Chapter 55 Military Training

  I don't know how long it took, but I was shaken awake by someone. As soon as I opened my eyes, I saw Sun Heng staring at me with a smile on his face. I quickly sat up and said, "What's going on? Has the Wanlong Society arrived?"

  Sun Heng smiled and said: "No, don't worry. I don't know what's going on, but we didn't find any members of the Wanlong Association, everyone on this train is our people, no suspicious ones were found."

  I thought for a moment and couldn't help but say: "Is it that you're being too cautious, so the **** of the Wanlong Association detected it and didn't get on the car?"

  Sun Heng nodded: "Maybe it is. But it's good, at least this train is safe. Right, we're almost in Beijing, I'll return with the train, and you be more careful from now on."

  I started to worry and couldn't help but say: "Will Chen Jing come to pick me up? Beijing is so big, I'm not familiar with the place..."

  Sun Heng laughed and said: "Won't you give her a call? Don't worry, since she said she'd come pick you up, she'll definitely come pick you up."

  I felt slightly relieved and couldn't help but smile: "Then you all be more careful, and contact me by phone from time to time, so I can know about your situation."

  Sun Heng smiled: "That's a violation of confidentiality regulations. But I can call you after the task is over."

  I was taken aback for a moment, then I understood that Sun Heng was teasing me, so I chuckled and said, "Then you remember to call me."

  At this time, the train had slowly come to a stop. I also picked up my luggage and prepared to get off the train. Sun Heng helped me with it and we arrived at the exit together.

  There were still many people at the exit to pick up passengers, but they must not have known that this train temporarily dropped all real passengers in our county and only took some government personnel.

  There were many people who came to pick up others, but I didn't see Chen Jing.

  Sun Heng couldn't find Chen Jing either, so he took out his phone and called her. The call was quickly answered, and I heard Chen Jing say in a very cold tone: "Can't you come out yourself? I'm at the square, military vehicle, find it yourself."

  Sun Heng smiled wryly and said to me, "It seems that Chen Jing still has some opinions about you, and also has some opinions about me. You go find him yourself, the military vehicle is easy to find. I'm going back, I still have a mission to carry out."

  I watched Sun Heng go far away, and had no choice but to drag my luggage to the square to look for Chen Jing's military vehicle.

  The military vehicle was very eye-catching, I saw it at a glance and rushed over quickly.

  Chen Jing was sitting in the car, saw me but didn't say a word, just like she hadn't seen me at all. I knew she still didn't accept me deep down, that's why she acted this way. I didn't mind, took my luggage and got on the car, then sat down right next to her.

  Chen Jing looked at me and said coldly, "Are you still waiting for me to drive? Don't you have any gentleman's demeanor?"

  I was taken aback, and my face immediately turned bright red: "I... I don't know how to drive..."

  Chen Jing was taken aback for a moment, then seemed to remember something and said: "Then why did you bring so many girls back to your place? Were they all driving their own cars?"

  I felt even more embarrassed: "Our family doesn't have a car..."

  Chen Jing was stunned again, and after a long time, she said: "From now on, you'll follow me to learn how to drive. Sit tight, I'm a very fast driver."

  I was overjoyed, learning to drive has always been my dream. In the past, I didn't have the opportunity and couldn't afford a car, so I never signed up. Now that I have a free instructor, of course, I'm going to seize the opportunity.

  So I quickly said: "Okay, I've always wanted to learn how to drive. The feeling of driving myself must be great!"

  Chen Jing gave me a cold look: "Don't be too happy, I only said I'd teach you how to drive, not that I'd give you a car."

  I muttered to myself: "How can you be so angry? It's as if you've eaten gunpowder..." But all I dared say was: "In the future, when I have money, I'll buy my own car... and won't need one from you."

  Chen Jing suddenly glared at me: "Do you know that my grandfather will give you a car, so you said that?"

  I was stunned and muttered: "A car for me? What...what's going on?"

  Chen Jing furrowed her brow: "You don't know? I don't believe Sun Heng hasn't told you! You won't lie to me about this too, will you?"

  I was shocked and quickly said, "How could that be? How could I cheat you? Sun Heng really didn't tell me anything, I... He just said that Old Chen had something to do with me, he didn't say anything else..."

  Chen Jing looked at me and suddenly smiled: "What are you nervous about, I didn't blame you! My grandfather said that the last time he wronged you, so taking advantage of this opportunity to replace military vehicles, he bought a second-hand military car for you. Of course, the car has been repainted and modified, suitable for civilian use. After you learn how to drive, you can drive it back to school, as our gift to you as a means of transportation."

  I finally understood the reason for this and laughed: "Learning to drive is not a one or two-day thing, we are about to start school soon, there's no time..."

  Chen Jing thought for a moment, then suddenly pointed to the dashboard in front of her and said to me: "We'll start getting familiar with the car now. Take a close look, this is the speedometer..."

