Chapter 62 Crossing the River (Part 1)

  Before he could relax, Xiao Lie felt something pattering against his body. He looked up to see a dark sky, with hailstones the size of eggs falling from above. This was the first time he had seen hail in his life, but he immediately thought of news reports about how hail could destroy houses and kill people. If an egg-sized hailstone were to hit him on the head, it would likely be fatal. Although he was wearing a bulletproof helmet, if countless hailstones the size of eggs were to hit his head, even if he didn't die, he would probably end up with a concussion. Thinking this, he quickly stood up and didn't dare run into the woods, who knew whether those T5s would flay him alive or not. So he ran in another direction instead.

  He saw two military vehicles at the foot of the mountain, and his first thought upon seeing them was to climb down. If he ran over now, it would be like delivering himself to their doorstep. Xiao Lie didn't know when this ice storm would end, nor did he know if there would be any more wind later on. If something unexpected happened, then he could be considered a non-combat casualty. Probably not even getting the title of martyr. However, he had no intention of surrendering either.

  At this time, the hail became denser and really big hailstones as large as eggs fell from the sky, hitting Xiao Lie's body all at once, just like being hit by stones. This time, Xiao Lie didn't hesitate to rush towards the car, of course, he rushed towards the back of the car.

  He Shaokun stared intently at the screen in front of him, twenty minutes ago, the sudden change in weather made it impossible for satellites and drones to detect the situation on the battlefield. At the same time, he received a message that Xiao Lie had actually calculated two T5s and took their equipment away. Although this was not his first time doing so, but this time he did it alone, which surprised He Shaokun. In some ways, his individual combat skills were not bad, and his mind was meticulous. If He Shaokun remembered correctly, Xiao Lie had no chance to learn combat skills in the place where the company was destroyed, everything he knew was learned from the battlefield.

  Perhaps Xiao Lie didn't know that at the end of the exercise, during the summary meeting of the military region, the red commander Ouyang Yuanye said in person: "If this exercise hadn't had a small episode, then the blue side's beheading operation would have been very successful. Although the red side's forces were far greater than those of the blue side, the blue side effectively attacked the red army with information warfare and high-precision small-scale raids. This indirectly proves that under conditions of high-quality information and equipment, small-scale troops are not only more flexible than large ones, but also not easy to eliminate. And in the end, the red army won, mainly because of a butterfly effect caused by one soldier."

  Who is this warrior? The commanders of both sides who have been through the exercise know that his name is Xiao Lie, and surprisingly, this soldier comes from the logistics department. His combat skills are not even comparable to those of an ordinary foot soldier in a field army. However, Ouyang Yuanye said the truth: "Yes, his combat skills are indeed not as good as some ordinary soldiers, but he is a true self-learning soldier. Such a soldier may not have too many combat skills, but he can learn in various environments and quickly apply what he has learned. This is where he differs from others."

  Self-learning warriors were first proposed at the military district working conference, which means that a warrior can learn and practice through his own vision and thinking, and slowly evolve his combat skills on the battlefield. This is like putting a new recruit who has never fired a gun on the battlefield, but he can quickly adapt to the environment, learn to shoot and kill, survive, and finally become a combat encyclopedia when the battle ends. Of course, not every soldier can do this, just like in a class, it's impossible for everyone to have good grades, most students are average, but there will always be one or two top students who excel in learning and understanding. Many times we say that everyone is equal, but not everyone's ability is equal, there will always be a small number of people we call geniuses.

  "Self-taught warrior, haha." He Shaokun thought of this term that had just been mentioned, and he couldn't help but admit that Xiao Lie indeed had such a talent. It was precisely because of this talent that he hadn't let him sink in the destruction of the link. This was someone who became stronger when faced with strong opponents. Although he didn't belong to the type of person who would leave a deep impression at first sight, he was indeed an invaluable talent. Just like this selection, he had never received any form of wilderness training before, but the difficulty imposed on him now was five times that of other selected team members.

  This self-taught soldier was like a small boat crossing the river, facing the risk of being killed at every step.

  Bai Dongnan looked up at the sun in the sky, twenty minutes ago, he thought he was going to be smashed to death by those hailstones, but the hail weather usually comes and goes quickly, just like summer thunderstorms. When the dark clouds in the sky dispersed, the sunlight poured down on the earth again, and everyone felt that this warm sunlight shining on their bodies was extremely comfortable, the previous cold wind had frozen everyone to the point of misery.

