789: More than a dozen people were fined.

Qiao Yan had not expected Xiao Niannian's methods to be so devious; what was key was that these methods were also very practical.

Although he had been laying and clearing landmines for several years, this was the first time he had encountered such a large-scale minefield with so many types of landmines.

Previously, their people had also been taken to clear some minefields, but those were Elite Members. Ordinary Team Members only knew how to clear standard landmines, and some knew about chain mines, but the landmines Xiao Niannian and Lu Jing laid were definitely not ordinary chain mines.

He knew their methods!

There must be other landmines that their Team Members didn't know about.

Furthermore, when they were training, there were over a hundred different types of landmines, all sorts of varieties.

Just decades ago, during World War II, the landmines produced by the Soviet Union and another country numbered nearly a hundred types, with over fifty types of fuses.

His gaze caught sight of something resembling a butterfly on a tree branch not far away, but it was a fake.

Was this also a landmine hand-crafted by Xiao Niannian?

Such a small one!

Could it be that there were many of these on the ground too?

Just now, he had seen Xiao Niannian run up carrying a large backpack, with two more in her hands.

He had previously thought they were all landmines hand-crafted by Xiao Niannian.

Before, when Xiao Niannian and Lu Jing were hand-crafting the landmines, they hadn't let them see.

Now, he was even more on guard!

However, it was good for the Team Members to learn and practice with these new landmines.

Opportunities like this were rare.

This Yangcheng Special Forces Brigade was truly wealthy and generous; even when using practice landmines, they didn't feel a pinch, and there were so many of them.

Previously, in the minefields, their idea was around one or two hundred square meters. Now it was over a thousand square meters.

Xiao Niannian and Lu Jing were over a dozen meters away from these people. Watching how slow they were, Xiao Niannian decided to take a different path.

These people were all Instructors and Elite Members. If they all triggered landmines, it meant they all needed to retrain from scratch.

Xiao Niannian had already thought of a punishment method.

The path Xiao Niannian and Lu Jing took had also been mined by the Team Members.

But their movements were fast; they covered the distance of over a hundred meters very quickly.

Xiao Niannian stood in the safe zone waiting for those people and heard an explosion.

"Boom."

Hearing this explosion, Xiao Niannian's gaze turned toward the direction the sound came from.

Poor performance!

Xiao Niannian carefully looked around, then climbed up a tree.

She saw that not far away, several people were covered in smoke, their hair was covered in dust of various colors, and several were coughing.

"The skill level of these people is too weak; if they went to the battlefield, they would just be sitting ducks."

The battlefield Xiao Niannian was referring to was the one that would be fought against the monkeys in a few years.

Their current training was all aimed at the monkeys.

"Later, those with smoke on them will be punished double."

Hearing the explosion, Qiao Yan immediately looked over. Seeing that it was their own people, his expression became even worse.

"Bang."

There was another explosion.

He looked over, and it was their people again.

Shen Yan listened to the commotion not far away and said irritably.

"Damn it, this isn't setting off firecrackers for the New Year, why does it keep exploding non-stop?"

"Good thing I'm not in the same team as them."

Even though Shen Yan was cursing, he was still very careful.

There were over a thousand landmines buried here, which of course included things like butterfly mines.

butterfly mines were the most numerous; they were the ones Xiao Niannian had scattered everywhere. As long as other landmines exploded, it would also cause the butterfly mines to explode.

By the time everyone reached the foot of the mountain, Xiao Niannian looked at their colorful bodies and spoke.

"Those with little colored smoke on them, stand to the side. Those with a lot of colored smoke, punished with a ten-kilometer run, plus five hundred push-ups. Those with less colored smoke, half the punishment..."

Qiao Yan looked at the colored smoke on himself, then looked at the other Team Members. The colored smoke on him wasn't the most, but it was quite a bit.

He stood there with a gloomy expression. Out of the dozen or so people, only two or three had less colored smoke, and Shen Yan was one of those with less.

"Tweet."

The whistle blew, and the Team Members started running.

The Team Members training in the base saw their Captain, Political Instructor, Team Leaders, and Instructors all covered in colored smoke, with everyone looking grim, and some of the Team Members were confused.

"What's wrong with Captain Qiao and Political Instructor Zhou?"

"How did our team leaders end up like this?"

"The explosions in the mountains just now, it couldn't have been them, right?"

"Don't tell me we have to practice laying and clearing landmines again?"

Xiao Niannian listened to them talking and watched as a group of people looked like they were watching a show, and she spoke up.

"Is it entertaining?"

The voices of Xiao Niannian and Lu Jing rang out simultaneously.

Xiao Niannian looked at Lu Jing. They were truly husband and wife; they had a tacit understanding and had thought of the same thing.

The Team Members who had been gossiping were too scared to speak.

"The Team Members who were talking just now, step forward."

A dozen or so Team Members who had been gossiping stepped out. Everyone who had made a sound stepped out.

"Run five kilometers, go now."

Lu Jing ordered.

These Team Members hadn't expected that gossiping would also lead to punishment. However, the Commanders had said that for this month, training was under the authority of Captain Lu and Captain Xiao.

Of course, their Captain Qiao also had authority, but Captain Qiao was currently running five kilometers.

So, when they were punished, they had no choice but to go run five kilometers.

After Qiao Yan and the others finished their ten-kilometer run and returned, they entered the indoor training room. The Team Members had formed a large circle, some squatting, some standing, all looking at them.

"Prepare for five hundred push-ups."

"Prepare for two hundred and fifty push-ups."

Hearing these words, the punished Instructors and Elite Members immediately began.

Xiao Niannian listened to these people counting and checked her watch.

The physical fitness of these Team Members was actually quite good. Among them, there were two Team Members—one was Shen Yan, and the other was an Elite Member from the Second Team of the Yangcheng Special Forces Brigade. Although they had been caught in the crossfire, as long as they were hit, it meant their skill level wasn't good enough.

"One hundred."

"Two hundred."

Xiao Niannian listened to the Team Members counting, and soon, the Team Members with over two hundred finished.

Military Doctor Shen stood next to Qiao Yan, watched Qiao Yan panting, and spoke.

"Old Qiao, your physical fitness is not good. With just this level of training, you're already panting so much. How about I give you a few acupuncture needles? That should cure it..."

If it were anyone else, Qiao Yan would have started cursing long ago.

But Shen Mo was a Military Doctor, and his medical skills were good. If he really got injured and needed Shen Mo's treatment, then it would be inevitable that Shen Mo would settle a private score.

Shen Mo was very good to everyone else and wouldn't abuse his power, but that might not be the case for him.

"Hahaha."

Military Doctor Shen laughed.

Shen Yan had just finished his punishment and, hearing his brother's laughter, looked over with a confused expression. He saw that Qiao Yan's expression was very grim.

"What's going on?"