This strange feeling lasted for several minutes.

As time passed, my mind gradually became clearer and my vision became clearer.

“This is…” Mandy stared at the scene in front of her.

It should be a military camp. On the left, there are rows of armored vehicles and tanks parked neatly, and on the right, there are buildings. Looking along the stone road in the middle to the end, a large number of soldiers in camouflage uniforms are sweating in a field filled with training equipment.

The most shocking thing is above your head.

There is no azure blue sky, nor a night sky with flowing stars, but a void of pitch black. Staring at it for a long time, one can’t help but wonder if one may have come to another world, or even question whether one’s own existence is real.

“This is the base of the First Army. The Marshal has kept it secret and outsiders are prohibited from entering. It’s normal that you don’t know about this place.”

The company commander briefly explained and led them to the building complex: “There is still half a month before the battle, and you will stay in the dormitory during this time.

Except for the tallest building in the base, you are free to visit other places and borrow training equipment.

By the way, all weapons are fine to watch, but no physical contact.”

The opportunity to uncover the mystery of the First Army is right at hand, but Mandy doesn’t care. The same question keeps rising in her mind.

Since the First Army’s garrison prohibits outsiders from entering…

The captain caught a glimpse of Mandy’s violently shaking pupils and said with a smile: “Yes, the Marshal intends to recruit you into the First Army.

Of course, the prerequisite is that you successfully pass multiple rounds of rigorous assessments.”

Mandy’s conjecture was confirmed, and she couldn’t control her excitement, as if every cell in her body was cheering, and she clapped her hands to invite him to join in. He tried to calm his pounding heart and make his voice as steady as possible.

“I will never… I will never let you down, Marshal!”

Chapter 398 The Combat Strength of the First Army

Mandy led his team members to settle down at the First Army base.

The company commander arranged for a soldier to guide them to the dormitory. The dormitory conditions were very good, with eight people in one room. The decoration was not luxurious but simple and refreshing. The floor and walls were cleaned very cleanly. All living supplies were complete, and there was a row of sliding windows, although they were of no use in the “world” because there was no sun in the sky after all.

Mandy asked the company commander about this.

It was pitch black above the camp, and there were no street lights on either side of the roads inside. Where did the surrounding light come from?

Mandy noticed soon after entering that there was plenty of light in the camp, which made people wonder about the source of light.

The company commander did not answer, but just said, “You will know after you join the First Army.”

Mandy guessed that it might be a secret of the First Army. The instructor had emphasized during the recruit training that one should not ask questions that should not be asked, so she had to suppress her curiosity.

The next morning, Mandy, who was accustomed to military life, was awakened by her body’s biological clock in the early morning.

After getting up and washing, a soldier from the First Army pushed the door open and led them to the cafeteria. He told them to have all three meals there. Each meal had a fixed time, and if they were late they would have to wait for the next meal.

After breakfast, according to the normal regiment schedule, the next step should be routine morning training.

However, the commandos are outsiders and the First Army’s situation is rather special, so they can just act on their own.

Mandy immediately ran excitedly to the area where the heavy weapons were parked.

When fighting with the coalition forces, there was artillery support from the rear, and he saw with his own eyes the enemy positions being blown to pieces. The instructor also described the appearance of the launcher to him, but he had never seen what it looked like in detail.

Now that I finally have the chance, I certainly can’t miss it.

Mandy kept the company commander’s warning in mind and stood on the stone road more than ten meters away from the venue. He and his team members looked around at the rows of armored vehicles and tanks.

After watching for a while, one of the team members muttered, “Captain, is this the thing that launches artillery shells?”

“That should be the case. I heard from the instructor that the weapon that can fire artillery shells is called a tank. Didn’t the company commander say yesterday that these were all tanks?” The team member next to him responded.

“Uh, but there are two looks here, both are tanks?”

“I think so. There are two shapes, just different models. The guns we use are called rifles, don’t they also have several shapes?”

“That makes sense. I agree.”

“I still feel something is wrong. Does the captain know anything?”

The team members’ eyes turned to the captain.

Mandy didn’t care, and pinched her chin: “The company commander did say that these are tanks, but… compared to the appearance described by the instructor, there is a big difference?”

“Is that right?”

“Yes.” Mandy took a few steps closer, hoping to observe the details of the tank more closely. “The instructor said that there is a thick round tube, which is called a gun barrel.”

“Is it on here?”

“It’s different. The round tube is loaded with shells from the back. Look at the tanks. Do they have a loading port at the back?”

The team members pushed and shoved to the right to see the back of the tank turret. They were surprised to see that the armor behind the turret was a whole piece, without any gaps that indicated that some parts could be disassembled and opened.

