Four hours later, William looked gloomy as he stared at the small campsite that had been abandoned in a hurry. The other side had left in such a rush that they hadn't even packed up their sleeping bags. By now, the sleeping bags were cold, and the few marks left from being pressed showed that they had been used before.
Team A2 had run into a minefield again. The other side had used several connected piano wires. When trying to remove them, just one small mistake would mean total failure. Zoffy had failed, and thus he sacrificed his life there. The detonated booby traps had also become the best radar for the other side. They had moved as fast as they could, but the other side still managed to escape.
"They haven't gone far yet." William opened the communication device. "Hoover and Rolanka, keep an eye on your surroundings."
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"Didn't you say that no one would come for sure tonight?" The riverbank was full of rocks, and the brook was flowing noisily beside me. This place was located in a river valley and was the only way to go up or down the mountain.
I raised my hand to complete the final step for the first booby trap I had ever set in my life. It was triggered by a hand grenade that seemed to have its pin left in by mistake. It was supported by piano wires about 10 centimeters above the ground. Even if someone stepped on it, it wouldn't go off. Its detonation condition was that if someone tried to remove it. Many of the piano wires on the outer shell were actually connected to it. Then, in the whole trap, the hand grenade served as the balance point for the overall weight. Once it was removed, the rocks connected to it on the riverbank would roll down and ignite the signal flare for illumination, providing Jiang Li with a view.
This modified hand grenade and the plan were the work of Elsa. Before we came, she had given us three plans, which were attacking the nearby helicopters, raiding Team A's main camp, and setting an ambush for the pursuers. The first plan had effectively hit Team A2. God only knew when the second plan would be useful. And now we were using Plan Three.
"How was I supposed to know they were so stubborn? I thought the main force of Team A wouldn't sleep at night and would come straight at me. I didn't expect there would be so few of them." Jiang Li cried out that she was wrongly accused. She was about 300 meters away at this moment. According to her, without a night vision device, that was the farthest she could shoot. "I was so scared that I didn't even bring my sleeping bag. I don't even know where I'll sleep tomorrow night."
"Are you still counting on having a tomorrow night?" I moved to a rock that had already been eroded by herbaceous plants 70 meters away and took up an ambush position. "Forget it."
"What's the situation? I need data. I want the wind direction."
"Blue sky, yellow earth, the west wind is strong, two point nine."
"Do you know?" Jiang Li suddenly changed the topic. "Actually, I quite admire you."
"I know I'm awesome. You don't need to praise me."
"I originally thought you were just straightforward, but judging from this trap, you're not that straightforward. You're quite meticulous. You must be a deep thinker."
"I suggest you go watch 800 episodes of Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf to clear your mind—Are people coming?" I raised my scope. In the night state, the ACOG had tritium gas for low-light illumination. There seemed to be dark figures moving on the riverbank.
"They've discovered your little trap."
"I know. They've triggered it! Open fire!"
The signal flare pulled out a strange dark red light in the dark night. I pulled the trigger continuously with my index finger. The M4 fired briefly, and the second bullet hit the target. My shooting instructor, Eugene, pursued the method of killing the enemy with two bullets when shooting. In his eyes, unless it was in close combat, any other shooting methods were a waste of ammunition.
In the dark night, the gunshots woke up the sleeping birds.
Suddenly, a strange feeling welled up in my heart. I froze in place, not daring to move at all.
Jiang Li suddenly shouted, "Back—"
I didn't need her reminder for the rest. With a push of my hands, I rolled directly down from the rock. My whole body was spinning in the air, and everything in my vision turned into blurry shadows in the dark. I crashed all the way down to the bottom, and I made a close "contact" with the ground along with the broken branches of the bushes. The sound of the light machine gun kept ringing behind me.
Pain, it really hurt like hell. Although I had increased the impact area and let my backpack touch the ground first, my whole body was still in intense, throbbing pain. But at least it reminded me that I had to run quickly.
I was quite good at enduring pain. Some people always thought that they suffered more pain than others, but in fact, it was just that others were better at enduring it and didn't cry out.
There was a noise coming from the left. There were more! I threw myself to the right and rolled. The familiar gunshots rang out at my original position. It was also an M4A1 assault rifle. After rolling, I crawled on a dirt slope.
There were only two people, a rifleman and a machine gunner, on my left and above me. There was the sound of grass being brushed above my head. I raised my head, raised my gun, and fired a burst of bullets. Without looking back, I rushed into the woods and twisted left and right among the waist-high vegetation. Bullets were whizzing down around me. This body movement technique called "Mongoose" was taught by Elsa after she had a sudden change of heart one day after watching "Lone Survivor". It could largely avoid being hit by bullets.
"Jiang Li, are you okay over there?" I got up after rolling, fired a few shots in the direction I came from, and then quickly ran away. The remaining bullet observation window told me that I still had at least half a magazine left.
"No. But I can't give you any support for now."
"I know." I turned off the communication device. It was something we both understood. If she came to help me, there would be no one to suppress the main force, and my situation would only be worse.
I really didn't expect that the opposing commander would be so cautious and set up a two-person team at the foot of the mountain. No, why was I still thinking about such things when facing a powerful enemy?
Everything around me suddenly lit up, shining with a silvery-white light. The moment the light appeared, I felt an intense sense of dizziness. There were still flashes and the scenery I saw at that instant remaining on my retina. My body was out of control and I fell to one side.
Damn it... What was that?
My body fell into the grass and then rolled—I rolled to a lower place. My ears were filled with a "ding—" sound. Every time I made contact with something, there would be a loud "bang" sound all over my body, and then my body would be in the air again. After several times like this, I finally stopped, and a wave of nausea surged up.
I tried to get up, staggered, and then fell to the ground again. The M4 slipped out of my hand, and the gun strap was wrapped around my right hand. My ears were still full of the "ding" sound, though it had weakened a bit.
A flashbang. The other side had detonated a flashbang behind me in the dark night. The stunning effect made me temporarily lose my balance. My vision was slowly recovering. I wiped my face and found it was full of tears. There were still double images when I looked at things.
My next reaction was to pick up the M4. I slowly crawled over, used the gun as a crutch, and stood up straight. Generally speaking, it took about four hours to recover from being stunned by a flashbang. Right now, I was almost like a deaf person and had difficulty moving.
With my trembling hand, I picked up the gun and looked for a way out in the world full of double images. After taking two steps, I fell again, and the fallen leaves served as the best cushion for me. I slowly got up with my right hand holding the gun. Just when I was about to succeed, I suddenly lost my strength and knelt on one knee.
Fuck... I knew I must be panting heavily, but I couldn't hear anything. Suddenly, the grass in front of me was pushed aside. A man first pointed his M4 at me, his mouth opened and closed, and then he put the gun down a little and approached me.
Did he want to capture me?
I immediately laid the M4 flat and pulled the trigger hard with my right hand!
The gunshots echoed in my head like firecrackers during the Spring Festival. Sparks burst out from the man's body, the elimination judgment was activated, and wisps of yellow smoke rose from him. Due to being unable to control the recoil in this state, I also fell backward. Looking at him, I grinned a weak smile. He gave me a helpless look and pulled out the red armband on his shoulder.
A medic.
I lay on the ground feeling a bit embarrassed. A tall figure appeared above me, and a pistol was pointed straight at my chest.
The machine gunner was facing me, his lips moving. I couldn't hear what he was saying. I pointed at my ears to indicate that I couldn't hear anything, and then closed my eyes, waiting for him to shoot me.
The firecracker-like gunshots rang out again. I opened my eyes in confusion, and the figure of a girl appeared in front of me. Jiang Li helped me up and led me into the inky night.