Soldiers' Assault: Veteran Special Agents and New Recruits

"Spectators? What spectators? There's not a soul in sight outside, what's there to see? We're just three cowards hiding in the sand."

Xiao Yunjie had a more radical personality, and he even clashed with Squad Leader Xiao in the car.

He actually wanted to rush out and kill everyone!

"Yun Jie, if you're tired, take a rest. What we need to do now is conserve our energy, recover our strength, and wait for the crucial moment to unleash our power."

Zhang Tianyang interrupted Xiao Yunjie's grumbling and then said through the communicator, "Yan Poyue, we're going to rest. Wake me up in two hours."

"Received!" Yan Poyue replied.

"Take a break, don't just stand there like an idiot."

Zhang Tianyang gestured with his chin towards Xiao Yunjie, then went to sit down in the corner, leaned against the wall, and closed his eyes to rest.

Although Xiao Yunjie wasn't very happy about it, he didn't continue to complain.

He ran to the corner opposite Zhang Tianyang, sat down, loosened the seatbelt of his hat, leaned against the wall, let out a long sigh, and closed his eyes.

"What's going on with these three? Why are they all sleeping?"

When Lu Tu in the command center saw on the screen that Zhang Tianyang and Xiao Yunjie had actually started sleeping in the footage taken by the drone through the window, he was so shocked that his eyes widened.

He has participated in the Cheetah selection for several years, but this is the first time he has seen a contestant sleeping during the competition.

This completely shattered his common sense!

"It seems... these three young men from Group Two are planning to stay in this little house for a long time and have no intention of going out to fight at all. How interesting." Cheng Cai laughed.

"Hiding won't work either; we need to enter the central area. Are they giving up?" Xu Sanduo asked, puzzled.

"Haven't you figured out their plan yet? They're probably planning to fish in troubled waters and reap the benefits without lifting a finger. That's indeed a good idea," Jackie Chan praised.

"If no battle occurs in between, it would take them at most two hours to move from their current location to the central area. It would not be against the rules to wait until there are only a few hours left before entering the central area."

Qin Feng took a sip of his tea, a faint smile on his face, seemingly not averse to this tactic.

"This, this is just cheating! The other contestants are fighting tooth and nail outside, while these three are just sitting inside enjoying the spoils. They've taken advantage of this!" Lu Tu gritted his teeth in anger.

Lu Tu was still furious that they had tricked him back then, so naturally he couldn't stand seeing Yan Poyue and the others living in peace.

"Exploiting loopholes is not against the rules, and we can't change the rules halfway through, or it would make us seem petty."

Jackie Chan glanced at everyone with a half-smile, a sly glint in his eyes, and said, "However, the selection process requires ability, not cleverness."

To determine whether they have sufficient strength, they cannot survive by relying on clever tricks.

I suggest making things a bit more difficult for them, like dropping an air bomb near their location and seeing what they do then.

"Great idea, that's a good idea."

Upon hearing this, Lü Tu immediately clapped his hands and cheered, eagerly saying to Qin Feng, "Captain, where we drop the airdrop is our prerogative and doesn't violate any rules. I agree with Team Leader Cheng's suggestion."

"These three little guys are cunning, but they can't out-talk the old fox in the end, haha."

Captain Qin Feng pointed and laughed, greatly admiring Jackie Chan's way of breaking the deadlock. He then gave the order to carry out the airdrop.

Twenty minutes later!

Yan Poyue had been focused on keeping watch over his surroundings for a long time, and his eyes started to ache, so he couldn't help but rub them to make them feel better.

But just as they had their eyes scanned the area two or three times, they heard a strange sound.

It wasn't the sporadic gunfire from afar, nor was it another group running over; instead, it was the sound of helicopter rotors vibrating through the air.

The approaching "beep beep beep" sound made Yan Poyue very alert.

Immediately look up and gaze into the distance!

A helicopter with boxes hanging from its bottom was seen flying rapidly from a distance, its direction precisely towards this abandoned town.

"Shouldn't the airdrop be dropped on the road leading to the central area? Why is it flying this way?"

Before Yan Poyue could understand what was going on, the helicopter had already arrived above the abandoned town and dropped the supply boxes below.

shuh~

A huge mushroom cloud bloomed in the sky.

