At the top of the mountain was a short wave signal relay antenna. While Wu Tu was cleaning up the defensive mines, Qu Sen did some simple research on it.
The equipment was portable and was a temporary outdoor installation. The parameters on the back of the main machine showed that this thing was much more advanced than the extension antennas carried by the special forces.
Low power consumption, high power, and strong anti-interference capabilities. Most importantly, it was easy to deploy.
"Good stuff! If it belongs to those mercenaries, we'll take it when we go back. It'll have a lot of research value. "Qu Sen whispered to Mao Shuai.
"It's not easy to take!" Mao Shuai muttered as he carefully observed the situation at the bottom of the mountain.
"We don't need the antenna and battery. Just take the main machine back." Qu Sen replied.
Mao Shuai looked at the main machine that was the size of a shoe box and said, "Who cares who it belongs to. Just take it apart now."
"Don't. If it really belongs to those mercenaries, if we take it apart now, they'll be alerted." Qu Sen muttered.
"Okay, then we'll take it with us when we leave." Mao Shuai nodded in agreement.
"Team Qu, get six. Four trip ropes and two pressure flares. "Wu Tu ran over and reported.
"Take them. Maybe they'll come in handy when we leave." After Qu Sen said this, he carefully moved to Xiao Zhuangzhuang's side. "How is it? Do you have an idea?"
"There, there, and that area. It's all possible." Xiao Zhuangzhuang pointed at three areas on the bottom of the mountain.
The three areas that Xiao Zhuangzhuang had identified were quickly marked on the map. There were only six people in the team. Searching one area at a time was too inefficient, and splitting into three groups was too weak. If something unexpected happened, it would take time to support each other.
Therefore, Qu Sen decided to split the six into two groups. They would search the left and right areas separately and then meet up near the center of the mountain. Qu Sen, Little Six, and Mao Shuai were responsible for the left side of the east slope. Xiaolu, Xiao Zhuangzhuang, and Wu Tu were responsible for the right side.
The vegetation on the mountaintop was sparse, and it would be easy to be exposed if they went down to the east slope. The two teams retreated back to the west slope, and then approached from the north and south sides under the cover of the trees and vegetation.
To be honest, Qu Sen was a little anxious now. After all, it had been more than three hours since they lost contact with the twelve people trapped in the tea garden. It was hard to tell whether they were in good or bad luck.
However, there was nothing they could do even if they were anxious. After all, no one was superhuman. They were in a foreign country and faced with a completely unfamiliar environment and complicated situation. All actions had to be stable first.
Compared to the south, the mountains to the north were particularly steep. Fortunately, the vegetation was very lush, providing the greatest cover for Qu Sen and the other two.
When they were about to enter the east side of the mountain, the trio abandoned their already worn camouflage and used the surrounding shrubs and weeds to disguise themselves. Then, they carefully approached the target area.
When they approached the target area, they became even more careful. While observing the situation, they also had to try their best not to make any noise. The three of them were advancing in an inverted triangle formation. They were almost crawling as they slowly moved forward bit by bit.
A sniper team usually had two people, one sniper and one spotter. Depending on the mission and the terrain, the two would sometimes stay together, and sometimes they would put some distance between them.
After about twenty minutes, the three of them finally pushed into the center of the suspected area. After carefully observing for a few minutes from the top to the bottom, they could basically rule out the possibility of a sniper spot in this area.
Although they had made a judgment in their hearts, no one dared to let down their guard. They continued until they had searched the entire area.
After taking a short breather, Qu Sen made a gesture toward the third area. The three of them continued to maintain their inverted triangle formation, carefully cutting along the slope and continuing to move forward stealthily.
The area of the east slope was not big, but it was not small either.
The three areas that Xiao Zhuangzhuang had marked were the most likely points from his point of view. If there really was a sniper here, no one could guarantee that the two people's thoughts and vision were exactly the same.
Therefore, perhaps in the next second, an enemy member would fall into their line of sight. Of course, it was also possible that in the next second, a few people in Qu Sen's team would fall into the enemy's line of sight.
About half an hour later, Qu Sen's team reached the edge of the third area, so their movements became even more careful.
After moving forward about twenty meters, Mao Shuai, who was on Qu Sen's right, suddenly made a gesture to stop and then pointed in a direction. Qu Sen looked in the direction he was pointing, and Young Deer's face appeared in the cracks of the broad leaves about twenty meters away.
When Young Deer saw that Qu Sen had seen him, he quickly made a gesture to point in the direction and to indicate that he had discovered six armed men. There were no snipers, and they were wearing the same clothes as the enemy. Then, Young Deer made a gesture to ask for a plan of action.
Qu Sen quickly analyzed the situation in front of him. Since Young Deer had made a gesture to indicate that they were wearing the same clothes as the enemy, it was basically certain that the armed men they had discovered were Forest Wolf mercenaries.
If they hadn't appeared here to rest, then the remaining possibility was that they were planning to ambush their people.
