207: No matter how far away they are, they will be punished!

After a week of training, the Soldiers in the competition team had improved significantly.

Company Commander Yun couldn't stop smiling as he looked at the Soldiers' results.

With these results, they would definitely take first place in the team competition.

Xiao Niannian and Squad Leader Li's subjects would also secure first place.

Previously, they had lost several subjects to other regiments in the Division Headquarters; this time, they were going to reclaim their honor.

"Tomorrow, Xiao Niannian... you few will begin the engineer subject training..."

Hearing Captain Lu's words, the few Soldiers whose names were called responded loudly.

"Yes."

Hearing about the engineer subject training, Xiao Niannian thought of Brother Lei again.

That Brother Hu and Brother Lei, neither alive nor dead bodies could be found; she felt they hadn't died and must have been rescued by someone.

However, no matter where they were hiding, as long as they were alive, traces would be left behind. To the ends of the earth, we will punish them, no matter the distance!

Lu Jing took Military Doctor Shen and a few Soldiers from their team to the mountains next to the Motor Transport Company.

They took self-made landmines and laid hundreds of them.

After Xiao Niannian woke up in the morning, she went to the mess hall for breakfast and immediately rushed to the Motor Transport Company.

This time, not only were Xiao Niannian and the few comrades-in-arms participating in the competition undergoing training, but the Soldiers of the Engineer Company also came to participate.

Initially, the Soldiers of the Engineer Company didn't pay much attention to the Soldiers of the Reconnaissance Battalion. In terms of professionalism, their Engineer Company was the most specialized.

They greatly admired the people from the Special Operations Brigade, because even the best prospects from their Engineer Company had been transferred to the Special Operations Brigade.

The most outstanding talents were all in the Special Operations Brigade.

The people in the Reconnaissance Battalion were formidable in various aspects, but they were far inferior to the Special Operations Brigade. However, when it came to engineering skills, their Engineer Company was the most powerful.

"For manual mine sweeping and disarming landmines, if our Engineer Company ranks second, no one dares to rank first..."

Someone said smugly.

"Today, we'll let you people from the Reconnaissance Battalion witness our prowess."

Xiao Niannian smiled, listening to the tone of these two people.

There are troublemakers everywhere, and the Military Unit is no exception.

Xiao Niannian looked at Squad Leader Li. She believed that Squad Leader Li could teach these two a lesson without her even needing to act. Squad Leader Li was like a sweeping monk.

A Soldier heard this, glanced at the two speakers, and secretly vowed in his heart to strive hard and defeat them.

Lu Jing and his subordinates began lecturing. At first, some people were dismissive, thinking they had already taken these classes and mastered such simple lessons long ago.

But most people listened carefully, taking every word to heart.

Xiao Niannian also listened very seriously.

Lu Jing called out a few names and asked them to repeat what he had just said and demonstrate the content.

These few people were stunned.

Unable to answer, they were punished with a five-kilometer run.

Xiao Niannian and the other Soldiers stood watching from the side.

After these few people finished their five-kilometer run, their faces were pale, but their arrogance was indeed shattered.

They had heard that the training in the Special Forces Brigade was designed to push people to their limits; being punished with just a five-kilometer run was nothing.

If they dared to be careless again and angered the instructor, the consequences would be unimaginable.

"Each of you will receive a mine detector. Within one hour, whoever finds the most landmines... If anyone steps on a landmine and triggers an explosion, they will be disqualified..."

Xiao Niannian and her comrades-in-arms received the Type 65 mine detectors. Their current task was to sweep mines in the back mountain, marking any landmines they found... Everyone took their mine detectors and walked toward the mountain.

Xiao Niannian glanced at the somewhat unrecognizable hillside and began mine sweeping.

Xiao Niannian's movements were very quick. After finding a landmine, she immediately marked it.

Everyone was assigned a specific area.

Xiao Niannian heard someone cheering.

"I found a landmine."

"There's one in this spot."

Xiao Niannian looked at the four landmines she had marked. She felt that the matter wasn't so simple. If Lu Jing and his team were involved, it couldn't just be about finding landmines.

Perhaps they had also installed many booby traps and chain-reaction mines. If these landmines were triggered, not only the person sweeping the mine but also those around her would be implicated and eliminated.

Of course, all these landmines were training landmines.

She glanced at the two people nearby: one was the sweeping monk Squad Leader Li, and the other was comrade Hong from the Reconnaissance Battalion.

Both of them were steady, bold yet meticulous, which greatly eased her worries.

If she had encountered those arrogant few from before, she might have been implicated too.

Lu Jing and his subordinates followed them, observing.

After more than ten minutes, an explosion sounded.

"Boom."

The sound of the explosion made everyone stop and look toward the blast site.

It was one of the previously smug individuals. He was now flustered and completely unsettled.

He was proud of his mine sweeping skills, but he hadn't expected that among so many people, he would be the first to trigger a mine.

"Liu Ji, you are out."

Liu Ji was from the Engineer Company. Hearing this, a look of frustration flashed across his face. He had originally intended to bring glory to the Engineer Company, but now being sent back, he had lost immense face.

He would never get such an opportunity again.

"Instructor Lu, please give me another chance..."

"If you don't take it seriously yourself, no one will give you another chance. This assessment today used training landmines and won't hurt anyone, but next time, on the battlefield, if you are still this careless, you will harm both yourself and others..."

Lu Jing severely reprimanded this person.

Liu Ji clenched his hands into fists. Initially, he was unconvinced, but as the scolding continued, he lowered his head in shame, his face full of remorse.

"I'm sorry, I was wrong."

Liu Ji withdrew from the assessment, and the others continued mine clearance.

But everyone was more focused than before.

Soon, one hour was up.

"Report results."

"Xiao Niannian, found eighty-eight landmines..."

When they heard Xiao Niannian's results, everyone's gaze turned toward Xiao Niannian.

"Heavens, this person is too amazing, eighty-eight mines?"

"How many landmines were there in total?"

"An hour is sixty minutes. She could find two mines per minute?"

"Such a large area, and many of the landmines were buried very secretly."

Many people previously disregarded Xiao Niannian, thinking that as a new recruit and a female Soldier, what kind of results could she achieve? They never expected Xiao Niannian to be so fierce and have such excellent results.

Squad Leader Li looked at Xiao Niannian with satisfaction.

Although he didn't know where Comrade Xiao learned this mine clearance technique, he had already witnessed Comrade Xiao Niannian's prowess when they were in the mountains before.

Compared to Comrade Xiao, he was far inferior, let alone these greenhorns here.

That's right, in Squad Leader Li's eyes, those who had been Soldiers for three to five years were all just greenhorns.