Volume 2 The Frontline Chapter 53 Graduation Assessment (1)
Returning to the outer realm again, Ling Hai no longer had the nervousness and curiosity he had at the beginning, and only maintained the necessary vigilance.
The graduation assessment is indeed not unexpected, and the content to be examined is still similar to the internship task, but the form has changed slightly.
This graduation assessment gives students three chances.
September 24-25 is the first opportunity.
The 26th to the 27th is a second chance.
The 28th of the 29th is the third chance.
The weapons and ammunition provided to the trainees in each opportunity are fixed, and the team that runs out of ammunition at the first opportunity but does not meet the mission indicators can return to the frontline camp to replenish the ammunition and wait for the second start again.
The first time can be accumulated to the second time, but the amount of ammo for each start is fixed, and you can't get the total amount of three times at once.
The specific assessment content is: kill the orc, and recover the corpse of the orc.
Each type of beast soldier has different points, 1 point for sapper, 2 points for guard, 2 points for teeth, 2 points for unicorn, 4 points for illusion, and 10 points for shield beasts......
Each student must score at least 20 points to qualify.
The biggest difference between the graduation assessment and the internship mission is that there is no sufficient and complete thermal weapons this time.
It focuses on testing whether students can survive in the Outlands and complete simple tasks in the absence of heavy weapons. As a result, weapons of mass destruction, such as heavy machine guns and bomb grenades, will no longer be available to trainees.
The only long-range weapon was a submachine gun, which had not much ammo each time, and was recommended by the military for breakouts and emergencies. Of course, the trainees can use it to kill the beast soldiers, but if they run out of ammunition, they can only pray that they don't encounter a large number of beast soldiers, otherwise once they can't break through and apply for rescue, the previous points will be cleared, which is equivalent to a waste of hard work, and a wasted opportunity.
To put it bluntly, this graduation assessment is a test of the students' ability to fight in close combat.
Of course, if the number of long-range weapons decreases, other corresponding equipment will naturally increase, so as to ensure a certain degree of safety for the trainees.
One of the most noteworthy is that during the graduation exam, students will have a complete map and a navigator to find the nearest recovery point.
With these, it can help students save time running around in the mountains. As long as the orc soldier is killed, the trainee can carry the corpse of the orc soldier to the recovery point set up by the military and register the points earned. To a certain extent, this reduces the difficulty of the trainees to carry out tasks in the outer lands.
The assessment is still carried out by a team of 6 people, and as for the distribution of points, in principle, whoever carries the body to the recovery point counts whom. However, the squad members present can be freely divided among themselves - split the points evenly or assign one person to get them.
Discretionary distribution is limited to team members who arrive at the site of the recovery point.
One person is lifted, and the other five teammates cannot participate in the distribution.
Friends from other teams helped carry it, and they didn't count.
Each student who has accumulated 20 points can choose to withdraw and end the assessment, but this will only earn basic points.
Because the higher the points this time, the more bonuses will be given to the overall score, so if you want to compete for the excellent pacesetter spot, you basically have to continue to earn more points in it.
But those who choose to continue to stay in it for assessment also face a risk, that is, once they are trapped in the subsequent operation, they apply for rescue. The previous points will be cleared, and the assessment will be over, if you unfortunately do not complete the 20-point target, then the previous good results are useless. Because, students who have not completed the graduation assessment cannot be selected as excellent pacesetters.
This restricts people from secretly helping other teams in the league to score points.
Of course, you can find a lot of people who don't care about the number of pacesetters to help you brush up points, and as long as you don't blatantly provide corpse exchange near the recovery point, the military will not interfere.
But on the way to help you, if the points are cleared, they need to accumulate points again, and they will not be able to graduate. In this case, how many people are willing to help you get points?
The assessment area is the same as before, but this time, more than 3,800 mercenary cadets entered from the same place (the other 684 cadets were unable to participate in the assessment due to dead and wounded).
Because they knew the special nature of this assessment, everyone silently dispersed into the assessment area.
Under the scorching sun, where orcs rarely appeared, Ling Hai and the others still cautiously marched between the mountains and ruins.
On the way, Ling Hai was still carrying the same S-shaped defensive shield as last time.
Because there are no heavy weapons this time, the time to wait for rescue can only be won by the defensive shield, so the defensive shield device needs to be carried with the team.
This is one of the life guarantees given to them by the military.
After groping for a long time, the six of them rested and discussed in a shady ruin.
"It's probably clear now that the closer we get to the Tyre Shield and the recovery point, the fewer orcs there will be, so we still have to go deep into the Outlands. But we must grasp the degree, otherwise once we go too deep and encounter a large number of beast soldiers, all our previous efforts will be in vain. Shi Jianjun said to the team members gathered together.
"There are only three recovery points, and the suitable places around them are occupied by other teams, so we can really only go deeper." Zhou Quan nodded.
"Dozens of people are staring at two or three beast soldiers, and it's safe, the question is when will they be able to accumulate enough 20 points? Hehe, I really don't know what they think. Dana Li looked contemptuous of those people he met on the road.
"At the beginning, they were thinking about safety, and then they didn't have enough time, and they would definitely come out. So we go deeper in advance, there is definitely danger, but in fact this is the best time. Hou Ziqi said.
Shi Jianjun said: "Because we have locators and navigation, in the next operation, in case of defeat, we will try to disperse and break through and escape, and find an opportunity to gather at the recovery point." Saving yourself is the most important thing, don't be reckless, remember? ”
"Uh-huh."
"Okay, then I'll move on to the next action." Shi Jianjun pointed to the map and said: "We slowly went deeper along this direction, Ling Hai, Barton, Zhou Quan, our four platoons probed the traces of the beast soldiers, Dana and Monkey were responsible for carrying the defensive cover device 5 kilometers behind our platoon line, and slowly followed." If the herd is less than 4 to 20, we use the walkie-talkie to summon others to act together, and if there are more than 20, we will avoid them directly. The first chance we focused on stability, and today everyone gets 6 points to complete the task. Any objections? ”
"Nope."
"Good." Shi Jianjun's face was serious, "Everyone pay attention, try not to use firearms if you can, to prevent too much movement and attract the beasts." If we use our guns for a minute every night, the other teams will have a little more chance of attracting the herd, and that's when the pressure on us will naturally be reduced. Our strategy is to hunt lone beasts as much as possible, and we can also complete the assessment indicators after accumulating a lot. ”
Shi Jianjun assigned the task, and the team scattered.
Ling Hai's exploration route coincided with the direction of a small stream that passed through the abandoned mountain village, and it didn't take long for Ling Hai to reach an area about 20 kilometers outside the defensive cover.
Here, the trail of the orcs began to become apparent.