Chapter 167: Easily the First, Public Enemy of the School
It didn't take long.
The remaining twelve veterans of the second squad of the reconnaissance department students ran to the pre-arranged place one after another to find the gathering point.
At this time, four hours had passed and it was approaching noon.
Most teams are busy at the top of the mountain or halfway up the mountain.
There are very few people still at the foot of the mountain.
Chen Mo didn't even need to hide. He shouted at the veterans who had run nearby to come and gather.
There's no need to ask; just by looking at the way these people jump and skip as they walk, and their whole bodies are full of energy, you can guess that they have reaped a lot of rewards.
As expected.
Lai Wei and Liu Mujun came up to Chen Mo and without saying a word, they took out more than 40 maps from their pockets and backpacks.
Lai Wei slammed his head to the ground and said with a grin, "Scholar, what do we have?"
"Damn it! I've almost walked halfway up the mountain, and this is all I got."
"That's enough, squad leader. That's a lot." Chen Mo smiled like a money-grubber. He gathered all the maps in his hands and began to compare them one by one.
The other groups are basically the same, all collecting about forty or fifty pictures.
Generally speaking, their team alone received nearly three hundred incomplete maps.
Chen Mo couldn't guarantee how many maps there were in the entire mountain, but there was no doubt that they would be able to put together a complete map.
After working so hard for a long time, forging information and running all over the mountains and fields, isn't it just to seize the initiative?
"team leader."
“Hey!”
"Take a few squad leaders and dig a hole to bury all the maps we drew ourselves but haven't given away."
"OK."
Xie Yong nodded, and immediately took his men and ran away to start the action.
Since they had collected so many maps, Chen Mo had a lot of choices. It only took him about twenty minutes to piece together the other fourteen maps.
A single hand-drawn map cannot show any mountains or roads, but once the complete map is put together, it becomes much simpler.
Everyone leaned forward to take a look.
Even without Chen Mo's reminder, Wang Bo, who had been squatting nearby, couldn't help but say, "Fuck, isn't this the light weapons shooting range at the end of Road No. 1, which is opposite the east gate of Luyuan?"
“Is this the end?”
"yes."
Chen Mo smacked his lips. For this assessment, the academy sent a group of them to the mountains.
When most people first receive the map, they will subconsciously look for the landmark points corresponding to the mountain areas on the map.
Who would have thought that the entire map actually depicts the route of Luyuan from Dongdaemun to the foot of Cuiping Mountain, and has nothing to do with the mountainous area at all?
But, think about it, it makes sense.
Indeed, only this kind of simple line drawing can be divided into so many parts without being easily noticed.
After carefully comparing the map again and making sure there were no mistakes, Chen Mo shuffled the assembled map and stuffed it into his backpack.
Next to them, a group of veterans were already ready to go.
After being busy for several hours, isn't this what we've been waiting for?
"Scholar, now that we know the destination, how do we set the route?"
Xie Yong was already impressed by Chen Mo's imaginative thinking. In all the previous competitions, had they always raced against time, fearing to fall behind?
But this time it’s different. While racing against time, I can actually feel a sense of stealing. It’s so fucking exciting.
How to set a route
Chen Mo was a little undecided for a moment. If they crossed the mountain area and reached the light weapons shooting range, it would not be too far from where they were, at most ten or twenty kilometers.
But the map shows the east gate of Luyuan to the foot of Cuiping Mountain. If you run to the east gate according to the map, the distance is very far.
You know, it takes 50 minutes just to get here by car, and if you just run, it will take at least three or four hours.
They may not be able to reach the finish line within the specified time.
After much thought, Chen Mo gritted his teeth and said, "Captain, there's no need to plan a route. We'll just take the shortest route."
"The map shows the route from Dongdaemun to Cuiping Mountain. Do we really not need to follow the map?" Ding Zeliang looked worried.
"Need not."
After making up his mind, Chen Mo no longer hesitated: "I can probably guess what the academy is up to."
"This time, the participating academies include not only our Army Academy, but also the Army Command and the Military Medical College. This map starts from Dongdaemun, and the purpose is probably not to let us follow the designated route."
"Instead, participants need to climb to the top of the mountain and look down at the layout of the academy at the foot of the mountain before they can understand this map."
"The map needs to correspond to the reference objects. We are from the Lu Academy, so we are relatively familiar with the academy's building structure."
"If I'm not mistaken, part of the fragment that makes up the complete map is only available on the top of the mountain."
In fact, no one knows what exactly happened.
Chen Mo was only half analyzing and half bluffing.
But seeing that what he said really made sense, the other veterans in the team no longer had any objections.
