Chapter 0073: Euphemistically called: Preventing Counterattack!
Chapter 0073: Euphemistically called: Preventing Counterattack!
Cheng Cai lay down in despair.
One moment he thought he could easily become a member of the 7th Company based on his performance in the exercise, but the next moment, his world collapsed.
"Chengcai, Chengcai..."
Xu Sanduo shouted, his heart filled with anger. In just a few hours, two of the three most important people in the army had fallen.
"I'm not dead... but I'm finished..."
Cheng Cai said desperately, "One shot kicked me out of the exercise, I... I have no chance..."
Xu Sanduo stood up angrily, looking at the mountains. Whether they were imaginary enemies or real enemies, at this moment, he felt boundless rage towards them!
"Xu Sanduo, stay hidden!" Zheng Yingqi roared angrily.
Xu Sanduo's face showed an emotion he had never shown before; it must have been hatred. He glanced at the empty forest with resentment before slowly squatting down.
"Send a few people to search, but don't go beyond the battlefield support area. Shoo the flies away," Gao Cheng said as he walked over.
Xu Sanduo was the first to leap out of the cover, and Zheng Yingqi also picked up the Type 81 rifle and rushed out. Although he was only a second slower than Xu Sanduo, by the time he got out, Xu Sanduo had already started running. By the time Zheng Yingqi accelerated, Xu Sanduo had already left him more than ten meters behind.
This kid is flying!
Zheng Yingqi stared incredulously at Xu Sanduo's retreating figure, then instinctively sped up to catch up.
Bang
A gunshot rang out, but it missed Xu Sanduo, who was right in front of him. Xu Sanduo seemed to see someone and suddenly sped up, chasing after him. Zheng Yingqi was stunned. This guy—is he cheating?
No, even I, who's using cheats, am this fast!
With a moment's distraction, Xu Sanduo had vanished without a trace, leaving Zheng Yingqi with no choice but to chase after him at breakneck speed.
They agreed not to chase beyond the tank's support range, but this guy just wouldn't stop once he started chasing. Zheng Yingqi felt like he was using the same frantic speed he used during the army group's reconnaissance competition, but he still couldn't catch up with Xu Sanduo. The tracks he "crashed" on the road were very obvious, so he could only follow the tracks.
When Zheng Yingqi finally caught up with the figure, he was dumbfounded. In the original story, Xu Sanduo caught up with Yuan Lang on the cliff and, with his desperate spirit, intimidated Yuan Lang and was eventually captured. However, the obvious wire work did not make people understand the hardships Xu Sanduo faced.
But now, looking at the cliff dozens of meters high and the two people locked in a stalemate dozens of meters in the air, Zheng Yingqi finally understood Xu Sanduo's madness.
But the problem now is... what to do?
Zheng Yingqi was dumbfounded when he saw the cliff so high.
Hong Xingguo rushed over with his men. When he saw the two men locked in a stalemate on the cliff, he slapped his forehead and shouted, "Get a rope!" He thought to himself, "Even though injuries and fatalities are allowed in drills, we can't play around like this!"
One soldier asked in shock, "Is it necessary to tie someone up?"
"Save them!" Hong Xingguo said irritably.
Zheng Yingqi almost burst out laughing. He was in awe of his comrade who had asked that question. What a genius!
With the combined efforts of several soldiers, the two men on the cliff were rescued. Hong Xingguo angrily rebuked Xu Sanduo: "Are you out of your mind? There weren't any safety measures at that height! What if you fell? Is it worth it to capture an enemy?"
Xu Sanduo remained silent, while Hong Xingguo angrily confronted the captured "prisoner of war": "You too, are you risking your life? Falling from such a height is a loss to the country! You..."
Then he got stuck—he finally noticed the military rank in Yuan Lang's peculiar attire.
Two mao 22?
Lieutenant Colonel!
Hong Xingguo's words came to an abrupt halt, which was somewhat awkward. How did he end up scolding such a big shot?
At this moment, Gao Cheng arrived, and Hong Xingguo said to him with a wry smile, "Xu Sanduo has been captured alive, but his rank is a bit exaggerated, lieutenant colonel."
That's the deputy regimental commander level—but Gao Cheng didn't seem happy. He walked over and looked at the two men whose wounds were being bandaged by medics. He first said to Xu Sanduo, "That's good, but you're risking your life too much."
Xu Sanduo remained as hesitant as ever. Gao Cheng patted Xu Sanduo on the shoulder before looking at the only surviving prisoner of war.
From the military rank to the strange uniforms and the full set of weapons, Takashiro glanced at everything.
Yuan Lang saw Gao Cheng looking at him as if he were flipping a card, but Gao Cheng stopped him: "No need, you're not dead, you've just been captured."
Yuan Lang stopped flipping through the papers, saying, "I'm a bit wronged!" If he were really going all out, two or three Xu Sanduos might not pose a threat to him, but he didn't risk his life, and that's why he was captured alive by the reckless Xu Sanduo.
"Anyone can say that word if they died on the battlefield," Gao Cheng said firmly.