  I quickly concentrated my mind and took down what Chen Jing said next, one by one, for fear of missing something.

  Chen Jing is a very serious person, all the way Chen Jing talked about various instruments in the car and then the structure principle of the car, and then told me some traffic rules. By the time we arrived at Chen Lao's unit location, Chen Jing had already said almost everything that needed to be said. Finally, she added: "You do what I say, after returning to school, practice more, and you can go take the driver's license test soon."

  I remembered some of it, but there were still many things I couldn't recall. Chen Jing didn't care whether I remembered or not, and after parking the car in the underground garage, she just left directly.

  I dragged my luggage and followed Chen Jing into the elevator, looking at Chen Jing and saying, "Where am I staying?"

  "Follow me and you'll be fine, I won't let you have nowhere to live. What's with all the fuss, big man?"

  I felt an urge to cry but held it back and looked away in silence.

  Chen Jing didn't say anything either, and led me to a room on the third floor. She handed me a key and simply said, "This is your room."

  I had just taken the key and was about to thank her when Chen Jing turned around and walked away, leaving me with only a glimpse of her back.

  I can only swallow the words I want to say and open the door to clean up the room myself. It seems that this time I will be staying here for a while, so some things still need to be prepared.

  The current priority is to find Old Chen and ask him clearly about the real reason for my coming. At the end of the corridor on the third floor, there are two soldiers standing guard, who should be guards. With their directions, I quickly found Old Chen.

  Mr. Chen's office was brightly lit, and it seemed he hadn't slept all night, working away. My arrival made Mr. Chen very happy, and with a hearty laugh, he said to me: "Finally you're here, I've been waiting anxiously. Jin Cang, let's get straight to the point, from dawn today, you'll be following our martial arts instructor for a week of military training. Chen Jing will also participate, if you don't understand anything, just ask Chen Jing."

  I was stunned and asked after a while: "Military training? What military training?"

  "From now on, you're our intelligence officer. Can you not participate in training? So I've arranged a week of special training for you to master the necessary military skills as much as possible."

  I understand, I'll say goodbye to Old Chen and get ready to rest. It's already dawn, if I don't rest now, I'm not sure I can participate in the military training smoothly after sunrise.

  When the sky brightened, I was still dreaming, but Chen Jing's phone call had already come. In a daze, I heard her say "assemble in ten minutes", so I quickly jumped out of bed, hastily dressed and washed my face, then ran outside.

  Chen Jing was waiting outside my room. When she saw me coming out, she immediately said: "What are you dawdling for? We're going to be late! Hurry up and follow me!"

  So I followed Chen Jing and ran all the way to the training hall. The last time I came here, I had a conflict with Wang Zhan, who liked Chen Jing.

  This time I didn't see Wang Zhan, but there were still many soldiers training here.

  I followed Chen Jing to a soldier wearing black military uniform. Chen Jing saluted the soldier and said loudly, "Report to Instructor Wu, Jin Cang, Chen Jing is here to report."

  It turned out that this soldier was the martial arts instructor Chen Lao had mentioned. He said loudly, "Fall in." Then he looked at the dozen or so soldiers standing in front of him and said, "Everyone is here, let's start today's training content." After a pause, the martial arts instructor looked at me and said, "Jin Cang, fall out."

  I walked out of the team in a daze and stood at the front of the team, not knowing what to do.

  The instructor frowned and asked me loudly: "Have you ever participated in military training?"

  "I thought for a moment and said in a low voice: 'Does high school and college military training count?'"

  The instructor said sternly: "When answering my questions, you must first shout 'Report!' Remember that!"

  I immediately shouted loudly: "Report."

  The military instructor also shouted loudly: "Speak!"

  I said: "In high school, I participated in a week of military training, and in college, I participated in a month of military training."

  The instructor nodded and said loudly: "Very good, you can join the ranks now."

  I immediately turned around and stood in line beside Chen Jing, looking at the dozen or so soldiers by my side, feeling as if I had suddenly returned to when I first entered university.

  University military training is also conducted within the troops, but it's not as strict as regular military training. We just stand at attention, march in step, and practice some military boxing moves. I remember on the last day we even practiced shooting, but each person only had ten bullets, and after finishing, we just left, so there was no chance to gain any experience.

  Now I have joined the military training of soldiers, and I am both worried and looking forward to it. What I worry about is whether I can keep up with everyone's rhythm and be severely punished by the instructor; what I look forward to is having such an experience, which is a treasure for my life.

  The instructor quickly gave an order: "Divide into three small groups, freely combine."

  So I quickly looked at Chen Jing, hoping to be in a small group with her.

  Chen Jing glanced at me and nodded slightly. I quickly stood behind her, becoming a member of her small group.

  It wasn't until then that I realized, including me, there were only twelve of us in total. Three small groups, with exactly four people in each group. I, Chen Jing, and two other soldiers formed the third group.