That's the advantage of being a veteran.
Even if you know you might be wrong, you won't go out of your way to refute it, because unity and agreement are the biggest factors for success.
Seeing that no one said anything, Chen Mo turned his gaze to Xie Yong.
Old Xie nodded, then pointed to due north, took out his compass and said, "Brothers, there's only one last shudder left."
"I just observed the direction of the destination from the top of the mountain. We are moving at the foot of the mountain, so it is easy to deviate, but the general direction will not be wrong."
“Go all out and strive for first place.”
"Comrades, charge!"
"rush!!"
Low roars came out of the warriors' mouths.
At the foot of Cuiping Mountain, a team of fourteen people ran around the mountain like monkeys.
Now that we have determined the route and know the destination, there is no need to hide from other participating teams.
The reason is simple.
Those who don’t know the finish line dare not follow them, while those who know the finish line will only race against them in terms of time and speed.
There's no point in hiding from people anymore.
For mid-year assessments, the college sets different subjects for different majors.
Only those with majors such as reconnaissance command, battlefield nursing, junior communications command, and network and electrical engineering will be arranged to practice orienteering in the mountains.
After all, if you want to become a qualified officer, the first requirement is to have solid basic qualities.
You can't become a commander by living a life of luxury.
2:00 p.m. on the 28th.
In a tent at the edge of the Army Academy's light weapons shooting range, Yang Shilei, the squadron leader of the 30th Squadron, was sitting in the tent. He picked up his hat to fan himself with a slightly irritated expression.
He was the chief examiner for the orienteering event this time, and the captain of the student team, Fang Huai, was the deputy examiner. They were also accompanied by several captains and company commanders from the coaching group.
It was during the assessment period and the entire hospital was mobilized. They could not leave their posts at will until the subjects were completed.
"Hey, Old Fang, that's really strange." Captain Yang frowned, his gaze fixed on the distance. "There are only two hours left until the end. How come no team has completed their mission yet?"
"Will there be any accidents?"
"What kind of accident could happen?" Fang Huai held a cigarette in his mouth, half-closed his eyes, and looked very comfortable.
He is from the coaching corps. Although his rank is only major and deputy battalion commander, which is not as high as the squadron leader who is a lieutenant colonel and battalion commander, he is not in the same unit and has no direct relationship with the squadron leader.
Therefore, the conversation between the two was relatively casual.
"They are all old comrades, and they are more clever than monkeys when they go to the mountains. There are still two hours left, so there is no rush."
Hearing this, Yang Shilei felt a little relieved.
He stared at the roster on the table in front of him, still feeling something was not right.
For this orienteering event, the Army Academy sent out a total of three teams.
There are two cadet teams in the reconnaissance department. Only ten people from the 30th squadron were assigned to the team, and the rest all wore police armbands to work and patrol in the mountains to avoid accidents during the assessment.
Ready to respond to rescue at any time.
In addition to their three teams from the Army Academy, there is also one team from the Army Command, one from the Military Medical College, one from the Armored Forces Academy, and one from the General Staff College.
Most of the seven teams are veterans. Except for the military doctor's team, which is a bit unreliable, the other six teams are composed of veteran teams that have been promoted or are seniors in the academy.
How come it’s ten hours’ requirement, but eight hours have already passed and not a single team has returned?
There shouldn't be any stuck points in similar assessments.
The light weapons shooting range is only about ten to twenty kilometers away from the assessment area in the back mountain, and the straight-line distance is even closer.
The place is so small, it’s hard for others to find the map, do those scouts also find it difficult?
No, something must have happened!!
The further time goes by.
The more Yang Shilei spoke, the faster he felt his heart beating. He grabbed the intercom and was about to inquire about the assessment situation in the back mountain.
On the road leading directly to the light weapons shooting range from the back mountain, more than a dozen figures, as if fished out of the water, finally appeared in sight.
“Here I come!”
Captain Yang breathed a long sigh of relief. He quickly put down the walkie-talkie and knocked on the table with his hand.
Inside the tent, a group of examiners who had been sitting lazily immediately straightened up and stared at the approaching crowd with burning eyes.
"Oh my god, this is awesome, are we really number one?" Wang Bo couldn't help but murmur as he saw the deserted light weapons shooting range. Apart from a tent in the distance, there was no one in the huge place.
The sense of ease of being the first to enter the venue is really overwhelming, mainly because there is no one to compete with them.
I didn't encounter any opponents along the way.
Chen Mo breathed heavily and said nothing.
He was so exhausted that he hadn't eaten breakfast or lunch, and the only bread he had was already consumed.
