Chapter 1201: True Special Forces

In the dark forest, dense footsteps sounded, disturbing the flowers and plants and making a rustling sound.

Dozens of black shadows followed closely. They spread out in a fan shape, running with their guns, and constantly observing.

Bang...

A sudden gunshot exploded in the forest, and the muzzle flash of the person who fired the gun appeared in the distance, exposing their position. These soldiers didn't have the slightest hesitation, concentrating their fire and sweeping toward that direction.

Da da da, da da da...

For a time, it was just dense gunfire.

They carefully pressed forward, wanting to see if they had succeeded and caused combat losses to the enemy army. While covering each other, they approached, and at the same time, they were also on alert for other directions.

But it was useless.

Before they could get close, another burst of gunfire rang out. It was from behind them!

They started to emit smoke, and the smoke became thicker and thicker, which meant that the number of people emitting smoke was increasing in a short time...

The battle ended, and the team reunited.

Wang Yan didn't have any extra nonsense and directly led the squad members under his command to run toward the direction they came from.

Although they had been fighting from the first half of the night until the second half, they didn't feel very exhausted. Because after several hours of pulling and dragging, they had solved half of the division reconnaissance battalion's strength and completely opened up the space.

Now, the road they were running on was in an undefended state, and they were going to assault the division reconnaissance battalion's headquarters and complete it at the fastest speed...

After running rapidly for more than a kilometer, Wang Yan and the others saw the soldiers waiting in full battle array in the distance. Of course, they didn't see clearly, because there was still a distance, but if they observed carefully, they could see some human figures.

So they stopped their steps, calmed their breathing, and made final adjustments.

Wang Yan didn't rest; he leaned against a tree, set up his sniper rifle, and aimed at that area.

Using his excellent eyesight and keen insight, he quietly looked for the person playing the role of the commander. He could recognize which one was Gao Cheng through some actions.

But he didn't see him.

Gao Cheng clearly also understood their intentions; everyone was lying honestly, there were some movements, but the cover wasn't big, and there wasn't a single light.

After dozens of seconds, Wang Yan whispered, "Spread out! Do it!"

Wu Liu-yi and the others moved upon hearing the order, quickly moving to the left and right.

Counting silently for ten seconds, Wang Yan fired.

After a bang of gunfire, immediately following, he heard the shouting over there and saw the gunfire over there.

At the same time as he fired, Wang Yan flashed and stepped forward, rushing two meters forward, hiding behind a tree. Then he raised his gun and fired, not aiming at all; he shot with the intuition of a sharpshooter...

Also at the same time, the scattered Wu Liu-yi and the others opened fire and pressed forward.

But they couldn't press up.

A battalion headquarters with various personnel gathered together, having forty or fifty people, and the firepower was still quite fierce.

Only Wang Yan here constantly performed various tactical movements to advance, and maintained a stable output of almost one shot every two breaths, suppressing them. He created space for Wu Liu-yi and the others, moving to surround them from the flanks, surrounding three sides and leaving one open, dispersing the dense firepower output of Gao Cheng's side.

As for the gap left behind, it wasn't left for Gao Cheng and the others to retreat, but left for Wang Yan's firepower support. No matter how strong the firepower on his side was, he had to look after the other four people. Whichever side suffered stronger firepower, he would take the time to give two shots to that side, and the firepower would be suppressed, and the squad members would get the space to press forward.

Just like that, the two sides unfolded a fierce exchange of fire.

Wang Yan and the others constantly approached, so much so that individual thermal imaging could clearly see them.

Gao Cheng's side, on the other hand, constantly suffered casualties, and the smoke was so thick that one couldn't even see the position clearly. Wang Yan even heard Gao Cheng's exasperated scolding amidst the dense gunfire, telling those soldiers who were emitting smoke to hurry up and get out of the way, and organizing the soldiers to counterattack.

So Wang Yan, relying on a sniper's intuition, distinguished Gao Cheng's speaking position amidst the messy gunfire and locked onto Gao Cheng's target in the thermal imaging.

He pulled the trigger without hesitation, and there was a bang of gunfire.

Not long after, he heard Gao Cheng's loud cursing: "Wang Yan, I know it's you; you really aren't a decent person."

"Old Company Commander, in war, we don't talk about friendship."

"Did you all hear that? The one in front is that brat Wang Yan, give it to me fiercely."

Hearing Gao Cheng's words, Wang Yan couldn't help but laugh; he was even playing tricks with him.

Wang Yan didn't go easy, firing rapidly with bang-bang-bang, and then pressed into their trenches, quickly ending this battle.

"Company Commander, Squad Leader." Wang Yan greeted the dust-covered Gao Cheng and Shi Jin with a smile.

"Not bad, brat, you really didn't go easy on your old company commander; you've been hitting me all night." Gao Cheng gave Wang Yan a punch irritably.

"You aren't talking about martial virtue either; I have more than enough to ignore you."

