Special Forces: I Can See the Experience Bar

Chapter 80: Mission Completed (5000 words, seeking first-time subscription)
After shaking off the gray wolves, Chang Ning determined his direction in the jungle and headed towards the armed police border station that Geng Jihui had mentioned.

With Chang Ning's help, the rookie team A was able to buy time and drive to the meeting point at their own pace.

The air pressure inside the car was very low, and no one thought Chang Ning could escape; he was probably already eliminated.

As a member of the command team, Geng Jihui felt very guilty. If he hadn't agreed with Chang Ning's suggestion, Chang Ning wouldn't have been eliminated.

Facing an attack by more than a dozen special forces soldiers all by himself, no one in the rookie A team thought Chang Ning could escape.

Even if Chang Ning's individual combat ability is the best among the rookies, it still depends on who he is compared to.

"It's all my fault. If I were a little stronger, Chang Ning wouldn't have had to face the Gray Wolves alone. If the high school team had eliminated Chang Ning, I would have..."

"So what!"

Before Xiao Zhuang could finish speaking, Lao Pao shoved him back into his seat.

"No, no. Xiao Zhuang is just worried about Chang Ning."

As Xiao Zhuang's good partner, Qiangzi quickly pulled Lao Pao over.

"It can't be that bad? Look at him now, he doesn't look like a soldier at all."

"Are you a soldier?"

Xiao Zhuang was stumped by Lao Pao's question. How could he not be a soldier? His uniform and rank were enough to show that he was a soldier.

"I'm!"

"You're not, you're just an ordinary citizen in military uniform!"
You have no sense of military honor whatsoever. A soldier's duty is to obey orders! We are the people's soldiers, serving the people.

Xiao Zhuang, ask yourself honestly, are you a soldier? If you and Chang Ning were in the same situation today, he wouldn't be making such a fuss about causing trouble for the senior high school team like you are.

At this point, Lao Pao gestured for Qiangzi to let go of him.

After calming down, the veteran said earnestly, "Do you remember the questions I asked you when you were in basic training?"

"remember."

Xiao Zhuang seemed lost in thought, his tone no longer as forceful as before.

"This was Chang Ning's choice; any soldier would have made the same choice."

Chang Ning didn't do this because of our good relationship with him, but because we are his teammates!
Xiao Zhuang also hopes that you can think carefully about why you joined the army and what you will gain from it.

After the old man finished speaking, he ignored Xiao Zhuang. Some things can't be digested simply by breaking them down and stuffing them into someone's mouth; the person involved needs to gradually understand them.

If things are over and Xiao Zhuang is still like this, then as the squad leader, I hope Xiao Zhuang will retire in two years. Staying in the military will only harm himself and others.

"Let's all keep quiet. The problem now is how we complete the assessment. Whether it's Xiao Zhuang's matter or Chang Ning's matter, let's get through this first."

Otherwise, it's all nonsense.

The ostrich tried to smooth things over and change the subject.

"Wow, the ostrich is thinking really fast today. It shouldn't be like that with the brain capacity of an ostrich."

The medic started his daily routine of teasing the ostrich.

With these two lively characters cracking jokes, the atmosphere in the car began to warm up and become less oppressive.

After driving the Mengshi off-road vehicle for a while, Geng Jihui ordered everyone to get out and proceed on foot. Now, there are people from the training camp guarding every intersection in the mountains. For them to drive around so casually is like throwing good money after bad.

Although the Mengshi is an off-road vehicle, I still wouldn't dare to drive it into the mountains. The complex terrain would make it impossible to avoid overturning, and the ride would be so jarring that you'd shake yourself to pieces. Plus, you wouldn't be able to pick up speed. It would be much better to go on foot.

Team A members arrived at the agreed meeting point, set up sentry posts, and then took turns resting.

The makeshift camp was quiet; everyone was worried about Chang Ning. Having spent so much time together, no one wanted their teammate to be eliminated.

After waiting for more than an hour, just when everyone had given up hope that Chang Ning had successfully escaped, Chang Ning appeared.

"Hey, everyone is here."

Chang Ning, panting, snatched the water bottle from Geng Jihui's hand and took a sip to moisten his throat.

He didn't dare to stop along the way, for fear that if Team A waited too long, they would think he had been eliminated.

Everyone was worried about Chang Ning's safety when he suddenly appeared, catching everyone off guard.

Even after the water bottle was snatched from Geng Jihui's hands, his eyes remained wide open, his face filled with disbelief.

