Chapter XXXVIII
Everyone spent the whole night in tension, in fact, what I said sounded good, but I couldn't control the tension in my heart, the scene of the last martial arts assessment was vivid, and the students who were killed by me appeared in my mind from time to time.
After that battle, most of our team was reduced by half, and most of those people died at the hands of the living, it was a very cruel elimination battle, a mortal battle between you and me, and the most cruel thing was that the opponent was not the enemy but the companions who were fighting together.
I don't understand the purpose of the instructors in doing this, maybe to train us into cold-blooded and ruthless killing machines, but I understand one thing, if I don't kill others, we will be killed, and in order to survive, I can only give up that ridiculous kindness, force myself to become numb and cold, put away my worthless conscience, and no longer be compassionate.
When the first rays of the sun rose above the horizon and shone on the golden sand, four of us, forty-eight people, carrying their own gear, gathered on the beach in small groups.
Not far from the sea is a steamer, and on the beach are eight dinghys, each with a capacity of six people.
There was not much time, and the black bear instructor appeared at the front of the team with six heavily armed instructors, he did not tell us the content of the assessment, nor did he do the pre-war mobilization, but just pointed to the rubber boats and said: "The ship on the target sea, set off immediately!" ”
No one dared to question his order, everyone immediately rushed to the rubber boat, a group of six people were assigned separately, lifted the rubber boat and rushed into the sea with all their might, maybe everyone thought that the assessment had begun, so they were extra desperate and no one wanted to fall behind.
Tim and I each led a group, grabbed the rubber boat and rushed into the sea as fast as possible, and then climbed into the dinghy separately, this situation I don't know how many times I have practiced on weekdays, everyone cooperated with each other tacitly, in order to prevent the dinghy from turning over, three people on each side almost simultaneously turned onto the dinghy, and then quickly picked up the oars and rowed to the ship in the distance.
The so-called windless three-foot waves, the sea can never be as calm as the lake, the rubber boat rises and falls in the waves of waves, the waves hit the face, soaked the clothes, everyone as if they can't feel it, crazy rowing oars.
The rubber boat rides the waves at a rapid pace, the so-called Wangshan runs a dead horse, looking at the ship not far away, at least two or three thousand meters, eight rubber boats are like leaves in the sea with the ups and downs of the waves, this is a test, in addition to maintaining a stable balance, but also to ensure speed.
While paddling the oars, I looked at the other groups and saw that many people had already fallen into the water, and even rubber boats overturned on their sides, and the whole boat fell into the sea.
But no one gave up because of this, they climbed back into the boat and continued to move forward, without worrying that someone would drown, everyone was very good in the water, because every once in a while the instructor would be thrown into the sea thousands of meters away and then ordered to swim back, especially when there were sharks, we swam fast, and everyone's potential was stimulated in this way.
Soon everyone boarded the ship and assembled on deck.
The instructors had already arrived in a speedboat first, and after the black bear instructor gave the order to rest in place, the ship slowly started and sailed into the depths of the ocean.
Holding the M24 sniper rifle in his arms, he leaned against the oil drum next to the hatch, gently pulled down the brim of his hat to shield himself from the sun, and rested while closing his eyes and waiting.
Everyone's mood is very complicated, some people are nervous, some people are calm, and some people are calm on the outside and flustered on the inside, after all, everyone understands that no matter where the destination of this trip is, the result is to fight, real battle, otherwise why bring all this equipment!
The ship had been in the ocean for five hours, and I was in a state of light sleep, which is to force the brain to rest, but I could still feel everything around me, and I would wake up as soon as danger approached.
This is not a special function, but the result of training, and it is also a painful process, the instructor once said that the time to rest on the battlefield is the most precious, because it is not known when the enemy will fight, so it is necessary to seize all the short time that can rest.
However, many soldiers were unable to sleep because of high mental tension, and in the long run, without the enemy's attack, they dragged themselves down.
So being able to sleep at all times is a special skill that a good warrior must have, and in order to train for this, we have suffered inhuman torture, but even then not everyone can do it.
While I was pretending to sleep, Tim, who was sitting next to me wielding a pistol, suddenly stabbed me in the arm.
"What's wrong?" I woke up instantly, and the moment I opened my eyes again, I habitually pulled the sniper rifle safe.
"Look there!" He pointed to the sea in the distance.
Turning off the insurance, I looked in the direction of his finger, and the shadow of a small island appeared in the distance, so far away, that my vision was a little blurry.
"Use this!" Tim handed me the binoculars.
"Thank you!" After picking up the binoculars and observing for a while, the small island looked small, about ten kilometers in circumference, with high grass and dense forests, lush greenery, it should be a desert island that no one has set foot in.
Look at the direction of the ship, that should be our goal.
"The break is over, cheer up, the party is about to begin!" I turned on the wireless phone and notified my group members.
"What's the situation, boss?" Sika walked up to me with her rifle and crouched down and asked.
"That's supposed to be the goal, but I don't know the specific mission yet!" After saying this, the other members also gathered together.
"It looks like a desert island, is it to fight monsters?" Natalie put down her binoculars and said with a grin.
"It's not impossible, maybe there are prehistoric creatures on it, big snakes or giant crocodiles!" Billy nodded earnestly.
"You've watched too many movies!" I rolled my eyes, this group of guys has a lot of imagination.
In a short time, the steamer was already close to the island and stopped at the sea five hundred meters away.
A sentry sounded on the bed, and everyone assembled on the deck to wait for orders.
Soon, the black bear, the white shark, and the Q of hearts appeared in front of us, and the black bear instructor stepped forward, habitually looked around, and then said loudly: "Do you see this desert island in front of you, this is your battlefield." ”
"A day ago, fifty prisoners of war were deported to this island, all of them soldiers captured on the African battlefield, our prisoners."
"I provided them with weapons and food, and told them that in a day there would be forty-eight recruits to kill them, and that the only way to get out alive was to kill these forty-eight men, and I promised them that if I killed you all, they would go home.".
"As long as you are not incorrigibly stupid, you should understand what this means, prisoners of war will do everything to kill you in order to survive, in the same way, your task is to kill them by all means, and in forty-eight hours, I will meet you here, and the group with the most kills wins."
After speaking, the black bear instructor raised his hand and looked at his watch, and said, "Now start the timer, the assessment begins, good luck to you!" ”