Chapter 73 Wilderness Survival (Part 1)

  "Boss, one of our men stepped on an M18A1 anti-personnel mine," Lin Gen said.

  "Oh? What's the result?"

  "That guy was seriously injured on the spot, fortunately, that M18A1 anti-personnel mine was a secondary product, with not much explosive power, otherwise we would all have been done for." Lin Gensheng still has some lingering fear to this day.

  If it's like this and "implicate nine clans", really can't show face to Jiangdong parents.

  Zhang Hang's mouth curled up with a smile, patted Lin Gensheng's shoulder, and said lightly: "You don't have to congratulate yourself, because that's not a secondary product, it's a genuine M18A1 anti-personnel mine. This type of landmine is a directional anti-personnel mine produced by the American Rubber Company, also known as the Scottish Claymore or Cymore mine, containing 700 steel balls, with a lethal range of 60 degrees and a distance of 50 meters.

  Its initial model was M18, lighter than M18A1, with a glass fiber reinforced polystyrene plastic shell in a curved rectangular shape. Along the arc surface on one side of the plastic body is embedded steel balls, behind which are explosive charges. The rear of the mine has an observation hole for aiming, and both sides have * connections that can be detonated, or set to pull or tripwire detonation.

  Lin Gen Sheng patiently listened to Zhang Hang's explanation, then raised his doubts: "Boss, since you also acknowledge that it contains 700 steel balls inside, with a lethal range of 60 degrees and a distance of 50 meters. Since it is indeed an authentic M18A1, when it was detonated, our first squad should have been annihilated or at least suffered more than half casualties. How did the perpetrator only end up severely injured? Judging from the scene, at most only 50 steel balls were ejected from the landmine's interior. Apart from attributing it to poor landmine quality, I find it hard to come up with a second reason."

  "What if someone had tampered with it beforehand, or if it had been modified before that?" Zhang Hang smiled slyly: "Do you think that would explain what you just said?"

  Lin Gen's eyes lit up: "It's entirely possible. However, Big Brother, the Hunter School has a legitimate and unlimited quota for casualties, so it seems they have no reason to do so? Moreover, Number 1 has already said that someone died in the landmine during the previous special training, he shouldn't be lying to us."

  "Not bad, Number One won't cheat us. I think that should be an accident, who would know that his heart would be hit again when he landed? You guys think, landmines are what kind of thing, those are things that will send people back home if they're not careful. Those powerful landmines, one by one, string by string, once they explode, we'll be blown to bits and won't even be able to find our bones. The ultimate goal of the Hunter School is just training, it's not like they want our lives, so they should have some control over the explosive power of the landmines."

  "Boss, your words seem reasonable, but after all, it's just your speculation. I still don't quite believe it unless I see that M18A1 with my own eyes."

  "No need, I can prove that the boss's judgment was correct." Chu Zuo suddenly said: "At that time, I stepped on an OZM-72 anti-personnel jumping mine. There were also several IEDs made of oil cans next to it, so I asked the boss to come and help. According to the boss's judgment, this was a modified OZM-72 anti-personnel jumping mine, its effective lethal radius had been reduced from 25-30 meters to 5 meters. At that time, I was also suspicious, but when I disassembled it and took a look, what the boss said was indeed correct."

  "I give up."

  In the daily special training in the following days, I didn't see the soft-shelled turtle after all, and it should still be recuperating.

  "There are only two days left, if the soft-shelled turtle doesn't return to the team, it will be considered an automatic forfeit!" Chuai looked at the Japanese team: "Soft-shelled turtle, hurry back!"

  "Chu Li, haven't you seen that many people have left again? Soft-shelled crab, this kind of goods that is strong on the outside but weak on the inside will naturally be eliminated! It's better this way, it saves you from taking action." Ximen Ding said with a dry smile.

  "I took a look, and most of the ones who were eliminated are unknown guys. There aren't many special forces soldiers from those old-brand special forces teams left. Our pressure is still huge, we can't be careless!" Zhang Hang said.

  "Don't worry, boss. Tomorrow, as long as we pass the last test, we'll graduate smoothly. At that time, we can have a big fight with them, just thinking about it is exciting!" Chu Fen not only spoke quickly, but also said whatever came to her mind.

  "As long as everyone gets through safely, there's still time for you to have fun!"

  On the playground.

  "From today, you will have a five-day wilderness survival training. In the backpacks in front of you, there is all the equipment needed for this wilderness survival. The helicopter will take you to your designated locations, and then you must find the crocodile within five days according to the map markings and bring it back alive to me, only then can you be considered to have completed the task successfully. The teams and team members who complete the task successfully will enter the final competition for the highest honor of a soldier! Remember, when you can't hold on anymore, the signal flares in your backpacks will let my helicopter find you immediately. In the previous wilderness survival subject, there was a special forces team from a certain country that was very arrogant, but when we found them, only six people were left alive in one of their teams. Alright, got it? Board the plane!" The crocodile commander roared loudly.

