Chapter 27: They were like fish in water when they got their weapons. Wang Yuan, who hadn't held a gun for several days, looked at it as if he had seen an old lover again. He carefully examined the Type 85 sniper rifle that he had used for two years.

  As the Chinese special forces disappeared into the night, the Estonian Defense Forces lieutenant colonel's expression turned solemn as he said to his subordinates: "This is the first team to walk out of our control station without a single casualty. It seems that the owner of this 'Kalev Hero Award' will have to change their skin color."

  The torrential rain was pouring down, and now they had to contend not only with the foul weather but also nearly a thousand crack Estonian Defence Forces. There was no time, no place where they might not be ambushed at any moment.

  Their pace also slowed down, and the finished words slowly moved forward. The sharp sound of the rain was enough to cover their footsteps.

  Suddenly, a rustling sound came from the rope rubbing against dry leaves. Yuan Shuai only felt his left foot being pulled by something, and it was too late to pull it out. His entire body lost its balance and fell to the right, and then he was lifted into mid-air. Throughout the whole process, Yuan Shuai didn't make a single sound, which is not easy at all, because when people encounter danger suddenly, they will instinctively let out a scream. From this point, it can be seen that his psychological quality is indeed exceptional.

  If it were daytime, if not for the coordination of his comrades, perhaps this simple trap would be his "final destination". Just as Yuan Shuai was pulled into the air by the trap, the others did not panic. Instead, they immediately entered combat mode. Wang Yuanjian, Zhang Qipeng, Yang Zhongliang, and Jin Feng respectively guarded in the east, south, west, and north directions, either lying down, squatting, or kneeling. Li Nan lay on his back, vigilantly watching the direction where Yuan Shuai was hanging.

  Yuan Shuai had just cut the rope, and Wang Yuan's gun rang out. The sharp gunshot pierced the night's silence. About 30 meters southeast, a "hypothetical enemy" was "exploded in the head", and until he "died", he didn't understand how he was "exploded in the head".

  Right after that, intense gunfire erupted. It was as if time had fallen from mid-air for a few meters. Yuan Shuai felt like dozens of laser beams were brushing past him.

  "How many of them are there?" He asked as soon as he landed beside Wang Yuanshi.

  "I don't know now, maybe 50 or 60 people, it seems like we are surrounded." Wang Yuan said uncertainly.

  "What shall we do now?" Jin Feng asked, jumping over with a "back" movement.

  "These people are still not easy to deal with, one person can handle ten of them, what I'm worried about is what's coming next, it won't be good." Yuan Shuai said with some concern.

  "Why say that?" Jin Feng didn't understand what he meant.

  "Everyone save some bullets, they shouldn't take the initiative to attack." Yuan Shuai said loudly.

  Everyone looked at Yuan Shuai with suspicion.

  "This is the answer to Jin Feng's question," he said, "such a big rain and they are still hiding here, such a simple trap, and it just happens to be on our must-pass road. What does this show? This shows that they know we will pass through here. Since they knew we would pass through here, why didn't they set up some more complex traps or at least bury a few landmines, or send a few hundred people to guard here? Why are there only 50-60 people?"

  "Why? Are you saying they just found out we're passing through here, but it's too late to deploy troops, so they sent them to block our advance first, and then call in reinforcements to 'eliminate' us?" Jin Feng somewhat understood.

  "How did they know we were going to pass through here? And it's just the latest intelligence? Did those control station people who have been eliminated by us break the rules? This is too unscrupulous!" Jin Feng said angrily.

  "It's actually not a bad thing." Yuan Shuai seemed to have thought of a strategy to defeat the enemy.

  "Have you thought of another way?"

  "We came out of the control station, but in just over ten minutes they knew about it, which means they have a radio. Let's pull off a deception."

  "How to get through?"

  "These few people are easy to deal with, just ten each. Take aim and finish them off quickly." Yuan Shuai said to everyone.

  In fact, a few people are not enough to fill their gaps. The laser-induced gun at night can clearly see the light emitted by the laser emitter. As long as you shoot in the direction of the laser, you can basically hit it. So using a laser-induced gun at night without moving is no different from being a living target. In less than thirty minutes, the war was over. They found the soldier carrying the radio and pulled him aside.

  "Send a telegram to your superior, saying that the Chinese special forces have fallen into our ambush and been eliminated. Our losses are also heavy, with only 6 people left." Yuan Shuai said angrily.

  "This is against the rules. Since I'm already dead, how can I send a telegram to our superior officer?" He replied to Yuan Shuai with an air of righteousness.

  "You guys are the ones who broke the rules first, and you still have the nerve to say that." Jin Feng said, getting annoyed.

  "Alright, I'll reason with you. I'm a reasonable person." He said as he opened the blade of his knife. He took out some fishing line and then found a small grain of sand about the size of a rice grain. He tied one end of the fishing line around the grain of sand. Then he told him to open his mouth wide, and Yuan Shuai threw it into his mouth and covered it with his hand. He swallowed it with a "gulp". But the other end of the fishing line was still held by Yuan Shuai. Whenever Yuan Shuai pulled the string slightly, his throat would itch unbearably, he would cough non-stop, feel nauseous and vomit, which was more unbearable than death itself. This is one of the methods used by many special forces to extort confessions.

  At first he insisted on it, but after a while he couldn't hold on and had to follow Yuan Shuai's words.

  Then, still very calmly, he said to all the Estonian Defense Forces: "Gentlemen, since you have already withdrawn from combat and, bluntly speaking, are already dead men, then borrowing your clothes for a while shouldn't be against the rules of the game, should it?"

  They thought this wasn't against the rules, so no one opposed it. They took off a few clothes that fit their bodies and used their backpack straps to tie them to the tree. With an apologetic tone, they said: "Sorry, I'm afraid you'll go back to the control station and break the rules again, so we have to inconvenience you. You can only blame the official who broke the rules for this. Goodbye, we'll notify your rescue team when we safely leave this checkpoint."

  Then destroy their radio and continue on the road.

  Everything went as Yuan Shuai had expected, and they passed the second level smoothly. It wasn't until they informed their rescue team that they realized they had been deceived, at which point the Chinese special forces were already approaching the third level.