My Military Career in a Parallel World

The Z-8 has limited carrying capacity, and five helicopters are not enough to carry everyone away.

There was still a platoon of soldiers from the second company who had not boarded the plane.

Jiang Chen and his colleagues also took advantage of this time to carefully study the assessment manual that had just been distributed.

The battalion commander just mentioned it briefly just now, and they still need to understand the specific assessment rules on their own.

First of all, for this assessment, they need to form reconnaissance teams based on classes.

The specific assessment tasks were not clearly stated, they were just told to complete all subjects within the specified time and reach the finish line.

The assessment adopts a point system, and each assessment item is given a corresponding score based on the completion status.

The assessment points are divided into two categories.

One is team points and the other is individual points.

As the name implies, team points are based on the overall performance of the team, while individual points focus on individual soldiers.

The only difference is that team points are subtraction, while individual points are addition.

For example, the task requires them to arrive at a certain location within a specified time. If they exceed the time limit, the corresponding points will be deducted, and if they successfully complete the task, there will be no increase or decrease.

During this process, invigilators will score the soldiers based on their personal performance.

Ten points will be added for an excellent score, five points for a good score, and one point for a passing score.

What if you can’t even pass the exam?

You definitely won't get negative points, at most you'll get zero points.

However, it is hard to say what will happen after the assessment is over.

This assessment adopts cross-invigilation. Four company commanders and more than a dozen platoon leaders will select the invigilation team by random drawing.

For the sake of fairness, the company to which you belong will be excluded from the draw options.

The highest persons in charge of this assessment are Chief of Staff Feng Yao and Reconnaissance Battalion Commander Lei Zhenjun. The two will watch the assessment process and the scoring of each company as the chief judges, and have the right to raise questions and adjust the scores.

……

Looking at the assessment manuals in their hands, everyone felt a sudden increase in pressure.

Especially for soldiers who are determined to make meritorious service and win awards, as well as some corporals who are waiting for promotion to non-commissioned officers, the pressure in their hearts can be imagined.

Ten minutes later, as the helicopter took off again, Jiang Chen's class also embarked on an unknown journey of assessment.

In the cabin, everyone was silent and the atmosphere was tense and solemn.

The biggest difference between this assessment and previous ones lies in two words.

unknown!

The unknown is always the most terrifying

If you don’t know what you will encounter, you can’t make arrangements in advance and can only take one step at a time. This is why everyone is silent.

Because even if they wanted to discuss and work out countermeasures, they didn't know where to start.

Silence, or silence...

Soon, the helicopter arrived at the first scheduled drop site.

The propeller gradually slowed down, and the helicopter hovered in the air. The hatch was opened and a rope hung down to the ground.

"Squad 1 of Company 3 has arrived at the assessment area."

"Roger that!"

The voice of Second Company Commander Cai Yaohua came from the intercom.

At the same time, the Beidou satellite system was started, the positioning devices on the eleven soldiers were activated, and their specific locations were also displayed synchronously on the computer screen.

A soldier walked out from the woods nearby, seemingly holding something in his hand.

Jiang Chen and the others wanted to take another look, but the hatch had already closed, the propellers spun faster, and the helicopter quickly disappeared into the darkness...

Ten minutes later, watching Zhao Hongbin lead the soldiers of the second squad to leave, Jiang Chen stood up first without Li Gang's instructions, checked the equipment and prepared for landing.

"We have arrived above Assessment Area No. 6. Please prepare for landing."

"Roger that!"

wow~

Jiang Chen opened the helicopter's door and used the helicopter's lights to quickly confirm the situation below.

"Zhang Ming, be alert. Old Tang, come with me."

After saying that, Jiang Chen fastened his seat belt and walked out of the cabin first.

There is no need to elaborate on the landing process. Jiang Chen is no longer the new recruit who just joined the company.

Although the rank on his collar remained the same, his identity had undergone a radical transformation.

He is no longer the rookie who needs the distraction of veterans.

Almost at the same time when the third squad had just landed and stood firm, a soldier walked towards them.

"Comrade, here are your maps and compasses, please keep them!"

The soldier in front of me handed me a folded map and a compass.

Li Gang reached out to take it, and the man didn't stop, but saluted and turned around.

The next second, the voice of Second Company Commander Cai Yaohua came from the headset.

"The destination of your first mission is marked on the map. The time limit is one hour. If you fail to arrive within the specified time, five points will be deducted for every minute of delay!"

“Please note that the areas marked with five-pointed stars on the map require you to check in to get the clearance token.

