Recaps

Jiang Yan Hai used a long-range anti-materiel rifle and thermal imaging to pin down the opposing teams, then repositioned to intercept Shi San Ba’s flanking group. He left seven of the Third Team’s twelve members eliminated within thirty seconds.

• The Second Team captain ordered the scattered teams to find the sniper, but Jiang Yan Hai shot another sniper from at least a thousand meters away.
• The teams advanced behind smoke grenades, but Jiang Yan Hai used thermal imaging to eliminate two soldiers, forcing the survivors to take cover.
• Zhang Xiao Long, codenamed One Meter Fifty, tried to draw Jiang Yan Hai’s fire, but Jiang Yan Hai eliminated him and another soldier as the teams’ advance failed.
• Shi San Ba led a group around the flank while the others fired to provide cover, and Jiang Yan Hai withdrew unseen to a second sniping position.
• Jiang Yan Hai targeted the flanking group’s sniper, then rapidly shot several more, eliminating seven of the Third Team’s twelve members within thirty seconds.

Jiang Yan Hai used mines and booby traps to decimate the opposing squads, then abandoned his sniper positions and switched to close-range attacks. After ambushing six more enemies, he returned toward his own position with seven opponents still alive.

• Jiang Yan Hai shot the Anti-Personnel Mine on Potato's corpse, eliminating Firebird, Fire Fox, and Black Bear.
• Jiang Yan Hai detonated a Booby Trap array, leaving thirteen survivors from the three squads.
• Jiang Yan Hai moved to his final sniper position, activated its traps, and circled the mountain to ambush two flankers with his UMP9.
• Jiang Yan Hai used a Flashbang Grenade to take out two more enemies and leave two others blinded.
• Jiang Yan Hai headed back toward his position, with seven opponents still alive.

Jiang Yan Hai defeated the remaining Second Squad members in a head-on mountain exercise, confirming the same outcome as the first two rounds. After the exercise ended, he and two squad members retrieved the equipment and disarmed the remaining traps.

• The Second Squad leader heard gunfire, realized the other squads had been eliminated, and led his seven remaining soldiers uphill toward Jiang Yan Hai.
• Jiang Yan Hai returned to the summit, took up his MK12, and charged downhill toward the approaching squad.
• Jiang Yan Hai dodged the squad’s gunfire and eliminated six soldiers with six shots before knocking down the final member in close combat.
• Shi Qingsong and Li Long watched the exercise end and recognized Jiang Yan Hai’s overwhelming skill across the battlefield.
• Jiang Yan Hai ordered the squad to pack up, then took two members to recover the equipment and disarm the remaining booby traps.

After defeating the Wolf Warrior Squadron in three exercises, Jiang Yan Hai assessed Shao Bing’s conventional command style and explained why the unit needed to adapt to unconventional opponents. He was ordered to take the squadron to the Eastern Theater Command as instructors, and he arranged to leave as soon as possible.

• Shao Bing assembled the Wolf Warrior Squadron, and Jiang Yan Hai praised their abilities while urging them to use their heads more in training.
• Jiang Yan Hai asked Shao Bing what the squadron lacked, and Shao Bing admitted that his command style relied too much on traditional experience.
• Jiang Yan Hai explained that Shao Bing’s approach worked well in conventional battles but could fail against opponents who did not follow the rules.
• Jiang Yan Hai told Shao Bing to assemble the squadron and pack their gear so they could leave immediately.
• At headquarters, Shi Qingsong gave Jiang Yan Hai orders appointing him acting captain and authorizing him to take the squadron to the Eastern Theater Command as instructors.
• Jiang Yan Hai asked Shi Qingsong and Li Long to arrange aircraft so he could return as soon as possible.

Jiang Yan Hai brought the 144 Wolf Warrior soldiers to the 8th Airborne Army, where they would serve as instructors for its Special Forces. After arriving, he met Political Commissar Wang Xue Bing and prepared to begin training the Special Forces 1st Battalion.

• Jiang Yan Hai arranged for Wolf Warrior to travel to the Eastern Theater Command and promised the soldiers they would train alongside female Special Forces soldiers.
• Jiang Yan Hai escorted the two transport planes in a J10C while the Wolf Warrior soldiers learned they were going to instruct airborne Special Forces.
• Jiang Yan Hai wondered whether Zhang Qi and Pan Ye's bet had ended and whether his letter had been opened.
• Jiang Yan Hai and the Wolf Warrior soldiers landed safely at Zhang Mingwu's airfield and were met by Wang Xue Bing.
• Jiang Yan Hai told Wang Xue Bing he would ensure the training met his standards, then rode with the soldiers to the Special Forces Regiment.

