Soldiers' Assault: Veteran Special Agents and New Recruits

Chapter 343 Clever Use of the "Peeling the Onion Tactic" (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

Hunter School Command Center.

"General, the crocodile has succeeded. Most of the trainees have been captured alive, and only two have escaped," Lieutenant Colonel Lai Le reported to the chief examiner.

"Two more escaped?"

General Ross was surprised to hear this news. This was the first time an operation led by Crocodile had escaped. He asked with curiosity and surprise, "Which two trainees were they?"

"Trainee number six and trainee number ten," Lieutenant Colonel Lai Le replied.

"Those two trainees from China?" General Ross was even more surprised.

Each student has only one student ID number. The principal rarely interacts with the students, and normally, with so many students, it would be difficult to accurately remember which one they are.

General Ross was able to identify them so quickly mainly because Jackie Chan and Xu Sanduo performed exceptionally well.

In the training reports submitted by the chief instructor, Crocodile, there were frequent mentions of trainees No. 6 and No. 10 from China, making it hard for General Ross to forget them.

"Yes, that's right, it's the two of them."

Lieutenant Colonel Lai Le confirmed this and explained, "The crocodiles were lying in ambush in the swamp of area 105, and could have been caught in one fell swoop."

Captain Number Six was very cautious and determined that the swamp was dangerous, so he decided to go around it.

However, none of the other trainees agreed, and only trainee number ten went with him.

This is why, when the crocodile launched its operation, it was unable to capture everyone at once, allowing Number Ten and Number Six to escape.

"That's really surprising."

General Ross exclaimed in amazement, "China has only been building a modern special forces unit for a few years, and its international counter-terrorism experience is completely blank; it is still in its infancy."

Unexpectedly, the two trainees they sent out were able to perform so well.

Special forces trainees from countries such as the United States, Germany, France, and the United Kingdom, who have received the most comprehensive training, are still not as good as these two.

To be honest, I really can't understand it; I can only say that China is a magical country.

General Ross expressed his astonishment and surprise for a long time, finally asking with great interest, "The two Chinese trainees escaped; have they been caught yet?"

"Not yet. Crocodile sent people to search, but there are still no results," Lieutenant Colonel Lai Le said.

"Tell Crocodile to hurry up. I'm getting more and more excited about the performance of these two Chinese special forces soldiers. I'm curious to see what they'll do next," General Ross said.

"Yes, General."

Lieutenant Colonel Lai immediately made a phone call to make arrangements.

……

It was already dusk, and the sky was darkening at a visible speed.

Jackie Chan and Xu Sanduo hid in the woods to observe, but the disguised thugs in the base did not notice them and were still focused on torturing the prisoners.

The core of the SERE course is to train loyalty, and only secondarily to test the participants' escape skills.

The simplest and most effective way to test a soldier's willpower and loyalty to the country and the army is usually to beat them.

The crocodile used this method to torture the trainees in various ways.

Jackie Chan could clearly see from across half the lake that most of the trainees were locked in a water dungeon, and were being dragged out one by one to be subjected to various forms of torture.

Some people tied their feet with ropes and hung upside down, constantly immersing their heads underwater.

Some were hung from wooden stakes and constantly whipped until their skin was torn and bleeding.

There were also various strange instruments of torture, which were used on the trainees one by one, causing them to scream and howl in pain. The screams could be heard even across the lake.

This torment lasted for an entire night, and Jackie Chan and Xu Sanduo also watched it all night.

It wasn't that the two of them didn't want to go up and rescue them; they simply hadn't found a suitable opportunity yet.

Knowing that the kidnappers were all instructors from the hunter school and that it was impossible to actually kill them, and that they didn't have any handy weapons of their own.

Most importantly, there are a lot of "kidnappers," roughly estimated to be at least fifty or more.

Those who can become instructors at the Hunter School must be highly capable in all aspects; they are not like those peasant armed peddlers.

There are only two of them, Jackie Chan and Xu Sanduo. If they rush in, they might end up being thrown away like meat buns.

Therefore, Jackie Chan could only wait patiently for a suitable opportunity to arise.

Jackie Chan didn't believe that the crocodile could be completely airtight and never reveal any flaws. He was convinced that as long as he was patient, he would definitely have a chance.

really.

As the morning light of a new day spills onto the lake, creating ripples like fish scales, Jackie Chan, who had been waiting all night, finally has the opportunity to take action.

The two search teams sent out by the crocodile searched all night but couldn't find Jackie Chan and Xu Sanduo.

This made the crocodile both happy and annoyed!

I'm so happy that Jackie Chan and Xu Sanduo are so outstanding, which proves that they have gained a lot at the Hunter School. As the head instructor, this is the highest honor.

The frustrating thing is that Jackie Chan and Xu Sanduo were not caught, so the most crucial SERE training in the counter-terrorism special training could not be completed within the scheduled time, which would cause the counter-terrorism special training to not end on time.

At the same time, it also exposes some awkward situations, as the instructors at the hunter school are no longer as good as the students.

The crocodile possesses genuine skills and is also arrogant. It cannot accept this outcome and must find a way to perfectly conclude its special training.

So, on the morning of the new day, six more search teams were dispatched.

A total of thirty-six teaching assistants and instructors!

