Military career: Starting with a recruitment letter

Chapter 174: Taking first place again, will he cause trouble again?

The gunshots were getting closer.

The Type 85 sniper rifle is inherently noisy, and the gunshots at the foot of the mountain and on the mountainside are unpredictable and varied, often with the previous shot coming from the direction of 11 o'clock directly in front.

The next shot could come from the three o'clock position.

The small team guarding the mountaintop was so badly beaten that no one dared to show their face.

The counterattack that had just been organized was brought to a halt once again after the captain was killed, and morale was also shattered.

Qin Xiaojun turned his head to look at his body, where the sensors were emitting smoke.

He pursed his lips, feeling a little heavy-hearted.

Qin Xiaojun may lack combat experience, or even none at all, but that doesn't mean he lacks knowledge.

Just by listening to the gunshots and the increasingly close movements, one could guess that the enemy was using a simplified matrix tactic to carry out a saturation sniping attack.

Using a similar tactic to attack a target on a mountaintop from the foot of the mountain is simply outrageous.

Because at any given moment, someone is acting as a sniper, and someone is charging forward.

Countering this tactic is not difficult. As long as the people on the mountaintop have heavy firepower or a numerical advantage, they can effectively restrain the enemy.

Judging from the intensity of the gunfire, Qin Xiaojun deduced that there was at most a dozen or so people in a small team down the mountain, while his side had twice as many people.

The result was that almost the entire army was wiped out.

What's the point of fighting now?

Even as the team leader, he was eliminated. With less than ten team members remaining, they held guns but dared not look down from the mountaintop, let alone organize an effective counterattack.

The fight lasted less than an hour.

Qin Xiaojun realized that both sides were inferior to the people down the mountain in terms of marksmanship, awareness, tactics, coordination, logistics, and communication.

They were surrounded by sharpshooters from all sides; they had no chance against them.

This feeling of being surrounded by enemies on all sides is particularly exhilarating.

Unfortunately, we couldn't beat them anyway.

Qin Xiaojun stopped struggling and silently walked into the command tent on the mountaintop. He sat cross-legged on the ground, wanting to see which squad was so fierce.

They simply gave up resisting.

Meanwhile, on the mountainside...

On a dark and windy night, Chen Mo's second squad of nine men, each holding a gun, continued to climb the mountain in shifts.

The crowd was like deadly ghosts in the dark night, their dark gun barrels constantly fixed on the mountaintop. After staring for a while without finding their target, they would quietly get up and move to another location, taking a detour to climb the mountain.

Gunfire erupted in the mountains.

It's clear that other teams are also climbing, but whether they're doing well or not is unclear.

Anyway, Chen Mo ran pretty fast.

He had now reached a height of more than 200 meters from the top of the mountain. Every 50 or 60 meters he ran, he would lie down on the ground to observe every plant and tree around him.

Unfortunately, more than ten minutes have passed, and not a single shot has been fired from the north side.

"Strange."

After lying prone for a while without seeing anyone, Chen Mo switched from his sniper rifle to a rifle and continued climbing.

Gradually.

The mountain path became narrower and narrower. As they approached the summit, Xie Yong and Lai Wei, who had been busy with the second team, appeared nearby.

The group exchanged a knowing glance and stopped taking turns moving forward.

They all switched their sniper rifles to rifles or submachine guns, forming groups of three to stand at the front. Chen Mo stood in the middle, with three groups of three behind him on each side, keeping watch on the mountain.

No one spoke.

Even night vision binoculars are not used.

The group of people hunched over and cautiously made their way up the mountain.

Ding Zeliang followed at the very back, carrying a flag on one arm and a pistol on the other.

The scene was somewhat oppressive and strange.

While the gunfire in other parts of the mountain did not become less frequent, but rather seemed to be intensifying, it was as if the gunfire on their side had been paused.

It's a bit too quiet.

Finally, the three-person team in front, crawling on their hands and feet, were the first to reach the top of the mountain.

I saw more than twenty cadets gathered in the tent, some standing and some sitting, some even leisurely smoking, their bright cigarette butts particularly conspicuous in the darkness.

The other party seemed unaware that someone had already gone up the mountain.

