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Chapter 124 Pep Rally Before the Drill

The next part of the pep rally was a speech by Huang Bingtian.

"Comrades, I believe you already know the purpose of the emergency meeting here today." Huang Bingtian saw the expressions on everyone's faces and continued, "That's right. Today, I brought some people here to challenge you. I want to test the real strengths of the special troop soldiers who are usually arrogant. I want to know that after many years of training in the army, whether you have become the best or good-for-nothing..."

As an experienced soldier who had gone through so many wars, Huang Bingtian had been to countless pre-battle pep rallies. When he was young, he was like Lu Yao, standing under the stage and being mobilized by the leaders to go to the front lines. After the founding of the country, he changed his role and became a leader who stood on the stage to mobilize others. He knew how to make the soldiers resonate with him.

After a passionate mobilization, everyone in the elite team seemed to be filled with enthusiasm. They were all eager to be in the confrontation drill immediately.

"I believe everyone has heard about the team I got for you this time. It is the Falcon Special Assault Team of Xijing Military Region. I will not repeat its glorious history here. Today, I just want to tell everyone that I brought this elite assault team here to test you. If you can pass the test this time, the leaders of the military region headquarters will decide to establish a Marine-Air-Army Special Assault Team that consisted mainly of you guys. You will then participate in the Great Competition of the Elite Assault Teams from six Asian countries, which will be held in Central Asia a year later." Huang Bingtian continued.

"Next, Captain of the Assault Team, Xu Long, will announce the rules as well as the reward and penalty methods for this competition!" The fair-complexioned officer said after Huang Bingtian finished speaking.

Xu Long came to the front of the fair-complexioned officer and saluted. He received a folder handed over by the fair-complexioned officer. After opening it, he read aloud, "The two parties participating in this confrontation were Xijing Military Region's Falcon Special Assault Team and Xindu Military Region's Eighty-Ninth Army Elite Team. Each team will dispatch nine members to participate in this drill. The location of the drill was a hundred square kilometers around Yunwu Mountain in Shuangta City. The competition will last 144 hours, namely six days. All the people participating in the drill would be sent to the mountain area by the Eighty-Ninth Army's helicopters at two o'clock in the afternoon and start the drill."

"In this drill, you are not allowed to leave Yunwu Mountain or interfere with the normal life of the surrounding civilians. There were no other restrictions. We will count the number of soldiers left in each team to decide which team is the winner. At the end of the game, we will count the remaining soldiers on both sides. The team that has more remaining soldiers will win. In the confrontation, if there was an accident or an emergency, the signal g*n could be fired and the planners would ask for help. Once the signal g*n was fired, it meant that the one who fired it had given up the qualification to stay in the competition. Besides, the one who was defeated or was captured would lose as well. The planners will take those losers away from the drill area." Xu Long tried to understand the key points as he read them aloud, because he also had to participate in this drill.

After Xu Long finished reading, he returned the document to the fair-complexioned officer and returned to his position in the team.

"Finally, Comrade He Dong will announce the internal reward and penalty methods of the eighty-ninth army for this confrontation drill!" The fair-complexioned officer announced the last part of the pep rally.

"Comrades, after the discussion made by the military region leaders, a decision was made as follows." As He Dong spoke, he carefully looked at everyone in the elite team, especially Lu Yao. Seeing his calm expression, He Dong was very satisfied and said, "The elite team is composed of Captain Xu Long and his team members, including Gao Feng, Wang Shi, Li Kang, Li Fei, Chen Hai, Xu Yi, Wang Peng, and Lu Yao. They are participating in the confrontation drill with Xijing Military Region's Falcon Assault Team. You will be addressed as the Elite Team. If you could win in the end, the military headquarters decide to award you with a new designation. The new designation is temporarily set as Thunder Assault Team. If you fail in this competition, the elite team will disband on the spot. All members will return to their original teams and there will be no elite team..."

When He Dong said this, everyone except Huang Bingtian was shocked. They did not expect that the reward and penalty methods this time would be so special.

The Thunder Assault Team belonged to the Xindu Military Region. However, a major mistake occurred when they participated in a foreign aid operation and they suffered heavy losses. Therefore, the team was disbanded by the military region, and its designation was also suspended. For almost twenty years, it had never been mentioned again. They did not expect that the military region headquarters would use this as a reward plan this time.

Once there was a reward, there would be a penalty. The penalty method was also unexpected. The penalty was to disband the elite team on the spot. All the members would return to their original teams. This kind of punishment was very strict.

Knowing the final reward and penalty methods, everyone could feel the importance of this confrontation drill. The military region headquarters and the eighty-ninth army headquarters valued this confrontation drill as if it was a real live combat.

After the pep rally finished, Xu Long quickly returned to the dormitory with his team members and began to pack up their things. They packed their backpacks and waited for the military region to send people to pick everyone up to the scheduled location for the drill.

