Chapter 169: Highly Suspicious Discovery
Whether the leader was angry or not, as his old subordinate of many years, he could still tell. If he were really angry, the veteran wouldn’t say so much to him.
After saying so much and seeing He Zhijun still pretending to be dumb, He Commander pointed at his old subordinate and kept saying from his mouth: “You, you, you’ve got some nerve daring to play this trick on me!”
Don’t think He Commander was really blaming He Zhijun; actually, these were just the kind of jokes the two of them shared privately.
“This squad has a young structure. I heard the youngest inside is only eighteen years old. After getting off the airplane just now, they quickly assumed vigilance postures, forming a radial pattern to surround the entire airplane and checking the surrounding environment.
Immediately after, they used camouflage cloth, weeds, and branches to cover the airplane. During this process, their coordination was extremely tacit, and the time taken was very short, completely changing from their previous lazy style.
A team with such controlled tension and relaxation generally possesses qualities that come from having their own history or having gone through trials; it’s hard to believe such a state would appear in a team with only one actual combat experience.”
Undoubtedly, He Commander was overly praising Lone Wolf B Group, with a bit of exaggeration in it. However, B Group’s performance was indeed just as He Commander had analyzed earlier, and everyone saw it with their own eyes.
Praising people, a slight exaggeration isn’t unacceptable; everyone could understand.
Moreover, Wolf Fang belongs to the Southeast Military Region. What’s wrong with the leader fighting for a little benefit for his subordinates?
Thinking of this, the other officers in the office secretly directed their gazes toward that unremarkable colonel who had come for inspection with orders from the military headquarters.
They just wanted to know how this officer at the center of the vortex would view this matter.
But the result disappointed the crowd of officers in the office. The colonel who came for inspection showed no reaction to it, just staring intently at Lone Wolf B Group on the screen rapidly approaching the first mission location, and occasionally lowering his head to write something in the notebook he carried with him.
Seeing this, everyone’s contempt faded, and they began to truly take this officer from the military headquarters seriously.
The Southeast Military Region isn’t just Wolf Fang as a special forces captain unit; there are also some units slightly inferior in strength to Wolf Fang that this officer needs to inspect one by one.
Since this one isn’t some good-for-nothing, everyone naturally had to treat it seriously. No one would want to watch their own hard work be disbanded without batting an eye.
Because the mission location given by Gao Zhong Dui was roughly over ten kilometers from B Group’s current position, the crowd of officers sitting by the screen could only watch B Group do armed cross-country while maintaining vigilance the whole way. At first it seemed a bit interesting, but after a while it felt quite boring.
As time passed, it was almost mealtime. He Zhijun glanced at the clock on the wall and suggested to everyone to go eat first; someone would keep watch here and notify everyone after B Group arrived at the mission location.
He Zhijun’s suggestion was tempting. Everyone had been accompanying the comrade for inspection all along and was already exhausted, but due to He Commander being there and not wanting to be looked down on by the comrade from the military headquarters, they had been holding on.
But even if they craved it in their hearts, who would dare to leave without the leader speaking? So everyone turned to look at He Commander.
“Why are you all looking at me? Right now, he’s the one who calls the shots here.”
He Commander said to the officer from the military headquarters in a joking manner.
This completely stumped the colonel who came for inspection, while also making him feel uneasy.
Even though he was from the military headquarters, he didn’t dare to put on airs with He Commander. Whether in military rank or connections in the military headquarters, He Commander was not on the same level as him.
For a big shot of this level to say he was calling the shots now—what difference was that from putting him on the fire to roast?
“Oh come on, He Commander, don’t joke with me.
No matter from which perspective, I’m the junior, and I have the least qualifications here, so you should still make the decision.”
Seeing he seemed to have scared the guy, He Commander stopped being modest, but he still took care of the other party.
“Xiao He, I think you should have someone send food up. We’ll eat right here.
Ten kilometers of armed cross-country doesn’t take much time for special forces. By then, we might have to come back halfway through eating. Going back and forth like that, we might miss exciting moments, and we’d mess up both eating and watching.”
“Good, as the leader says.”
After He Zhijun said that, he walked out of the office to personally arrange the food.
The others in the office continued to accompany the inspection officer watching Chang Ning and the others’ performance on the monitor.
Chang Ning, who was rapidly running through the jungle, suddenly stopped. The B Group members following behind immediately spread out, using favorable terrain to hide themselves well.
“What’s the situation with Sha Po Lang?” Geng Jihui asked.
In the forest, besides the sound of wind rustling the leaves, there were no other suspicious noises. Chang Ning’s sudden stop meant he must have discovered something.
“Come over here, there’s good stuff.”
Chang Ning squatted on the ground looking at the freshly turned soil in front of him, somewhat excited.
This was a military restricted area; ordinary people couldn’t come here. So whose traces were these? The answer was self-evident.
Everyone quickly approached Chang Ning as instructed, then half-squatted around him on alert, leaving only Geng Jihui to go forward and talk with Chang Ning.
“Forest Wolf, take a look at this.”
Without waiting for Geng Jihui to ask, Chang Ning directly pointed at the fresh shoe print he discovered.
Following Chang Ning’s finger, Geng Jihui saw a size 43 shoe print. From the sole pattern, it was from standard military boots of the troops.
“Vigilance! Traces of Gale Squad discovered, and they’re fresh.”
Picking up a small pinch of humus soil from the shoe print, by feeling the moisture level of the soil, Geng Jihui could easily estimate the time interval from when the print was made to when they discovered it.
“The other side left here about ten minutes ago. Considering the differences between enemy and our situations, the owner of the shoe should be within three kilometers of us now.”
Useful pieces of news kept coming out of Geng Jihui’s mouth one after another, all based solely on a fairly fresh shoe print.
“This is walking right into the gun muzzle! We were just worrying how to find Gale Squad’s traces, and unexpectedly they didn’t stay in the training ground but walked right into the trap. Even heaven is helping us!”
Qiang Zi said somewhat excitedly. At this moment, he felt the entire Gale Squad were his little cuties; he really loved this bunch.
“No, it’s not that simple!
Gao Zhong Dui definitely told Gale some of our situations to increase the difficulty, including our intelligence that we’re unfamiliar with the new training ground.
The people of Gale aren’t stupid. Now anyone normal knows that when strengths are unequal, fighting by relying on favorable terrain is the best strategy.”
Chang Ning said in a deep voice; his speech wasn’t fast.
Ten thousand words today—can everyone cast a monthly ticket or recommendation ticket to encourage?
