Chapter 44: Military Training Begins Flying Koo Web

  "Lin, I know this guy Long Meier, and I'm afraid your days will be very difficult from now on!" Lin Aofeng returned to the dormitory, but before he could even sit down, John's voice came from the bed next door.

  Lin Aofeng helplessly shrugged and said, "We have an old Chinese saying, 'When the enemy comes, we'll draw our swords; when the flood comes, we'll build a dam!' I don't know what's ahead on this road, but I'll still persist. Only by persisting can we see a brighter future. Besides, I came here to study military affairs. Military strategy is indispensable. Since Rommel wants to make trouble for me, then I'll just take it as an opportunity to hone my skills in advance."

  It is said that walls have ears. Lin Ao Feng, who was in high spirits in the dormitory, did not think that Rommel and Assistant Instructor Carmades were standing at the door of the dormitory, listening to the conversation in the room with great clarity. Carmades smiled and glanced at Rommel, saying: "It seems that you have met your match this time."

  Lóng Měi's mouth corners slightly curled up, saying: "Training these new recruits is a very dull thing, now that there are more things to do to pass the time, why wouldn't I be happy about it?!"

  "Honk, honk, honk!" Two days later, at dawn, three whistle sounds rang out, and the quiet military school became noisy. In just three minutes, a neat square formation appeared in front of the new recruits' dormitory building. Standing in front of the formation, Rommel put away the stopwatch in his hand and smiled, saying: "Congratulations, you have taken the first step to becoming a military academy student. From today on, you will enter a two-month individual quality training period. In these two months, you will receive the strictest training in the world, and it is very likely that you will face death and injury. So I give you three minutes to consider now, if you don't want to participate in the training, take one step forward after three minutes. The countdown begins now."

  Three minutes may be short, but for Lin Ao Feng and the others, it was very long. The ticking of the stopwatch was infinitely amplified at this time, constantly pounding every student's heart.

  "Time's up!" Rommel's gaze swept across the faces of all the students, and he nodded slightly, saying: "Since you've all chosen to stay, then I congratulate you, welcome to hell tourism!" Rommel paused for a moment before continuing: "In my original plan, half of you would choose to leave, so I only had the cafeteria prepare forty portions of breakfast. That means half of you will go hungry during the next training session. I'm not biased towards anyone; if you don't want to go hungry, it's up to your own abilities."

  With a loud command from Long Mei'er, the eighty students rushed towards the cafeteria. At first, about three hundred meters away, it was hard to tell who was fast and who was slow, but after five hundred meters, the difference became apparent, Lin Ao Feng ran alone in front, leaving all the other students behind.

  "Longmire, it seems that this Chinese student's physical ability is quite good!" Carmides, who arrived at the cafeteria early, said with a smile to Longmire beside him.

  Long Mei'er's expression turned serious as he nodded and said, "It seems I really underestimated this Chinese student. It seems I need to re-evaluate my understanding of him."

  The first one to rush into the cafeteria, Lin Ao Feng quickly ran to the window where breakfast was being served, took over the pre-packaged breakfast, and sat down on a long bench to wolf it down. By the time Lin Ao Feng had swallowed two buns, the other thirty-nine students had just begun to trickle in.

  "Lin, you're really running fast!" Dominick and the other two people walked over to Lin Ao Feng's side with their trays and sat down. Lin Ao Feng smiled slightly, picked up his cup to drink milk, but suddenly felt someone staring at him, so he turned his head around to look behind him.

  "Johns asked: "Lin, what are you looking for?!"

  Lin Aofeng replied: "I feel like someone is staring at me, so I want to see who's looking at me."

  "Lin, you don't have to look for him," said John, eating and laughing. "I know who's been watching you."

  "I know too!" Dominick chimed in, "Now that John's mentioned it, I remember. We have eight Japanese students in our class. And wouldn't you know it, none of them came in for breakfast."

  Lin Aofeng quietly looked towards the outside of the cafeteria, and soon eight pairs of eyes filled with jealousy and resentment entered his line of sight. Lin Aofeng let out a cold hum, a flash of murderous intent passing through his eyes, as he thought to himself: "You little ghosts, I'll let you live for a while longer, I have plenty of patience to play with you."

  "Zao Tian, did you see that?! The first Chinese person to enter the cafeteria is staring at us." Said Ikuta Koji, a short guy with acne all over his face, to Zao Tian Yataro, the leader of the eight Japanese exchange students.

  "Has the identity of this Chink been figured out yet?!" asked Tsubota Iwataro, glancing at Takao Kawai beside him.

  Takaoka Ken bowed his head slightly and said, "I apologize, but we haven't been able to identify the person from China yet. However, please rest assured that the Tokko section will have news soon."

