He was so persuasive that he actually practiced extraordinary

Now, just hearing this man open his mouth, I knew he was bragging again, and then he said:
"Keep bragging, you stinky fish!"

"Lu Yan, you two know each other."

“He’s a real estate agent. As for how he met Captain Zhang, I have no idea,” Lu Yan replied.

Before Jiang Xiaoyu could speak, Zhang Chong pushed aside the people surrounding her, moved closer to her, stepped onto the ladder between the bunk beds, and said to her:
"Jiang Xiaoyu, what are you capable of? Show us what you've got."

"That's right, show us your skills, Jiang Xiaoyu."

I just heard that Jiang Xiaoyu has passed the Navy's enlistment review and has now arrived at the Navy barracks.

Zhang Beixing, who had nothing better to do and just came to take a look, saw a crowd of people jeering at Jiang Xiaoyu as soon as he entered the new recruits' dormitory.

"What's going on? Why did it make such a racket in your house before I even got inside?" Zhang Beixing asked.

The group of people surrounding Jiang Xiaoyu suddenly heard Zhang Beixing's voice and instinctively raised their hands to touch their faces—the kicks they received that day really hurt.

"Brother Zhang, what brings you here? Come and sit down."

Jiang Xiaoyu was the first to react. She quickly pushed away the people surrounding her, moved a chair behind her, and even pretended to wipe it clean before inviting Zhang Beixing to sit down.

Zhang Beixing watched Jiang Xiaoyu's exaggerated actions with amusement, and without refusing, he went over and sat down.

"I heard you were here, Brother Jiang, so I came to see you." Zhang Beixing didn't undermine Jiang Xiaoyu's act and kindly continued the performance on the stage that Jiang Xiaoyu had set up.

Hearing Zhang Beixing's words, even Jiang Xiaoyu, who could always boast without batting an eye, blushed and quickly went over to Zhang Beixing and said:
"Brother Zhang, could you come out and say a few words to me?"

Without saying a word, Zhang Beixing followed Jiang Xiaoyu outside, wanting to see what this slippery mudfish had to say to him.

"Alright, stop beating around the bush. I've been in the army every day lately and haven't had time to contact anyone outside. How's your mother?" Zhang Beixing asked directly.

"Thanks to you, Brother Zhang, my mother's condition has been brought under control, and she is almost fully recovered now."

After Jiang Xiaoyu finished speaking, she took out a piece of paper with a few lines of writing on it from her pocket and handed it to Zhang Beixing.

Taking the paper, Zhang Beixing looked at the words on it: "What is this?"

“My mother has been telling me to return this IOU to you. I owe you a favor, so I can’t leave without paying you back.” He finished speaking and chuckled at Zhang Beixing.

Zhang Beixing took the IOU in his hand and looked at Jiang Xiaoyu: "Okay, then I'll keep it. Do your best in the army."

"Okay, sure," Jiang Xiaoyu replied crisply.

"You stay here and rest. I have something to do, so I'll be leaving now."

After saying that, Zhang Beixing turned and left. He walked ahead, out of Jiang Xiaoyu's sight, tore the IOU in his hand to shreds, and threw it into the trash can.

At dawn, Balang, carrying a megaphone, stormed into the recruit company's dormitory and immediately yanked off the blankets of several people on the lower bunks by the door:
"Get up, all of you! Haven't you always thought it was boring in the army? Get up and train!"

While the new recruits were slowly getting out of bed to wash up amidst Balang's loud voice, Wu Gang, Long Baichuan, Zhang Beixing, and several others were having a meeting in the conference room of the naval special operations brigade.

"What? Zhang Beixing, you're personally going on stage?"

Wu Gang stared at Zhang Beixing in shock. He had originally planned to have Xiang Yu take charge of this island training camp, so that these ignorant new recruits could see what real frogmen were like.

Now Zhang Beixing has proposed to personally carry out the operation. Putting aside the fact that if something were to happen to a colonel like you here, we wouldn't be able to explain it to our superiors. Just consider the difficulty of someone who has never received any naval training trying to capture our elite naval forces, whom we have trained for five months, on a deserted island.

Although Zhang Beixing did easily defeat the group of brats single-handedly last time, that was on land.

We can accept that you, as the captain of an army special forces unit, are skilled. But for you to want to compete with us in the sea is a bit of an exaggeration.

Wuhan Iron and Steel Group (WISCO) strongly opposed the proposal.

