Chapter 118 Before the rescue! The weather in Northeast China in May is not that hot, but today is a sunny day with the sun hanging high in the sky. It is a bit stuffy and depressing in this windless weather. In the quiet forest, Su Chen took the lead, followed by five special forces members, walking along the winding mountain road. Su Chen's eyes were as sharp as an eagle as he scanned the surroundings. According to the intelligence, the Viper Mercenaries were climbing the mountain from the direction they were climbing. Su Chen activated his visual talent and would not let go of any movement around him. At the same time, Su Chen was putting himself in his shoes and thinking, if he were the leader of this mercenary group, what traces might be left when going up the mountain, and how to clear them. Suddenly, Su Chen's nose twitched, and then he immediately raised his right fist: "Stop!——" The team immediately crouched down vigilantly, looking around carefully. After confirming that there was no danger around, they saw Su Chen walk to the side of a tree, his nostrils twitching, his brows furrowed, he threw the gun behind his back, and carefully pushed aside the weeds with his fingerless combat gloves on. Seeing this, the team helped Su Chen to be alert. Shen Hang asked in a low voice: "Chen'er, did you find anything?" Su Chen said in a serious tone: "There is a smell of blood here!" Shen Hang asked again: "Could it be left by an animal?"
Su Chen pushed aside the weeds and found some dried blood next to the tree. He picked up some with his fingers and put them to his nose to smell it, then twisted his fingers. Then he said with certainty: "It's human blood!" There is a clear difference between human blood and animal blood. First of all, from the smell point of view, humans are omnivores, and they are inevitably exposed to various chemically synthesized items in their lives, such as seasonings. Therefore, compared with other animals, the blood is more fishy, and even has a special smell of mutton. In addition, after drying, human blood appears purple-red or even dark black-red. These two characteristics are clearly different from other animals! "You mean, the Black Snake Mercenaries stayed here?" Shen Hang asked in a deep voice. Su Chen nodded and said, "It should be! Didn't the intelligence say that Wang Biao was injured? These mercenaries must have bandaged Wang Biao temporarily, and the intense exercise may have opened the wound!" Yan Ziqiang asked, "Did you come here because you smelled the blood?" Su Chen nodded, "Yeah." "Fuck! Your nose is as good as a fucking military dog's!" Yan Ziqiang couldn't help but complain. Su Chen glared, "Why are you cursing?!" The team's comrades couldn't help laughing. Su Chen rolled his eyes at them, "Okay, let's get serious! Now we can basically confirm that the enemy climbed up the mountain along this road, which proves that our tracking direction is correct! However, we have already climbed nearly one-third of the way to the top of the mountain. Next, as we go deeper into the enemy's hinterland, the action will be more dangerous! What we can be sure of now is that the enemy has no snipers. However, the enemy may have grenades or homemade explosives, so we must be extremely careful in our next actions! Especially pay attention to your feet! Again, we are not facing ordinary bandits, but a group of well-trained mercenaries with rich combat experience!" "understand!" "Roger that!" "..." The team members responded immediately. ......... They continued to move forward following the traces left by the enemy. Although Su Chen reminded the team members that these mercenaries were well-trained, they were not as professional as the Tiger Special Forces after all. The Group B team, which had undergone rigorous special warfare training, still found some clues left by the enemy in the forest, and these were basically discovered by Su Chen. Yan Ziqiang said something right, Su Chen's nose is almost as good as a military dog. His sense of smell talent has reached 15, and it has been specially enhanced to an astonishing level! In addition to his improved olfactory talent, Su Chen's visual talent is also outstanding. For example, at this moment they were advancing rapidly in a tactical formation in the jungle. Suddenly, Su Chen's peripheral vision keenly noticed a unique gadget in the corner, and he immediately whispered: "alert!--"
As the teams became alert, Su Chen cautiously walked forward a few steps, squatted down, and picked up a cigarette butt from the ground. Shen Hang was stunned when he saw this, "Cigarette butt?" Jiang Cheng was surprised: "They are a mercenary team after all, they can't be so unprofessional? They can't even throw cigarette butts on the ground?!" Ge Tong also agreed: "Why do I feel like there's something fishy going on here?" "There must be a trick!" Su Chen sneered, "Look, this cigarette butt is only half burned, and it is in a flattened state. It is not difficult to tell from the shoe prints on it! As Jiang Cheng said, he is a mercenary after all, he wouldn't even know to pick up the cigarette after smoking it? That's too stupid! I firmly believe that no one will be a fool when it comes to matters concerning their own lives..." Yan Ziqiang nodded and said, "That makes sense!" Hao Dahai analyzed and said, "It seems that they are deliberately misleading us?" "But