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Shi Lei held the rank of major in Rongcheng Military District. Although it was just a title and there was no corresponding position assigned to him, he still had some privileges.
However, he had some of the rights of a major, such as the right to carry a gun.
In this operation, the main mission of the Special Forces Squad was to protect Shi Lei, while Shi Lei's main mission was to use the Explorer to solve the problem in Rongcheng Military District. At the same time, it was also to test the usability and combat power of the Explorer.
Therefore, Shi Lei was the center of this operation. It was not impossible for the Special Forces Squad Leader Gao Qiang to address Shi Lei as Chief, but it was a little suspicious.
Shi Lei laughed and said, "Squad Leader Gao, the combat mission is very simple. We just need to arrive at the scene and save people.
You guys protect my safety, and I'll control the Explorer to enter the underground building.
How about it? Simple, right? "
Gao Qiang nodded in agreement, but in his heart, he snorted.
Simple my ass!
Protect you?
It's easy to say, but it's so troublesome to implement!
What is the military headquarters doing? They actually sent such a young major, who looks like he got in through connections, for such an important operation. It's simply unreasonable!
The deputy squad leader of the Special Forces Squad was called Xu Lixiu. He was a middle-aged man three years older than Gao Qiang. He had just turned 30 this year, but because he was a little scheming and was not liked by the leaders, he had not been promoted and had not retired from the military.
Xu Lixiu lowered his head and secretly thought about Shi Lei's identity.
Shi Lei's cooperation with Rongcheng Military District had directly taken the route of the higher-ups.
Therefore, many people at the grassroots level did not know Shi Lei's identity.
Rongcheng Military District naturally would not publicize it to the world. Even the internal explanation plan of Rongcheng Military District regarding Steel Ship and The First Light was developed by Rongcheng Military District itself.
Shi Lei did not mind Rongcheng Military District taking the credit for the development. In Xia Xia's territory, arms trading was not a legal business, and Shi Lei did not intend to sell Steel Ship and The First Light to foreign forces.
Therefore, Rongcheng Military District could explain whatever they wanted.
By saying that they were developing it on their own, they actually saved Shi Lei a lot of trouble.
"This young man named Shi Lei is at most twenty years old.
He had never heard of such a young major.
Could it be that he is the descendant of some top-notch aristocratic family? Xu Lixiu pondered on how to please Shi Lei and gain some benefits from him.
From Rongcheng Military District to the border of Xi Fan Province, it would take about two hours by helicopter.
During this period of time, Shi Lei chatted with the members of the Special Forces Squad.
At about four o 'clock in the afternoon, the helicopter landed in the Kesu District of Xi Fan Province. The person who greeted Shi Lei was a commander of Rongcheng Military District's Anti-Terrorism Peacekeeping Force. Her name was Qian Zhongying, and she was about thirty-five years old. She looked very fierce, and she was bald.
Qian Zhongying jogged to Shi Lei and extended her hand to shake his hand. She said, "Major Shek, I am Qian Zhongying, the commander of the Anti-Terrorism Peacekeeping Force's third regiment. Thank you for coming so quickly."
Qian Zhongying was the commander of the regiment, and her military rank was lieutenant colonel.
Logically speaking, Shi Lei should be the first to greet her. However, Shi Lei came from Rongcheng Military District Headquarters, and Lu Qiang had personally passed on He Zhenbang's order to Qian Zhongying to receive Shi Lei attentively.
Therefore, even if Qian Zhongying's military rank was higher than Shi Lei's, and her position was higher than Shi Lei's, she still took the initiative to greet Shi Lei first.
Shi Lei didn't know much about the military, but he knew the ranks of military ranks.
After discovering that Qian Zhongying was a lieutenant colonel, Shi Lei smiled and shook hands with Qian Zhongying, exchanging pleasantries.
"Commander Qian, you're welcome. We're all contributing to the country!"
Qian Zhongying looked fierce, but in fact, she wasn't violent. Instead, she was quite easy-going.
"Major Shek, when do you think we should start?"
The soldiers kidnapped by Xitu were members of the third regiment of the Anti-Terrorism Peacekeeping Force. Qian Zhongying was very anxious.
Shi Lei also wanted to finish his work quickly and return to Shuangqing City.
On the 20th of March, all the companies under Mirui Technology would have to move their headquarters!
"Commander Qian, arrange for people to lead the way. We'll start the operation immediately."
After Shi Lei finished speaking, he turned to Gao Qiang from the Special Forces and ordered, "Squad Leader Gao, tell the brothers to get ready. We'll start the operation immediately!"
Gao Qiang was a little unhappy. The two-hour helicopter ride wasn't a pleasant process. If they immediately went into battle, it would more or less affect their combat effectiveness.
However, Shi Lei was their leader and the person in charge of this operation.
Gao Qiang could only nod and say, "Yes, sir!"
Gao Qiang purposely called Shi Lei 'sir' in front of Qian Zhongying to annoy Shi Lei and show his dissatisfaction.
In the military, to be called 'sir', one had to be at least a division commander. In other words, one had to be a senior colonel to be called 'sir' openly.
A senior colonel in Xia Xia's army was equivalent to a brigadier general in Lijian Province.
Xia Xia didn't have a brigadier general rank, and Lijian Province didn't have a senior colonel rank.
If Xia Xia's senior colonel went to Lijian Province, he would be treated like a brigadier general and could be called a general.
When Qian Zhongying heard Gao Qiang's address, a hint of astonishment appeared in her eyes. She thought of the order sent by Lu Qiang to He Zhenbang. Qian Zhongying obviously misunderstood and thought that Shi Lei was the descendant of some big boss.
