592: They tore up the lottery box.
"Niannian, go select the Womens Team Members. Don't worry about things here."
Hearing Lu Jing's words, Xiao Niannian nodded.
She took the Team Members to assess the female soldiers here.
After the first day of assessment concluded, Xiao Niannian looked at the assessment roster.
There were indeed a few promising prospects listed.
Today was only the first day. There are still two more days, so we'll keep looking.
However, most of the female Team Members here seemed to be from the North, which was evident from their accents. Their height was also slightly greater than those from some Southern regions.
Xiao Niannian saw several Team Members standing nearby, talking.
"That Captain Xiao, isn't she younger than us?"
"She's actually the Female Team Captain of the Special Forces Brigade?"
"Could she have used connections to enter the Special Forces Brigade?"
"It's possible."
They discussed in low voices. Some of them scrutinized Xiao Niannian and then spoke again.
"Since the assessment started today, all we've seen her do is write and draw, and check our assessment scores."
"If she didn't have real skill, she probably wouldn't have been able to enter the Special Forces Brigade, right?"
"Look at those Political Instructors, which one isn't in their late twenties or nearly thirty? Only she looks so young."
"Maybe she really relied on connections to get in."
These people thought Xiao Niannian couldn't hear them, so they continued commenting on her.
Xiao Niannian looked at these few people. Two of them had decent scores, while the others had two excellent scores and two passing scores in the subjects assessed today.
Xiao Niannian ignored them and returned to the Guesthouse to rest.
When she arrived in the morning, she saw these female soldiers standing there talking.
"Assemble! Today, you will be assessed on..."
After Xiao Niannian finished speaking, someone in the team shouted loudly.
"Report!"
Hearing the person speak, Xiao Niannian asked.
"What is it?"
"Captain Xiao, you are a Political Instructor for the Womens Team of the Special Forces Brigade, so you must be very capable, right? But you look like you're only twenty years old. You're too young, which makes it hard for us to trust your abilities. Could you show us what you can do?"
"That's right, Captain Xiao. We want to join the Special Forces Brigade, but you are too young. It's hard for us to believe in your abilities."
"Captain Xiao, could you show us your skills? That way, we'll be convinced."
"Captain Xiao, please demonstrate something casually."
Hearing the voices of these people, Xiao Niannian knew they were the same ones who had been talking yesterday.
"What do you want me to demonstrate?"
Xiao Niannian looked at them.
"I heard that people in the Special Forces Brigade are excellent marksmen, and every one of them is a King of Guns. How about you choose shooting, Captain Xiao?"
"And the 400-meter obstacle course. I heard that Special Forces Brigade members complete it in under two minutes."
The other few people continued talking and talking.
Xiao Niannian directly called out their names.
"Li Ran, Ning Qiu, Zhou Man, Ding Hua."
Hearing Xiao Niannian call their names, these people were startled.
"Present!"
They were extremely surprised. They hadn't expected that Captain Xiao, who had only been observing the assessment yesterday, would remember their names. Could it be because they performed excellently yesterday? Is that why Captain Xiao remembered their names?
"You are here to participate in the assessment for female special forces soldiers, not to play around. What right do you have to question the Captain? This is a Military Unit..."
Hearing Xiao Niannian's somewhat stern words, these four people felt a sense of resentment.
After being reprimanded by Xiao Niannian, although they were still unconvinced, no one dared to say anything more.
During the shooting assessment in the afternoon, Xiao Niannian stood nearby watching and noticed that the scores of the few people who had spoken were all excellent.
So, they thought their shooting scores were excellent, which is why they came to challenge her?
After the assessment rules were announced, these few people lined up for the shooting assessment.
"Bang, bang, bang."
After a series of gunshots, Xiao Niannian saw them quickly stand up.
Two of them looked toward Xiao Niannian, giving her somewhat provocative stares.
After everyone finished shooting, the Target Marker ran over to report the results.
"Report! Li Ran, one hundred rings; Ning Qiu, one hundred rings; Zhou Man, ninety-nine rings; Ding Hua, ninety-nine rings... Zhu Ke, one hundred rings..."
"You guys are amazing! All perfect scores! You're first place in every shooting assessment..."
"What's the big deal? I can score even better in the future."
Xiao Niannian curved her lips as she listened to their words.
For a shooting assessment like this, she could hit a perfect score with her eyes closed. These people still had too little experience.
The three days of assessment flashed by quickly. Xiao Niannian looked at the list; these four people were all ranked within the top thirty.
Xiao Niannian did not eliminate these few people but proceeded to announce the list of those selected.
"I will now announce the list of those selected..."
Xiao Niannian read out a list of thirty-five people.
The female soldiers who heard their names were very excited.
Li Ran, Ning Qiu, and the others already felt they would get in because, over the past year or two in the Military Unit, they had competed with male soldiers many times. They had won some and lost some, and their combat effectiveness was certainly the strongest among these candidates.
However, they remained unconvinced, feeling that Xiao Niannian, the Female Team Captain, was somewhat undeserving of the title and might just be here to gain experience before being promoted later.
In the Special Forces Brigade, if the captain isn't capable, who would respect her?
After Xiao Niannian completed the handover with the responsible Comrade-in-arms here, she instructed the Team Members to wait where they were.
She walked over to Lu Jing, who was not far away.
Lu Jing and the others had already finalized their list at this moment.
"Old Lu, how about we each take one hundred of the two hundred people here? Should we pick first?"
Hearing Qiao Yan's words, Lu Jing sneered.
"We'll pick first."
Seeing that Lu Jing wasn't giving way at all, Qiao Yan's expression changed.
"Old Lu, if you don't agree, then the only option is for them to go wherever they want?"
Lu Jing smiled.
"In that case, you can have them all. We've selected enough people this year."
At those words, Qiao Yan's face darkened slightly.
Someone smoothed things over and said with a smile.
"How about we draw lots? Write all their names down, and whoever is drawn gets chosen."
Xiao Niannian laughed when she heard their suggestion.
"Do you think this is a vegetable market where you buy groceries?"
The fact that Qiao Yan ran all the way here just to select people was suspicious.
Xiao Niannian looked at the Drawing Box that had been prepared nearby. She didn't trust that drawing box; there definitely had to be something wrong with it.
She directly used her hands to tear up the Drawing Box.
Everyone around looked at Xiao Niannian in shock.
Qiao Yan hadn't expected Xiao Niannian's move to be so swift, fierce, and accurate.
Xiao Niannian saw that there was a Partition inside the box and laughed.
"Drawing lots? Is that all?"
Lu Jing smiled as he looked at Niannian.
"I'll select the people."
Hearing that Xiao Niannian was going to select people, the responsible comrade was stunned. Wasn't Comrade Xiao from the Womens Team? Why was she taking charge of the Men's Team selection?
"Alright, we'll listen to Captain Xiao," Lu Jing said immediately.
"We'll listen to Captain Xiao," Instructor Qin also said immediately.
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