National treasure

Along midnight, the time is turned back 8 hours.

In a secret training base somewhere deep in the southwestern mountains, young team members scattered on the foothills in twos and threes, dressed in camouflage uniforms, are walking covertly among the dense mountains and forests.

After turning over this mountain, there is a swift river in front of you. There are no tools for crossing the river, and you can only cross it with your own excellent quality.

The original team of 50 people went through various traps and obstacles, and the "enemy" blocked them. When they arrived here, there were less than ten people left.

These scattered people are also exhausted, and it seems that there is less than half an hour left before the time stipulated in the task.

The team members who finally arrived at the river began to fight desperately to cross, and they were about to win, so they couldn't fall at this level.

The first team member who climbed out of the water found that the "enemy" who rushed over tried to capture him alive and obtain information before he could stand still.

He started to run, opened the distance, and drew his gun subconsciously, but suddenly realized that crossing the river would flood the gun, and there was a danger of exploding the gun.In a blink of an eye, the other party has been bullied. Although he killed the "enemy" with difficulty, he was quickly captured by the "enemy" support team who came five-on-one.

"disuse!"

One of the "enemy" forces shouted loudly while waving their arms towards the sky.

Above the river bank and the turbulent river, two unremarkable drones were circling non-stop with red eyes flashing. , flew into the sky again.

Immediately after the second, the third team members landed...

Until the last team member leaned out and saw a group of companions standing not far from the shore, he knew something was wrong.Seeing the "enemy" rushing towards him, he lost his dagger in the river and was unable to persist until the "enemy" from the second team came to support him due to his weak physical strength, so he was captured alive by No.1.

So far, the 50-person team has all been wiped out, and none of them can pass the assessment.

Under the shade of the trees on the bank, a tall and straight figure appeared at some point. Cheng Ling walked to the center in a few steps.

"Not one qualified. I'm very disappointed in you."

His statement is straightforward, without emotion, and his voice is as cold as the river water that the team members have just soaked in.

Seven or eight young people heard the words, some blushed, some lowered their heads, and some even couldn't help but want to drop golden beans.

Fifty people were selected layer by layer for three years of special training, and they paid too much. In this mock assessment approaching the end, none of them could pass.

Finally, the first team member to go ashore couldn't take it anymore and reported loudly: "Instructor, I have a problem!"

"Say!"

"This is a mission impossible to complete. After crossing the river, there will be two waves of enemies in a row, especially the second wave of enemies has as many as five people with complete weapons and equipment. Even if the first enemy is subdued, the second wave of enemies advances in a fan shape Search, there is no time to hide in the jungle. If you are not captured alive, you will either die in battle, the mission will fail, or you will retreat to the river, or the mission will fail. It is impossible to successfully deal with the enemy and bring out intelligence.”

After the team member finished speaking in one breath, his chest heaved, his lips were pursed, and he stood there with a sullen face, apparently desperate.

After Cheng Ling listened, he glanced at the rest of the team members, and saw anger and dissatisfaction in the eyes of many people.

"Do you think so too? Tell the truth!"

"Yes!"

The uniform and loud replies expressed vengeful assent.

There was still no emotion on Cheng Ling's face, and there was a kind of unmoving silence around him, which was continuous with the mountains behind him, as if he would not be shaken by anyone.

Naturally, there will be no mood swings due to the strong dissatisfaction of a group of young children.

Just as he was about to speak to guide, there was a huge roar from above the river valley, and the noise of the helicopter flying overwhelmed all the sounds in the sky and the earth.

Cheng Ling had to stop talking.

There was a no-flying order at the base on the assessment day. This abnormal situation drew everyone's attention to the helicopter. The fuselage flew closer and closer, and soon landed on a large flat beach not far from them.

A staff member of the base jumped out of the open hatch and ran straight to Cheng Ling.

The other party saluted first, and then showed an order: "Please come with us right away, there is an urgent task assignment."

Cheng Ling frowned, nodded to indicate that he had heard the instructions clearly, turned around and gestured for dismissal to the students, and followed them to the helicopter.

In the basement's basement, white and dazzling fluorescent lights covered the long corridor.

There are gray and white tones everywhere, pure black lines, and all the spaces appear cold and strict.

Cheng Ling straightened his collar and knocked on the door of the chief executive of the base.

A stack of documents was wrapped in a special dark green file bag, lying quietly on the table.

The two big characters "Top Secret" on the cover of the bag are very eye-catching, and the original writing place is affixed with a striking red label, which is routinely marked with the action code and the action person code.

There are very few things in this world that can surprise Cheng Ling, but this special dark green file bag in front of him is definitely one of them.This small bag means a first-level action mission that can deploy all resources and forces, and Cheng Ling has only seen it twice in his entire career.

For the first time, the instructor who received the bag was the instructor he admired the most back then, and half a year later he paid his last respects at the funeral.The second time... Cheng Ling didn't think about it any further, his retirement had something to do with it.

At this moment, the code name that he had not seen for a long time was clearly written on that bloody red label, the code name that appeared again and again in the midnight dream that woke up countless times.

He suppressed the tumbling thoughts and looked at the officer in front of him.

