797: The person who was shot was a colleague from the Institute of Physics.

Lu Jing walked into the office, picked up the phone, and upon hearing the news, he couldn't believe what he heard.

"This is impossible."

"It's true..."

Lu Jing looked at Xiao Niannian beside him, and seeing tears in his wife's eyes, his voice also trembled slightly.

"I understand."

Lu Jing handed the phone to his wife.

Xiao Niannian took the phone and listened to her grandfather's voice.

"Precious."

"Grandpa."

"This matter will soon be broadcast to the entire nation..."

After Xiao Niannian finished her call, she walked to the window and looked outside, where heavy snow was falling.

She opened the window, stood there, felt the cold wind, and remained silent for a long time.

Lu Jing stood beside Xiao Niannian, also silent.

When Captain Chen and Political Commissar Li walked in, they saw them standing by the window, letting the cold wind blow in, and Captain Chen said with a chuckle.

"You young people really have good physiques, opening such a large window on such a cold day."

The call just now was from the Commanders in the Capital City, asking about the training progress of the two Special Forces Brigades, and to submit a report after the training concluded.

Seeing Lu Jing and Xiao Niannian's expressions, Captain Chen noticed something was wrong.

"What's wrong with you two?"

Lu Jing and Xiao Niannian shook their heads.

"No, you're hiding something from me," Captain Chen said with certainty. These two were usually in good spirits and full of vigor; this was the first time he'd seen them like this.

"Captain Chen, we'll tell you later."

Lu Jing said.

Since the matter hadn't been announced yet, they couldn't speak about it first.

"Alright."

"Whatever it is, if you need help, tell us. Don't hide anything..."

Hearing Captain Chen's words, Xiao Niannian and Lu Jing nodded.

"Today, have them dig trenches, create camouflage, and set traps at the training ground..."

Lu Jing and Xiao Niannian led the Team Members to a specialized training ground.

After distributing shovels and other tools to each Team Member, the two teams began digging trenches.

Digging trenches in such cold weather was no easy feat.

The ground was frozen, and the soil was very hard; digging with hoes and shovels was several times more difficult than in other seasons.

Xiao Niannian watched them dig a trench every few meters, hearing Shen Yan complain.

"Why is this soil several times harder to dig than the one in Yangcheng..."

Xiao Niannian looked at Shen Yan.

"No matter how difficult, you must dig it well."

Shen Yan, seeing Captain Xiao's gaze, immediately added a sentence out of fear.

Xiao Niannian had dug trenches many times before, even in temperatures of minus twenty or thirty degrees Celsius, and knew how difficult it was under such conditions, but no matter how hard, they had to dig.

Xiao Niannian saw some Team Members digging smokeless stoves, the kind they had taught.

Qiao Yan stood with his hands on his hips, watching the Team Members dig trenches, and pointed things out from the side.

"This one needs to be dug larger and deeper."

"Can't you move faster? Haven't you eaten enough? Where's your strength? Are you that weak? I really look down on you... Back in the day, when I dug trenches, I wasn't like you..."

As soon as his voice fell, a clump of mud flew towards Qiao Yan, hitting him in the face, and he ate quite a bit of mud.

"Ptooey..."

Qiao Yan immediately spat it out, glaring furiously at the people around him.

"Who did that? Step forward!"

Qiao Yan, fuming, looked at them, his gaze sweeping over the faces of the Soldiers.

"No one's talking? Who is it, daring to do it but not admit it?"

One of Qiao Yan's Team Members spoke up to explain.

"Captain Qiao, it was splashing mud, we didn't do it on purpose..."

Hearing this, Qiao Yan looked at the others, and seeing their expressions, he could naturally tell, but his face still looked a bit displeased.

He was standing here perfectly fine, and mud still splattered out. Who the hell could he complain to about this?

He looked at the Team Members and said in a stern tone.

"You guys hurry up and dig the trenches, don't be so slow..."

Xiao Niannian rolled her eyes when she heard Qiao Yan scolding the Team Members.

Three hours later, the required trenches were dug.

Xiao Niannian looked at the Team Members, covered in mud, many with calloused hands.

And the smokeless stoves had long been dug.

Xiao Niannian and Lu Jing inspected them and nodded with satisfaction.

"Your trenches this time are up to standard..."

Just as they finished training and were about to head to the mess hall, a Team Member came to deliver a message.

"Captain Lu, Instructor Qin, Captain Xiao, the Captain and Political Commissar are looking for you."

Upon arriving at the office, Captain Chen saw them and spoke.

"The Public Security Bureau just called. They said the comrade who was shot is from the Physics Research Institute, and he was home visiting relatives..."

What?

Home visiting relatives, a comrade from the Physics Research Institute?

How could such a comrade, visiting relatives at home, be targeted by a spy who even tried to take his life?

"Where did the information leak from?"

"Now the comrades from Public Security have already called that comrade's unit..."

Captain Chen's face was also extremely serious; he hadn't expected such an incident to occur.

These spies are truly too arrogant and rampant!

To dare to commit murder on the street like this!

"The higher-ups have ordered the comrades from Public Security and State Security to investigate this matter and ensure it's thoroughly investigated within a month. Within this month, all these spies and their superiors must be uncovered..."

Hearing this, Xiao Niannian frowned.

"What's the situation with the assailant now?"

"His life was saved, but he's still in a coma. comrades from Public Security and State Security have also dispatched many people to protect him. They will interrogate him once he wakes up..."

"The Division Headquarters has also sent people to protect him."

Hearing Captain Chen's words, Xiao Niannian nodded.

After discussing brigade matters for a while longer, Xiao Niannian and Lu Jing walked towards the mess hall.

Just outside the mess hall, Xiao Niannian heard many Team Members talking.

"We only dig trenches once a year, this time it was really painful, my hands are all calloused..."

"I heard the Yangcheng Special Forces Brigade digs trenches many times a year. They dig trenches much faster than us, and they do it better too."

"They have so many training subjects every day, and they can still dig trenches so many times. Where do they find the time?"

"I heard they train for over ten hours every day..."

After Xiao Niannian and Lu Jing walked in, the Heilongjiang Special Forces Brigade Team Members saw them, and their voices quieted down, not daring to discuss loudly.

"That Captain Xiao, I thought she was only good at a few subjects, but I heard from the Team Members that day that when someone was holding a gun and killing, she was the first to rush forward..."

"Captain Xiao's courage is truly immense, and her abilities are too impressive."

"I also heard that she and Captain Lu together directly caused the assailant's gun to injure the assailant himself..."