  The thirty-three special forces picked up their backpacks from the ground and boarded six helicopters, which soon took off directly to their destination.

  "Hey boss, is this method of drawing lots to decide each team's fate fair or not?"; Chu Tu was a straightforward person who spoke his mind. Moreover, he was in a good mood today because he saw that the soft-shelled turtle had returned to the group.

  "Yes! I also think the crocodile's smile just now was very hypocritical! If they want to let that team go on that road, it would be too easy." He Lian Guang also had the same feeling.

  "Since we've come, then let's settle in! I don't believe there's a path in this world that we can't walk out of!" Zhang Hang was full of heroic spirit.

  "Not bad! The boss is right, even if that dead crocodile really wants to make things difficult for us, we're not afraid! Brothers unite, and their power can cut through metal! Let's go!"; Situ Jian stretched out a large hand, which was immediately stacked with the other nine large hands: "Let's go!"

  "Chinese team, your destination has arrived, prepare for low-altitude parachute jump!" The flight commander said.

  "These guys, it seems like nothing can stop them! I wonder if they'll be able to do it this time?" The commander muttered to himself as he watched Zhang Hang and the others' skilled movements.

  Zhang Hang and the others were not wrong, this time they "drew" a route that was indeed the longest, most tortuous and most difficult of all routes. They didn't know that Hunter School had an unspoken rule, this route was always assigned to the strongest team every time.

  "Older brother, what exactly is the thing called 'hé zi' in the alligator's mouth? Why did some people have such a big reaction when they heard those two words?" Chu Lei started asking again.

  Anyone who has heard of the word "豺蛭" will change color, it is a blood-sucking animal like our domestic locusts! Jin Hui glanced at Chu Lin and said: "If you want to know more details, go ask the boss!"

  "Hey! Jin Hui, don't look at me with that kind of gaze! I don't know what's so embarrassing about this, it's called not being ashamed to ask, even if you were in my shoes, Jin Hui, you might not have such magnanimity!"; Chu Lin was always someone who wouldn't take a loss on anything, even if it meant arguing over a trivial matter.

  "Big brother, you speak up!" Zhang Hang was someone that Chu Chen admired and respected deeply.

  The leech is a very ferocious aquatic leech, although it is only the size of a small thumb, but it is as greedy and insatiable as a wolf. Six or seven leeches can slowly suck all the blood from an adult bull.

  "Six or seven leeches, just six or seven can suck out the blood of a full-grown adult bull, is it really that terrifying?"

  Chu Lin's eyes widened in shock and asked: "According to this calculation, only three are enough to suck out a person's fresh blood!"

  "Not bad! And it's not just that, being sucked by it is simply worse than death. At first, the part where the leech sucks is a bit itchy, but gradually, this itch will spread throughout the body, and soon you'll feel unbearably itchy, no matter how hard you try to scratch. If you remove it from your body in time, you still have a chance! But if you let it continue sucking, this itch will penetrate into your bone marrow, and then it won't be solved by just scratching a few times. You'll feel an urge to cut off that part of your body with a knife. Next, until the end, you'll feel a kind of piercing pain, which is terrifying because it can't be stopped. It will spread throughout your body through your bone marrow and nerves. When this piercing pain covers your entire body, you'll become dizzy and confused, thinking only about how to get rid of this pain. You'll think of all sorts of ways to create other pains to distract yourself, even tearing off your own skin or cutting off your own fingers. In short, as long as it can alleviate the pain, you'll try everything, until finally, you'll think of death, only death will truly set you free! So when your blood hasn't been sucked dry yet, who knows, you might have already died from self-mutilation!"

  "How frightening!"

  "Of course, something that can make so many excellent special forces in the world change color, will it be a good thing?"

  "Damn crocodile wants us to catch this ghost thing!" Chu Sai cursed.

  I'm afraid it's not just these!

  "Oh, boss! What's up, is there another problem?"

  "I'll tell you when the time comes!" After finishing speaking, Zhang Hang turned his head towards Si Tu Jian who was examining the map: "Ah Jian, is the direction correct?"

  "Don't worry, big brother, with us two brothers here, we won't get lost. That's right, it's this way, let's keep moving forward."

  Steward Tsang, who was holding a compass on the side, spoke up first: "I really don't know if it's being petty or intentional, but using such an outdated compass is really making me waste my energy!"

  "From now on, everyone pay attention to the animals in the forest, and kill them all. It's not the rainy season, there is no rainwater, even the small streams on the ground have dried up. Water is our biggest enemy! We must drink animal blood to supplement the water in our bodies, otherwise we won't even reach our destination before we set off the dazzling fireworks in our backpacks!"

  "It's not our first time having a picnic in the woods, and now we can try some game meat. I wonder how the wild taste here compares to back home?" Chuai's thoughts had already drifted to another place: "Sweet wild pheasants, simple-minded but agile wild boars, and ferocious gray wolves, where are you? Come out quickly, the flowers I've been waiting for have all wilted!"

  "Haha, this rumor-monger!"