Although this would reduce the number of instructors at the jungle base to only eleven, Crocodile didn't see any problem with it.

The trainees were all locked in a water dungeon, and it was impossible to open a log as thick as an arm.

Even if he only had two or three instructors left, let alone now that he had ten instructors with him, Crocodile felt that it would be fine and he could continue to complete the subsequent SERE.

The crocodile never considered that there's a very common Chinese proverb—

The most dangerous place is the safest place.

Jackie Chan and his two special forces soldiers from China used the logic of this sentence to stay hidden next to the crocodile from beginning to end.

When they came over, they followed the same old tracks, blending in with the footprints of the kidnapped students.

Even the world's top trace experts would not be able to find the problem and analyze Jackie Chan's movement route from hundreds of overlapping footprints.

This is why the search team sent out didn't find anything after searching all night.

It is also destined that the six teams newly dispatched by the crocodile will not find anything, no matter how long they search or how large the area they cover.

It could even bring disaster!

Because there were more than 50 people in the jungle base, Jackie Chan and Xu Sanduo dared not rush in. If there were only a dozen or so people left, it would be a completely different story.

Half an hour after the search team left, Jackie Chan felt that it was about time.

"Sanduo, the opportunity has come. Drop your backpacks, travel light, and let's go."

Jackie Chan didn't care that he was soaked by the dew. He didn't pick up the backpack that was placed next to him, but just took his gun and crept into the jungle base from the woods.

Xu Sanduo carried out Jackie Chan's order without hesitation, and quickly followed after him with his gun.

On that usually serious face, there was both excitement and trepidation.

Two people with unloaded guns, essentially unarmed, launched a surprise attack on a base defended by more than ten fully armed special forces soldiers. It was indeed a very exciting thing.

Jackie Chan remained calm and focused on his goals, while Xu Sanduo was so excited his heart was in his throat.

As the two made their way to the base.

The examiner, Lieutenant Colonel Lele, received two reports, the contents of which left him completely baffled.

One report came from the medical office, saying that Lina, the team leader, went out on a mission yesterday afternoon and has not yet returned.

One report came from the Hunter School's aviation department, stating that a utility helicopter used for transporting wounded soldiers during an assessment mission had gone out on a mission yesterday and had not returned.

The examiner does recall that such an incident did occur; there was an emergency medical call in area 104.

"A helicopter could bring them back in an hour, it's impossible that there haven't been any issues yet. Could something have happened in between?"

Lieutenant Colonel Lailer sensed something was wrong and immediately picked up the phone to call General Ross.

Lina is General Ross's daughter and his only remaining relative. If something were to happen to her, Lieutenant Colonel Lele couldn't even imagine the consequences.

……

Jackie Chan had no idea that the principal's daughter had been kidnapped by book peddlers and that a helicopter had been stolen; a crisis was quietly brewing.

All he wants now is to sneak into the base and find a way to rescue all the trainees.

On his way through the woods, Jackie Chan had already devised the safest strategy: he decided to use the "peeling onion tactic."

What is the "peeling the onion" tactic?

Simply put, it means attacking from the outside in, taking down the enemies one by one, like peeling an onion until they are completely clean.

The advantage of this tactic lies in clearing the outer perimeter before gradually moving inward.

Even if they are discovered during subsequent operations, they can retreat in time and will not be surrounded because all threats from the rear have been eliminated.

That's why it's considered the safest tactic!

It took about three minutes for Jackie Chan and Xu Sanduo to successfully reach the left side of the base and spot the "kidnappers" guarding the far left entrance.

Because the kidnapper's location was very tricky, there was no way to get behind him and knock him unconscious.

After thinking for a moment, Jackie Chan gestured to Xu Sanduo and said, "Go to the other side and make a sound to lure the sentries over. Leave the rest to me, understand?"

"clear!"

Xu Sanduo gave an OK sign and carefully touched the person diagonally opposite Jackie Chan.

He grabbed the branch and shook it, then immediately hid behind the tree.

"Who?"

The sentry shouted alertly, but no one responded.

To find out what was going on in the woods, the sentry, with a mixture of curiosity and caution, carefully approached Xu Sanduo with his gun at the ready.

Through the black bandit hat on his head, you could see that his eyes were full of vigilance.

Just as the sentry reached the edge of the woods, Xu Sanduo, who had been hiding behind a tree, stepped forward with his hands raised and said in Spanish, "Don't shoot, it's me, Trainee Number Ten, I've come to surrender."

"Uh~~"

The sentry was completely baffled when the person he had been searching for all night suddenly appeared in front of him and even offered himself up.

The CPU almost burned out!

However, in that brief moment of distraction, when his attention was drawn to Xu Sanduo, Jackie Chan seized the opportunity and launched a swift operation.

Although it only lasted a brief two or three seconds, it was more than enough for Jackie Chan.

Jackie Chan, who sprang out from behind the rock, was as swift as a cheetah, rushing over in a few strides and appearing behind the sentry.

He reached out with his left hand to release the rifle safety, simultaneously wrapping his arm around the sentry's waist to restrain his body, while his right hand reached across to strangle the sentry's neck.

The entire process took a total of two seconds, from start to finish, to complete the control.

(End of this chapter)