Gao Qiang's attempt to annoy Shi Lei didn't succeed. Instead, it created a beautiful misunderstanding in Qian Zhongying.
That was really interesting!
"Major Shek, you don't have to be in such a hurry, right?
You just came here by helicopter. Do you need to rest for ten minutes? "Qian Zhongying misunderstood that Shi Lei was the descendant of some big boss and asked politely.
Shi Lei waved his hand and said, "No need!
Squad Leader Gao and the others are the most elite Special Forces. I believe in them. "
Gao Qiang was infuriated when he heard this. 'Believe my ass!
You brainless child. If you want to die, don't drag us down with you! '
Gao Qiang only dared to roar these words in his heart. He wasn't a fool, so how could he say it out loud?
"Alright, Major Shek. If the situation doesn't look good later, we'll retreat!" Qian Zhongying couldn't persuade Shi Lei and could only agree to Shi Lei's plan.
"Squad Leader Gao, arrange for people to carry the Explorer and the Fearless down."
On the helicopter, Shi Lei briefly explained the situation of The First Light, the Fearless, and the Explorer to the Special Forces Class.
However, it was obvious that whether it was Gao Qiang, Xu Lixiu, or the other members of the Special Forces Class, none of them believed Shi Lei's explanation.
However, the higher the rank, the more oppressive they were, the more they had to obey.
The Explorer was very light, only 80kg. Two soldiers could carry it down.
However, after the Fearless was installed with Flying Arrow missiles, fuel, and bullets, its total weight was more than 1,800kg.
Fortunately, Shi Lei had instructed Gao Qiang and the others in time that they only needed to install two sloped boards to make it easier for the Fearless to get down from the transport helicopter.
Otherwise, Gao Qiang and the others really wouldn't have been able to carry the Fearless down.
Shi Lei still handed the control of The First Light to Izur so that Izur's police could monitor the abnormal situation around them.
Shi Lei took the wireless game controller and sat on the Fearless' body. He said to Qian Zhongying not far away, "Captain Qian, lead the way!"
Qian Zhongying looked at the Fearless, the Explorer, and The First Light strangely. She didn't ask any questions and directly led the way.
Shi Lei sat on the Fearless' body and remotely controlled the Fearless through the game controller as he followed behind Qian Zhongying.
After nearly ten minutes, Qian Zhongying stopped and pointed at a ten-story building about 100 meters ahead. She said to Shi Lei, "Major Shek, the basement of that building is the hideout of the Xitu Organization. What should we do now?"
Shi Lei snorted. "Just charge in and kill them!"
This time, whether it was Qian Zhongying or Gao Qiang, they all despised Shi Lei in their hearts.
If they could just charge in, why wouldn't they do so?
No one knew the situation in the basement. It was impossible to tell if there was an ambush inside.
If they had to sacrifice more soldiers to save a kidnapped soldier, it would definitely not be allowed.
Shi Lei glanced at Qian Zhongying and Gao Qiang's expressions and said with a smile, "Do you think I'm a fool?"
Shi Lei bluntly said what the two of them were thinking, which made them quite embarrassed.
Shi Lei wasn't a fool. How could Shi Lei not feel Gao Qiang's contempt for him along the way?
Shi Lei was never a person who was willing to suffer losses. Therefore, he planned to tease Gao Qiang and trick them.
Qian Zhongying and Gao Qiang both fell silent after their thoughts were exposed.
"Alright, you guys protect me. I'm going to charge in!" Shi Lei stood up from the body of the Fearless as if he was going to charge in.
Gao Qiang clenched his teeth and shouted, "Prepare for battle!"
Shi Lei laughed strangely. "Charge!"
Gao Qiang led the Special Operations Squad and immediately rushed out.
However, when they had only rushed out for about ten meters, they immediately stopped.
That was because Shi Lei had shouted "Charge!", but he was standing on the Fearless and didn't move at all.
Gao Qiang's face was extremely gloomy. A terrible thought arose in his mind. Could it be that Shi Lei was planning to let them go down, but he wasn't going to go down himself?
Shi Lei pretended to be surprised and looked at Gao Qiang. He shouted, "Squad Leader Gao, what are you doing?
Hurry up and come back to protect me! "
Gao Qiang led the Special Operations Squad back to Shi Lei's side and looked at Shi Lei without saying a word.
"Alright, alright. I won't joke with you guys anymore. You don't have a sense of humor at all."
Shi Lei jumped down from the Fearless and said to Xu Lixiu, "Big Brother Xu, where's the notebook I want?"
Xu Lixiu felt honored to be called "Big Brother Xu".
He immediately took off the notebook on his back and handed it to Shi Lei ingratiatingly.
"Chief, here's the notebook you wanted."
"Captain Qian, help me find a table and a chair," Shi Lei ordered again.
Qian Zhongying arranged for his soldiers to immediately move out a desk and chair from the surrounding shops.
The surrounding shops had already evacuated from the danger zone due to Xitu's organization.
Shi Lei opened the military notebook with a 20-inch screen and activated the Explorer. He connected to the Explorer's image system.
On the screen of the military notebook, the image recorded by the Explorer appeared. There was also the scan feedback of the miniature military radar, the thermal imaging of the infrared detector, and even the echo imaging of the sonar system.
Shi Lei held the game controller with both hands and began to operate it through the joystick of the game controller.
The Explorer directly entered the third mode, bionic mode, and crawled toward the building 100 meters away at a speed not slow.
The Explorer's four mechanical legs worked together to crawl, and it looked like a spider.
"Captain Qian, Squad Leader Gao, a great man once said that technology is the number one combat force!
Today, I'll let everyone see the power of technology! "Shi Lei chuckled.
However, the great man seemed to have said that technology was the number one productive force?
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