chance. Do you think I will surrender? Go to hell.”
The drug dealer spoke in incomprehensible Burmese, as if wanting to commit suicide. He ignored the muzzle of the gun pointed at him and charged forward with his knife.
At this moment, Xu Sanduo only needed to pull the trigger to easily kill the drug dealer.
But Xu Sanduo still did not open fire, still wanting to leave the drug dealer a way to survive, so he decisively decided to capture the drug dealer through melee combat.
When the drug dealer was less than two meters away, he took a step forward and executed a grappling technique.
Block, pat, disarm…
A set of moves, executed flawlessly.
The drug dealer did not expect Xu Sanduo to be so tough. His dagger was instantly snatched away. While feeling fear, a stronger ferocity surged within him.
He pulled out a grenade and prepared to remove the safety, intending to take Xu Sanduo down with him.
Xu Sanduo’s close-quarters combat skills were truly excellent. He noticed the opponent’s movement out of the corner of his eye and immediately intervened, striking with an elbow.
“Bang~”
The sound was loud and muffled.
The drug dealer’s head was hit by Xu Sanduo’s elbow, and he immediately saw stars, his body straightening up rigidly before falling down.
One elbow strike caused a stiffening reaction. It must be said that Xu Sanduo was truly fierce.
“Are… are you alright.”
Seeing the opponent lying on the ground still twitching, Xu Sanduo was actually startled and quickly ran over to check on the drug dealer, even pinching his philtrum to perform first aid.
After some manipulation, the drug dealer’s body was no longer stiff, but he did not wake up and fell into a coma.
Checking his nose and feeling his pulse to confirm the opponent was not dead, just knocked unconscious by him, Xu Sanduo’s nervous mood finally relaxed.
He reported via radio: “Calling command post, this is complete, I have knocked out a target, he is lying on the ground and cannot move, what should I do, complete.”
“Knocked one out??”
Yuan Lang was astonished by Xu Sanduo’s battle record. He never expected the coward who dared not open fire earlier had captured the only living target of the entire squad alive.
After the shock, he immediately replied: “Bring him back, come to point E to assemble, complete.”
“Received complete, complete.”
Xu Sanduo received Yuan Lang’s order, picked up the knocked-out drug dealer, and carried him on his shoulder. He easily walked back with the more than one hundred jin load.
Because of desensitization training to strengthen his nerves, and he did not kill the target in close combat.
In the original drama, Xu Sanduo, who was immediately down in the dumps, seemed emotionally stable this time, and successfully completed his mission.
It can be seen that desensitization training indeed has a remarkable effect for special forces soldiers.
If Yuan Lang had undergone desensitization training like Chen Jun before going on the mission in the original drama, it would have definitely prevented the accident with Xu Sanduo.
Even if it wasn’t as easy as it is now, the consequences would have been much lighter.
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While Xu Sanduo had dealt with his target beyond expectations, the other members of the hunting squad also finished their cleanup work one after another within the next five minutes.
The smuggling ring that had been operating with impunity in this area for many years, illegally transporting large quantities of drugs into the country, was thus completely annihilated and could no longer commit evil deeds.
The cleanup work after the battle was not the responsibility of the hunting squad.
After the battle, they conducted a general inspection of the scene, confirmed there were no survivors left, and Yuan Lang contacted the command center to send people to receive the prisoners.
They waited for less than twenty minutes.
A squad of WJ, who were searching nearby and rushed over upon hearing gunshots, arrived at the combat scene to take over the aftermath work.
Seeing armed drug dealers all over the ground, with a total death toll exceeding forty, while the hunting squad consisted of only eight people, none of whom were injured or killed.
The arriving WJ were deeply shocked!
They could not imagine how terrifying the combat effectiveness of eight people could be, to the point of annihilating a forty-person armed team.
This combat effectiveness was simply explosive, far exceeding the imagination of the WJ soldiers.
Among them, a competitive WJ who craved strength looked at the hunting squad members as if they were gods, wishing they could join such a team.
Unfortunately.
It could only be a thought.
The hunting squad was very mysterious to them. They had no idea what unit they belonged to, nor where they came from.
They only knew that they were dispatched by their superiors to assist them in their anti-drug mission as special forces soldiers.
The corpses, pack horses, and drugs at the scene were all handled by the subsequent WJ and JC troops, and even the captured drug dealer was handed over to the WJ.
The hunting squad, having successfully completed the “Courage Trial,” returned to the capital as quickly as possible.
Because time was extremely tight, with the competition selection starting the next day, the hunting squad had no time to return to rest.
Therefore, after landing their airplane, the hunting squad went directly to the competition selection point to report.
During the few hours flying back, Chen Jun gathered everyone in the cabin of the transport aircraft and finally spoke about the international competition selection.
He then publicly announced that the seven people present and himself were the competition team selected by the Capital Military Region.
Cheng Cai and Wu Liu Yi, among others, had spent half a month on actual combat operations, and everyone was feeling a bit mentally fatigued.
But when Chen Jun announced the international competition, all the fatigue in everyone’s hearts disappeared.
Everyone’s eyes were filled with excitement.
Even Qi Huan, who had been in the A Company for many years and had seen a lot, was so excited that his face turned red upon hearing this news.
The longer you serve as a soldier, the more you will know what participating in international competitions means.
That’s bringing honor to the country!!!
In peacetime without war, as a soldier at the bottom, the opportunity to bring honor to the country on a global scale is actually very slim.
Ninety-nine point nine percent of soldiers would have no chance to encounter it in their lifetime.
Not to mention that this international special forces competition was the first time our country had participated since its founding, giving it a special meaning.
If he can truly break through from domestic experts, he will represent the country and compete with experts abroad.
That’s not just personal honor, but the honor of the family and village, the honor of his old troops, and even more, the honor belonging to the nation.
What a sacred and glorious existence!!
And if they could bring back that championship, which symbolizes the strongest, in this international competition…
Wu Liu Yi, Cheng Cai, Qi Huan, Xu Sanduo, Wu Zhe, Ba Te Er, Tuo Yonggang, every single one of them, I absolutely dare not think about how amazing they are.
Only the heartbeat beats faster and faster, more and more excited.
His face was as red as blood!!!
