Chapter 61: Deception
Distant rumbling of cannons echoes through the clouds, dense gunfire rings out incessantly.
The two of them looked westward, and Wu Bing said: The little devils' morning offensive was quite fierce. Listening to the sound of cannons and gunfire, the battle ahead was quite intense.
Let the little devils stir up trouble first, and we'll go stir them up tonight. After finishing speaking, Wu Bing sat on the ground and started to meditate with his eyes closed, while Tu Jiu heard this and let out a bitter laugh as he rested against Wu Bing. And so everyone waited quietly in the dense forest for an entire day without any incident.
At dusk, another burst of intense gunfire and cannon fire, Wu Bing knew: this was the recorded fierce offensive of the army at dusk, also the most violent attack in a day.
Wu Bing let out a sigh and said: Fall in.
After the special forces team assembled, Wu Bing said: You all heard the artillery fire today, right? Now I'm telling you that our mission this time is to take out the R Navy's "Yue Yun" aircraft carrier and their gunships. Blow them up for me to reduce pressure and casualties on the front lines and save more brothers' lives.
Does everyone have confidence?
Yes, yes, yes, the crowd responded in hushed tones three times.
Alright, now you are divided into four groups of five people each. The group leaders are the Seven-Step Snake, the Sky Wolf, the Bald Eagle, and me. Conduct reconnaissance around Wusongkou to provide intelligence support for our operation.
The grouping was completed quickly, and they were organized according to their respective military specialties. Wu Bing gathered the other three group leaders together and assigned specific tasks.
Wu Bing said: Wu She led the first group to conduct reconnaissance on the surrounding enemy's important military installations and formulate at least two retreat routes.
Tianlang and Tuiying, you two teams, enter Wusongkou from two directions to conduct reconnaissance. Conduct in-depth reconnaissance on its military facilities and warships anchored inside.
Tonight at 8 o'clock sharp we will gather here again to receive the military supplies provided by the superior officer's department.
Alright, all tasks have been assigned. Are all tasks clear?
Affirmative. The three replied.
Wu Bing nodded and said to the three of them: Let's set off.
After everyone set off, Wu Bing led his team towards the pre-arranged meeting point with the officer's department intelligence personnel.
After walking for two hours, Wu Bing and others approached the predetermined meeting point.
Wu Bing said to the other four: This is the rendezvous point we agreed with the intelligence personnel of the superior headquarters. You two will form a group and conduct reconnaissance on the terrain in different directions, and formulate a withdrawal route.
A crow in the same group as Wu Bing asked puzzled: White-headed Eagle, the location was specified by the intelligence personnel of the Longguan Department. Why do we need to go through the trouble of scouting this place? Don't we trust the intelligence personnel of the Longguan Department?
Wu Bing lowered his head and fiddled with the firearms in his hand, saying: I just don't trust them. Don't forget that this is an enemy war zone where anything can happen. For the safety of our special forces team, it's better to be careful.
Four people nodded in agreement, and Wu Bing continued: Be careful when scouting later, don't be careless, I won't let any clues slip away from me.
Yes, they said in unison.
Four people finished and divided into two groups, starting to investigate here. Wu Bing also took out a notebook and made records on the notebook, roughly recording the surrounding terrain and high points on the notebook.
The recording is almost done, Wu Bing transformed the thermal infrared telescope into his hand in his personal warehouse.
Looking around in all directions, I soon discovered the figures of crows and others. In the thermal imaging binoculars, four red human silhouettes appeared.
When Wu Bing observed the highest vantage point, he suddenly discovered that this vantage point presented at least six red human shadows, and this vantage point happened to be able to control the entire junction.
When Wu Bing discovered these few red-clad figures, his heart skipped a beat. Not daring to be careless, Wu Bing carefully searched the other high points again.
This looks fine, but every vantage point has someone. Wu Bing's heart secretly exclaimed: If it were his own people, safety could be completely guaranteed. But if the ambush above was an enemy, let alone himself and the five men, even the entire special forces team would find it difficult to retreat unscathed.
Not keeping Wu Bing long waiting, four people hastily returned.
The first sentence I saw Wu Bing was: White-headed Eagle, we just detected that there is someone on the commanding heights opposite us.
Did you alarm them? Wu Bing asked anxiously.
No, we retreated immediately after discovering them. The four of them nodded towards Wu Bing.
After hearing the results of the four-person reconnaissance, it was confirmed that Wu Bing had discovered the situation.
"Damn it, our intelligence personnel have messed up! Withdraw, withdraw immediately!" Wu Bing said hastily.
The five men did not take the same route as they came and hastily retreated along the route Wu Bing had just scouted out.
After reaching the safe zone, Wu Bing said: Clear the traces and return to the assembly point.
Eradicating the traces left behind during their passage, Wu Bing and others returned to the assembly point. By the next day, the other three small detachments sent out for reconnaissance had successively returned.
Wu Bing listened to the three men's reconnaissance results before speaking about his own findings. Everyone who heard it felt a chill run down their backs, cold sweat dripping, extremely shocked.
The hot-tempered Seven Steps Snake said: "Damn it, we should cancel this mission. Let's return immediately and reason with the superior officer."
Wu Bing shook his head after listening to Qi Bu She's words: "You say that there is a traitor in the superior officer's department, or that the intelligence personnel here have turned against us. What evidence do you have? If it turns out to be false accusations and we are charged with cowardice in the face of the enemy, how will we deal with the consequences?"
"What should we do then?" said Qi Buzhang with a dejected tone after hearing that.
Wu Bing stroked his chin thoughtfully and said: Why don't we give him a feint to the east and strike to the west?
What's all this commotion about? asked the Seven Steps Snake.
Now that we've discovered there's a traitor among us, let's make good use of it.
How can we use it? Tell us, said the vulture.
A moment later, contact the headquarters via radio and say that after reconnaissance, the Wu Songkou anchorage is heavily guarded by enemy warships. Our troops cannot break through the tight blockade and get close to their warships for an attack.
Then reconnaissance was conducted on the division headquarters of its teacher, and it was found that there was a possibility of attack. Request to change the target of attack, three days later attacked R army division headquarters.
"If we report through radio and headquarters, won't the attack on their command center be exposed?" asked Qi Bao.
A vulture with a somewhat resentful tone slapped the head of the seven-step snake and said: You little brat, you were fooled by the last task, I told you it was a diversion.
Our attack target is still the little devil's aircraft carrier "Yukikaze".
After listening to the vulture's words, the seven-step snake suddenly realized: I didn't realize it before, but deceiving the superior officer is also a serious crime! Moreover, what about the bomb that blew up the warship?
Don't worry about the bomb, I'll take care of it. As for deceiving the officer's department, I will personally explain to Officer Chen when we get back. Wu Bing said.
