Everyone aboard the helicopters fell somewhat silent. They were allowed to withdraw, but they had not even done anything yet—were they supposed to quit just like that?
No one would be willing to accept that.
The problem was, let alone those who could not swim, even those who could might not be able to keep going for a thousand meters.
"Does anyone want to withdraw now?" The five instructors aboard the five helicopters practically shouted the same thing.
The cabins were silent. Seeing that no one spoke, He Chen Guang stopped wasting words and directly opened the helicopter door. By then, the helicopter had descended to roughly ten meters above the sea.
"If you're not withdrawing, jump!" He Chen Guang said in a deep voice.
The first soldier fell silent for a moment, then walked straight to the cabin door. The helicopter maintained its altitude and began flying forward slowly. When the soldier reached the door, he took a deep breath and jumped.
Then came the second, the third...
Everyone kept jumping one after another. A few of them could not swim, yet they still jumped without hesitation. Since the helicopter was moving forward slowly, there was some distance between those who jumped.
When the last person jumped, He Chen Guang was somewhat surprised. He had thought someone would withdraw. Glancing at the struggling soldiers below through the cabin door, he spoke into his earpiece. "Report. The first batch is in the water."
"Understood! Have the second batch get ready!" Jiang Yan Hai said directly.
Only when the soldiers who had jumped into the sea saw the helicopter above them leave did they realize that this was no joke.
At an altitude of two thousand meters, two large Reconnaissance Drones continuously transmitted the situation on the sea back to headquarters.