He paused, then added, "During the exercise, any trainee hit in a vital area is considered 'killed in action' and must immediately leave the battlefield. All instructors, including myself, Lei Kuan, and Han Feng, are prohibited from participating in or interfering with the exercise process in any way."
"Seventy men on each side. You are to arrange all infantry, scouts, machine gunners, and communications personnel yourselves. Now, you have ten minutes to elect a commander and five squad leaders. After ten minutes, prepare your equipment, and the exercise will officially begin!"
After Zheng Hongyi finished speaking, he left the battlefield entirely to the two teams that were about to engage in a life-or-death battle.
The entire playground was deathly silent.
Elect your own commander? Capture strongholds? Score points with kills? Destroy the base?
Let the trainees be commanders? This is practically a miniature version of a real war! Some people subconsciously looked at the people around them, hoping that someone would step forward, but they were met with the same evasive eyes.
The trainees in Battalion No. 3 looked at each other, their faces filled with confusion and unease.
Most of them were technical soldiers or troublemakers with almost no experience in coordinated operations. Although the instructors taught strategy classes in peacetime, it was all just theoretical. Now, suddenly they were asked to choose their own leader and fight such a complicated battle, and everyone panicked.
Just as everyone in Battalion No. 3 was filled with anxiety, Han Feng, the chief instructor of Battalion No. 2, walked over with a beaming smile.
He first saluted Zheng Hongyi, then said loudly in a boastful tone:
"Reporting to Vice Minister Zheng! Our Second Battalion will resolutely obey the orders of headquarters! Since its establishment, our battalion has always trained to realistic combat standards, and all trainees are capable of independently commanding squads and platoons in combat! We have already elected a commander and are ready to be deployed to battle at any time!"
After speaking, he turned his head and glanced at Battalion Three with an extremely contemptuous look.
"As for Battalion No. 3...hehe, my personal suggestion is that the exercise can be ended early."
Han Feng pointed to the well-equipped and imposing soldiers of the Second Battalion behind him and shouted:
"Vice Minister Zheng, look, our Second Battalion has been fully equipped with our self-developed 'Qianlong Type 1' multi-functional rifles, and grenade launchers have been added. The effective range is 200 meters longer than that of the Type 56 semi-automatic rifle!"
With each word he spoke, the faces of the trainees in Battalion No. 3 grew paler.
"As for our battalion commander," the seventy soldiers of Battalion No. 2 all turned their gazes to one of the men in their ranks.
He was a tall, arrogant young soldier, the same troublemaker from Battalion No. 2 who had led the way in humiliating Gao Kai in the washroom yesterday, pouring a basin of water on Gao Kai's head.
His name is Yuan Bao, nicknamed "Leopard". He is the undisputed king of soldiers in the Second Battalion. Whether it is combat, shooting or tactical command, he is far superior to his peers.
Instructor Han Feng, seeing the unity and determination of his soldiers, smiled smugly. He stepped forward and, deliberately speaking loudly enough for everyone present to hear, addressed Zheng Hongyi's retreating figure:
"Reporting to Vice Minister Zheng! Our Second Battalion doesn't need any selection at all! Our soldiers are trained in combat squads all the time, and our commander is the undisputed king of soldiers, Comrade Yuan Bao!"
As he spoke, he turned his head and glanced contemptuously at the Third Battalion, which was still whispering and in disarray, a sneer curling at the corner of his mouth.
"Unlike some camps, which are just a bunch of rabble trying to cram at the last minute, there probably isn't even one person who can stand up and say a word, right?"
From the Second Battalion's side, bursts of barely suppressed, triumphant laughter erupted.
Ma Hou, the troublesome soldier who tripped Gao Kai yesterday, shouted towards Battalion Three:
"Did you hear that, you bunch of trash! What's the point of fighting like this?! We're giving you a piece of advice: disperse right now and leave with some dignity! Otherwise, once the exercise starts, one grenade from us and you'll be crying for your parents!"
"Hahahaha!" A burst of laughter erupted from the Second Battalion.
humiliation!
An unprecedented humiliation!
The seventy soldiers of Battalion No. 3 clenched their fists so tightly they cracked, and their faces turned a deep purplish-red, yet they couldn't utter a single word.
Because what they said is true.
Lei Kuan's face was extremely pale.
Standing quietly in the crowd, Su Tang watched the farce unfold before her. Her clear, watery eyes remained calm, though a faint, cold light flickered deep within them.
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