1936: Careful Plan

Careful Plan

Ye Jian would remind the soldiers around her at every shooting range. This was the 'appearance method' in sniper training. Back then, Principal Chen had taught her this step by step.1

"Ye Jian, shoot the walkie-talkie on the target."

Principal Chen's serious voice came from the earpiece. Ye Jian replied with a low voice, "Yes." She immediately adjusted the aiming tool to shoot accurately. She stood at the same spot and pulled the trigger. With a bang, she had accurately made her shot.

It seemed like a simple and accurate shot, but the snipers in training knew how difficult it was to shoot accurately. Mind calculation, eyesight, wind power… all these factors had to be firmly grasped in order to shoot accurately.

When they heard Principal Chen telling all the soldiers in the sniper team that Ye Jian had shot accurately, they couldn't help but applaud.

"Impressive! Ye Jian! I was just thinking about how far the walkie-talkie was but you've already finished shooting."

"…I could calculate the approximate distance, but I was still thinking about how to adjust the aim."

Ye Jian smiled. "Don't be surprised. I was trained by my instructor. You'll be like me in the future. As long as you know the target, you can calculate the distance quickly."

"Ye Jian, return to your position. The rest of the soldiers will start shooting." Principal Chen waited for Ye Jian to finish speaking before instructing her to return to her position. With her around, the morale of the male soldiers would be boosted because no one wanted to be inferior to a female soldier.

Next was to test the sniper team. Every time Principal Chen mentioned a target, the soldiers who were named completed the shooting as quickly as possible. These soldiers were walking the same path that Ye Jian had walked in the past. Although they were not as talented as Ye Jian, they were definitely outstanding snipers.

Principal Chen had never let his country down, let alone the troops. He had been entrusted with heavy responsibility.

There were too many things to learn in order to become an outstanding sniper. Even if Ye Jian had reached a high level, she couldn't stop learning. The only way she could never stop was to never be eliminated.

With a revenge plan in mind, Ye Jian stayed at the sniper base and completed the daily training with all the soldiers. Occasionally, she would leave the team during the training and rest. After a few minutes, she would return to the team immediately. As she was a female soldier, the male soldiers could understand why she would occasionally leave. Even Principal Chen couldn't tell that something was bothering Ye Jian.

When training, Ye Jian would always put all her effort into it. In order not to worry Principal Chen, she patiently trained with the soldiers every day. When there was only one week left until the Chinese New Year, she finally asked Principal Chen for a leave of absence. She would be gone for about four to five days.

After finishing her sniping camouflage training, Ye Jian said to Principal Chen, "Uncle Chen, I want to go to the Cemetery of Martyrs to pay my respects and have a gathering with a few of my high school classmates. I'll return to the military unit on New Year's Eve."

The sniper base was in the forest of the military zone in the Southern Province. Ye Jian mentioned that she would enter the provincial city after they went down the mountain. The truck would drive back to the sniping base.

Principal Chen didn't suspect anything. He felt that she should visit Grandpa Gen and Sun Xueqing, who were forever resting.

When she reached the crossroad, Ye Jian got down from the truck. After the sniper team's truck left, she immediately ran toward the other side of the crossroad. The vehicle Hou Zi had arranged for her was waiting for her there.

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