[COD] Newbie's Rise to Power

"Don't think about it anymore. Leave this to me. Why don't you get some sleep first?"

You suddenly realize: "Oh right, I have field training tomorrow!"

The ghost raised your hand, glanced at the 03:21 displayed on the bracelet, and decisively stated:

"It's too late, I'll approve your leave."

You shook your head and refused: "No, I don't want to miss any classes. Those are my experiences for protecting myself in the future."

For various reasons, you have missed out on a lot of training compared to others, so you can only catch up and make up for it by working harder to figure things out and practice more.

The ghost gently grasps your wrist and begins to offer its services.

"I can make up for it for you later and teach you separately."

You look at him with a smile and tease him, "If I don't perform well, will you scold me?"

You should know that when you were training under Ghost, he never went a day without yelling at people, either at you or at the other teammates.

In short, no one escaped his sharp tongue.

It was fine before; you only treated him as your boss, and if you were scolded, you would just complain a bit.

But given your current relationship, if he were to insult you, you wouldn't just grumble a couple of times and let it go.

People tend to be more willful with those they are close to.

The ghost fell silent in the face of your teasing.

You chuckled softly, then pulled away from his embrace and sat up on the bed.

"Are you going?"

The ghost then sat up and asked you a question.

You nodded: "If I go back now and don't go for morning exercise, I can get six hours of sleep, which is enough for tomorrow's training."

The ghost's deep voice was filled with resentment:

"Corporal YN, you've worked so hard, shouldn't I, as your superior, feel proud?"

You smiled and kissed his chin as a gesture of reassurance.

Then, they started ordering him around.

"Good lieutenant, your soldier needs your help. Could you please bring her her clothes?"

The ghost scoffed, "Why don't you just say so and let me help you put it on?"

Despite his sharp tongue, he still threw off the covers and got out of bed.

A tall, strong, and muscular body, completely naked, comes into view. Although there are some horrifying scars on his body, they do not make him look ugly. Instead, they add to his imposing and valiant spirit.

You silently look away, stopping your mind from wandering further.

A moment later, the ghost came in with the clothes you had dropped in the living room, and he was already dressed.

Under the ghost's gaze, you quickly put on your clothes in bed.

Then, you refused the ghost's offer of a gift.

They're all in the same building; you can go down by yourself.

The ghost didn't insist; it simply placed the brooch you had in your coat pocket into your palm.

"Little bird, don't you dare throw my heart away again."

You gently cup your hands, holding the brooch in your palm, and finally feel at ease accepting it.

You replied jokingly, "As you command, Lieutenant."

Ghost held your hand, his expression serious: "This is not an order from the superior, but a request from Simon Riley."

Although you sneaked back to your dorm in the middle of the night, you still missed morning exercise in order to rest, and you didn't even eat breakfast. Thankfully, Blizzard remembered you and brought it back for you.

After long-term training, the body's physique and strength have been greatly improved, so even if you only rest for six hours, you can recover to a good state.

Wearing a heavy winter coat and a windproof mask, carrying a sniper rifle, you, along with Vita, Bird, Talis, Leo, Rock, and Flander—the entire sniper team—followed Yuri on foot into the jungle behind the base.

Beneath the layers of fir trees, you can be seen braving the cold wind and forging ahead.

The light rain falling from the sky pattered on your clothes, adding to the already chilly atmosphere with a touch of dampness.

ch.245: Sniper Positioning

When you think of snipers, many people, including you, think of them as elusive, incredibly accurate shooters who can appear out of nowhere and take down their target with a single shot!

But once you actually become a sniper, you realize that shooting only accounts for a small part of sniper training. After all, those who are selected as snipers are generally quite good at this, or even exceptionally talented.

Compared to other military branches, snipers do not require particularly strong physical fitness, so their daily physical training requirements are not as strict as those for assault soldiers and demolition soldiers.

Stealth and camouflage are the most important lessons for a sniper!

Because the role of a sniper is not combat, but precision strikes.

This means that snipers need to use everything around them to conceal themselves, approach the target silently, and ensure a one-shot kill!

After completing the mission, figuring out how to escape the exposure point is of paramount importance!

After all, the targets that snipers take action on are usually quite important. Killing the target will definitely attract the enemy's attention, and if they get caught, they usually don't have a good ending.

Therefore, most of your field training consists of concealment and evacuation drills.

When Keegan taught you before, he also took you on wilderness training. In the damp forest, you crawled on the ground like reptiles, using only your arm strength and leg strength to move forward in a low posture, trying to keep your body as low as possible to the grass or the ground to avoid exposing yourself.

It was a double torment for both body and mind back then. Lying on the damp, sticky mud, you could sometimes see all sorts of insects crawling past you, flying insects landing on your face, or you'd be staring at snakes and birds.