  "Go west!" Jamada Iwataro narrowed his eyes and said, looking at the back of Lin Ao Feng: "We eight are the best students in the Imperial Military Academy. But today we lost to the Chinese in physical strength. This is absolutely unacceptable and unforgivable!"

  Just as the eight Japanese students were discussing how to deal with Lin Ao Feng, Carmades, who was eating breakfast at the door, smiled and joked: "Rommel, someone has set their sights on your prey."

  Lomel was taken aback for a moment, then reacted and said: "China's hatred for Japan is like our hatred for the Soviet Union. This hatred is a life-and-death hatred. If they want to find trouble with that Chinese student, let them go! As long as they can afford this price."

  "Kamides furrowed his brow and asked: 'Romell, you cunning fox. Do you know something?'"

  Romel smiled and finished the last bite of oatmeal, saying: "Want to know what's going on? Go ask your brother-in-law!" With that, Romel took his tray and left.

  Romel wasn't completely inhumane either. Although Romel gave the trainees a wake-up call early on, the overall training volume for this first day was not heavy. After dinner, all the trainees returned to their dormitories. Not long after, two duty soldiers with red armbands walked into the dormitory building and handed out the training outline to each trainee.

  "Lin, what do you think of this training outline?!" Tony, sitting on the bed, looked at Lin Ao Feng. Lin Ao Feng smiled and put away the outline, saying: "The outline in our hands is not complete. I reckon Rommel is playing tricks again, waiting for us to rush into it head-on."

  "Yes! I have the same feeling!" Johns continued, "This training outline can only be used to train ordinary soldiers. This obviously does not meet Rommel's requirements for us."

  At the same time, in the office building on the west side of the college. Rommel's office was still brightly lit. Carmides, who was strolling past the office building, hesitated for a moment at the door and walked into the office building, knocking on Rommel's office door.

  Hearing the knock on the door, Long Mei'er put down his pen and called out: "The door isn't locked, come in!"

  Kamides pushed open the door and walked into the office, closing it behind him and asking, "It's so late, what are you still busy with?!"

  Long Mei'er smiled cunningly: "There's an old Chinese saying, 'New officials take office and set three fires!' This morning counts as the first fire. I'm just thinking about how to set the other two."

  Kamides couldn't help but burst out laughing and said: "I'm afraid your second fire has already started!"

  Rommel shrugged and said, "After all, old partner." Rommel stood up, walked around the desk, and handed over a newly drafted training outline to Carmades.

  Kamides took over the file folder and curiously asked: "What is this?!"

  "This is the training outline I just completed. Take a look and see if anything else is needed." With that, Rommel walked over to the wine cabinet, poured himself a glass of red wine, and began sipping it slowly.

  After about a minute or so, Carmencita suddenly burst out laughing and said: "Looks like this year's trainees are in for it! I was just wondering why you were so kind as to send each of them a copy of the training outline."

  Rong Mei'er smiled and said, "The battlefield is ever-changing, if they can't even recognize the smoke bomb I just released, then I think they don't need to stay in school anymore."

  Kamides nodded after a moment of contemplation, "It can't be denied, your idea is absolutely right. We're cultivating the world's top military officers, not producing trash. I support you!"

  The five-day queue plus simple physical training ended. On the sixth day, at 3:00 in the morning, while it was still pitch black outside, the whistle suddenly sounded, and soon the knocking on the door and shouting voices came: "Get up, get dressed and assemble outside!……" The new recruits who were disturbed from their good dreams grumbled in their hearts, but still obediently put on their clothes and walked out of the dormitory.

  Seeing the truck parked outside the dormitory, Tony asked in a low voice: "Is the school going to move house and let us be laborers?!"

  Lin Ao Feng chuckled and said: "You're clever to think of that. It's not the school moving, but we're going to change places!"

  "Blinking with effort, the squad finished their formation. Rommel's icy voice rang out: 'I am extremely dissatisfied with your performance just now! This is the first and last time, if there is a next time, you won't need to stay in military school anymore! Now get on the bus according to your dormitory number.'"

  Half an hour later, four trucks loaded with students slowly drove out of the Berlin Military Academy. Under the cover of darkness before dawn, they headed to a secret training ground on the outskirts of Berlin.

  "Get off! Get off! Get off!"

  In the blink of an eye, five hours had passed. When the first ray of dawn shone into the truck, a hurried voice calling to get off the vehicle came from under the car. Perhaps it was Rommel's warning before getting on the bus that took effect, and the students only took three minutes to complete the lineup from getting off the bus.

  Put away your stopwatches, Long Mei'er walked to the front of the formation with a satisfied look on her face and said: "From today onwards, you will spend the remaining military training time here. I won't say anything else, the barracks have already been arranged. Today is an exception, you are given one hour to eat and adjust, one hour later everyone assemble, start today's training subject."