Put yourself in their shoes; no one could escape this situation.

But it's a different story with Chang Ning; this guy always manages to surprise people.

"It's good that you're safe!"

Geng Jihui abandoned the water bottle and gently punched Chang Ning in the chest.

"I knew Chang Ning would be alright. You guys were so distracted and pathetic the whole way!"

The ostrich started making a racket again, boasting about how much it trusted Chang Ning.

Aside from his passable sniping skills, the current ostrich has nothing to do with being a strategic sniper for Wolf Fang in the future, and his personality is extremely eccentric.

"Come on, I don't know who got on the bus with a sour face and didn't say a word."

"Hey, you damn medic, you're talking about yourself, aren't you?"

"Alright, you two calm down. Xiao Geng, you two work on the action plan first. I need to catch my breath. I haven't dared to stop and rest along the way, for fear that Gray Wolf and the others will catch up."

After Chang Ning finished speaking, he pulled his hat down and leaned against the tree trunk to sleep.

Ten minutes later, Geng Jihui decided to steal the military horses used by the armed police patrol. Vehicles couldn't be used in the jungle, but horses could.

After devising an action plan, they woke up Chang Ning and the others, successfully seized the military horses, and rode away.

Of course, the subsequent negotiations between the leaders of the Armed Police and the high school team were not considered by the rookies.

They've been tricked by veterans quite a few times during training, so this time they'll just consider it interest.

With horses, the novices traveled much faster. Even when they encountered obstacles, they rode their horses straight through and conquered many of them.

The cavalry slowly appeared in the woods by the river. Chang Ning looked at the rushing river and reined in his horse: "Dismount, we need to discuss our route."

The team members dismounted, tied their horses to the trees, and surrounded the area. Several team members spread out, holding their guns and on guard.

Geng Jihui pointed to the map and said, "If we take the waterway, it will be more than 30 kilometers, but..."

"But those veterans will definitely be prepared, right?"

Chang Ning finished speaking before Geng Jihui could finish.

Deng Zhenhua rubbed his buttocks, his face contorted in pain. His thighs were chafed raw by the horse's back: "Damn the high school team, they really don't want us to have an easy time!"

Chang Ning looked at the map and thought for a moment before saying, "According to the map, we only have two options: one is to continue on horseback, but that would add 30 kilometers to our journey; the other is to take a raft, which would save us 30 kilometers."

I prefer riding horses along the mountain paths because they assigned the mission, and there's no reason why an experienced person wouldn't know the terrain. Traveling by water wouldn't be safe.

Geng Jihui said, "I agree."

Seeing that the two members of the command group agreed to continue along the mountain path, the others naturally obeyed the order, and what Chang Ning and Geng Jihui said made sense.

It's just taking a longer route; it's better than being eliminated.

"We need to prepare a surprise for the veterans."

Chang Ning emphasized the word "surprise," and everyone immediately understood and grinned mischievously.

"There are definitely veterans chasing us. In order to complete the mission smoothly and make the road ahead easier, I think we should mislead them a bit."

Seeing Geng Jihui's righteous words, and his euphemism of "doing it to complete the mission," I was struck by how he spoke with such righteous indignation.

'She's definitely a top student, "hypocritical," but I like her so much!'

While inwardly cursing their hypocrisy, Chang Ning actively joined them, enthusiastically discussing how to entice the veterans.

In the end, the newbies unanimously decided to cut down trees to make a raft, then make a dummy, and set up a booby trap to send one or two veterans away, which would be a win-win situation for everyone.

After doing all that, they rode off again. The story of how the gray wolf suffered a loss because of the dummy is another story.

Because of the lack of horsepower, the novices released the horses and continued on foot.

This was tough on Qiangzi and Xiaozhuang from the assault team; the skin on their hands was worn raw from clearing the way.

His hands are now covered in blood, which looks extremely horrifying. Anyone who has never seen anything like it will feel their scalp tingle just by looking at it.

"Brothers, we need to hurry. Without horses, we'll lose our speed advantage, and the hyenas that Wolf Fang is good at tracking are extremely troublesome."

Chang Ning, having learned his lesson from the hyenas during the exercise, and knowing that they were his instructors this time and would definitely be involved in capturing them, spoke up to remind everyone.

"Is it that powerful?"

The ostrich clearly didn't believe it.

"It really is that powerful, let me tell you, this coyote..."

