Chapter Six

  Time passed day by day, and everyone was already tormented to the point of being three-tenths human and seven-tenths ghost. The only thing that supported them was their unyielding willpower. If at first it was for participating in Estonia's International Special Forces Competition, now it was to prove themselves that they persisted.

  It's the seventh day, and nearly half of our personnel have been eliminated. Of course, the enemy's troops have also suffered more than half losses. This is not good news for those who are left behind. Because the troops that surround them will definitely deploy heavy forces at the final critical point to make a last-ditch effort.

  And now they were exhausted to the limit, coupled with the harassment of hunger. It was almost impossible to break out of the siege. Such cruel training was unprecedented in the entire Thunder Sword, even in all of China.

  The group led by Yuan Shuai still has six people left. One of them was on the fourth day, when everyone was starving like a photo, he accidentally entered the opponent's trap in order to find something for everyone to eat. His comrades thought of many ways but none succeeded, and finally he chose to be a coward so as not to implicate everyone. Because for members of Thunderbolt Sword, giving up means being a coward. Of course, he is a great coward.

  The final sprint is about to begin, and everyone is making their last preparations. They can already see the enemy's assembled heavy troops. They are hiding behind a small mound of earth.

  "Snipers, take a look at their troop deployment and firepower configuration." Yuan Shuai still had the same tone.

  The sniper looked around carefully and said.

  "We have a breakthrough of about 500 meters in front of us, with at least one battalion's worth of troops."

  "500 meters, a camp, that is to say, on average, there is one person per meter." This place was an open space, logically speaking, it was a difficult place to defend, but they only had 7 people, no heavy weapons, and a strong attack would be suicidal. Moreover, because it was an open space, there was no chance of surprise attack. Every person with some military knowledge understands this point. Yuan Shuai and his men certainly wouldn't be unaware of it either.

  "What to do?" the lieutenant asked somewhat anxiously. (After all, they had survived so many days and were now down to the final blow; everyone was anxious, but at this moment, the more anxious they became, the more likely they were to throw away their previous efforts.)

  Yuan Shuai thought for a moment and said, "We must calm down now and wait for the others to arrive before talking. If we rush up in groups one by one, it's like adding fuel to the fire, and dying is not worth it."

  The endpoint is just ahead, they can even hear the laughter in each other's military camps. What's most unbearable is that with their rumbling stomachs, they can always smell the aroma of roasted meat from the other side. They haven't had a cooked meal for several days now. To avoid being discovered, even when they catch some wild game, they can only eat it raw. Now suddenly smelling the aroma of roasted meat, their stomachs are staging a "revolution".

  "Damn it, wait a minute and rush up to point the gun at them and tell them not to move, hand over the barbecue or I'll kill you." Li said, swallowing his saliva.

  "Wow, the team has already prepared beer, roasted mutton and a whole table of big fish and meat for us." Yuan Shuai added, licking his cracked lips.

  "I miss my mom's braised pork belly, it smells so good."

  Everyone started discussing food with seven mouths and eight tongues. This is also a way to relax one's mood.

  About two hours later, other groups also arrived one after another.

  Apart from Jin Feng's team quitting, the other teams still had a few people left. After counting, there were 77 people remaining. Wang Yuan saw Jiang Hao and Long Jie, and they excitedly hugged each other, talking non-stop. Later, when they couldn't find Jin Feng, they felt somewhat sad.

  The temporary leaders of each group gathered together for a temporary meeting, discussing how to break through.

  "Now we have over 500 enemies in front of us, with circular fortifications and heavy machine guns. We only have 77 people. Think about what to do." Yuan Shuai and his men were the first to arrive, and they had already scouted out the terrain and firepower distribution. They all knew this.

  "The circular fortification can concentrate its forces to attack a point when the difference in military strength and firepower is not large, but now the military strength is 1:8. This tactic will definitely not work." The speaker was the second lieutenant of the Lightning Sword Battalion, with the rank of upper lieutenant, which is already deputy regimental level in ordinary troops.

  "I think it's possible to do it this way, the opening in front is about 500 meters wide, with cliffs on both sides. We can take cover behind the cliffs and launch a surprise attack. This way, not all of the enemy forces from both sides will be able to come and support each other. Moreover, because we're taking cover behind the cliffs, even though they have more people, they won't be able to deploy effectively. In this case, we can make use of our individual combat strengths and possibly gain an advantage."

  "If their troops were to attack us from behind, we would be in danger of total annihilation." Yang Zhongliang expressed his opposition.

  "Comrades, I think we can do this. Although our numbers are far inferior to theirs, our individual combat capabilities are much stronger than theirs. Especially with many excellent snipers among us, since we have no advantage in open terrain, why not hide in the woods and use our snipers to take out their commanders and machine gunners, or lure them into the woods to utilize our jungle warfare skills?" Yuan Shuai also expressed his opinion.

  "Well, I think this is still feasible, what do you think?" said Yang Zhongliang.

  "It's worth trying", most people agreed.

  The survival ability of snipers on the battlefield is the strongest, so there are still 18 out of a total of 20 snipers. Don't underestimate these 18 snipers, if each one eliminates 10 enemies, it's equivalent to eliminating a very impressive unit.

  The troops retreated back into the forest. The snipers each found a suitable location for sniping and hid themselves well. Everyone else formed combat teams and lay in ambush.

  The final battle has begun. The opposing officer and machine gunner fell one by one, but they still didn't know the specific location of their opponent, nor could they find a shadow of a person. They didn't dare to retreat recklessly because the rule of the exercise was that as long as the Thunder Sword crossed the exercise line, it would be considered a win. This was also their last line of defense. Once breached, they would lose, and this elite unit with excellent traditions would suffer great shame.

  "They could only fire aimlessly in the direction of the incoming bullets." But the commanders and machine gunners continued to fall.

  They couldn't take it anymore, being beaten there, so they started rushing over towards the forest.

  This happened to have fallen into Yuan Shuai's 'luring the enemy in' strategy.

  Ever since General Yuan had a contest with Lang Wang, he has been using this move with great flexibility.

  A distance of several hundred meters, all empty land, relying on the shooting skills of the Thunderbolt Sword members, their charge was like a live target, and they had not even reached half the distance when they were almost reduced by half. In addition to being hunted down by snipers, they had already lost two-thirds of their men, with less than 200 people left. When they charged into the forest, it would be almost over.

  As expected, once they entered the forest, their numerical advantage was basically gone, and in one-on-one combat, they were no match. The Lightning Sword only took out 12 people.

  This was almost a victorious battle.

  At the celebration party after the exercise, even the army commander who never praised people couldn't help but praise them.

  They are already real members of "Thunderbolt Sword". However, to participate in the world's special forces competition, they still need to undergo a hundred-to-one confrontation training.