Soon, the bus drove into a military base.
The people here were busy, with worried expressions on their faces.
Five similar buses were already parked in the parking lot, and more buses were slowly entering the military base from the entrance.
"We've arrived. Get off the bus and collect your uniforms. Someone will guide you!"
The officer in charge of recruitment waved his hand, signaling everyone to get off.
Sherry was the first to jump off the bus.
The others filed out, collected their uniforms, bedding, and other items at the designated spot.
Sherry and the female soldiers were in one tent, while the male soldiers were in the tent next door.
From the adjacent tent, shouts and sounds of fighting and strength contests could be heard.
It was much quieter in the female soldiers' tent, with some of them curled up on their beds, tears streaming down their faces.
Sherry disliked weak crybabies and walked out of the tent, feeling annoyed. She stretched at the entrance, showcasing her voluptuous figure.
"Quick, put your hands down!"
A female soldier suddenly appeared behind her and whispered a reminder.
"Huh?"
Sherry turned around to see a blonde girl with blue eyes and fair skin.
While she couldn't compare to peerless beauties like Angelina, nor the stunners around Zhang Chen, her looks were definitely a flower in the military camp.
"My name is Lisa, I'm also a recruit. Don't misunderstand, I mean no harm!"
"You look like you're from out of town!"
Lisa asked, looking at Sherry's black hair and dark eyes.
"Um... you could say that. But aren't they recruiting mercenaries? It seems like they don't have any requirements about where people are from!"
Sherry emphasized.
"That's right, there are no requirements, but this is a military camp, and these soldiers are not good people."
"And the officers here are very snobbish. As long as you can fight and earn military merit, they'll turn a blind eye to other things."
"We female soldiers dare not go out, for fear of something happening."
"But you, you've come to the camp entrance to show off your figure. With your beautiful face and this hot body..."
"Even I find it tempting, let alone those wolfish male soldiers. Be careful, they might rush in tonight and do something indecent to you!"
Lisa pulled Sherry into the tent and whispered her advice.
"Ha, do something indecent to me? I'm afraid their fingers won't even touch me before they're dead!"
Sherry smiled indifferently.
However, she also understood why the girls in the tent were crying. They had probably heard these terrifying rumors.
"You... you signed up voluntarily?"
Seeing Sherry's confidence in her own strength, Lisa was taken aback and asked.
"Yes, of course, you sign up voluntarily for recruitment!"
Sherry replied, looking bewildered.
"That means you're capable. We're not. We're just ordinary people whose families have no money."
"I'm doing this to support my brother's education. See that girl over there? She's doing it to pay for her mother's surgery."
"The one at the very back is the most tragic. It's said she was tied up by her father and two brothers. To be blunt, they're treating her as a cash cow."
"But this military is accepting anyone, even female soldiers with no combat experience. I think there's definitely something wrong here!"
Lisa whispered her analysis.
Just as they were chatting, an officer walked in and said with a cold face:
"Your unit is Special Task Force Fifteen. Tonight, you will carry out a secret infiltration mission. The objective is to capture enemy Forward Outpost Fifteen."
"A transport plane will take you to the front lines shortly. Good luck!"
The officer turned to leave, but Sherry called him back.
"I have a question. Will there be any bonus if the mission is successful?"
The officer turned and looked at Sherry.
This young girl was only in her early twenties, pretty and delicate, with clean and fair skin. She clearly wasn't an old soldier weathered by wind and sun, so he looked down on her a bit and said:
"Yes, of course, there is. For every enemy killed, you can exchange their dog tags for 10,000 yuan."
"If the mission is completed, you'll also be rewarded with 50,000 yuan, but of course... that's assuming you can make it back alive!"
Hearing this, Sherry didn't get angry. Instead, she smiled and started calculating.
10,000 yuan for killing one enemy. If she killed a hundred, that would be a million!
Killing a thousand would be ten million, which was a huge sum of money!
She just didn't know how many enemies there were. It would be great if there were tens of thousands. If so, she'd be rich...
Sherry calculated with sparkling eyes.
If she gave such a large sum of money to her master, her master would surely praise her!
Yes, she had made a happy decision!
She must give her master a big surprise!
"Don't be too optimistic. Do you think the enemies on the battlefield stick their necks out for you to shoot?"
"We'll blend in with the main force then. Don't charge forward. If we can just get through this month, we'll get 200,000!"
Lisa reminded her.
In her opinion, an optimistic person like Sherry would likely be cannon fodder on the battlefield.
Soon, the troops began to assemble.
Transport planes were ready for departure.
Sherry was assigned to transport plane number fifteen, and Lisa was assigned to transport plane number sixteen.
Shortly thereafter, the planes took off, flying towards the smoke-filled battlefield.
It was Sherry's first time participating in a modern war. Sitting in the roaring engine of the aircraft, she looked out through the small window.
The clouds drifted slowly beneath the plane, giving her a feeling of flying on a cloud.
This reminded Sherry of Zhang Chen. She had flown embraced by him before, and that sweet feeling was still unforgettable.
However, the other soldiers in the cabin clearly did not share Sherry's cheerful mood.
They all had grim faces, or were lost in thought, or were praying quietly.
They weren't hoping to return alive... but to land safely.
After all, the enemy wasn't stupid. They wouldn't have failed to detect so many transport planes and just watch them reinforce the front lines without doing anything.
As expected, as soon as the plane approached the front line.
Explosions sounded from the sky!
Then, they heard the pilot's tense communication with the ground.
The gist of it seemed to be that our positions had been breached, and the airport had been captured.
The plane shook violently due to the turbulence.
The next second, a shell exploded inside the cabin. The entire transport plane, spewing thick smoke, nosedived towards the ground and then exploded again.
Boom!
As the transport plane crashed, Sherry landed steadily on the ground.
The immense impact carved a large pit in the ground.
"Phew, that was close. I almost got burned by my clothes. Luckily, I reacted quickly!"
Sherry patted the dust off her clothes and realized that a large section of the sleeve on her left arm was scorched.