"That's not necessarily true. I think Zhang Beixing is a great candidate. He's strong and has no prior experience with the Navy. If he can take care of these kids this time, the impact on them will be greater, and the effect we need will be more obvious."

Long Baichuan said with a smile.

"No, I reserve my opinion." Wuhan Iron and Steel Group insisted on its point of view.

"It's alright, let's vote then!"

Everyone present raised their hands to vote. Apart from Wu Gang, the majority of the others agreed that Zhang Beixing should be the main implementer of this island training camp.

The vote passed.

Long Baichuan glanced at Wu Gang, who was frowning deeply on his left, and offered words of comfort:

"Don't worry about it. This island training camp is going to be quite exciting. Whether it's the newly tusked little beasts ganging up on the king of beasts, or the king of beasts completely dominating the little beasts, we'll just enjoy the show."

"Tch, you're watching a show? I just hope they don't mess it up."

After Wu Gang finished speaking, Chao Long Baichuan rolled his eyes.

Long Baichuan laughed heartily and retorted to Wuhan Iron and Steel Group, completely unconcerned.

The next day, at four o'clock in the morning, Balang gathered all the new recruits in the recruit company together, called them onto a brand-new bus, and told them:

"Haven't you always wanted to see the sunrise? Today, I'll grant your wish."

The new recruits embarked on this unknown training journey on a deserted island. They had no idea what awaited them.

This training camp later became a model for countless other training programs. Years later, Zhan Dapeng and his teammates still spoke of it with pride:

"This is the time I've felt the deepest respect for a true strong person."

The group followed the bus and boarded a boat, drifting out to sea.

A crimson sun was about to rise over the sea, turning the entire surface fiery red. The entire recruit company sat in the boat watching this magnificent sight.

What they didn't know was that the boatman who was steering the boat was Zhang Beixing in disguise.

"Baldy, you guys in Northeast China don't see scenery like this, do you?" Amidst the beautiful scenery, Ma Mingliang asked Zhang Chong.

“The scenery in Northeast China is much better than this,” Zhang Chong replied dismissively.

"Really? You're just kidding." Ma Mingliang stared at Zhang Chong with a disbelieving look.

As everyone marveled at the magnificent sunrise over the sea, they heard the boatman shout loudly:

"The boat has malfunctioned. Recruits, prepare to save yourselves for now." With that, the boatman plunged into the water and jumped off the boat.

The people sitting in the cabin exclaimed in surprise:

"The boat is taking on water! The boat is taking on water! What should we do?"

At this moment, some people dared to act decisively and jumped into the sea like the boatmen.

Those who are timid should stay behind.

"You all jumped."

Seeing that everyone else had jumped, he jumped into the sea without hesitation.

The group's heads were visible above the water.

"What a lousy ship! It sank so easily," someone complained.

"Don't panic, everyone. Stay close to me. Conserve your energy and wait for the troops to rescue you. Don't get separated."

Lu Yan calmly spoke up from among the crowd, urging everyone to prepare for self-rescue.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Xiaoyu spoke up:
"Let's swim forward while we still have the energy, we can't just keep slacking off like this. I've lived by the sea since I was a child, I know there are islands ahead. Everyone, swim with me, otherwise we'll end up feeding the sharks here."

Zhang Beixing, who was underwater, felt a jolt upon hearing this. He hadn't misjudged Jiang Xiaoyu, that cunning and shrewd rascal.

The wisest course of action now is to find land while you still have the strength. If you haven't encountered me yet, you might still escape this predicament.

But I am the main executor of your desert island training plan today. I'm afraid several of you will perish in the sea today, and there won't be any survivors.

Zhang Beixing watched as a group of people swam forward, silently emerging from the water.

Two hours later, Zhang Chong and Agan gradually fell behind the main group because they had been swimming for too long.

The opportunity is coming!

Zhang Beixing took a deep breath and dived into the sea, swimming behind two people who had fallen behind the main group. Then he reached out and grabbed Zhang Chong's waist, pushing him underwater.

Zhang Chong, who was originally like a great white shark in the water, was told by his wild instincts, honed by years of hunting in the forest, that there was danger behind him.

But before he could even defend himself, he felt a huge, hammer-like hand grab his waist and shove him into the sea.

When Agan saw that Zhang Cong had suddenly disappeared, he quickly swam over to prepare for the rescue.

However, in his haste, he choked on water and fainted.

