Chapter Seventeen: Finding the Bald Eagle

  "Eagle Head, Eagle Head, this is Eaglet." A voice came from the listening device.

  "This is Eagle Head, young eagles reporting your situation." A familiar voice sounded, surprisingly it was the same as Xie Xiaoshuai's imitation voice from earlier, almost identical and hard to distinguish.

  "Electronic countermeasures team has been completely annihilated, wiped out by the opponent's special forces. The opponent's tactics are very clever and we can't find any useful clues. Moreover, they have also planted explosives. We have several team members who have dropped out of the exercise. What should our next step be? Please instruct!"

  "Don't come back for now, find a place to stay outside. This might be the enemy's deception tactic. Ensure you are not being followed, over."

  "Yes."

  The wireless fell silent, and surprisingly, Eagle Head guessed the intention of the Sha Hu Xiao team. The old ginger is still spicy after all.

  Xie Xiaoshuai fell silent, it seems that the old man was not a thrifty lamp after all. If this small team doesn't return, then all their previous efforts will be in vain. The other members of the Sand Fox team looked at Xie Xiaoshuai, waiting for his orders. Now, all the members of the Sand Fox team are deeply convinced by their captain. His forward-thinking strategic vision, unconventional tactical deployment, solid military quality, and excellent personal charm have made the Sand Fox team unite tightly around him.

  "Let's add more fuel to the fire and stir them up, let them shrink their own troops." Xie Xiaoshuai thought for a moment, then made a decision.

  "Yin Zhilin, use Morse code to send a message to Lei Wei. Use the laptop to get online and transmit it through the network to his satellite phone, that's all." Xie Xiaoshuai said to Yin Zhilin.

  "Use open communication to intentionally expose our position. Set up a fake command center, let the Bald Eagles know, lure the snake out of the cave and get rid of the Bald Eagles' advance team."

  The exercise entered a state of combat, with both sides coming and going, fighting fiercely. The strength of the two armies was equal, although they fought fiercely, but neither side suffered too much loss, while the Sand Fox team was still waiting for Lei Wei's response on the other side.

  Two days later, a sound came from Yin Zhilin's computer. Lei Wei sent a Morse code to Sha Hu through a satellite phone: Mission accomplished, successfully eliminated the enemy's assault team, but only second-rate.

  It seems that the old man is still so conservative, not seeing the rabbit and not scattering the hawk, this is his usual trick. Most likely, he sent a second-rate vanguard to launch a feint attack, and the main force in the rear observed, found the situation was not right, and immediately retreated.

  "Eaglet, Eaglet, this is Eaglehead, report your position." The listening device suddenly picked up a voice.

  "Report to Eagle Head, we are stationed in area 242."

  "Has a suspicious target been found?"

  "There is a group of model airplane enthusiasts who organized a competition, and these days there are model airplanes flying over their heads."

  "Evacuate the area immediately and stand by in the 21 district. Those model aircraft enthusiasts are engaging in suspicious activities in the exercise area."

  As the conversation ended, the Bald Eagle Squad left for their designated location. The Desert Fox Squad followed at a steady pace, and now it was a test of who could keep their cool.

  Two days passed, and the Bald Eagle team was spending their days idly at their base, while the Desert Fox team was anxiously monitoring them. The Eagle Head had not given them further instructions, and Xiao Shuai did not dare to impersonate his old man to give orders to the Bald Eagle team, as it would be easy to reveal their flaws.

  "Eagle, Eagle, this is Hawk Head." Finally, after the anxious waiting of the Sand Fox team, the listening device sounded again.

  "Eagle Head, this is Young Eagle, what are your instructions?"

  "Is there anything suspicious?"

  "Everything is normal, no suspicious findings."

  "Alright, take the people back to area 26-6. Be cautious and keep a close eye on the surroundings. If you encounter any suspicious situation, stop immediately and stay put."

  "Yes, the young eagle understands."

  The Bald Eagle team set out again, making Xiao Shuai very depressed. The old man's cunning rabbit three holes were used by him to perfection, and they had no choice but to continue their close surveillance of this small team.

