For Fang Lang, this selection was basically satisfactory. Originally, according to his plan, he would only recruit about 30 members of the Navy's special tactics research team, but to his surprise, the number of people who finally passed the assessment turned out to be More than fifty people.
Although, due to the need to cross the primitive jungle, two people were killed and five people were injured in the team participating in the assessment. Including the team participating in the encirclement and suppression operation, more than 20 people were injured.
But the entire assessment process was basically under Fang Lang's control. As for unexpected situations such as deaths and injuries, although Fang Lang was a little sad, he didn't pay too much attention.
After all, there is no immortal who is paid as a soldier. As a veteran who has participated in the European War, Fang Lang has long had the understanding of life and death.
Although these people have passed the selection and assessment, it does not mean that they are really suitable to become members of the research team. Since they are said to be members of the research team, of course they need to conduct research, and the content of the research is naturally special operations.
The fact that these soldiers were successfully selected shows that they are among the best in the entire Marine Corps in terms of physical fitness and technical and tactical levels, and can be called super soldiers.
But the members of the special tactics research team in Fang Lang's heart are researchers who can mobilize their own subjective initiative and develop some special tactics with practical value.
Of course, the premise is that they themselves must be the best special forces soldiers.
The current group of soldiers are preparatory special forces soldiers.
In the early morning, in Orichimina on the north bank of the Amazon River in the state of Pará, Brazil, in a simple camp located in the primeval jungle, fifty fully armed soldiers who looked a little tired were standing in line under the national flag in the middle of the camp. .
As the commander, Fang Lang walked through the queue with a look of relief on his face, stopping from time to time to tidy up the soldiers' clothes. Some people he knew or were familiar with would step forward and knock each other on the chest with their fists.
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The soldiers were all proud of the closeness shown by their superiors. Many soldiers were even trembling with excitement and their eyes were red.
After greeting every soldier in the queue, Fang Lang strode to the front of the team, stood slowly, and glanced at the determined faces of everyone in the queue.
Slowly he said:
"Brothers, I am very happy to stand with you today. After the difficult challenges in the previous week, you have successfully broken through the encirclement and successfully passed the assessment.
Here, I would like to congratulate you on your success. "
After saying that, he took the lead in applauding, and the soldiers in the queue also applauded with excitement on their faces.
After the applause gradually subsided, Fang Lang continued to speak:
"However, I want to tell everyone that successfully passing the assessment does not mean the end. On the contrary, it is the beginning of suffering.
In this simple camp, you will receive devilish training that far exceeds the intensity of Marine Corps training. There is one sentence you must engrave in your mind: The easiest thing is always yesterday.
Maybe you were already the best in your original company, but I want to tell you that here, you will have to start from scratch. Everything in your past will be in the past.
Everyone may be wondering, what exactly does this naval special tactics research group do? Do you do research and sit in an office? If someone has the mentality that if they join a research group, they can get promoted and make a fortune and go to work easily.
I can only say sorry to him because you came to the wrong place.
However, you have not officially joined the team yet, and you still have the right to opt out.
I will give you a minute to think about it. If you want to quit, please do so now. We will not blame you or hold you accountable. You can continue to serve in the Marine Corps.
However, if you do not seize this opportunity and choose to stay here, you will no longer have the right to withdraw.
I hope that each of you will think clearly, and I will give you a minute to think about it now.
Does anyone want to quit? "
As he spoke, Fang Lang's eyes swept across the faces of everyone present, as if he wanted to find the person who took the initiative to withdraw.
But it is obvious that those who have passed the test will never give up easily. Everyone looked at Fang Lang with firm faces and resolute eyes.
A minute passed quickly, and a cruel smile appeared on Fang Lang's lips, which made everyone present unconsciously feel a chill down their spines. Just listen to him continue to speak slowly:
“Since no one chooses to withdraw, then we have to talk about our own people.
Although everyone worked hard to pass this assessment and enter this so-called special tactics research group, no one knows what this special tactics research group does!
Well, now I can reveal the answer.
First of all, I want to tell you what a special tactics research group is. Literally, it means a group that studies special tactics. So what are special tactics?
We have no way of verifying the origin of special tactics, but as far as I know, during World War II, both Britain and Germany had teams specialized in special operations missions.
They are all troops who exist to complete impossible tasks.
For example, at the end of 1938, the Second Division of the German Intelligence Agency recruited a special temporary squad. The members of the squad asked to join voluntarily. The recruitment of the squad members was carried out in absolute secrecy, and their early activities are still a mystery so far.
But as far as I know, in early 1940, they successfully completed a sneak attack on the Danish Royal Palace. They were stealthy and efficient. This is my evaluation of them. Of course, they later had an official name, the Brandenburg Forces.
