Throughout the journey, Zhang Fan unintentionally taught these student soldiers how to survive in nature through his own actions.

This was their first close encounter with nature.

Through this field practice, the student soldiers began to understand and master skills in identifying and recognizing plants and animals, resource survey techniques, methods for studying plant and animal populations and communities, the relationship between tree rings and the environment, and so on...

Zhang Fan graduated from Northwest Agricultural and Technological University of China. Every winter and summer vacation, he would follow his professor to conduct biological and environmental surveys in the field.

As an assistant, Zhang Fan could not only learn fieldwork experience but also receive a work-study scholarship, so he was naturally willing to go. The professor also chose Zhang Fan because of his experience of trekking across Lop Nur solo during high school.

Conducting biological and environmental surveys requires venturing deep into virgin forests, and in order to collect the necessary samples, these trips often last for several weeks, making overnight stays in the wild a common occurrence.

In Zhang Fan's view, the professor who mentored him at the time was simply a "Bear Grylls"-like genius. Apart from a hunting knife and a magnesium rod, their backpacks contained laptops, cameras, binoculars, portable power banks, solar chargers, handwritten notebooks, and some academic materials. They didn't bring any water or food!

But with just a knife and a magnesium rod, the professor led this newbie on a wild ride through the primeval forest. Zhang Fan hadn't expected to gain a few pounds after his vacation.

However, the professor also reminded Zhang Fan that Bear Grylls-style wilderness survival is exciting to watch, but he shouldn't try to imitate it, or he would kill himself first.

Previously, the professor mentored him; now, he leads a group of student soldiers. Although the number of student soldiers is large, Zhang Fan feels that this is much easier than when the professor mentored him, if the external factor of the Fass soldiers is disregarded.

Because the wild flora and fauna resources of Milan Star are so abundant.

Now, when it's time to set up camp at night, Zhang Fan no longer needs to give orders. The male soldiers will spontaneously divide into several small teams, take bamboo bows and arrows, and go hunting in the forest.

Laser rifles are now a valuable resource and cannot be used casually.

After the female soldiers boiled the water, the male soldiers returned one after another, carrying various wild pheasants, ducks, rabbits, and the like.

In the morning, the male soldiers went out to check the rockfall traps and elastic lassos that had been set up the night before, and then breakfast was served.

A few days later, Zhang Fan had to give the order: the prey must be captured alive if possible.

Damn, we can't finish this!

There's nothing you can do about those that are dead, but you can release the living back into the wild.

Since venturing deeper into the primeval forest, reconnaissance planes from the Fas Khan Army have become increasingly rare overhead, as this area is far from the front lines. For either side, this place holds no military value, and naturally, they wouldn't waste their precious military resources here.

It's pitch black in the primeval forest by 6 p.m. After eating and drinking your fill in the wild, there's nothing much to do, so even if you were to engage in group sex, it would be too much.

The idle and energetic young men began pestering their superiors to recount their battle exploits.

"Sir, are you really the only one left in the 102nd Airborne Brigade?"

"Yes, so now I'm just a bachelor brigade commander." Zhang Fan laughed self-deprecatingly. He only learned that he was the last survivor of the 102nd Airborne Brigade through information returned from the battlefield recorder.

"I can't remember their names, and I don't even recognize their faces..." Zhang Fan frowned, his expression a mixture of confusion and pain.

Damn it! What were their names again? I can't remember any of them, this is really giving me a headache.

To be honest, Zhang Fan had no idea about this hastily assembled "102nd Airborne Brigade". He had only seen the other soldiers in the brigade briefly before parachuting, so he couldn't possibly recognize them.

However, the student soldiers understood it differently.

They all knew the significance of "airborne troops"—a force inherently surrounded by the enemy. In the history of the Ryan Army, there were countless examples of airborne troops being surrounded and annihilated by the enemy, and many airborne units were disbanded as a result.

The student soldiers' eyes widened in surprise when they heard that their commander had jumped from a propeller transport plane with a parachute on his back.

This is a scenario they only see in military history textbooks, yet it actually happened to them.

Considering the repeated defeats of the Ryan National Army on Milan Star and the loss of air superiority, how tragic and heroic this leap into enemy territory was!

All the soldiers in the brigade were killed in action, except for their commander. In any other unit, the student soldiers might have suspected their commander of being a coward, but their commander was certainly not that kind of person!

Is that even possible? Would someone who's afraid of death save this group of student soldiers? Instead of running away alone, they'd just needlessly add a heavy burden to themselves?

In the minds of the student soldiers, a tragic story had already been conjured up: the brigade commander endured humiliation and hardship, escaped death with the concerted efforts of all the soldiers in the brigade, and lived on carrying the last wishes of all the officers and soldiers in the brigade...

If Zhang Fan could read minds and know what these student soldiers were thinking, he would surely think like Lu Xun, "I'm not! I didn't! Don't talk nonsense! I don't know them at all!"

“Sir! You are not alone!” Brandon suddenly walked over and snapped to attention, giving a formal military salute.

"What are you doing?" This startled Zhang Fan.

"Sir! According to Ryan's Wartime Soldier Regulations, the 5th Reserve Company of the 5th Division of the Milan Defense Forces now requests your command!"

"What?" Zhang Fan was completely dumbfounded.

"Fifth Company! Assemble!"

At Brandon's command, the student soldiers who had been resting in various parts of the cave all stood up abruptly and quickly assembled into ranks.

"Sir! The 5th Company of the 102nd Airborne Brigade has assembled! 125 men were expected, 125 men are present. Requesting instructions!"

The cave fell silent instantly, with 125 pairs of eyes fixed on Zhang Fan's face.

"Wait, why are you suddenly getting all sentimental?" Zhang Fan stood up, feeling a bit lost. Everyone else had stood up, and he couldn't just stay sitting there.

"Sir! The 5th Company of the 102nd Airborne Brigade has assembled! Please give instructions!" Brandon repeated the order with a serious expression and his eyes fixed ahead.

"No, you..."

"Sir! The 5th Company of the 102nd Airborne Brigade has assembled! Requesting instructions!"

Zhang Fan fell silent.

His gaze swept over the 125 young faces, each one serious; they weren't joking...

Zhang Fan closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

"stand at attention!"

Damn it, this time things might have gone awry.

"rest!"

These bastards are too cunning; we might not be able to shake them off in the future.

"Disband!"

The team dispersed and went back to rest, but compared to a moment ago, the spirit of each student soldier seemed to have changed slightly.

Although it was just a simple three-line command, it in fact represented that the 5th Reserve Company of the 5th Division of the Milan Defense Army was officially placed under the control of the 102nd Airborne Brigade and commanded by the acting brigade commander of the 102nd Airborne Brigade, and was reorganized into the 5th Company of the 102nd Airborne Brigade.

This is a special case that meets the requirements of Lane's Wartime Soldier Regulations and has been recorded by the battlefield recorder.