104: Chapter 104: What Happens If a Female Soldier Is Captured!

"Report!" Number 12 Lin Yu's voice trembled slightly, her fingers unconsciously clutching the corner of her clothes. "What is... Anti-POW Training?"

Su Han's footsteps paused. He didn't look back, only saying coldly, "Follow me."

The female soldiers looked at each other, but quickly lined up to follow.

They crossed the training ground and arrived in front of a low building they had never entered before—it had no windows, and the heavy iron door was like a bank vault, with two fully armed sentries standing at the entrance.

"Salute!" The sentries saw Su Han and immediately stood at attention.

Su Han returned the salute and entered the password. The iron door slowly opened, and a blast of cold, damp air hit them, mixed with an indescribable stale smell—like a mixture of rust, sweat, and a faint scent of blood.

"Go in," Su Han ordered briefly.

The female soldiers entered one by one and found it was a small screening room.

Directly ahead was a huge projection screen, and the walls on both sides were covered with shocking black-and-white photos—

Some were prisoners of war tortured beyond recognition, some were close-ups of various torture instruments, and others were interrogation scenes where the prisoners' eyes were hollow and blood seeped from the corners of their mouths.

"Sit," Su Han pointed to the seats.

The female soldiers sat down stiffly, the chairs making a "creak" that was particularly ear-piercing in the silent room.

"Before we begin training, you need to know what the true treatment of a prisoner of war is." Su Han's voice rang out in the darkness, and at the same time, the projector lit up.

The first video: Interrogation by electric shock.

In the footage, several soldiers were stripped naked, their hands tied behind their backs as they knelt on the ground.

A masked man approached with an electric baton...

"Ah!" Li Xue couldn't help but scream, immediately covering her mouth.

The moment the electric baton touched the soldier's body, his whole body convulsed, his eyes bulged, and his mouth opened wide, but no sound came out.

After the current stopped, he collapsed on the ground like a rag doll, a yellow liquid seeping out from under him.

"These were Eagle Army prisoners during the South Vietnam War." Su Han's voice was terrifyingly calm. "Electric shock is the most basic; it won't leave permanent scars, but the level of pain is enough to make anyone break."

The scene switched to an Asian-faced soldier tied to a chair with a sack over his head. An interrogator used pliers to grip his finger—

"Snap!" With a crisp sound, the finger was snapped off by force.

"Hiss—" The female soldiers gasped. Lin Yu covered her eyes, but through the gaps in her fingers, she still saw the pliers twist violently, a finger bending at an impossible angle...

"Put your hands down! Keep your eyes open and look clearly!"

Su Han shouted loudly, "If you don't even dare to look, how can you say you want to be a Special Forces Soldier?"

Hearing this, the female soldiers could only grit their teeth, put their hands down, and endure the sensory discomfort to continue watching the screen.

"Finger Torture. The fingers are connected to the heart; the pain of one finger is enough to make a person faint." Su Han's voice remained calm. "But fainting is a luxury. They will splash you awake with cold water and continue."

The scene changed again. The interrogator used pliers to grip a soldier's fingernail and pulled it out violently—

"Splat!" Blood splattered as the fingernail was torn off along with the flesh.

Zhang Meng bit her lip hard, the taste of blood spreading in her mouth.

"This is just the beginning." Su Han switched the screen; this time it was a female soldier tied to an interrogation chair. "Female prisoners of war face even more 'special' treatment."

In the video, several masked men surrounded the female soldier, one of whom held a syringe...

"No... don't..." Li Xue was already crying out loud. She saw that after being injected, the female soldier's eyes gradually became vacant, and her body twisted uncontrollably...

"Truth Serum. Combined with sexual assault, it's the most effective means of destroying a female prisoner's will." Su Han's voice carried a hint of coldness for the first time. "In the eyes of the enemy, you are prisoners of war first and women second."

The scene changed again. A disheveled female soldier was locked in an iron cage, surrounded by soldiers with cruel grins...

"They will be interrogated in turns, not just through physical torture, but also through mental humiliation."

Su Han's voice was low. "If a male soldier is captured, he might just be tortured or executed. But if a female soldier is captured..."

He paused, his gaze sweeping across every pale face.

"You will be treated as 'spoils of war'."

The female soldiers' breathing almost stopped.

Su Han turned off the projection. The moment the lights came on, the female soldiers squinted their eyes like startled rabbits.

"Now, do you understand why I opposed the formation of the Womens Special Operations Team in the beginning?" His voice was cold and sharp.

"Special operations are not exercises or competitions on the training ground." He walked slowly toward the female soldiers, each step feeling like it was treading on their tensed nerves.

"It is a true struggle between life and death."

"If a male soldier is captured, he might just be interrogated or shot."

He stared at Li Xue's trembling fingers. "But if a female soldier is captured, the enemy will destroy your dignity first, then your will, and finally your life."

"So—" He suddenly raised his volume, "Anti-POW Training isn't to make you experience pain, but to teach you how to survive in the most desperate of circumstances!"

The room was terrifyingly quiet, with only the sound of rapid breathing and occasional sobbing.

"Now," Su Han stood up, his gaze sweeping across every pale face, "does anyone still want to continue?"

Silence.

And then—

"Report!" Female soldier number 9 suddenly stood up, her voice trembling. "I... I want to quit."

Su Han's expression didn't fluctuate; he just nodded slightly. "Reason?"

"I... I can't take it..." Her tears hit the ground. "If I were captured, I would rather die..."

"Anyone else?" Su Han asked.

After a brief silence, female soldier number 21 also stood up, lowering her head. "Report... me too."

Su Han looked at them and nodded slowly. "Very well."

The two female soldiers lowered their heads, tears hitting the ground, their shoulders trembling slightly.

The lights in the screening room came back on. The two female soldiers who chose to quit had already been taken away by Zhou Mo.

The remaining ten female soldiers were pale, but there was a hint of determination in their eyes.

Zhang Meng stood up abruptly, her fists clenched so hard her knuckles turned white. "Report! If it really comes to that, I'll give myself a quick end! I'll never let the enemy have their way!"

"Right! We'd rather die!"

"Save a bullet for ourselves!"

The female soldiers echoed one after another, a tragic flame flickering in their eyes.

Su Han suddenly laughed.

He clapped slowly, the sound particularly jarring in the silent room.

"Very good, quite the backbone." His smile vanished instantly, his eyes sharp as knives. "But have you ever thought—would the enemy give you the chance to commit suicide?"

The female soldiers were stunned.

"Before you pull the trigger, a sniper's bullet will pierce your wrist first." Su Han's voice was icy. "Before you bite down on a poison capsule, a taser will make your whole body convulse."

He walked up to Zhang Meng, almost pressing against her face. "Before you can slit your throat with a dagger, the enemy's anesthetic needle will have already pierced your neck."

Zhang Meng's Adam's apple bobbed, and fine beads of sweat broke out on her forehead.

"A true enemy won't let you die so easily."

"They will use every means possible to keep you alive—living a life worse than death."

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