419: Don't be too smug.

"001 reports, five eliminated, other Team Members are all on board."

"002 reports, ten eliminated, other Team Members are all on board."

"003 reports, fifteen eliminated, other Team Members are all on board."

"Eliminated Team reports, thirty personnel eliminated, all are on board."

Hearing that all the Team Members were on board, Lu Jing spoke again.

"03 received."

Lu Jing then went to the radio and contacted Captain Chen and the others.

"03 calling 01, respond if you hear me."

Soon after, they connected.

"01 hears you, 03, what's your situation now?"

Upon hearing Captain Chen's words, Lu Jing immediately reported the situation.

"03 reports, over an hour ago, our team encountered a group of personnel... Currently, we have eliminated thirty... The enemy has sixty-eight eliminated, twenty-eight captured... All four of the enemy's vessels have been seized by us..."

"Good."

Captain Chen had been waiting for news in the conference room. Hearing Lu Jing's report, he cheered loudly with joy.

This was truly excellent; Lu Jing had not disappointed him.

Captain Chen's gaze swept over the others, and seeing two people's faces darken, he was extremely pleased.

"Lu Jing, you all performed very well..."

"Thank you, Captain."

After the call ended, Captain Chen looked at the people opposite him and smiled.

"Our team's Lu Jing has never disappointed me; he's truly outstanding..."

Listening to Captain Chen's boastful words, the two men's expressions turned rather unpleasant.

"Hmph, don't get too complacent too soon."

"There are still two teams left."

The other few people laughed.

"Old Chen, your First Team is indeed fierce. To be able to capture so many people and seize ships..."

"I've always heard Old Chen praise them before; they are indeed good."

"You've only won one round. Old Chen, you still have two teams. If the other two teams lose, you'll still lose."

"First Team arrived at the island in the afternoon and had several hours to prepare in the evening. First Team's opponents traveled a long way and are unfamiliar with the island's terrain, so this doesn't count as a loss..."

"They indeed had an advantage in terrain, and First Team often trains on the island, while the other teams are land-based. In this aspect, they are indeed lacking in experience..."

Someone spoke up for Qiao Yan and the others.

Captain Chen listened to these words and gave the speaker a cold glance.

For a time, the various families started arguing again.

The Commanders seated at the head of the table listened to the gunpowder-filled words below, a faint smile on their faces.

These people bickering was a good thing in their eyes. Back in their youth, let alone arguing, the number of times they fought was not small, and after fighting, they quickly reconciled.

Now, recalling those memories, they all felt it was something beautiful.

"Have the fishermen all been settled?"

If Xiao Niannian were here, she would definitely be very surprised.

"Reporting to the Commanders, the fishermen have all been settled. The injured fishermen have all been sent to the Military Region Hospital for treatment. Among them, the severely injured fishermen are temporarily stable after surgery..."

The Commanders nodded upon hearing this.

"Send telegrams to the observers of Second Team and Third Team, asking about their situation."

Captain Zhang and his Team Members were feeling a bit depressed at the moment. They had noticed something was amiss in the afternoon and immediately made some preparations after realizing it was an assessment.

However, their combat power was indeed inferior compared to First Team, and their snipers were not as skilled as First Team's snipers.

They were currently being suppressed, unable to raise their heads.

"Captain, could this be First Team? Why is their firepower so fierce?"

"It's not First Team; First Team's fighting style isn't like this..."

Captain Zhang shook his head, listening to his subordinate's words.

They had been beaten by First Team many times, and they were already familiar with First Team's fighting style. This team was probably a Special Forces Brigade from another province.

Unexpectedly, this rescue mission turned into an assessment, and the opponent's strength was even equal to theirs, or perhaps even superior... "No matter what, we must hold our ground... Oh right, did you bring the tear gas and smoke bombs that Instructor Xiao and the others had you make before?"

Captain Zhang then remembered the equipment Xiao Niannian had instructed her Team Members to make by hand.

These things had no lethal power, but in such a situation, they were extremely useful.

"Yes, we did."

Captain Zhang immediately gathered his subordinates for a meeting to discuss how to counterattack... Not far away, Gu Yuan and Gu Jin held binoculars, observing the other side.

"I thought these people were very strong in combat, but I overestimated them..." Gu Jin put down his binoculars and looked at his brother.

"Don't be arrogant. Perhaps they didn't anticipate such an assessment this time and were careless..."

Gu Yuan and Gu Jin were members of the observation group this time; they did not intervene.

"I wonder how things are with Lu Jing and Qiao Yan. I should have applied to observe there..."

What's there to see with these people fighting like this? It's different with Lu Jing and Qiao Yan.

However, if he were observing Lu Jing and Qiao Yan, he might not be able to resist helping Lu Jing and the others beat up Qiao Yan.

There was no particular reason; he just disliked Qiao Yan, and the Qiao Family, Gu Family, and Lu Family had always been at odds. The Qiao Family and those few families acted too sinisterly; they knew clearly about those past events.

Even though there wasn't an open conflict now, the Qiao Family and those few families had dealt with many other families in previous years... Grandpa and Grandpa Lu, along with a few other grandpas, even intervened to save some people. If it weren't for... the Lu Family and Gu Family were almost harmed by those families.

Gu Jin felt very angry when he remembered this matter.

When Lu Jing and Xiao Niannian arrived at the island, Captain Chen and Political Commissar Li came to the pier.

"Reporting, Captain, Political Commissar, First Team's mission squad reports in..."

Seeing Lu Jing and the Soldiers behind him, Captain Chen nodded with a smile.

"You've all worked hard. We've already had the cafeteria prepare food for you. Go eat first, then come back to report later..."

"Yes."

Hearing the order to dismiss, the Soldiers cheered.

Xiao Niannian followed the team to the cafeteria and saw rice, mixed noodles, steamed buns, stir-fried pork with chili, stewed pork with potatoes, bean sprouts, and seaweed egg soup... Looking at this meal, the Soldiers who had eaten dry rations for over a day couldn't express how happy they were.

"Sister Xiao, so much good food."

In the past few days, they had enough to eat, but it was always two dishes and one soup. Today's meal was much more lavish than before.

"There's chili sauce too, Sister Xiao."

Shen Yan ran over with a small bottle of chili sauce and handed it to Xiao Niannian.