"Boom!"
The military jeep in front of them let out a deafening roar as a wave of heat burst out of it. The flames engulfed the entire vehicle in an instant. The windshield of the jeep that Xiao Luo was in could not withstand the force of the explosion and shattered into countless glass shards. Like a raging wave, the shards flew toward the faces of the driver, Kong Yunhong, Xiao Luo, and Jiang Zhiming.
Fortunately, the driver reacted quickly and stepped on the brakes at the moment of the explosion to avoid crashing into the glass shards.
"Ah!"
The shrill screams sounded like demons being tortured in hell. There were two soldiers who were still alive. They pushed open the door and ran out of the car that had turned into a sea of fire. However, their bodies were ignited in raging flames. They fell to the ground and were burned to death before they could even make a few decent struggles.
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"
Kong Yunhong was in a state of panic. His pupils constricted as he screamed desperately.
Jiang Zhiming immediately got out of the car and ran towards the two soldiers who had fallen to the ground and were burning with flames. He took off his clothes and tried his best to extinguish the flames on their bodies. At the same time, the soldiers in the vehicles behind also surrounded Jiang Zhiming. Some of them were responsible for guarding, while the others assisted Jiang Zhiming.
It did not take long for the flames on the two soldiers to be extinguished. However, they were no longer alive. Their bodies were charred black and covered with pustules. Their faces were blackened and their flesh was badly mangled. The air was filled with a pungent smell of burnt flesh.
There were still two people in the car that was engulfed in flames. They were killed when the explosion happened. Their bodies were almost glued to the car.
Everyone was stunned. Although they were soldiers, they were soldiers in peacetime. They had never been baptized by war. Here in Bia, they were undoubtedly going to be baptized by hell. They had never thought that death would be so close to them. Their comrades who were chatting and laughing just a moment ago had turned into charred corpses.
This difference caused them to grieve, and at the same time, their nerves to be highly strung!
"What's going on? What the hell is going on? Why did it explode all of a sudden? I didn't see any enemies nearby. "Kong Yunhong couldn't figure out what had happened, and asked with a sad face.
"It's a landmine."
Jiang Zhiming raised his head and looked at the road in front of him with a deep gaze. It was obvious that he had a headache. Just now, the windshield shattered into pieces and flew toward them. There were two or three wounds on his face.
"There's a two-kilometer minefield in front of us. We have to take a detour!"
Xiao Luo walked up with his hands behind his back. The ability of the Mercenary King made him feel like he was in his own territory. Those special symbols were meaningless to most people, but to him, they indicated the location of the minefield. They were probably planted by the rebels of the underground forces. They were afraid of accidentally injuring others, so they left behind special symbols to warn their own people.
"You … How did you know?" Kong Yunhong asked in surprise.
Although Jiang Zhiming didn't ask anything, his eyes were filled with questions. Xiao Luo had shouted "stop the car" just now. Coupled with the explosion now, he was very sure that Xiao Luo had discovered something. But even he didn't notice it, so how did this guy find out?
Xiao Luo naturally wouldn't explain too much to them. He sighed, "Let's take a detour."
After saying that, he turned around and returned to the military jeep.
That was the only thing they could do. Jiang Zhiming didn't ask any more questions. He just ordered his subordinates to throw the bodies of the two soldiers into the sea of fire that the car had turned into to complete a simple cremation. There was no other way, so this was the only way to deal with it.
After bypassing the minefield, they continued to advance toward Stantine City. The burning car was left far behind. Many people couldn't help but look back in its direction. In the thick smoke, it seemed like four heroic souls were waving at them.
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They had lost four soldiers before even reaching Stantine City. Every member of this special operation team had a heavy heart. What happened just now reminded them that this was a real battlefield and not a drill. If an accident happened, they would die. Everyone was on full alert and didn't dare to relax.
Since the car in front had been sacrificed, Xiao Luo's jeep took the lead!
It was very risky for the commander to take the lead, but Jiang Zhiming chose to take this risk because he trusted himself and Xiao Luo even more. If there was any danger, even if he couldn't detect it, Xiao Luo would definitely be able to detect it and avoid it in advance.
On the first day, everything was normal except for the landmines during the day.
"When can we reach Stantine City?"
Xiao Luo asked Jiang Zhiming, who was beside him, in the flickering light of the bonfire at night.
"We should be able to reach by noon tomorrow," Jiang Zhiming replied.
"Okay, got it."
Xiao Luo leaned against the car's tire and closed his eyes to rest. This was a battlefield. Even if he was resting, his ears were still paying close attention to the situation around him. If there was any movement, he would immediately wake up from his resting state.
The night was quiet …
The next day, as soon as the sky brightened, the special operations team set off.
The terrain of Libya looked the same everywhere, with countless small hills. It was easy to feel restless after staying in such a place for a long time, especially when one's nerves were on edge.
"Captain, look! It seems like there are Libyan troops up ahead!"
Kong Yunhong suddenly pointed to the front and shouted nervously, "Are they the government army or the rebels?"
Xiao Luo had already seen them earlier. There were five vehicles, all of them well-armed and equipped with machine guns on top of the vehicles.
"No matter which army they are, we have to be prepared for battle!"
Jiang Zhiming got out of the jeep first and ordered all the team members to prepare for battle. At the same time, he re-inserted the national flag to indicate his identity to the enemy.
With the help of binoculars, Jiang Zhiming quickly confirmed the identity of the enemy. It was a small group of rebels from Libya. It was easy to distinguish between the rebels and the government army by looking at their flags and uniforms. The rebel army's uniforms were darker, while the government army's were lighter. The contrast was obvious, with one in black and the other in white.
When Jiang Zhiming's convoy stopped, the Libyan rebels stopped as well. The leaders of both sides used binoculars to observe each other.
"They are gesturing at us. It seems like they are asking us to pass. It seems like we can avoid conflict with them," Kong Yunhong said with a sigh of relief.
Jiang Zhiming looked at Xiao Luo and asked, "Mr. Mie, what do you think?"
"Let them go first. We don't want to be attacked!"
Xiao Luo said calmly. He was not used to leaving his back to unknown forces.
Jiang Zhiming nodded. He had the same idea. If the enemy was the government army, there would be no problem at all. But since they were rebels, they had to be vigilant.
However, before he could do anything, the Libyan rebels launched an attack on them.
Whoosh … whoosh … whoosh …
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