now we are in trouble!" Shen Hang frowned and said, "Since they have started to mislead us, it means they know that we will go up the mountain sooner or later. It will be difficult for us to find them if they hide in such a big mountain!" "Indeed, there are only eight of them, hiding in such a big mountain. Let alone a few of us, even if a helicopter brigade came and searched the ground and the air simultaneously, it would be difficult to find them!" "We have to think of a way..." The team members all looked embarrassed. "Hehe..." Su Chen chuckled at this time: "I think that finding them is both difficult and easy." When everyone heard Su Chen's words, their eyes lit up! Shen Hang quickly asked: "Chen'er, do you have any new ideas?" Others also looked at Su Chen. Su Chen smiled and said, "Think about it. They have been escaping to Wolong Mountain for almost three days. What do they need to prepare to live in the mountains?" Yan Ziqiang suddenly realized, "You mean... water and food?!" "You hit the nail on the head!" Su Chen gave his affirmation and continued, "Food may be easy to solve. Even if they flee to the mountains in a hurry, they can fill their stomachs with compressed dry food or fruits and wild vegetables. But water is not something that can be easily obtained!" At this point, Su Chen suddenly said to Shen Hang: "——Map!" Shen Hang quickly took out a detailed map of Wolong Mountain from his backpack. Spreading out the map, Su Chen quickly found the location of the water source marked on the map. It was a naturally formed freshwater river in a valley in Wolong Mountain. Checking along the freshwater river, the special forces members' hearts skipped a beat! Shen Hang said solemnly: "According to the map, there are several families living by the river!" Su Chen's face was also gloomy as he said: "If I were them, when I found the water source, that is, the river, I would definitely control these people and use them as hostages!" This is normal inertial thinking. The enemy is not foolish. They fled to Wolong Mountain just to find a way to escape the police's capture. So when they encountered these families, they only had two best choices! First, occupy these families and use them as hostages to make the special forces afraid to act rashly! Second, take the hostages from these families and continue to escape. Once encountered by the special forces, they will use the hostages to threaten you! No matter which of these two options, it will be troublesome for them! However, Su Chen had anticipated that their operation might involve rescuing hostages, so after learning about this, he was not surprised at all. He quickly calmed down and analyzed the situation at a rapid speed: "Let's assume that the mercenaries have occupied these households. If we take a short break, we must find a way to sneak up to the area silently and kill them as quickly as possible to rescue the hostages! Therefore, we must rush to this valley immediately, find out the enemy's position first, and find a way to rescue them based on the intelligence! Brothers, we have to speed up!" Every second the hostages are in the hands of the criminals, the danger increases! The soldiers of Tiger Group B obviously understood this truth, so after hearing Su Chen's words, the six of them immediately moved forward at full speed. While rushing towards the valley, Su Chen also contacted the command center through the communication system, reported the situation and the location coordinates of the valley, and asked the military and police at the foot of the mountain to quickly shrink the encirclement inward! Although Su Chen and others increased their speed, they were more alert to their surroundings. Su Chen said that the closer you get to the enemy's hinterland, the more dangerous situations you will encounter.
………… In the undulating forest, the mountains are steep and majestic, and the lush trees on the hillsides are interwoven into a green ocean. The breeze blows, and the leaves rustle, as if telling an ancient story. In the flat area of the valley, a clear freshwater river meanders at the bottom of the valley. The river flows gently and the waves ripple like a lively ribbon. The river water sparkles in the sunlight, and occasionally you can see fish swimming happily in the water. In the flat area of the valley, there are several villages of villagers scattered around. The houses in these villages are mostly built of stone and wood, simple and warm. In front of the village, various crops are planted, and the fields are green and full of vitality and hope. However, at this moment, between the mountains on both sides of the valley, through the optical sight of the sniper rifle, Su Chen could not see the tranquility and peace of the rural farmland from the scenery below, there was only dead silence! So quiet! It’s so quiet that it’s a bit eerie! It was evening now, close to dinner time. According to the rural lifestyle, the village should be filled with smoke and the smell of life at this time! But at this moment, the doors and windows of the houses in the valley are closed, giving people a dead feeling! "There are five bungalows in total. What we are not sure about now is where the hostages are being held, but they should be held together. We have to find a way to find out the situation in the village!" Su Chen said in a low voice. …… (End of this chapter)