Jiang Yan Hai returned to Special Forces 1st Battalion with the Wolf Warrior Special Squadron to lead the battalion’s next special training. Impressed by the gains from his previous training and his foresight, Pan Ye and Zhang Qi both joined the program.

• Special Forces 1st Battalion welcomed Jiang Yan Hai back after two months of demanding physical training that had significantly improved the soldiers’ conditioning.
• Zhang Qi recalled defeating Pan Ye in their bet with Qi Xiao Tian and a drone, then discovering that Jiang Yan Hai had predicted the tactic in a letter two months earlier and listed its weaknesses and alternatives.
• Pan Ye and Zhang Qi greeted Jiang Yan Hai and saw the well-disciplined Wolf Warrior Special Squadron arrive with him.
• Jiang Yan Hai announced that he was the squadron’s acting commander and had brought its members to serve as instructors for Special Forces 1st Battalion’s next training.
• Pan Ye gave Jiang Yan Hai full authority over the training plan, and both Pan Ye and Zhang Qi volunteered to participate.

Jiang Yan Hai told Special Forces 1st Battalion that its two months of brutal training had only prepared it for the next stage, which Wolf Fang would lead. After giving the exhausted soldiers a week of leave, he planned to inspect their designated training base with Pan Ye.

• Jiang Yan Hai heard Qi Xiao Tian’s objections to the training and explained that the regiment’s physical fitness was only the minimum requirement for what came next.
• Jiang Yan Hai introduced Wolf Fang as the battalion’s new instructors and had Shao Bing, Zhang Xiao Long, and Shi San Ba reveal their battle-scarred bodies.
• Jiang Yan Hai offered the soldiers a chance to withdraw, then announced they would receive a week of leave.
• Jiang Yan Hai told Pan Ye he would review the documents and inspect the designated training base before arranging the remaining preparations.

Jiang Yan Hai arranged for simulated corpses and other supplies to support War Wolf Squadron’s training, then began setting up their training grounds. He introduced the arriving Fire Phoenix team to War Wolf, leaving the two units assembled together at the camp.

• Jiang Yan Hai asked Fan Tian Lei to provide simulated corpses and other supplies, and Fan Tian Lei promised twenty corpses within a week.
• Jiang Yan Hai asked Shi Jian and Wang Xue Bing to help secure uninhabited islands for training, and they approved the request.
• Jiang Yan Hai led War Wolf Squadron to its temporary camp and assembled the members to meet their future comrades-in-arms.
• Tan Xiao Lin arrived with the seven other Fire Phoenix members and reported the team’s full attendance to Jiang Yan Hai.

Jiang Yan Hai reunited with the Fire Phoenix team and warned them not to let the Wolf Warriors soldiers outdo them. He then welcomed a shipment of lifelike simulated corpses and Type 19 assault rifles for Special Forces 1st Battalion, setting up new training and testing ahead.

• Jiang Yan Hai greeted the Fire Phoenix team and teased them and the Wolf Warriors soldiers about competing.
• Tian Guo asked Jiang Yan Hai for a First Class Merit, and he challenged the team to prove themselves against the Wolf Warriors.
• Ye Cunxin told Jiang Yan Hai she had taken part in a counterterrorism operation but had not fired, and he promised her a chance soon.
• Five Z-8 helicopters delivered supplies, including twenty simulated corpses, training equipment, and one thousand Type 19 assault rifles.
• Jiang Yan Hai and Shao Bing organized the troops to unload and sign for the supplies.

Jiang Yan Hai showed War Wolf a lifelike simulated corpse and revealed that he would use the expensive models for shooting practice and later first-aid training. He set out to toughen the Special Forces 1st Battalion and ensure no one would be unprepared for the realities of battle.

• Jiang Yan Hai opened a box and showed the soldiers a lifelike simulated corpse designed for medical teaching.
• Jiang Yan Hai explained that the models would be used for shooting practice, making Ye Cunxin and the others recoil in disgust.
• Jiang Yan Hai said recruits would later practice post-battle first aid on the shot-up models.
• The War Wolf members reflected that the inexperienced Special Forces 1st Battalion had never seen combat and would face especially intense training.
• Jiang Yan Hai warned everyone not to let battlefield sights overwhelm them, and the soldiers shouted that they understood.

Jiang Yan Hai introduced the Type 19 Assault Rifle he had designed, and the soldiers tested it before preparing feedback for its final production design. After a week of recovery and preparations for specialized training, the Special Forces 1st Battalion reflected on their progress as they wondered how much harder Jiang Yan Hai’s training could become.

