My Military Career in a Parallel World

Less than two hours had passed since the assessment began, but the amount of exercise was terrifying.

An hour of orienteering, followed by armed swimming + traction traverse. Either of these two events consumes a lot of physical energy, let alone doing both together.

Jiang Chen and his team were fine, as they got first place in the first round of the assessment task and were given half an hour of rest time to barely replenish their energy.

Other teams were not so lucky.

They hadn't eaten anything in the morning, and right away they were doing some very energy-intensive activities, so they were all starving.

There was no other way, they could only take advantage of the time while on the road to look for any edible food to replenish their energy.

Although Class 3 was also trying to collect food as much as possible, they were not in such a hurry and their main focus was to hurry on their journey.

What is the biggest difference between this labor-management simulation practical assessment and the ordinary assessment?

There is no doubt that it is an absolute drain on physical strength.

Hurry, hurry, hurry up, and hurry.

The test lasts two hours, and most of the time is spent on traveling.

This is not a walk. They still have to carry weapons, ammunition and weights. Except that there is no time requirement, it is no different from an armed cross-country trip.

What’s even more annoying is that I don’t know who came up with the idea to send them a map. No, this thing is not even worthy of the word map.

Whose map is like the one drawn by the old lady with her toes, with just a few simple lines and a red dot representing the destination, and nothing else to refer to.

As a result, Jiang Chen and his companions took a lot of detours along the way.

However, it is not completely without benefits. Because they took so many detours, Jiang Chen and Zhang Ming naturally mapped more maps.

While drawing the map, Jiang Chen accidentally discovered that the environment and terrain of a section of the road were very similar to one of the two maps he had seen before.

"Squad leader, come and take a look!" Jiang Chen quickly told Li Gang about his discovery.

After Li Gang took out the two maps and compared them, he found that, just as Jiang Chen had said, a section of terrain in the middle of one of the maps was extremely similar to the map Jiang Chen had just drawn.

"Squad leader, how about we go over and take a look?" Jiang Chen asked.

Li Gang pondered for a moment, then nodded and agreed: "Anyway, we can't find the way now, maybe we can go over and take a look and find something else."

In fact, Jiang Chen and Li Gang did have some guesses about these two maps.

If they guessed correctly, these three maps represented three different assessment routes.

The order of assessment is not fixed. It is very likely that after they complete the assessment task of this round, they will go to one of the two maps for the next assessment.

However, these are still in the speculation stage and they are not sure. Now that they have encountered it, they might as well give it a try.

Just as Li Gang said, they couldn't find the way out in a short time anyway, so they might gain new insights by giving it a try.

Jiang Chen is absolutely confident in the degree of restoration of the map he drew.

They acted immediately and adjusted their route, heading towards the target point marked on the map.

However, after walking less than two hundred meters, an accident happened.

"Hey, squad leader, do you smell anything sweet?" Jiang Chen said uncertainly while rubbing his nose.

"Sweetness?" Li Gang was stunned, and then his nose twitched subconsciously.

Everyone else had the same reaction.

Before Jiang Chen reminded them, they didn't notice it, but now when they smelled it carefully, there was indeed a faint sweet smell in the air.

Li Gang seemed to have thought of something, his expression suddenly changed, and he immediately ordered: "This smell is wrong, everyone wear gas masks!"

Although he had never participated in any simulated combat assessments, he had encountered similar routines during the special forces selection process.

Therefore, he reacted very quickly. He would rather believe it than not believe it. The taste of sweetness is not common in the wild.

What's more important is that our army has a type of cigarette that has a mainly sweet flavor.

The reaction of the three teams was also very quick. After receiving the warning, they immediately took out the gas masks from their bags and put them on.

Among them, Jiang Chen was the fastest, even Li Gang, the one who gave the warning, was not as fast as him.

This is not because Jiang Chen is so awesome or that he can predict the future.

The main reason was that he had just experienced a similar thing a few months ago. Afterwards, in order to train his ability to identify camouflage, he often used the dream space to return to the time period when he was attacked during the field training.

Over time, we have become more vigilant about this aspect.

It is also because of this that he can detect abnormalities in the air at the first moment.

There is no other reason, it’s just that I have experienced so much that muscle memory has been formed.

Everyone present was an experienced scout, so there was no need for them to learn such basic subjects as wearing gas masks. In less than ten seconds, everyone had put on their gas masks.

"Battle formation, search forward!"

Following a command from squad leader Li Gang, the team changed rapidly, with nine soldiers searching forward in a diamond-like battle formation.

Wearing a gas mask has limited vision, and being in a mountainous environment with complex terrain, a diamond-shaped battle formation that can provide all-round alert is undoubtedly the best choice.

