213: Suddenly, a huge explosion was heard.
Back when they were in their hometown, although the sewing machine had been taken by Second Uncle Xiao and the others, Second Aunt Xiao would still have Grandma Xiao take on sewing jobs from the village, and she would also buy fabric for Grandma Xiao to make clothes for the people of the Second Branch.
However, Second Uncle Xiao and Second Aunt Xiao would not buy fabric for Grandma Xiao and Xiao Niannian to make clothes. Grandma Xiao used to secretly ask the Village Chief, Tenth Grandfather, and Tenth Grandma to buy fabric for her to secretly make clothes for Xiao Niannian to wear... “This machine is really easy to use.”
The previous sewing machine was bought by Eldest Son, and sewing machines from that time were naturally not as good as the ones now.
Xiao Niannian watched her grandma stroke the sewing machine, and seeing the joyful smile on her face, Xiao Niannian felt it was well worth it.
Lu Jing turned on the radio and tuned it for a while, and the voice of an announcer came through.
Xiao Niannian watched her grandma making clothes, while she neatly arranged all the items she had bought back.
With these things, Grandma could eat for another one or two months.
Grandma was too frugal. If Xiao Niannian didn't buy things, Grandma would only eat sweet potato rice soaked in water every day, or stir-fry a small side dish. She saved all the eggs laid by the few chickens she raised, keeping them for Xiao Niannian when she returned, or giving them to Xiao Jiang and Xiao He.
Lu Jing went to Division Headquarters and reported the events Xiao Niannian encountered today to Division Commander Yu.
Division Commander Yu and the others were somewhat shocked upon hearing this.
“I will immediately send someone to investigate this matter...”
Lu Jing gave Division Commander Yu two copies of the portrait, then returned to the Special Forces Brigade to report the situation to Captain Chen and Political Commissar Li.
Afterward, Lu Jing went to the office and made several more phone calls.
Xiao Niannian was unaware of these matters.
She returned to the headquarters of the Reconnaissance Battalion.
After putting her things away, Xiao Niannian went to the back mountain.
Since the training had been so strenuous these past few days, she planned to set up some traps to catch some Wild Chicken and rabbits to nourish her comrades-in-arms in the training team.
However, she did not go to the areas where landmines were buried.
Xiao Niannian walked towards the adjacent mountain, and soon arrived at the back mountain.
This area was also within the scope of the Reconnaissance Battalion. She saw several animal traps here, some of which had already been triggered. She immediately reset the traps. She had been here before and knew where some pits were, so Xiao Niannian made a few more traps. She had brought cloth strips with her and marked these traps to prevent any Comrade-in-arms from accidentally falling into them. Although they wouldn't bleed or get injured, stepping into a trap would still hurt for a while.
Seeing that it was getting dark, Xiao Niannian returned to the dormitory.
After waking up in the morning, Xiao Niannian went to the training grounds.
After resting for a day, everyone's complexion was much better than the previous days. Furthermore, after about ten days of training, the abilities of the comrades-in-arms had improved significantly.
“Starting today, we begin the 5-kilometer armed cross-country...”
Xiao Niannian and the comrades-in-arms carried the required weapons... water bottles, satchels... grenade pouches, ration bags, and other equipment, weighing about twenty kilograms.
At the sound of the order, Xiao Niannian and the comrades-in-arms set off carrying their equipment. Xiao Niannian carried these items and walked with the comrades-in-arms toward the outside of the camp.
For the 5-kilometer armed cross-country, passing is twenty-four minutes, and excellent is under twenty minutes.
As Xiao Niannian ran, her gaze swept the surroundings of the road. She felt that today's armed cross-country was not just about reaching the finish line; there must be flags or other items along the way, and they would have to bring these back to complete the mission.
After running for five minutes, Xiao Niannian spotted a red object in the roadside grass—a flag.
She immediately ran over and pulled out the flag.
And then continued running.
When Squad Leader Li saw Xiao Niannian's actions, he immediately understood.
He sped up and ran forward, keeping his eyes peeled for anything along the roadside.
After running for another minute or so, Squad Leader Li also saw a small flag in the roadside grass and immediately retrieved it.
Xiao Niannian had already retrieved several flags by this point.
Previously, some comrades-in-arms who saw Xiao Niannian taking flags didn't understand what was happening at first. When they saw several people following Xiao Niannian and retrieving flags, they realized what was going on and started running while searching for flags.
Lu Jing and Military Doctor Shen were sitting in the car. Military Doctor Shen was responsible for support, and upon seeing Xiao Niannian retrieving the flag, he praised her.
“Comrade Xiao is just smart. No one else thought of this, and she was the first to discover it.”
Hearing his words, Lu Jing's mouth curved slightly upward.
Today's 5-kilometer armed cross-country indeed included flag retrieval; whoever captured the most flags would be the ultimate winner.
And the last ten individuals would be penalized.
Twenty minutes later, Xiao Niannian arrived at the finish line carrying ten flags.
Lu Jing and Military Doctor Shen had already arrived early by car.
Xiao Niannian looked at them and recalled when she was an instructor training Team Members.
The comrades-in-arms in the Reconnaissance Battalion now were still a bit too weak.
Most of the comrades-in-arms in the Special Forces Brigade were quite capable, but compared to her former comrades-in-arms, they were still far behind.
However, a portion of the Special Forces Brigade comrades-in-arms had strength comparable to hers.
Especially Lu Jing; Xiao Niannian felt that Lu Jing's strength was likely similar to hers, or perhaps much stronger than her current self.
She was doing extra training every day; she had to quickly recover her strength.
After entering the Military Academy, she would also work hard to graduate one or even two years early.
That way, she could join the Special Forces Brigade sooner and participate in more and greater missions.
In recent years, the Special Forces Brigade's missions, both domestic and international, had a higher casualty rate than in her original world.
Training more powerful Soldiers with better comprehensive abilities to strengthen the capabilities of the Special Forces... Xiao Niannian retracted her gaze and listened to the Instructors.
The comrades-in-arms who failed to retrieve flags were penalized with one thousand push-ups.
After resting for fifteen minutes, the other Soldiers began grenade throwing training.
Xiao Niannian took the training grenade, swung it hard, and threw it straight out.
“Report! Comrade Xiao Niannian's result is eighty-eight meters.”
Upon hearing the result, many comrades-in-arms were extremely surprised.
“How much?”
“Eighty-eight meters?”
“That strength is really impressive.”
“This has broken the record of the Reconnaissance Battalion.”
Military Doctor Shen heard the result and said.
“That's a good result. Quite a few comrades-in-arms in our team have results similar to this.”
Hearing Military Doctor Shen's words, Lu Jing hummed in acknowledgment.
“Next, the training begins... The target is the mountain opposite... Leading a squad in unfamiliar territory to determine direction, search for targets, mark routes, and report enemy situations...”
The mountain opposite was located on the edge of the county town, and below the mountain was the Sugar Factory, along with several other factories.
Xiao Niannian and her comrades-in-arms quickly ran toward the opposite mountain.
When they were still one or two kilometers away, they suddenly heard a huge explosion.
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