• Jiang Yan Hai revealed the Type 19 Assault Rifle and told the War Wolf Squadron and Fire Phoenix soldiers that he had designed it.
• Shao Bing and the other soldiers tested the rifles at the training ground and praised their comfort and performance.
• Jiang Yan Hai asked Shao Bing to organize testing and provide feedback for the rifle’s final production design, which might first equip elite units.
• Jiang Yan Hai arranged new training facilities, supplies, diving equipment, and nutritional support for the Special Forces 1st Battalion during a week of recovery.
• The soldiers discussed how much stronger they had become and wondered whether Jiang Yan Hai’s promised next stage of training would be even more brutal.

Special Forces 1st Battalion arrived at its new training camp, where Jiang Yan Hai prepared an unsettling breakfast as the first test of their new training. The soldiers began eating without knowing what challenges awaited them.

• Special Forces 1st Battalion assembled at six in the morning and traveled to the new training base without their weapons.
• Jiang Yan Hai asked Old Zhang and the Kitchen Squads to prepare tofu pudding and a strange breakfast for the soldiers.
• Pan Ye reported that the battalion had assembled, and Jiang Yan Hai sent everyone to breakfast before training began.
• The soldiers were served tofu pudding, chili sauce, red sausage, and heart-shaped mantou, and Qi Xiao Tian eagerly took a bite.
• Jiang Yan Hai told Pan Ye and Zhang Qi that the red sausage looked like human intestines, making them lose their appetite.

Jiang Yan Hai began the recruits’ firearms training with a graphic demonstration of what bullets did to a human body. The chapter ended with soldiers vomiting after watching pistol shots tear through realistic medical models.

• Pan Ye, Zhang Qi, and the instructors ate breakfast despite dreading Jiang Yan Hai’s training plan.
• After breakfast, Jiang Yan Hai led the companies to the firing range and had them gather around five covered objects.
• Jiang Yan Hai explained that the objects were realistic medical models and said the recruits would see the effects of bullets on a human body.
• Fire Phoenix soldiers held the models while Jiang Yan Hai ordered a pistol demonstration, and two shots pierced the models’ foreheads.
• The graphic display made soldiers vomit, with Zhang Qi and Pan Ye among those who could not endure it.

Jiang Yan Hai put the soldiers through graphic battlefield casualty training, forcing them to endure realistic wounds and forensic instruction. He left He Lu to fetch a bowl of Pig Brain Flower for their dinner while the soldiers continued struggling with nausea.

• Jiang Yan Hai told the soldiers who had vomited to clean up and bury their mess, then ordered them to assemble.
• Jiang Yan Hai assigned Ma Dang Xian to be first for battlefield instruction from the forensic doctors.
• The soldiers cleaned up and listened as five forensic doctors explained gunshot wounds and brain structure, with some made to touch bloodied brain matter.
• Jiang Yan Hai sent He Lu to the cafeteria to bring him a bowl of Pig Brain Flower, which he said was the soldiers' dinner.
• Several soldiers dry-heaved during the instruction as Jiang Yan Hai watched them struggle to keep their composure.

Jiang Yan Hai pushed the soldiers through graphic combat training, first making them endure a staged autopsy scene and then demonstrating the devastating effects of a rifle round on a corpse prop. The soldiers were left shaken as they inspected the wound.

• He Lu and several cooks brought bowls of Pig Brain Flower, and Jiang Yan Hai ate one in front of the nauseated soldiers.
• The Forensic Doctors calmly ate their bowls while Jiang Yan Hai mocked the soldiers and told them Pig Brain Flower would be their dinner.
• Jiang Yan Hai asked the soldiers whether the training had shocked them, then ordered Ma Dang Xian and Qiao Liang to strip and hang a female corpse prop.
• Jiang Yan Hai told Ma Dang Xian to fire at the prop, and Ma Dang Xian shot it in the chest.
• Jiang Yan Hai laid the prop down so the soldiers could inspect the huge exit wound, leaving them silent and shocked by the rifle's destructive power.

Jiang Yan Hai demonstrated the destructive power of sniper rifles to First Battalion, using Ye Cunxin to shoot a mannequin from 800 meters. After rebuking Zhang Qi for questioning whether anti-materiel rifles should be used against people, Jiang Yan Hai left the soldiers facing the weapon’s devastating effects.

