Soldiers' Assault: Veteran Special Agents and New Recruits

Chapter 202 A Nation's Weapon, Mission Accomplished!

"What kind of terrain is the first strategic point? Is there a detailed military map?" Jackie Chan asked.

Jackie Chan needs to personally lead the team to participate in the competition. If he can understand the battle terrain in advance, he will be able to better take the initiative.

"I can't answer that for you."

Yuan Lang shook his head and explained, "The exercise department will only distribute military maps to the red and blue teams an hour before the start of the competition."

The map will clearly mark the route, mission scenario details, mission requirements, and so on.

Prior to that, detailed information about the strategic points will not be disclosed to the public, and neither the Red nor Blue forces will be able to obtain information in advance to make any corresponding preparations.

"Heh, acting all mysterious, waiting for us to open the blind box, huh?"

Jackie Chan raised an eyebrow and smiled, but didn't press the matter further.

"There is one thing you must pay attention to: every strategic point is different and has been specially designed. You must not generalize."

Yuan Lang continued the conversation, saying, "The core of the first strategic point is to gather intelligence, then hold the point and withdraw."

The second strategic point is more complex. The core tasks are to rescue the trapped key informant and to eliminate the enemy at the strategic point. It is more difficult and earns more points.

The distance between the first and second strategic points is 50 kilometers.

Arriving first earns one point, successfully rescuing a key informant earns two points, and killing the enemy leader earns two points, for a total of five points.

"Oh, playing Three Kingdoms Chaos now? Interesting." Wu Zhe smiled.

"The greatest risk lies in a three-way battle. When the mantis stalks the cicada, the oriole is watching from the side. Who can become that oriole will test not only your military skills, but also your strategic decision-making."

Yuan Lang tapped his head and joked, "This test will be about how smart you are. If you're too rigid, you'll fail miserably."

As Yuan Lang spoke, he glanced at Xu Sanduo, the best example of someone with a stubborn mind.

"A three-way battle is indeed troublesome. Whoever strikes first will end up benefiting others, and might even be taken advantage of, facing attacks from both sides."

Jackie Chan frowned, feeling the pressure.

"The core of this competition is to test the all-round capabilities of your two teams. Intelligence, decision-making, combat effectiveness and reaction are all within the scope of the test. Therefore, you must completely abandon your previous military exercise experience and focus on this competition."

Yuan Lang admonished the team members present, and then continued the topic: "The third strategic point is connected to the second strategic point."

The party that successfully rescues the key informant needs to escort him to a designated location 50 kilometers away within 10 hours for an air evacuation.

One point is awarded for delivering an important informant to the designated location on time. Two points are awarded for successfully waiting for the helicopter to arrive at the strategic point and picking up the important informant.

The other side needs to find a way to intercept them en route and prevent important informants from completing their evacuation.

Successfully intercepting the escort team and preventing them from reaching the strategic point on time earns the intercepting team 1 point; successfully eliminating a key informant earns 2 points.

As soon as Yuan Lang finished explaining the third strategic point, Tuo Yonggang couldn't help but complain, "Wow, a life-or-death escape? 10 hours and 50 kilometers is a bit extreme."

The average speed of a normal person on a flat road is about 4 kilometers per hour. In the rugged mountainous terrain of Yunnan, even 4 kilometers per hour would be difficult.

Important informants don't have the physical attributes of special forces soldiers, and they're also being relentlessly pursued by another team along the way.

To ensure an average of 5 kilometers of forced march per hour.

It's definitely not an easy thing.

"Can we stop escorting our important informants? I mean, let's say we take the second strategic point, leave the important informant there, and go straight to the fourth strategic point. The third strategic point only adds up to three points, so it's better to save time and go directly to the next point." Jackie Chan wanted to take a shortcut.

"no."

Yuan Lang replied affirmatively: "If you give up your important informant, the other side will take over the important informant, and your mission will change from escort to interception by default. You will still need to complete the mission."

It is not possible to skip the third strategic point and proceed directly to the fourth strategic point.

The exercise department had obviously considered this bug and plugged it in advance to prevent clever tricks like those of Jackie Chan from causing trouble.

"All right."

As the saying goes, all's fair in war, but if you can't steal a chicken, Jackie Chan has no choice but to give up.

"What if an important informant dies? What if he dies during the rescue operation at the second strategic point?" Wu Liuyi asked.

"The death of an important informant means the rescue has failed. Both the red and blue teams will lose three points. If the score is not enough, we need to reduce the number of members. If the score is less, we can leave a few members and jump directly to the fourth strategic point," Yuan Lang replied.

"Deduct three points? That's a bit too much. A team that fails to capture the first strategic point only gets one point at most. Deducting three points for the second strategic point means losing two members directly?" Wu Liuyi said in astonishment.

"That's right. So, if you don't have enough points, you not only have to find a way to rescue your important informant, but also have to find a way to protect him and make sure he doesn't die."

