Having this thought, Ye Jian felt a lot more cold. When the time came, there was not much leisure time to think about her fears, and she would have to plan to escape troubles.
After adjusting herself psychologically, Ye Jian gradually calmed down.
Li Jinnian didn’t take this matter seriously. She was not the only one who was afraid of the dog. If she were bitten by a dog when she was a child, she would certainly still be a little bit afraid of dogs when she grew up.
Sea Anemone back then was so afraid, but it took him only half a day to get over it.
When Ye Jian first entered the Storm Commando training, she had passed the high CO2 test. If she could pass such a tormented test, there wouldn’t be any difficulty for her in overcoming her fear of dogs.
During their three-hour motorized break, Li Jinnian looked for Xia Jinyuan to discuss the matter. What surprised him was that Xia Jinyuan didn’t even know about the matter, “You didn’t know that she is afraid of dogs? You never noticed it before?”
This was the first time Xia Jinyuan heard about it; he frowned slightly, and replied certainly, “No, I have never heard her talking about it.” It was unlikely because Uncle Gen had raised a Tibetan mastiff dog. She was not even afraid of that big dog; how could she be afraid of military dogs?
“I’ll take note.” Li Jinnian stopped further asking when he received such a reply from Xia Jinyuan. Anyway, he came over to ask him what was the reason for Ye Jian being afraid of dogs.
Xia Jinyuan glanced around and saw Ye Jian being busy, so he asked, “How did she react when she saw the training plan? Was it a strong reaction?”
“I didn’t notice any reaction. She read the entire training plan and then mentioned that she is afraid of dogs. I will keep an eye on her.” Their break time was only left with 10 minutes now, so after discussing a bit about their training, Li Jinnian led his team to the vehicle.
Ye Jian stayed in the same vehicle with him. Along their journey to their destination, she never mentioned that she was afraid of dogs at all.
It was a six-hour maneuver to the destination: the Gurbantunggut Desert in northern Xinjiang, surrounded by high mountains and blocked terrain. The military had chosen to let the two teams complete their training here mainly due to the topography. There were mountains, hills, alluvial gravel Gobi, and sandy deserts.
The two teams first completed training in the Gobi and then entered the desert to complete the entire training.
They set off at 5:30 in the morning and took a 20 minutes rest. The armored vehicles arrived on time at 10:30 a.m. The two confident teams jumped off the vehicle and quickly assembled. The leaders of the four groups led the teams into the Gobi, respectively.
Without a compass, they only had a satellite locator, which was convenient for the helicopter to quickly provide support if any team member had an accident midway.
“One group will search for a route first, see what’s waiting for us. Another group will secretly cover for the first group; the remaining two groups will advance the surroundings.” Xia Jinyuan was in charge of two teams. The two teams did not immediately enter the Gobi. They waited for his arrangements and deployment, “All the military dogs are best-selected dogs from the military, each is in charge of a unique person. They are only responsible for tracking and searching. As for what will happen if we are caught, the military department always likes to be mysterious, so I also don’t know.”
“So, brothers, stay close. Don’t walk alone. Dogs have a strong sense of smell and hearing, specially trained military dogs. Although they won’t bite us, they will definitely strain our physical strength.”
Entering the desert training was originally meant to strengthen their combat strength and operations. The military department would certainly not arrange for military dogs just to chase after them. They must have certain cards up their sleeves.
