Chapter Summaries

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.

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• The author explained that doubled monthly tickets and other authors holding back had helped the novel reach second place in December.
• The author said the book’s recommendation votes were low because it had only been synchronized to Qidian after becoming premium, and that its QQ Reading monthly ticket data was shared.
• The author argued that buying over 30,000 monthly tickets would cost at least 200,000 and contrasted that expense with the 1.02 million words written across 465 chapters in 45 days.
• 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.

Jiang Yan Hai proposed controlled live-artillery training for the recruits, and a Senior Colonel said he could submit the plan for approval. Jiang Yan Hai also considered adapting his Illusion Simulation Combat System for VR, but concluded that realistic physical training remained impractical to simulate.

• Jiang Yan Hai explained that modified fuzes and remote detonation would keep 155 mm shells beyond a five-hundred-meter safety distance.
• A Senior Colonel questioned how Jiang Yan Hai would handle close-range preparations, and Jiang Yan Hai described his detonation plan.
• The Senior Colonel said he could submit Jiang Yan Hai’s detailed safety report for approval, though he could not guarantee it would pass.
• Jiang Yan Hai planned to demolish the woods and use the training ground to train two combat groups at a time with controlled explosions.
• Jiang Yan Hai reviewed possible VR and force-feedback systems for his Illusion Simulation Combat System, but found no practical way to reproduce realistic movement and physical feedback.

Jiang Yan Hai sent two teams of Special Forces 1st Battalion through an uninformed simulated combat exercise in which they had to escape enemy territory. After Scrawny Chick 1 Group and Scrawny Chick 2 Group landed separately, Pan Ye called for a combat briefing.

• Zhang Qi and Pan Ye discussed the grueling training and wondered what Jiang Yan Hai had planned for their exercise.
• The twenty-four soldiers assembled after breakfast and boarded a helicopter without knowing their mission.
• Jiang Yan Hai told them they had completed a mission behind enemy lines, were being hunted by a much larger force, and had to reach an extraction point five kilometers north; one person escaping would count as victory.
• Pan Ye questioned whether a lone survivor could truly claim victory, and the soldiers reflected on the graves that had accumulated at their training ground.
• Scrawny Chick 1 Group rappelled down at its landing zone, followed by Scrawny Chick 2 Group several hundred meters away.
• After Zhang Qi and the others landed, Pan Ye called for a combat briefing.

Jiang Yan Hai put Pan Ye’s rookie teams through a live-fire exercise, first eliminating most of them with grenades and then sending real 155mm shells near them. The exercise continued as the survivors scrambled under fire and a sniper picked off another soldier.

• Jiang Yan Hai caught Pan Ye’s teams gathering after landing and ordered two grenades thrown at them, eliminating eight of the twelve within twenty seconds.
• Jiang Yan Hai sent the teams back to the landing zone after they replaced their helmet adjudication devices, and Pan Ye ordered everyone to scatter and return a grenade toward the attackers’ former position.
• Jiang Yan Hai ordered the artillery crew to fire, and the first 155mm shell exploded more than five hundred meters from Pan Ye’s group.
• Pan Ye and Zhang Qi warned the others to move after a second shell detonated less than two hundred meters away, but a sniper shot one member as they stood up.
• Jiang Yan Hai ordered the exercise to continue and told the nearby firefighting crew to stay ready in case the shells started a forest fire.

Jiang Yan Hai continued the costly combat simulations, and the teams improved in the second round as they learned to stay calmer under artillery fire. As the third round began, Fan Tian Lei summoned Jiang Yan Hai to Wolf Fang because Ma Yun Fei had reappeared and a mission might require him.

• Pan Ye and the others survived forty-eight minutes in their second combat simulation, while Jiang Yan Hai decided the training would continue until higher-ups stopped it.
• Jiang Yan Hai ran daily simulations for the Special Forces 1st Battalion, and the first round exposed how badly artillery fire disrupted the teams.
• Jiang Yan Hai posted the teams' results, leaving Pan Ye and the others with the worst record as the core members were dispersed to lead other teams.
• The second round produced better results, with the teams staying calmer and inflicting casualties on the Wolf Warrior side.
• Fan Tian Lei told Jiang Yan Hai that Ma Yun Fei had reappeared and summoned him to Wolf Fang for a possible mission.
• Jiang Yan Hai briefed Shao Bing and Tan Xiao Lin on the training tasks, then left for the Wolf Fang Special Operations Base.

Jiang Yan Hai received two First Class Merit medals at Wolf Fang Special Operations Base before He Zhi Jun assigned him a mission involving a former CIA agent and an extraordinary energy-rich ore in Africa. The chapter left Jiang Yan Hai reviewing an old case whose details remained partly classified.