Seeing this, Zhang Beixing quickly raised his hand to bring Zhang Chong to the surface. As soon as Zhang Chong's head broke the surface, Zhang Beixing delivered a karate chop to knock him unconscious.

Then they quickly grabbed Forrest Gump and dragged the two of them back to the island.

Swimming in the sea with two people is a piece of cake for Zhang Beixing, who has pushed his body to its limits.

Considering that the new recruits had already swum quite far, Zhang Beixing not only sped up but also swam forward at breakneck speed.

After a three-hour ordeal, the exhausted recruits arrived at a deserted island. They emerged from the sea and immediately lay down on the beach.

"Everyone, don't move. I'm going to take a headcount," Lu Yan said, panting as he managed to stand up.

Seeing that everyone was so exhausted they couldn't even get up, Jiang Xiaoyu said:
"Let's not bother ordering, it's too much trouble. Let's all just call out our numbers."

Then Jiang Xiaoyu pointed to the first person and said, "Let's start with you."

The recruit who was called upon did not refuse and immediately replied, "One."

However, Lu Yan did not give up his opinion and stood up to insist on counting the number of people himself, so as to ensure that no mistakes would be made.

"One, two, three, four... seventeen."

There are seventeen in total.

Lu Yan said, "There are still four people who haven't made it ashore."

"Oh no, Zhang Chong and Agan haven't made it ashore yet." After the headcount was completed, someone immediately noticed that Zhang Chong and Agan were the only ones missing.

"Let's light a fire first. They'll see it when they get close, and it'll also dry everyone's wet clothes."

Jiang Xiaoyu offered her opinion.

"Jiang Xiaoyu's idea is great!" Everyone agreed.

Just as they were gathering branches and hay up the mountain, Zhan Dapeng felt something flash past his eyes. He scratched the back of his head and said:

"what?"

"What? What did you see?" Jiang Xiaoyu, who was next to her, stopped what she was doing and looked up to ask.

Zhan Dapeng rubbed his eyes: "It's nothing, maybe my eyes are playing tricks on me."

Then he lowered his head and continued to gather the branches in his hands, thinking that there could not possibly be something that was moving so fast, his eyes must be playing tricks on him.

"This forest is so remote. If I hadn't marked it before coming, I would have almost gotten lost."

Emerging from a grove of trees, after the group reunited, Ma Mingliang spoke:
"Alright, this is a godforsaken wasteland. Let's not waste our energy and go back to the beach to find them."

Dai Fei complained in his local dialect.

The group finally completed exploring one area of ​​the forest and the deserted island.

Back on the beach, everyone gathered to exchange information and search for a solution.

Lu Yan asked Ma Mingliang, who had just returned:
"What's wrong? Did you find something?"

"Nothing. This is a deserted island. Maybe we're the first group of people on the island."

Ma Mingliang replied with a helpless expression.

Zhang Beixing followed behind the group as they explored the forest, eventually reaching the beach where he hid to listen to their next plan.

If it weren't for the military exercise regulations requiring these new recruits to stay on the deserted island for a full day to test their wilderness survival skills, Zhang Beixing would have already wiped them out in one fell swoop.

Originally, Agan and Zhang Chong planned to teach them a lesson in the sea and then let them go.

Unexpectedly, Forrest Gump choked on water. To prevent their identities from being exposed during the exercise, they had no choice but to knock them out and deal with them.

Everyone returned to the beach to explore.

Jiang Xiaoyu glanced around at the number of people on the beach and suddenly felt something was amiss:
How many people are there in total?

He asked Lu Yan.

Lu Yan replied:

"Is that even a question? Twenty-one."

Jiang Xiaoyu put her hands on her hips and said, "One is missing."

Everyone was puzzled.

"There is one less?"

Lu Yan asked, frowning.

Jiang Xiaoyu continued, "What about the old soldier who steered the boat?"

Everyone then realized what was going on.

"Yeah, we've been so focused on our own people that we've forgotten about the veteran. I hope he didn't drown."

"No, that shouldn't be the case. He shouldn't have swum to the same place as us. I don't know which beach Zhang Chong and Agan swam to either."

For a moment, everyone felt disheartened.

Lying on the beach with a worried expression, he said, "The boat is gone, how are we going to get back?"

Ma Mingliang said, "Why don't we go into the woods, cut down trees, and make a raft?"

Lu Yan firmly opposed it:

"We're not familiar with the terrain here. It's best to stay on the shore and wait for rescue, to avoid any unexpected complications or dangers if we go into the woods." (End of Chapter)