Take Arada back to the past

Chapter 698, Knockout Round
After dinner in the evening, everyone returned to their previous military routine.

It was just that it wasn't time to go to bed yet, so everyone was just chatting there.

And because there is a test tomorrow, even if smoking is not explicitly prohibited, no one will risk being punished by smoking.

When the urge to smoke comes, you can only resist it yourself.

After chatting for a while, everyone took a break on time.

The next morning, as the wakeup call sounded, everyone hurriedly got up and washed.

An emergency meeting was held soon after.

Then the people were taken to a playground.

Staff Officer Zhao Ze, who was previously in charge of this matter, began to make preparations.

He pointed to a mountain path and began to explain.

Starting from this entrance, follow the road and go to the right when you reach the fork in the road, then go back to another intersection on the square and exit.

There will be someone in the middle to monitor whether there is cheating.

Of course, if anyone is stupid enough to take the wrong route, he will be in trouble.

Next, more than two hundred people formed a fan shape. After all, if they lined up in rows, the distance to the entrance would be different.

There is a small red flag stuck in the ground at each location.

After the arrangements are made, everyone at all levels will start.

Yang Xiaole watched everyone quickly find their positions, and began to whisper to them, "Follow the previous arrangement, move forward at full speed. Gather after two kilometers."

Five kilometers is not long, but it is not short either.

For more than ten minutes, even the most powerful person cannot maintain an explosive speed.

Halfway through the race, with him leading the team, we were able to maintain our endurance.

Although everyone was confused, they all nodded.

Then he hurried to find his seat.

Yang Xiaole also came to his seat.

The only flying soldier, Xie Lei, shook his head upon seeing this.

How can you run five kilometers like this?

But he didn't say anything. As long as he could perform normally, the results shouldn't be too bad.

After all, there are people with various specialties here, and not all people have good physical fitness.

Preparations are made.

As the starting gun sounded, everyone rushed away at a rapid speed.

Most people don't try their best.

But everyone soon discovered that eleven of them were running very fast, just like sprinting.

This made everyone shake their heads.

This team will definitely be the first to be eliminated.

As the eleven people met at the intersection, Yang Xiaole controlled the speed and took Zhang Xuesong, and directly inserted into the mountain path like a sword.

……

Staff Officer Zhao looked at the person disappearing at the intersection through a telescope and shook his head.

He said to the person next to him: "Staff Officer Wang, this is the only person who came here as a whole team as you said? Isn't this nonsense? How can you run like this? What's the point of being ahead for a while?

If we don’t slow down later, these dozen people will probably be eliminated.”

Staff Officer Wang shook his head: "How would I know? This was also reported by the Production and Construction Corps. When I first saw it, I felt it was strange!"

Upon hearing this, Staff Officer Zhao nodded slightly and said nothing.

The two no longer had any hope for this group of people.

Originally they were very optimistic and hoped that this team could be shortlisted. After all, scattered personnel are not as good as an organized class.

There is no need for even a break-in.

Now there is no hope.

……

Yang Xiaole doesn’t know what these people think of him yet, and even if he does, he won’t care.

With so many top people, can he definitely lead them all to the finals?
Not absolutely.

These people have no problems with their physical fitness.

But there is one weakness.

That's shooting.

Although he is a border guard, his shooting skills are up to standard, and due to long-term feeding of well water, his reaction ability is better than others.

But after all, he was a member of the Production and Construction Corps and had only been in the army for a year and a half, so he had not experienced much shooting.

Compared with those sharpshooters who are talented and have their own training, there is still a big gap.

Then in other physical aspects, we must be more outstanding.

"Adjust your breathing, two inhales and two exhales, keep up!"

Everyone remained silent upon hearing this, adjusted their breathing, and followed quickly.

The speed is very fast.

The road was not very flat, but everyone was moving forward quickly.

I have to say there are still experts here.

There was actually someone behind him who could hang on to Yang Xiaole's team at full speed.

A few minutes later, Yang Xiaole's team began to split up. After all, their foundations and physical fitness were different.

Fortunately, Yang Xiaole deliberately slowed down the pace, so no one fell behind.

Xie Lei ran, feeling puzzled.

what is it today?
He was well aware of his own physical fitness. Although it was not bad, there was still some gap compared to those masters.

Why do I feel like I have endless energy today?

Even after running at full speed for so long, it felt much better than usual.

what's the situation?
But this was not the time for him to think about it, because he could not keep up with the team in front.

"Xie Lei, you can do whatever you want. Don't force yourself."

While I was thinking, Yang Xiaole's powerful voice came from the front.

This almost gave Xie Lei a stitch in the side.

Good guy.

