Chapter Ten: The War Team's Initial Display of Power

  Wang Jizhen observed the outside situation through the sniper rifle's scope, while Xie Xiaoshuai and others hid under cover, waiting for Wang Jizhen's signal.

  "Be careful, something's up. Those old guys have all dispersed and seem to be divided into three groups. It looks like they're planning to take us out in one go." Wang Jizhen's face, covered in camouflage paint, was visibly sweating, looking somewhat tense as he faced the approaching veteran team members.

  "Continue to observe their movements, do not open fire. These old guys are cunning, one shot can only take out one of them, which will only cause them to disperse and hide, making it difficult to deal with." Xie Xiaoshuai gave the order decisively.

  "These old guys really think highly of our team! Two people went to deal with Team B, two people went to deal with Team C, and we have four old guys dealing with Team A." Wang Jizhen continued to report on the movements of the old team members.

  "Alright, now that we've got the situation figured out, let's assign tasks. I'll be with Chen Hongjun, Yin Zhilin, Gong Mao, and Li Gang in one group, our task is to lure them into our traps and minefields. Wang Jizhen, you take Zhang Jialin and try to get to a high position, find a good sniping spot and lie in wait. Once I make my move, you'll provide cover fire for those trying to escape the encirclement. Zhang Jialin will be on lookout, don't let anyone sneak up from behind. The rest of you, go into hiding and wait for our signal to start fighting, then you can pick off any stragglers. Got it?" Xie Xiaoshuai gave out orders one after another in a calm and collected manner.

  "Understood!" Everyone responded in a low voice.

  "Alright, brothers, everyone be extremely careful. These old guys are not easy to deal with and we've all come this far, so we can't afford any failure. You all know the consequences of failure, so I hope that every single one of us can get through today's ordeal." Xie Xiao-shuai began his pre-battle pep talk.

  "Kill those old guys." Everyone responded in unison, it seems that the hatred towards Instructor Lei Wei and his team is not small.

  "Alright, let's get down to business then. Wang Jizhen, report on the target's movements."

  "The old guys have all dispersed and are closing in on us in a fan shape. They're about 600 meters away from us." Wang Jizhen reported.

  "It seems to be a bit tricky, these old guys are so scattered, then they must have someone who won't fall into our traps and minefields. Moreover, whether the traps and minefields we set up are useful for them is still uncertain." Xie Xiaoshuai's expression also became serious.

  "Not good, these old guys have lost their tracks." Wang Jizhen's business was slightly flustered.

  "Don't panic, the situation has changed, we need to redeploy. This way, the groups remain unchanged, but the division of labor changes. Our three teams will each take care of one old guy, they all have single-soldier equipment, if they can't call each other, they'll discover the problem. And the remaining one who finds out something is wrong will definitely hide and escape, at that time we'll concentrate all our strength to deal with the remaining one." Xie Xiaoshuai quickly adjusted his tactics.

  "I understand." So everyone answered in a low voice.

  "Brothers, wish you good luck. Let's go..." Xie Xiaoshuai said and took the lead in rushing out.

  Other small groups also followed Xie Xiao-shuai's orders and quickly snuck to the designated location, waiting for an opportunity to give the old guys a good beating.

  Xie Xiaoshuai was right, the traps and minefields he set up with great effort did not work at all, and were all cleared by those experienced old guys.

  Xie Xiaoshuai dispersed his men to ambush, waiting for the old guys to enter the ambush circle. At this time, the sound of gunfire started in the areas where the second and third teams were located, initially very dense, later becoming more sporadic, until finally falling silent.

  When the gunfire on that side ended, the four old guys in the ambush team also entered the ambush. Xie Xiaoshuai raised his hand and fired a shot, and a yellow smoke burst out of the helmet of the old squad member opposite him. At this moment, the quality of the special forces personnel was revealed. When Xie Xiaoshuai's gunshot sounded, the other two ambush teams hadn't had time to react before they immediately lost track of their target.

  When Xie Xiaoshuai didn't hear the gunfire from the other two groups, he knew that something had changed. He immediately led his men in another direction and quickly advanced to gather the troops.

  Those who can enter the special warfare team are not simple roles, and the special warfare team members who have been trained by the special warfare battalion are even more terrifying. When they found the other four-person group, two of them were already sitting on the ground with their heads hung low, and they had been quietly taken out by the old man who counterattacked.

  Xiao Shuai's brain was racing to think of the next move, as the current situation had already spiraled out of his control. As the team captain, he must come up with a countermeasure.

  "No choice, they're going to launch a guerrilla attack on us. For us rookies with no combat experience, those old guys aren't hard to deal with, so now we can only gather together and meet up with Wang Jizhen's group, then engage in a fierce battle." In less than a minute, Xie Xiaoshuai came up with a countermeasure plan.

  The monitoring room, Lei Wei looked at the screen and was quite satisfied with Xie Xiaoshuai's performance. "This kid has not let me down, so I didn't waste my effort putting him in that position."

  Xie Xiaoshuai led a team of people to take turns covering and rendezvousing with Wang Jizhen, discussing the details of their next action. Zhang Jialin continued to be on high alert.

  "Brothers, those old guys have all hidden themselves away. Based on my experience, they like to play tricks one by one, so we'll do the opposite and not split up into groups. We'll gather together as a whole and go at them head-on." Xie Xiaoshuai laid out the plan of action.

  The team members had no objection, and they also thought it was a more feasible method. After everyone unanimously passed, Xie Xiaoshuai took the team to play cat and mouse with the old team members.

  After a day and night of pursuit, the team finally shot down all three old team members without any damage to their own side, it can be said that they won a complete victory.

  When they returned to the camp, there were only twenty contestants left. In the new and old confrontation action, eight more people were eliminated.

  "Debriefing. This time, you've completed the subject very well, which is unprecedented. You've actually exchanged eight veteran special forces members' deaths for a one-to-one price, not bad at all. Congratulations, you've passed this phase of assessment. Take a two-day break and wait for orders to disband." Lei Wei said with a dark face.

  And the old guys next to them all thought it was a loss of face, and unexpectedly capsized in a ditch, a special warfare team was actually annihilated by a group of rookies, too embarrassing.

  "Raid team, assemble here." Lei Wei still had a dark face.

  "You're all not bad, huh? A group of rookies and you've been wiped out? It's really giving us old guys a boost. From today on, increase the training volume by half. I think you've been living too comfortably for some time now, need to loosen up your muscles." Each of the veteran team members was trained by Lei Wei, all with their heads hung low.

  The candidates cheered and returned to their dormitories. Xie Xiaoshuai went back to his dormitory and lay down on the bed, fast asleep.