Chapter Ten

  "Hey, is this the group that went up last time?" I'm now sitting on the train, with Shan Xiong beside me. He's already asleep from the shaking of the train. But I still have many questions, and can only wake him up to ask for his help in resolving my doubts.

  "What's wrong? You think it's bad?" The mountain bear, woken up by itself, opened its blurry eyes and looked around the carriage before asking me.

  "I really don't know what's stuffed in this bear brain of yours, is it tofu?!" Looking at the mountain bear wanting to sleep again, he hurriedly used one hand to pull up his huge bear head, letting him take another careful look around.

  As the mountain bear's gaze swept past, it was clear at a glance who were new recruits and who were old soldiers. The old soldiers were either sleeping or playing poker with a few people around them, as if they were not going to the front line but on an outing. The new recruits were all very tense, a few people gathered together whispering about something, or with a look of tension on their faces, or with a fervent and enthusiastic expression. "We must drive those trash back into the sea!!"

  The bear's head hadn't even come down yet when a loud roar echoed in our ears, with a hoarse and strained feeling. However, his voice seemed to be very much to the liking of those hot-blooded guys, who cheered in agreement, and then another sentence came: "Tell them to swim back!" This time it was the bear who shouted it out, this guy, nothing else, but stirring up emotions is still okay.

  "Pull him down, look at his puzzled eyes. 'I'm telling you, idiot, it's right to shout like this, but have you thought about it? These are new recruits with no experience whatsoever. If you don't teach them here, a few more of them will be able to get on the return train. Don't interrupt me, I know what you're trying to say, that we shouldn't dampen their morale. But you should also know that if these inexperienced recruits go onto the battlefield like this, they'll definitely be the first to charge forward and when they fall, they won't even be able to retreat in time. If what I'm saying is right, then stand up and loudly tell them about your experience.'"

  The mountain bear lowered its head and thought for a moment, then stood up "Shut up, all of you! Listen to me for a few words!!!" The surroundings quickly fell silent, with all eyes fixed on the mountain bear, as if they were looking at it with some embarrassment. For a long time, no one spoke.

  "I'm sure you all want to go into battle, so let's have our ace sniper, Hayabusa, tell us about his experiences on the battlefield. At the same time, you new recruits can learn from him how to better protect yourselves. Only by protecting yourselves can you more effectively take out the enemy." Ugh, this guy has pushed me out here, and looking at him smirking at himself, I just know that retribution is coming a bit too quickly.

  Seeing the inescapable self, casually threw the half-assembled sniper rifle to the mountain bear. "I believe many of you know me, and many don't. What I want to tell you is simple: take good care of your weapons, because on the battlefield, there are only two things you can rely on - one is the weapon in your hand, and the other is your comrades. A well-maintained gun can make you more accurate and faster in hitting enemies, and won't jam. Your comrades are your greatest help and reliance. In modern warfare, there's no such thing as a lone hero; only by coordinating with those around you can you effectively take down enemies." With that, I sat down amidst applause, took the half-assembled sniper rifle from the mountain bear's arms, and threw it back to him with a glance that said "You'll throw it at me, but I won't throw it at others".

  "I didn't expect that you, a cold-blooded kid, would be so sentimental and considerate of newcomers. Kid, not bad! " Mountain Bear's large hand patted his own shoulder, ouch, can't you do it more gently?

  At this time, the gun in his hand had been assembled. "Do you know why I called you up?" He asked San Xiong a question before closing his eyes, hugging the gun in his arms.

  "Isn't it supposed to introduce experience to these new recruits?" With his eyes closed, he could tell that Shan Xiong was puzzled and turning his big head around.

  "Because you were snoring, disturbing me to install the wrong parts three times in a row, I woke you up. Okay, now that you're also awake, it's my turn... I'll sleep for a while. No matter what happens to the mountain bear, what I know now is - rest. Because there's already a fight ahead, we need to be in top spirits to face what's coming."

