Chapter 66: Guessing
"War Dragon?" The general was taken aback for a moment. Dragons were the symbol of the Huaxia Empire, and in Great Britain, almost no one dared to use a codename with dragons, but Xuming didn't know that.
The general was slightly surprised, but didn't say anything. Xu Ming is a Huaxia person, he has the qualification to bring dragons, and it's not certain whether he can survive or not, so it won't bring him any trouble anyway.
"War Dragon, a pretty good codename. This is your captain, War Dragon. Report to your captain."
The three stood at attention and saluted, with Xiao Cheng taking the lead. "Reporting for duty, sir," he said. "Xiao Cheng, junior lieutenant, medical officer, skilled in surgical treatment and battlefield first aid. Equipped with M4A1 assault rifle, accuracy rate above 80% within 300 meters. Participated in three battles, two involving 500 troops and one involving 1000 troops. Requesting to return to the team, awaiting instructions."
"Return to formation." Xu Ming gave a military salute, and Little Orange stood at one side of the team.
"Reporting for duty, sir. Wing Wolf, Second Lieutenant, professional shock trooper, skilled in assault warfare. Equipped with M1A1 carbine, achieving a hit rate of 75% or higher at 300 meters. Participated in 16 battles, including four large-scale operations. Requesting to return to the team, awaiting orders."
Good fellow! Having participated in sixteen battles, what a concept? A real-life soldier boy, fighting sixteen battles without dying. In Xu Ming's eyes, there was no admiration, only a deep-seated wariness.
"Return to your unit." He mechanically returned a military salute.
The last one is Bao Xiong, who says: "Reporting to the officer, Bao Xiong, upper sergeant rank, professional explosive thrower, skilled in explosive throwing, armed with M16 rifle, low hit rate. But within a 200-meter throwing range, the error does not exceed one meter, proficient in various explosives assembly disassembly and detonation. Has participated in seven battles, all of which were battles of ten thousand people, now requesting to return to the team, please instruct."
Standard battlefield butcher knife, I reckon this guy doesn't even fire a gun on the battlefield, bombs are way more efficient at killing people than guns. He's also an impressive figure, Xu Ming enthusiastically invites him to join their team.
Then came the introduction ceremony, a necessary procedure, mainly to let teammates get familiar with each other beforehand. Soon everyone finished introducing themselves and waited for the general's instructions.
The general nodded and waved his hand. Most of the soldiers behind him left the base, leaving only two lieutenant colonels and three soldiers, who seemed to be the general's trusted men.
"This time your mission is assassination, all of your actions are confidential." Under the general's indication, a lieutenant colonel pulled out a 7-inch large photo from his pocket, which was an ordinary-looking middle-aged man, except for a black mole at the corner of his eyebrow, which was his distinctive feature.
"This man is Zamate, a former officer of our Great Britain's intelligence organization who later turned into an opposing faction terrorist. He is extremely harmful and not long ago, because he stole our intelligence, causing a mixed brigade to be completely annihilated. I have already dispatched three batches of special forces, but all ended in failure."
"He's cunning, not like that cookie who indulges in pleasure without regard for his life. This Zamatei is very cautious with his drinking and living habits, we get very little intelligence on him. But one thing is certain, he often resides in a villa on the outskirts of Kla City. Although the location is remote, it's heavily guarded, and within two kilometers of the villa, an opposing faction has stationed a regiment. As soon as there's gunfire from inside the villa, they'll surround it within five minutes."
"Hey guys, this is a tough task, are you confident?"
"Yes." Xu Ming and his companions shouted loudly, pretending to be passionate young men, but how could they gain the trust of that old fox.
The general nodded in satisfaction, instructing Major Zhang to hand over the map and all the information about Zha Ma Te to Xu Ming. He then told them that they still had a day of rest, and would set out tomorrow.
That day's rest time was supposed to be for rest, but the general had actually arranged for a special instructor to teach them makeup skills. Assassination couldn't do without makeup, and Xu Ming and the others had learned about battlefield camouflage before, but none of it was as interesting as makeup.
The lieutenant colonel in the base told Xu Ming that the opposition party in Kala City had been in power for almost ten years, and it was quite prosperous with a population of over 200,000. The key point was that Kala City had a small underground lake that had not been polluted, which was the main reason for its prosperity.
The more prosperous the city, the easier it is for Xu Ming and his team to sneak in. The middle school also gave each of them a certificate with a pass written on it, which is estimated to be equivalent to the good citizen certificate of the past.
Their disguise was as a merchant caravan, doing business selling everyday miscellaneous goods. These everyday miscellaneous goods were not needed by the merchant caravans in peacetime, but during this period, even selling everyday miscellaneous goods was a matter of risking one's head to make a living.
The general assigned them a small truck, which was consistent with their merchant identity and also convenient for concealing their weapons.
Sitting in the swaying truck, Xu Ming had a very pleasant feeling. If it weren't for the fact that Wing Wolf was driving, he would have hummed a tune or two.
The truck had a single row of seats, with only the driver and deputy driver able to sit inside. The others could only sit in the open cargo compartment. It was already cold, so Xu Ming asked Colonel Zhong for a large canvas, which covered the open cargo compartment, otherwise they would have frozen to death. After all, it would take almost two days to get from the base to Kala City, and if they didn't have any strength left, how could they fight?
Xu Ming simply ate a mouthful and then lay down on the passenger seat to take a nap. Wing Wolf said he had been to Kela City, knew the way, and let Xu Ming sleep at ease. In fact, he didn't say that, Xu Ming also had his own thoughts, he wanted to do what he wanted, he was just a nominal commander, while Wing Wolf was just a nominal team member.
Xu Ming narrowed his eyes but didn't fall asleep, his mind racing with thoughts about the purpose of the general's task. The wrist still had that unpredictable bomb, and the general hadn't given them any intention to remove it, they also pretended not to understand.
It can be seen from this point that the general is not in good faith.
Intelligence leaked, Xu Ming carefully inferred the information that leaked from the general's mouth. In his previous life, he had watched many spy war movies and guessed the general's determination to kill Zhamat.
A key figure in an intelligence system turns traitor, the blow to the entire intelligence system is fatal. The most critical thing is cryptography, intelligence cryptography has been widely used, and there have been intelligence cryptography thousands of years ago. So the perfection of an intelligence cryptography is the result of efforts by several generations of people, if a key figure turns traitor, it means that all intelligence has no secrets to speak of.
As long as the enemy intercepts a piece of intelligence, they can decipher it immediately. Since he is a key figure in the intelligence system, there must be several trusted people under him. Even if Xu Ming was beaten to death, he wouldn't believe it.
With his own speculation, Xu Ming roughly understood the true purpose of the general's task assignment. However, this was just a guess and everything still needed to be verified.
