usatvline Chapter 0095: Day 2
Chapter 0095: Day 2
Years later, there was a saying: "Trying to show off backfired and got censored."
This perfectly captured the sergeant's feelings. Watching the figure disappear into the darkness, he was filled with anger and resentment. Only after seeing the expressions on his subordinates' faces did he calm down, but his tone still carried rage: "They can't escape! I refuse to believe that two legs can outrun our high mobility!"
At this point, they had to rely entirely on the reinforcements from the mobile group. In order to be on the safe side, to avenge their previous defeat, to wait in ambush, and to strike a fatal blow when the enemy was down, the division's reconnaissance battalion deployed six mobile forces in this large area. Any observation group could receive support within eight minutes.
"Yeah, they definitely can't outrun our battalion's mobility—damn, once we take them out, I'm going to see who they really are!" a "fallen" soldier said bitterly.
Several beams of light pierced the darkness of the night, as if they were piercing the world, and were rapidly approaching from afar!
"Damn! Six minutes!"
When Wang Hui saw the light closing in from behind, he couldn't help but curse. In just 6 minutes, the mobile forces of the division's reconnaissance battalion had pounced on them. Did they even give anyone time to run away?
"Spread out and run!"
Zheng Yingqi, who was chasing from behind, shouted loudly. If they were all grouped together, they would be too conspicuous and would probably not even have a chance to struggle if they were caught up. Although it would be extremely difficult to regroup after they split up, and they might even face the predicament of fighting alone, it was still better than being caught up and "killed" one by one!
Before parting ways, Zheng Yingqi shouted, "Remember the landmarks! Southeast, at the edge of the grassland, there's a small pond, next to a mountain, and beyond that, an oak forest!"
"I remember! Boss, wait for me there! I'll definitely get there!" Wang Hui roared.
"Squad leader, see you there! You have to lead me into Old A!" Ma Xiaoshuai shouted. As the distance between the group increased, the voices of the others faded away.
The vehicles of the division's reconnaissance battalion's mobile team quickly caught up, but under the lights, they saw seven figures scattering and fleeing.
"That's a good idea... Let's split up and chase them!" The platoon leader of the reconnaissance battalion muttered to himself when he saw the situation, and then gave the order. The four vehicles chased after the four targets, and the other three targets were temporarily abandoned.
"They truly are the best of the division's elite soldiers. They were incredibly decisive. They scattered and ran away before we even arrived—I hope they're not from the 703rd Regiment," a soldier from the reconnaissance battalion remarked.
Upon hearing the number 703, the other soldiers immediately became furious. Even their platoon leader slapped the vehicle in anger.
The reconnaissance battalion's mobile unit only had four vehicles. Faced with seven targets, they could only abandon three. Unfortunately, Zheng Yingqi happened to be one of the four being chased. He glanced back at the jeep chasing him, suppressed his curses, and sped off recklessly.
Perhaps things were turning around for the better. During his escape, Zheng Yingqi spotted a trench. Overjoyed, he plunged into the trench and began running wildly. After several hundred meters, he tumbled out halfway and hid in a depression.
After the pursuing division reconnaissance battalion's jeeps reached the trench, they had to slow down and begin to patrol around it. The reconnaissance soldiers in the vehicles stared intently at the trench illuminated by the lights, but they never saw the disheveled figure again.
"Damn it! How come there's only a ditch?!" the scouts cursed in frustration. The platoon leader, equally unwilling to give up, gritted his teeth and ordered, "Two people per group, go down and search!"
The trench, which stretched for nearly a kilometer, was overgrown with grass. The soldiers of the reconnaissance battalion searched carefully, but after a long time, they had only managed to search a hundred meters or so. The platoon leader knew that continuing the search would be a waste of time, so he could only reluctantly order a retreat.
"This is Falcon 5. One fleeing enemy has been 'killed'."
The platoon leader, listening to the report over the channel, became even more frustrated and replied, "Assemble at observation point 011—Falcon 4, Falcon 3, any findings?"
"In pursuit!"
"This is Falcon 3. The target is missing. We are expanding the search area."
[Damn, they had four targets, and they didn't even catch two!]
The platoon leader was so frustrated he wanted to curse. He called out to the soldiers getting on the vehicle, "Let's go to observation point 011 and see who this guy is, that he's so capable."
The jeep roared back in the direction it had come from.
Zheng Yingqi, panting heavily, stole glances at the spot where the jeep had disappeared, his anger burning with the urge to fire a burst of bullets in that direction.
"We almost capsized!"
Zheng Yingqi was still shaken; if it weren't for the trench, the jeep would have worn him down.
"I really underestimated the heroes in my army!" Zheng Yingqi thought to himself after calming down. He had really taken things for granted and wanted to lead the division's reconnaissance battalion by the nose. He didn't expect that after they realized what was going on, they would have caught him off guard. If he hadn't suddenly sensed something was wrong and decisively ordered his men to lie down, they would probably have been one step away from being wiped out!
[They were even thinking of having all seven of them walk up to Yuan Lang together and see how he would choose—how naive of them!]
After reflecting on his own arrogance, Zheng Yingqi looked behind him with worry, wondering how the other six people were doing and whether they had escaped the pursuit of the Detective Corps.
