Shadows of the Deep Space
Chapter 454 - 329: Battle Begins (Five in One)_3

Chapter 454: Chapter 329: Battle Begins (Five in One)_3

Major General Vickers responded in a deep voice,

"Yes!"

Colonel Curia answered solemnly.

At that moment, Major General Vickers turned towards all the soldiers and issued an indifferent command.

"All platoon-level personnel are excused from the test. Everyone else, jog out of formation!"

Colonel Kaff, Shu’en, and the others, upon hearing Major General Vickers’s words, their expressions subtly changed.

Su Ming saw this and also showed a strange expression.

At this moment, the officers sitting around muttered under their breath with quite ugly looks on their faces,

"It’s over!"

All platoon-level personnel were, plainly speaking, either experienced soldiers with military ranks or those who had seen real combat. They were essentially the backbone of the team; removing them was like removing the spine of the entire team.

An uneasy look appeared on the faces of all the soldiers at the scene, with no platoon leader to direct them; they all seemed at a loss.

Then, Major General Vickers continued,

"Listen up, everyone, I am now opening both the entry and exit gates of the hangar. Each team will use two gates. After exiting the fortress, you need to fly to the designated location, complete target shooting, then return to the fortress, and the team with the shortest time will be considered superior!"

"Did you all get that?"

"Understood!"

"Good, I now declare the assessment has started."

As Major General Vickers’s voice fell, hundreds of thousands of soldiers at the scene swarmed toward the hangar.

The scene was chaotic, many people bumping into each other.

"Ah!"

Many platoon leaders and deputy platoon leaders, watching this chaotic scene, rubbed their foreheads with a headache.

Su Ming watched this scene with great interest. He had thought today’s test would be boring, but it turned out to be quite intriguing.

This Legion Commander was truly unconventional, not playing by the rules.

Major General Vickers spoke in a deep voice,

"Activate the projection, display the hangar!"

"Yes!"

A subordinate nearby answered respectfully.

Instantly, the image inside the hangar appeared before everyone. Groups of soldiers rushed in, some even pushing and shoving each other!

The watching platoon leaders and deputy platoon leaders looked a bit displeased.

Although it was a competition, after all, it was within one legion; unity was important.

They carefully glanced sideways at the purple-haired young woman, but the Legion Commander was wearing a mask and showed no change in expression.

Then, one by one, soldiers climbed onto the Mechas.

Swoosh!

One by one, Mechas activated, rushing towards the exit gates.

As a result, two soldiers from the twelfth squad, maneuvering Mechas, rushed towards an entry gate at the same time, and perhaps due to being too nervous or some other reason, they crashed into each other.

The leader of the twelfth squad saw this and immediately felt an itching in his teeth from irritation!

Another platoon leader nearby, barely suppressing a laugh, said,

"Ah, the soldiers from the twelfth squad crashed into each other!"

"Yes, some got damaged. Perfect entry and exit are definitely out of the question now."

...

Su Ming noticed that some soldiers from the first squad took the initiative to command,

"Don’t panic, exit in an orderly manner, one after another!"

Seeing this, Su Ming couldn’t help but inwardly praise, older brother Kaff indeed taught them well.

Then, Su Ming noticed that Shu’en and Hejassi had tense expressions, seemingly a bit nervous.

He immediately looked towards the third squad and found the troops under Hejassi’s command were quite well-ordered, with quite a few people stepping forward to take command. As for his own side, there was some slight chaos, after all, he hadn’t expected the platoon leaders would be pulled out.

But fortunately, the problem wasn’t too significant, and order was quickly restored.

Swoosh!

More and more Mechas exited the fortress, flying toward the shooting targets.

At this moment, a grid image appeared in front of Su Ming and others, displaying a space shooting range.

Numerous flying Mechas then lifted their beam guns and fired.

Zip, zip!

Beams shot out, hitting and exploding the targets.

Mechas that hit the targets immediately turned around and sped back.

Because they could use the intelligent assistance system, the shooting was quite impressive, with roughly seventy percent of the soldiers hitting their targets on the first shot.

Swoosh! Swoosh!

Inside the hangar, Mechas rushed through the entry gates.

Many Mechas began their return.

Very soon, the first squad led the way in perfectly completing the task, followed by the second squad.

As for the troops trained by Hejassi in the third squad, they also perfectly completed the task. However, the soldiers trained by Su Ming, though also completing perfectly, took too long.

This directly caused the third squad to be ranked fifth, surpassed by the eighteenth and fourth squads.

Hejassi glared at Su Ming, but he didn’t say anything. Although the soldiers trained by Su Ming were slow, they still perfectly accomplished the task.

At this moment, Colonel Curia and others nearby discussed with interest,

"The third squad actually fell to fifth place!"

"That troop trained by Su Ming was slightly lacking."

"Yes, but the eighteenth squad is really strong. Whose squad is that?"

"Major Timi!"

"Oh, it’s her! No wonder!"

...

Su Ming was unconcerned about their discussions; he hadn’t really trained much in exiting and entering anyway.

But he still glanced at Timi sitting not far away, who was very calm, showing great confidence in her soldiers.

At this moment, Hejassi took a deep breath, suddenly turned his head to look at Su Ming.

Su Ming saw Hejassi’s gaze and his lips twitched, thinking to himself, "It’s over, I’m going to get scolded."

But the next moment was unexpected for Su Ming, as Hejassi actually gave him a thumbs up.

Su Ming also smiled and nodded in response.

Soon, the other squads also successively completed the first test.