  Divided into small groups, the instructor let us introduce ourselves and get to know each other.

  When I heard two soldiers in our group introduce themselves, one was named Ning Wu and the other was named Ning Wen, they were actually two brothers.

  I took a closer look at Ning Wen and Ning Wu brothers, and found that they really have three points of resemblance, indeed are brothers.

  This time, the only female member of the military training was Chen Jing. So she naturally became the leader of our third group, and how could I and the Ning brothers compete with Chen Jing?

  Chen Jing is also a deserving team leader, she's a veteran and an officer, it's only natural that she leads me, Ning Wen and Wu.

  "After you all finish your self-introductions, the instructor said: 'This time's military training mainly focuses on information warfare. As educated individuals, you should be familiar with information warfare in modern combat... except for Jin Cang. I will assign a coach to each of your groups, and they are all experts in information warfare technology from our troops. They will teach you many related knowledge and skills. Now please have the leader of each group lead their team to our computer room, where your coaches are waiting for you.'"

  I secretly let out a sigh of relief, thinking that this military training would be some kind of physical training. I was worried before, but now it seems that I was worrying for nothing.

  Chen Jing led me and the Ning brothers to the computer room, where we saw three soldiers waiting for us. Chen Jing said to the only female soldier among them: "Report to instructor, Chen Jing brings the third group to report, please instruct!"

  The female instructor smiled: "Chen Jing, don't be too serious, we're not strangers... Alright, you all find your seats first, and I'll come over to explain the relevant knowledge later."

  Chen Jing also smiled: "I didn't expect it would be you teaching us, now this is much easier."

  The female instructor also smiled and said loudly to us: "My name is Lin Yali, I am the instructor of your tactical training this period."

  I and Ning family brothers quickly introduced ourselves, then under Chen Jing's arrangement, sat down in front of the computer one by one.

  "After we sat down, Lin Ya Li said: 'This morning, we mainly studied the theoretical knowledge of information warfare. I hope everyone will listen carefully to my explanation and remember the main points. After our training is over, there will be an assessment. Those who do not pass the assessment will have to attend another round of training until they qualify.'"

  So we all tensed up and listened carefully to Officer Lin Ya-li's explanation.

  My military training life has officially started, and in a week's time, I will be studying information warfare technology under the guidance of instructor Lin Yalai.

  The term "information warfare" has several interpretations, but what we are referring to now is a narrow definition of information warfare - obtaining and transmitting information. Of course, it's easy to say, but difficult to do. First of all, obtaining information is not something that ordinary people can easily do. No matter what kind of information it is, there will be difficulties in acquiring it. Even if you want to know a person's name, phone number, and other basic information, it would be hard unless the government intervenes. People usually subconsciously protect themselves and don't reveal their personal information to others. Not to mention those highly confidential pieces of information, which are strictly protected by any organization or individual.

  As for transmitting information, there will be all sorts of difficulties, but that's not something I need to consider right now. There are people who specialize in this and they will provide us with sufficient technical support.

  I studied for more than six days, but as for information warfare, I only have a preliminary understanding of some situations and can't claim to be proficient. However, I learned how to handle important information when discovered and how to protect myself.

  Protecting oneself is one of the contents of this study, and in order to become a qualified intelligence officer, one must first learn how to protect oneself.

  Today is the last day of this training, after finishing the study in the morning, Officer Lin Ya-li has informed us that the assessment will be held in the afternoon. So we hastily finished lunch and all came here to wait for the exam.

  Exams are actually something I'm very familiar with. In school, every year, I don't know how many exams I have to take, and over time, I've gotten used to it.

  Chen Jing sat beside me, not chatting with others like them, but suddenly looked at me and whispered: "Later when the exam starts, don't do too well..."

  I was taken aback and didn't know what she meant by that. I couldn't help but ask, "Why? Isn't it said that if you're not qualified, you'll have to take the training again?"

  Chen Jing furrowed her brow and said in a low voice, "You really want to be an intelligence officer? It's very dangerous, do you know that?"

  I finally understood Chen Jing's meaning and bowed my head in gratitude, saying softly: "I know what to do."

  Chen Jing smiled slightly and stopped talking. But I was stunned by her smile, she was originally very beautiful, this smile really had a stunning effect. Not only was I stunned, but also the other soldiers were staring blankly, forgetting their conversations with each other.

  Chen Jing felt annoyed about this, but didn't dare to scold everyone, so she glared at me fiercely and blamed everything on me.

  I feel very wronged, but also helpless, can only watch Chen Jing bitterly smile.

  The exam is about to begin, each person has one test paper, there are not many questions, but they are all essential knowledge.

  I did just enough questions as Chen Jing said, and left the rest blank, which is also considered cheating.

  Lin Ya-li looked at me with deep meaning when she collected the test papers, but didn't say anything.

  My military training life has ended like this, and I have also started preparing to return to school. The school had opened a few days ago, and Dongfangyu called me.