……
Just as Zheng Yingqi was worrying, Meng Kai was pitifully begging for a bite to eat from the "enemy" who had "killed" him:
"Brother, give me some food and drink, I can't hold on any longer!"
The reconnaissance battalion was well-prepared; a water bottle and a generous field ration were tossed over. Meng Kai quickly tore open the package and wolfed it down—the reconnaissance battalion had seen this kind of miserable state of their elite soldiers many times before, so there was no laughter; some even said:
"Don't rush, no one's going to take it from you—take a sip of water, or you'll choke."
"I'd rather... I'd rather choke to death... than starve to death." Meng Kai said between bites. After finishing one serving, he took a satisfied sip of water and then asked with a drooling grin, "Brother, can I have another one?"
"Wait a minute—you've been hungry for so long, it's not good to eat too much." A kind-looking sergeant handed Meng Kai a piece of chocolate, then casually asked, "That second-class sergeant in your team is pretty impressive."
"A second-class sergeant?" Meng Kai asked doubtfully. "No, we don't have any second-class sergeants here!"
The amiable sergeant chuckled, "Oh, I misread it. You guys are the elite of the 703rd Regiment. You truly live up to your reputation—even more ruthless than that old Steel Seventh Company!"
"Hey bro, look here, we're from 702! How many big shots does 703 have? Trying to compete with us?" Meng Kai immediately objected. 702 had always beaten 703, how could they let 703 ride on their heads?
As a result, no one paid any attention to him.
Meng Kai sensed something was wrong, and after thinking about it carefully—damn it, he'd been tricked into revealing information!
He immediately objected: "Hey, you're breaking the rules! Trying to extract information from a dead person, have you no shame?"
"Brother, don't get excited, don't get excited," the seemingly kind sergeant hurriedly smiled apologetically, "There are a few bastards from 703, they're really scum, they weren't trying to get any information out of us—here, have an apple."
Meng Kai took the apple and bit off most of it to hide his doubts. He had a feeling that these bastards were talking about his line of work.
"What happened? What shady things did those guys in 703 do? Let me tell you, those guys in 703 are really dishonest. Take last year for example..." Meng Kai went on and on about 703. Anyway, he had a ton of dirt on 703. After rambling on for a while in the speeding car, he asked casually:
"By the way, what wicked things did those bastards in 703 do to you?"
One soldier, outspoken and resentful, said, "Those bastards left notes..." Before he could finish, a veteran interrupted him, "It's just a minor skirmish during the exercise."
The veteran glared at the soldier who was speaking to Meng Kai with his back to him. How could he talk about such a shameful thing, such a humiliating experience?
Note?
Meng Kai immediately grasped the key point, and was jolted awake by those two words. He quickly used the action of eating an apple to cover up his guilty conscience—my god, Meng Kai would never believe that the people in 703 would leave notes like their boss!
It's confirmed, it was definitely done by their own head!
[I wonder what kind of note the boss left this time. Judging from the attitude of the Detective Corps, they must be harboring deep resentment—oh my god, I absolutely cannot let this get out, or someone will definitely try to sabotage me!]
Meng Kai felt a chill run down his spine and kept bringing up the matter, but he was also curious about what words his boss had left that had provoked the other person to this extent!
……
Zheng Yingqi had no idea what Meng Kai was thinking. At this moment, he continued to move southeast. After being burned by the observation group once, he became more cautious as he moved forward, trying to find places where he could hide, just in case he was being targeted.
Fortunately, his luck hadn't completely run out, and he didn't encounter the venomous observation team again in the next few hours.
Well, not bad luck...
He comforted himself with this thought, and while he still had the strength to go on, he continued forward. Judging from the incident of encountering the observation group and being pursued, the division's reconnaissance battalion had not been conserving its strength. In that case, he would take advantage of the daytime to move more.
As he continued forward, Zheng Yingqi found the surrounding scenery vaguely familiar. At first, he thought he had passed through this place before during training and didn't pay much attention. However, as the familiar scenery became more and more stimulating, Zheng Yingqi finally realized where he was!
This is the road leading to the maintenance station!
Zheng Yingqi was overjoyed when he remembered that he had gone back and forth with Wu Liuyi before and had a deep impression of it!
"Maintenance station... Xu Sanduo, Cheng Cai, and Wu Liuyi will be spending the night here tonight. It'll be perfect for us to meet up. Tsk tsk, four fellow villagers forming a group, a perfect setup!"
Zheng Yingqi thought to himself, "Author, what a wonderful connection we have! Thank you for your concern!"
Marching alone is the loneliest and most torturous thing. You are tired, hungry and thirsty. Although he passed a river, Zheng Yingqi observed for a while and gave up the urge to go to the river to fetch water. After observing for a while, he indeed found the sniper hidden in the dark.
"I knew they'd leave snipers at the water source—that division's reconnaissance battalion is awful, utterly heartless!" Zheng Yingqi pursed his lips, cursed irritably, and then miserably continued on his way.
As the sun was setting, he finally spotted the maintenance station. This area was probably outside the defense perimeter of the division's reconnaissance battalion, as he hadn't seen any of their patrol convoys for over an hour.
"Wait a minute, let's sneak in again tonight and be an uninvited guest."
(I only realized it was dark after turning off the lights—the lights are so bright now, you'd think it was still daytime if you didn't look outside… You guys will really get at least 6000 words by tomorrow morning, I swear on my meager reputation!)