Chapter 58: This is how steel is forged

  Zi Yunfei gazed at his watch with a burning intensity, it was already 4 o'clock in the morning. He turned his head to look towards Zhan Peng's position on the mountain slope, Zhan Peng stood as still as a sculpture, not showing any signs of anxiety.

  The infiltration team encountered some trouble when entering the main gate, Chu Heng took out a multi-tool to measure and found that the iron wire mesh was electrified and equipped with an alarm device. Chu Heng used a copper wire with alligator clips at both ends to connect the place to be cut first, shielding the alarm. There were no pliers, but the handle of the combat knife was insulated, and it could be used in conjunction with the scabbard to cut the iron wire. The two people crawled into the camp from the cut opening and began to lay explosives. Qi Yunfei and Ding Lichen immediately arrived at the designated location to prepare for the reception.

  The atmosphere in the camp was gloomy, with explosives buried under all the tents. Chu Heng slowly crawled towards his target position, preparing to cut off the target's head as proof of completing the mission. Xiao Lui suddenly grabbed him and whispered in his ear: "Don't make things worse, we got in too easily, be careful there might be a trap!"

  Chu Heng looked around nervously and asked in a low voice, "What should we do?"

  "With so much explosives, are you afraid that the target won't be killed in the blast? Retreat!" The two people slowly backed away and crawled into the shadow of the tent, crawling towards the gap in the barbed wire.

  Suddenly, a burst of light illuminated the sky as a flare was shot up, and the infiltration team was completely exposed in the light. "Exposed! Quick hide!" Xiao Lei shouted lowly, and Chu Heng rolled to the back of a tent at the same time.

  The door curtain of a tent in front suddenly lifted, revealing a machine gun. The machine gun continuously spat out flames at the two people with "dada dada" sounds. The assault team immediately rushed to the camp entrance with their backs arched, and as soon as they reached the entrance, the assault rifles in their hands opened fire, ready to cover and pick up the infiltrating team to escape.

  Xiao Wei, hiding behind the tent, saw the arrival of reinforcements and shouted: "Smoke bomb!" He and Chu Heng simultaneously threw two smoke bombs into the center of the camp, taking advantage of the white smoke to cover themselves as they jumped up and sprinted towards the barbed wire fence.

  Three assault rifles formed a crossfire, and the instructors didn't know where they came from, suddenly appearing behind them, holding guns that blocked their way out.

  Can't get out! Xiao Wei pulled Chu Heng back into the tent and fired his gun desperately.

  "33, provide covering fire for the infiltration team's withdrawal."

  Yang Zhiyong's machine gun immediately swept the camp area, and three instructors rolled and jumped into cover. Two smoke-emitting hand grenades fell about five meters away from Xiao Wei and Chu Heng.

  Xiao Wei gave Chu Heng a hard push, and the two of them rolled desperately to the left, avoiding the grenade's lethal radius. Xiao Wei shouted: "Flashbang!" He threw out a flash-bang grenade with great force, and he and Chu Heng quickly lowered their heads, closed their eyes, and waited for the explosion to pass before immediately getting up and rushing frantically towards the camp entrance.

  "Rat-a-tat-tat" The instructor's machine gun was in a blind firing state, but it firmly sealed the camp gate. Pressing Xiao Lei and Chu Heng against the inside of the iron fence again, unable to move.

  If the machine gun isn't taken out, our comrades won't be able to escape. Zhanpeng moved the muzzle to find the position of the machine gunner, he pressed it tightly against the scope and pulled the trigger. "Bang" a gunshot sounded, a red smoke burst out from the tent, and the machine gun fell silent instantly.

  Xiao Wei seized the rare opportunity, grasped Chu Heng and pushed him towards the iron fence, saying: "Quickly, you go out first!" As he spoke, he turned his head and fired at the three instructors whose vision had already recovered.

  Qiyunfei and Dinglicheng, who had already moved to the outside of the barbed wire fence, simultaneously raised their guns and fired "rat-a-tat" at the camp, carrying out a suppressive fire.

  Just as Chu Heng was about to climb out of the barbed wire, Xiao Wei behind him was hit by a bullet, and yellow smoke burst from his head, which should be considered a serious injury. According to the exercise rules, he is no longer capable of escaping on his own, but can escape with the help of his comrades.

  Chu Heng immediately retreated, shouting "Nineteen, forty-two, cover me with firepower!"

  Xiao Wei also shouted loudly: "What are you coming back for? Get out of here!"

  "I won't!" Chu Heng retreated back to the camp, pinning Xiao Wei to the ground and shouting: "I'll cover you, meet outside gate 42."

  "I understand!" Ding Licheng shouted loudly and knelt in front of the big hole in the iron wire mesh, shouting: "No. 7, come out quickly!"

  Chu Heng had already turned around and fired at the approaching instructor, Qi Yunfei's gun shook continuously, spitting out flames, saying to Ding Lichen: "Quickly, pull out No. 7!"

  Ding Licheng stretched out his hand and pulled Xiao Wei, who had already climbed halfway out of the barbed wire fence, back in. Qi Yunfei shouted to him: "Carry him and retreat quickly, I'll cover No. 17!"

  "Be careful!" Ding Licheng slung his gun over his shoulder and crouched down to pick up Xiao Kuai, then ran towards the mountain.

  On the hillside, Yang Zhiyong's machine gun bullets were pouring down like water towards the camp. Zhang Peng held his breath and calmed himself, taking a deep breath, the scope had already locked onto the instructor closest to Chu Heng, "Tut-tut" he didn't have confidence in his heart, and pulled the trigger twice in succession, the instructor was "killed", laughing and throwing down the gun in his hand.

