208: Two people were staring at Xiao Niannian.

"Li Baoguo found forty landmines..."

Li Baoguo was Squad Leader Li, and he listened calmly.

"Cui Hao found thirty-nine landmines."

"Zhao Yu found thirty landmines."

The number of landmines these people found was all around forty or thirty-plus.

Two Soldiers from the Engineer Company found fifty landmines. They thought they had found enough, but when they heard about Comrade Xiao Niannian's results, they were all shocked.

This was even better than the best person in their company.

How on earth was this possible?

All their gazes turned to Xiao Niannian.

Indeed, there is always someone better, and there is always a higher heaven.

And the Soldiers of the Reconnaissance Battalion now looked at Xiao Niannian with even greater admiration.

"Amazing."

"Comrade Xiao, you are truly this good."

Someone gave a thumbs-up.

Everyone looked at Xiao Niannian. Some had heard of this Comrade Xiao from the Logistics Platoon, knew she was currently training with the Motor Transport Company, and had also heard about Comrade Xiao saving people at the cinema.

"Comrade Xiao is truly amazing."

"Let's learn from Comrade Xiao."

Lu Jing looked at them, and another instructor under him started scolding.

"All of you are engineering professionals, but Xiao Niannian and Li Baoguo are not. You can't even compare to them... How are you going to bring glory to the Division Headquarters..."

The smiles that had been on their faces earlier were now gone, and they all lowered their heads from the scolding.

Next was defusing the mines.

Xiao Niannian started quickly, and Squad Leader Li had also defused many landmines in the mountains, so he was extremely skilled now.

The Soldiers of the Reconnaissance Battalion usually trained in mine clearance and sweeping, but when they saw these landmines today, they noticed something was amiss.

Xiao Niannian heard the Comrades-in-arms from the Engineer Company talking.

"Why is the first one a booby trap?"

"Mine is a daisy chain mine."

Xiao Niannian began defusing mines, and in a short while, she had disarmed one. The next few mines she encountered were all ordinary landmines, and her defusing speed was very fast.

The Soldier recording nearby was somewhat shocked by Comrade Xiao Niannian's speed in defusing mines.

Comrade Xiao Niannian's speed is too fast, isn't it? This is faster than their usual mine defusing speed.

Although Xiao Niannian's mine defusing speed was fast, she always approached it with great seriousness and care, never rushing for speed.

In ten minutes, Xiao Niannian defused twenty-six landmines of different types in a complex area three meters wide and ten meters long.

Lu Jing stood by, watching, unable to suppress the smile at the corner of his mouth.

These landmines weren't buried in a single day; it took several days. Not just here, but within a hundred-meter radius, landmines were buried. These landmines were for Niannian and the others to detect and defuse later.

Before, some Soldiers were made to dig some pits, and all the familiar types of landmines were set up here. In the coming days, many more landmines would continue to be buried.

So this time, not only Niannian and her group would participate, but other Soldiers from the Engineer Company would also be involved in the training.

Looking at the booby trap in front of her, Xiao Niannian slowed down and began to disarm it.

After successfully disarming it, Xiao Niannian curled the corner of her mouth.

In the following tens of minutes, Xiao Niannian encountered many booby traps, so her mine defusing speed was not as fast as before.

But compared to others, she was still absolutely in the lead.

"One hour is up."

Everyone evacuated the minefield and returned to the safe area below.

Lu Jing listened to his subordinates' reports, his gaze sweeping over everyone's faces.

Among these dozens of people, only ten Soldiers defused booby traps. The other Soldiers all chose the easier mines to defuse. As for daisy chain mines, even fewer people defused them.

Lu Jing looked at these results, his brow furrowed deeply.

"In one hour, the fewest of you only defused ten landmines... not a single booby trap was defused... Can you still be picky on the battlefield...?"

"And for daisy chain mines, why don't you work with your Comrades-in-arms to defuse them? If war breaks out and you only defuse ordinary landmines, are these mines left for your Comrades-in-arms to jump over...?"

"What is most important between Comrades-in-arms? It's trust, it's standing back to back, entrusting your life to each other..."

Company Commander He, under Lu Jing, was scolding the Soldiers.

Xiao Niannian listened to Company Commander He scolding. She hadn't expected that Company Commander He, who was talkative and smiling in the mountains before, would be so imposing when scolding people.

The faces of the Soldiers who were called out turned crimson with shame. They had been thinking of quickly defusing more landmines at the time and had indeed forgotten to cooperate in defusing them. They had also thought about defusing them together, but in order to defuse more landmines, they chose not to cooperate.

Squad Leader Li listened to Company Commander He scolding, his gaze turning to Xiao Niannian.

He and Comrade Xiao Niannian had cooperated to defuse two daisy chain mines. If those two daisy chain mines hadn't been defused, it would indeed have been inconvenient to defuse the other mines.

On this Sunday, the Soldiers in training had a day off. Xiao Niannian decided to go shopping in the county town. She had been to the cinema a few months ago, but hadn't watched a movie or shopped properly.

Xiao Niannian changed into an outfit made by Grandma: black suit pants and a black shirt. Wearing these clothes, Xiao Niannian felt her attractiveness increased by three points.

Grandma-brand custom-made clothes were indeed different.

She had often encountered trouble when going out in military uniform before, and this time she wanted to quietly stroll around the county town.

However, in this era, there were too many people wearing military uniforms. Some were Soldiers, some were not Soldiers but had family or relatives who were Soldiers and received the clothes, and some even bought them at high prices or made similar-looking sets.

Xiao Niannian pulled back her thoughts and took the battalion's car to the county town.

Xiao Niannian remembered Grandpa Gu and Grandma Gu saying to call them when she had time.

After getting off the car, Xiao Niannian went to the Supply and Marketing Cooperative to call Grandpa Gu and Grandma Gu.

"Hello."

The call connected, and Xiao Niannian heard Grandma Gu's voice.

"Grandma."

"Niannian, are you off today?"

Xiao Niannian talked with Grandma for a while, when she suddenly noticed someone staring at her.

While talking to Grandma, she casually glanced around.

She noticed two people not far away, pushing bicycles and talking, occasionally glancing at her.

However, they were a bit far away, beyond her hearing range.

Xiao Niannian looked closely and found that they were just staring at her and were not carrying any weapons.

If they had been carrying weapons, she would have immediately left and then staked them out.

After finishing the call, Xiao Niannian paid and went to the Supply and Marketing Cooperative again.

Inside the Supply and Marketing Cooperative, she saw the two people follow her to the entrance of the Supply and Marketing Cooperative again.

Xiao Niannian bought a bag of flour, some beans, and some vegetable seedlings to plant.

She left the Supply and Marketing Cooperative and walked in the direction of the Public Security Bureau.

After walking for a while, Xiao Niannian walked into an alley.