607: The women's detachment was deployed for the first time.

"We just received a request from the Yangcheng Public Security Bureau. A group of criminals, armed and on the run, have infiltrated Yangcheng. They have committed several crimes there, resulting in over ten deaths... Now they have taken several hostages and might attempt to flee to the sea. The higher-ups require us to capture these criminals..."

Captain Chen explained the situation.

Hearing this, Lu Jing spoke.

"We obey the order."

"Good. Lu Jing, you take a small squad, and Xiao Niannian, select a few Team Members from the Womens Team to assist..."

"Yes."

The mission came so quickly.

Xiao Niannian had previously seen some reports and documentaries and knew that even now, there were still some unresolved elements. These individuals were being utilized by the USA, Hai Nabian, Da Mao, John Bull, and others to commit evil deeds in various places.

"Captain Lu, Captain Xiao, hello. Let me brief you on the situation," Director Qian said, beginning the explanation.

Xiao Niannian and Lu Jing were already well-acquainted with Director Qian and Captain Yu.

They immediately began discussing the matter in the conference room.

Xiao Niannian listened to Director Qian while looking at the map displayed.

"There are three routes leading from that area to here. Currently, Public Security Comrades are searching one route, and Navy comrades have set up checkpoints on another. We would like Captain Lu and Captain Xiao to help search this third route. There aren't many mountains here, but the people in these few communes are somewhat xenophobic, and they have caused trouble before, injuring Public Security Comrades..."

Xiao Niannian frowned upon hearing this.

The people in these communes are xenophobic, and they've caused trouble before?

She recalled the previous incident where they captured human traffickers and those spies, and rescued the child. The people in that Production Brigade were actually similar, but they acted quickly, fiercely, and accurately, secured the evidence, and took the people away immediately.

They even arrested the Production Brigade's Captain.

Now, the Public Security Comrades are short-handed, so they asked the Special Forces Brigade for help.

"Are their people inside these communes?" Lu Jing asked directly.

"Yes. In one commune, there are many people surnamed Chen, and one of the criminals is also surnamed Chen. Our people checked his home, and the villagers claimed they hadn't seen him return, but we investigated carefully and found that he had already returned to the village, and others followed him in... However, we haven't located him yet..."

Xiao Niannian understood what Director Qian and the others meant.

The Public Security Comrades were unable to directly arrest the individuals and wanted their Special Forces Brigade to step in and secretly take them away.

"You want us to secretly take the people away directly?"

Director Qian nodded.

"If we don't do this, we fear we won't be able to take away those criminals surnamed Chen..."

After discussing the operational plan, Xiao Niannian returned to the team.

"Meng Ning, Li Le, Gao Yao, Lin Shi, you will come with me on this mission."

Hearing this, joy filled their eyes.

They are going on a mission so soon?

This is wonderful!

"Yes."

Xiao Niannian looked at Feng Lin.

"Feng Lin, Xu Jia, for the daily training, you will assist the Instructors..."

"Yes."

Although the Instructors had everything arranged, Xiao Niannian still had Feng Lin and Xu Jia assist with the Womens Team matters.

It was unclear how many days this mission would take. She wanted to bring more people, but the criminals were armed. Aside from Li Le, who had participated in dealing with criminals at the movie theater, the rest of her Team Members had only learned skills but had yet to test them.

This time, she needed to take them into real combat.

If she brought too many people, she could ensure the safety of a few, but not a large group.

For future missions of the Special Forces Brigade, she would take them along, but she also had to guarantee their safety.

Xiao Niannian took the few people to the First Team.

Lu Jing had already selected a team of thirty people, half of whom were regular Team Members.

Shen Yan was also among them.

Seeing Xiao Niannian, Shen Yan smiled at her.

This is great, going on a mission with Sister Xiao again.

However, Sister Xiao also brought four Womens Team Members along. Since this was their first mission, he hoped they would perform well.

Shen Yan's gaze met Meng Ning's. Seeing her looking at him, Shen Yan raised an eyebrow at Meng Ning.

Meng Ning gave him a brief glance and looked away.

Shen Yan was very annoyed. He had been competing with Meng Ning in various ways for the past two or three years. He might have won in physical fitness, but Meng Ning's scores were better than his. Hmph, he would definitely crush Meng Ning in all aspects eventually.

Xiao Niannian led them to collect their weapons and gear, then boarded the military truck.

This time, Xiao Niannian sat in the carriage.

"Sister Xiao, why did you bring them along?"

Shen Yan lowered his voice. Meng Ning, who was feigning sleep, instantly opened her eyes and stared at Shen Yan.

"In the future, Womens Team Members will participate in every mission."

Hearing this, Shen Yan nodded and looked back at Meng Ning.

Seeing Meng Ning close her eyes, Shen Yan looked away.

Xiao Niannian glanced over Meng Ning and Shen Yan. Could these two be rivals who secretly love each other? If so, that would be quite good. However, Shen Yan still needed refinement; Meng Ning's thinking and other aspects were more mature than his.

But this was their own business. If Shen Yan truly liked Meng Ning, she would be happy to see it happen, but she wouldn't help. Meng Ning was her classmate, good friend, and Comrade-in-arms. If Shen Yan wanted to pursue Meng Ning, he needed to show his attitude and pursue her diligently. If he kept antagonizing Meng Ning like he was doing now, catching her would be a pipe dream.

Xiao Niannian curled her lips, closed her eyes, and fell asleep.

Meng Ning opened her eyes, saw Xiao Niannian had closed hers, looked at Shen Yan again, and then looked away.

After the truck drove for five or six hours, they reached their destination, and the Team Members jumped out of the vehicle.

"We need to cross the mountains, pass through this range, and reach that Production Brigade. During the day, we will lie in wait in the mountains and send a small number of people into the village to scout..."

After hearing Captain Lu's instructions, the Team Members followed the squad and walked toward the mountains.

Everyone carried a large backpack containing seven days' worth of supplies.

Xiao Niannian carried her pack and walked ahead with Lu Jing.

The two discussed the details of the mission as they walked.

Right now, they didn't have drones; otherwise, they could fly them directly, which would make scouting much easier.

Xiao Niannian thought of some useful items: thermal infrared and life detectors.

Infrared thermal imagers were first used on the battlefield by Hans Mao in the 1950s.

By the 1960s, Bai She and their colleagues had already developed second-generation infrared thermal imagers.

How could she forget this item? Other products required things like computers, and some of the data she possessed wasn't easy to manufacture yet, but this could be produced first.

She was also figuring out a way to get computers.