Sheng Donghao, who was the first to reach the summit, observed that as a veteran, he was particularly sensitive to hostility, or rather, to people who were on edge.

Despite the darkness and the dim moonlight, Sheng Donghao could still tell that the guard teams on the northern mountain had given up the fight.

There is no risk of being ambushed.

Sheng Donghao waved to the back of his head, then pulled the bolt of his gun and took the lead in climbing the mountain.

He stood with his gun in a standing position, aiming at the crowd in front of him.

"Everyone, crouch down and place your guns on the ground, quick!!"

Hearing the commotion, Qin Xiaojun turned his head and saw that some veterans had already climbed up the mountain. Before he could get up to ask them anything...

Sight ahead.

One after another, soldiers with guns appeared in his field of vision, and the scholar he least wanted to see was right in the middle of the crowd.

"Damn it, it's you again?"

Qin Xiaojun's lips twitched a few times. He had just boasted about taking down the team around 5 p.m.

Unexpectedly, just a few hours later, they were the ones who got the better of them.

Captain Qin turned his head away with a somewhat arrogant expression, though he felt a little wronged inside.

But he overlooked one thing.

For the students at the academy, the assessment is just that—an assessment, at most a combat exercise.

But for reconnaissance soldiers in the military, an exercise is war.

"What the hell are you muttering about?"

"Put your guns down, everyone squat down. I'm only reminding you once."

Lai Wei also reprimanded him sternly.

He and Sheng Donghao were relatively polite, but the other members were much more violent, giving the Armored Academy members no chance to react at all.

The crowd rushed forward, grabbed several trainees, pulled out their belts, and tied their hands and feet.

Chen Mo stood to the side and clicked his tongue, thinking it was really unnecessary.

Because military academy students haven't experienced particularly harsh training environments, or rather, they haven't witnessed the brutality of military exercises and combat.

They won't pull any sneak attacks.

But when he saw a group of scouts from the second squad rush up to tie people up, Chen Mo didn't say anything.

After all, being a reconnaissance soldier sounds impressive in the military.

Correspondingly, once they encounter exercises or combat, they become the most dangerous branch of the entire army, without exception.

Sometimes during exercises, if the Blue Army and the Red Army are really going at it, the reconnaissance soldiers serve as the vanguard.

If caught by the opponent, the least they'd get is a good beating, being tied up, gagged, and thrown to the ground.

If it's serious, then it's hard to say; whether he can be released alive is unknown.

This is no exaggeration.

For a large-scale exercise, some units may have been preparing for more than half a month, or even longer.

In order to stand out in the exercises and secure more spots for year-end performance evaluations and awards.

However, if the enemy's scouts discover the position, the coordinates will be exposed within an hour. After receiving the message, the command will assess the offensive and defensive capabilities of both sides.

In a hasty attack, the attacked side, in the eyes of the command, has no time to defend itself and will be judged to have the entire unit wiped out.

After preparing for so long, not only did we fail to achieve anything, but after the collective deaths, many people from the entire unit had to leave after the exercise ended.

In this situation, who wouldn't hate the scouts?

If they get caught, they'll definitely beat them to a pulp.

Therefore, reconnaissance soldiers are particularly ruthless during exercises or combat assessments.

Just like in the TV series "Soldiers Sortie," when Xu Sanduo's hiding of eggs led to his exposure during an exercise, if this were actually happening in the military, it wouldn't be as simple as the company commander scolding him.

Being isolated by the entire company, getting a severe beating, being transferred directly, and being kicked out when the contract expires are the normal course of action. In reality, there aren't that many Sergeant Shis who would take the blame.

While the other veterans were dealing with the bunch of noisy cadets, they took advantage of the situation.

Chen Mo took the red flag from Ding Zeliang and, in front of the veterans of the observation squadron acting in the distance, planted it straight on the mountaintop.

The mountain climb has officially ended.

The second detachment of reconnaissance students once again emerged victorious with lightning speed, becoming the first to reach the summit.

The assessment is over.

After planting the flag, Chen Mo sat down on the ground next to him, feeling as if all his strength had been drained away, and let out a long sigh of relief.