  The next day, the listening device transmitted a voice again. For the fatigue and waiting of the past few days, the Sha Huo squad also relaxed a bit, thinking it was another transfer order.

  "Eaglet, eaglet, this is Eagle Head."

  "Eagle head, here is young eagle, speak."

  "Have you been keeping up with your training these past two days? Or have you been slacking off?"

  "Report to Eagle Head, team members insist on training every day without slacking off. Every day we persist in hunting, but our marksmanship is too good, not even a fly can fly over our heads without being shot down." Hearing the sudden and inexplicable words of the assault squad, everyone else was speechless, but Xie Xiao Shuai immediately stood up, looking very excited.

  "Good, you guys did a great job, if we can't hunt then let's go fishing in the water for dinner, improve our diet."

  "Yes, thank you for your concern, sir."

  After the call ended, Sha Hu's teammates were baffled by this strange conversation, but Xie Xiaoshuai was indeed very excited.

  "Alright, let's get to work."

  "What's going on, Captain?" Yin Zhilin was still somewhat perplexed.

  "This is a coded language, Eagle Head asked them if there was anything unusual in the past two days, they replied that there was no abnormality on the ground and in the sky under close surveillance, then Eagle Head let them return to their base at night." Xie Xiaoshuai explained.

  The people of Xia Sha Hu's squad were all excited, and several days of surveillance had made them almost rusty.

  "Don't be in a hurry to celebrate, quickly clean up, right, stop monitoring them, the old nest of the Bald Eagle team is at least five kilometers away and there are hidden sentries everywhere, following them will be detected, now just wait for GPS to take effect."

  Night fell, and the Bald Eagle team set out quietly under the cover of darkness. The Sand Fox team also withdrew from the surveillance area, hiding in the woods and marching on foot to the rendezvous point where Li Gang was waiting with a helicopter. Xie Xiaoshuai had Yin Zhilin send a password to Lei Wei, who came over to drive away the hidden business car, which had been borrowed from the local government through the Rattlesnake team and needed to be returned.

  On the helicopter, Yin Zhilin stared at the computer without blinking, watching several red dots move forward, and after a few hours, the red dots stopped moving.

  "Captain, they've stopped, are they returning to their lair?" reported Yin Zhilin.

  "What's the hurry? Continue observing."

  Ten minutes later, several red dots began to move again, and soon stopped. This repeated two or three times, and this time the red dots continued for nearly an hour before stopping.

  "Is it? I told you not to rush, now we've found their location." Xie Xiaoshuai said with a smile.

  "Captain, you really are all-knowing. You knew about this too." Chen Hongjun trotted up to him with a flattering smile.

  "Nothing much, it's just an old routine, using this set over and over again, don't know when to change." Xie Xiaoshuai pouted.

  "Captain, now that we know their position, what's our next move? Are we going to charge in directly?" Chen Hongjun asked.

  "It's simply suicidal for us to rush in like this, we need a plan. Ah, Yin Zhilin, can the mobile terminal we captured still be used?" Xie Xiaoshuai turned his head and asked Yin Zhilin.

  "Roger that, Captain."

  "Alright, get our helicopter a legitimate ID, we want to fly over their heads and recon their situation."

  "Why bother with that? I'll just sneak into the National Mapping Bureau and use their satellites to take a photo, it's crystal clear at a glance."

  "This is getting out of hand. This is a crime, high-tech crime." The usually taciturn Chrysanthemum snake suddenly blurted out a foul language.

  "This is nothing. When I was in college, as soon as I entered the internet cafe, the boss would give me 200 yuan and let me surf the internet for free, otherwise his server would be paralyzed for a long time. Once at the hospital, the doctor had a very bad attitude, prescribed me over 600 yuan worth of medicine, which could be settled with just over 10 yuan outside. So, I hacked into their database, put all the data on the Central Administrative Network, and let everyone see it. I left something small on the Central Administrative Network, and it took their technician a week to deal with it and delete what I sent."

  "I know you're capable, stop messing around and get me something useful quickly. I want all the information covering a 5-kilometer radius around the Bald Eagle's nest." Xie Xiaoshuai knocked on Yin Zhilin's helmet.