Chapter 357: Wu Jianfeng Is Dumbfounded
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
“Papa-”
“Plop…”
In the jungle, gunshots echoed, and many soldiers, even with smoke rising above their heads, didn’t immediately realize it and continued firing their guns.
Of course, now they could only hear the gunshots.
After the smoke rose above their heads, the laser targeting devices on their guns malfunctioned.
Their guns no longer had the smoky effect.
“Retreat!”
Suddenly, Jiang Nan’s voice came through the earpiece.
The members of Squad Four hadn’t finished their mission yet.
They didn’t rush in blindly.
They were vigilant from all directions.
So, although the first wave of Jiang Nan’s thirteen men had strong firepower and crossfire, there were still one or two dozen soldiers from Squad Four who successfully took cover and didn’t produce smoke.
Of course, if the fight continued, Squad Two might suffer some casualties, and they might be wiped out by Squad Four.
After all, in the dark jungle at night, Squad Two had night vision goggles, while Squad Four had to rely on tactical flashlights.
Even if they could throw illumination grenades, facing a group of professional fighters, they would be at a disadvantage.
But Jiang Nan ordered a retreat.
When Wang Ye heard this command, he hesitated for a moment but didn’t question it and promptly executed the order.
Running away like this was also a good idea, saving them from the embarrassment of scavenging for corpses and collecting badges when Squad Four was completely defeated.
He bent down and retreated towards the rear without making a sound.
Wang Ye remained silent and didn’t expose himself.
“Boom!”
At this moment, there was a loud explosion in the sky, and then Wang Ye felt the entire sky here light up.
Wang Ye turned to look and locked eyes with Peng Yuhang, who had just been shot but was now filled with anger as he got up.
“You bastard, you launched a sneak attack!”
Peng Yuhang didn’t recognize Wang Ye.
With a green face, wearing a helmet and night vision goggles, in this situation, he couldn’t immediately tell that this person was Wang Ye.
“Old Peng, see you later!”
However, although he wasn’t recognized, Wang Ye hesitated for a moment and then smiled softly as he said this.
In that moment, Peng Yuhang felt like he had been struck by lightning, and he was instantly dumbfounded.
What did he hear?
He actually heard this guy calling him “Old Peng,” and, more importantly, this voice was so damn familiar.
“Wang Ge?”
Looking at Wang Ye’s quickly retreating figure, for a moment, Peng Yuhang’s eyes widened, and his mouth hung open…
But Wang Ye didn’t respond to him.
He vanished in a flash.
Actually, Wang Ye did it on purpose.
If Wu Jianfeng found out like this, he would definitely be furious, and right now, he couldn’t go touch their bodies, so he couldn’t know that it was Wang Ye’s doing.
Although he exposed himself, when he met Wu Jianfeng later, he would definitely come to settle the score.
But knowing that he did it himself, he would feel a bit better, and even if he went back, he could save face.
After all, he was the one who brought Wang Ye out and got rid of him.
No one dared to say that he was incompetent just because he got eliminated so quickly. Looking at it now, the one who eliminated him was someone he had taken out himself.
Of course, Wu Jianfeng didn’t know this situation at the moment.
“Quick, they’re trying to run, chase them down and eliminate them!” Zheng Ke ordered.
He hadn’t produced smoke yet.
At this moment, an illumination grenade lit up the night sky, and they saw figures in the jungle quickly running away.
At this moment, the remaining members of Squad Four who hadn’t produced smoke all rushed out.
They were genuinely angry.
“Old Yin Bi, don’t run!”
“Damn it, stand still if you’ve got the guts!”
In Squad Four, someone was not only chasing and firing but also shouting.
Unfortunately, it didn’t do much good. The members of Squad Two didn’t stop because of their voices. On the contrary, some of them hid behind cover while running, waiting for Squad Four to catch up, and then they opened fire and ran again.
“Quick, don’t linger in the fight, and don’t try to eliminate them all here.” Jiang Nan’s voice came over the radio.
“Disperse and break through individually. From now on, implement radio silence again. Remember our objective. If there’s a chance, it’s best to go for the commander of the Iron Bone Hero Squad!”
Jiang Nan ordered through the earpiece.
They couldn’t afford to eliminate all of Squad Four right now because there were illumination grenades and gunshots here, and they had probably reported the situation earlier.
If they eliminated them all, there might be artillery fire coming their way later.
Just because they brought small-caliber mortars didn’t mean the Iron Bone Hero Squad only had artillery that could reach this far.
As long as they had the coordinates, even if they had run to this location, the Iron Bones Hero Regiment could likely open fire directly.
They needed to leave some of them behind to prevent artillery fire.
Of course, once they dispersed and ran far enough, then they could eliminate them.
“Received!” In the jungle, Wang Ye crouched and moved quickly. There were many thorny branches and leaves, but Wang Ye didn’t pay them any mind.
While moving recklessly, he also kept an eye on what was behind him.
Behind him, two more illumination grenades lit up in succession.
But for now, no one was catching up from behind.
However, Wang Ye didn’t dare to be complacent at all. He even carefully watched for any movement in front of him.
His entire squad had dispersed, and now he was on his own. Moreover, with several consecutive illumination grenades, anyone in the Iron Bone Hero Squad who saw this situation and other units in the vicinity would likely come to reinforce.
He needed to get out of here quickly.
At this point, he wasn’t afraid of artillery fire; he was afraid of being encircled.
Two fists are no match for four hands, and if he ran into a unit larger than his own, even if he could take out a few, he would most likely be eliminated in the end.