  "Deploy the drone for a full terrain scan. I don't think he'll get far," said Pei Dongnan. "Let's head back to Safety Island."

  Shortly after receiving Pei Dongnan's command, two drones arrived in the sky above the place just now.

  "What are they doing?" Wang Dong asked Yuan Muo from the passenger seat of the assault vehicle.

  "I just heard that two people from our squad were taken down by a rookie, and then they encountered wind and hail. I guess they're waiting for reconnaissance news now." Yuǎn Chéng said from the passenger seat.

  "Haha, is that so? One team has always been very powerful, how can they suffer such a big loss? Now there's something to talk about." The monk in the back seat laughed and said, his expression as if he had just made one team so embarrassed.

  "Ah, can't say that, if T5's people let the newbies get wiped out, we'll lose face too, how about this affects our reputation? Do you want us to go over and help?" Ji Dong said.

  "Let's take a look back, it's been a long time since we played Little White Gourd, our DC is almost gone." Tank also chimed in.

  "What's going on?" asked Yuan Cheng from a distance to Pei Dongnan who was sitting in the car.

  "In search of a small bird, he just hung our two men." Pei Dongnan was surprised to see DC suddenly appear on the hunting scene. T5 is an elite team within the special forces, but the DC squad is the strategic vanguard of T5, and it's unexpected that the DC squad, which usually stays in the killing house, would also appear on the hunting ground. Although his own man was hung by a new recruit, it's a bit embarrassing to say it out loud, but trying to cover it up in front of his own men is meaningless.

  "Oh." He took a distant glance at the two somewhat dejected team members in the back of the car and immediately knew who had just been hung up.

  "How far did that little bird fly? He'll find his way. By the way, where did he come from?" Long Cheng asked curiously, and at the time of their selection, they didn't make such a big fuss either.

  "A Shi, Xiao Lie." Pei Dongnan said.

  "Xiao Lie, so familiar." Wang Dong muttered to himself.

  "Wasn't it Xiao Lie, the one who beheaded the Blue Army commander during the last military exercise in the army region?" the monk asked.

  "Uh-huh, it's him." Pei Dongnan nodded: "Before that, he had already taken out a whole squad of scouts."

  "Looks like a dishonest little bird, interesting, I'd like to see who it is?" Ji Dong said, and then waved goodbye and left.

  (Note: Machine Gun, Monk, Wang Dong, Tank, and Long Range are from another military novel "Quan He Jin Bing Zhong")

  After an hour, the hunters had a feeling that Xiao Lie seemed to have disappeared. Three drones searched a radius of twenty kilometers but couldn't find him. This made the hunting team even more curious, and most people couldn't help but focus their attention on him, which inadvertently reduced the pressure on other selected team members.

  Two hours have passed and still no news of him has been found.

  Three hours have passed and there is still no news from him.

  Four hours have passed and five search teams still haven't found any news of him.

  Is he gone? But everyone didn't think so, because they were the best scouts, reconnaissance and counter-reconnaissance were their specialties, now that Xiao Lie hadn't been found, it could only mean that the kid was hiding extremely well.

  "This little guy is getting more and more interesting, he's actually making it impossible for us to find him. But at night, it's a different story, the temperature in the mountains drops sharply, and the human body's heat signature becomes much higher than the surrounding temperature. If we use high-powered thermal imaging equipment to observe this area, our chances of finding him will be greatly increased. Although he has weapons on him, he doesn't have any anti-infrared equipment." Pei Dongnan said, gazing up at the starry sky.

  Pei Dongnan carefully recalled the events of the day. Xiao Lie ambushed two T5s, and he needed their weapons. Later, he designed a fake target, which everyone thought was meant to attract the attention of the search party and set up an ambush to eliminate the enemy's forces. However, the fake target did not cause any harm to the search party. This was what puzzled Pei Dongnan - if it were him, he would have definitely set up an ambush near the fake target. Suddenly, he realized that it wasn't that they didn't set one up, but rather that they had run out of time. Perhaps at that point, they weren't far from Xiao Lie, and what Xiao Lie needed was a fake target to distract the enemy, allowing him to gain more time to escape.

  But the biggest question is where did Xiao Lie go?

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