• Jiang Yan Hai ordered Ye Cunxin to fire an AWM at the mannequin’s head from 800 meters, shattering what remained of it.
• Jiang Yan Hai explained the effects of a real neck wound, making the soldiers and Ye Cunxin even more sickened.
• Jiang Yan Hai told Ye Cunxin to demonstrate the improved Type 10 Rifle, and Zhang Qi questioned whether large-caliber rifles should be used against people.
• Jiang Yan Hai dismissed Zhang Qi’s objection and told the soldiers that weapons on the battlefield had one purpose: killing the enemy.
• Ye Cunxin fired the improved Type 10 Rifle into the mannequin, blasting a huge hole through its chest and causing its lower body to fall from the rack.

Jiang Yan Hai made the soldiers fire at prop corpses with their new Type 19 Assault Rifles, then ordered them to collect every piece. The recruits completed the grisly exercise and returned the remains to the boxes.

• Jiang Yan Hai ordered everyone to inspect the wreckage of the prop Ye Cunxin had destroyed, then sent Ye Cunxin to lead the female soldiers in collecting their weapons.
• Jiang Yan Hai explained that each soldier would fire one bullet at a prop corpse, and the recruits lined up to receive Type 19 Assault Rifles.
• Pan Ye fired the first shot into a prop corpse, and the soldiers followed, shooting different parts of the props under their instructors’ direction.
• Jiang Yan Hai ordered Shao Bing to bring the boxes, then told each group to collect and return every piece of the prop they had shot.
• Ye Cunxin joined Ma Dang Xian and the others in gathering the remains, and the soldiers filled the boxes until only bloodstains remained on the ground.

After the Special Forces 1st Battalion buried the props representing fallen instructors, Pan Ye and the others confronted how unprepared they were for real combat. Jiang Yan Hai left them to reflect, then planned even harsher training, beginning with a disturbing lunch that sent many soldiers fleeing.

• Jiang Yan Hai led the five teams to bury the boxes and ordered them to honor the unknown instructors with numbered gravestones and a salute.
• Pan Ye, Ma Dang Xian, Qiao Dong, and Zhang Qi admitted their training had left the battalion unprepared, and Pan Ye warned the officers to leave if they let the unit down.
• Qi Xiao Tian confessed to Ye Fei that the simulated deaths had made him doubt whether he could endure actual combat, and Ye Fei reminded him that training was meant to prepare them.
• Jiang Yan Hai told Ye Cunxin to give the battalion only three hours of sleep before smoke grenades and unlimited-load cross-country running, and said he had prepared at least 500 props.
• At lunch, soldiers saw bright red Ice City Red Sausage and rushed out of the cafeteria, knowing the meal was another form of torture.

Jiang Yan Hai pushed the Special Forces 1st Battalion through relentless physical, tactical, and memory training, while Shi Jian and Wang Xue Bing debated its risks. As the battalion began to change, an urgent fighter mission arose, and Wu Di recommended Jiang Yan Hai as lead pilot because of his four combat kills.

• Jiang Yan Hai taunted the soldiers during a meal by comparing a red sausage to human intestines, while Pan Ye and the others struggled to eat.
• Shi Jian supported adopting Jiang Yan Hai's methods across the regiment, but Wang Xue Bing worried the extreme training could cause psychological harm.
• Jiang Yan Hai subjected the battalion to sleep deprivation, exhausting tactical drills, and flashbang-assisted memory and observation tests.
• After about a month, the more than three hundred soldiers of the Special Forces 1st Battalion had changed, with their training leaving them exhausted and resentful.
• Qiao Fangyuan assigned Wu Di as a wingman for a fighter attack formation, and Wu Di urged the Air Force commander to make Jiang Yan Hai the lead pilot because he had four combat kills.
• The Air Force commander agreed to consider Jiang Yan Hai but warned that bringing him to the base would take up to two hours, leaving only three hours before the mission.

Jiang Yan Hai was urgently summoned to Overlord Wolf Base to command a high-stakes operation and was sent to the mission site in a J20. He took off successfully and raced toward the destination at Mach 2, arriving within the operation’s tight time limit.

• Wu Di recommended Jiang Yan Hai to lead the operation, and the Air Force commander ordered him to report to Overlord Wolf Base immediately.
• Jiang Yan Hai told Shao Bing to continue the night training and boarded a Zhi-20 Helicopter without waiting for it to land.
• At the military airport, Zhang Mingwu confirmed Jiang Yan Hai could fly the J20 and handed him its pilot helmet.
• Jiang Yan Hai started the J20, received takeoff clearance, and launched without difficulty.
• Jiang Yan Hai received mission intelligence in flight and sped toward the destination at Mach 2, covering the 2,900-kilometer distance in just over an hour.

