Chapter 75: Assassin Appears And 90-kilometer Dash
The second round of Selection Training Camp focuses on the rookies’ learning ability, of course interspersed with a lot of physical fitness training in between.
Often, while the rookies are learning how to do mine laying, the next second they are required to do push-ups or squats, all in the name of loosening up their muscles and bones.
Anyway, this group from Wolf Fang has plenty of ways to mess with you.
Thanks to the training, Chang Ning gained two more experience bars in demolition and combat.
In the simple shooting range, Gao Zhong Dui held a 56-style semi-automatic rifle and talked freely in front of the formation, while Chang Ning listened attentively in the formation.
Whether Gao Zhong Dui was explaining the pros and cons of this rifle or various shooting methods, or his own experience and insights.
To be honest, Chang Ning had seen it in professional books before, and with his memory, remembering those was effortless.
But Gao Zhong Dui’s shooting experience was the most precious to him. Although Chang Ning himself had been systematically instilled with knowledge, plus his constant gun training had formed muscle memory, he was already very strong.
But if he encountered hell-level mission difficulty, even with the system-loaded shooting assist function, he might still flip the car.
After all, Chang Ning himself had no actual combat experience, and the battlefield is precisely the place with the most variables.
“I’ve said so much, I believe everyone has no intuitive feeling.
Deng Zhenhua, I heard you’re a paratrooper sniper?”
Since Gao Zhong Dui said so, Deng Zhenhua naturally knew what was coming. He thought his marksmanship wasn’t the best but at least passable.
He immediately perked up and said, “Yes!”
Then Gao Zhong Dui asked Ostrich to quickly run from the formation to the shooting position and do quick shooting, with the target being a 50-meter target.
Ostrich did as told. He originally thought this kind of thing was as simple as eating and drinking, but when actually operating, it wasn’t that simple.
The brief intense exercise left Ostrich’s body not in the optimal shooting state, and his hands were slightly shaking when aiming.
His score naturally wouldn’t be ideal; hitting the target at all was pretty good.
Seeing his score was indeed terrible, Ostrich was extremely embarrassed. He had bragged a lot about his marksmanship usually, but today he got slapped in the face, so he slunk back to the formation.
If there was a crack in the ground, he wished he could drill into it right away. Ostrich even felt that the looks from people around him started to get weird.
Gao Zhong Dui knew where Ostrich’s problem was; it wasn’t just Ostrich who had this issue.
In fact, all soldiers without professional training have this defect.
“Chang Ning, you come.
Others might not know, but how could Gao Zhong Dui, who had sparred with Chang Ning, not know Chang Ning’s shooting level.
Although he wasn’t a qualified sniper now, he could barely do marksman.
Unlike Ostrich who bragged every day, Chang Ning never proactively said what skills he mastered.
‘I wonder if this kid has improved?’
Gao Zhong Dui stared closely at Chang Ning in the formation, expectant in his heart.
“Yes!”
Chang Ning stepped out of the formation, loaded the bullets, slightly bent at the waist, pulled his right foot back a small step, preparing for full-effort sprint.
“Start.”
Chang Ning’s explosive power was extremely strong, making his starting speed much faster than others; this gap was visible to the naked eye.
Everyone could tell Chang Ning’s speed was much faster than Ostrich’s just now.
Everyone was used to it; in the Selection Training Camp, Chang Ning had broken countless records.
“Bang bang bang!”
Three consecutive short shots; the hit positions on the human target were the lungs, heart, and between the eyebrows respectively.
A flash of appreciation in Gao Zhong Dui’s eyes; the shooting essentials he had just lectured on yesterday—control first, then kill, finally follow-up shot—Chang Ning had achieved today.
Actually, this method is often used in CQB, that is, indoor close-quarters combat. Wolf Fang, as a military region direct unit, is one of the rare triphibious special operations troops domestically.
Mission scope naturally won’t be limited to the wilderness; urban counter-terrorism and personnel protection are also within their training range.
“Not bad, back to formation.”
“Yes.”
Chang Ning saluted Gao Zhong Dui and returned to formation.
