The young soldier was still looking at Zhang Jizhou with longing eyes, trying his best to get two more packets of dried meat.
Zhang Jizhou firmly refused to give it to her, saying, "This was made by your own sister-in-law. Go tell the others that whoever performs well in this exercise will be rewarded with beef jerky and pork jerky."
As is well known, the southwest has a complex terrain, mainly consisting of plateaus and mountains, with dense forests, steep and complex mountain ranges, and extreme temperature differences, especially in the large forests where the temperature difference between day and night can be as high as twenty degrees Celsius.
This exercise focuses on jungle warfare.
In the summer, the entire elite squad can simply venture into the forest without worrying about food or water.
But in the southwest, it snows in the mountains during winter, and once it snows, you can't find anything to eat.
Jungle warfare is all about flexibility.
This meant they couldn't bring too much stuff.
The entire set of field combat equipment already weighs 28 kilograms. Add water and a few compressed biscuits, and that's the limit of their load capacity.
This exercise will last for twenty days.
With only a few compressed biscuits and a bottle of water, Zhang Jizhou and his partner were worried about how the members of the elite team would survive the next twenty days.
Some people may wonder, if other units can hold up during the exercise, shouldn't the elite squad, which has undergone high-intensity special training, be even more able to hold up?
The elite squad is like a sharp dagger, piercing the enemy's heart at crucial moments to ensure the successful completion of our mission.
Therefore, the missions assigned to the elite squad are different from those of ordinary troops, and the places they go to are naturally more dangerous.
Another point is that, for ordinary troops, the cooks also participate in the exercises.
The logistics department will also ensure the daily supply of materials.
The elite squad, however, consists of only ten core members. Once they enter the exercise area, they will have to take care of all their own food, drink, and other needs.
To ensure they can play a crucial role at the most critical moment, the elite team must absolutely not let the Red Team discover their presence.
This means that they cannot light a fire to keep warm at night when it is freezing cold.
Given such harsh conditions, and the fact that compressed biscuits have very little calories...
Zhang Jizhou and his partner were originally thinking about where to get some high-calorie, light food.
Unexpectedly, the beef jerky and pork jerky sent by Fang Yan arrived just in time!
"Captain! Really?"
Upon receiving a definite reply, the young soldier jumped for joy and ran outside, saying, "I'll go tell them now!"
With that noisy guy gone, the office finally quieted down.
His partner took a piece of beef jerky from Zhang Jizhou, took a bite, and kept thinking about what Zhang Jizhou had just said, "Old Zhang, this exercise, regarding..."
He had intended to continue talking about the exercise, but when the taste of the beef jerky exploded in his mouth, he was so amazed that he forgot what he was saying. His eyes widened in disbelief, "Old Zhang! Did your wife really make this?"
His partner was from the Sichuan-Chongqing area and loved spicy food, and Zhang Jizhou gave him the spicy flavor.
Zhang Jizhou has been away from home for many years, and his eating habits have changed. He now also likes spicy food.
Of course, even if Fang Yan's cooking wasn't spicy, he still enjoyed it immensely.
"She did it herself."
Because he was about to eat beef jerky, Zhang Jizhou's lips had just lowered, but now he couldn't help but smile again.
He thought that Fang Yan's claim of making a fortune before the Lunar New Year meant she wanted to make a lot of money through braised food.
I never expected she could make beef jerky and pork jerky taste so good.
Beef is something that can only be found by chance.
So, Fang Yan will be selling pork jerky during the Chinese New Year.
Zhang Jizhou immediately decided and even helped Fang Yan promote it, saying, "She plans to sell this during the Chinese New Year. If you need to buy some as a gift, you can call her to place an order after we return from the exercise."
"Tsk!"
His partner feigned displeasure, "Old Zhang, just a few days ago, your wife wanted a divorce. If I hadn't been there to help you with your family matters, would you be able to enjoy a warm home with your wife and kids after the New Year? Is this all you've got for your benefactor?"
Come to think of it, the fact that the family was able to get the application approved so quickly this time shows that my partner really put in a lot of effort.
Zhang Jizhou picked out another bag of pork jerky for him, "This is the original flavor, spicy, you have to save it for the exercises."
In freezing weather, eating something spicy will warm you up quickly.
Considering the importance of this exercise to the elite squad, his partner stopped arguing with him, opened the package, and took a bite.
The spicy flavor is more enjoyable, but Fang Yan's excellent cooking skills made her partner, a serious spice lover, fall in love with the original flavor pork jerky after just one bite. "Old Zhang, you're so unfair! Your wife's cooking is so amazing, and you've kept it a secret for so long!"
Zhang Jizhou had eaten Fang Yanyan's cooking; it wasn't bad, but it wasn't outstanding either.
He couldn't explain that Fang Yan wasn't Fang Yanyan, so he kept quiet and slowly chewed the beef jerky in his mouth. After swallowing the meat, he spoke, subtly changing the subject, "This exercise is a crucial opportunity for the elite team to survive. We must go all out."
The elite squad doesn't actually need to participate in this exercise.
However, because this squad was formed by selecting the best talents from various units across the army, it offended many people.
Even after the elite team was formed, it successfully carried out several important missions with the highest difficulty and danger.
However, some people still have doubts. After all the effort put into building this elite squad, they can only carry out some special missions. If they are ever needed on the battlefield, their combat capabilities are worrying.
To test the combat effectiveness of the elite squad, they were specially seconded to the southwest to cooperate with the Blue Team in this exercise.
In other words, if the elite squad cannot deliver a very impressive performance in this exercise...
So, whether it still needs to exist is a question.
"Old Zhang, I believe in you! I also believe in the team members we've trained day and night with all our hard work!" His partner patted Zhang Jizhou on the shoulder and said with utmost trust.
Despite discussing a very serious topic, he suddenly raised the pork jerky in his hand and said, "I'm even more convinced that with this bag of jerky that my sister-in-law sent, we'll definitely be able to shut up those who doubt us this time."
The team members' fighting ability is very important.
But if you let them go hungry for three to five days, do you expect them to unleash their best fighting power?
Now, with the twenty jin of dried meat sent by Fang Yan, Zhang Jizhou felt even more confident in winning this battle.
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