Traveling 50 kilometers through the virgin forest is completely different from ordinary mountain and forest off-roading.
There are poisonous snakes and insects everywhere here. If you are not careful, you will be infected. Once the poison is life-threatening, you can only apply for medical helicopter rescue.
If you are rescued by the medical team during the graduation assessment, it means that you have been eliminated.
This is hard to accept!
In addition, the vegetation in the primeval forest is extremely dense, and few humans have reached it. There is no path to follow. Even walking normally is very difficult, and you can only open up as you go, which seriously limits the speed of progress.
Finally, and most importantly...
During the march, you must always be vigilant to find and avoid the ambush set by the blue team.
This means that at normal off-road speeds, a distance that can be covered in three or four hours will still take at least two days to complete no matter how hard the red team works and advances 24 hours a day without rest.
Therefore, Long Zhan was not in a hurry and went back to rest after arranging his work.
Actual proof.
Long Zhan made the right choice.
The red team, which airborne from the helicopter to the starting point, was limited by the complexity of the primitive jungle and moved forward very slowly.
In the rugged forest filled with rotten leaves and a large number of tangled vines, you had to use the machete you brought to clear your way before taking a step forward.
The forward speed is comparable to that of a tortoise, and it cannot even reach the speed of 2 kilometers per hour.
Fortunately, the students who have reached this point are all elites, and now is the first day of the assessment. Every student is physically strong and energetic, so they can face any challenge.
Although Number 9 is a bit inferior as a person, he still has some personal strength.
After all, it comes from American Green Berets.
Under his command, although the red team advanced slowly, there were no accidents or glitches, and they accurately avoided an ambush by the blue team.
The blue team who failed to set up an ambush had no choice but to go to the next place to continue setting up an ambush.
The blue team has a very specialized team map that can accurately find the path opened in the virgin forest, and the speed of progress is unmatched by the red team.
This road can be called the "privileged road"!
Without the help of a special map, it is difficult for the red team to find the "privileged road" in the virgin forest. They can only use the compass and the distributed road map to follow the route to the end.
From day to evening, and from evening to late at night.
With abundant physical fitness, good mental state, full use of the knowledge they learned, and a little bit of luck, the red team successfully advanced nearly 18 kilometers with the blessing of various factors.
There was no problem during the whole day's march, which was much smoother than expected. This made the captain of the red team, No. 9, decide to change the plan.
No longer so conservative.
"Keep walking. Night is conducive to concealed marching. Today is the first day of the assessment. We must walk halfway before we can find a campsite to rest."
As the captain of the red team, No. 9’s decision represents the direction of the red team.
Although this arrangement is a bit hasty and it would be safer to divide it into three days, the captain's words are orders, and the rest of the team can only obey them.
As the order on the 9th was conveyed, they had been walking for more than 10 consecutive hours, their mental state had declined, and their bodies were relatively tired. Everyone in the red team could only continue to immerse themselves in the journey.
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Hunter School Command Center.
During the day, Long Zhan went around "eating, drinking and having fun". At night, he originally wanted to find Lina to do some activities before going to bed so that he could have fun with the red team tomorrow.
It turned out that Lina was not in the dormitory.
After calling specifically to inquire, she found out that it was because she was worried that the students might need emergency rescue. Lina decided to stay up late tonight with several medical team members and stay on call at the medical center.
Meeting a woman who was so "devoted to her duties", there was really nothing Long Zhan could do against her.
The "fitness" target was busy with work and had no time. Long Zhan turned to look for other instructors to drink and tease Menzi, but found that all the instructors were busy and no one was as free as him.
There is no way.
Long Zhan, the "big idler" with nothing to do, could only fulfill his obligations as the chief instructor and strolled to the command center leisurely.
"Sir, good evening."
"Chief instructor."
Seeing Long Zhan walking in, in addition to the technicians who were operating the instruments, other soldiers and instructors took the initiative to say hello to Long Zhan.
Long Zhan walked to the main seat and sat down, leaning back with his feet on the table and asking, "How is the situation?"
"Report to the Chief Instructor."
An instructor in charge of monitoring personnel pointed at the screen and reported to Long Zhan: "The blue team has stopped activities and returned to Camp 5 to rest.
The red team did not set up camp to rest, but seemed to have chosen to move forward overnight. They had already passed through Area 2 and were heading towards Area 3."
