254: Hand-made smoke bombs and tear gas canisters.

After the personnel for the participating teams were finalized, they gave Comrade Xiao a great deal of authority, and Company Commander Yun and the others also followed Comrade Xiao's instructions.

The Instructors of the First Team of the Special Forces Brigade, along with Chief Instructor Lu Jing, also praised Comrade Xiao endlessly; the training methods Comrade Xiao had revised were all extremely useful.

Over these past few days, they had all tested them out on the ordinary soldiers.

"Comrade Xiao."

"Battalion Commander, Political Instructor."

Seeing Battalion Commander Han and Political Instructor Jiang, Xiao Niannian immediately saluted.

After the two of them returned the military salute, they said with smiles,

"Comrade Xiao, you performed very well; keep up the good work..."

"We look forward to seeing an even better performance from you, Comrade Xiao..."

Listening to the words of the Battalion Commander and the Political Instructor, Xiao Niannian said loudly,

"Yes."

After finishing her conversation with Battalion Commander Han and Political Instructor Jiang, Xiao Niannian walked around a large area again.

The competition was scheduled to last for several days, and today was only the first day. The shooting competition was also set for the evening, so Xiao Niannian was wandering around like a loafer, looking at everything.

Hu Ping and Yang Fang had originally been following Xiao Niannian, but because Xiao Niannian was running everywhere, they lost sight of her after following her to one venue.

"Why is Xiao Niannian running so fast?"

"Could it be that she ran away because she saw us?"

"It's possible."

"Let's go watch the competition; let's ignore her."

Xiao Niannian didn't pay any attention to Hu Ping and the others at this moment. She watched several matches and found that the level of these soldiers from the Division Headquarters could only be described as average.

Of course, there were some excellent ones, but they weren't exceptionally outstanding.

These people still had a lot of room for improvement.

She had been an instructor for so long that she was looking at everything with an instructor's mindset.

However, she already had training plans for each of her comrades-in-arms in the Reconnaissance Battalion. Previously, she had only guided each person's training, but later, she would write up some training plans—not just for these participating Team Members, but for the entire Reconnaissance Battalion.

Of course, these were only training plans for the Reconnaissance Battalion.

As for those ordinary Team Members from the Second Team and Third Team of the Special Forces Brigade, they still needed to be trained well, trained ruthlessly...

With a level like this, it was truly a disgrace to the Special Forces Brigade.

After walking around a large circle, Xiao Niannian returned to her competition venue.

Seeing Lu Jing, Military Doctor Shen, and the others talking with Battalion Commander Han and Political Instructor Jiang, Xiao Niannian stood to the side, her gaze falling on Lu Jing.

They were all wearing the same military uniform, so why was it that when Lu Jing wore it, he was so much more conspicuous than everyone else?

In the crowd, one could spot him at a single glance.

Could it be because Lu Jing was too outstanding?

Xiao Niannian's gaze met Lu Jing's, and seeing the smile on his face, Xiao Niannian also smiled.

Soon, the grenade throwing event of the competition began.

"Grenade throwing, first place, Xiao Niannian..."

The participating comrades-in-arms who had already finished the competition ran toward Xiao Niannian.

"Comrade Xiao, congratulations."

"Comrade Xiao, you are truly excellent."

The participating Team Members from other regiments looked at Xiao Niannian; they had all lost to Comrade Xiao Niannian.

This Xiao Niannian was not only skilled in hand-to-hand combat, but how was she also so formidable at throwing grenades?

After Xiao Niannian finished talking to her comrades-in-arms, she had just turned around when she nearly collided with Lu Jing.

"Careful."

Lu Jing reached out to steady Xiao Niannian, and Xiao Niannian immediately stood firm.

"Are you looking for me for something?"

Xiao Niannian looked at Lu Jing.

"Hmm."

Hearing Lu Jing's words, Xiao Niannian walked toward the open space to the side.

"What is it?"

"The tear gas and Smoke Grenades you used during the island rescue last time—the Captain and Division Commander Yu and the others want to see them..."

Lu Jing stated his purpose.

"Fine."

What she had made back then was a simplified version, but it was still better than what they had at this time.

"Have someone go prepare these things..."

Xiao Niannian listed several items directly. Lu Jing's gaze turned to Xiao Cui.

"Captain, I've noted them all down and will go prepare them immediately."

Xiao Niannian checked her watch; there were still two or three hours until the next event, so she said,

"Let's go."

Lu Jing took Xiao Niannian to the conference room belonging to Division Commander Yu and the others. Before long, the materials Xiao Niannian needed were delivered. Division Commander Yu, Captain Chen, and the other Commanders also hurried over.

"Greetings, Commanders."

"Comrade Xiao, I heard you took first place in two events today; congratulations."

"Thank you, Commanders."

After chatting for a while, Xiao Niannian began to hand-craft the Smoke Grenades.

Xiao Niannian first took a piece of cardboard, cut it well, and rolled it into a cylinder... glued it all together... inserted a pull ring... extracted the red phosphorus from both sides of the matches... then tied the matches together... After making the fuse... added the cut-up ping pong ball fragments and match heads...

Xiao Niannian also used oil pastels, white sugar, potassium nitrate, and other materials to make a few more portions. Afterward, she also hand-crafted a few portions of tear gas.

"Done."

The Commanders present heard Xiao Niannian say she was done, and they all looked at her.

"It's done just like that?"

"Hmm."

Lu Jing looked at Xiao Cui and said,

"Xiao Cui, take these few Smoke Grenades outside to test."

"Yes."

Xiao Niannian saw the Commanders walk out, and she followed them. She looked around and found a spot that was a bit better.

The so-called good spot was a place where the Smoke Grenades wouldn't reach later.

She saw that the Commanders were all standing within range, but she didn't remind them; once the Commanders noticed something was wrong in a moment, they would naturally run.

Lu Jing saw Xiao Niannian's smile and saw her standing so far away; he instantly understood Niannian's intentions, so he walked over and stood with her.

Although Military Doctor Shen had watched Xiao Niannian hand-craft the Smoke Grenades, he really wanted to see the effect with his own eyes. So, he also followed the Commanders over.

"Old Lu, come over here; why are you standing so far away?" Military Doctor Shen shouted to Lu Jing.

"It's fine here."

Military Doctor Shen looked at Lu Jing in confusion. Standing so far away, how could he see the effect?

Could it be that Old Lu wanted to spend more time with Niannian and have more opportunities to get along?

If that was the case, he would be intruding. Military Doctor Shen immediately ran forward and joined the Commanders to watch.

"Ignite."

Soon, a few soldiers lit the two Smoke Grenades and the tear gas.

Division Commander Yu, Captain Chen, and the other Commanders saw the smoke coming out of the Smoke Grenades—red, orange, and other colors—and were all surprised.

"This smoke is really thick."

"It looks really good."

The Commanders felt more and more that this was a good thing the more they watched, and they all nodded vigorously in praise.

The next second, someone smelled a pungent odor and immediately started coughing.

"Cough, cough, cough."

"This thing is so choking."

"Cough, cough, cough."

"This smoke is so thick."

The Commanders scrambled to the side, quickly leaving the area.

After they ran out of range, everyone was covered in tears.