Nineteen Quick Hits

  After a kilometer of uphill sprinting, Ye Ren was also out of breath, standing at the top of the mountain and panting with his hands on his knees.

  "Enemy troops appearing in the northeast direction, preparing to open fire!" Lei Bao suddenly shouted.

  Ye Ren did not hesitate this time and immediately lay down in a northeast direction, preparing to fire.

  A discarded tire appeared in Ye Ren's scope, and he immediately took aim and made windage corrections.

  "Fire!"

  Bang!

  Ye Ren's bullet hit the dirt beside the tire.

  "You're dead, changes in air humidity will affect bullet accuracy."

  "I understand!"

  Ye Ren adjusted his aim and fired again, with the bullet accurately hitting the tire.

  "Take a break for a bit, we'll head down the mountain in 10 minutes."

  The new recruits at the foot of the mountain ran five kilometers and then entered a shooting range next to the turning point for a round of shooting training.

  Gunfire echoed at the seaside training ground, as if responding to Ye Ren and his team's gunfire.

  After finishing a clip of bullets, new recruits start running again. They have to cross the five-kilometer beach once more.

  Every morning, getting up and being able to fire a burst of bullets is not a treatment that every unit has. The big environment forces the Marine Corps to continuously improve its combat effectiveness in order to win the war that may break out tomorrow.

  Our borders have yet to be fully demarcated, our maritime territories have yet to be fully recovered, our islands still await the motherland's embrace, and our warriors must continue to fight on.

  Everyone was mentally prepared for the simple breakfast and knew the pain of hunger, so they all desperately stuffed themselves.

  Feng Lei also brought Ye Ren a drink made from a mixture of milk and carrots to help protect his eyesight.

  For a sniper, good eyesight is not the deciding factor, because for shooting over 50 meters, if using mechanical sights, the role of the eyes has become negligible, mainly relying on the shooter's hand feeling. However, having a pair of sharp eyes can only add points, not subtract them.

  Training is harsh because only in the true crucible of repeated tempering can a sword be forged that is extremely sharp and tough, can become a true elite among the troops, steel among steel, can go up to fight in future wars, can win, defend the vast territory of the motherland and the islands scattered within the coastal defense line.

  Shouldering logs, rolling oil drums, running obstacle courses... The young soldiers were trained to be stronger and more agile.

  Shooting training has become a daily routine for Ye Ren, who follows Feng Lei to train shooting as soon as the new recruit team's drill class is over.

  "Enemy machine gun position on the right flank! The squad is suppressed!"

  In the alley battle training ground, Feng Lei stood high and gave orders to Ye Ren.

  Ye Ren immediately lay down behind a bunker and set up his sniper rifle to search for targets.

  As a sniper in a squad, entering the battlefield early in an offensive operation to find a sniping position and lie in wait for opportunities to gain an advantage is not common. On the contrary, when accompanying the squad in combat, it is often possible to be in a disadvantageous position to launch a counterattack under unfavorable conditions.

  This training is aimed at enhancing this ability of snipers.

  Ye Renmin sharply captured the position of the machine gunner.

  Bang!

  The steel target simulating an enemy machine gunner fell with a clang, sporting a small hole where a bullet had drilled through.

  "Target eliminated, whole class quickly occupies advantageous terrain, launches attack on Red Mansion!"

  Ye Ren jumped out from behind the bunker and followed his invisible comrades forward.

  Ye Ren found a sniping position in an abandoned building in front of the red small building.

  "Enemy sniper appears, assault soldier is hit and wounded, sniper immediately conducts counter-sniping."

  A glint of light flashed in Ye Ren's scope, immediately catching his attention. Ye Ren quickly shifted positions and aimed the muzzle at the direction of the flash.

  Although the flash was fleeting, Ye Ren still discovered a steel target hidden in the window shadow.

  Glint is a flash of light emitted from the reticle of a sniper rifle's scope on metal surfaces.

  Bang!

  The steel target fell again with a loud clang.

  "Sniper cleared, rescue was timely, assaulters suffered no casualties. The whole class rushed into the building, sniper immediately covered."

  The balcony and windows of the red small building randomly appeared steel targets, Ye Ren constantly aimed and shot, shooting down the steel targets one by one.

  "Alright, that's it for today." Feng Lei ended Ye Ren's night training after jotting down some notes in his own record book.

  ……

  "Brother, you're back! Go take a look, Shi Nanfeng and Ge Shengjie are at it again."

  Yang Bo came down from upstairs and bumped into Ye Ren who was carrying a gun and going up the stairs, quickly pulling Ye Ren to run upstairs.

  "What's going on?" Ye Ren was suddenly pulled by Yang Bo and almost fell.

  "It's a long story."

  "In short."

  "Isn't tomorrow's match a tactical showdown? Guo Shengjie is setting up tactics, and as a result, Shi Nanfeng and Guo Shengjie are at odds again."

  Tomorrow, the new recruits will have a tactical confrontation as a test for everyone, which is also a prelude to the high-level group tactics training that will be carried out next.

  The opposing forces are new recruits and veteran troops in a simulated urban area, with both sides vying for control of the city.