Gao Cheng laughed, and then saw Wu Liu-yi and Xu Sanduo walking over.

"Oh my." He looked at Shi Jin beside him and then smiled. "Liu-yi, Sanduo, you two are also in the same team as him?"

Wu Liu-yi said loudly, "Report to Company Commander, he is the Captain."

"Company Commander, hello!" Xu Sanduo showed a mouthful of small white teeth and stood at attention to salute Gao Cheng.

"Still that silly look, ha..." Gao Cheng patted Xu Sanduo's shoulder. "Not bad, you've done quite well. The five of you fought my one battalion."

"It's not finished yet." Wang Yan waved his hand. "I won't say anymore, otherwise we'll be kicked by the encirclement. After the exercise, the three of us will go see you. Retreat!"

After saying that, he led the team away without hesitation.

Gao Cheng was still cursing and sighing with the people beside him, but within a few words, he heard gunfire again.

"Damn it, this grandson went to set up an ambush. He wants to wipe out our battalion."

Shi Jin said gloomily, "They have this strength."

Wiping out the whole battalion wasn't quite the case; Wang Yan just wanted to take the opportunity when others under Gao Cheng were rushing to support in a panic to cause as much damage as possible. Wu Liu-yi and the others were a bit unable to fight anymore and needed to rest...

Just like that, Wang Yan and the others fought for two more days, and even ended the old regimental commander from before. The exercise finally ended with the Red side's division headquarters and numerous command posts being ended, and various important equipment being blown up and destroyed, with the special warfare team achieving victory.

In this exercise, the Ninth Squad led by Wang Yan played a vital role. One squad mobilized nearly half of the battlefield, caused the greatest destruction, and killed the most.

After post-war statistics, the participating Red side soldiers generally believed that only Wang Yan and the others were true special forces.

Because the special forces people imagined were using the few to beat the many, pressing a group of enemy troops and beating them fiercely. It wasn't the regular special warfare of the special warfare team, which mainly focused on destruction, sniping, harassment, and ending command posts.

Wang Yan and the others drove tanks and fighting vehicles, galloping wildly, bombarding command posts, and killing their way in and out seven times; that was true special warfare...

After the exercise ended, Wang Yan and the others finally had the opportunity to sleep quietly. Everything had to be ranked after sleeping, and everyone was sleeping soundly.

Wang Yan also slept; his energy was sufficient, but it didn't mean he always had to hold on; he had to sleep when he should.

After the rest was finished and the team was about to return to the base, Wang Yan asked Yuan Lang for leave, drove a jeep, and took Wu Liu-yi and Xu Sanduo to Gao Cheng's side.

"Good, you three really dare to come." Gao Cheng greeted the three with a smile and threw a pack of cigarettes over. Shi Jin sat on the side, and Gan Xiaoning was pouring water for the three. Ma Xiaoshuai, the five-thousandth soldier of the Seventh Steel Company, was also smiling on the side.

Wang Yan lit a cigarette and replied, "We're all back, wouldn't it be proper to come and see the old company commander, old squad leader, and old comrades-in-arms?"

Ma Xiaoshuai asked curiously, "Brother Yan, do you have many holidays on your side?"

"Isn't that a rhetorical question?" Wu Liu-yi smiled and tilted his head toward Wang Yan's position. "He's there, so does it matter if there are many holidays? If he dares to ask for leave, the leaders will dare to approve it, and they even have to reflect on whether they didn't do something well."

"Exaggerating." Wang Yan was modest.

"Not exaggerating." Xu Sanduo smiled foolishly. "Our Squadron Leader, Yuan Lang, you all know, he also listens to Wang Yan."

"Children don't have taboos, don't take it seriously, it's all just joking around."

Shi Jin smiled. "Forget it, who doesn't know you? Even if it's not true, it's not far off."

"I have deep experience with this; when I was his company commander, I couldn't control him either."

Wang Yan shook his head with a smile. "Then I don't make mistakes either; I have high requirements for myself, so I don't need the old company commander to urge me."

"Listen, everyone listen, this consciousness."

Everyone talked and laughed happily, and they still talked about the past.

Gao Cheng also talked about what happened after everyone left. He said it with a smile, but anyone could see that he still hadn't let go even now.

Actually, no one had let go.

The Seventh Steel Company, although it was equally bitter and tiring, seemed to be the happiest days for everyone back then.

At that time, they were together all day, and they had nothing left to say. It felt boring at the time, but looking back now, they always felt happy. And then regret and sadness welled up in their hearts.

It was like this every time.

At noon, Gao Cheng invited everyone to eat and drink alcohol, and he cried while drinking.

He said he especially missed the days of the Seventh Steel Company, especially missed them.

