Chapter 23: Please Call Me Liu Gong

That gun was held in Chen Shanming's hand.

The reason he didn't pull the trigger wasn't because Chen Da Jiaoguan, over these few days, had developed feelings for the outstanding performers Liu Xiaotian and Wang Yanbing and couldn't bear to eliminate them; it was that these two guys were really a bit "cunning".

After discovering that a comrade had been eliminated, Liu Xiaotian and Wang Yanbing didn't walk straight.

Either they crouched low and ran an S-shaped route, or simply dropped to the ground and crawled forward—anyway, they weren't giving any potential enemy a chance to shoot.

Although their combat awareness wasn't especially strong, these textbook-style tactical moves were absolutely highly proficient.

'He Chen Guang, Li Erniu, where are you two?'

Wang Yanbing pressed the talk button and asked in a low voice.

Although they knew it was a drill, in the excitement they were still a bit nervous.

After all, even thinking with your knees, you know that their opponents this time are definitely the special forces of the Wolf Fang Special Forces Brigade.

I have to say, Wang Yanbing's intelligence is really better than soy milk—at least he guessed right about half.

But even if he racked his brains, he wouldn't have imagined that their opponents, while indeed special forces, were all special forces with at least over ten years of service.

Moreover, the lowest rank among them was that of Lieutenants Xu Tianlong and Song Kaifei.

Even setting aside rank, just in terms of strength, the nine people opposing them far surpassed these twenty-four raw recruits.

Even if a few of these raw recruits' strength is indeed not to be underestimated.

'Approaching to formulate the assembly point!' came He Chen Guang's voice over the earpiece.

'I'm also coming over.' Li Erniu's voice immediately sounded.

'Who is closest to the assembly point?' Liu Xiaotian suddenly realized something and asked in a deep voice.

'I'll arrive right away; I'll be there as soon as I get out of the woods.' Cai Xiaoxin's voice immediately sounded.

'Get down! Now!' Liu Xiaotian's voice suddenly rose.

Cai Xiaoxin, upon hearing the voice, perhaps because his relationship with Liu Xiaotian had always been good, didn't even consider it and directly did a forward roll, lying prone in front of a bush.

At the same time, in a bush opposite that designated assembly point ahead of him, Xu Tianlong's finger almost pulled the trigger at the same moment as Cai Xiaoxin, who was lying prone on the ground.

But he missed.

Fan Tianlei, wearing camouflage clothing and with jungle camouflage painted on his face, showed a faint, inexplicable smile.

He had heard every word of Liu Xiaotian and his companions' conversation just now.

Moreover, Xu Tianlong, Song Kaifei, and 'Zhangyu' had already laid an ambush around the assembly point.

The reason the assembly point was set up in an open area of about one hundred square meters was actually to give these newcomers stepping onto the 'jungle battlefield' for the first time a proper lesson.

But unexpectedly, they hadn't even managed to eliminate anyone before being discovered.

But this time, Liu Xiaotian didn't have even the slightest assistance from the system.

This guy doesn't know if he did something bad the previous night, but he's been completely inactive, as if he didn't exist at all.

Liu Xiaotian's ability to react was entirely thanks to having watched that TV drama many times.

Fan Tianlei's leave-no-stone-unturned trickery in the drill, although he hadn't personally experienced it, he had at least seen it with his own eyes.

Just after landing, one person was eliminated, indicating that there had been an ambush in this jungle all along. In other words, their opponents in this drill had planned to trap them.

This also perfectly fits Fan Tianlei's personality.

Unexpectedly, he guessed correctly.

The moment Cai Xiaoxin went prone, he heard gunfire from the opposite side.

Blank rounds can't be fitted with a silencer; this might be the only thing Fan Tianlei couldn't conceal his movements about in this drill—a 'BUG'.

'Holy crap! Close call! I have an enemy opposite me!' Cai Xiaoxin said immediately.

Liu Xiaotian ignored him and instead, via the communicator, told everyone:

'The enemy has already set up an ambush; nobody should go to the assembly point anymore. At the same time, turn off your communicators to prevent signal tracking, find nearby companions, preferably in groups of two to four, and be sure to watch out for the enemy using high-tech equipment such as thermal trackers!'

If this were normal times, even though they are all trained soldiers and Liu Xiaotian is a newcomer, his words might not necessarily be heeded.

But now, after he finished speaking, most people immediately turned off their communicators.

This might even be thanks to Fan Tianlei.

If it weren't for him eliminating someone as soon as the soldiers landed—or even before some had landed—causing panic and anxiety among them, Liu Xiaotian's remark would have been far less effective.

The reason they now immediately follow Liu Xiaotian's 'instructions' is mainly that they don't want to be the next one eliminated.

After all, as young soldiers full of vigor, water still doesn't have a competitive spirit, right? 'Old Fan, surprise or disappointment? Your carefully designed gadget has lost its effectiveness so quickly.' He Zhijun said with a hint of sarcasm, his voice immediately sounded in the earpieces of the nine people playing the Blue Army.

Nobody saw that, at this moment, Fan Tianlei, the Chief of Staff, whose camouflage was extremely good—so much so that even someone within five meters would hardly notice him—had on his face a wry smile tinged with a hint of relief.

That his own troops, the ones he had high hopes for, could react like this in such a short time was exactly what he hoped to see.

Although, this was somewhat embarrassing.

Anyway, are there still a few who didn't heed Liu Xiaotian's advice and still have their communicators on? Looking at the five red dots on the handheld LCD screen, Fan Tianlei pressed the talk button: 'Old Chen, I'll leave these clueless ones to you.'

'Yes!' Chen Shanming's voice immediately sounded.

As Liu Xiaotian and Wang Yanbing cautiously approached the approximate position they judged He Chen Guang and Li Erniu to be in, five people were successively announced as eliminated.

Watching the five red smokes rise one after another around them, Liu Xiaotian's face looked somewhat grim.

This is exactly the kind of competitive spirit that shouldn't be there.

Obviously, over ninety percent of those five people were deliberately left with their communicators on because they were dissatisfied with this newcomer giving orders, leading to their being targeted and eliminated.

This drill had just begun, and twenty-four people had become eighteen—a reduction of one quarter—which indeed dealt a blow to morale.

But as for the final outcome, Liu Xiaotian wasn't overly worried.

At least, he still had considerable confidence in his own coordination and combat effectiveness with He Chen Guang, Wang Yanbing, and Li Erniu.

Five minutes later, Liu Xiaotian saw through his scope He Chen Guang crawling toward him.

Unfortunately, as for the opponents playing the Blue Army, he still hasn't spotted a single one...

(End of chapter)