Geng Jihui began to educate ostriches about storks.

After hearing this, the ostrich turned pale with fright. Their opponents this time were truly elite, no joke.

"Let's hurry, I don't want to be chased like a rabbit!"

Despite being well-prepared, the newbies were ultimately cornered by the hyenas and their men.

"Everyone, split up and run!"

Chang Ning yelled and disappeared in a flash. The others were no less quick to flee in all directions.

"Wow, these guys have obviously done their homework. Coyote, your reputation among the newbies has spread so quickly."

A special forces soldier stepped forward and joked.

"Get lost! What's the use of not catching a newbie!"

……

Mountainous area, dawn.

Chang Ning carefully stepped onto the soft humus soil, holding a rifle and stealthily making his way forward.

In the tranquil forest, two frog croaks suddenly rang out—a pre-prepared signal. Chang Ning croaked back twice, and then the ostrich's face appeared from behind a tree, waving at Chang Ning.

Chang Ning ran over and disappeared into the bushes. Inside the bushes were several team members, including Shi Dafan, Geng Jihui, and Xiao Zhuang.

Shi Dafan grinned at Chang Ning: "You're here too?"

Chang Ning: "Are there only a few people left?"

Geng Jihui: "Everyone else has been captured."

It is already a remarkable achievement to be able to escape more than half of the people caught by the hyenas.

"We only have this many people left, so completing the mission is extremely difficult," Geng Jihui said, somewhat discouraged.

"uncertain."

Chang Ning's words ignited a glimmer of hope in everyone's eyes.

"Our people were just captured, not eliminated."

"Just get them out of there."

The medic looked at Geng Jihui, who was deep in thought, and then at Chang Ning, who looked worried: "I'm afraid we'll be breaking the rules if we do this."

"Is there such a rule? I didn't know that." Chang Ning really had no recollection of it.

"The training camp rules don't actually say we can't retaliate," Xiao Zhuang said.

"That's right. We're just following the rules, how can that be considered a violation?"

Chang Ning excitedly punched his palm and said.

"Let's get started. The current situation is that we can't complete the mission if we don't rescue our teammates, but rescuing them might violate the rules."

Either way, there's the risk of being eliminated, so I might as well take a gamble.

After careful consideration, Geng Jihui also felt that the risk was worth taking.

After devising a plan to hijack the car and rescue the people, the group began their operation.

Chang Ning led his men to the only route for transporting prisoners and, relying on the bushes, discovered two sentries guarding the road.

He gestured behind him, and then Xiao Zhuang and another rookie quickly crept up and subdued the two of them before they could react.

"Squad leader, please follow the rules, you are already dead."

Xiao Zhuang and his temporary partner stripped the two sentries' equipment off themselves and put it on, then moved them behind the bushes by the roadside and waved to Chang Ning.

"Hurry, dig!"

Upon seeing Xiao Zhuang's signal, Chang Ning led the remaining men to set up traps on the road.

"We'll stay here; the rest of you, stay hidden."

Currently, only Xiao Zhuang and his temporary partner have the veteran's equipment, so Chang Ning doesn't compete with them for it.

Be careful.

"Do not worry."

After the novices restored the road to its original state, they saw a troop carrier slowly drive over, and Xiao Zhuang even waved to the driver.

The driver honked the horn as a greeting, but then there was a loud crash as one of the car's wheels sank into a pre-dug hole.

Seeing that they had succeeded, Chang Ning led the others to rush forward and rescue the captured Lao Pao and the others.

"Veteran, don't move! Please follow the rules!"

Realizing his little trick had been discovered, the sergeant sitting in the carriage had no choice but to obediently lower his hand from his waist.

Only then did everyone notice that the veteran was holding a grenade. If Chang Ning hadn't discovered it early, they would all have been eliminated together.

"Hey, how can you, a veteran, not follow the rules..."

The ostrich, carrying a gun, walked up to the veteran, intending to teach him a lesson. Since they were of the same rank, a fight between them would at most result in a reprimand, but nothing serious would happen.

"Let's go quickly, we don't have much time to waste!"

Chang Ning grabbed the ostrich, and the entire Rookie Team A assembled. The 12 people sat in a circle and held a brief action meeting.

Geng Jihui mainly introduced the action plan and assigned tasks; the others just listened.

Chang Ning, the nominal captain, was in charge of leading the assault, while Ostrich led the sniper team to provide cover.

"Have you all clarified your respective tasks?" Geng Jihui asked.