The team slowly moved forward...

The worst-case scenario did not happen. They passed through the dense forest without encountering any enemy. It seemed that everything that had just happened was just an accident.

However, the slight numbness at the tip of their nose caused by inhaling trace amounts of anesthetic gas constantly reminded them that this was not an accident.

If Jiang Chen had not discovered it in time and Li Gang had not made the correct judgment quickly, they would probably have fainted on the ground.

Fainted during the assessment?

Needless to say, if something like this really happens, deducting points is a small matter, and they may be directly announced as eliminated.

After all, if you fainted during the simulated practical test, what's the point of taking the test?

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They maintained their battle formation in the woods and advanced four or five hundred meters, but still found nothing.

Just when everyone was about to let down their guard, suddenly, a target popped out from the grass in Jiang Chen's left hand.

Jiang Chen remained in a state of tension and was very sensitive to any abnormal noises around him. He subconsciously turned the gun and pulled the trigger.

After being in the reconnaissance company for so long, coupled with day-to-day training in the dream space, the concept of absolutely fast and relatively accurate shooting has long been integrated into his instincts.

Two consecutive bursts of fire, the first shot is to fire first to suppress the enemy, and the second shot is to ensure accuracy and kill the target.

bang bang~

Two gunshots were heard, and the human-shaped target was hit once in the chest and once in the head.

However, the bullet to the head was like a blind cat catching a dead mouse, while the bullet to the chest was intended to kill.

Jiang Chen's actions seemed to send out some kind of signal, and then Li Gang, Tang Junjie and others also opened fire one after another.

The continuous gunshots sounded like firecrackers exploding in the silent jungle, and the birds hiding on the branches and watching secretly were frightened and flew away in all directions.

The targets that pop up are not just simple human-shaped targets, there are also hostage targets mixed in. Some targets are even more than a hundred meters away, and you may miss them if you are not careful.

Fortunately, Class 3 also has a sniper named Zhang Ming who is armed with an Type 85 sniper rifle.

"Brother Zhang, five o'clock direction, one hundred and fifty meters, hostage target!"

Jiang Chen quickly shot down a target that popped out from behind a big tree dozens of meters away. He caught a glimpse of another target jumping out in the distance. He didn't have time to turn the gun around, so he could only call for help from his teammates.

Although Jiang Chen became the deputy monitor, it does not mean that he will give up the opportunity to study.

Whenever he had time, he would ask Zhang Ming for advice about snipers. Over time, the two of them developed a tacit understanding.

In this regard, we had already seen some signs when we participated in the previous exercises.

Zhang Ming's reaction was very fast. Almost as soon as Jiang Chen finished speaking, he had already locked onto the target and pulled the trigger.

bang~

Flames came out of the muzzle of the gun, but there was no sign of a bullet being fired. On the target more than a hundred meters away, the laser sensor device was activated, and the target fell down again before it could completely bounce up.

"Reload!"

The 28th bullet was fired. Jiang Chen shouted in advance to change the bullet, and Li Gang at the side quickly took over the shooting position.

After Jiang Chen finished changing the bullets, Li Gang turned around and helped others.

By staggering them in this way, we strive to avoid any gap in firepower.

But even so, they still missed a lot of targets.

Part of it has to do with my marksmanship, but the main reason is that laser sensing has too many unexpected factors.

A leaf or a blade of grass may affect the judgment of the sensing device.

In a dense forest, if you want to hit all the targets with 100% accuracy, it is not enough to have good marksmanship, you also need a certain amount of luck.

Jiang Chen was lucky and only missed one target along the way.

Ten minutes later, Jiang Chen scanned the surroundings with sharp eyes, but no target popped up.

At this time, a voice suddenly came from the headset: "The scouts' rapid-fire assessment for mobile combat is over. The third squad of the first platoon of the third company hit the target 489 times, hit the hostage target 59 times, and accidentally injured the hostage 5 times. 5 points will be deducted from the team score!!!"

After hearing the assessment information coming from the headset, before others could react, Lu Xingwang had already lowered his head, not daring to look at other people in the class.

He hit three of the five hostage targets by mistake, so it's no wonder that Lu Xingwang had such a reaction.

As for the remaining two, one was hit by Fang Zheng by mistake, and the other was hit by this guy Hu Kai.

After waiting for a long time with his head down, the imagined criticism did not come. Lu Xingwang raised his head cautiously, only to see that Jiang Chen had walked over to him without him noticing.

She hugged his neck and consoled him, "It's okay, it's just five points, it's no big deal. Do you really want to pass the level with full marks?"