  Chu Heng took advantage of the gap, lowered his head and crawled out of the barbed wire under the cover of Qi Yunfei's firepower. The two men turned their heads to counterattack while fleeing.

  Zhan Peng watched as the two escaped to a safe area and shouted: "Detonate the explosives, retreat!"

  Chu Heng pressed the remote detonator, and the exercise bomb simulated an explosion. The two instructors who were about to chase out of the camp area shrugged their shoulders and stopped in their tracks.

  Six people gathered on the mountain slope and rushed all the way down.

  The way back was smooth, with no instructors chasing after them. However, according to the exercise rules, they had to take turns carrying "injured" Xiao Wei on their backs, which greatly affected their progress. Qi Yunfei, who thought they were moving too slowly, went ahead and cut some branches, tied them together with a rope to make a stretcher, and everyone lifted it up, with Xiao Wei lying comfortably on the stretcher, humming a tune as they made their way back.

  Zhan Peng's team was the first to return to the training camp, a whole day ahead of schedule. The cooking class made them porridge, as they couldn't eat too much after long-distance running practice to avoid gastrointestinal disorders.

  Xu Mingliang informed them to take a bath and rest, and to write down the gains and experiences of outdoor training in written form for archiving.

  The trainees slept soundly and woke up the next day, when other teams of trainees returned to the camp one after another. Most of them looked tired and gave people a feeling of defeat.

  The morning training was exempted. Ma Xiangdong came to inform all the trainees to prepare to go to the medical office for blood draw and check if they brought back any microorganisms from the jungle.

  This order was exactly what Ziyunfei had hoped for. Since returning to the training camp, he hadn't even had a chance to go see Fang Xiaotong yet.

  Fang Xiaotong's face was cold, Jin Huan and Chen Jianfeng were both in the training camp, she didn't dare to be too reckless, but from her tone to her expression, everything was icy. She sat in front of the instrument, bowing her head slowly detecting the blood sample that had just been drawn. Her actions made it clear that she had no time for him, and if he knew what was good for him, he'd better get lost quickly.

  However, she underestimated the thickness of Qi Yunfei's skin. He actually closed the door of the specimen room, swaggered all the way to her side, and leaned back on the armrest of her chair with a big smile.

  Fang Xiaotong jumped up from his chair, staring at the shameless guy with the most unfriendly eyes, and asked in a questioning tone: "This is a specimen room, what are you doing running in here? Get out!"

  Qī Yún Fēi maintained a smiling expression and said slowly: "I came to see you."

  Fang Xiaotong rolled her eyes, "But I don't want to see you, you can leave, this is a no-entry zone for outsiders." She glared at him, but found that he had no intention of leaving, only smiling foolishly at her, his butt stuck to the armrest of her chair like it was glued on. She finally couldn't bear the anger in her heart and shouted: "What do you want to do by sticking around here? I told you to get out, did you hear me?"

  "What do I want to do?" He crossed his arms, with a smile that said "you know what's on my mind", and slowly sized her up, leaning in close to her, saying excitedly: "That's a good question, there are so many things I'd like to do to you, which one do you want to hear about first?"

  Outside the room door, there were snickering and whispering sounds. Enraged Fang Xiaotong fiercely raised her palm and slapped it towards Qi Yunfei's face with all her might.

  However, her hand was caught in mid-air by Qi Yunfei. He stared at her chest heaving violently with anger and said innocently: "Dear, I'm just answering your question, why are you so excited? This is really not good for your health."

  Just then, Lin Ruolan's clear and pleasant voice rang out in the corridor: "What are you all gathered here for?" Immediately, a chaotic sound of footsteps erupted outside, and soon, the people who were eavesdropping outside ran away without exception.

  Fang Xiaotong was shocked, but Qi Yunfei had an expressionless face. She really wanted to kill Qi Yunfei and bury him in a hole, destroying all evidence! The sound of high heels hitting the floor slowly came from outside the specimen room door, and Lin Ruolan pushed open the door.

  Fang Xiaotong took a deep breath, suddenly shrinking by half, and cried out in her heart that Lin Ruolan had appeared at such an inopportune time, with her hand still holding onto Qi Yunfei's.

  Lin Ruo Lan's gaze paused on the two hands clasped together, then quickly shifted away. She felt a slight awkwardness and coughed lightly before asking: "I have a bit of a headache, I came to find the team doctor for some medicine, but after searching the entire infirmary, I couldn't find him. Do you know where he is?"

  "I...I..." Fang Xiaotong stuttered in response: "No...I didn't see. Probably...probably left."

  Qī Yún turned his head and asked Fāng Xiǎo Tóng with concern: "Are you okay?"

  Lin Ruo Lan smiled slightly and nodded: "Then I won't disturb you." She didn't want to get involved in this trouble, turned around and left.

  "Can't let her leave, she'll tell!" Fang Xiaotong suddenly had the idea of killing to silence her, so that Lin Ruolan wouldn't tell Chen Jianfeng about what she saw, or else everything would be over. But as soon as he thought of Jin Huan's icy and ruthless gaze full of murderous intent, this thought was scared away.

  She exerted all her strength to shake off Qi Yunfei's hand, ran a few steps quickly in the corridor, caught up with Lin Ruolan behind her, and called out: "Sister!" She said in a pleading voice: "You misunderstood, please, don't tell him about this."

  Lin Ruo Lan got off the bus, turned around and smiled slightly, saying in a low voice: "Don't worry, I didn't see anything."