The mountain road was difficult to walk on. Even with a compass, they deviated from the direction several times. However, the mountain road was only a dozen kilometers long, but they ran from nearly noon to after two in the afternoon before reaching the end.
This cannot be blamed on them. After all, they were unfamiliar with the terrain and without a map to guide them, so it was considered quite tenacious of them to be able to hold on while circling the mountain.
"Line up, brothers. The first one should behave like the first one."
Xie Yong reminded with a smile.
The fourteen members of the team immediately formed into two columns and marched in unison towards the tent in the distance with their heads held high and their chests puffed out.
Under the gaze of the examiners, Xie Yong led his men to the tent and shouted, "Stand still."
Then, Lao Xie clenched his fists and ran to the front of the tent in a standard formation. He stood at attention and saluted, saying, "Reporting to the captain, comrade, the second cadet team has completed the mission. The required number of people is 14, and the actual number is 14. Please give your instructions!"
Fang Huai watched as his team of students reached the finish line first, his eyes full of smiles, but he was not the examiner, so he sat there without saying a word.
Captain Yang, the chief examiner, stretched his head to look at the avenue leading into the venue in the distance. He was a little puzzled as to what was wrong with the scout today.
Don’t you usually argue fiercely?
How come the first one entered the market today, but the other two have no movement at all?
"Did you run into any other teams on your way here?"
“Report, no!”
"Are there any other teams stopping you?"
“Report, no!”
"Did everything go smoothly?"
"yes!"
Faced with Xie Yong, who knew nothing about anything, Captain Yang always felt that something was wrong.
There has been a first place in orienteering in previous years, there is no doubt about that, but it has never been so easy to get the first place as this year.
What is orienteering?
Competing with each other, competing with each other, pushing to the limit, scrambling for and fighting for what you want, this is called orienteering.
What's going on now? There are seven teams being assessed, but there's no enthusiasm for improvement at all.
"Okay, go and rest. There's water and prepared rations in the rest area. Congratulations on winning first place."
"Disband."
"yes!"
"Dismissed!!"
Xie Yong saluted the examiner again, then turned around and gave instructions.
A group of veteran soldiers who were promoted had little respect for the officers in the academy, and now they were like wild horses that had broken free from their reins.
Rushing to the rest area in the distance.
The so-called rest area is just a shady spot with a layer of cloth on the ground and buckets of mung bean soup on it. Next to it is a bamboo basket with some cooled red bean buns covered with a quilt and some pickled mustard greens.
Compared with the grassroots troops, this food is not much worse.
After working for a long time, Chen Mo, who was already starving, opened his kettle, filled it with mung bean soup, grabbed the bun and started eating.
At this time.
The other veterans in the team were all big eaters. They were sweating in the hot weather, and they had been walking on mountain roads for a long time, so they were already starving.
But others eat with peace of mind.
At this time, Chen Mo was a little worried.
They have replaced two or three hundred maps of the back mountain. Is it true that something will happen to this guy?
Chen Mo was munching on a bun while looking into the distance.
He didn't know that there were only seven teams participating in the assessment this time. The main reason was that the squadron leader boasted too much at the beginning.
No matter whether there are 20, 40 or 80 teams participating, we must win first place.
When such words are spoken, it is easy to mislead people into thinking they have a preconceived notion.
Chen Mo thought that the competition this time would be very fierce.
In addition, after they left in the car, they had no idea that only one team of scouts from the 30th Squadron participated in the competition, and the rest all changed into uniforms and wore armbands to perform police maintenance tasks.
There are seven participating teams in total, and if each team has 20 maps, there are actually only more than 100 maps enough for the back mountain.
However, taking into account various factors and increasing the difficulty, the academy has invested more in repeated maps in its arrangements.
A total of nearly seven hundred maps were used to confuse the playing field.
Who would have thought.
Almost half of the map was replaced by Chen Mo and his team, causing a part of the real map to be directly broken.
It would be strange if anyone else could find the place.
Some teams found nearly 200 maps, but were still unable to piece together a complete map of the destination.
At this time, there was an extremely serious phenomenon of cursing on the back mountain.
"Captain, when you were changing the map, were the coordinates hidden in the mountains easy to find?"
Chen Mo was still a little worried in the end. He ate a bun and sat in front of Ding Zeliang to ask.
"It's so easy to find." Old Ding curled his lips. "Sometimes I have to run hundreds of meters to find one. But, scholar, your method is really good."
"You said there were signs, and they really were. Wherever there were little red flags, there were maps. With that, I found it faster than anyone else."
