Chapter Twenty Wilderness Survival

  This holiday's military training is less than a month, it is impossible to do physical training all the time. Shooting is an indispensable part of the training program. Except for Su Qing, others have more or less foundation, and Su Qing was trained separately.

  Su Qing looked at the gun given to her, which was no different from those used by others - a 95 automatic rifle. This type of gun had not yet been officially unveiled to the public, and Su Qing felt that it was quite good for her first time holding a gun. Originally, Su Qing thought that she would be given an 81-style automatic rifle for her first time handling a gun.

  Some people say that marksmanship is fed with bullets, and the more you practice, the better your marksmanship will be. Instructor Ning told Su Qing not to force herself, she can practice good marksmanship in a few days, just get familiar with it, and there will be opportunities later. However, although Su Qing was not very familiar with guns, she felt that shooting was not much different from her previous life's archery, both were aiming.

  The instructor taught Su Qing some basic knowledge about firearms and personally demonstrated the shooting action, pointing out the key points. Then let Su Qing practice alone to explore the shooting method.

  Ning Bin thought Su Qing's physical condition was very good and could endure hardship, she was clever and had a lively brain. If all the soldiers he trained were like this, it would be easy for him as an instructor. Although so, Ning Bin didn't expect Su Qing to master shooting in just a few days. Shooting skills aren't something that can be learned overnight. But Su Qing's first shot hit six rings, which was already being lenient. After all, hitting ten rings on the first try would be too abnormal, passing is good enough. Ning Bin thought Su Qing definitely wouldn't be like some little girls who were afraid to shoot or dragged their feet, but hitting six rings on the first try made him sigh in admiration of her natural talent.

  In the next few days, Su Qing's shooting scores were very stable and visibly getting better. The team members looked at Su Qing as if they were looking at a monster, while Su Chen looked at his sister with a silly smile on his face. In his heart, Su Qing was a prodigy who could do anything. Looking at Su Qing's gun-holding posture and shooting scores, it was really hard to believe that she had only learned for a few days.

  Witnessing Su Qing's shocking progress, the other team members would feel embarrassed if they didn't work hard and fell behind. The intense training scene made Coach Ning Bin feel at ease.

  There are only five days left until the end of training, and everyone is thinking of holding on a bit longer. But Instructor Ning drops a bombshell: they will be conducting a five-day outdoor survival training exercise.

  Everyone has a gun, ten bullets, and a knife, which are the weapons. One compass to identify directions, one blanket to keep warm at night. Staying on the mountain for five days without even giving a bit of dry food. Training in the training ground is just a bit tiring, but the food and accommodation are really good. But now suddenly let you go to the mountain, think of ways to hunt wild animals or find wild vegetables to fill your hunger, sleeping also can't be particular. Before Su Chen and others also had outdoor training, but at least they were given some compressed biscuits as dry food.

  The order was given, and as a small soldier, Su Qing and the others only had to execute it. In Su Qing's eyes, this was just an exciting game.

  The next day, the helicopter directly airdropped a line of twelve people into the middle of a forest. Su Qing and the others had to use five days to walk out of the forest. Each person was given a signal flare to deal with unexpected events just in case.

  A team of twelve people was too small in the vast forest. They didn't know their exact location and could only move forward in one direction with a compass. Su Qing's spiritual sense was strong, but she could only detect the situation within a few hundred meters and couldn't see the end of the forest. No one had any good suggestions on which direction to go, so someone suggested heading south, and everyone agreed.

  Everyone lined up and headed south. The mountain road was rugged and difficult to walk, not comparable to the flat highway. Moreover, there wasn't even a ready-made mountain road, let alone in the primitive jungle. There were no various wild beasts, mosquitoes, and carnivorous plants that made people feel sick. When the sun was overhead at noon, the team had advanced about five kilometers. Along the way, they killed three wild rabbits, which served as everyone's lunch. The team camped and rested beside a small spring.

  For cleaning wild rabbits, this group of pampered young masters had no experience and couldn't do it. In the end, the task of solving the problem of food and clothing fell on the two girls in the team. Guo Wenjiao and Su Qing cleaned the rabbits as quickly as possible and handed them over to the boys for roasting.