In addition, you will also need to map all the areas you pass through along the way, which will also affect your final assessment results."

Without further ado, when the second company commander announced the first assessment item, Li Gang had already unfolded the map and used a compass to lock the direction of advance.

Jiang Chen, who was also paying attention to Li Gang's actions, immediately turned around and shouted behind him: "Follow!"

Start running first, and then talk about the rest while running.

"I roughly estimated that the straight-line distance from here to the destination is about ten kilometers.

However, according to the mission instructions just now, we must go to these two locations to check in and get the clearance tokens, and we also need to map all the areas along the way. One hour is not enough..."

Li Gang once participated in the special forces selection, although he did not pass, but thanks to his experience in the training camp, he was no stranger to similar simulation training.

I quickly sorted out my thoughts.

"Jiang Chen, after arriving at this location, you take Old Tang to check in at point 2 first, and Zhang Ming and Hu Kai, you two go to point 3."

"Yes!"

"Roger that!"

Jiang Chen and his companions nodded in agreement without hesitation.

Li Gang held the map in one hand and corrected the direction at any time. Jiang Chen and Zhang Ming had also taken out their surveying books and started to conduct a simple survey of the terrain along the way.

Although the task description states that mapping is required, there are no clear mapping requirements.

In other words, they do not need to describe all situations in detail like real map surveying.

You just need to ensure the accuracy and reference are correct.

After all, completing the mission and mapping at the same time would be impossible without their robots.

As for whether or not it can be copied from the map...

Forget it. Jiang Chen just looked at the map in Li Gang's hand. Except for some necessary markers, the rest of the place is completely blank.

Jiang Chen understood why there was such an outrageous request after thinking about it for a while.

This is like killing two birds with one stone.

On the one hand, it can test soldiers' map surveying and mapping capabilities, and on the other hand, it can provide an additional means of preventing cheating.

If you want to conduct map surveying, you must first have been there. Even if the map is simple, you must have necessary reference objects.

When the exercise is over, all you need to do is check it out briefly and everything will be clear.

After all, the Beidou satellite has just begun trial installation, and is far from the exaggerated scale of dozens of satellites in later generations. It is inevitable that there will be some lack of accuracy. Having an additional anti-cheating measure will also provide an extra layer of insurance.

Although Feng Yao and Lei Zhenjun did not think that the soldiers they led would do such a thing, necessary measures had to be taken.

……

"Damn it, who on earth drew this crappy map? I can draw better with my feet!"

The troops would be divided into groups to carry out the mission later. Jiang Chen and Zhang Ming were busy surveying, so Li Gang handed the map in his hand to Tang Junjie and Hu Kai.

As a result, as soon as the two took the map and looked at it, they couldn't help but burst into cursing.

It’s no wonder that the two of them acted like this; the map in front of them was simply drawn too casually.

Jiang Chen had watched countless military TV dramas and novels in his previous life, so he was no longer surprised by this. However, this was not the case for Tang Junjie and Hu Kai. It was the first time for them to see such a crude and shabby map.

"Okay, there's nothing to complain about. How can it be called a simulated combat if it's not a bit difficult?"

Jiang Chen's hands and eyes were busy, but he still had the mood to joke with others.

With the existence of the dream space, he doesn't need to pay too much attention to map surveying. He just needs to casually scan the surrounding scenes and remember them.

Before the assessment is over, just find an opportunity to take a trip into your dreams and all your problems will be solved.

In fact, if he wasn't afraid of being too shocking, Jiang Chen could have shown every plant and tree he saw along the way in great detail on the map.

As for Zhang Ming on the side, he was not so relaxed. His eyes and hands were so busy that he had no time to chat.

……

Don’t think that the first assessment item is just a simple journey. In fact, there are many tricks involved.

If you really treat this project as an armed cross-country race, you will definitely be cheated and the mother will not even know you.

First of all, not everyone is as abnormal as Jiang Chen. The physical strength of a new soldier is not inferior to that of a veteran.

All the classes in the reconnaissance company, except for the special case of Class 2, have more or less one or two corporals or "new recruits" from ordinary companies.

If we really follow what Cai Yaohua said, after running through the three check-in points, someone in the team will definitely not be able to hold on physically.

At this time, it is necessary to make reasonable allocation according to the team situation.

For example, the group of Jiang Chen and Tang Junjie.

After studying for a while, and with his almost photographic memory, Jiang Chen is no worse than Zhang Ming in terms of map surveying and mapping.

Moreover, given the two's physical fitness, even if they run five or six more kilometers, it would not slow down the team's progress at all.