"Xiao Lu, you have never participated in a drill before. It may be difficult for you to pack up your things. Let me teach you!" Xu Long had superb skills. It didn't take long for him to pack up all his things. He carried a military bag that was almost half the height of a person and came to Lu Yao's single dormitory. He taught Lu Yao how to pack up all the necessary items.

Lu Yao was from a poor family. He was good at housework, but he was unfamiliar with the things in the army. For a moment, Lu Yao didn't know where to start. Especially when he was holding a case of military camouflage oil, he didn't know how to use it. At this time, Xu Long's arrival was just the timely help he needed.

"Applying military disguise camouflage oil is one of the necessary skills of a Special Assault Team member. Don't underestimate it. There are a lot of rules for using it. Let me give you a rough demonstration. The forehead, cheekbones, nose, ears, and chin have to be painted with a deeper color. The shadowy parts, like the area around the eye, below the nose, and below the chin, have to be painted with a lighter color. In addition to the face, the exposed skin behind the neck, arms, and hands should also be properly painted. Under special circumstances when you have to use hand signals, the palms are generally not painted." Xu Long said as he painted Lu Yao's face.

At the end of the painting, Lu Yao couldn't recognize himself in front of the mirror. He even wondered in his heart that if he walked in front of his Godfather like this, whether his Godfather would recognize him or not.

With Xu Long's help, Lu Yao packed up his things very quickly. With Xu Long's careful explanation, after a while, Lu Yao completely remembered every small detail.

After everyone was done packing, Xu Long sent a stack of photos for everyone to see.

When Lu Yao received the first photo, he realized that this was the photo of all the members of the Falcon Assault Team. At this time, he was holding a photo of Captain Hong Yan of the Falcon Special Assault Team in his casual suit.

Although it was only a half-body photo, Lu Yao could still see that Hong Yan had a straight figure. He had a handsome face, and he had perfect muscles. His eyes emitted boundless killing intent, and his entire body seemed to have the aura of a king.

He had short hair, and the collar of his green shirt was slightly open. The sleeves of his shirt were rolled up to the middle of his arms, revealing his wheat-colored skin. His eyes were deep and spirited, his nose was high, and his lips were sexy. He was an extremely handsome man.

His eyes were dark and shiny, and his sharp gaze seemed to pierce through Lu Yao's heart.

Moreover, Lu Yao also found an important clue in the photo that surprised him. However, it was not convenient for Lu Yao to tell it to the other team members before he was sure.

After seeing the photo, Lu Yao passed it to Chen Hai beside him. Then Lu Yao received another photo of Hong Yan. It turned out that two photos of one member were prepared this time. In one photo, the soldier was wearing casual clothes and in the other, he was wearing a military uniform with camouflage oil on his face. The photos of all the soldiers of the Falcon Assault Team were alike.

Although everyone looked totally different in the two photos, Lu Yao still deeply remembered all the characteristics of these nine people in his mind. He paid attention to all the details, including even their hair and beard.

"At this moment, the members of the Falcon Assault Team also have photos of each of us in their hands. I believe that they are also trying their best to remember our appearances. So I remind you that in order not to make any funny mistake in this competition, you had better remember them clearly. Don't catch the wrong person and send him to me during the drill." Xu Long said seriously.

"Captain Xu, are there other people in this confrontation drill?" Chen Hai asked curiously.

"That's right. This time, the planners also chose ten ordinary soldiers according to the characteristics of each of us and asked them to disguise themselves and enter the Yunwu Mountain. The purpose is to confuse everyone, so I hope you won't be fooled during the drill. Am I clear?" Xu Long said loudly.

"Yes!" Everyone replied in unison.

"Hand over all the photos now. These photos are not allowed to be brought into the drill area!" Xu Long took back the photos one by one.

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In a remote office in the eighty-ninth army, nine soldiers, who were also disguised in camouflage, were looking at the photos in their hands.

"Captain, why did this young man only have a photo in casual clothes? Could it be that something special happened?" A strong man who was about the same size as Gao Feng asked a person who looked very ordinary.

"I don't know either. I have already asked the combat department. The answer I got was that there was only one photo of this young man, and there was no reliable information about him. So I think everyone should pay more attention to this person." Said the man that was called Captain.

"Maybe he's just a new recruit. Look at him, he's only seventeen or eighteen years old, barely reaching the recruitment age. I don't think there will be any special circumstances." Beside him, a soldier who was not tall and carried a sniper rifle said.

"In short, I don't care what method you use, but nothing shall go wrong in this confrontation drill. I don't want our falcons to be pecked blind by those pigeons!" The Captain said.

"Yes, sir!"

"It's about time. Let's go!"

A group of people who were armed to the teeth walked out in a well-ordered manner.