Chapter 9: The Embryonic Form of the War Team

  Time has come, only twenty-eight people qualified, and nearly thirty people did not cross the finish line, they were ruthlessly eliminated, their hardships ended.

  At this time, Lei Wei no longer had the attitude of a vicious dog, and he solemnly saluted the eliminated people with a military salute. "Although you have been eliminated, it does not mean that you are weak, but only that you are not suitable for being special soldiers. You were all elites and backbones in your original units, go back and continue to shine, we are all children of the people, just different divisions."

  When Xie Xiaoshuai woke up, he had already returned to the dormitory and was lying on his own bed. Except for feeling a bit tired, there was nothing else unusual about him.

  Looking back on the events before he fainted, Xie Xiaoshuai couldn't help but laugh bitterly. It seemed that he was still a bit too confident in himself, originally thinking that he could easily pass the selection process, but in the end, he almost didn't even make it past the first round. At this point, he finally understood why the old man insisted on his own selection program and not just letting relationships get in the way. He was the best example of this, although he knew what the selection process was like, when he personally experienced it, it was a completely different story.

  At this time, Lei Wei walked in and saw that Xie Xiao Shuai had already woken up.

  "Brother, how are you feeling now? Is your body still uncomfortable?" Lei Wei immediately became cheerful and smiled.

  Seeing the smiling face of Lei Wei, Xie Xiao Shuai's anger that had been suppressed for several days suddenly flared up. "You damned rascal, how dare you show your face to me? Didn't you say you didn't know me? Weren't you very arrogant, Instructor Lei? Now what are you doing here with a flattering smile?"

  "Brother, I don't want to either! I'm also following the rules, I think you should understand me? You can't blame me, okay?" Lei Wei said in a low and depressed tone.

  "Spare me the lecture. You kick me into a ditch and then treat me with extra care, but you still have to give me an explanation, right? I really want to beat you to death." Xie Xiaoshuai brought up old grievances.

  "Got it, you little brat still holds a grudge. I had my reasons for doing that. You're the first person in our special forces recruitment history to parachute in mid-way, and you were personally sent by the battalion commander. People who don't know would think you're a nepotism soldier. If I didn't bully you a bit, it'd be hard to convince the others. Anyway, even if I didn't bully you, the other old team members would. But I have to say, bullying someone as arrogant as you feels pretty good." Lei Wei was still smiling.

  Xie Xiaoshuai kicked his leg, and Lei Wei easily dodged it. With a sarcastic tone, he said: "I dare to beat up a military officer? You're the one who's violating discipline."

  "Spare me the nonsense, if I hadn't let you off easy, you'd be picking your teeth up from the ground. So that colonel was the battalion commander, no wonder he's so impressive! It's been days since training started and he still lets me in." Xie Xiaoshuai finally found out the colonel's identity, but at the same time, he couldn't help but feel puzzled as to why the battalion commander would be so kind to him for no reason.

  "That's it, no one else has this energy except him. I didn't see you come during the opening training and was a little disappointed. As a result, I didn't expect that you would show up in this way. Haha."

  "I came here for no reason at all, and until just now I still didn't understand what was going on."

  "By the way, spare me some face in future training sessions, okay? You don't know, but two days ago I let out a loud roar and all the old team members heard it. Those bastards have been laughing at me for two days now." Just thinking about this made Lei Wei feel helpless.

  "Alright, you're a ruthless and impartial devil instructor. You can leave now, don't disturb my rest, or else others will see that you've been in here for so long without leaving and think that there's something improper going on between us." Xie Xiaoshuai continued to sleep soundly.

  Lei Wei smiled and shook his head, turning to walk out. His heart felt warm and fuzzy, Xie Xiao Shuai's last words reminding him that this was during training, he shouldn't let anyone know about their private relationship, or it would raise suspicions that he was going easy on them.

  After a few days of rest, Xie Xiao Shuai and his teammates were all spirited again, ready to accept the next stage of training.

  Next, Lei Wei divided them into two groups, and Xie Xiaoshuai was appointed as the leader of one group. For those old soldiers in their team, it was hard to accept that a private was made the captain, but they didn't dare question the instructor's decision. Because there was only one result for not obeying the instructor's orders: get out immediately.

  After coming down, Xie Xiaoshuai convened the first team meeting after taking office. Everyone made self-introductions to each other. Lei Wei privately introduced the personnel situation of the first team to Xie Xiaoshuai, especially emphasizing the following six people.

  Chen Hongjun: Second Lieutenant, Engineer Corps. Directly recruited officer, graduated from a prestigious university's chemistry department.

  Zhang Jialin: Junior officer rank, artillery reconnaissance soldier, familiar with various types of artillery and ground anti-tank weapons.

  Yin Zhilin: Trainee, electronic countermeasures team intern. Special recruitment officer, Tsinghua University computer science high-achiever, during his university days, the self-made firewall on his personal computer once blocked an attack by the strongest virus in internet history.

  Wang Jizhen: First-class soldier, a sniper in a certain reconnaissance company. Graduated from the shooting school, flying disc shooter, has won many championships in domestic competitions, and also achieved good results in international competitions.

  Gong Mao: Junior Lieutenant, flight pilot of the Army Aviation Regiment. Special recruitment officer, before joining the army was a civil aviation pilot, skilled in flying various small aircraft.

  Li Gang: Sergeant, tank armor division driver. Before joining the army, he was an extreme sports athlete and was skilled in driving various vehicles.

  After listening to these people's introductions, Xie Xiaoshuai felt as if he had caught a whiff of something, but didn't show any other expression. After all, the selection was still underway, and only after passing the selection would they know whether it was really that way or not.

  The second phase of training was relatively easier compared to Hell Week, as most of it consisted of regular training with occasional insertion of platoon-level special warfare tactics.

  During this period, Xie Xiaoshuai, with his super strong military quality, high shooting level and high command ability, slowly conquered a team of members, who gradually trusted him as the squad leader.

  After more than 20 days of training, the military quality of the contestants has been significantly improved, and the results are obvious.

  That morning, Rei gathered all the candidates together and announced the training subject: Old vs New. The old team members sent out a combat unit, while the trainees were divided into two groups to go up together. Those who were caught or hit by training bullets would be eliminated immediately.

  Xie Xiaoshuai thought to himself: It's coming. This indicated that the second stage of training was about to end.

  When all the team members had brought three days' worth of supplies, they were led by two team leaders into the designated combat area and lay in ambush, tensely waiting for the arrival of the old team members.

  After arriving at the designated area, Xiao Shuai performed his duties as a team leader and quickly assigned positions.