Chapter 27: Danger Looms

In a sense, Gong Jian is still old.

At least in his thinking, he somewhat lags behind the youths' mindset.

Or perhaps, having taken part in countless drills, he has formed a fixed mindset, believing drills should be conducted step by step, and has even forgotten that the original purpose of the drills was to start from actual combat.

Since it's actual combat, there will inevitably be many uncontrollable factors.

For example, the soldiers' ammunition count.

The ammunition issued to each soldier participating in the drill is indeed limited, but can't the ammo on our eliminated comrades and the enemies we've eliminated be used?

Of course, Liu Xiaotian and the others cannot obtain rifle ammunition from the people they have eliminated.

Because Fan Tianlei, when he initially devised the battle plan, never intended to use rifles for close-range exchanges with these young soldiers.

He thought that, since they brought "cheat" equipment, they should directly eliminate targets at long range via sniping.

After all, the original intention of setting up this drill was merely to let these young people gain some combat experience.

Therefore, aside from Laohei and Chen Shanming each carrying a rifle as backup, everyone else was equipped with sniper rifles.

However, it's not only the first eliminated soldier who left behind a magazine after being eliminated.

Although Cai Xiaoxin's overall quality falls short of Liu Xiaotian and the three others on the key list, his mind is very agile.

On his way away from the predetermined assembly point, he discovered that left-behind magazine and carried it with him.

Moreover, four other people had picked up left-behind magazines while searching for companions.

And the assault rifle held by the soldier currently firing has three full magazines.

After emptying one, he immediately swapped in another, roughly aimed, and then immediately pulled the trigger again.

But this time, after the initial tension, this kid also became smarter.

Not merely spraying, but switching to continuous short bursts.

At the same time, He Chen Guang and another unhit soldier also immediately raised their guns to aim, seeking targets.

However, Gong Jian and Laohei, who are less than thirty meters away, are now bitterly complaining.

Obviously, the kid opposite using the Type 95 assault rifle hasn't managed to lock onto their exact positions at all; what he's doing is fire suppression in the assault team's coordinated operation.

Yet at this close range, with their approximate position already exposed, facing an assault rifle whose ammunition count they don't know, the two of them are truly pinned down, unable to raise their heads.

Laohei had already taken the Type 95 assault rifle off his back, but after trying twice, he still didn't dare to fire.

At this moment, how could they not know there is still an unexposed "stealth" team member on the opposite side? Moreover, the sniper rifles held by He Chen Guang, who wasn't eliminated first, and another soldier are surely also searching for them.

Now, if his movements are just a bit larger, he could be locked onto by a sniper rifle.

This situation… is indeed a bit awkward!

Although Gong Jian's eyes have constantly been scanning for targets through the scope, facing the suppression from an assault rifle that almost continuously fires in bursts and has seized the initiative, he also finds it hard to quickly locate a favorable shooting position.

"Laohei! Fire!" Gong Jian, who had tried several times but still couldn't find a suitable position to return fire, shouted in a low voice.

He knew that he and Laohei could not wait any longer.

The opposing assault rifle has already changed magazines for the third time; Gong Jian, of course, has realized by now that these kids must have taken the magazines from their eliminated comrades.

If they cannot make an effective countershot, then in just a few seconds that assault rifle, even if firing blindly, could hit one of them or even take out both. Of course, if this were real combat, Gong Jian and Laohei would have at least an eighty percent chance of coming out unscathed.

But not now!

The smoke pack on their backs is sensor-activated; aside from some deviation in amount, the key is that it's mounted on the backpack.

Although the two of them immediately pressed their bodies flat against the ground, fully ensuring that the opposing side's flat-trajectory bullets cannot penetrate the uneven terrain to hit them,

but the backpack cannot be hidden! Given the frequency and coverage of those point shots, being hit by a blind shot is only a matter of time.

So, Gong Jian gave Laohei such an order.

Laohei hesitated not at all, immediately shifting from a prone position to a kneeling squat on the ground and raising his gun to return fire.

His speed is quick, his aiming time short, and locking onto the source of the opposing gunfire is quite precise.

After five or six consecutive point shots, a puff of red smoke suddenly rose from the opposing grass.

The gunfire of that assault rifle, which had left them flustered and somewhat embarrassed, finally ceased.

But the opposing side still has two people!

"Bang!"

Almost at the same moment Laohei fired, the opposing side also rang out with a clean, crisp gunshot.

Behind Laohei, right after the soldier he had just eliminated, a puff of blue smoke rose.

A single shot eliminated Laohei; the soldier who had previously hidden behind a tree, pleased as he was, hadn't yet had time to lie down again and conceal himself when the opposing side fired once more.

Behind him, a puff of red smoke immediately rose.

Gong Jian had Laohei return fire; he himself naturally couldn't just lie there as if nothing were happening, or even take the chance to flee the spot.

Thus, at the moment that soldier locked onto Laohei, Gong Jian also locked onto him.

Gong Jian clearly knew in his heart that He Chen Guang that kid was surely waiting for him to act.

So, as he slightly raised his upper body to aim and fire, he had already planned the subsequent tactics.

He intended to complete the shot in the shortest time possible, then immediately leap sideways into a natural depression about two meters away and roughly forty centimeters deep.

Yet he still underestimated He Chen Guang's ability and reaction speed.

The red smoke rising behind the soldier he had hit hadn't even passed over his head when He Chen Guang's gun fired.

Gong Jian and Laohei never expected that this kid, in this situation, would seize the moment when his companion was providing fire suppression to jump onto a big tree! No wonder Gong Jian couldn't spot him right away.

But as blue smoke also rose behind Gong Jian, he and Laohei as a pair were completely eliminated.

Laohei gave a wry smile at Gong Jian and said somewhat helplessly:

"It seems the Chief of Staff's drill plan this time still somewhat underestimated these youngsters!"

Gong Jian could only manage a wry smile, turned his head to look right rear, shook his head with a wry smile, patted Laohei on the shoulder and said: "Come on, we've been eliminated; what comes next has nothing to do with us."

(End of chapter)