It can be seen clearly even from several kilometers away.

As the airdrop wobbled down, right above his head, Yan Poyue's heart leaped into his throat, and his face visibly paled.

He hurriedly called out, "Squad leader, Lao Xiao, wake up! Something terrible has happened!"

"What? Are enemy troops coming?"

Zhang Tianyang, as expected of a veteran, woke up in less than two seconds, shaking off the grogginess and getting into focus.

"Has the enemy arrived? Where are they? Where are they?"

Xiao Yunjie was clearly in worse condition; he woke up in a panic, shouting and yelling.

"Look at the sky, quickly."

Upon hearing Yan Poyue's reminder, Zhang Tianyang and Xiao Yunjie immediately got up and ran to the window, looking up at the sky from the corner.

Just then, I saw a helicopter gradually disappearing into the distance, and an airdrop container slowly drifting down.

"Airdrop crate??"

Xiao Yunjie's eyes widened instantly, filled with unbelievable surprise. He couldn't believe that what he wanted had actually come to him.

"Are we really that lucky? It's like a windfall has fallen from the sky."

Zhang Tianyang was also very excited and immediately said, "Let's not sleep for now. Calculate the airdrop's location and go get it right now."

"Squad leader, I don't recommend taking it."

Yan Poyue spoke up again to stop them, and analyzed very calmly: "This airdrop can be seen within a radius of several kilometers. We have no way of knowing how many teams saw it."

Once the blue smoke rises, that area will become the focal point, attracting all the surrounding teams.

We're close enough to have a high probability of getting it, but we'll definitely be surrounded by other teams. We might have the chance to get it but not survive to take it.

Yan Poyue's proposed tactic was "turtle-like" retreat, and going out to retrieve the airdrop clearly went against the original intention of the tactic.

After Yan Poyue's reminder, Zhang Tianyang saw that the short sellers' excited and heated minds had finally calmed down, and they remembered the tactics they were executing.

"Although I really wanted to get some food and water, it's just too dangerous to snatch an airdrop," Zhang Tianyang said.

"This airburst will probably land right next to us, definitely no more than twenty meters away. Should we engage the approaching troops or not?"

With the cooked duck placed in front of his mouth, and about to fly away again, Xiao Yunjie was truly in agony.

"Look at how many people are saying, don't rush, we can fight later. Anyway, we only lack food and water, and they can't take them away in a short time," Yan Poyue analyzed calmly.

"Okay, whatever you say."

Xiao Yunjie suppressed his eagerness and continued to observe and wait from the corner.

The second round of selection lasts forty-eight hours. If anything goes wrong, there will be an additional round, and the contestants are not provided with any food or water.

The issue of food and drink over such a long period of time became crucial for all the contestants.

You won't starve to death after two days without food or water, but it will make your body very weak and can also affect your brain, slowing down your reaction time.

With a weak body and a sluggish mind, it's simply impossible to make it to the end.

Eating well, drinking well, and sleeping well before the finals, and maintaining peak condition as much as possible, is a prerequisite that every athlete must ensure.

Therefore, an airdrop containing food and water is undoubtedly a huge temptation for every player.

Far surpasses the number of teams hunted down!

Even those like Yan Poyue, who were employing a tortoise-like tactic, were eager for food and water, even though they didn't have an urgent need for ammunition.

That's why Yan Poyue said to check the number of people first.

The idea is to let the others fight amongst themselves first, and then, if there's an opportunity to take advantage, eliminate the remaining teams and successfully obtain food and water.

If this wave succeeds, they can comfortably retreat to the "final round".

In order to better execute the ambush without revealing the hiding place they had chosen, Yan Poyue and his two companions deliberately came out of the house.

They ran more than a hundred meters away, and on the other side was the collapsed house that had been airdropped dozens of meters away.

From the drone's perspective, looking down from the sky, the roofless houses offered no cover, making the hiding place of Yan Poyue and his two companions immediately clear.

However, the contestants only had a parallel view of the location, and the ruins of the collapsed houses were enough for the three of them to hide.

The three were in place in less than five minutes.

There was movement in the direction Yan Poyue was in charge of. A three-person team ran over quickly, and he immediately reported to his leader: "There are three people in front of me."

