Chapter Thirty-Three: A Test of Skill (Three)

  The cauliflower snake turned around and walked away, then carried a backpack and got on a logistics support vehicle. A few minutes later, the woman who had just appeared in front of the hospital gate came down from the logistics support vehicle. As she twisted her waist to face everyone, many people swallowed their saliva secretly.

  Just a moment ago he was still a man, but in the blink of an eye, he transformed into a beautiful woman, and what's more, a top-notch beauty, which made everyone feel that their brain wasn't enough.

  Li Gang proudly raised his head and said to the other brothers of Sha Hu: "How's that, isn't my wife beautiful? Haha haha"

  Li Gang's response was met with everyone's cold stares. This guy is too self-satisfied, the cobra hasn't even given him a good look yet, but he actually called her his wife.

  "What's going on? Big Foot, tell me quickly. Isn't she the woman who just drove and stopped at the hospital entrance?" Duan Ge hastily ran to Xie Xiao Shuai's side and asked in his ear.

  "Of course, this was my secret weapon. Now it's all exposed because of your curiosity. You tell me, how are you going to make it up to me?" Xie XiaoShuai actually started blackmailing.

  "You little stinker, you're getting too big for your britches? You actually dare to set conditions for me? Believe it or not, I'll take care of you!" Duan Ge said, pretending to be angry.

  "Oh no, I'm so scared. But now I'm the captain of the Sha Hu Xiao team, as long as I don't explain things to you, I think you won't get anything out of them." Xie Xiaoshuai suddenly became straightforward.

  "Come on, come on, how are you going to cheat me? I can take it, brother."

  "Don't make it sound like we're going to war or something, I just want you to treat me to a meal, it's not going to cost your life. Let me tell you, she's a secret trump card in my hands, how about that? This is the first time I've brought her out, and it seems to be having quite an effect." Xie Xiaoshuai said with a pleased expression.

  "Where did you get a female special forces member from? Our military district does have a women's special police force, but there are no females in the special forces battalion. Did your military district establish a women's special forces team or something?" Duan Ge asked doubtfully.

  "No, it's a woman's matter. I just found out recently too. She had disguised herself as a man to get into the special forces through selection. It was only when her father was kidnapped and we went to rescue him that we discovered her identity. Apart from our battalion commander, only those of us in the small squad know about this." Xiao Shuai explained.

  "How did she manage to evade the layers of blockade and strict surveillance to obtain intelligence?"

  "No one would think that our special forces team has a woman, this is her greatest advantage, the enemy's guard against her is much smaller. She disguised herself as a headhunting company employee, claiming to be there to poach excellent doctors, even if someone came up to ask questions, she had enough reason to explain why she was wandering around the hospital in Sichuan. Then using the miniature camera in her bag, she took pictures of the entire hospital area, and after taking out the intelligence, my team member used the photos combined with the 3D architectural map, and easily formed a complete intelligence report using computer technology."

  "I didn't think you had this trick up your sleeve, it seems like you guys have won for sure." Duan Ge shook his head and walked away.

  The remaining teams went on stage one after another, and their disguises were diverse. Some disguised themselves as injured migrant workers, some as sanitation workers, some as maintenance personnel, and some even pretended to be doctors. However, they all undoubtedly failed. The "enemy's" defense arrangement changed after each team finished their attempt, rendering the intelligence gathered by the previous group useless. Although they were all masters of disguise and reconnaissance, the "enemies", who had been working on the public security front line for many years, were indeed sharp-eyed. As soon as these people appeared, they would be suspected, and upon a little investigation, their disguises would be exposed.

  This made all the special forces extremely disappointed, their strong points in usual training were unexpectedly not effective here. Each of them was reflecting, where exactly did the problem lie?

  The organizer announced that the competition had ended unexpectedly, as in one major event, except for the Sahara team, all other teams did not achieve any results. Even in the last major event, everyone's level was actually not much different, and there was no point in continuing to compete.

  At the airport, Xie Xiaoshuai and Duan Ge gave each other a bear hug, then saluted each other. They agreed that when they have time in the future, they must get together again. After saying their goodbyes, Xie Xiaoshuai watched as the plane took off and flew away until it became a small black dot and disappeared before he finally looked away and returned to his dormitory.

  "Captain, who is that Duan Ge? Why are you so familiar with each other and why do you show him such respect?" Yin Zhilin asked curiously.

  His name is Duan Yufeng, the captain of the Eagle Special Forces' assault team, and also my mentor in my military career. When I was first thrown into the army for training by my old man, it was he who led me, teaching me how to shoot a gun with his own hands, and later cultivating my marksmanship to its current level. All the basic theoretical knowledge of special forces combat operations were also taught by him; otherwise, where would I have gotten the foundation from when I sneaked into my old man's office to learn those high-level things?

  However, he and my old man spent a long time together, and one thing he learned from him is that they are almost identical, that is, very principled. He taught me the basic theory, but didn't teach me anything about the daily training of special forces personnel, in his words: those are things you can only learn after becoming a real special soldier, now you don't have the qualifications to learn.

  "Wow! So handsome, so masculine!" The usually tomboyish cauliflower snake was unexpectedly smitten.

  "Hey! I'm more manly than him, why don't you say I'm handsome?" Li Gang said with a bit of discontent.

  "Scram! Has anyone ever let you finish speaking?" The chrysanthemum snake glared, and the tomboy's true nature was revealed once again.

  Li Gang's face turned red all the way to his neck, he didn't dare respond, and could only lower his head and walk away with a huff. It was really embarrassing for this robust man with a thick beard to be yelled at by a woman and immediately back down. Seeing this, the Sha Hu members suddenly burst out laughing, covering their stomachs, and their previous gloominess disappeared, lifting everyone's mood.

  "Knock knock", the rooms were knocked on.

  The door opened and in came Tian Kai from the organizing committee. The few of them quickly put away their smiles and stood at attention, saluting respectfully.

  "Everyone is here? I came over just to brief you, this afternoon we will have a meeting to discuss the details of the selection of SWAT team members. You all continue!" Tian Kai's tone was relaxed, without any airs of a high-ranking police officer, and after finishing speaking, he walked out of the room.

  Several people did not speak, and they were all confused about the purpose of this trip. Xie Xiaoshuai's words broke the silence.

  "Don't think too much about it, let's discuss during the meeting. At that time, we just need to express our own views."

  The conference room. All participants were present, Tian Kai sat in the first position and began to speak.

  "Comrades, with the progress of the times and social development, the methods of terrorists have also become increasingly modernized. They no longer rely on primitive means such as human bombs and car bombs to carry out terrorist attacks. Their equipment is more modernized, and their training is becoming more professionalized, I think special forces comrades must have a deep understanding of this. For this reason, the Ministry of Public Security has ordered the Counter-Terrorism Bureau to establish a pilot assault team that adapts to the new situation of counter-terrorism operations, which will later be promoted in all provincial and municipal public security bureaus across the country." Tian Kai took a sip of water and continued.

  "But our preparation team is now in a state of utter confusion, unable to find a starting point, and can only seek help from your special forces. However, the nature of anti-terrorism teams and special forces are different, so we can only grope forward. Now, all the personnel data recommended below have arrived, please select suitable candidates."