Xia Chujian and the others only rested for fifteen minutes in the dormitory before coming out to assemble again.
It was only seven o'clock in the morning at this time.
Pei Zijing is the chief instructor of this flight special training base.
When it was time to assemble at seven o'clock, it wasn't just the female trainees, but also the male trainees. In general, all trainees had to assemble.
This time, the assembly point was no longer the open space in front of the dormitory building, but the training ground outside the protection circle of the main building complex.
This place was too big. After Xia Chujian came out, she saw a high pentagonal platform on the east side of the wide basin. There was a flagpole on the platform, and it looked like someone would raise the flag every day.
Everyone lined up in neat rows in front of the pentagonal platform, looking up at the high platform in front.
Pei Zijing walked up, looked at the dense crowd under the high platform, and said in a deep voice: "Hello everyone, I am Pei Zijing, the chief instructor of the Kanli Star Galuo City Flight Training Base."
"Kanli Star Galuo City Flight Training Base is the most high-end, most advanced, and most important Interstellar Fleet flight training base in the entire Beichen Empire. Those who come here for training are all Second Lieutenants or higher in the Interstellar Fleet. Ordinary soldiers, Sergeants and Sergeant Majors, as well as the star region guards, are not qualified to come here for special training at all."
"You are the most elite force in the Beichen Empire, so you must show me the ability to match your identity and rank!"
"Starting today, there will be a total of eight weeks."
"The training program includes three types of Ground Fighters: Harrier-type, Owl-type, and Eagle-type Warplanes. Three types of Starry Sky Fighters, including Thunder-class, Aurora-class, and Ghost-Class."
"Personnel with excellent performance in Ground Fighter and Starry Sky Fighter training will be selected to participate in a special military operation."
"Listen up, not everyone can participate in this special military operation. Only the top twenty in this training are qualified to participate!"
"The ranking will be based on the total score ranking of the three subjects: theoretical assessment, operational assessment, and combat assessment of Ground Fighters and Starry Sky Fighters."
"It should be pointed out that in the combat assessment, all of you will participate in real combat!"
"Remember, you are participating in real combat! Not a drill, let alone a field battle. There is no room for luck!"
"Real combat will involve bloodshed! There will be sacrifices! The attrition rate for this special training will be 30%!"
"In other words, of you two hundred people, by the end of this special training, the survival rate will be at most 70%!"
"Did you hear that?!"
The students below shouted in unison: "Report, Instructor, we heard you!"
The sound was loud, echoing throughout the valley, startling birds in the forest, which fluttered away.
Xia Chujian was shocked.
She never thought that special training would also have an attrition rate!
Isn't it just training?
Why would 30% of the people die?!
Two hundred people, that means at least sixty people will die?! That percentage is too high...
This was something she had never thought of, and she had no mental preparation at all.
She began to denounce Meng Guanghui in her heart for being inhuman! He only knew how to eat for sixteen hours on the Interstellar Spaceship, and didn't say any of this important information!
Then pei zijing said:"The first two weeks are special training at the base,Breakfast time is from 4:00 to 5:00 every morning,五点半到七点半,是体能训练时间,室内室外交替进行."
"From eight to ten o'clock, study Warplane theoretical knowledge."
"From ten to twelve o'clock, and from one to five o'clock, it's all on-machine training."
"One hour for lunch and lunch break at noon."
"Dinner time is from 5:00 PM to 5:30 PM, and online classes are from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM. Professors from the military university will give everyone theoretical lessons."
"From 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM is free time, and after 9:00 PM, the lights are turned off and the internet is disconnected until 4:00 AM the next day."
"There are no weekends, no holidays, and no leave during these two weeks."
"In the following six weeks, you can ask for one day off every three weeks, for a total of two days off."
"To ask for leave, you must submit an application on the base's intranet three days in advance, and you can only take leave after obtaining approval."
"There are six assessments in total. They are the theoretical assessment, on-machine operation, and actual combat performance of Ground Fighters and Starry Sky Fighters. The total score of these six assessments determines whether everyone has the opportunity to participate in special military operations."
"Remember..." Pei Zijing finally glanced at them and said loudly: "Trainees who have the opportunity to participate in this special military operation, as long as they can come back alive, their rank will be directly promoted to Colonel-Ranked Officer!"
The trainees below immediately gasped, their eyes lighting up.
They were all Lieutenant-Ranked Officers, mostly Second Lieutenants, a few First Lieutenants, and a very small number of Captains.
If they really were directly promoted to Colonel-Ranked Officer, it meant that Captains would directly become Colonels, First Lieutenants would become Lieutenant Colonels, and Second Lieutenants would become Majors! Nowadays, the awarding of military ranks in the Interstellar Fleet is different from before, it all depends on combat merits.
And the military merits needed to be promoted from a Lieutenant-Ranked Officer to a Colonel-Ranked Officer were truly extraordinary.
It could be said that ninety percent of Lieutenant-Ranked Officers would be stuck at the Lieutenant level for the rest of their lives.
But now, this Chief Instructor was telling them that there was an opportunity, as long as they participated and returned alive, they could be directly promoted to Colonel-Ranked Officer!
This was a leap in social class!