"In order to avoid creating rivals for us, I moved many of the flags to more hidden locations. Hehe! They'll be searching for quite some time."
Ding Zeliang's words elicited tacit laughter from a group of veterans around him.
Chen Mo opened his mouth, he knew that his worries were right.
This time, things might get out of hand.
After all, his original intention was to mislead other teams, so that the progress of those teams that might be lucky would be delayed a little, thus buying time for himself.
But look at the current situation.
It seems that it is not as simple as slowing down the speed.
They have been back for half an hour, but the second person has not come yet, no matter how strong their team's overall ability is.
It's not that ridiculously strong.
at this time.
Not only Chen Mo realized that something was wrong.
Yang Shilei, who was in charge of supervising the assessment, felt that things were getting worse. Even Fang Huai, who had been so relaxed just now, had a look of worry on his face.
If the first one doesn’t come out, that’s fine.
But the first place has been here for a long time, is the gap between the teams so big?
"Hello! Hello!! I'm Yang Shilei, reporting on the situation over there."
Captain Yang finally couldn't help it and picked up the walkie-talkie to start asking questions.
"What?!!"
"Still looking for a map?"
"The assessment is ten hours long, and nine hours have already passed. What are they doing?"
"Hello? Hello?!!"
"What's wrong, Old Yang?" Fang Huai realized that something was wrong. He quickly stood up and walked to Yang Shilei to ask.
"Damn it, what the hell is going on?" Captain Yang cursed as he hung the walkie-talkie on his body. He didn't even enter the tent, but walked around in circles with his hands on his hips under the scorching sun.
He ignored Fang Huai's question.
Damn, it’s the mid-year assessment. The academy attaches as much importance to an assessment of this scale as the military region attaches to its annual military exercises.
It is even more important than the year-end assessment.
The reason is simple. It is just that at the beginning of next month, after the assessment is over, the senior students will be awarded ranks and leave school to go to the army for internship.
Orienteering is just the first event, there will be more subsequent subjects.
It was almost time to evacuate, but people were still in the mountains and couldn't get out.
Does this make sense?
"Go, contact the Academy's Training Management Department, Political Work Department, and Logistics Department. Tell them there's a problem with our assessment."
“It may not be possible to proceed as planned.”
"yes!"
After receiving the order, the accompanying captain examiner immediately picked up the keys on the table and drove to report.
Don't think this is a trivial matter.
Any assessment process will be strictly formulated by the college training department, and will be carried out in a regulated and planned manner.
The logistics units fully cooperated to ensure the process.
Thousands of students from the Army Academy were assessed together, and the preparation required for this workload was no less than mobilizing two main divisions for combat.
Now, the targeted assessment is about to start, and nearly a hundred people are still trapped in the mountains. The situation and progress are unclear. We cannot afford to be negligent.
At the very least, the situation should be reported to the college.
"Is something wrong?"
Looking into the distance, several examiners were like ants on a hot pan, running around in a panic.
Xie Yong finally realized that something was wrong.
Because their rest area was too far away from the tent, they couldn't hear anything being said over there.
Even some of the old soldiers with thick lines had eaten and drunk their fill and were lying on the ground fast asleep.
After all, for them, it is enough to complete the first place and not worry about the rest.
"Maybe we changed maps too much, so other teams can't put together a complete map."
Chen Mo expressed his guess.
After all, he is just one of the contestants. It is impossible for him to master everything perfectly. It is very likely that he has messed up this time.
“Oh my god!!”
"Isn't this a big deal?" As a veteran, Xie Yong didn't know whether this behavior would bring trouble to his team.
But if so many teams cannot return on time, this must be a big problem.
Finished.
Xie Yong immediately straightened his military uniform and prepared to explain the situation.
As the captain, he has the awareness to shoulder all the responsibilities.
"Wait a little longer, don't worry, we're all veterans and nothing will happen to us." Chen Mo grabbed Xie Yong and said, "Even if you need to explain the situation, I'll go. It was my idea in the first place."
This is not stealing credit.
But Chen Mo really didn’t think this matter was that big of a deal.
The assessment is the beginning of a battle, and everyone's performance depends on their ability. This makes sense whether it is in an academy or in the army.
At least from the perspective of those taking the assessment, there is nothing wrong with it.
But if his explanation doesn't make sense, and Xie Yong runs over to admit his mistake, he might be expelled and sent back to his original unit.
Now that the problem has happened, Chen Mo is ready to see how the academy will respond. He doesn't believe that if a problem really happens, these examiners will not be able to associate it with the only team present.
Just the two of them were wasting time.