"But..." What he said was true, but Lu Xingwang still couldn't get over it in his heart.

It would be fine if it only affected him personally, but Lu Xingwang could never accept that his mistake affected the entire team.

"You were using a machine gun, and the situation was so chaotic just now, it's normal to make mistakes." Jiang Chen patted his shoulder and continued to comfort him.

"Su Yu, you too, don't take it too seriously. This is your first time to take this kind of assessment, so mistakes are inevitable."

While comforting Lu Xingwang, Jiang Chen also did not forget to take care of Su Yu next to him.

He was not really making excuses; this was the fact. Machine guns were not meant for precision shooting. Plus, it was his first time to be assessed in this way, and it happened suddenly. Without any mental preparation, it was normal for him to make mistakes.

Didn’t you see that even Hu Kai next to him had an accident?

"Lao Hu, what's wrong with you? Why did you hit the hostage?"

"You bastard, you only think about fighting every day. It's the 21st century now. Who would be willing to fight with you?"

When they were practicing fighting in the past, several of them had suffered losses at the hands of Hu Kai. Now they finally got the chance and immediately gathered around Hu Kai and started to mock him.

You kept talking and I kept saying it, and Hu Kai's face turned red, but he had no way to refute.

The originally silent atmosphere was eased by the jokes of several people.

With Jiang Chen's comfort, Lu Xingwang gradually recovered.

As for Su Yu, this guy didn't feel anything at all.

After all, with the veteran Hu Kai supporting him from above and Lu Xingwang at the bottom, it is naturally much easier.

However, before he could be happy for too long, the voice in the headset rang again.

"Li Gang used the Type 81-1 automatic rifle to fire 70 rounds in this shooting test, hitting ordinary targets 61 times and special targets 9 times. He was rated as excellent in the personal test, with +10 points and a total score of 30 points."

"Jiang Chen used the 81-1 automatic rifle in this shooting test and fired a total of 69 rounds, hitting ordinary targets 60 times and special targets 8 times. The personal assessment evaluation is excellent, +10 points, and the total score is 30 points."

"Tang Junjie fired 70 shots in this shooting test, hitting 59 common targets and 8 special targets. He was rated as excellent in the personal test, with +10 points and a total score of 30 points."

"Zhang Ming fired a total of 85 rounds using the Type 30 sniper rifle, hitting ordinary targets 19 times and special targets 11 times. The personal assessment evaluation was excellent, +10 points, and the total score was 30 points."

"Hu Kai used the 81-1 automatic rifle to fire a total of 68 rounds, hitting ordinary targets 59 times, special targets 4 times, and accidentally injured a hostage once. He failed the personal assessment and received +1 points, with a total score of 0 points."

"Han Li fired 68 rounds, hitting ordinary targets 60 times and special targets 6 times. The personal assessment evaluation was excellent, +10 points, and the total score was 25 points."

"Fang Zheng fired a total of 81 rounds using the Type 93 light machine gun, hitting 63 common targets and 5 special targets. His personal assessment was good, with +5 points and a total score of 20 points.

"Su Yu used the 81-1 automatic rifle to fire a total of 67 rounds, hitting ordinary targets 50 times, special targets 6 times, and accidentally injured a hostage once. His personal evaluation failed, +1 points, and the total score was 0 points."

"Lu Xingwang used the Type 81 light machine gun to fire a total of 105 rounds, hitting ordinary targets 58 times, special targets twice, and accidentally injuring hostages three times. His personal evaluation failed, +2 points, and the total score was 3 points."

After everyone's results were announced, the voice in the ears disappeared and the surroundings returned to their original silence. Everyone was recalling their previous scores.

The current individual score ranking of Class Three is: Lu Xingwang and Su Yu are at the bottom, each scoring only 10 points.

Both of them received good evaluation +5 points in the first round of orienteering test, good +5 points in armed swimming, and failed the shooting test just now because of accidental injury to the hostage +0 points.

Next are Hu Kai and Fang Zheng, both with 20 points.

Hu Kai received excellent evaluations in both orienteering and armed swimming, but he was directly judged as failing because he accidentally injured a hostage and did not get any points.

Fang Zheng performed well in orienteering, excellent in armed swimming, and good in shooting, which added up to exactly 20 points.

Next up is Han Li with 25 points.

Because I had no chance to perform in orienteering following the main group, I only got a good evaluation, while the other two assessments got full marks.

Finally, it’s Li Gang, Jiang Chen, Zhang Ming, and Tang Junjie.

Whether it is orienteering, armed swimming, or shooting, all four of them were rated excellent.

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