  "Good job, young man, keep it up!" With bleary eyes, I followed the mountain bear off the train and immediately saw him patting a guy with a soot-blackened face on the shoulder. The insignia on his arm indicated that he was a medic. However, my nose picked up a whiff of fragrance drifting over, and following the scent, it seemed to be coming from the medic's direction.

  Shaking his head, he didn't tell the mountain bear guy about his discovery and walked to the gathering point on his own. He sat down, closed his eyes, and first adjusted his low blood pressure. "You damn idiot, I'm a girl..." Just as he closed his eyes, he heard a furious roar from not far away, 'That fool can't even tell male from female...'

  "You're the peregrine? I don't think so. You don't look like it at all." As he opened his eyes to the sound, he saw a small woman standing in front of him, with several men who looked like bodyguards by her side.

  "Who are you? If you're bored, go find something to do elsewhere. This is a military base, please leave." Get out of my way, the smell on you is making me sick.

  "Big sister is asking you something, why aren't you answering?" A guy who looked like a bodyguard next to her tried to rush over, but was stopped by the woman stretching out her hand, let's call him Bodyguard A for now.

  "When the master doesn't speak, the dog is not allowed to bite people casually. Bodyguard A, be careful or you won't have bones to eat at night." The guy's face turned green with anger and he wanted to rush up, but was stopped by his master, who also didn't want him to speak out of turn without permission.

  "You're quite arrogant." The master said.

  "I'm not interested in reasoning with you, this is a military station, please leave."

  She casually pulled out the press card and introduction letter from her bag, flashed them in front of me for a moment, then put them away. "Now I can do it, right? I'm a journalist, I want to interview you, our 'Ace Sniper'." The last five words were said with great emphasis, all I knew was that her tone seemed to be one of disbelief, as if questioning me, or perhaps looking down on me with a condescending gaze, as if being interviewed by her was my honor.

  He refocused his wandering gaze on her, about 170cm in height, with fair skin, dark eyes, and a well-proportioned face. Her long hair was casually tied back. If he were a normal man, he shouldn't have refused her request, but unfortunately, since Ou Yang left, he had lost interest in everything.

  "Stop right there, stop him for me." Seeing me stand up and leave, she hurriedly called the bodyguard beside her to block me. The people around didn't come to stop them either, it seems that this girl's father or mother must have a lot of power.

  "Hey, miss is calling you. What's wrong with you, can't even show some respect?" Along with the detestable voice, a dirty hand landed on his shoulder.

  "Get your dirty hands off."

  "Your friend is not here, you can't beat them alone, come back obediently." The voice that followed was from the girl who was watching the excitement not far away.

  I didn't say another word, slamming the steel helmet in my hand onto the face of the guy in front of me. Grabbing the arm draped over my shoulder, I delivered an over-the-shoulder throw, tossing him onto the guy knocked to the ground by my helmet, letting them have a good hug. But there was no chance to stop the attacks from the other two guys beside me. As I was sent flying by the combined force of the remaining two, the angry roar of "Who dares to move my brother?" also came, this guy always appears at the most critical moment.

  I got up from the ground and, together with the rushing mountain bear, we joined forces to take care of the remaining two bodyguards. As we walked over to face the girl, she said, "You, what do you want to do? There are many people here, I'll shout for help. Or come to my place instead, protect me, and I'll give you three times the military salary." Tch...I thought she was someone else, but it turned out she was just a spoiled rich girl.

  Walked over, under her frightened gaze, lightly stretched out my hand to her chest - picked up her press pass "Gao Lan Xin, a pretty good name, but, paired with you, it's wasted." Dropped my words, ignoring the awkward her standing there, hooked onto Shan Xiong's shoulder, two people slowly walked towards the assembly point.

  "Damn... letting someone like you be a journalist is the greatest insult to the soldiers on the front line." Of course, Shan Xiong also had to express his anger before leaving.