Yuan Lang sighed and stood beside Gao Cheng. "To be honest, it's not unfair, is it? We can't afford to fight this kind of battle." He glanced at his watch and added, "The exercise will end in an hour, and we've already achieved a casualty ratio of one to eight against your company. We can't afford to fight this kind of battle!"
Zheng Yingqi, who was familiar with the plot, naturally knew that these were Yuan Lang's heartfelt words, but now, seeing Yuan Lang say this, he had an urge to punch this guy to death.
Gao Cheng was shocked: "You're trading one of us for eight?"
"I originally wanted to trade one man for twenty-five, ideally with zero casualties," Yuan Lang said. He was confident in his abilities. How ruthless was the tank company? But his men only lost five men to wipe out that behemoth of a combat unit!
But in front of the 7th Company, he had to ask the battalion commander for help, and was even beaten to a frustrating 1 to 8 – the 7th Company was extremely frustrated, but Yuan Lang, the captain of the old A team, was just as frustrated!
Gao Cheng remained silent. He could hear the confidence in the other person's words, as well as the opponent's affirmation of him. But this affirmation was shameful, because he would rather have defeated the opponent and then said miserably: "I was thinking of a score of X to X, but I didn't expect you to fight so tenaciously"—that was the tone of a victor. A loser, even if affirmed, is still a loser!
"Could you tell me where you came from?"
"My name is Yuan Lang."
I'm referring to where we came from.
"Don't ask what you shouldn't ask," Yuan Lang said domineeringly. The soldiers of the 7th Company next to him immediately glared at him angrily—damn, they had never seen such an arrogant prisoner.
"You know, everyone will know in an hour," Gao Cheng said, somewhat agitated. "Many people have been kicked out of the exercise and lost their chance!"
Yuan Lang knew what Gao Cheng meant by "opportunity." He smiled, understanding Gao Cheng's excitement, and leaned close to Gao Cheng's ear, whispering:
"Old A!"
"Thank you." Gao Cheng hesitated for a long time before finally replying with a thank you, then ordered, "Fall back and defend!"
Old A is the most mysterious special forces unit in the military region. If we were to rank special operations units, they would be the one directly under the military region—one of the top special operations units in the entire army.
Yuan Lang was casually organizing his equipment. There was nothing he could do; this guy's rank was too high, and Gao Cheng wasn't so arrogant as to disarm a lieutenant colonel.
The Seventh Company had no idea how to deal with the old man, but Yuan Lang planned to go back with the Seventh Company; he was quite prepared to be a prisoner of war.
With half of his head wrapped up, Xu Sanduo became the only person he recognized. He grabbed Xu Sanduo:
"Soldier, I am your prisoner."
Xu Sanduo continued his rambling, unsure of what to say.
"My weapons should be kept by you," Yuan Lang said with a smile. "If there really is a war, these will all be your spoils of war."
Xu Sanduo looked at the pile of equipment on the ground and started tidying it up. Yuan Lang looked at Xu Sanduo with a very amused expression, but he had no idea that someone was plotting something.
Zheng Yingqi was the one plotting. Yuan Lang's words had given him an idea. Although reason told him that he would eventually fall into Yuan Lang's hands, the fact that the Seventh Company had lost two-thirds of its men in the battle made Zheng Yingqi very resentful. So he said to Xu Sanduo:
"Sanduo, he is a prisoner."
Xu Sanduo looked up at Zheng Yingqi, wondering what Zheng Yingqi meant by those words. Yuan Lang also looked curiously at this soldier who seemed somewhat different.
Zheng Yingqi felt that Yuan Lang's gaze was threatening, but he gritted his teeth and thought to himself, "You'll definitely torment me later, so I'll vent my anger now." With this thought, he felt even more justified.
"Do you intend to take the prisoners back like this?"
Xu Sanduo was still puzzled, while Yuan Lang seemed to realize something and looked at the soldier with some disbelief.
"The prisoners are all tied up," Zheng Yingqi finally said, then encouraged himself, "And I've also heard that special forces have special plans for dealing with prisoners. Theoretically, if you capture a special forces prisoner, you should first completely eliminate their ability to move to prevent them from turning the tables. But this is just an exercise, so we should tie them up."
These words were not actually spoken to Xu Sanduo, but to Yuan Lang, as an excuse for his actions.
"Soldier, the exercise is about to begin..." Yuan Lang panicked for the first time. He felt that this soldier really had the guts to do this, but before he could finish speaking, Zheng Yingqi made his move. Yuan Lang tried to resist, but Xu Sanduo subconsciously controlled him.
In an instant, Yuan Lang's A-level treatment changed—cork plugs and standard prisoner-binding knots were used on him.
"Now that's more like a prisoner, you're not worried about being killed. Sanduo, better safe than sorry!" Zheng Yingqi lectured Xu Sanduo, but his words were still meant for Yuan Lang. Although he was sure Yuan Lang wouldn't put extra pressure on them because of this, if things really escalated, he would use this excuse to let Yuan Lang know in advance that he wasn't unprepared.
Yuan Lang understood Zheng Yingqi's meaning and looked at him with a strange expression, without any threat or anger.
Zheng Yingqi felt a chill run down his spine; after all, this was a lieutenant colonel. But since he'd already taken the plunge, he might as well see it through!
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