Honestly, Wang Ye was quite nervous at the moment.
He wasn’t like the other veteran reconnaissance soldiers.
He had only been in the reconnaissance unit for ten days and hadn’t even learned the tactics of jungle warfare.
Now he had to rely on his own instincts.
“Oh, it’s a pity about the captain’s badge!” In his mind, Wang Ye suddenly had this thought.
His mission was to obtain badges, not just eliminate enemies and call it a day.
The next moment, Wang Ye suddenly stopped in his tracks.
He looked back, and at that moment, a struggling expression appeared on his face.
“No, can’t do it!”
Wang Ye vetoed his own daring idea.
At this moment, he suddenly had a flash of inspiration and realized that he actually wanted to go back.
He thought about picking up the badges from the squad leader and also capturing their grenades and other equipment.
In theory, this idea could work.
Although no one was chasing him from behind right now, Squad Four’s remaining members had probably all gone to pursue the rest of Squad Two.
So, at the moment, the squad leader’s group probably only had a bunch of dead people remaining.
But…
The recent illumination grenades posed a significant risk if other units came over to investigate the situation. Wang Ye hiding among the “dead” of Squad Four could be very dangerous.
After all, they weren’t really dead.
Without a word, if someone exchanged glances and noticed him, he’d be done for.
Although these were all comrades from Squad Four, he had been ruthless towards them just now, and depending on them not betraying him was a bit risky.
Of course, some might follow the exercise rules.
But there were too many of them, and there were forty “dead” bodies lying around. Wang Ye didn’t dare to bet that everyone would be happy with him.
So, returning there was a risky proposition.
However, he couldn’t go back now. In an hour or two, the problem would likely be much smaller.
According to the exercise rules, the “dead” couldn’t move, at least not until the end of the exercise. So, at least for tonight, there would be no one from the Iron Bone Hero Regiment coming to “move the bodies.”
So, he couldn’t go back now, but he planned to do so later.
With this thought in mind, Wang Ye didn’t hesitate any more and forged ahead.
He was even prepared to head back, but now was not the time.
First, he would run further, find a place to erase his tracks and hide. After hiding for a while, once the support team had mostly reached Squad Four to investigate the situation, he would return.
Of course, he didn’t know when the support team would arrive, but Wang Ye estimated that he couldn’t go back for at least an hour.
Running forward, Wang Ye now had a specific goal.
They all had topographic maps of this area in their vehicles, and Wang Ye used his knowledge of the location. After about ten minutes, he arrived at a riverbank.
However, Wang Ye didn’t go down to the river.
He faked the appearance of going into the water, then walked backward and carefully stepped to the side, erasing his own tracks as he went.
He chose not to enter the water.
Indeed, going into the water was the best way to erase tracks.
But it was the middle of the night, and the water was cold, and more importantly, Wang Ye planned to go back. So, why go into the water?
He crouched on a tree not far from the water’s edge.
From what Wang Ye observed, it seemed like they didn’t bring dogs for training; even Squad Four didn’t bring Black Beak with them earlier.
So, he didn’t need to worry in this situation.
Of course, just in case other squads brought dogs, Wang Ye chose this riverside location.
If there were real dogs, he would jump into the river directly from the tree.
To erase his tracks, Wang Ye slowly walked about twenty meters away, then quickly took off his shoes and climbed up the tree.
The soles of combat boots would definitely leave tracks if he climbed a tree directly like that.
Being barefoot was a much better option in this situation.
In this case, as long as the other side didn’t bring dogs, they wouldn’t be worried about searching for Wang Ye’s tracks on the ground.
Meanwhile, on the side of Wu Jianfeng and his team…
Peng Yuhang had been holding back for a long time, watching Wu Jianfeng sitting there sulking, smoking one cigarette after another. Eventually, he couldn’t hold back any longer.
He cautiously approached.
“Captain!” Peng Yuhang called out softly.
“Get lost, didn’t you hear me say not to bother me?” Wu Jianfeng looked over and scolded him without any patience.
It had been a good twenty minutes, and Zheng Ke and the others hadn’t returned.
Wu Jianfeng and his team had been waiting here, and they had already been scrutinized by a group from their own reconnaissance platoon earlier. Now, his mood was absolutely terrible.
So, none of the other members in the Fourth Company dared to approach him while he was in a bad mood.
Well… mainly because some brave souls had been scolded earlier.
“No, Captain, I want to tell you about something important,” Peng Yuhang gathered the courage to come over.
Unlike Wang Ye, who had a good relationship with Wu Jianfeng, Peng Yuhang was a bit nervous as Wu Jianfeng glared at him.
But he had mentally prepared himself, so he didn’t back down.
It’s not, Captain, it’s really important. Please listen to me, just one sentence. Whether it’s important or not, you can decide later!” Peng Yuhang was also getting anxious, especially when he saw Li Bing approaching to pull him away, he hurriedly said these words.
“Fine! Go ahead!” Even though his mood was terrible right now, Wu Jianfeng still chose to listen when Peng Yuhang said that.
“Captain, I can only tell you alone!” Peng Yuhang didn’t dare to be sure whether the information he was about to share was good or bad news, or whether it would have any impact on Wu Jianfeng or Wang Ye, so he didn’t want others to overhear.
In the curious eyes of the others, he approached Wu Jianfeng once again and whispered something in his ear.
“Hmm? Are you sure?” The next moment, Wu Jianfeng’s eyes widened, and he quickly turned to look at Peng Yuhang, who had shrunk back to his original position..