But what makes you feel the worst is walking through ditches and mud pits. The muddy water, mixed with mud and floating debris, washes over your chin and occasionally pours into your mouth and nose, feeling both astringent and fishy.

This doesn't sound difficult, and it is indeed a relatively simple stealth maneuver.

However, as a woman, your physiological structure is different from that of a man. If you train in this environment for a long time, there is a risk of infection in your private parts. So at that time, you and Vita were really suffering in silence.

When lying prone for extended periods, in order to maintain limb flexibility and prevent numbness caused by poor blood circulation, you also need to occasionally twitch your muscles and move your body in very small movements while maintaining the same posture.

Even the food we eat and the frequency of our water intake must be strictly controlled to avoid causing physiological reactions that could affect our tasks.

When Blizzard learned about your training regimen, he patted his chest in relief, thankful he hadn't chosen to be a sniper.

She even joked that she would give you and Vita a box of diapers each.

However, each instructor has different experience, so their teaching methods will also differ.

Compared to Keegan, Yuri may not have as much experience in infiltration, but he has his own ingenious methods for controlling the terrain and evacuating.

Perhaps it was because of his leg problems that he paid special attention to this aspect.

You sat cross-legged on the cool, damp mud, your eyes fixed on the topographical map Yuri had spread out in front of you.

Yuri drew out your location, the surrounding terrain, and the distribution of trees, analyzing for you what the view from the target location would look like, and what you should pay attention to when you are hiding.

Then, he pointed to a hill in the distance and said:

"Your target today is the curved shooting target 670 meters away. Once all four targets have been fired, you will immediately withdraw."

Then, he raised one hand, holding a green, round glass ball about the size of a soybean between his fingers.

“I have selected ten of the safest hiding spots and placed a glass bead like this in each spot. You need to collect more than six glass beads during the evacuation to be considered qualified.”

"As for those who don't pass, they'll have extra practice tonight until they do! Do you understand?"

You all immediately responded, "Yes, Sir!"

It's essentially training evacuation response, observing the terrain and situation, and figuring out a safe escape route.

Yuri marked out what he considered to be the safest hiding spots along the starting and ending points, but you don't know where they are. The marbles are there to test your evacuation reaction and how sensitive you are.

"yn, you go first."

Yuri looked at you with a serious expression and spoke softly.

Your brow furrowed slightly.

Intentional or unintentional? The first one to step up is often the least prepared, and also the one whose true abilities are best revealed.

Is he trying to test and observe your abilities in order to deduce something?

Come on then, let's see what conclusions he comes to you with, and then... turn the tables on him!

"Yes, Instructor Yuri."

You responded quickly, picked up your gun, stood up, and strode towards the designated firing position.

Curved shooting targets, as the name suggests, are positioned according to the shape of a curve, roughly in an alternating pattern of 1 left, 2 right, 3 left, and 4 right. When shooting, the muzzle needs to be moved left and right in sequence to quickly correct wind drift and aim.

Typically, this type of training involves selecting two people to form a group: one person is responsible for observing the wind direction and correcting for wind drift, while the other is responsible for adjusting the scope and firing.

Such teamwork makes shooting more accurate and also cultivates tacit understanding between teammates. Just like a race car driver and navigator, the final result is achieved through the cooperation of both.

But on a real battlefield, snipers cannot trust anyone. Even the slightest mistake could lead to mission failure and exposure. Therefore, they can only trust their own eyes and the experience in their minds.

So even if you're teammates, or even if you and Vita are good friends, you don't want to tell them the direction in which you fire your bullets.

Moreover, field training requires individual adaptability.

You lie prone on the ground, set up your sniper rifle, adjust the scope, and then pluck a hair from your own head.

Actually, we have wind measuring instruments now, but training is for dealing with extreme situations, so you all try to minimize external assistance and focus more on your own experience.

Based on the state and angle of the hair as it floats in the air, you obtain the current wind direction data.

"Target distance approximately 700 meters, wind direction at 3 o'clock, wind speed approximately 8 meters per second, mil correction upwards 2.0, rightwards correction 0.5..."

Once you've confirmed the wind speed and distance, use the 3x scope to quickly calculate the compensation value that needs to be corrected.

You tie your hair to a blade of grass in front of you so you can easily observe the wind speed and direction in real time.

The upward adjustment is a compensation value for bullet distance, and it generally does not need to be changed. Next, you just need to observe the hair in front of you, calculate the current wind speed, and aim and shoot.

"sudden--"

With one shot fired, the number one shooting target in the distance fell backward and landed on the shallow snow.

You quickly move to the right, recalculate the corresponding correction compensation value, and then pull the trigger again.

"sudden--"