Long Zhan followed the direction of the monitoring instructor's finger and could see 12 red dots on the screen, still moving forward.
"It's too hasty, but it's still not mature enough."
Long Zhan shook his head with regret.
With his many years of experience, he could basically predict the direction of the red team, and he suddenly lost interest in continuing to watch.
He stood up and said: "Notify the prisoner camp over there to make preparations in advance and nail the cages firmly. The goods will arrive tomorrow."
After that, Long Zhan left the command center.
There are many things in the world that if you want to do them well, it is true that the faster the better, but not all things can apply this "fast first" principle.
Sometimes it is wiser to combine work and rest to maintain the best condition than to just pursue speed.
Just like the red team.
Without time constraints, the red team can complete it in 3 to 4 days.
Even if the students did not bring any food, for the red team who had received cruel hunger training and professional wilderness survival training, surviving in the wild for three or four days without food was not a problem at all.
There is water to drink everywhere in the virgin forest, and you can also find a variety of nutritious insects and fruits.
It can be solved by eating and drinking.
However, rushing forward in pursuit of speed will quickly cause students to become physically overtired, and their mental state will also decline significantly, thus affecting the normal thinking of the brain.
Facing a blue team composed entirely of veterans, a slight oversight can lead to a big mistake.
The red team is now rushing all night regardless of fatigue, which is equivalent to giving the blue team a chance.
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Day 81 of training camp.
It's about 6 o'clock in the morning.
In the primeval forest where the sun has just climbed up the mountain, the fog and morning dew are mixed and the visible distance is less than 10 meters, which looks particularly mysterious and dangerous.
"Wow~Wow..."
The slight sound of water breaking sounded continuously.
A head wearing a camouflage helmet emerged from the water on the river bank. He looked at the bank and confirmed that there was no danger. He raised his hand above his head and shook it.
Then I saw camouflage helmets emerging from the water one after another.
13 in total!
"go ahead!"
As the captain, No. 9 stretched out his hand to look forward and made a forward gesture. The others immediately started to move and cautiously walked towards the shore.
The red team marched continuously until 3 o'clock in the night, and did not stop until they encountered the river.
I only rested in my sleeping bag for less than two hours. In order to cross the river before the thick fog dissipated before dawn, I had to pack up my things and swim across the river.
Dense fog is a double-edged sword.
It can prevent the blue team who is guarding the river bank from discovering and setting up an ambush when the red team crosses the river, and then kills the red team when they come ashore.
It will also cause the red team's vision to be extremely poor and unable to detect dangers ahead in time.
Even though they had successfully crossed the river and were about to go ashore along the shallow beach, everyone in the blue team looked at the hazy white mist on the shore and still felt very uneasy.
They had to hold on tightly to the M16 rifle in their hands, which was the last barrier to their safety.
"Wow, wow, wow..."
The sound of water is still there.
As the bodies of the men's team came out of the water, the sound of moving in the water became louder and louder, and finally everyone successfully stepped onto land.
Everyone in the blue team, who had been nervous for a long time, finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, it was foggy and the visibility was very poor. Otherwise, whether the team could cross the river was another question, because less than 50 meters next to them, there was a group of crocodiles resting.
Although this is just a group of South American broad-nose crocodiles, their size can only be considered medium in the crocodile family.
The male can only grow up to about three meters in length, and the female is much smaller than the male, only reaching 1.8 meters in length. Without the tail, the body can reach over one meter in the sky.
But in the water where crocodiles live, it is very difficult for humans to defeat a crocodile.
Not to mention if the vital part is bitten by a sneak attack.
Luck is also a part of strength. This sentence is absolutely correct. The red team's luck was good, allowing them to avoid this disaster.
As for how long this luck can last, and whether good luck can always follow.
Only God knows!
Everyone in the red team came ashore, and what appeared in front of them was a mangrove forest. Due to the growth habits of the mangrove forest, this road was destined to be difficult to walk.
The terrain accompanying the mangroves is always a swamp mixed with mud and water.
Swamps are a challenge for humans because you don't know what kind of dangers are hidden beneath the seemingly safe mud.
"Be careful, it's not fun here."
No. 9 became more and more proficient as captain, and after reminding everyone, he took the lead and set off.
It is one thing that mangrove swamps are dangerous, but also because of its unique geographical environment, it attracts many small animals and insects to live in it.