Mao Yonggui, Sang Yadi, and Chu Qingjuan exchanged glances, practically itching to get started, muttering, "Really? Really? Is it possible?!"
They seemed very surprised.
Xia Chujian didn't understand why they were so excited and quietly asked, "...Didn't you know about this benefit before?"
She thought this was a standard benefit, something that happened after each Flight Training Base training session.
But Mao Yonggui whispered, "Of course not! It wasn't this good before! When I came, I asked the old trainees who had participated in the special training before, and they only got a raise in salary when they went back, and their military ranks weren't promoted at all!"
Chu Qingjuan also said, "This is a unique benefit for this session! A rare opportunity! Once in a lifetime!"
As if annotating their words, and because of Pei Zijing's last sentence, the buzzing in the ranks below grew louder. Pei Zijing also said from above, "Everyone doesn't need to question it, what I said has already been posted on the base's official website. Just because there weren't such benefits before doesn't mean there aren't now."
"Each session has its own opportunities and challenges!"
"The greater the challenge, the greater the opportunity!"
"The reason why previous sessions didn't have the opportunity for direct promotion is because they didn't encounter the challenges you will face!"
"The survival rate of previous sessions was 99%! But for your session, the survival rate will be at most 70%!"
"So don't think the opportunity is rare, first weigh your own worth!"
"If you regret it now, there's still time. You can go to Vice Instructor Chen now to register and give up this special training. Our base can let you go, and you won't be treated as deserters."
"The three trainees who were expelled by me earlier have already been treated as deserters. They can no longer return to their previous Interstellar Fleets."
"I hope you all encourage each other!"
Xia Chujian: "..."
This Instructor Pei had punished four people for being late this morning, and three of them had easily gone to complete the procedures, acting as if they "just didn't want to participate in the special training." So they were already "deserters."
Although she wasn't from the front-line troops, she also knew that once the words "deserter" were entered into their records, they could forget about working in the Military system in the future.
Those three people seemed to have good backgrounds, they should be regretting it immensely now...
Xia Chujian also thought of that Lin Xiaoxiao, feeling that this was truly fate.
She had unintentionally saved Lin Xiaoxiao's career, which could be considered a good deed for the day.
But this attrition rate, this survival rate, was still a bit frightening to her.
Xia Chujian quietly asked Chu Qingjuan, "...With only a 70% survival rate, have you ever thought that you might not survive..."
Unexpectedly, Chu Qingjuan said, "It doesn't matter if we don't survive. Do you think we can always survive in the Interstellar Fleet? Our Fifth Interstellar Fleet has always been a front-line force fighting against external enemies. Every time we attack, the attrition rate is 30%. The fact that the three of us are alive has already proven our abilities."
"The attrition rate that Chief Instructor Pei mentioned is actually very normal. It just means that the battle we will participate in is a real battle, not an exercise disguised as a 'battle'!"
Sang Yadi also nodded, stuttering, "My...my...my squadron's attrition rate is even as high as 50% every time we attack!"
So for these true front-line Starry Sky Force soldiers, a 70% survival rate was just a normal state, not worth mentioning at all! Xia Chujian frowned and said in a low voice, "But why did Chief Instructor Pei say that the challenges we face this time are greater... That's why he's giving such good conditions..."
Chu Qingjuan didn't think so and said, "Maybe because the dangers faced by previous sessions were lower... Think about it and you'll understand. This is just training, and even if we participate in battles, we wouldn't go to those truly dangerous battlefields."
"But this session, they probably want to do something different and will have us participate in truly dangerous battles!"
"This might be really difficult for other Interstellar Fleets, but for our Fifth Interstellar Fleet, it's just a daily task!"
Mao Yonggui then chuckled and said, "It's normal for Chujian to be uneasy. The Fourth Interstellar Fleet she's in is almost a retirement home... In the past ten years, other than transporting supplies to a battlefield once, they really haven't seen what a real battlefield is like..."
Xia Chujian's heart stirred, and she immediately added a "passionate" persona to herself, excitedly saying, "I am the only special training member of the Fourth Interstellar Fleet! I will definitely not disgrace my unit! You Fifth Interstellar Fleet guys, don't be too smug! I will defeat you!"
Xia Chujian maintained an excited expression on the surface, but in her heart, she was calmly thinking about finding an opportunity to ask Meng Guanghui what her military rank was in the Special Security Bureau...
If she were just a soldier or a sergeant, if she could get excellent grades in all her courses, wouldn't she be a major when she got back?! In the blink of an eye, Xia Chujian had already imagined the beautiful prospect of herself wearing a military uniform with the rank of major, returning to the manor in Mulan City, and being surrounded by a large group of relatives and friends who envied her...
She doesn't really understand what the ranks of the Beichen Empire represent.
For her, it's just a tool to show off and brag.
But all the other students know the huge difference between Colonel-Ranked Officer and First Lieutenant-Ranked Officer! Whether in terms of treatment, status, or resources, only by being promoted to Colonel-Ranked Officer can one truly gain a foothold in the Interstellar Fleet of the Beichen Empire.
Otherwise, even a Captain is bound to be suppressed at will, and dismissed at any time to make way for others.
Mao Yonggui, Sang Yadi, and Chu Qingjuan exchanged glances, and all saw the burning fighting spirit in each other's eyes.
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