In the silence of the mountain forest, you can only hear your own heartbeat except for the chirping of birds.

"It's safe, you can move forward!"

Max took his gaze off the scope and made an OK gesture behind him, and several soldiers in camouflage uniforms emerged from the bushes next to him.

As the observer of this team, Max himself also assumed the role of a sniper, and his instructor, Major Campbell, can be said to be the second highest ranking in the entire base instructor team, and the highest rank is naturally Lieutenant Colonel Perez of the Rockefeller family.

As he followed the team quickly, Max observed his surroundings. He didn't know why his instructor, Major Campbell, would suddenly want to conduct such an exercise on a whim. But as a qualified soldier, Max knew that he didn't need to ask so many questions, he just needed to execute.

He came to serve in the 107th Infantry Regiment a year and a half ago, and he was considered an old qualification, having spent some time in the European theater and had the lives of twenty-six German soldiers in his hands, but he was later transferred back to the United States, where he participated in a special selection that seemed to be a big plan jointly promoted by the Congress and the Army.

Max was not a high-level intellectual, but he knew how important those scientists were, and penicillin, which was discovered by scientists and put into the military, saved the lives of many soldiers. And according to Phillips's previous propaganda slogan, once this plan succeeds, World War II is likely to end early. Such a news, which sounds a little enthusiastic, naturally makes Max take it seriously.

More than a month. There were a lot of soldiers like him in the base, and Max noticed that three-quarters of them were new recruits, which made him a little confused.

At the foot is a layer of humus accumulated by forest leaf litter. You can feel a slight elasticity when you step on it, but you don't have to worry about snakes at the moment, because these creatures have begun to hibernate now, and even if Max steps on its nest, I'm afraid there will be no danger.

A team of 12 people, with their bodies lowered at the waist, quickly rushed forward with the help of the cover of the surrounding woods. They were going to look for a high ground and take a look at the surrounding terrain first. Comparing how much the map in his hands was off, Max was not stupid enough to follow the instructions on the map and walk over without any mistakes. Believe there must be a trap there.

Each person was holding a matchbox-sized piece of the map, and after putting it together, the group determined the exact direction of the end point, due west, according to the shoddy hints. And follow the prompts of the map. There are also 4 squads that have the same map as them. And also in this area, the five squads are enemies of each other, and the more people that squad reaches the end before the allotted time, the victory is the result.

As for the reward for the victory of the exercise, a cash prize of $2,000 was in total, as well as a cordial conversation with Phillips. It's just that the first condition is not very attractive to Max and the others, and 2,000 dollars is indeed not a decimal number. At least it must be beneficial and harmless to take it for nothing, but in Max's eyes. The second condition is far more important than $2,000.

"If I can win the first prize in this competition, I believe that Colonel Phillips will definitely be able to notice him, and the possibility of participating in the Super Soldier Program will also increase by a few points!"

This exercise, not only for Max, but also for other participants in the exercise is an opportunity to show Xiàn, the outstanding person will undoubtedly get a different look at Phillips, in the army, hiding clumsiness is definitely not a good way, only by revealing their talents, can go further.

"Max, do you know the Nightkin Brigade?"

A young white man with a mustache asked quietly at Max, apparently concerned about the question.

"I know some, but the relationship is not too deep, if you want to ask about their information, you don't have to, I asked them once, but it's a pity that those guys are tight-lipped one by one, and nothing useful has come out!" Max was a little frustrated.

He was telling the truth, after all, before Zhang Yang formed the Nightcrawler, everyone was on the same training ground, and although they couldn't talk about deep friendship, they were also smiling people. It's just that before this exercise, Max once found a person who was selected for the Nightkin Brigade, but the other party said a few official words very politely, and nothing else was revealed.

Max thought at first that the other party was deliberately playing tricks on him, or that he didn't trust him, but then asked several other people, and the result was the same, which immediately made Max a little discouraged and a little curious, what method did Zhang Yang use to make these people keep their mouths shut one by one?

"Order 3 of Article 1 of the Regulations on the Secrecy of Night Walkers, after entering the establishment of this unit, everyone needs to keep all the things they see and hear in the army strictly confidential, even if they are discharged from the army, they must not disclose them at will without permission, otherwise the leakers will be punished for treason in accordance with the regulations, examined, isolated, demoted, and even expelled from the army or shot!"

