Chapter 99: Iron Warrior

  "After all, we are in a sovereign state and such infiltration is not supposed to be seen. Can't just open fire without justification. Otherwise it will be very troublesome. Those Chinese soldiers aren't easy to mess with either. Haven't you noticed they're all very young? Extremely young. About the same age as my son." Sam chuckled.

  "What about our mission?" Lei asked.

  "Let them handle their own affairs, this isn't our war, we shouldn't have gotten involved in the first place. Let those Bird Island kids deal with it, our sacrifices aren't worth it, you and I both know that our military actions are completely meaningless. The idea of Bird Island invading China again is a joke. With China's current strength, mobilizing an army of one hundred million would take just a couple of months. Unless you use nuclear weapons, no one can stop the rise of this country. Besides, going to war with China absolutely does not serve America's interests."

  "Let's keep a low profile. If you're feeling bored and want to have some fun, we can secretly help these young people out. Guide those excellent Chinese scout boys to find their real enemies... those chattering little dwarves I really dislike. It's time for the Bird Island kids to take a hit." Sam said with a smile.

  In the darkness of the tropical rainforest, a figure was hidden in the foliage, chewing on a fresh tender leaf, camouflaged in thick undergrowth, standing guard duty. The others were scattered around in defensive formation, each finding a comfortable position to rest and catch their breath, this being the tenth day of their hunt...

  For ten days, Ye Yangjian and his team abandoned all supplies and plunged into the vast tropical rainforest, tightly biting the mysterious squad in front of them. They made a full effort to seek an opportunity for a decisive battle. However, the opponent seemed unwilling to have much contact with them, relying on their excellent jungle warfare experience and extremely high tactical literacy, they always managed to let Ye Yangjian's team attack empty-handed. The closer they got, the more Ye Yangjian felt that they were like wolves biting a hedgehog, unable to find a place to start.

  Today, during the daytime advance, the vanguard sharp knives and AKs repeatedly discovered enemy-laid traps and landmines. It seems that they are getting very close to each other. Therefore, Yang Jian decided to slow down the pursuit pace, allowing his tired brothers to rest for a few days.

  "Baron, Wolf's Den calling. Requesting full team withdrawal." The guitarist, who was also the communications officer, slowly crawled to Naito's side with his gun and whispered to him. He had just received a retreat order from headquarters.

  "Is that it?" Night Yang Jian opened his tired eyes, looked up at the tree, and two small leaves floated down from the tree. Night Yang Jian nodded in satisfaction, that was Sharp Knife greeting him.

  "Veterinarian, what's your take?" Yèyáng Jiàn made a gesture and called over the deputy squad leader Veterinarian who had also woken up.

  "It's frustrating to admit, but the opponent is indeed very strong. Ten days of pursuit, and we can't see or catch up with them. We know they're right in front of us, yet we never get a chance for a decisive battle. Instead, they lead us around in circles in the forest... damn it! This feeling sucks. Being led by the nose...

  The veterinarian's hand reached up to his neck and pinched off a leech that had sucked its fill of blood. His fingers were stained with a patch of blood, which he carelessly tossed into his mouth. 'Leeches are actually pretty good medicine,' the veterinarian thought to himself."

  "Don't underestimate them, they're not having an easy time either. At first, they might have thought of playing with us, but later on, they found themselves being bitten and couldn't shake us off. These days, they sleep later than us and get up earlier than us, all in the hopes of creating some distance and getting rid of us completely. I reckon they're reaching their limits too. Hehe, these foreigners are really something...” Ye Yangjian pulled out a single-person landmine with its detonator removed, and chuckled to himself. On it was printed the letters "US".

  "Baron, what's the plan? Are we going to pursue or not? The order from above has arrived and we can't delay for too long." The guitarist also felt frustrated. Having come this far, why did the retreat order arrive at such an inopportune time? They had been pursuing for ten days, and the entire squad was seething with pent-up anger. They were itching to charge forward and engage in a fierce battle with the enemy.

  "A soldier's duty is to obey, since there are orders from above, there must be other arrangements, brothers are also tired, it's time to go back." Ye Yangjian was not that kind of stubborn person, even if they continued to chase, it didn't mean they could intercept the enemy in front immediately. The traps set by the enemy ahead were getting more and more, what if a teammate got injured, it would be a loss. Besides, military orders are like mountains, which don't allow him to think about personal heroism.

  "This time, we and the other side can be considered to have ended in a draw. Through this mission, we must recognize our own shortcomings and the gap with other top-notch teams around the world. We can't just stay in our own little world anymore. But let's put it this way, as long as they dare to continue invading our country, then no matter how far away they are, we'll meet again someday! Wake up, brothers, we're withdrawing from the battlefield now..." Night Yang Jian patted the guitarist's shoulder and instructed.

  The guitarist nodded and took his gun to quietly sneak into the dark forest of Jade Forest, each person's hiding position was only clear to themselves.

  "Baron, Baron. Bearing north, 2 o'clock direction, unidentified situation approaching me..." The sniper on the big tree to one side quickly reported through the radio transmitter to the whole team. Almost simultaneously, everyone's eyes opened...

  "Give me a detailed visual report, Snake Eyes. Provide a detailed sitrep." Night Sun Jian whispered in the grass, quietly opening the safety on his radio.