Commanding is a job that not just anyone can do, especially commanding a group of people who are already veterans. What if this matrix sniping doesn't work?

Forget about winning, it's hard to say whether the second team can even hold out until dawn.

The people from the academy may lack practical skills, but given their significant advantage, they are still quite difficult to deal with.

If our side makes a tactical mistake, being wiped out isn't that difficult. But thankfully, we finally won.

Chen Mo had just sat down.

Xie Yong, Lai Wei, and the others took cigarettes they had "borrowed" from the students in the distance, lit them, and grinned, saying, "Not bad, Xiucai. If it weren't for your story about the Battle of Gecheng and the 131st Motorized Infantry Brigade, we wouldn't have been inspired."

"These bastards are really hard to deal with."

"This is because we cooperated well," Chen Mo replied with a smile, without taking credit for it.

Of course.

Chen Mo was telling the truth; the situation was urgent, and there was simply no time to allocate a detailed battle plan.

As a result, these veterans relied on their individual combat skills and tacit cooperation to fight their way from the foot of the mountain to the top in less than an hour and a half without using walkie-talkies.

In terms of action, they are certainly capable.

“Hey, you can’t say that.” Xie Yong plopped down in front of Chen Mo, pointed to the gunfire in the distance, and said with a sigh, “Listen to the gunfire from elsewhere.”

"Most of them are still at the foot of the mountain, not even halfway up. Scholar, you're really sharp. If you hadn't reminded us, we would have been in trouble too."

Xie Yong's words drew nods of approval from the group of veterans around him.

The scene atop Cuiping Mountain at this moment was truly bizarre.

Chen Mo and his group sat at the spot where the flags were planted, smoking and chatting.

Relax and unwind.

Twenty or thirty meters away from them, all twenty-two members of the Armored Academy were bound hand and foot and gagged.

It was carelessly tossed inside the tent.

Further away, the gunfire erupted in chaos, indicating a fierce battle.

People who are divided into two groups don't seem to have any worries; they just chat as much as they want.

Just as Chen Mo and his group were resting comfortably, the veteran of the 30th Squadron, who was acting as the assessment observer, immediately relayed the news to the Army Academy Training Department.

"what?"

"Has the second squad already planted the flag on the mountain?"

Inside the training department office.

The chief examiner, Yang Shilei, was shocked. He listened to the walkie-talkie and heard the occasional crackling sound of electricity.

He almost doubted whether he had misheard.

After all, the mountain assault has only been going on for less than two hours.

How could someone reach the summit so quickly?

After confirming the news was true, it was confirmed to be true.

Squadron Leader Yang quickly got up, walked to the training department's mountain climbing assessment team distribution map, and carefully observed it.

The second reconnaissance squad attacked from the north, while the armored academy squad defended the mountain. Considering the terrain and the number of defenders, the north was not the most difficult.

After all, the people from the Armored Academy aren't really good at ambush warfare; their key areas aren't in that regard.

But surely it shouldn't be that the assessment starts at nine o'clock, and it's not even eleven o'clock yet, and twenty-two people have already been dealt with?

Let alone more than twenty people.

It's twenty-two pheasants that keep squawking. They were scattered in the mountains and confined to a fixed range. Even with just fourteen men in his second squad, it would take more than an hour to catch them all.
"Tell me about the specifics of the operation," Yang Shilei asked into the walkie-talkie after reviewing the deployment map.

Squadron Leader Yang is, after all, a lieutenant colonel. His command ability may not be that high, but his knowledge and experience are definitely beyond what cadets can match.

When they heard that the second squad had set up bait at the foot of the mountain, formed a matrix for sniping, and were climbing the mountain in a crisscross pattern.

Yang Shilei was so shocked that he was speechless for a long time before he finally spoke: "Well, immediately notify that the mountain climbing assessment is over, and the second team has won first place."

"Have them all pack their equipment and assemble at the military sports field as soon as possible."

"that's it."

Yang Shilei put down the walkie-talkie and gave a brief report to the training department about the assessment situation on Cuiping Mountain.

After registering his information, he left in a hurry.

He was a command officer trained by the Army Academy, and through some simple situation analysis, he could tell that this second detachment was definitely not a scattered, disorganized attack.