You can run like this and shout so loudly, aren't you afraid of losing your breath?
He didn't agree and just kept running. However, after a while, he started to adjust his speed. If he continued running like this, there would be problems.

After a while, the team in front ran away.

And the people behind gradually caught up.

……

Yang Xiaole led his group and ran, leaving the people behind.

Advancing rapidly.

After 4 kilometers, he felt that the closest person behind him was only meters away, so he ignored it.

As we get closer to our destination.

When Yang Xiaole estimated that there were still 300 meters left, he shouted, "Play freely."

After saying that, he rushed out like a rabbit.

The others also began to gradually distinguish between the strong and the weak.

The strongest one is naturally Zhang Xuesong.

The second is Xu Jinbu.

Zhao Gang is third. This guy has no problem with physical fitness, but he is too big and his explosive power is weaker than that of the thin guy.

Yang Xiaole arrived at the destination quickly.

"12 minutes and 27 seconds!"

The score reporter shouted out the number in surprise.

There are quite a few people at the destination at this time, just to prevent too many people from arriving at the same time.

Yang Xiaole stopped when he reached the destination.

Just sit there and watch quietly.

The rest of the people weren't much slower than him. After all, he had been keeping pace all along.

After Zhang Xuesong arrived first, the people behind him also began to arrive one after another.

Just as Yang Xiaole guessed.

The 12 people are naturally the top 12.

And the 13th place was the one who was far behind before.

As for Xie Lei, he arrived at his destination in 36th place. His result was pretty good, at least he didn't fall too far behind.

At this time, the venue was full of people gasping for breath.

There's no other way. This is a competition and we must try our best.

The only one who could speak fluently was Yang Xiaole.

"Comrade, which team are you from?"

While he was thinking, the person who was hanging behind came over and asked Yang Xiaole something.

Yang Xiaole looked at the other person.

The speed is actually very fast.

If he didn't add well water in advance, it is estimated that only five or six people in his class could beat the other side.

"Production and Construction Corps!"

I gave my room number without saying much.

Hearing this, the other party looked at the other classes, hesitated for a moment and asked, "Are you... from the same unit?"

The action just now was too obvious. Without orders, no one would start sprinting.

Yang Xiaole hummed.

Hearing this voice, the other party choked and the words that were about to come out of his mouth finally came out.

He didn't even report his own number.

Then he turned and left.

Yang Xiaole did not pursue whether the other party was polite or not.

Wait quietly.

The slowest one took a little over 18 minutes, which is considered an excellent result in normal assessments, but it is really insignificant among these people.

As it ended, everyone returned to their previous teams.

The scores have not been announced yet, so let’s go have breakfast first.

Yang Xiaole and his group naturally went to eat. At the same time, the behavior of Yang Xiaole and his group also spread in this circle.

There's no way, it's too scary.

……

“Is this really their result?”

Staff Officer Zhao looked at the data and the troops behind him with his mouth wide open.

Staff Officer Wang beside him nodded in surprise: "The statistics cannot be wrong, it's amazing!"

Hearing this, Staff Officer Zhao put away his surprise and said with a smile: "I am now looking forward to the results of other projects."

Staff Officer Wang said, "As long as they are not at the bottom of the list in other events, their class will definitely be shortlisted."

Upon hearing this, Staff Officer Zhao nodded slightly.

indeed.

After all, the performance of other teams is uneven, and as long as they are not all at the bottom, they will basically be able to enter the top ten.

In other words, it must be correct.

With this physical fitness, everything else won't be too bad.

……

After breakfast, I rested for half an hour.

Afterwards, I was called to the assembly and the results were announced.

The people led by Yang Xiaole were naturally far ahead.

The number of these people is different, so we naturally cannot just come up with an average score based on the total score.

254.23 points.

The second-place team only scored 192.46 points, which is a terrifying gap.

At this time, no one could remember the second place's result anymore, only the first place's horrible result.

Of course, some people don’t care much about this result.

After all, there are other achievements to come.

For example, shooting.

Next comes shooting.

Shooting comes first.

Shooting and the subsequent events cannot be carried out by so many people at the same time.

Eliminate the fixed target and directly use the moving target.

The facilities in District J are naturally much better than those of their company.

Then groups of ten people conducted moving target shooting.

Sure enough, it was just as Yang Xiaole had guessed.

Apart from him, the performance of others was relatively unsatisfactory, and they were generally in the middle and lower reaches.

Only Zhang Xuesong barely made it into the top 100.

What surprised him was that Xie Lei also made it into the top 49, although he was only ranked th.

And there are really experts here.

You have to know that this is a moving target. The number of rings on the fast-moving target is not counted. There are 20 fast-moving targets in total. Just hit them.

It's fast moving.

Why only 20? Of course, it is because the highest record of the entire army is to hit 15 fast-moving targets in a row.