  Ge Sainai's intention was to adopt a feint, set up an ambush, and use the tactics of encirclement to lure the old soldier team into the west side of the central square for annihilation. According to Ge Sainai's plan, all personnel took covert action, with one squad first hiding in a building on the west side of the central square, while the other two squads launched a feint attack from the south side of the central square, forcing the old soldier team into the building on the west side, and then annihilating them by pincer movement.

  Shi Nanfeng thinks that when fighting, it should be bayonet to bayonet and fist to fist, charging forward head-on for a showdown with the old soldier troops.

  Ye Ren and Yang Bo rushed to the dormitory entrance and found that all the new recruits were crowded in their own dormitories.

  "Foolish! Do you think all old soldiers are soft persimmons? If it's a hard collision, then why not just surrender directly?" Ge Shengjie said.

  "What are you talking about? You're a stupid idiot, if you dare say that again!"

  "I'm telling you that you're stupid! This is purely Cold War thinking, it's the tactics of 'left' leaning adventurism, blind command!"

  "It seems we need to figure out who's in charge here!" Shí Nán Fēng clenched his fist, making a "cracking" sound.

  "Shan Feng! What are you doing?!" Ye Ren pushed through the crowd and walked in.

  "Beat him! This kid is asking for it today, I must teach him a lesson."

  "Nonsense! He's the captain!"

  "What's with the captain? I'm going to compete with the captain today."

  "Come on, come on, I'm not afraid of you, I'm Sunzi!" Ge Shengjie also shouted loudly.

  "Captain, captain, don't bother with him."

  Ye Ren had no choice but to turn around and persuade Ge Shengjie.

  "Don't pretend to be a good person all the time, I'm telling you, I'm the captain, don't give me any lip service, or else I'll beat you up along with him." Ge Shengjie shouted, pointing at Ye Ren's nose.

  Ye Ren took a step back, but the fire in his heart had already flared up.

  "Alright, it seems like you guys are determined to fight today, huh?" Ye Ren put down his sniper rifle and started taking off his tactical vest. "Come on, if you want to fight, first take me down."

  Shi Nanfeng looked at Ye Ren, who was ready to fight, but didn't make a move.

  Ge Shengjie swung his fist at Ye Ren.

  How could Ye Ren lose to him? With a light flash, he dodged the sharp edge of Ge Shengjie's attack, but his center of gravity remained stable and unmoving.

  Ge Sajie gave Ye Ren a swing, and the whole person was sent forward. He was caught by Ye Ren, who took the opportunity to trip him up with his lower body, and he fell heavily to the ground.

  Ye Ren did not continue his attack, but instead retreated to one side.

  Ge Sainai was furious and resentful, scrambling up from the ground and pouncing towards Ye Ren.

  Ye Ren's kung fu was not practiced in vain, the Ye family's kung fu was originally a combat type, it didn't emphasize relying on brute strength to engage in close combat, but rather avoided the enemy's sharp edges and used clever force to attack.

  So Ge Shengjie was knocked down by Ye Ren with a heavy punch, how could he be proud? Ye Ren once again knocked Ge Shengjie to the ground as he rushed up.

  After being knocked down several times by Gao Jianzhi, Gao Jianzhi finally lost his temper and couldn't get up.

  "Alright, calm down?" Ye Ren handed a military jacket to Ge Shengjie, who was lying on the ground covered in sweat, and had him put it on. "Tomorrow we'll act according to your plan, you're the captain, you have the right to give orders."

  Others saw Ye Ren taking Ge Shengjie for a walk like a dog and naturally didn't dare to say more, each dispersing on their own.

  Ge Sanjie also took a tumble, wearing camouflage clothes, and got up from the ground with a humph.

  Things have come to a temporary end.

  "Why don't you care?" Feng Lei said to Lei Bao.

  Feng Lei and Lei Bao were in the building across from them, watching everything clearly with binoculars.

  "This is a hurdle they must go through, let them be."

  "Do you think we can win tomorrow's match?"

  "I have to win, otherwise I'll lose big time." Lei Bao said with a smile.

  "How old is he?"

  A meal.

  "It's just one meal."

  "Or would you like to add something?"

  "Add on if you must, I have absolute confidence in my troops."

  "Huh? When did I become your subordinate?" Lei Bao was extremely dissatisfied with Feng Lei's blatant and shameless behavior of undermining him.

  "Do you think you can keep them?" Feng Lei said.

  "I'm just an officer, what right do I have to keep them."

  "I'm saying we can't keep them from leaving."

  "How can you be sure?"

  "A soldier so young and talented, it's clear that he wasn't prepared for us, what kind of power would it take to let him enlist?"

  "Even if they just come to go through the motions, we must give them a good tempering fire and forge them into the sharpest tip of the Republic's most cutting dagger."

  ……

  "Does everyone have confidence in tomorrow's battle?"

  "It's just a bunch of rookie soldiers, nothing to be afraid of."

  "Inspect your gear, get ready to depart! Try to finish work early tomorrow and come back for lunch. The battle is won, tomorrow we'll have a big feast of Leopards (a type of Chinese dish), bring out the fighting spirit, did you hear me?"

  "Yes!"

  "Get on! Hurry up!"

  Taking advantage of the dark and windy night, a team of fully armed marine corps soldiers left the camp by car and entered tomorrow's exercise area.