Two people suddenly appeared and introduced themselves. One was Yin Xuesong, and the other was Mao Shuai. They were the guides and interpreters hired by the embassy.
Other than that, they didn't say much. Of course, Qu Sen and the others didn't ask too many questions.
After arranging the weapons, they took some biscuits and water from the shelf on the other side. Then, the twelve of them quietly left the small church.
With Yin Xuesong and Mao Shuai leading the way, the two teams left the town without a hitch. They didn't take the road. Instead, they followed the field between the rice fields and the foot of the mountain and quickly made their way southeast.
After traveling for nearly seven kilometers, Qu Sen's team turned into the mountain and headed toward the economic crop development area of Mount Dong. Sun Yang's team continued to the southeast to pick up the nine of their compatriots whose transportation had been damaged.
Before the two teams parted, they agreed that after Sun Yang's team completed their escort mission, they would turn toward Mount Dong to pick up Qu Sen's team.
Mao Shuai, who was following Qu Sen's team, wasn't very familiar with the local roads. He could walk along the road, but he had to check the map from time to time to cross the mountain. Nevertheless, he was still better than Qu Sen and the others.
Mao Shuai's speed in the forest was definitely not slower than the local mountain people.
After the six of them moved quickly for more than ten minutes, they heard faint gunshots in front of them.
"Liu Zi, go check it out. Be careful," Qu Sen called out.
Liu Zi took off his backpack and moved forward in the direction of the gunshots. The other five people hid in the bushes and took the opportunity to rest.
About five minutes later, Liu Zi ran back. He hid in the bushes and wiped the sweat off his face. He whispered, "A group of people in black military uniforms are pushing the net to the west. They aren't moving fast. It looks like they're searching for someone. "
"Searching my ass. Most likely they're just loafing," Mao Shuai said with disdain.
"The mountain bandits are already at their doorstep. How can they still be in the mood to loaf?" Young Lu asked suspiciously.
"You don't know how chaotic it is here. Even during the war between the warlords in our country, it wasn't as lively as here," Mao Shuai said with a laugh.
"Squad Leader Mao, how long have you been here?" Liu Zi asked curiously.
"It's been almost three years since 2002." Mao Shuai answered and then said to everyone, "Since there's someone helping to keep watch over there, let's take a good rest. If we go any further, it might get even more chaotic. "
"We've been running for so long. How far are we from the target?" Young Deer asked again.
Qu Sen had been looking at the map for a long time. He said with a toothache, "The straight line distance is almost thirty kilometers, and we've only run less than six kilometers."
"I'll go!" Wu Tu couldn't help but cry out.
"Give me one of your drums." Qu Sen extended a hand towards Wu Tu.
"What's up?" Wu Tu opened his backpack and took out a drum, handing it to Qu Sen as he asked curiously.
"What are you doing? I'll carry it for you." Qu Sen stuffed the drum into his backpack and said unhappily.
"No need, I can carry it." Wu Tu stretched out his hand to play the drum.
"Don't try to be brave. Four drums and two chains. Do you think you're Rambo?" Young Deer mocked Wu Tu and also stretched out a hand.
"Don't try to be brave. My body hasn't recovered yet. If you help me carry the drums, I'll have to carry you later! "Wu Tu raised his hand and patted Young Deer's hand.
"Give me one. I can carry Young Deer, but I can't carry you." Xiao Zhuangzhuang, who was used to acting cool, made a rare joke.
"No need!" Wu Tu shook his head ungratefully.
"Don't try to be brave. We still have to run. We're going to bring twelve people out, and you might really need to carry some of them. Save as much energy as possible. "As Qu Sen spoke, he pulled out a drum from Wu Tu's backpack and handed it to Xiao Zhuangzhuang.
The sparse gunshots were getting farther and farther away. They guessed that the men in black military uniforms had given way to the team. The six of them set off again. They ran at least eighteen kilometers before stopping to rest again.
"How much farther?" Qu Sen asked as he panted.
Mao Shuai was also exhausted. His face was red and purple. He looked at the map to determine the direction and pointed at the edge of a mountain in the distance. "That's Mount Dong. The economic testing area is at the foot of the mountain, but the people we need to save are at the tea plantation near the top of the mountain. "
"It doesn't look too far." Qu Sen narrowed his eyes and gauged the distance.
"It's not too far in a straight line, but there's a river in the middle. If we want to get there, we either have to take a big detour from the west or take a bridge from the east." Mao Shuai pointed with his hand.
"Bridge?" Qu Sen muttered. After opening the map, he found the mark of a bridge and asked, "This bridge?"
"Yes!" Mao Shuai nodded.
"How much longer does it take to take a detour from the west?" Qu Sen saw that the long bridge across the mountain stream was on the main road and wanted to take a detour.
Mao Shuai calculated in his mind and said, "At least fifteen kilometers of mountain road, and we'll have to swim across a fast-flowing river."
