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Lin Yu chuckled softly after hearing this and readily agreed without hesitation: "Minister Yan, you only need to make a phone call for such a small matter. We can spare two teams from the four action teams at our security training base, since we also need a certain number of personnel to be responsible for security and vigilance here."

Vice Minister Yan's special trip to the training base of the Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill Security Department was not primarily for the supplies seized from the black market in the old capital last night. After so many joint operations with the Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill Security Department's action team, the team's formidable strength was truly astonishing. Today, he wanted to seek help from Lin Yu. As for receiving so many extra supplies, that was an unexpected bonus.

Although hundreds of elites have already undergone medicated baths at the Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill Security Department training base and received a month of acclimatization training, the dramatic changes they showed upon returning to their original departments were astonishing. Their physical fitness and reaction speed were both significantly improved; these medicated elites could now easily subdue four or five former colleagues. Moreover, judging from their performance, they were clearly holding back. It was later discovered that they hadn't used their full strength, especially the "Black Dragon Eighteen Hands" technique they had just learned at the Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill Security Department training base, which was deemed too ruthless and hadn't been used.

Among these departments are many martial arts masters who have practiced since childhood. However, after exchanging blows, these masters have to admit that compared to traditional martial arts, "Black Dragon Eighteen Hands" is closer to actual combat. It has completely eliminated some of the fancy moves in traditional martial arts, and when it is used, it is as fast as the wind and as swift as lightning. It is completely pursuing the ultimate one-hit kill. Especially now that these elites have undergone medicinal baths, they have physical strength that is two or three times that of ordinary people, so they are unstoppable and difficult to resist.

Unfortunately, even with hundreds of elite soldiers who had undergone the medicinal bath, they could only be used as a trump card when they returned to their original departments, to carry out the most difficult tasks at critical moments.

It's not that they don't want to expand the scale of medicinal baths; after witnessing the strength of these elite teams firsthand, many department leaders have repeatedly applied to increase the number of places available for medicinal baths.

Unfortunately, a sudden and severe drought has struck across the country, causing a significant reduction in grain production, with many severely affected areas experiencing no harvest at all. To help the disaster victims, the government is doing everything in its power to collect grain from all directions, and has even had to reduce the share of grain supply for urban residents. Under these difficult circumstances, most farms are forced to drastically reduce the number of livestock due to a lack of feed, which has led to an extreme shortage of meat in the market.

To cultivate an elite soldier through medicinal baths, it's not enough to just have the precious "Concentrated Decoction for Strengthening the Body and Nourishing the Vitality"; these soldiers also need sufficient meat and grain to supplement their nutrition. However, given the current difficult situation, even if there's a desire to continue increasing the number of people undergoing medicinal baths, logistical support has become an inescapable constraint. Therefore, all departments have had to temporarily shelve the matter.

According to Vice Minister Yan, currently only local military units are conducting small-scale medicinal baths and training according to the methods provided by Lin Yu, serving as a pilot program for special forces in the future.

Compared to other departments that each had only a few elite personnel who had undergone medicinal baths, the Security Department of Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill had an action team of over a hundred people. Every member of this team had received a medicinal bath with "Concentrated Decoction for Strengthening the Body and Nourishing the Vitality" and had been undergoing rigorous combat training for a long time. They had also achieved remarkable results in various combat operations. With such a strong team, it was inevitable that some people would want to covet it, including some powerful departments in the military. Unfortunately, they were unable to get what they wanted and were reportedly severely criticized by their superiors.

Due to the special nature of their work, the relevant departments had conducted joint operations with the security department of Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill on multiple occasions and had received material assistance from the security department on numerous occasions. In particular, Lin Yu had arranged for his brother-in-law, Sun Yong, to work in the relevant departments. Therefore, when facing pressure from enemy special organizations and feudal remnants, and with the department experiencing a shortage of personnel, Vice Minister Yan and Minister Li discussed the matter and came to seek help.

Given the special nature of the relevant departments, they could request assistance from the garrison if needed, or notify the municipal bureau for help. However, ordinary soldiers and public security personnel are no match for well-trained and vicious enemy agents and feudal remnants skilled in combat. Such encounters would inevitably result in a large number of casualties.

In previous years, during operations against enemy special agents, the troops and police officers involved suffered varying degrees of casualties. In particular, some vicious enemy agents, when surrounded and with nowhere to turn, not only refused to lay down their weapons and surrender, but also went so far as to prey on innocent civilians around them, causing many ordinary people to lose their lives in vain.

Compared to these ordinary soldiers and public security personnel, the performance of the Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill Security Department's action team was astonishing. Every time this action team participated in a mission, they were able to eliminate the enemy in a very short time. According to the reports from relevant departments present at the scene afterward, even Vice Minister Yan and other leaders had to admit that their so-called professional elites could only feel ashamed in front of the Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill Security Department's action team. The two sides were simply not in the same league.

Each time the action team arrives at the scene, it will conduct a review based on the intelligence provided by the relevant departments, and will deploy in an orderly manner in a very short time. From snipers on the outer high ground, to the spearhead responsible for the assault and breakthrough, to the sharpshooters who perform the covering duties, and the "cleaners" who carry out the cleanup work, the action team members on site have clear division of labor and cooperate with each other tacitly and extremely skillfully.

Vice Minister Yan and others reviewed the mission of the Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill Security Department's action team. The final conclusion was that for their own personnel to achieve the same level of performance as the other side, it would not only require medicated baths, but also extensive specialized training. In particular, the tacit understanding between team members could only be developed through daily practice and refinement.

Due to the special nature of the work of the relevant departments, Vice Minister Yan and others were well aware that the personnel in the department simply did not have the conditions to carry out such long-term training.