In the formation, he received another wave of amazed looks; no one expected Chang Ning to not only be a pervert in physical fitness, but his marksmanship to be so excellent too, leaving no way out for others.
Ostrich especially didn’t know what to say; he didn’t expect their rookie A team to have such a big shot.
“Ostrich, don’t worry, I won’t steal your sniper position.”
Chang Ning gave Ostrich a friendly smile.
‘Sniper isn’t my goal; with the system, I want to be an all-around soldier, can’t let one combat position bind me.’
Is this about stealing position? In the army, the strong are above the weak; with Chang Ning’s marksmanship better than his, what complaint could Ostrich have.
The point is Ostrich was socially dead now, not anything else.
“Sigh, Chang Ning, your marksmanship is so good, why didn’t you say so? If I knew earlier, I wouldn’t have bragged; now I’m embarrassed to death!”
Ostrich had a dejected face; his mentality was collapsing.
“Didn’t I say?”
After training for so long with shooting training every day, he thought everyone had seen it.
Seeing Ostrich shaking his head with a bitter smile, Chang Ning looked at Xiao Zhuang next to him. Xiao Zhuang also shook his head; Chang Ning really hadn’t mentioned it.
“Alright, knowing now isn’t too late.”
“Hehe, Ostrich, as the saying goes, shame leads to courage; you can ask Chang Ning for advice.
We’re all comrades, don’t be shy, bring out your thick skin.”
The medic reminded Ostrich from the side, though every time he talked to Ostrich, he subconsciously teased him.
The few exchanging in the formation were very careful; having made it to the second round, instructors usually turned a blind eye to these small things as long as not excessive.
“Enough, you few, do you want to quit? If so, say it loudly!”
Gao Zhong Dui saw these treasures starting to make noise and reprimanded with a straight face.
“Report, no!”
Joking, they’d barely made it to the second round; how could they quit easily.
“If not, shut up! Others, don’t gloat; all watch carefully!”
After speaking, Gao Zhong Dui reloaded the rifle, then suddenly accelerated to the shooting position. Amid the intense movement, he overcame inertia to adjust shooting posture in advance, then drew and shot.
The whole process was smooth as flowing water; if all actions were broken down, they could make a tutorial video, epitomizing violent aesthetics.
The set of actions looked simple; just overcoming inertia during movement was enough for everyone to practice for a long time.
Because it requires strong body control and robust physique.
The rookies were dumbfounded; after training, everyone’s horizons had expanded a lot, and they knew the difficulty of the actions.
Gao Zhong Dui turned: “This is the most basic method for special forces soldiers to quick shoot during movement; you have a lot to learn.
Rookies, train hard; you’re still far off.”
“Gray Wolf organization training!”
“Yes.”
Ma Da, standing behind Gao Zhong Dui, stood at attention and responded loudly.
“Everyone, space one meter front, back, left, right; one hour rifle holding training, start!”
In the formation, the rookies uniformly raised their guns; instructors patrolled around from time to time, correcting action errors.
“Tsk tsk, Chang Ning, you can definitely do that set of actions Gao Zhong Dui just did, right?”
Xiao Zhuang asked Chang Ning while Earth Wolf was away. Others might not know, but as fellow enlistees and comrades from the same company, how could he not know Chang Ning’s background?
From his observation, in terms of physical quality, no one present could match.
“Should be able, haven’t tried.”
Chang Ning said; actually, he was now slowly forming his own shooting style, but he didn’t reject Gao Zhong Dui’s training—learning more is no harm.
Experience from someone like Gao Zhong Dui who had actual combat was especially valuable; how could Chang Ning look down on it just because he had the system.
The system is good, but life is his own, and there’s only one; being cautious is always right.
In the evening, after the rookies ran a few laps on the special obstacles course, they were brought to the cafeteria entrance.
“You have three minutes; go back to the dormitory, bring your folding stool; no nonsense, latecomers all eliminated!”
Under the elimination threat, the rookies quickly brought their folding stools to the cafeteria entrance.