Qu Sen rubbed his teeth for a long time and made up his mind. "Let's go to the bridge first and check out the situation. If it doesn't work, we'll take a detour!"
"You're worried about an ambush near the bridge?" Mao Shuai asked.
Qu Sen nodded and analyzed, "Those mercenaries called the Forest Wolves get paid by the number of people they kill. The people who were trapped said that they seemed to be searching for them with a purpose.
Let's assume that the trapped people's judgment is correct. If they haven't found their target by now, it's very likely that they'll be waiting for us at the best route out of the mountain.
That's what the small mercenary team that chased us to our temporary camp did. "
"Then we'll sneak over. If they really dare to wait there, we'll kill them first!" Wutu said hatefully.
"The enemy team has eighteen to twenty people, and they're equipped with advanced equipment. It'll be very difficult!" Qu Sen wasn't crazy enough to think that the six of them could kill a professional mercenary team that was three times their size.
Their mission this time was to save people, not to be heroes. Actual combat wasn't like shooting a movie. After Qu Sen finished speaking, the six of them fell silent.
"Damn it, it would be great if we could bring out a drone," Little Six muttered.
"At least we can roughly determine where their sniping positions are," Xiao Zhuangzhuang suddenly said.
Seeing that everyone's eyes were on him, he moved closer to the edge of the map and pointed at the terrain around the bridge. "If they're waiting here, the sniper team won't stay with the main team. They'll choose a sniping position that has a good view and is convenient for observation. "
Qu Sen instantly understood what Xiao Zhuangzhuang meant. A smile appeared on his face as he said, "Their main direction of observation is the east of the bridge. The effective range of an M24 is one kilometer."
"So, their sniping positions are actually very easy to determine." Xiao Zhuangzhuang smiled proudly as he concluded.
"I think it'll work. Even if the enemy has a lot of people, we can at least help Zhuangzhuang to snipe. If there's a situation behind us, we'll at least have cover! "Little Six was also energized.
"Yes!" When Uttu spoke, he had already put his backpack back on his back.
After another half an hour of weaving through the forest, a long cable bridge vaguely appeared in everyone's vision.
The team stopped again halfway up the mountain about three kilometers away from the bridge. After unfolding the map, they hypothesized where the enemy's sniping positions would be if they were waiting on the west side of the bridge to intercept their members.
In the direction of the bridge, there was a dirt road that was barely wide enough for a small car to pass through. In theory, suitable sniping positions could be found on the north and south slopes of the road.
However, as a professional sniper, Xiao Zhuangzhuang judged that if the enemy had set up sniping positions on the west side of the bridge, there was an 80% chance that they would set up sniping positions on the north slope.
Although Qu Sen had shot a few rounds of 88 sniper rifles when he was training in the special forces, he knew nothing about sniping tactics. After hearing Xiao Zhuangzhuang's thoughts, the other members of the team nodded in agreement with his judgment.
They knew that there must be some professional explanation for wind direction, light, terrain, and so on, so they followed everyone's opinion and circled the search area on the east slope of the road.
After a short rest, the team of six spread out and moved stealthily toward the west slope of the mountain north of the road.
In order to find the enemy's tracks in a wider area, the six of them were spaced very far apart. At the same time, because they did not have individual communication devices, they had to constantly pay attention to the movements of the people on both sides as they moved forward.
This was to prevent people in other directions from continuing to move forward after discovering the enemy and being discovered by the enemy.
After moving forward for about forty minutes, the six of them gradually approached the peak of the mountain north of the road. Qu Sen bent over and observed the movements in front of him while paying attention to Xiaolu on his left and Mao Shuai on his right.
Suddenly, Xiaolu made a hand gesture and stopped moving forward. Qu Sen hurriedly stopped as well. Mao Shuai on his right also noticed Qu Sen's hand gesture and stopped moving forward.
Xiaolu looked to the left for a few seconds and then used hand gestures to inform Qu Sen that a suspicious mechanical target had been found at the top of the mountain.
After Qu Sen relayed the message to Mao Shuai on his right, the team members began to move forward.
Tactical sign language could only express relatively simple meanings. The range of "mechanical targets" was very wide. It included vehicles, large equipment, and electronic equipment.
However, in the sign language relayed by Xiaolu, there was no information about "active targets". Even an off-road vehicle would have a hard time driving up the mountain. Therefore, someone must have discovered that there was an unmanned equipment at the top of the mountain.
The team continued to move forward carefully for about a hundred meters. Qu Sen could vaguely see something similar to a compound antenna at the top of the mountain through the sparse vegetation. Although they could not see it clearly, the reflection was very obvious.
After moving forward for more than ten meters, Xiaolu suddenly made a hand gesture to warn them to be careful of landmines. Qu Sen hurriedly passed the message to Mao Shuai. At the same time, he focused his attention on moving forward.
As they got closer to the top of the mountain, they could basically confirm that there was a two-meter-tall multi-wave antenna at the top of the mountain.
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