The same goes for Zhang Ming and Hu Kai.

On the other hand, since Lu Xingwang, Su Yu and Fang Zheng were carrying a large amount of ammunition and heavy firepower weapons, it would definitely not be appropriate for them to go on missions to obtain clearance tokens, and their physical fitness could not support such high-intensity exercise.

Moreover, as a squad leader, it is undoubtedly more appropriate for Li Gang to command from the center and have an overall overview rather than leaving the main force.

In addition, because they were carrying a lot of weight, Li Gang and his team's speed was destined not to be too fast, which also made it convenient for Jiang Chen and his team to catch up after completing the task.

It can be said that Li Gang’s current arrangement is the task allocation that best suits the actual situation of the third shift.

After figuring out the hidden tricks in this level, the rest is basically just garbage time.

This is indeed the case. With the physical strength of Jiang Chen and his companions, they would definitely become exhausted after running such a long distance in one breath, but they could still barely make it to the finish line.

As for the so-called token of clearance, it is also very simple.

You don't need to complete any tasks. Just arrive at the location marked on the map and you can see where the token is at a glance.

A palm-sized red flag was tied to the top of a very conspicuous big tree.

Jiang Chen hurried to draw a map, and Tang Junjie quickly climbed up the tree and took down the red flag, and the mission was completed.

On the other side, Zhang Ming and Hu Kai followed a similar process.

After getting the token, it’s time to test their physical fitness.

However, with our physical fitness, as long as we don't get lost, everything else will be easy.

This is when the importance of map surveying and mapping becomes apparent.

There was only one compass in Li Gang's hand. If they did not carry out map mapping or missed some important marks along the way, they would have to take a lot of detours to find their location in the vast jungle.

This is why we work in groups of two.

Jiang Chen and Zhang Ming were so focused on surveying the map that they had no time to care about anything else. Without them, it would be difficult for others to find their way back without a map.

Half an hour later, Jiang Chen and his companions, who had successfully obtained the token, finally reunited with the main force, and the rest of the things became much easier.

Keep moving towards the target location.

……

There is only one kilometer left to the finish line, and there are still more than ten minutes, which is more than enough.

At this moment, Jiang Chen and others encountered two teams coming from another route.

With just a glance, Jiang Chen recognized the identity of the person opposite him.

One team was made up of soldiers from the Second Company next door, and the other team was made up of people from the Police Detective Company.

And they are all acquaintances.

Needless to say, the Second Company trained in the same camp every day, so everyone had become old acquaintances and old rivals.

As for the people in the police detective company.

Although Jiang Chen didn't know the sergeant leading the opposing team, he seemed to have slapped a soldier in the face when he was in the production company.

Moreover, the fight was quite brutal. Three soldiers attacked together, but were knocked down by Jiang Chen alone.

Although it was because these three people were all new recruits, it was obvious that a feud had already been formed.

The three parties disliked each other, and a competitive atmosphere instantly arose.

The three teams chased each other and rushed to the finish line desperately.

five minutes later.

"The third company, third squad was the first to reach the finish line. You can accept the mission first!"

On a small hill, Platoon Leader Li Cheng and a platoon leader from the Second Company and the Police Detective Company stood in front of the finish line.

Li Cheng's face was almost smiling when he saw the soldiers in his platoon take first place.

Being first is not important. What’s important is to get first place from the other team’s platoon leaders in front of them!

Jiang Chen and others were able to stand out thanks to Li Gang’s previous reasonable arrangements.

In the last section of the distance, Su Yu, who had the worst physical fitness in the team, still maintained a very good physical reserve, which allowed them to narrowly win the first place.

Taking out three task cards, Li Cheng looked at his cousin and explained with a smile: "There are three tasks. You can choose first."

Li Gang smiled when he heard this, then he seemed to think of something, secretly glanced at the two platoon leaders with gloomy faces beside him, and then nodded to Li Cheng imperceptibly.

Seeing that he understood what he meant, Li Cheng stopped talking nonsense and directly handed over the three task cards.

Li Gang took them and started looking at them one by one.

The three task cards did not specify what the assessment was. They were just three maps that were somewhat similar to the previous ones. Nothing useful could be seen with the naked eye.

As if seeing Li Gang's confusion, Li Cheng explained: "Once you decide which one you want to choose, the director's office will tell you the corresponding task requirements through the headset."

Li Gang nodded and shook his head, pretending to be hesitant, but his eyes scanned back and forth on the three maps, as if he wanted to imprint all these lines in his mind...