"clear!"

“Since there’s only one car, our Team A will split into two groups. Lao Pao, you take one group and get on the car. Xiao Geng and I will take the rest of the group and run forward,” Chang Ning said.

The old man nodded, indicating that he understood.

Half an hour later, everyone met on a hillside, and the location of their mission was at the bottom of the hillside.

As the saying goes: "One should strike while the iron is hot, but the momentum will wane on the second attempt and be exhausted on the third!"

The mission objective was at the bottom of the hillside. Holding their breath, they completed the mission and happily returned to the training camp.

At Geng Jihui's signal, Lao Pao set the car on fire and pushed it down the hillside. The car, still ablaze, sped towards the campsite below.

The shockwave from the car explosion knocked the special forces soldiers to the ground. Chang Ning, who was already prepared, led Xiao Zhuang and the others, roaring as they charged toward the camp. Anyone who tried to stop them was shot by Chang Ning.

Xiao Zhuang and Qiangzi didn't manage to get a single kill. Chang Ning, with his gun in such an open area, was incredibly powerful.

They were unstoppable, killing gods and Buddhas alike.

Chang Ning stormed to the wooden hut where our scouts were being held, kicked down the door, and shouted, "Chinese Army!"

Ma Da, lying on the cot, hadn't even reacted yet. Chang Ning and the others were just too fast; they were practically right behind him.

He had barely lain down when Chang Ning arrived with the rookie A team. It was absolutely outrageous!

"How did you get here? The hyenas didn't even catch you!"

"Grey Wolf, don't waste time, get up and come with us!"

Chang Ning slung the gun over his shoulder and stepped forward to pull the motor.

"Ouch, I'm injured, my whole body aches."

The gray wolf lay on the bed, howling incessantly.

"Grey Wolf, that's enough. You know we have a traditional Chinese medicine doctor in our team. How about I have him treat you?"

"Medic, time to get to work."

"Alright, just you wait and see."

The medic stepped forward and looked the gray wolf up and down with ill intent, occasionally revealing a chilling smile. Even Chang Ning found it hard to bear the medic's demeanor.

"Hey, don't do anything, I'll go with you right away."

Gray Wolf immediately backed down and followed the rookie A team to the mission handover point.

Chang Ning took out a specially designed guided missile from his backpack, pulled out the pin, and threw it onto the open ground.

As thick yellow smoke billowed out, the roar of the helicopter gradually grew louder as it approached.

The intense air pressure caused the skin and flesh on Chang Ning's face to fly off to both sides.

The helicopter landed, and the side door opened. Captain Gao, wearing sunglasses, appeared at the door, while Chang Ning and his men remained in a guarded, armed posture.

The high school team leader said, "The drill is over, everyone come and assemble."

"Team High, we've completed the mission!" The ostrich couldn't hide its smug smile, showing off its big white teeth.

The high school team ignored him and gave Chang Ning a deep look.

What surprised him most in this assessment was this guy; Chang Ning's progress was obvious to all.

He performed exceptionally well, especially when he was dealing with the gray wolves alone.

"Grey Wolf, how much do you weigh?"

"Report! 90 kilograms!"

The senior team leader looked at the rookies and said, "The helicopter was shot down during the reconnaissance mission. You need to carry the scouts back."

Go collect 90 kilograms of stones, pack them in your backpacks, and carry them back.

The rookies were dumbfounded; they hadn't expected the senior team to still mess with them even at the very end.

The helicopter carrying the high school squadron and the gray wolves roared into the air and quickly took off.

"Alright, brothers, let's load the stones. Don't just stand there. Maybe if we hurry, we can still have lunch."

Chang Ning joked.

"What the hell is this!"

The ostrich looked dejected; his low spirits practically screamed "I want to quit."

However, if you really ask him to quit, he definitely won't do it.

"Alright, stop complaining and get to work."

Geng Jihui urged them on. Although the high school team didn't give them a specific time limit, who knew if it was a trap they were setting for them?

The group picked up stones by the roadside until their backpacks were full. Then they found a stretcher, and Changning led everyone to carry the backpacks and set off.

They were afraid that the high school team would set traps for them.

The rookie team A kept stopping and starting along the way back, but despite Chang Ning's best efforts, the ostrich still managed to throw their backpacks into the water.

Chang Ning realized that he couldn't avoid the memorial service specifically for the backpack. So he resigned himself to it and let things take their course.

(End of this chapter)