According to the previous interrogation, the other party's small operation team had eighteen to twenty people, and now they had only discovered six people. There were two possibilities for determining the other members. One was that they were scattered around or on the opposite slope, resting and hiding.
The other possibility was that they were continuing to search for their people in the economic crop testing area.
"Don't alarm them. Machine gunners stay behind to keep watch. The rest of you continue to spread out and search the surroundings. We have thirty minutes." After Qu Sen made a gesture to Young Deer, Young Deer quickly responded.
After Qu Sen made an "OK" gesture, he indicated for Little Six and Mao Shuai to adjust the direction of their search. They would first carefully investigate the left side of the eastern slope.
Those six mercenaries were being watched by Wu Tu, so as long as they weren't too scattered. If there was a situation, Wutu would be able to take them all down without even using half a drum.
They had already covered three-fifths of the entire eastern slope. The bottom one-fifth was a gentle slope. From a high vantage point, they could use the naked eye to scout the area. Therefore, the area Qu Sen and the other two had to search wasn't considered large.
After adjusting the direction of their search, they had traveled less than two hundred meters when Little Six suddenly made a gesture to stop.
Qu Sen carefully moved to Little Six's side and looked in the direction he was pointing. The trees in the direction of their target were relatively sparse, but the shrubs were abnormally lush. As far as the eye could see, other than a patch of vines and broad leaves, there was nothing out of the ordinary.
Little Six waited for a moment. Seeing Qu Sen's expression, he knew that he hadn't seen anything. He nudged him lightly and carefully extended his finger to point to where Qu Sen should look.
Qu Sen narrowed his eyes and stared in the direction Little Six was pointing at for about two seconds. His eyes instantly widened. He actually saw a camouflage combat boot.
When the other camouflage combat boot was also identified, Qu Sen looked in the direction of the two boots for a few seconds. Finally, he could distinguish the backs of two people in ghillie suits lying in the bushes in front of him.
After confirming that the one on the left was a spotter and the one on the right was a sniper, Qu Sen felt a chill run down his spine.
He had been trying his best to concentrate on the road, but in broad daylight, there were two people lying on the ground less than twenty meters away. He actually didn't notice them at all. If he had acted alone, he would have had to step on their feet before he could see them.
Seeing Mao Shuai's questioning gesture, Qu Sen briefly weighed the pros and cons. He gritted his teeth and gestured to Mao Shuai and Little Six with his two hands. Then, he pointed at the backs of the two ghillie suits and made a throat-slitting gesture.
"Sentry" was an intensive training skill, whether in the special forces or the reconnaissance forces. Mao Shuai and Little Six had been trained, so Qu Sen could only stay in place to cover them.
Although he didn't have to do it himself, Qu Sen watched Mao Shuai and Little Six slowly and quietly move forward. His heart couldn't help but beat wildly.
After realizing that he was too nervous, Qu Sen quickly straightened his finger on the trigger and slowly adjusted his breathing. Once Mao Shuai and Little Six missed, he needed to accurately shoot the enemy at the first time, so he had to suppress his nervousness.
Qu Sen saw that the two people were less than five meters behind the enemy. They communicated silently and then stopped moving at the same time. After quietly crawling for a few seconds, when they moved again, they didn't move forward. Instead, they moved closer to each other.
About a minute later, Qu Sen saw that the two people, who were slightly staggered, actually swapped positions before continuing to move forward.
Little Six had a habit of using his left hand, so touching the person on the right could easily affect Mao Shuai's movements. Qu Sen instantly understood.
When they were about three meters away from the enemy, the two people carefully got up from the ground and moved forward in a half-squat.
The two people took large strides, but their speed was extremely slow. After taking two steps at the same time, they suddenly accelerated. Their movements were almost synchronized and symmetrical. They pressed one knee on the back of their target and stretched out their hands like lightning.
The two people's backs blocked Qu Sen's view, but he could completely imagine the sound of cervical vertebrae breaking when the two targets' necks were twisted.
Seeing Mao Shuai and Little Six turn around and give him a thumbs up at the same time, indicating that everything was going well, Qu Sen subconsciously wanted to applaud. When the two palms were about to touch, he instantly reacted and quickly gave each of them a thumbs up.
While Mao Shuai and Little Six quickly sorted out the loot, Qu Sen studied the digital shortwave individual communicators worn by the two people who were killed. After tidying up the loot, Qu Sen also set up a new communication channel.
He handed a set of communicators to Little Six, pointed to the telephoto lens of the enemy's aiming hand and said, "Stay here and observe the opposite hillside. Mao Shuai and I will continue to search."
After Little Six expressed his understanding, Qu Sen and Mao Shuai continued to search the rest of the area.
After spending about ten minutes checking the rest of the area, they didn't find anything unusual. Qu Sen pressed the call button. "Little Six, is there any movement on the opposite hillside?"
"I've roughly scanned it, but I didn't find anything," Little Six replied.
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