This record was set in the 64 military competition.

That's enough.

Naturally, his result was 20 correct answers.

The second place was 16 moving targets, which was also a record breaking.

This time the results were very different.

Because there are only so many targets, and many of them have the same target numbers, there are people with the same ranking.

When calculating the ranking, the same ranking occupies the same score.

A one point difference may lead to a big difference.

For example: if there are 50 people tied for first place, then the score for the second place will be calculated based on the 51st place.

There is no 2 to 49.

This is a bit unfair, but according to Staff Officer Zhao, it is fair.

Because for a soldier, shooting is the most important part.

This will widen the gap between many people.

Sure enough, according to Yang Xiaole's speculation, their team's performance was only in the middle and lower levels.

This is followed by other physical fitness tests.

Time goes by.

By noon the next day, all the results were out.

In the afternoon of the next day, the results were announced.

No one whispered.

Following the report from above, although Yang Xiaole's team lagged behind in shooting, they still caught up thanks to the results behind them.

First place overall.

Shortlisted.

Next up are naturally the other teams.

Soon ten teams were selected.

Although there are many unfairnesses, this is the reality. There is no absolute fairness.

In the afternoon, the group disbanded after the results came out.

Because although everyone understands what to do, they only know a general idea.

No one knows where it is.

With trepidation, everyone rested for half a day in the afternoon and ate and slept normally at night.

The next morning, as the wakeup call sounded, the ten teams gathered. This time, they brought nothing except kettles.

After gathering, everyone got on the bus in batches.

The curtain at the back was covered, and it was pitch black inside.

After shaking for more than an hour, Yang Xiaole and 13 others were brought to a forest surrounded by mountains.

After the car stopped, as the curtain opened, several people with serious expressions looked at the crowd.

"We're here, get off the bus!"

Naturally, everyone got off the car in confusion.

Looking around curiously.

But I can't seem to see anything.

There is a tent here and there are about ten people.

One of them came over, and the captain said to Yang Xiaole, "Platoon Leader Yang, please come over here."

Then he took people to the tent.

There are a lot of things here.

"Here is a map, a flare gun, a compass, a box of matches, a nylon rope, and a portable radio.

Each person had a Type 69 semi-automatic rifle and thirty blank rounds of ammunition. The other person had a pistol loaded with real bullets.

After that, he pointed to the simple map on the paper and said, "This is your destination."

He paused and looked at his watch, then said, "It is 7:23 now. We will set off in 17 minutes. What you need to do is to bring your things and arrive at the destination 15 kilometers away from here before pm. Just a reminder, if an accident occurs, fire a signal gun. There is only one chance. Then our people will rescue you.

Pistols are not allowed to be fired unless encountering wild animals, and it is even more forbidden to shoot at people.

I would also like to remind you that the destination is on a mountain. The mountain has three steep sides and only one side can be climbed. There are also people lying in ambush here. You need to break through there and get the flag within the specified time.

Those who were hit could continue to follow the team, but they had to tie a red cloth on their arms.

If the time is exceeded, also fire a signal gun so that our personnel can find you.

Okay, you still have ten minutes to prepare. Carry the red cloth with you. Wear it on your arm if you get hit. Follow the team to avoid getting separated."

Yang Xiaole listened there quietly.

There is a hint of special forces selection in it, but he doesn't think so. It should be simply for special terrain tasks.

There aren’t that many special equipments now, so it’s impossible to carry something that emits smoke when it hits.

There is no positioning either, which is why I followed with the red cloth.

Prevent you from getting lost and not being found.

As for the pistol, it was prepared simply to prevent encountering wild beasts.

Others were thinking about it too.

15 kilometers, at a normal person's walking speed, will take about 3 hours. This is a mountainous area, and considering the terrain, we have to take a detour.

At two kilometers per hour, it would take just over seven hours.

But they couldn't walk slowly either.

There is definitely enough time.

It seems that the key point should be to break through.

Yang Xiaole saw everyone looking at him and felt something was wrong. He thought for a moment and asked, "Where is our address? Where is it?"

Not only him, but others also wanted to ask.

The other party said, "I don't know! You need to find the landmarks on the road yourself."

This made everyone anxious.

"What? Find it yourself?"

"Yes! This is in the mountains. If we go in the wrong direction, it will waste too much time."

"How do I find this?"

Everyone was talking there.

No one cares.

Yang Xiaole looked at everyone in silence and knew that he would not be able to get anything out of them.

Then he said, "Okay, let's check the guns."

Upon hearing this, everyone started to take their belongings from the boxes on the ground.

After checking everything, Yang Xiaole looked at the time on his watch and said, "Let's go!"

He led the bewildered crowd into the woods.

(End of this chapter)