There's not much to continue observing; staying in the observation group's camp is too "dangerous," so Han Yu volunteered to return to the sea to observe his troops to see if the combat effectiveness of the Rescue Boat Team, Civilian Soldiers Transport Battalion, and Linghai Reserve Camp could be further improved based on the actual situation.

Captain Shen, seeing his reasoning as well-founded, considered it and agreed.

Back at sea, Han Yu felt relieved and began to enjoy a "high-quality" life that was hard to come by on shore.

The crew cabin on the Big 001 was equipped with air conditioning, unlike onshore where there wasn't even a fan, making sleeping very comfortable at night. The Bin Xun not only had a complete kitchen set but also a large freezer, boasting a state-level chef, with meals better than those onshore.

During the day, he would either take the transport boat to a fishing vessel and train with soldiers alongside Li Mingsheng or help the brother Civilian Soldiers Transport Battalion participating in exercises repair their ships with the machine repair team on Big 001, or dive with the diving team to help civilian boats participating in exercises resolve issues like failing to anchor or propellers tangled in fishing nets.

In the evening, he would return to Big 001 or Bin Xun to eat and then stay on the boat.

In a blink of an eye, three days passed, and the troops ushered in the first integrated exercise.

Ma Jintao, Xiao Yu, and others were to receive orders from the Landing Craft Battalion Command, and they set off with the power boats early. Yang Jianbo couldn't pilot a boat and didn't want to stay idle on Big 001, so he joined Han Yu on Jiangyu 628, sending a small team composed of Army and Air Force to a beach landing.

No need to ask, it was obvious that the eight well-armed Army brothers, faces painted with camouflage, were surely the legendary special forces.

The brothers similarly dressed in Army camouflage but bearing Air Force rank seemed less battle-ready than the Army, yet their education level undoubtedly surpassed that of the Army. Among the four, there were a Captain, a Lieutenant, a Lieutenant (Junior Grade), and a Non-commissioned Officer, each equipped with seemingly advanced radios.

The sound of artillery rumbled, though most of the shots were blanks.

Warplanes roared overhead; two Air Force Su Liangguai had just fired some rockets and departed the battlefield when fighter bombers flew in, pouring ammunition into the targets set along the coast.

Right afterward, landing crafts charged toward the beach.

The soldiers aboard the landing crafts joined armed amphibious operations with Marine officers, starting the beach landing.

Following them closely, the Civilian Soldiers Transport Battalion surged toward the beach at full speed, halting only when the bow neared grounding.

Helicopters flew overhead, heading into the depths.

Han Yu stood at the bow, raising his binoculars for observation, clearly seeing that not many soldiers were in the first wave of landing; landing crafts and fishing boats kept a certain distance from each other, and even the soldiers executing the beach landing seemed dispersed. If not for the aircraft above, the tense atmosphere of a large-scale joint landing would be hard to feel.

At this point, the ship captain couldn't spare time to watch the excitement, under the command of a Navy Lieutenant, he charged full speed towards the beach.

The fishing boat hadn't stabilized when the leading Army Lieutenant turned over and jumped into the sea.

"Move quickly, follow me!"

"Yes!"

The officers followed suit, jumping into the water. The four Air Force brothers carried weapons and radios seemingly weighing thirty to forty kilograms trudging arduously in the waist-deep sea, covered by the Army special forces brothers.

"Captain Yang, retreat, increase throttle, retreat at maximum speed!"

"Yes!"

With the Navy Lieutenant's command, the fishing boat began reversing, belching black smoke.

The shore was dangerous; a swift evacuation was necessary.

As the boat backed out twenty to thirty meters and began to turn, Han Yu, Li Mingsheng, and Yang Jianbo simultaneously ran to the stern, continuing to observe the shore direction with binoculars.

Adjusting the focus constantly, they could clearly see the small team climb ashore, pass through slanted wood and steel-reinforced concrete triangular cones, quickly traversing approximately four hundred meters of seemingly empty beach as trained days ago, successfully disappearing into the forest.

Li Mingsheng curiously asked, "Secretary Han, what is the small team's mission, what tasks are they executing?"

Han Yu thought for a moment, put down his binoculars and replied, "I believe they are responsible for air command guiding subsequent troop airlifts and material drops. If I'm correct, there should be more than one small team like them, executing the same task. Should a war break out, they'll complete their mission despite any sacrifices!"

"Secretary Han, I asked you earlier, why did you say you didn't know?" Yang Jianbo couldn't help but ask.

"Of course, in front of them, I'd say I didn't know; knowing too much isn't good."

"Then how do you know?"

"I'm an Observer; these days I've been onshore watching their training, picking up a few clues."

"I thought they told you."

"If I were to ask, they might tell me, but that's military confidential info; it's something I shouldn't ask about, or snoop around."

Jiangyu 628 had completed its mission and had to head immediately to the anchorage to await orders, leaving the landing area to subsequent troops.

Finding nothing more of note, Li Mingsheng pulled out a cigarette, lighting it with a windproof lighter, taking a satisfying puff before pondering whether to ask, "Since it's a joint exercise, it should reflect actual combat. Isn't the first wave landing a bit small?"

"It's not too small."

Before Han Yu could respond, Yang Jianbo explained while watching the beach direction, "Crop cultivation requires density; if sown too densely, it affects the growth of crops. Judging from the Command Center's deployment, the landing area and beachhead have been fully utilized; participating boats and personnel in the first wave landing can't be more."