But one couldn't blame him either. When the people of the Seventh Steel Company gathered again, they happily mentioned the past, and then the more they mentioned, the more uncomfortable they felt. So it wasn't just Gao Cheng who cried; Shi Jin also cried, Wu Liu-yi's eyes turned red, Xu Sanduo stopped smiling foolishly, Gan Xiaoning silently rubbed his eyes, and even Ma Xiaoshuai, who had been in the company for the shortest time, couldn't help but shed tears together.

Only Wang Yan was eating and drinking there, as if he didn't feel anything.

He really didn't feel anything, because he had experienced too many separations, and he had long since become numb...

"Oh my, I've made a joke of myself in front of you." Gao Cheng wiped his tears. "Come, Wang Yan, the most outstanding soldier of the Seventh Steel Company, let's have one."

Wang Yan smiled and drank with Gao Cheng. He said, "Alright, dry your tears; it's as if you're all not going to live much longer. You're crying this time, but will you cry next time too? You can't just keep dwelling on it and crying every time. We have time to gather together, so we should be happy. Come, come, come, let's all drink."

Seeing that the crying was almost over, he enlivened the atmosphere.

Everyone drank again, and within a few words, everyone laughed again...

This day, the three of Wang Yan stayed here for one night, and everyone said many heartfelt words.

Early the next morning, without saying goodbye or saying see you again, the three of Wang Yan quietly left the division headquarters and drove back to the base in the suburbs of Beijing.

Seeing Wang Yan return, Yuan Lang smiled, "How about it, did you cry?"

"I didn't cry. The two of them weren't in a very good state."

"Normal, the camaraderie is heavy. It's not easy for you to reunite after only a year or so. It will be better in the future; time is the best antidote."

"Then during the time waiting for the antidote, aren't we all suffering it ourselves? As if it would be better all of a sudden."

"You have too many principles." Yuan Lang laughed. "The data statistics for the exercise are out. Your squad caused over two thousand three hundred casualties, a whole regiment. I can only say it's very awesome. It's still better to come to Old A; if you were still following Gao Cheng, that would be guarding the position, which is meaningless. Someone like you should be unrestrained and come and go freely on the battlefield."

"I'm not picky. Besides, these casualties weren't all caused by us; didn't we have artillery assistance? If we really fought with guns, it would only be over a thousand."

"Then the combat loss ratio is also over a hundred; your squad members' lives are very valuable. If it hadn't really happened, no one would believe it if you said it; it's too exaggerated."

"It's all fought with everyone's lives; by the time we fought to the end, wasn't it just me left?"

"Alright, stop being modest." Yuan Lang said, "Let me tell you one more thing. Tomorrow, our squadron will go to observe an execution by shooting. In addition, breakfast is also prepared: tofu pudding, drizzled with red chili oil. You really are perverted."

"Don't talk about who's who."

Wang Yan waved his hand. "Nothing else, right? I'm leaving."

"Get a good rest, don't be unable to sleep, and don't let your legs go soft tomorrow."

Wang Yan sneered and left...

Thus, early the next morning, the soldiers saw the tofu pudding for breakfast, trembling and very tender, with bright red and translucent red chili oil on the side for them to use.

"What are you all looking at me for? Come, Quartermaster, give me a big bowl."

Everyone watched Wang Yan holding the bowl, drizzling it with oil, his Adam's apple bobbing, and suddenly they didn't want to eat anymore.

Of course, it wasn't everyone; after all, many of them were old soldiers, and they weren't affected. Clearly, they had all executed missions, only because of confidentiality reasons, they didn't talk about it randomly.

Yuan Lang said, "Everyone has to eat; it won't work if you don't eat. Don't say I didn't warn you."

So everyone ate a bowl of tofu pudding, and then got into the car and set off...

Not only that, after the observation, they organized to watch videos when they came back—those from the battlefield, or some other cruel videos organized by others.

This day, many people vomited; this night, many people didn't sleep well; by the next day, some people even had a small illness.

Wu Liu-yi and Xu Sanduo performed okay; they had the desire to vomit, but they swallowed it back forcefully.

But there was also a bad point. Xu Sanduo asked Wang Yan whether those people really had to die, and whether they had to die so miserably.

Undoubtedly, Xu Sanduo was a kind person; after all, accidentally killing a drug dealer had caused his Dao heart to shatter, and he once wanted to retire.

This hurdle was indeed not easy to get over.

Wang Yan suggested it precisely because of this point. He thought it might be because there was no training in this area, so he said it out. He gave Xu Sanduo a preventive injection in advance.

Now that Xu Sanduo asked him these questions, he took the opportunity to give Xu Sanduo a small brainwashing. He let him understand what was good, what was evil, what was law, and what was a soldier's mission.

The effect was quite good; Xu Sanduo wasn't affected much, and he was fine after being awkward for a few days.

Just like that, days passed one by one.

Wang Yan and the others carried out various trainings and studies day after day, very fulfilling.

When the spring of the new year arrived, on a beautiful afternoon, Yuan Lang suddenly gathered everyone, fully armed and assembled... ===== CHAPTER 1202 =====