Lei Ming and his Eagle Team comrades had all landed safely on the north side of the bush. They were anxious to untie their parachutes. Lei Ming looked around nervously with a machine gun in his hands, confirmed that there was no ambush, and shouted, "d.a.m.n it. We let Qin Feng trap us." "Captain Lei, I can confirm that the enemies were hiding on the south side of the hill. From Qin Feng"s landing site, they could not see south of the hill. Apparently, the men were ambushed before we approached. Had it not been for him and Green Dragon, we would have been shot in mid-air," Zhang Shan, a member of the Eagle Team, said delicately.
"You know what, Qin Feng is too careless. He didn"t investigate serious at all," Lei Ming scoffed, then turned back and ran to a.s.sembly Point 3.
Zhang Shan followed and said tentatively, "Captain Lei, Qin Feng ran alone to the east side to draw the enemy away. Shouldn"t we go rescue him? If we raid from behind, we may be able to trick the enemy."
"There are at least forty, maybe fifty people on the other side. Even if we destroy a few of them in a surprise attack, there will be so many left. You think we can resist them? Let Qin Feng resist them for a while. Anyway, he said we should gather at a.s.sembly Point 3, so let"s just wait for half an hour. If he doesn"t come back, we"ll withdraw and go to the mission point."
After he finished speaking, Lei Ming ran to the northernmost side, carrying his gun in front of him.
Zhang Shan"s heart burst with resentment. He wished he could go to the east to rescue Qin Feng by himself, but Lei Ming was the captain and this battle"s supreme commander. He could not take unauthorized action against the wishes of the officer.
The other soldiers, sensing Zhang Shan"s anger, also advised him not to mess with Captain Lei. He had no choice but to do as he was told.
While this was going on, Green Dragon was running to the eastern mountain forest at a breakneck speed. He realized that the terrorists, whose discipline was loose and who were usually not good at ambush warfare, had been far too prepared to not have known about the Chinese military"s plan in advance.
Who the h.e.l.l let our plan out? They were trying to kill us.
There were only a few senior members of the military who knew the whole plan. Because emba.s.sy officials were involved, the fewer people who knew of the plan, the better. Apart from Gu Shaoyun, there were only three or four other senior military officials who could"ve been responsible.
Who the h.e.l.l could it be?
It wasn"t the time to think about this. Green Dragon had come upon the enemy group. They were shouting into the forest and surrounding it in a fan shape that was drawing tighter. They wanted to trap Qin Feng and crush him.
Green Dragon watched as the formation grew tighter and tighter. Behind the forest was a mountain, so Qin Feng would not be able to escape that way. If he could not escape from the front, he would be doomed.
Inside the forest, Qin Feng looked for a breach in the formation. One bullet after another whizzed past his body. He was nearly hit twice. If not for his quick reflexes, he would"ve already perished.
Green Dragon had climbed a tall tree and located Qin Feng. He saw that there was a canyon about 80 meters ahead of the formation. The enemy knew the terrain here well. If they could push Qin Feng toward the edge of the canyon, he could not escape unless he learned to fly.
From his position in the tree, Green Dragon shot at the enemies that were nearest to Qin Feng. Bang, bang, bang. With just a few shots, the enemies closest to Qin Feng were knocked down.
Qin Feng seized this opportunity to hide behind a larger rock and begin a sniper attack.
Between the two of them, there was chaos on the ground as the air was riddled with gunfire. Green Dragon looked down in front of him. In the blink of an eye, he had killed a dozen people. He had also given away his position, as evidenced by the enemy that was now rushing to take him down.
Green Dragon quickly braced himself and jumped to another tree about four meters away. Just as he landed on a branch, the tree that he had been on was destroyed by a small artillery.
On the ground, Qin Feng stood firm, taking one shot after another. The enemy in front of him had no time to fight back. Realizing there was nowhere for them to hide, they ran to the south with their heads buried.
Qin Feng had no intention to behave conservatively. Seeing the enemies retreating, he jumped out from behind the rock and rushed out with his gun. He was still able to shoot accurately while running. Green Dragon followed his lead and jumped down from the tree to pursue the enemy with him. The two men ran nearly five hundred meters chasing the twenty men who were still standing. They chased them back to the hillside before retreating and heading toward a.s.sembly Point 3.
Nearby, Lei Ming looked at his watch and said proudly, "The shooting seems to be calming down. I"ll bet that Qin Feng and Green Dragon are finished." Those two were always so self-righteous. Golden SWAT? Please, now they"re f.u.c.ked. "It"s fitting that Qin Feng would come to this end."
Zhang Shan exasperatedly shouted, "Captain, you"re too cruel! You didn"t even help. Those are our men."
"Please. I call that strategic defense. There were fifty armed men and we"re just four. How could we fight? You want to die like that fool Qin Feng?" Lei Ming then grew louder, shouting, "d.a.m.n it, Zhang Shen. Speak politely to me in the future. Now that Qin Feng is finished, I am China"s special combat number one! I am—s.h.i.t!"
At this moment, Green Dragon had flown out of nowhere and tackled Lei Ming to the ground.
Qin Feng followed behind, his face and arms covered in scratches and artillery dust. He looked coldly at Lei Ming lying on the ground, and said, "I recorded your words just now. You admitted to an escape, which is considered a desertion. I"ll send this to the military court. I"d like to see how you explain yourself."
Lei Ming, who had been moments from beating Green Dragon, immediately lowered his arm and said, "Captain Qin! Captain Qin, you heard wrong. I didn"t mean it. I just followed your orders. You told me to withdraw to a.s.sembly Point 3. Did you forget?"
"So what I"m hearing is that you"ll listen to my commands in the future?" Qin Feng didn"t really have any intention of turning Lei Ming over. In his view, there was no point in fighting for fame. The goal was to safely complete the task and return home.
And in this battle, to be truly safe, the first thing he needed to do was to get Lei Ming to follow orders.
"Yes, of course, of course. You are Captain Qin, the soul of the Chinese special army. Who would dare not to follow your lead?"
Lei Ming was naturally a master of flattery. After being so frightened by Qin Feng, he had had a great change in att.i.tude. He was even willing to knead Qin Feng"s shoulders and ma.s.sage his back.