Matrix sniping, cross-attacks—the person who comes up with this idea is definitely not skilled in sniping techniques.

Rather, it was a brilliant and astonishing tactical mindset.

As a graduate of the Army Academy, Yang Shilei knows very well that command ability is often not something that can be learned.

Instead, some people are born with a talent for command.

This group of people are far more capable in their thinking than the cadres who have undergone systematic primary education in academies.

He wanted to see who this person was.

Yang Shilei was only the captain of the 30th Squadron and was not very familiar with the student squads, or rather, he was not very familiar with Chen Mo.

If he had any impression of it at all, he would have thought of that restless soldier.

The orienteering during the day ended inexplicably, and the mountain climbing challenge at night also ended rather abruptly.

It was almost midnight.

While other departments were given time off, the entire campus of the Army Academy was quiet.

Only a dozen or so troop transport trucks drove into the military training ground one after another.

"Clap clap clap," the streetlights were turned on as the convoy entered.

Yang Shilei, who had been waiting there for half a day, straightened his hat and strode to the front of the convoy.

His gaze swept over the crowd of people getting off the bus and looking around, and he glared at them angrily, shouting, "What are you all looking at?"

"What catches your eyes?"

"Personal equipment check, all assemble!!"

With the examiner yelling coldly, who would dare to hesitate?

The seven squads lined up quickly, each one carrying a gun, and voluntarily faced right to align themselves, forming a neat formation in no time.

Yang Shilei didn't waste any time. After the line was formed, he stepped forward and said in a loud voice, "Comrades, I originally thought that this assessment would last until at least the middle of the night."

"Unexpectedly, the second team managed to climb from the foot of the mountain to the top in just over an hour and plant the flag on the summit."

"nice."

His words left the people from the Armored Academy with uncertain expressions, but made the members of Chen Mo's second squad stand tall and proud.

The way they struck that pose made it clear to anyone that they were very smug.

"Come on, who is the captain of the second squad?" Yang Shilei looked up at the ranks.

heard asking.

Xie Yong originally planned to step forward, but he knew that the examiner would praise him right away.

And the fact that they specifically chose to gather people in the middle of the night was definitely not just to see who the team leader was.

He reached out and nudged Chen Mo, then whispered, "Go ahead."

Chen Mo roughly guessed what Yang Shilei was going to ask, nodded, and said nothing.

He strode out of the ranks, immediately stood at attention, and saluted: "Good morning, Company Commander!"

"It's you again?" Yang Shilei was slightly taken aback when he saw Chen Mo step forward. "Are you the captain of the second squad?"

"Report, I am the deputy captain, but this mountain climbing arrangement was my suggestion."

Chen Mo spoke in a composed yet respectful manner.

"you?"

Upon hearing this, Yang Shilei frowned, seemingly finding it somewhat unbelievable.

Then, looking up at the queue, they found the location of the second squad, and no one objected.

He then waved his hand: "Everyone else, disperse and put the equipment away first."

"Your name is Chen Mo, right?"

"Yes!"

"Okay, hand your gun over to someone else to help put it away. Come with me."

After Yang Shilei finished speaking, he turned and left.

Now, Chen Mo was unsure what Squad Leader Yang was up to, so he quickly unloaded his gun and handed it to Ding Zeliang and the others.

I took off to catch up with the other person.

The two walked one after the other through the student building and the gymnasium, and went straight to the entrance of the audio-visual building.

Perhaps the mid-year assessment is indeed important for the Army Academy, even though there are hardly any people around on campus anymore.

Inside the audio-visual building, however, the lights were still on, and standing at the entrance, you could see the shadowy figures of people inside, still busy with their own tasks.

On the way here, Yang Shilei didn't give any special instructions or even say anything, he just focused on getting on the road.

As he led the way into the multimedia building, Chen Mo was a little confused.

What does this place have to do with him?

Just because of the mountain climbing assessment, which involved a matrix sniping and saturation attack strategy, he was called here for questioning.

Isn't it?

Or did I get into trouble again? That can't be right.

Chen Mo felt a little uneasy.

(End of this chapter)