On the other side, Xiao Yunjie also reported to the leader: "We saw two people at the small high point at three o'clock."

"Those two teams are definitely coming from nowhere, and there might even be other teams behind them. Let's not rush and continue to observe the situation," Zhang Tianyang ordered.

The duo has probably already fought once, and they were the ones who lost.

Because their tactical vests had very few magazines, they must have used them up in the battle, and in the end they didn't win and failed to capture any.

Perhaps it was precisely because of the severe shortage of supplies and ammunition that, without replenishment, it would be insufficient to sustain them until they reached the central area.

This forced this small two-person team to take a huge risk and rush to snatch the airdrop, which was bound to lead to a major battle but was rich in supplies.

The other three were in great shape and clearly hadn't been in any fights on the way.

All three of them had full ammunition pouches remaining.

With an advantage in numbers and equipment, plus a better position, the trio hid behind cover and arrived at a location less than 20 meters from the airdrop.

The airdrop's landing point was very "tricky".

In this abandoned town filled with buildings, the airdrop happened to land in an open area, with no cover within a dozen meters around it.

When the trio saw the location of the airdrop, they were so angry that they cursed the person who dropped the airdrop as disgusting.

The airdrop location may be unpleasant, but it's already right in front of the airmen. Every second we wait here means another team might join the fight for it.

This full-strength team did not hesitate or procrastinate; they made a decisive decision to take immediate action.

"Hiss~ Hiss~"

He flicked two smoke bombs and tossed them onto the road.

Once the smoke filled the area, two members of the full squad immediately ran over, while the remaining member provided cover fire from behind.

Judging from this tactical arrangement, these three are definitely top-notch.

The two people hiding nearby were very anxious. They knew that someone must have rushed in and started making a move. If they didn't stop them, the airdrop might be completely taken.

So the duo stopped hiding and started firing into the smoke.

If they had fired live ammunition, given the distance of less than thirty meters between the two sides, two of the trio would most likely have been killed.

Whether it's the battle royale games of later generations or the war between the two major powers, they all provide the most realistic results.

pity.

The selection and assessment process does not involve live ammunition; the gunshots are merely blanks fired, and what is fired are not bullets, but beams of invisible lasers.

Lasers are highly susceptible to environmental influences; they cannot penetrate thick smoke bombs at all.

The laser fired from the gun cannot penetrate the smoke, so it cannot activate the smoke canisters on the players, and therefore cannot eliminate the players inside the smoke.

This is practically a bug!

Therefore, the two players who opened the airdrop unharmed and took out a briefcase-sized supply box from it.

"Got it, let's go."

With a brief instruction, the two quickly retreated.

Following the smoke back to the bunker, they then used the cover of the bunker to retreat, hoping to escape with their supplies.

With no one eliminated from either team, Zhang Tianyang dared not order the shooting to stop them.

When Xiao Yunjie saw one of the contestants running very fast with a supply box, his eyes almost popped out of their sockets, and he wished he could rush up and shoot.

Yan Poyue also had a serious expression on his face, his eyes fixed on the three people who were retreating.

When the two saw the trio, they had already run dozens of meters away. The two were very unwilling to accept that their things had been stolen just like that.

Even though there were only two of them, they chose to chase after them and retrieve the supply box.

"Clap clap clap..."

Gunfire continued throughout the journey, with one team fleeing and the other pursuing.

The trio's escape route was remarkably similar to the location where Yan Poyue and his two companions had just been, and they chose to hide there.

Clearly, the three of them also realized that this high point was the most advantageous position.

Yan Poyue and his two companions, witnessing this scene, were relieved that they had made the decision to leave earlier.

If they hadn't left beforehand, they wouldn't have been able to remain spectators; instead, they would have been drawn into the battle and fought the trio first.

Regardless of which team wins in the end, the duo that chased after them will benefit.

This duo is really fierce. Not only did they dare to chase after three people, but even after the three entered the building, they still decided to launch an attack.

First, they threw two smoke grenades over, causing the people inside the house to lose their view of the outside.

Then one of them grabbed a practice grenade and plunged into the smoke. Once he could see the blurry window through the smoke, he immediately threw the grenade inside.

(End of this chapter)