“Captain, isn’t this a cannon launcher?”

“By the way, I’ve only seen the effect of a cannonball exploding after it hits the ground. I’ve never seen what a cannonball actually looks like.”

“Me too.”

“Me too…” The team members responded.

The captain scratched his head: “I’m not sure about this. When I was in the recruit training corps, did the instructor…”

“If you’re talking about a cannon launcher,” the company commander crossed his arms and walked slowly from the far side of the cobblestone road. When he got closer, he continued, “It is.”

“Company Commander!” Mandy and his team members saluted in military posture.

The company commander placed his right hand in front of him to signal them to put their hands down, and then explained to them:

“The Marshal adheres to the principle of confidentiality. Cutting-edge weapons will not appear in the outside world before they are deployed on a large scale, nor will they be popularized to soldiers, so it is not surprising that you feel unfamiliar with them.

As for your confusion about why the tank and the artillery launcher described by the instructor have very different appearances, let’s start from the beginning.”

The commandos quickly pricked up their ears.

Seeing them like this, the company commander’s serious face showed a rare smile, but it was rather stiff and ugly: “If you want to know this question, you must first understand the concept of artillery shells.

From the appearance, the artillery shell is just an enlarged version of the bullet. “

A team member raised his hand: “Report!”

“explain.”

“How big is it?”

The company commander put his hands in a semicircle and gestured in front of him: “155, about this size.”

Mandy opened her mouth in astonishment: “It’s thicker than my arm. No wonder the coalition forces were bombed so badly that not even a complete body could be found.”

“So I understand. The shell launchers are all in the shape of a round tube. They can be placed on a four-wheeled flatbed truck for transportation, or installed on a tank to speed up transportation.”

Mandy suddenly realized: “The kind the instructor is talking about should be a flatbed truck?”

“I just describe it like that. It’s not called a flatbed truck. Its full name is 155mm howitzer.”

“155mm howitzer cannon…” Mandy muttered for a while, then raised his hand suddenly, “Report!”

“explain.”

“Can I apply to be transferred to artillery?” Mandy was looking forward to firing a cannonball herself and feeling the vibration of the cannonball rushing out of the barrel with her skin.

In fact, he was not the only one who wanted to fire, the team members did the same, all staring at the company commander eagerly.

The captain twitched his lips and asked, “What is a soldier’s duty?”

The contents of the recruit manual that had been engraved in their minds instantly emerged in their minds, and they instinctively blurted out: “Follow orders.”

“That’s it.” The company commander seemed to have something else to do and turned and walked away.

Mandy was stunned for a moment, her shoulders slumping in disappointment.

The team members felt very sad, but they still comforted him: “It’s okay, Captain, you will definitely have the opportunity to become an artillery soldier in the future.”

Taking a deep breath to calm herself, Mandy raised her head and looked at the captain’s back as he disappeared around the corner of the intersection: “Yeah.”

The team members laughed when they saw this and quickly changed the subject: “I’m now curious about how strong the First Army is.

They have Lake’s most powerful weapons, and are also the legion that has followed the Marshal in battle for the longest time.”

“Speaking of weapons.” Mandy recalled the rifles in the hands of the guards he saw last night. “The ones used by the First Army seem to be… very different from ours.”

“Model number?”

“No, it’s a fundamental difference.”

The team member who was with Mandy last night added: “Have you ever seen a rifle with a glowing body?”

“never seen it.”

“That’s right. Last night, the captain and I watched…”

“Huh?!” Mandy emphasized.

The team member reacted and said with a wry smile: “Didn’t the First Army soldiers say it was okay?”

“That’s not OK.”

“Oh.”

Mandy interrupted the conversation with the team members, walked around the parking lot, and observed the tank from all angles. Only when they had seen enough did they go to other places in the camp.

For the next few days, they kept the same rhythm.

One morning half a month later, maybe.

Because she didn’t have a clock with her, the sky was always dark and she couldn’t tell the time by sunrise or sunset. Mandy didn’t know what time it was.

Anyway, the First Army soldiers knocked on the door to wake them up and ordered them to pack their equipment immediately.

coming soon.

Mandy understood what the company commander meant by the battle about to begin, so he quickly checked his weapons and ammunition, equipped himself with all the necessary equipment, and gathered with his teammates on the camp playground.

The First Army had already assembled. When Mandy arrived, he roughly estimated that there were about 5000 people.

He remembered that the company commander had mentioned that the First Army had a full strength of more than 10,000 men, so only half of the troops were dispatched this time.

The company commander was also a member of this operation and stood at the front of a column.

At the front of the queue, an officer with a scar running diagonally across his face stood with his hands behind his back, looking solemn.