Then Gray Wolf had everyone sit: “You’re not here to eat; it’s an exam. Only those who finish the test paper can eat.
Questions on the test paper are high school chemistry and physics; exam starts now!”
Getting his test paper, Chang Ning glanced at the questions; indeed all high school level, some he could even calculate mentally.
As a top student, this difficulty was a piece of cake.
But annoyingly, the instructors occasionally fired guns, bullet casings flying everywhere.
Especially Miao Lang was the worst, always running to his side. Hot bullets always landed on his test paper, affecting his answering speed.
“Miao Lang, can you stay away from me!”
Chang Ning was annoyed inside and couldn’t help shouting to drive him away, but when he looked up and saw who it was, he was shocked and widened his eyes.
“Ass…”
“Shh!”
Assassin quickly covered Chang Ning’s mouth; his identity couldn’t be known to the rookies yet.
“Kid, finish the questions quick. I checked your information; these won’t stump you.”
“How did you come?”
“You have the nerve to ask; looks like you took my words as wind past your ears.”
Hearing this, Chang Ning remembered; last exercise, Assassin told him to write a report on the exercise, emphasizing the shooting part.
Now the person came to ask for it, but Chang Ning had completely forgotten.
Seeing Chang Ning’s face stiffen, Assassin knew this kid probably hadn’t written it.
But no big deal; the report was just casually mentioned; what he was mainly interested in was Chang Ning himself.
“Knew you didn’t write it; hurry up, I’ll find you when I have time.
Next time if still nothing, you’re dead!”
Of course, Assassin couldn’t tell Chang Ning what he really thought.
“Don’t worry, next time I’ll definitely have it for you.”
Since Assassin didn’t pursue, Chang Ning breathed a sigh of relief and quickly promised.
He was genuinely intimidated by Assassin; since entering the barracks, his only defeat was to Assassin.
Chang Ning felt that even with improved shooting skills now, he might not steadily win against him.
After Assassin walked away, Chang Ning dove back into the questions. Finally, there was a big finale question with heavy calculations, taking some time.
Xi Wa, sitting next to Chang Ning, looked at the test paper with dread; so far, his paper was blank, nothing written.
This was Wolf Fang’s cunning part; no multiple choice on the test paper, all fill-in; no wonder Xi Wa didn’t touch his pen.
Seeing Xi Wa off, Ma Da came over: “What’s wrong?”
“I don’t understand the questions on the test paper.”
Xi Wa’s face was ugly, eyes reddening with tears flickering.
He already knew he was about to be eliminated, but after all this effort stumped by a small test paper—how could he accept it!
“This is from high school chemistry textbook; you should have learned it.” Ma Da said in surprise.
“I graduated junior high.”
Hearing Xi Wa’s answer, Ma Da sighed; good soldier, what a pity.
“Quit, rookie.”
Xi Wa stood up, tears finally unable to hold back, flowing down.
“Xi Wa, it’s okay, come again next year. Don’t lose heart; Lao Pao Squad Leader self-studied high school for a year, look how well he’s doing now.”
Lao Pao was farther from Chang Ning; hearing Chang Ning call him, he looked over, saw nothing, and went back to wrestling with the chemistry questions.
“Got it; I’ll come again next year!”
Xi Wa wiped his tears, packed his things, put his helmet under the flag, and left.
Chang Ning finished the questions in a flash and went to the cafeteria to eat; he could already smell it—red braised tofu tonight.
When all second-round training reached a certain level, the assessment began.
This assessment was by squad; Gao Zhong Dui announced the assessment mission with a cold face.
“A police scout in border A32 area was kidnapped by drug trafficking group; your mission is assault rescue, bring him back.
Operation codename ‘Tropical Flash’, squad codename ‘Flash’.
Remember, captured means no chance to continue exam; entire squad eliminated!
Clear?”
“Clear!”
The rookies shouted loudly.
‘Gonna be a 90 km raid.’
The assessment mission Chang Ning remembered most was the 90 km raid in the original plot.
He felt a bit weak inside now; this raid distance was really too long.