After everyone officially took up the Nightkin Brigade, they received a pamphlet with the various secrecy regulations of the Nightkin Unit, and the specific regulations were naturally drafted by Frank and reported to Phillips in advance through Guò Carter, and were approved, so it was by no means a deceptive trick.

Especially the two words of shooting and death at the end, as well as the words of treason, made everyone tremble, and they thought that they had entered some kind of terrifying place that killed people without blinking.

The reason for this caution is the result of discussions between Zhang Yang and Phillips, who believe that now is not the time to expose the special forces. And taking into account the peculiarities of the special forces, high secrecy is almost a must, and if the enemy casually touches away the intelligence, it will really be a shame.

It was precisely because of this that a set of very secret regulations was issued, and everyone honestly chose to implement them, and at the same time, they were vaguely aware that this army seemed to be different from any other they had seen before, and their hearts were full of curiosity and expectation. With such strict secrecy regulations, with the exception of secret service organizations such as the CIA, no matter what organization it is, it is marked as special in this team.

It wasn't just Max who suffered Waterloo, but there were also many curious people who were also disillusioned when they tried to contact these comrades for information after the test. The secrecy regulations clearly state that the leaker may be shot, at least until now, no guy has dared to defy the law stupidly! Provocation? Just kidding, that's going to kill someone.

Hearing that Max was also hit by a wall, the mustache was also a little annoyed, this new Nightkin Brigade has always been a mysterious appearance, not to mention people's appetites, and even many people mistakenly think that the purpose of coming here to train is to apply for the selection of Nightkin instead of participating in Super Soldiers!

"This group of guys is too faceless, what a nightcrawler, isn't it just an owl!"

The mustache's complaint was apparently echoed by the others, and someone lowered his voice and laughed twice:

"Isn't the person who runs around in the dark an owl?"

"Hahaha......"

There was a low whisper around them, and it was clear that everyone else had heard the conversation as well. Leading the team was a white ensign, and after observing the situation ahead, he just turned his head and said:

"How can a group of mysterious owls be our opponents......"

However, before her words could fall, suddenly two or three black oval objects were thrown out of the grass beside him and landed at his feet.

"Be careful, enemy attack!"

Although he lowered his vigilance in the conversation and laughter, it was still Max who reacted the fastest, and immediately opened his mouth to warn at the time when the black object appeared, and at the same time aimed a shot directly at the direction where the black object came out, but before he could shoot, he saw a guy covered with a thick layer of grass and leaves crawling up, it turned out that the low bush they had just ignored was actually hiding a person next to it!

"Hey, buddy, you've died."

The soldier, whose face was painted with something colorful, grinned with big white teeth and pointed at the black object under everyone's feet, and everyone looked down to see that it was a model of a grenade.

"Damn, we're blown up!"

When Max saw the grenade model, he immediately let out a sigh of relief.

The exercise stipulates that in order to prevent accidental injury, the original low-lethal wooden grenade has been replaced with a training grenade, that is, a shape of a grenade carved out of wood, and the outside is coated with a layer of paint, but in fact there is no gunpowder or detonating device inside at all, and the lethality is naturally impossible to talk about.

However, according to the regulations of the exercise, the lethality radius of this training grenade is the same as that of the real grenade used on the battlefield, and it is within the radius of explosion and is punished as death, and it will be immediately withdrawn from the exercise.

The captain of the second lieutenant, who was still boasting just now, opened his mouth wide at the moment, looked at the grenade under his feet, but couldn't spit out a word. The surrounding team members looked at each other one by one, and the other party threw a total of three grenades, drawing a killing radius according to the explosion point, no more, no less, just enveloping 12 people.

"What the hell is going on .......?" There were also people who looked at the soldiers in camouflage equipment and did not react.

"Idiot! We've been blown up by grenades! ”

The others replied angrily, and then put down their guns in frustration. No one expected that less than 2 hours after the exercise began, they hung up, and the whole team was planted here.

"Dude, pull the flare, I'll stop it."

The camouflage-dressed soldier pointed his gun at them, and Max and the squad leader were stunned for a moment, then sighed in resignation, took out a long-handled flare launcher from his body, and directly pulled the safety device. (To be continued......)