Chapter 202: Beginning The Infiltrate
After hearing Chang Ning’s analysis, everyone agreed with Geng Jihui’s divide troops strategy. Clearly, their appetite was as big as Chang Ning’s.
On Chang Ning and the others, the boldness of young people was shining through.
“Everyone, don’t rush to split up yet. There are still Blue Team troops in the county town. Shouldn’t we think of a way to take them out first?
The fat meat is right at our mouths; there’s no reason not to eat it.”
Chang Ning’s eyes darted around, a mischievous smile on his face.
After hearing this, the others in B Group showed some intent to act, while others were worried.
Geng Jihui pretended to ponder deeply, but Chang Ning couldn’t read his thoughts from his expression.
This was no big deal. Based on his understanding of Geng Jihui, there was no problem.
“I think we can do it. It can also disrupt the Blue Team’s line of sight, making them unable to guess that our appetite is that big, and choose to divide troops to decapitate their firepower deployment.”
Xiao Zhuang licked his dry, peeling lips, his eyes bloodshot, his face full of excitement.
“I have no opinion. Just leave their commander to me.” Ostrich shrugged.
“Then it’s settled.”
Seeing that most of B Group agreed to fire a shot before dividing troops, and Geng Jihui wouldn’t stop it, he finally made the decision, indicating it was doable.
After confirming the operation direction, Geng Jihui assigned groups to everyone again and selected targets for each group.
Just like the original plot, Xiao Zhuang and Lao Pao were in one group to destroy a Blue Team logistics transfer station. Geng Jihui and Qiang Zi’s target was the radar base; the sniper team was responsible for Ostrich’s old unit, the Eagle Division.
Finally, Chang Ning was left out.
Everyone had no objections to Geng Jihui’s arrangement, not even Chang Ning himself.
In B Group, Chang Ning always had high autonomy.
Everyone knew that Chang Ning was only temporarily in B Group. He would leave B Group sooner or later; it was just a matter of time.
“Sha Po Lang, do you want to act with us or go alone?” Geng Jihui looked at Chang Ning and asked.
Chang Ning didn’t answer Geng Jihui’s question right away.
Since they were grouping up, Chang Ning felt more inclined to act alone.
But Xiao Zhuang and Lao Pao’s group would obviously encounter Ma Qitong, the tragic character from the original plot.
Pitted by Miao Lian twice, each time worse than the last.
In terms of pitting people, Miao Lian could match Fan Tianlei and Commander Wen. The difference was that Miao Lian didn’t pit Xiao Zhuang.
Compared this way, Miao Lian was still okay. At least he only pitted outsiders.
As for Fan Tianlei and Commander Wen, He Weidong and Wang Yadong had the right to speak on this.
If there was an opportunity to avoid Ma Qitong’s tragedy, Chang Ning was very willing.
“This time, I’ll team up with Xiao Zhuang and them.”
After weighing it, Chang Ning still wanted to give Ma Qitong a hand.
The criminals were her father and brothers. Logically, Miao Lian shouldn’t involve an innocent person.
Especially at the end, Miao Lian actually made her lure her own brother to his death, which was too cruel for her.
“That’s fine. You come from the same company and know each other better.”
Geng Jihui generally wouldn’t interfere with Chang Ning’s choice.
Besides, Chang Ning rarely made mistakes usually, and he trusted Chang Ning greatly.
With Chang Ning there, he could also keep an eye on Xiao Zhuang to stop him from acting foolishly.
“Everyone, after taking out the Blue Team commander here, we won’t need to regroup. Each of you find a way to shake off the pursuers, complete your own missions, and then rendezvous here.”
Geng Jihui pointed heavily at a spot on the map and said.
“Understood!”
After formulating the next action plan, the B Group members restored the county town’s media office to its original state and quietly left.
Finding the Blue Team’s barracks in the county town was simple—just follow a patrolling Blue Team squad from a distance.
Their patrol range wouldn’t be too far; they would only circle around the barracks to check the key traffic routes.
Expecting the patrol squad to expand the range to the entire county area was unrealistic.
Just the number of personnel needed for patrols would leave the barracks’ defenses vulnerable, which went against the purpose of arranging patrols.
After all, patrols were arranged to protect the barracks and prevent outsiders from intruding.
Maintaining county town security wasn’t their responsibility; that was the county public security bureau’s job. The Blue Team couldn’t steal their work.
This wasn’t under military control; they were just passing through to rest for one night.
Even if this Blue Team unit took over the county town, maintaining security would still be mainly handled by the public security.
Following the patrol squad to this Blue Team’s barracks, Geng Jihui immediately ordered the sniper team to find a commanding height that could control the entire barracks to provide them with support and cover.
After some searching, the sniper team selected a commanding height on a six-story residential building about three hundred meters from the barracks, where they could barely see the full layout of the Blue Team barracks.
Geng Jihui went alone with the sniper team to the commanding height to survey the Blue Team barracks’ deployment and formulate the decapitation plan.
“The plan is this: a few of us infiltrate the barracks to create chaos, then seize the opportunity to find the commander’s position and take him out.”
As for how to find the commander, Geng Jihui didn’t say.
Of course, this didn’t need Geng Jihui to explain. Once the chaos started, the commander would most likely be where the crowd gathered.
Because they needed to step forward to command the troops’ reaction.
When the rooftop of the residential building showed lights flashing in a certain pattern, it meant the sniper team had spotted a gap in the Blue Team patrol.
They had to infiltrate the Blue Team barracks quickly; the gap in the Blue Team patrol wouldn’t leave much time for B Group.
Seeing the flashing lights, Geng Jihui signaled everyone to start the operation.
Using the cover of the night, Chang Ning quickly approached the barracks, his movements swift and silent like a cheetah.
Every second, Chang Ning got a step closer to the outermost Blue Team tent.
“Phew~
That was close!”
Listening to the Blue Team patrol squad’s footsteps going from far to near and then far again, Chang Ning, leaning on the other side of the tent, slightly relaxed his taut nerves and let out a long breath.
He had just barely passed the patrol squad shoulder-to-shoulder. If he had been a few seconds slower, he would have been discovered, causing the infiltration to fail.
Chang Ning wasn’t worried about whether the others would fail to infiltrate. His speed was fast enough to take the risky path brushing past the patrol squad, while his comrades, though not as fast as him, were more steady.
Pressing his ear against the tent’s waterproof canvas and listening intently, there was no sound inside.
“Probably a place for storing supplies.”
He drew his dagger and gently sliced through the canvas, minimizing the noise as much as possible.
Chang Ning carefully crawled through the cut opening. Inside the tent, it was pitch black with very low visibility.
Using the faint light filtering through the gaps, Chang Ning saw neatly arranged boxes stacked layer by layer.
He opened a box and saw it filled with bags of individual rations.
He took a few bags and put them in the backpack behind him, then turned and left.
Since the goal was to sow chaos in the barracks, he couldn’t hold back.
Chang Ning decided to take bigger steps. Whether escaping in the chaos or fishing in troubled waters later, he was confident he wouldn’t get caught.
Moreover, Ostrich was providing cover outside, so what was there to worry about?