Jiang Yan Hai arrived at the Secret Military Base and rejected the proposed rescue plan, arguing that the intelligence about the hostages and the limits placed on the operation were unreliable. He proposed a broader operation using electronic warfare, surveillance, special forces, and long-range air strikes to destroy the SAM-6 system.

• Jiang Yan Hai reached the command center, where the Air Force chief and Qiao Fangyuan briefed him on a night mission using low-flying fighters, special forces, and a helicopter rescue unit.
• Jiang Yan Hai declared the plan unworkable, saying the hostages were unlikely to be in the missile silos and questioning the video’s credibility and whether the hostages would still be there.
• Jiang Yan Hai argued that Mabu Country had lost control of its weapons and should not restrict the scale of outside military intervention.
• Jiang Yan Hai pointed out that the terrorists’ incomplete SAM-6 system and outdated border radars posed little threat, and that the plan failed to explain how to recover the Lynx All-Terrain Vehicles.
• Jiang Yan Hai proposed using a KJ-2000 and an Electronic Warfare Aircraft to jam and deceive enemy radar, then scanning for the missile launchers and striking them with a JH-7 formation and air-to-ground missiles.

Jiang Yan Hai outlined a joint air-and-ground rescue plan, which the command approved as a live combat exercise, Operation Return of the Wild Geese. As the forces deployed, their aircraft crossed into enemy airspace under electronic warfare cover and prepared to approach the target.

• Jiang Yan Hai proposed deploying fighters, attack helicopters, a reconnaissance drone, and air defenses to support the rescue, and said he would join the ground Special Forces.
• The Air Force commander received approval for Jiang Yan Hai’s plan and ordered the units to prepare for departure in thirty minutes.
• Command launched Operation Return of the Wild Geese, linked its satellites and aircraft, and sent two J10s to escort Divine Eagle Number 1.
• Eagle Eye directed Cargo Container, carrying Jiang Yan Hai and others aboard a Yun-20, toward the combat zone as satellite data revealed an enemy missile vehicle.
• Wu Di’s Hunter Sky Squad received orders to escort Cargo Container and coordinate attacks on enemy radar and SAM-6 systems.
• Divine Eagle jammed and deceived enemy radar, allowing Cargo Container to cross the border openly as Jiang Yan Hai’s group neared its target.

Jiang Yan Hai argued that Rahman’s missile attack would accomplish nothing and condemned his turn from soldier to terrorist. After returning to base, Jiang Yan Hai received a mission reward but delayed claiming it before flying back in a J20.

• Jiang Yan Hai told Rahman that his missile would be intercepted and that his cause would end in destruction.
• Rahman’s anger faded as he recognized that launching the missile could not achieve his goals.
• Jiang Yan Hai explained that his country’s strength came from its people working together and said soldiers who crossed their principles became no different from terrorists.
• Jiang Yan Hai returned to Overlord Wolf’s military base, where the commander praised his role in preventing heavy losses and told him to resume training.
• The Red Star Auxiliary Engine announced that Jiang Yan Hai had completed the flight series mission and awarded him upgraded flight-piloting skill and increased attributes.
• Jiang Yan Hai left in a J20 but postponed claiming the physical-attribute reward because he expected the increase to cause a strong reaction.

Jiang Yan Hai learned that his body had reached the Beginner Human Limit and returned to the Special Forces 1st Battalion to plan its second training phase. He presented a dangerous battlefield exercise modeled on his simulation, including a controlled 155mm artillery bombardment.

• After claiming his mission rewards, Jiang Yan Hai received a warning that his physical condition had reached the Beginner Human Limit and learned that his body and Neural Reaction were twice the average human value.
• Jiang Yan Hai wondered whether his Brain Activity could keep increasing, then fell asleep before reaching an answer.
• The next morning, Jiang Yan Hai returned to the Special Forces 1st Battalion and gathered Tan Xiao Lin, Shao Bing, and Ye Cunxin to review the next phase’s battlefield layout.
• Jiang Yan Hai based the layout on the enemy deployment from his simulated combat file, which revealed a battlefield with only one route to escape.
• Jiang Yan Hai arranged for a 155mm Self-Propelled Howitzer battalion to provide a controlled bombardment so the soldiers could experience the artillery from a safe distance.

The author addressed accusations that the novel’s monthly ticket rankings were rigged, explaining how the votes and ranking worked and defending the readers who supported the book. The author thanked those readers and asked them to keep voting with monthly tickets.

• The author explained that doubled monthly tickets and other authors holding back had helped the novel reach second place in December.
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• The author said plot criticism was welcome but posts accusing readers of vote-rigging would be deleted.
• The author explained that they had spoken up because supporters defending the book were being insulted, then thanked readers and asked them to vote.