Chapter 40: Hero (4)

  Li Yifan stood up, threw a hand grenade to the opposite side, and before he could dodge, a red smoke burst out from his body. He knew he was "hanged". Then he threw away his gun and leaned against the tree trunk.

  "Your grandfather's, thinking it's just your good marksmanship."

  He hadn't finished cursing when a man in a Ghillie suit suddenly stood up from the pile of leaves, less than ten meters away, startling him. If he wasn't quite experienced, he would have thought it was a ghost. The man was holding a 95 rifle with a silencer on the barrel, and only then did he remember that he was the one who had been taken out by this person.

  "Hey fatty, remember to lose weight, or else you'll be an easy target once your figure gets bigger." The soldier with a camouflage-painted face said as he walked by.

  "You're the one who's gained weight, I'm only 175cm and 106 pounds, how can you say I'm fat?" Li Yifan emphasized.

  It wasn't until then that he realized the guy had passed by his side without making a sound, and a murderous aura made him involuntarily break out in goosebumps. And his military uniform seemed to be different from his own.

  "What a ghost?" Li Yifan thought: "Impossible, it's impossible to see ghosts in broad daylight."

  Xiao Lie heard a burst of gunfire behind him and immediately crawled into the bushes, where he saw that his own army was being ambushed.

  Wei Qidong couldn't believe his eyes as he saw himself and the people around him enveloped in a red smoke, which represented "annihilation". The red smoke officially announced that he and his team had been eliminated from the exercise. From the start of the exercise until now, it seemed like they hadn't even seen any war scenes, let alone enemies. And yet, without any warning signs, they were completely wiped out.

  "Come down." The two fully armed soldiers came to the driver's door and said, "You are all dead now, you don't need these vehicles anymore, we're requisitioning them, hope you cooperate."

  Wei Qidong glanced at Tang Fei and then both of them jumped down from the driver's cab.

  "Excuse me, which part are you from?" Wei Qidong asked reluctantly.

  "Some things are better left unasked," a soldier said.

  There was no military rank on him, nor any insignia of the troops. The only thing that could be confirmed was that a blue army label was stuck to his chest.

  After seeing the other party drive away, Wei Qidong slammed his helmet to the ground, losing face not only because he was hung up but also because he lost his equipment now, and it's estimated that he will be laughed at for a long time when he goes back.

  "Class Monitor." Xiao Lie said: "I'll go find the car back."

  Wei Qidong saw Xiao Lie, who had just gone to fetch water and escaped disaster. He felt a little better in his heart, but immediately thought that the war zone was so vast, it would be strange if he could find him.

  "We've lost many comrades. Now our squad is left with just you, make your own decision. This is war." Wei Qidong originally intended to not let him go, but somehow changed his mind and said instead.

  Xiao Lie glanced at Wei Qidong, Tang Fei, Gao Yuanshan and several others, but didn't say a word. He shouldered his own rifle and ran towards the direction where the enemy had retreated.

  "Monitor, is Xiao Lie okay?" Gu Yu asked worriedly.

  "What's the worst that could happen? If we get killed, we'll just return to the gathering point. That's war for you, never knowing what will happen in the next second."

  "He won't be in danger, will he?"

  "Danger? Of course there is! Five minutes ago there was nothing here, now there are seven martyrs."

  Wu Minghui is now feeling very uncomfortable, and at the forefront of the battlefield, there was no sign of the enemy. This war zone includes forests, mountains, deserts, and Gobi, but the enemy seems to be like a ghost, appearing and disappearing suddenly. Before finding the opponent, they had already lost a row. When reinforcements arrived, everyone searched the forest thoroughly but still couldn't find any trace of the enemy.

  "How will they disappear?" Zhang Mo asked.

  "Just now we received a report that our logistics troops were attacked, and an hour later, the radar station ten kilometers away from us was destroyed. I think they are in cahoots." Wu Minghui said.

  "Why so fast?"

  "They've stolen our vehicle. Now you're in charge of the woods, where they can get camouflage, but on the Gobi Desert, I'll see how they hide." Wu Minghui gave the order.

  "Now where are we going?" Liu Ye asked.

  "I don't know, it seems like they went to the Gobi Desert. Now the woods are full of our people, if they're not here, then they must be outside. This time we'll block them and give them a good beating." A soldier said.

  "It's not necessarily so, who knows who will beat whom at that time." Yang Xian said while wiping his gun.

  "What did you say?" The soldier obviously didn't like hearing this.