At the entrance of the light weapons shooting range, four or five military vehicles drove in one after another.
The vehicle sped away, raising clouds of dust, and stopped next to the tent with a creak.
The car door opened, and Zhang Jinnan and several cadres from the training department got out of the car one after another.
"Hello, Vice President!!"
Several welcoming examiners saluted hurriedly.
"Tell me what happened." Zhang Jinnan's face was a little gloomy. As the vice president, he had a lot of work to do every day. During the mid-year assessment period, he naturally sat in the training department to preside over various tasks.
He was a little puzzled when he heard that there was a problem in the most worry-free major in the reconnaissance department.
"Reporting to the Vice President." Yang Shilei straightened his body and said, "According to the regulations, the orienteering course starts at six in the morning and ends at four. It's almost three-thirty now."
"The teams still competing in the mountains are still searching for maps. Only one team has returned."
"Only one team came back?" Vice Dean Zhang put his hands on his hips and glared. "Which college are they from?"
"It's the second squad of students from our academy's reconnaissance department."
As Yang Shilei spoke, he pointed to the rest area in the distance.
When Zhang Jinnan heard that someone from his college won first place, his expression did not look too bad.
At least it's not embarrassing.
But when he looked in the direction Yang Shilei pointed, he saw a familiar young man looking at him suspiciously.
Vice President Zhang himself couldn't explain the reason, but he suddenly felt that the orienteering accident must be related to Chen Mo.
Because since ancient times, capable people will never be too peaceful, and they will always do something in places you least expect.
"Call Chen Mo over and ask him and you'll know." Zhang Jinnan snorted unhappily.
He had even identified the source.
"Chen Mo."
"arrive!!"
"come over!"
Although Yang Shilei didn't know why he was called Chen Mo, since the vice president had spoken, what else could he say?
"Squad leader, don't worry about it. I'll go see what's going on." Chen Mo smiled and comforted Xie Yong. Then he quickly ran to the front of the tent, stood at attention and saluted: "Hello, Chief."
"Hmph, tell me, why didn't the other teams in the back mountain come back?"
As the saying goes, age makes the wise. Zhang Jinnan has been in the academy for so many years, what kind of situation has he not seen?
As soon as he saw this kid, he knew something bad was going to happen.
"Report, maybe they can't put together the map." Chen Mo said with a wry smile.
"Why can't we complete the map?" Yang Shilei felt a little puzzled. He turned his head and looked at the road coming down the mountain in the distance, and made sure that no team had arrived yet.
He continued, "There are seven teams participating this time, and a total of 667 maps have been distributed. If we can find all the remaining maps, we can piece together more than a dozen finish line maps."
"How come it can't be gathered together?"
"Because, I replaced nearly three hundred maps."
Chen Mo spread his hands, looking innocent.
But the people present were stunned by his sudden words.
"You changed it?" Fang Huai stared.
"I knew you had something to do here." Zhang Jinnan kicked Chen Mo and turned to walk towards the car next to him.
Just before getting on the bus, he reminded them, "Notify everyone still in the back mountains to gather their troops and return. We've changed three hundred copies, and the maps are all broken. What's the point of the exam?"
"The directed assessment is declared over."
After Zhang Jinnan finished speaking, he got into the car and left.
He is the vice president. If something unexpected happens, all he needs to do is find out what happened.
You can wait until the vice president leaves.
Captain Yang, the chief examiner, nearly lost his temper on the spot. He jumped up and down and cursed, "Scholar, scholar, you are such a troublemaker!"
"There are only over 600 maps in total. Did you exchange half of them?"
"I've been sitting here in the sun for ten hours, and you changed the map?"
"Just wait and see how the other teams deal with you."
"You are my hell, you are the public enemy of the whole school."
Yang Shilei was really angry and started talking without thinking.
I cursed for a long time before I felt relieved.
But he could only curse. Just now, the vice president kicked Chen Mo and announced the end of the assessment.
Obviously, this is the final result. What can he say?
But, just because you can’t do anything to Chen Mo doesn’t mean you can’t deal with other people.
Captain Yang picked up the intercom in a rage and roared, "Retreat! Retreat! Damn! You're all a bunch of pigs."
"Don't you know that the map has been changed?"
"Stand in the mountains and shout to me, tell all the contestants to withdraw."
"I want to see all of you within the hour."
"Fuck, I'm so pissed off."
The other side.
The veteran of the 30th Squadron who was still on duty in the mountains was also shocked when he heard the order on the walkie-talkie.
What the hell, the map was changed?
Who is so powerful?
Who made the squadron leader so angry?
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