On the 13th, he discovered a rotten tree trunk. He made two cuts with a knife, inserted the tip of the knife and pried it open. A large piece of the trunk was pried open, revealing the "mysterious" world inside.
Three fat worms, white and fat, as thick as a thumb, and still wriggling, appeared in front of him.
No. 13's eyes lit up when he saw these bugs. He picked up one of the big meat bugs happily and put it into his mouth without hesitation and bit it.
There was a snap, and the slurry sprayed out.
Explosive cum...
I spit out the sticky green slurry of No. 13, put the rest in my mouth, chewed it happily, and swallowed it into my hungry stomach.
Seeing He Chenguang looking at him in astonishment, No. 13 grabbed another one and handed it over and said, "No. 26, do you want it? This one contains a lot of protein and carbohydrates, and is more nutritious than beef."
At this time when everyone is hungry, it is indeed very rare for No. 13 to find food and be willing to share it.
pity.
Everyone has different appetites!
"No, thank you."
When He Chenguang saw the scene of the explosion just now, he was so sick that he almost vomited. How dare he eat such disgusting things? He waved his hands and declined the kindness.
And he took a few quick steps away from this terrifying place.
"You will have strength only when you are full. If you don't eat such a good thing, it will be your loss."
No. 13 shook his head regretfully, stuffed the big white worm that He Chenguang didn't want into his mouth flowing with green juice, then dug out the remaining one from the trunk, put it in his hand and carried it forward.
The 13th started his breakfast here, and other students were not idle either.
Since they were airlifted to the starting point yesterday morning, they have traveled more than 20 kilometers overnight, and no one has eaten anything along the way.
Everyone's stomachs are growling now.
Zhuang Yan found a lizard that was two fingers wide, and quickly reached out and grabbed it in his hand.
Stimulated by a strong sense of hunger, he didn't care about things like parasites and eating them raw, so he copied what Mr. Pei did.
As long as you bite off the head, you can eat it.
He bit off the head in one bite, tore off the skin along the way, picked out the intestines in his stomach twice, put it in his mouth and ate it.
Then I saw a crab under the tree.
Still as fast as lightning, he easily grabbed the crab, put it into the muddy water nearby, rinsed it casually, put the shell into his mouth and started chewing it.
The raw crab shell is very hard and makes a clicking sound when chewed.
Fortunately, Zhuang Yan has good teeth.
He Chenguang, who refused the breakfast of Big Meatworm on the 13th, also found his delicious breakfast in this endless mangrove swamp.
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The breakfast that Zhuang Yan and He Chenguang found was pretty normal. Most people had seen it or even eaten it, but it was all cooked.
The breakfasts found by other students are even more exaggerated than those of 13 good students.
Fully embodies an idiom——
Various!
There are disgusting things that are also hidden in rotten tree trunks, covered in sticky "snot", and are as thin, long and soft as earthworms, and are called "ship maggots" by trainee No. 9.
An unknown insect that wraps itself in leaves and turns into a pupa inside.
There are also students who are no longer so particular and eat whatever they see along the way.
Whether it’s a praying mantis that “practices martial arts” in the morning, a small insect hanging on a tree trunk, an clam underfoot, or any other small reptile.
He grabbed them all, stuffed them into his mouth, chewed them twice and swallowed them into his stomach.
It seems that as long as it is something that can be put into the stomach and is definitely not poisonous, there is only one name in the eyes of the hungry students——
food!
Because everyone is looking for something to eat, and if you follow others behind you, you won't be able to pick up anything, and everything will be eaten by the people in front.
This caused what was originally a long queue to disperse unknowingly.
Among them, student No. 4 found a small anaconda and swam forward in the mud puddle on the ground. He confirmed that the small anaconda was non-toxic and caught it so that he could eat it.
In his joy, he forgot about other things and chased the anaconda and unknowingly left the group.
As a result, after he spent a lot of effort and was nearly 20 meters away from the team, a dog finally pounced on the anaconda and pinned the anaconda to the ground.
I was about to catch the anaconda, cut off its head and peel off the skin, and eat it every time.
Sudden.
He heard movement behind the sound, and the sound was quite loud.
An icy chill rushed from the tailbone to the top of the head, and a strong sense of crisis hit his heart. No. 4 immediately turned his head and looked behind him.
Just this one glance caused a 12-magnitude earthquake in my pupils.