The scene.
After conquering the corps in the central war zone, Qin Feng led his team back to the base camp.
The subsequent arrangements were the same as before. Qin Feng, He Chenguang, and others were responsible for defense on the periphery, while Gong Jian and others were responsible for protecting Commander Kang and the Chief of Staff inside.
Thus, ten days passed, with only two days left until the end of the competition. During this time, three rankings were announced.
The Iron Fist Regiment, initially not ranked, slowly climbed into the top ten. Once in the top ten, the respective corps would have their positions announced.
During this period, some corps came knocking, but all were blocked by Qin Feng.
This also resulted in a situation where the Iron Fist's ranking gradually increased, as those who couldn't defeat them were themselves defeated.
Slowly, the Iron Fist Regiment's ranking eventually reached second place. The reason for being second was that they shared the same score as the first place, temporarily holding the second position.
As for the rankings from third place onwards, the gap with the first and second places was already significant, making it difficult to catch up.
The members of all corps were not foolish. They could clearly see that the remaining two days would be a battle between the first and second places. Those who were still alive would need to be even more vigilant, as no one wanted to be eliminated at the last moment after coming this far.
It was like embarking on the journey to the West; after enduring eighty-one tribulations, why make the last one difficult for yourself? It was enough to pass safely.
The morning of the second to last day.
At this moment, Kang Lei called Qin Feng into the command tent.
As soon as he entered the tent, Kang Lei immediately beckoned Qin Feng to sit beside him. Seeing this, Qin Feng did not refuse and sat down directly.
As soon as Qin Feng sat down, Kang Lei grabbed his hand and exclaimed, "Qin Feng, we owe this exercise to you. If it weren't for you, the Iron Fist Regiment would have been eliminated long ago. Why don't you come back?"
Hearing this, Qin Feng was somewhat at a loss. What was all this about? It was so sudden!
He thought he was called here to discuss how to win first place. Why did the topic suddenly shift like this? Besides, his goal was to become the strongest special forces soldier, and as a special forces soldier, how could he easily return?
This was not appropriate, not appropriate.
Just as Qin Feng was about to say something, an intelligence officer suddenly reported with some nervousness, "Report, there is an anomaly ahead."
"Anomaly?" Kang Lei asked with some confusion.
"It's just..." The intelligence officer didn't know how to explain and could only hand over the intelligence he was holding.
As soon as Kang Lei took the intelligence, he saw it. Good heavens, was this not an anomaly? The command post ahead was completely surrounded by a steel shell.
Imagine a turtle that has retracted into its shell. As long as it doesn't come out, you can't defeat it. This was the situation now, so what could be done?
After reading the intelligence, Kang Lei handed it directly to Qin Feng, who took it and began to read.
For corps like this, one could either infiltrate them and dismantle them from within, or a frontal assault would be impossible. After all, the corps ahead was known as the toughest in the entire military region, and their shell was indeed very hard.
Another method was to lay siege to them and engage in siege warfare. This was also easy to understand; it meant exactly what it said, to surround them so they couldn't get out, leaving them with only internal consumption until their eventual demise.
Given the current situation, infiltration was no longer possible. It was no longer the beginning of the exercise, and the opponent's defenses and resistance methods were already very skillfully employed. Attempting to infiltrate now was completely impossible.
Therefore, there was only one other way.
At this moment, Kang Lei's thoughts coincided with Qin Feng's. Both had thought of siege warfare.
Immediately, they began to discuss specific combat plans in the tent.
About half an hour later, Qin Feng walked out of the tent. As soon as he did, Qin Feng immediately summoned He Chenguang and others, preparing for battle.
At the same time, Kang Lei also had Gong Jian assemble the soldiers of the Iron Fist Regiment to assist Qin Feng and the others.
Just a quarter of an hour later, gunfire erupted in the woods, followed by the spread of smoke.
Sensing the appearance of smoke, the Steel Corps began to panic, but were quickly suppressed by some captains.
However, the rising smoke also attracted the attention of some other corps.
Most of them, however, adopted a wait-and-see attitude, not approaching. After all, with only two days left, no one wanted to be cannon fodder or add to someone else's glory.
But there are always those who don't listen, and sure enough, one corps rushed in to join the fray.
This corps was not just any other corps; it was a small corps from the central corps, the Black Lion Corps, which had survived until this late stage by playing it safe.
However, it was likely that they could only go this far.
Indeed, that's how things unfolded. The Black Lion Corps, upon seeing the smoke rise, immediately rushed over to join the excitement, hoping to snatch some spoils. After all, they had been lucky for quite some time, and their points on several occasions were obtained by picking up scraps at the end.
This time, the Black Lion Corps wanted to try their luck, but they didn't know if their luck had run out.
As soon as the leader of the Black Lion Corps arrived with his men, he saw the Steel Corps defending like a steel shell. He had fought with this corps once before but couldn't break their defenses and had to retreat in frustration.
Now, encountering them again under such favorable circumstances, and with the other side also making such a good move, he couldn't let this opportunity slip away.
Immediately, he ordered his soldiers to attack the extremely well-defended Steel Corps together.
With another corps joining the battle, the gunfire on the battlefield became intense again.
When the leader of the Steel Corps sensed that there was an attack from the rear as well, he immediately cursed Kang Lei for not fighting honorably, for resorting to sneak attacks from the rear. He considered such actions highly unethical.
He immediately contacted Kang Lei through the system.
As soon as the communication system connected, the leader of the Steel Corps directly cursed Kang Lei's face on the screen: "Kang Lei, you dishonorable fellow, you shameless dog! You were attacking well from the front, why are you playing this game of sneak attacks from the rear? Are you a sore loser?"
Kang Lei, upon connecting the video, heard such a tirade and was completely bewildered.
What was going on?
Who was a sore loser?
All my men were attacking you from the front, when did we go around to the back?
Could it be Qin Feng?