  "I've observed them, their movements are very fast, often hit-and-run and change locations quickly. Sometimes I haven't even locked onto them yet and they're already gone. And their marksmanship is excellent, as soon as our people show a bit of themselves, they can hit us. When we form a strong firepower, they immediately retreat. Their tactics are different from ours." Yang Xian said.

  "When did AC travel become so powerful? Did it really get this strong after being remade?" an old soldier said.

  "They seem to have better equipment than us, and their camouflage is also different." Yang Xian said.

  "This is news, I have to report it to the top." Zhao Zhuangjie said.

  Wu Minghui received this news and thought for a moment before saying: "Have we encountered T5?"

  "T5, what's T5?" Zhao Zhuangjie asked.

  "Claimed to be the special forces among the special forces, a devilish team composed entirely of professional military officers." Wu Minghui said: "Before the exercise, the division had asked each department to guard against them."

  "Are they that formidable?"

  "Surprise attacks, infiltration and beheadings are their specialties. But what about special forces? I don't believe they have nine lives. Pass the word down to pay extra attention."

  Wu Minghui felt a mix of excitement and concern when he knew that the special forces had become his opponents. In previous large-scale military exercises, because of the participation of the special forces, the opposing side's military leaders were beheaded without exception.

  When Wu Minghui determined his idea, he immediately reported it to the team leader Xia Tianyu. Since their reconnaissance company was directly under Xia Tianyu's command, he could notify the headquarters at the first time.

  "Enemy attack!"

  When the alarm sounded, the truck stopped abruptly, and the soldiers quickly jumped off with their guns and took cover behind the vehicle, aiming at the front. For a moment, everyone felt like they were facing a formidable enemy, and the soldiers had been frustrated for days after being beaten by the Blue Army, and they had been holding back their anger.

  Xiao Lie heard the sound of a car behind him, and before he could hide, the other party had already discovered him. Seeing the vast Gobi Desert, not even a decent rock could be found. When the other party discovered him, they immediately surrounded him with a large encirclement. Even if Xiao Lie was skilled now, he couldn't withstand dozens of guns aimed at him. However, he soon discovered that the armband on the opponent's arm was not blue, and then he shouted: "It's our own people."

  "What's going on?" Wu Minghui saw that the other side was somewhat excited and shouted to his own side: "Are you one of us? You guys go take a look, be careful it might be a trick."

  Three soldiers walked towards Xiao Lie, one in front and two behind. Yang Xian, who was responsible for covering them, locked onto the target immediately and saw Xiao Lie's familiar face through his scope. He said, "Company Commander, I know him, he's from the repair squad and was with the artillery regiment just a few days ago."

  "What's going on?" Wu Minghui saw Xiao Lie and asked: "What are you doing here?"

  "Report to the company commander, our squad encountered an ambush and I'm the only one left. The company commander said they've all fallen, so I took matters into my own hands and came out on my own. I want to find them and avenge our squad." Xiao Lie felt a little happy seeing his former new recruit company commander, at least he had met someone familiar. Of course, he also didn't have the nerve to say that at the time he hadn't asked anything and just ran out, only to get lost after turning around for half a day.

  "It's okay, you little guy didn't run into the Blue Army. Follow us, Second Squad Leader, he'll follow you, and after the exercise is over, send him back."

  "Yes!" Zhao Zhuangjie said.

  "Squad leader." Xiao Lie saw his former squad leader and felt quite happy inside.

  "You little scamp, lucky you ran into us, get in the car."

  "Hey, Xiao Lie, you alone just got us all mobilized!" Liu Ye said.

  Xiao Lie was delighted to see Liu Ye, and he couldn't believe that one day they would still have a common enemy to fight against; it's just that Li Yi Fan had left a bit too early.

  A mobile command center.

  "Commander, five minutes ago our No. 1 command center was attacked by the enemy and completely annihilated," reported the staff officer.

  Ouyang Yuanye looked at the map and said, "Our No. 1 command center is a decoy, just to attract their attention, but unexpectedly, they infiltrated through an army's position, silently infiltrating into the command center. It seems that A Corps has become more and more capable over the years."

  "Isn't A Lai a student of yours? As his teacher, you should know him well." said the staff officer.

  "I used to know him well, it's been six years since then. At that time, I was the commander and he was one of my regimental commanders. This kid is just like Xia Tianyu from our regiment, a rare talent. His regiment was the top one in our division back then. Later, he went abroad for further study for two years, and during those two years, I left C Division. It's been six years since we last met, I didn't expect this kid to give me such a big gift on our reunion." said Ouyang Yuanye.

  "Notify and execute Plan No. 5. Announce to the outside world that Commander A has died in battle, and command is now transferred to Chief of Staff Su Rongquan."

  "Yes."