• He Zhi Jun and Fan Tian Lei presented Jiang Yan Hai with two First Class Merit medals for shooting down a stealth fighter and helping crack an enemy encryption system and test the J10S Azure Dragon.
• Jiang Yan Hai wondered why he had not also received a medal for discovering the Super Virus, and He Zhi Jun assured him that the proper process would handle what he was owed.
• He Zhi Jun gave Jiang Yan Hai a file about Chen Jie Ke, a CIA agent sent to Africa in 1998 as part of the Comet Plan.
• He Zhi Jun explained that the mission concerned an unusual ore capable of releasing immense energy, and that an experiment in South Africa had destroyed a power plant and damaged a city's electrical appliances.
• He Zhi Jun said China's later aid to African nations was connected to the ore, but withheld the classified history as Jiang Yan Hai studied the old case file.

Jiang Yan Hai received a solo mission to investigate Ma Yun Fei’s contact with an international organization linked to mysterious African ore. With only twenty-four hours to prepare, he learned Li Ruo Bai was heading to Beijing and rushed to meet her before deploying.

• He Zhi Jun briefed Jiang Yan Hai on Ma Yun Fei’s contact with an organization that held data about ore tests and asked him to investigate.
• Jiang Yan Hai learned the mission might also give him a chance to address his promise involving Chu Ying and Chu Tian Nan.
• He Zhi Jun told Jiang Yan Hai to find Ma Yun Fei, avoid exposing Bai San’s identity, and infiltrate the organization if possible.
• Fan Tian Lei gave Jiang Yan Hai twenty-four hours to prepare and told him Li Ruo Bai was at the provincial capital airport, bound for Beijing.
• Jiang Yan Hai hurried out in his uniform to catch Li Ruo Bai and meet her in Beijing.

Jiang Yan Hai rushed to the airport after He Zhi Jun and Fan Tian Lei arranged a delayed flight and special boarding access. He boarded in uniform and reunited with Li Ruo Bai, only to realize her father was also on the plane.

• He Zhi Jun explained to Fan Tian Lei why Jiang Yan Hai needed someone to care about, then sent Fan Tian Lei to make a call while he arranged the flight delay.
• Jiang Yan Hai drove toward the airport and learned that Li Ruo Bai's flight had been delayed by military airspace restrictions.
• An airport contact gave Jiang Yan Hai alternate identification documents and guided him through a closed checkpoint without a security inspection.
• Flight attendants escorted Jiang Yan Hai onto the plane, where the first-class passengers noticed his Army uniform and major's insignia.
• Jiang Yan Hai and Li Ruo Bai saw each other, and Jiang Yan Hai realized her father was on the flight.

Jiang Yan Hai reunited with Li Ruo Bai on her flight to the capital, then joined her for dinner at Quanjude while Li Yun Feng continued to his business appointment. The chapter ended as Jiang Yan Hai and Li Ruo Bai arrived at the restaurant and were led to their private room.

• Jiang Yan Hai greeted Li Yun Feng aboard the plane, then took a seat beside Li Ruo Bai.
• Li Ruo Bai moved to Jiang Yan Hai's seat, and they quietly planned to eat Peking Duck together in the capital.
• After landing, Li Ruo Bai told Li Yun Feng she would go to dinner with Jiang Yan Hai, and Li Yun Feng advised Jiang Yan Hai to stay safe.
• Li Yun Feng arranged a car for Jiang Yan Hai and Li Ruo Bai, who held hands and leaned together during the drive.
• Jiang Yan Hai and Li Ruo Bai arrived at Quanjude in Qianmen, where a waiter escorted them to their private room.

Li Ruo Bai accepted more medals from Jiang Yan Hai and discussed preparing to help manage her father’s microelectronics research institute. Meanwhile, Jiang Yan Hai traveled undercover toward the Golden Triangle Special Zone, where he began hacking nearby telecommunications servers.

• Li Ruo Bai told Li Yun Feng that Jiang Yan Hai had visited before leaving on a mission, and Li Yun Feng advised her to prepare for the difficulties of their relationship and travel abroad less.
• Li Ruo Bai showed Li Yun Feng the First Class Hero Model Medal and six First Class Merits Jiang Yan Hai had given her.
• Li Yun Feng described the country’s lithography research and equipment challenges, and Li Ruo Bai offered to learn about and help manage the research institute.
• Jiang Yan Hai flew to Bangkok under the disguised identity Jiang Xiao and continued toward the Golden Triangle Special Zone with an unnamed contact.
• Jiang Yan Hai rode in a battered minivan and used his Electronic Warfare Program to hack nearby telecommunications providers’ servers.

Jiang Yan Hai arrived in the Golden Triangle Special Zone and used Er Dan to search surveillance footage for Ma Yun Fei while tracking down Chu Ying. He located Chu Ying at a nearby hotel but had not yet found Ma Yun Fei.

• Jiang Yan Hai infiltrated local mobile networks and surveillance cameras as he entered the Golden Triangle Special Zone.
• He checked his hotel room for danger, then had Er Dan analyze footage through the night while he trained in the Illusion Simulation Combat System.
• Er Dan narrowed Ma Yun Fei's recent location to the Myanmar section of the Special Zone, so Jiang Yan Hai disguised himself and set out to find him.
• Jiang Yan Hai went to a place where he expected Ma Yun Fei's associates to appear and waited for them.
• Jiang Yan Hai learned that Chu Ying was staying at a nearby hotel with two people who were likely former subordinates of her father.