  "Thanks to the two girls, otherwise I would have had to eat it with the rabbit hair." Zhang Mingyu held up a clean and tidy rabbit, thinking that if he were alone, he definitely wouldn't be able to get rid of the rabbit hair.

  "Didn't you guys say that bringing me and Su Qing would be a drag on the team? Now it's not like that, is it?" Guo Wenjiao recalled how those boys didn't want to bring her along back then, and she still felt some resentment towards them for looking down on girls.

  "You two are useless, we didn't need your help. Without us, you two would have starved to death."

  Su Qing pretended to rummage through her backpack and pulled out a few small seasoning bags, handing them over to the roasted rabbit vendor.

  "Awesome, where did you get the seasoning? It's great!" As soon as they saw the seasoning, some people's eyes lit up. Although everyone was starving after walking for a whole morning and could eat roasted rabbit without seasoning, having it is still better than not having it.

  "I took it secretly before leaving, just this little bit, I'll save it for later." Su Qing had plenty of space, taking too much would arouse suspicion. After all, they had been searched and checked before coming here, hiding a small amount was still acceptable. Taking too much would be impossible to get away with.

  "Alright, got it." With seasonings, the wild rabbit will taste even better.

  After a while, the rabbit was roasted to golden brown, and the oil in its body overflowed. Some dripped onto the fire pit, making sizzling sounds. Everyone was extremely hungry, with their mouths watering profusely.

  Everyone quickly shared the three fat and large wild rabbits, drank two mouthfuls of cool spring water. Resting on the spot before moving forward, just avoiding the most poisonous sunlight at noon.

  In the afternoon, everyone packed up and set off again. Along the way, except for some rough roads, there was nothing else. Su Qing took out a dagger in the afternoon, and whenever she saw wild vegetables or leaves that could be used as seasonings, she would collect some. This was something Su Qing had done many times before in her past life.

  In the evening, everyone found a relatively flat place and prepared to spend the night here. Everyone had a clear division of labor, some people were looking for dry branches, some were setting up tents, and Su Qing and two other girls were dealing with things: two wild rabbits and two mountain chickens.

  After dealing with the wild game, Su Qing took out the wild vegetables from her backpack and washed them clean. She put them in an oil paper bag that she didn't know where it came from, sprinkled some salt on them, and began to sort out those edible leaves.

  "Su Qing, you really did it. You told me to avoid the instructor's hidden items. This time there are seasonings and even a bag." Guo Wenjiao next to her thought it was bold to bring things outside of regulations under Instructor Ning's nose, and succeeded.

  "That's all, nothing more." Su Qing smiled, everything in the space was complete and couldn't be taken away, she could only accompany it and suffer together.

  "Su Qing, can those wild vegetables be eaten?" Ding Yu Xi was certain that Su Qing had never been to the mountains before and still had some doubts about whether these wild vegetables were edible.

  "Don't worry, it's just chives and bitter vegetables, they're all familiar to me. Eating meat all the time gets boring." Su Qing knew what the other person was thinking and didn't mind, explaining straightforwardly.

  "What's this for?" Guo Wenjiao was somewhat disdainful of the questioning, and had the ability to eat later. But she was interested in the leaves that Su Qingcai picked.

  "I saw it online, these can be used as seasonings, after all, things without flavor are not very tasty." Su Qing continued to introduce one by one to Guo Wenjuan, making the other side admire Su Qing very much.

  Although the wild vegetables were only seasoned with salt, everyone was full of praise. If Su Qing wasn't there, everyone would have been eating tasteless roasted wild vegetables for three meals a day, and they would probably be worried to death.

  In the evening, Su Chen, who was concerned about his sister, took her to the water's edge to soak her feet and patiently massaged them. He asked a couple of caring questions and covered Su Qing with a quilt to sleep.

  Twelve people who were exhausted from the day's work soon fell asleep. In the middle of the night, a loud roar and the rustling sound of something passing through the forest woke everyone up.