Yuan Lang suddenly grinned mischievously as he spoke: "Of course, if you can capture the first strategic point and have enough points while the opponent only has 1 point, you can also play some tricks."

For example, abandoning the rescue of a key informant and directly eliminating him would deduct three points from both sides, significantly weakening the opponent's strength.

"To inflict 1000 damage on the enemy while losing 500 yourself? That... isn't that a bit too cunning?"

Wu Zhe had just finished speaking with a frown when Xu Sanduo added, somewhat disapprovingly, "We're good people. How can good people kill an important informant?"

Important informants could be defecting enemies or agents who have infiltrated the ranks.

In theory, they are all considered "partners"!

"This is a competitive competition. From a combat perspective, the competition must be the standard. Informants and enemies are like NPCs. As long as it is within the rules of the competition, anything is permissible," Yuan Lang said frankly.

"I agree with the company commander's point of view."

Jackie Chan defended Yuan Lang, saying, "Even in real combat, so what? We are a strategic team, and every operation involves the lives of tens of thousands of people."

Everything revolves around completing the task. As long as the task can be completed, what should be done must be done, and what shouldn't be done must also be done.

This is what sets our Ace of Spades Commando Unit apart from other special forces units.

Jackie Chan revealed the cruelest side of it.

Make the commando team understand in advance what it means to be a strategic force.

The reason the exercise department made such a competition arrangement is probably because they knew this, which is to test the "mental level" of the red and blue teams.

This made both teams, as strategic-level squads, clearly realize one thing—

There is no absolute right or wrong in anything!

For example, suppose that sacrificing one good person can save ten thousand good people.

It is certainly extremely unfair to the good person who sacrificed himself, but from the country's perspective, it is imperative to save those 10,000 people.

Depending on where you stand, your perspective on things will differ, and your way of thinking will also be completely different.

It's cruel, but it has to be done.

So who will do this?

Naturally, it is a secret unit of the state, a powerful weapon of the nation unknown to outsiders.

Strategic forces are the nation's most powerful weapons.

What is strategic level?

Simply put, it means abandoning personal perspectives and taking the perspective of the people and the country as the standard, so that there is no longer any right or wrong in one's thinking.

Only two words—

Order!!

As a strategic-level squad vital to the nation's strategic interests, they will undoubtedly encounter many missions in their future combat careers that cannot be measured by right or wrong.

Knowing which option is the right one requires preparing mentally beforehand.

The United States' strategic T1 units, such as DG and CAG, have many exposed "blemishes" and have been subjected to various accusations from the outside world.

There are definitely many more that haven't been exposed!

As a strategic force, these stains must be dealt with when the country is at war, and only they can do so.

A powerful tool for the nation, a vital instrument for the nation.

Mission accomplished!

Perhaps the Ace of Spades Commando is still too inexperienced to understand the deeper meaning behind the Exercise Department's covert deployment, and their thinking is still limited to the most basic concepts of right and wrong.

Jackie Chan, a veteran who has served two generations, understands the hidden meaning better than anyone else.

As a prodigy, Yuan Lang also understood.

That's why he used a joking tone to give a special hint at this critical juncture. Although he didn't say it directly, it was already a way of hinting and laying the groundwork.

but.

For the current Ace of Spades commando team, it's still a bit too advanced; their level of ideological awareness is far from reaching that level.

It still needs some time to grow.

The thought of having to eliminate key informants to complete the mission caused no one in the Ace of Spades commando team to speak; their faces were all grave.

Yuan Lang felt it was too early to say anything now and didn't directly state his thoughts.

Let's put our minds to it and leave a seed.

Then he continued to explain the competition process and rules.

"The process for the third strategic point is very simple and there's not much to go into detail. The fourth strategic point is the key."

From the third strategic point to the fourth strategic point, there is also a 50-kilometer extreme cross-country section in between. Up to this point, you have hiked a total of 175 kilometers.

Having gone through three different battles in between, their ammunition and food supplies were basically exhausted.

Whether or not they can seize the fourth strategic point and prepare for the final push for the last strategic point could very well be the key turning point in the game.

"Why is it so important?" Tuo Yonggang asked.

"Because the fourth strategic point is a supply point."

Yuan Lang said he was tired and took a sip of water, "The team that reaches the strategic point first will get 1 point, and the team that finds the signal gun will get 2 points."

Firing a flare gun can summon an airdropped supply crate, but it won't arrive for another two hours.

Therefore, firing the flare gun does not guarantee that you will get the supply crate; once the enemy sees the flare, they will definitely come to contest it.

Whoever gets the airdrop crate can replenish their supplies and restore their combat strength to full, which is very important.

This means that a major battle is inevitable at the fourth strategic point, and you must prepare in advance to ensure you capture the airdrop crates as much as possible.

(End of this chapter)