Chapter 42: Exercise

On the vast plain of the desert.

Three or four herdsmen were herding sheep, wandering on this uninhabited land.

"Hmm? When did a grass hut appear here?"

Driven by curiosity, he leaned over.

Before he could get close, two soldiers in camouflage uniforms holding guns darted out from inside.

"Fellow villager, you are not allowed to approach here!"

"Ah? Okay, okay, then I'll go."

After the herdsmen drove the sheep away.

The soldiers turned to look inside.

This was an underground castle that had been hollowed out.

All kinds of mechanical electronic sounds were ringing inside.

Wang Qingrui revealed a smile, holding his large tea mug. "Our concealment is quite good, even the local herdsmen can't tell."

The political commissar on the side laughed. "It's just not very like it, wouldn't it be discovered if you approach?"

Wang Qingrui's expression turned ugly instantly, and he shouted at the outside. "Send a few soldiers who can speak the local language, take off the camouflage uniforms, and go herd sheep around!"

There was a gap between the grass and the hills in the distance.

That was the cover derived from camouflage.

Gao Cheng was directing the soldiers to do the final camouflage repairs.

His spirit was exceptionally high. "Shi Jin, our company has been training day and night for this exercise, we must shine."

Shi Jin chuckled, "Company Commander, that's a funny thing to say; which exercise hasn't our company been first or second in?"

Looking at the soldiers repairing the gullies in the distance, Gao Cheng lowered his voice. "Wu Liuyi told me that he compared himself with that stubborn guy two days ago."

"Is that so?" Shi Jin's eyes revealed curious interest. "Xu Sanduo won, right?"

"Heh..." Gao Cheng raised his eyebrows. "Why are you so sure?"

"Hehe, if Wu Liuyi won, you wouldn't be this happy." Shi Jin naturally knew Gao Cheng's thoughts.

What he wanted wasn't unchanging, what he wanted was change.

Wu Liuyi had been unchanging for so long alone.

Only by changing could it be considered good, could it be considered motivated.

The morale of this company had hope.

"Really not bad, this soldier is really not bad."

Shi Jin looked at the sky. "Company Commander, why did you let us stay here all the time while coordinating with the artillery?"

Gao Cheng laughed. "Who knows what kind of tricks they are playing this time? Remember the last exercise? They just let us pull to the 702 high ground for a turn and fired a few cannons for a few days. This time, I guess the cannons don't even need to ring."

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"Third Brother, relax, the exercise is the deployment of the entire army, individuals have no role, we just follow the majority."

Bai Tiejun played with stones and lay on the haystack to comfort him.

Feng Yuxiu frowned. "Third Brother? Who told you to call me that?"

Bai Tiejun chuckled, "In novels, someone like you would be a grandmaster; calling you 'Grandpa' wouldn't even be considered cliché."

Slap!

Feng Yuxiu backhanded a slap on Bai Tiejun's face.

Bai Tiejun covered his cheek and looked at Feng Yuxiu blankly.

"Call me properly. If you dare to call me that in the army, are you planning to make things difficult for me?"

Bai Tiejun rubbed his cheek. "That's just saying, I only said it privately, how would I dare to say it in front of people? The squad leader would have to punish me to stand at attention and hold a small stool."

"Hey, it's time to eat." Bai Tiejun was happy when he saw food.

Feng Yuxiu turned to look, and sure enough, Political Director Hong Xingguo was pressing the cooking vehicle to deliver breakfast.

"Third Brother, I'll go grab some for you first."

Feng Yuxiu stood up, but found Shi Jin was still perfecting the camouflage.

Seeing Feng Yuxiu's gaze, he turned and waved. "Xu Sanduo, come, come over."

"Let me tell you, this military camouflage has to consider many aspects. For example, in this desert, if the wind and sand are big, it's easy to blow the gap connection up."

"Squad Leader, aren't you eating?"

Shi Jin laughed. "This is another principle. Military camouflage is not just seen by human eyes, there is also thermal imaging. Although eating hot things won't be obvious, what if? So I never eat or drink during exercises."

Feng Yuxiu nodded indifferently.

The military exercises of this era were still large-scale manpower, and those thermal imagings weren't that high-end.

A little further away, even the average human body temperature couldn't be detected.

A communications soldier carrying a radio rushed toward Hong Xingguo and whispered a few words in his ear.

Hong Xingguo's expression changed drastically, and he roared the order. "Evacuate immediately, the reconnaissance helicopter is out early, it's a surprise attack!"

In an instant, the soldiers who were eating were like a pot that had exploded, throwing down their breakfast and rushing toward the camouflage pit.

Hong Xingguo still commanded in an orderly manner. "Non-armed vehicles leave immediately, and that cooking vehicle, evacuate quickly, the heat source is too big!"

Shi Jin jumped out of the pit and shouted: "Those who haven't finished eating, throw it on the cooking vehicle! Don't leave traces on your body for the imaginary enemy to see!"

The soldiers obeyed the order absolutely, even if they had half a steamed bun, they threw it onto the vehicle without hesitation.

The cooking vehicle drove down the hillside, and the soldiers had already scattered into the semi-underground camouflage shelter. This hillside suddenly looked no different from the surrounding grassland.

A reconnaissance helicopter swept past at ultra-low altitude. Its mission was to use the various electronic and infrared instruments on the machine to scan and reconnoiter the camouflage position for more than ten kilometers, discover the target, and make a direct assessment of the results of this exercise.

Those two soldiers disguised as herdsmen were smoking, pointing and laughing at the sky, and one thick-skinned one simply peed in the grass beside him without anyone around.

The helicopter flew over the regimental headquarters' camouflage location without any awareness.

The soldiers of the Third Squad lurked in the fortifications and watched the helicopter fly past. Just as they relaxed, the pilot circled back unwillingly. After all, this was the only small hill within a few kilometers, which made people have to pay attention.

"Don't move, this is a suspicious investigation!"

Everyone held their breath and didn't dare to move.

These were all veterans, naturally knowing this point, and lay on the ground one after another.

The helicopter hovered for a while and turned to leave.

A whistle sounded from outside.

Shi Jin stood up and clapped his hands. "Everyone go out, it's fine."

Feng Yuxiu looked at the clouds in the sky. At this moment, he suddenly understood one thing.

No matter how high your martial arts are, one cannon will knock you down.

In front of the army, even if Sun Wukong came, he would have to take a cannon on his forehead.

But his interest became more and more high.

Becoming the number one Grandmaster, even if the sky was full of artillery fire, it couldn't stop his heart.

Even if a machine gun was stuffed into his mouth, his ambition to become a Grandmaster expert would not change.

The military exercise also unfolded.

Infantry machinery, artillery fire.

Feng Yuxiu drilled into the armored vehicle and followed the main force to open the formation.

The exercise lasted for three whole days.

Under the high-intensity mechanized infantry coordination, even Feng Yuxiu felt somewhat strenuous.

After the exercise ended, Bai Tiejun collapsed on the ground, staring blankly at a cricket in the distance and chuckling.

Rumble!

The roar of the armored vehicle had lasted for three days. At this moment, when returning, Feng Yuxiu's ears were buzzing.

Finally over, I'm still not strong enough!

Otherwise, how could I be unable to handle this little pressure!

Must continue to increase training, train until I die! ===== CHAPTER 43 =====