Chapter 61: Wandering Through the Thicket (Part 1)

  More than half a month of special training has tortured us three until we are crying out in anguish.

  On the 20th day of training, we 12 new recruits arrived at a strange big mountain by military vehicle.

  After we 12 members got off and lined up, the reconnaissance platoon leader announced this training subject to us.

  "Brothers, this time our training subject is called Wandering Forest."

  When the instructor announced this subject, all 12 of us looked at each other in dismay because we had never heard of "Wilderness Survival" before and had never been trained for it.

  At this time, the reconnaissance team leader continued to tell us: "This time, you will be dropped in the jungle mountains for 72 hours. All equipment on your body will be handed over, and only a dagger, two catties of rice, a canteen of water, a trenching tool, and a field ignition device will be distributed to each of you."

  We were all quite surprised after hearing it.

  "You will have to rely on yourselves for survival in the wilderness of the mountainous jungle, these 20 days, I and the three squad leaders have basically taught you all the skills for wild survival. Whether or not you can survive for three days and three nights in this vast mountain is up to you. Of course, if there are those who cannot hold on, they can fire the signal gun distributed to them, someone will receive them, but this also means that this person has no chance of becoming a scout."

  After a while, Class Leader Zhao Zhi Jie opened one of the small backpacks and pulled out a piece of paper with this task written on it. He smiled at us and said: "When you enter the backpack, you can take out the small note inside the backpack, which will have the tasks assigned to you for this trip into the wilderness."

  After the introduction of the reconnaissance team leader, the class leaders began to distribute equipment to us.

  We handed over all our weapons and equipment as well as our backpacks uniformly.

  After receiving our new equipment, we 12 people entered the mountain forest in batches.

  We 12 people went in different directions, and when we met with some of them in the mountains, we could form a team to complete this task.

  This task seems simple, but it's actually not easy at all. In the mountains, we have to rely on ourselves to solve the problem of food and clothing, as well as find a place to sleep.

  But the two catties of rice distributed to us made us a bit entangled, saying that we should cook and eat it, but there was no pot or anything. At least they should have given us a combat ration box.

  For a moment we all had some doubts whether it was necessary for us to be given two catties of rice.

  I was the 7th one to enter the mountain.

  Hu Xinyin and Zhang Yu have already entered the mountain from another direction ahead of me.

  As soon as we entered the mountain, I planned to go in first. Hu Xingwei and Zhang Yu had discussed it with me beforehand. As soon as we entered the mountain, we would head into the dense forest, preferably leaving a mark so that the three of us could meet up inside and also have each other's backs.

  I walked deeper while leaving marks on the tree stumps I passed by with the dagger in my hand, so that fellow soldiers passing by could discover them.

  Three days, 72 hours, long if you say it's long, short if you say it's short.

  Unconsciously I have been walking for almost an hour.

  At this time I also found out that this mountain is very big.

  It's a bit difficult to meet with fellow soldiers

  Unconsciously, the sky had gradually darkened.

  I need to find a place to spend tonight's long night.

  What we were taught by Pai Long before is what should be noticed when surviving in the wild.

  The first day I didn't plan on thinking about solving warmth and hunger, currently it's necessary to find a place to spend the night.

  When I walked into a patch of weeds, I felt that the humidity here would be better than other places.

  Nearby, I picked up some dry firewood and opened my small backpack. I took out the portable lighter from the backpack.

  I lit a pile of dry firewood in front of me and leaned against the bonfire to meditate.

  I couldn't sleep too soundly.

  When I entered the mountain forest, a note on my backpack told me that this time I would have to find three trainer hand grenades hidden in the mountains and mark their locations, while we were constantly at risk of being raided by our instructors.

  Once all the equipment on us was quietly taken away by the class leaders while we were asleep, at the end of the task, if a few pieces were stolen, we would have to add several stimulating training sessions.

  This mission is not just simple wilderness survival.

  Once I lit the dry firewood, I knew that the class monitor would take care of me tonight.

  And I also guessed that the class leaders would definitely make their move at our most tired time, however, people are most tired between 1am to 3am.

  So I chose to cultivate my spirit early on, and by 1 am, I didn't sleep. Only by staying awake could I not let the class leaders get their way.

  Before I knew it, I had dozed off until 1 o'clock in the morning.

  I took a glance at the electronic watch on my wrist and turned on the night vision flashlight fixed on my helmet, then I set off again.

  To be honest, the first time I walked in this mountain at night, I was still a little scared.

  Especially when the cold wind blows through the branches of the trees beside me, it makes a rustling sound that sends shivers down my spine.

  The mountain contains 36 practice hand grenades, each packed in an ammunition box.

  Only by finding the green ammunition box can you find the coach grenade.

  As I walked along, suddenly, a rustling sound came from the thicket beside me.

  I stopped in my tracks.

  I gripped the entrenching shovel tightly in my hand, and if anyone launched a sneak attack, I didn't care if he was the squad leader or not, I'd beat him up first before talking.

  I turned off the flashlight on my helmet and stared intently at the movement in the thicket.

  Suddenly.

  A black figure darted out of the thicket.

  It's very fast.

  That black shadow rushed straight at me.

  "Go die."

  I let out a loud shout and with the shovel in my hand I heavily slapped the black shadow's head just as it was about to stick onto me.

  Hearing my shout, the black shadow that pounced on me was first stunned, and then heavily smashed by the engineer's pickaxe in my hand.

  "Clang."

  The sound of a pickaxe striking against a steel helmet.

  That black shadow first let out a mournful cry, then painfully cursed at me: "Damn it, Xiao Bin, why did you use so much force, I'm Old Hu."

  "Who's Hu San Dao?" I exclaimed in surprise at the black-clad figure kneeling before me with his head in his hands.

  Hu Xingwei took off his helmet and rubbed his head with his hand, shouting at me in a wronged tone: "You little brat, your hands are too heavy!"

  I'm somewhat excited, I finally met a comrade-in-arms.

  I rushed forward, laughing and hugging Hu Xingyue's shoulder: "Haha, don't blame me, I thought it was a sneak attack by the class leader. Come on, let me see if your brain is damaged."

  Hu Xingwei pushed me and scolded me in a bad temper: "Get out of here."

  We didn't realize until we sat down in the grass.

  It turned out that Hu Xingwei also mistakenly thought I was going to sneak up on our class monitor.

  So they would crawl on the ground and pounce on me like a hungry wolf when they got close to me.

  I burst out laughing after hearing it.

  This guy is thinking of striking first.