407: Rescue plus assessment.

Could it be what she was thinking?

Xiao Niannian ran towards Lu Jing.

Shen Yan also followed.

“Captain Lu.”

Xiao Niannian’s voice rang out.

Lu Jing turned and looked at Niannian.

“What’s wrong?”

“This rescue mission feels a bit off…” Xiao Niannian voiced her suspicions.

“You guessed correctly. I suspect that this rescue mission is not just a rescue, but also an assessment…”

What?

“You mean the rescue is real, but there’s also an assessment?”

Xiao Niannian blinked upon hearing Lu Jing’s words.

So, Lu Jing knew everything, but he didn’t say anything.

She had felt something was wrong when they were on the first island, but she didn’t immediately speak up, because subjectively determining things might affect the commander’s judgment.

And now, on this island, no situation had been discovered yet. Coupled with those strange floating boat wreckage, she was certain that there was a problem with this rescue mission.

If nothing unexpected happened, this island would also have boat wreckage and other items.

Indeed, whether in the original world or in this era, Special Forces Soldiers must deal with various missions, even if some of these missions are fake.

“Niannian, you are an instructor. This assessment is for the various sub-teams. Now that you know the situation, please keep it a secret…”

What else could she say after hearing Lu Jing say that?

The rescue must certainly be carried out, but this assessment must also be kept confidential.

“Report, a piece of boat wreckage and some daily necessities have been found on the east beach…”

A First Team Member came to report the situation to Lu Jing.

“Let’s go take a look.”

Lu Jing led his people towards the east beach. Looking at the boat wreckage floating by the beach and some items not far away, Lu Jing remained silent.

“Are these two pieces of boat wreckage from the same boat? These two islands are about ten nautical miles apart, so how could they both wash ashore?”

Company Commander He asked, somewhat puzzled.

Shen Yan immediately added upon hearing this.

“Yeah, why aren’t they floating to one island together? Instead, they’re scattered everywhere… Can the seawater really wash these wrecks so evenly?”

Hearing Shen Yan’s words, Instructor Qin and Company Commander He’s expressions changed slightly.

They had always felt something was off, and now, Shen Yan’s words made them understand even more clearly that this matter was indeed not right. What kind of waves could make boat wreckage cross ten nautical miles and wash up on two different islands?

Could it be that this was a trap deliberately set by the enemy?

Just to deal with them?

“Old Lu, something is very wrong with this…”

“Captain, could these fishermen have been captured by the enemy…”

Lu Jing listened to their words and spoke.

“You all analyze, what exactly is going on with this matter?”

“Captain Lu, I think there might be an error in the intelligence for this matter. These fishermen might genuinely be trapped on other islands.”

“Captain Lu, I suspect that the fishermen being trapped might be a fake situation. Is it something the higher-ups are using to assess us?”

“These boat wrecks are too strange. I also think it might be an assessment.”

The sub-team leaders and other cadres under him all expressed their opinions, giving their analyses.

There were also two people who said it might just be a coincidence, and that if they searched more, they might find the whereabouts of these fishermen.

Lu Jing listened to what they said and nodded.

“Your analyses are all very good. From now on, each of you will lead your respective teams to search… If you discover anything, report it immediately…”

“Yes.”

Upon hearing Lu Jing’s command, the leaders of the three small teams had no objections.

Shen Yan glanced at his brother, then looked at Lu Jing and Sister Xiao. He decided to follow the First Team first.

Such a good opportunity was rare and hard to come by. There might not be many chances to participate in such missions in the future.

He wanted to see how the Special Forces Brigade members usually carried out missions.

Even if there was danger, he wouldn't be afraid, with so many Team Members together.

Xiao Niannian saw Shen Yan’s actions. She didn’t stop Shen Yan from wanting to follow the First Team Members to search. Shen Yan was intelligent and very capable, but without some tempering, it would be difficult for him to reach higher positions.

And now, with an opportunity for Shen Yan to be tempered, she would let him go through it properly.

Xiao Niannian looked at Lu Jing.

“We will continue searching in the mountains. After this island is searched, they will go to some nearby islands to search…”

Xiao Niannian said.

“We will also search in the mountains.”

Lu Jing looked at Niannian, and he nodded.

Lu Jing and Xiao Niannian led a few Team Members towards the mountaintop.

After walking for a while, a voice came from the walkie-talkie.

“Report, Captain Lu, we found a cave on the mountaintop. There are traces of people having lived in the cave, and we also found some canned goods… and bullets…”

Upon hearing this, Lu Jing’s expression instantly became solemn.

Although there were factories in the country producing canned goods, ordinary people only dared to try them during New Year’s and festivals.

However, foreign spies and some domestic spies were very fond of supplies like canned goods.

If that were truly the case, then this place was indeed a foothold for spies.

“Continue searching, see if there are any radios or similar items, use detectors…”

Upon hearing Lu Jing’s command, a voice immediately came from the other end of the walkie-talkie.

“Yes.”

Lu Jing quickened his pace, and Xiao Niannian also quickened hers.

She had previously suspected there was a problem with this mission. Now that canned goods and bullets were found here, would there also be a radio?

Who exactly were the people living here?

It was impossible for ordinary citizens to possess canned goods and bullets; only spies would have these.

So, what were the spies doing here?

Were they monitoring their navy every day, or were they using this as a base to transmit domestic news?

Xiao Niannian quickened her pace and ran towards the mountaintop.

Before long, she reached the mountaintop, where there was a thorny path, only wide enough for one person to pass.

“Captain Lu, we found traces of people having walked here, so we searched in this direction… and found the cave not far away…”

After passing through this thorny and branch-filled path for a while, they arrived in front of the cave.

The cave entrance here was two to three meters high. At first glance, the cave didn’t look big, but upon entering, they discovered that it held a secret.

The further they walked in, the larger the space became.

Xiao Niannian saw a lot of straw spread on the ground, some rolled-up cloth, and eaten fish bones.

The canned goods were found in the corner, covered with stones.