They appear and disappear, constantly launching attacks in the hinterland where the enemy is stationed, doing some work of harassment and destruction.
In order to make their teammates more disguised, the Brandenburg troops learned languages from various parts of Europe. Some Brandenburg players can speak as many as six languages.
Although they were disbanded in 1944 and only existed in this world for a short period of 6 years, this unit participated in almost all major military operations against Germany.
During the blitzkrieg war in Western Europe, the Brandenburg troops accomplished the tasks of the German Intelligence Agency outstandingly, capturing 42 of the 61 targets and transferring them to the following troops.
This battle also allowed three-quarters of the Brandenburg troops to be awarded the Iron Cross. This was also the most glorious moment of the Brandenburg troops.
In addition, in 1941, the British established the first regular special forces - the Special Air Service Regiment. This is a paratrooper unit. They often appear suddenly behind the enemy's rear through airborne to attack important enemy military targets. To strike.
Or perform a decapitation operation that destroys the enemy headquarters.
In 1942, they used long-distance raids to attack three Axis airports in Libya, destroying 60 enemy aircraft at the cost of two soldiers killed and three military vehicles destroyed.
From here we can know that the so-called special forces are troops that go deep behind enemy lines in small teams to carry out reconnaissance, sabotage, harassment, kidnapping and beheading operations.
And you are our first special forces in Brazil. "
Fang Lang's words made the soldiers in the entire team start to become a little restless. If it weren't for the constraints of military regulations, everyone would have started talking about it.
Of course Fang Lang could feel the emotions of the soldiers below, but he would not give them a chance to discuss, but continued:
"Of course, the skills you have now are not qualified to be called special forces, and I don't even know what kind of tactics can be called special tactics.
This is why I named our team the Special Tactics Research Team. I hope that in the future we can form our own set of special tactics through our own exploration and research.
Next, the first hostile target we have to face is the Eddie Brothers rebels hiding in the dense Amazon rainforest to our northwest.
In order to eliminate enemies stealthily and efficiently in the dangerous primeval Amazon jungle, I will try to explore a new jungle special operations tactic with you.
In the early stage, I will conduct almost cruel special training for you based on some of the professional knowledge I have mastered. After you successfully graduate from my hands, you will start to explore and research on your own.
This is an endless road of exploration. We need to do everything we can to make ourselves stronger. Once we fall behind, we will be eliminated by the enemy, and this will require us to pay the price of our own lives and the lives of our comrades.
Are you confident that you can become the strongest team? "
The soldiers lined up in the camp finally understood the meaning of standing here today, understood the situation they were about to face, and became more aware of the efforts they had to make.
But no one flinched. On the contrary, everyone seemed enthusiastic and extremely excited, and responded to Fang Lang's question loudly with red faces.
"Have confidence! Have confidence! Have confidence!"
The uniform response made Fang Lang very satisfied. Looking at the eager faces below, Fang Lang stood up straight unconsciously and saluted the people in the audience with a standard military salute.
When everyone saw Fang Lang's military salute, they all stopped talking. Zhuang Xintian in the queue shouted:
"salute!"
All the soldiers raised their right hands towards Fang Lang.
After a long while, Fang Lang put down his right hand neatly, and the soldiers also put down their right hands with a "Ceremony" command.
Seeing that everyone has understood the meaning of the existence of their team and the challenges they will face next! Fang Lang also felt a little relieved. He waved to a few soldiers from the guard company who had been standing far away.
Soon everyone came over carrying large boxes and piled them neatly in front of the rostrum.
Next, Fang Langyou looked at the people in the audience with a smile on his face and said:
“Since it is a special forces unit, of course there will be some differences from other units.
These are some things I developed specifically for the special forces during this period. All of you will line up to receive them later. "
As he spoke, he opened the first box, took out a set of colorful clothes, and gestured to everyone:
"This is the jungle camouflage I specially designed for our jungle warfare. Wearing this camouflage uniform can achieve a certain concealment effect in the jungle, making it more difficult for the enemy to detect our presence."
Everyone in the audience looked surprised.
Then Fang Lang put down his clothes, opened the next box, and took out a pair of high-top leather shoes with the same pattern as the camouflage uniforms. The hollow rubber soles looked particularly eye-catching.
“These are jungle boots specially designed by me so that you can more easily walk through the muddy primitive jungle. They protect the ankles and soles of the feet while reducing mud adhesion.
These equipment are all in the trial production stage. There are also assault rifles and new submachine guns that have just been developed and finalized. All new equipment will be handed over to you for testing.
At the same time, we will also make improvements based on your feedback, which is also part of the work of your research team. "