  "Our thermal imager shows signs of heat source activity at 2 o'clock north, approximately 200 meters away. The number of people is unknown, and they are moving slowly. Our imager's performance is poor, sorry we can't provide more data." A moment later, the voice of the Eyeglasses Snake came out.

  "Rapid Response Team assemble." As soon as Ye Yangjian's crisp command came, the 5 members of the rapid response team slowly crawled to his surroundings and waited for orders.

  "Big bear, tank, go to our rear, on their must-pass route, set up an ambush. How many come, how many we'll take down."

  "Daggers, vipers, nights, you have poor visibility, don't expose yourself rashly, find me a chance to take out the most important target."

  "Glazier Snake, join the firepower team, we need your vision. Note coordinated protection."

  "Raid team! Equip silencers, everyone hide and wait for them to pass by. We'll attack from behind and take them all down!" Night Yang Jian gave the order with a vicious tone in the military comms device, finally releasing the pent-up anger he had been holding back for days.

  It is...

  "Received..."

  "The glasses snake has arrived..."

  The veterinarian then led the other three members of the assault team in an ambush at the scene, preparing to execute a strong rear attack.

  Ye Yang Jian drew out the 92-style 9mm military pistol equipped with a silencer, crouching low in the half-person-high grass, eyes closed and waiting patiently. He had opened up a distance of nearly 100 meters with the assault team, and behind him were tanks and Da Xiong's traps, including single-soldier landmines and explosive devices. His mission was to take out the enemy's vanguard scouts without making a sound, although it was a prepared attack against an unprepared enemy, but whether this chess game could be played well depended on this move.

  Ye Yang Jian stood up straight and listened quietly, although it was very faint, but he could make out that there were footsteps slowly approaching.

  "Not good, there are two of them!" Ye Yang Jian cursed to himself. Experience is going to be the death of me! In his unit's training exercises, they always had one scout in front and one behind. He didn't expect the enemy to have two scouts at the same time. This made it very difficult for him to quickly kill them both without making a sound or exposing themselves by firing a shot. What kind of tactic was this? Ye Yang Jian's mind rapidly filtered through his past knowledge.

  "Damn it! Is this the work of those sons of bitches?" Suddenly, a tactical report he had read before flashed through Yang Ye's mind. His blood instantly boiled over.

  The JSS special task force of the Bird Island National Self-Defense Force is a special tactical unit that completely imitates the US "Green Berets", with a total strength of less than 600 people. It can also be considered one of the trump card troops of the Bird Island country, and its predecessor was the Bird Island country's "Kwantung Army" that invaded China and slaughtered tens of thousands of compatriots!

  "You bunch of bastards, you dare to come! I'll give up my life today, but I must make sure you have no return!" Night Yang Jian slowly retracted the handgun in his hand, pulled out the tactical knife from behind his waist, and clenched it in his mouth...

  He closed his eyes again, and in the sea of his mind, he began to replicate and estimate the movements of the enemy. Closer, closer, Night Yang Jian, lying on the grass, could even hear the sound of the opponent's clothes rubbing against each other, slightly moving his joints, he moved...

  Without hesitation, the Night Sun Jian suddenly burst out of the grass, like a black panther that had been lurking for a long time, preparing to pounce on its prey. He swiftly moved behind the enemy soldier who had already passed by his side. A dazzling silver light flashed by, and the double-bladed dragon bone tactical knife fiercely slashed across the Bird Island country soldier's throat. This scout from Bird Island didn't know what was happening, but felt a chill on his neck, followed by a hot sensation gushing out of his throat. He touched his throat in astonishment, trying to call out to his companions in terror, but found he could only make 'yi yi ya ya' sounds and couldn't speak. Finally, after seeing the bright red blood on his hands, he realized that his throat had been slit...

  As he walked, another Bird Island soldier suddenly felt that his teammate behind him was acting strangely, why wasn't he moving? He turned his head to take a look, and what he saw scared the living daylights out of him. Under the dim moonlight filtering through the tropical rainforest, his teammate's eyes were rolled back, his hands clutching at his throat, but unable to stem the flow of blood gushing out like a fountain. As he struggled to breathe in great gasps, strings of bloody foam mixed with air bubbles dripped down, 'gurgling' like a cluster of grapes...

  A crisp, clear gunshot rang out. A 9mm bullet fired from a Type 92 pistol shot out with anger, despite being equipped with a silencer, its powerful penetration still caused the soldier's head to jerk back violently, and Yeyang Jian even heard the sound of his neck vertebrae snapping due to the rapid movement. Two Bird Island soldiers fell to the ground simultaneously. Because they were too close, the enemy's brain splattered out blood, red and white matter spraying all over Yeyang Jian's face, like a god of death descending upon the world...

  Ignoring the dirt on his face, he carried two corpses, and carefully crossed over the bear trap and tank explosion set by Da Xiong. He moved the bodies another 20 meters forward, then turned around to grab one of the Bird Island soldiers' backpacks, returning to his previous hiding spot. He took out two hand grenades, removed the safety pins, and carefully used the backpack to press down on the spring-loaded catch. After finishing all this, Ye Yang Jian looked back, still feeling unsatisfied. He returned once again to the Bird Island soldier's corpse, drew out his tactical knife, and crazily cut off the heads of the two corpses. He carefully placed them on top of Da Xiong's explosion trap.