"I know that you have been retired for more than two years, and the organization is very clear about your personal wishes. However, this time the situation is very special, and the superior has identified you again. Cheng Ling, you must know, the superior asked me about your current situation. Under the circumstances, it almost forced me to agree."

Feng Yishi, who is in his early fifties, still has sharp eyes. After a pause, he continued to say to Cheng Ling: "As your old boss, I have already won the full autonomy of actions for you, so I can only help you to Here it is."

After a moment of silence, Cheng Ling asked slowly, "So, this mission?"

What Ling Chengling didn't expect was that Feng Yishi actually gave him a wry smile, "Even I don't believe it, this is the first time I don't know what your mission is at all, everything you need to know is probably here in."

Feng Yishi held the dark green bag and pushed it forward.

"The above explained that you need to cooperate with a very important expert in this mission. This senior expert is one of the best in this field and plays an extremely important role in this mission. Remember, if you don't have this You can't do this alone with the help of experts.

In addition, the higher-ups have given special attention to this expert. We must protect this expert. The expert himself is as important as the task, and nothing will happen to him.The original words above are, I hope this expert can live a long life. "

Cheng Ling couldn't help frowning when he heard this.

As Feng Yishi said, he felt that this request was a bit too much for others. Such a dangerous task required an expert who had no self-defense power. Hearing the request of a long life, he didn't know how old this old expert was now. up.

While thinking about it, he brought his inference into the statement, "As for the information of this old expert, it should also be in that bag. There will be a special plane waiting for you on the roof in half an hour to take you to Kunming. You take the [-]:[-] flight there and fly to Shanghai, and when you arrive in Shanghai, someone will give you further instructions and assistance." After speaking, Feng Yishi stood up from behind his desk.

"Okay. That's all I know, and there is no more explanation from above. The mission is dangerous, and you and I both know it. Then, I wish you success! Come back safely!"

Cheng Ling nodded, then stood up and saluted back.

Just as he turned to go out, he was suddenly stopped again.

"Did you set a dead question for those kids, just to frustrate their spirit?" Feng Yishi couldn't help asking about the previous assessment.

He could understand Cheng Ling's original intention for doing this. Each class of students is an elite selected from dozens of major provinces across the country, and all the students sent are the best seedlings.And because of the particularity of the base, each of them is flexible and bold, with top-notch talents. Years of selection and three years of forging in the base have given them even more proud capital.

But in the end, I didn't give a single mock test, maybe I was too frustrated.

Before thinking about it, Cheng Ling shook his head, and said simply: "No. This is not a dead question deliberately set up."

Feng Yishi almost jumped up when he heard it, "No?! Then why did you set up such a difficult assessment? I watched the real-time video of the last part of the drone. It is impossible to complete the task."

Cheng Ling still shook his head calmly, "The task can be completed. There is a 5-minute time difference between the first enemy's appearance and the second wave of support teams arriving. This is what I originally set.

If it takes 1 minute to solve the first enemy, then pull out the water-soaked firearm, disassemble it, dry it with the enemy's clothes, and reassemble it, the entire disassembly and assembly will be completed within 1 minute, and dry it for 2 minutes.So far, a total of 4 minutes.

In fact, I left them 1 minute.Once you have a guy in your hand, it is not difficult to deal with the five-man team. "

Feng Yishi stood there for a while, looked at Cheng Ling, and blurted out: "Fortunately, I was born more than 20 years earlier than you, and I am still your superior."

He came back to his senses, and then said: "You are theoretically feasible, right. The reality is too difficult."

"It only needs countless times of practice and consistent hard training. What is important is constant self-control and unbreakable discipline. Turning theory into practice depends on the mechanical and precise execution cultivated in this way."

Cheng Ling answered firmly and seriously, without the slightest hint of banter on his face.

Feng Yishi turned his head away and waved his hand, indicating that Cheng Ling could go.

Sometimes it's bad for a subordinate to be too powerful and capable, and it makes people feel ashamed.

After Cheng Ling left the chief's office, he walked along the underground fort and returned to the dormitory area.

His hut was tidy and monotonous, spotlessly clean, the only few pieces of furniture didn't have any superfluous things on them, only a row of cabinets against the wall were full of medals and awards.

He quickly sorted out the action items, and took a shower to wash off the dust on the training ground. Before opening the file bag, Cheng Ling stared at it intently for a long time before starting to do it.

The bag is very light, except for the air ticket and ID, there are no photos, no documents, no electronic storage media, not even a copy of his mission to disguise his identity.All the content related to the task is only on a thin A4 paper.

A total of two lines of words.

003 was stolen.

Completely retrieve 003 and protect Zhong Zhe.

With countless question marks buried in his heart, Cheng Ling boarded a flight to Shanghai at Kunming Airport two hours later.

The author has something to say: Regarding firearms, water entry and water immersion are completely different. Ordinary rain or splashing in water means that there is nothing wrong with entering water. If they fall completely into the water, such as wading across a river, most of them will explode. This is related to the gun's material, sealing degree, size, air duct structure, etc.The cost of a truly completely waterproof gun is very high, and it will not be equipped under normal circumstances.