"Are you an idiot?!"
Colonel Jas rudely interrupted Freddie's explanation.
"Use your brain and think about it!"
He pointed at his own head.
"Why hadn't you detected the signal before, and now today you did? That's because they are looking for the signal! The signal is poor in the jungle! Tell , is the signal detection point located at a high spot in the jungle?!"
"Yes...,"
Freddie's face was burning with embarrassnt.
Jas was an expert, having commanded countless real combat missions.
How could such a trivial trick hide from him?
The atmosphere beca tense.
The two n stood face to face, yet remained silent for a long ti.
Jas had no way to deal with Freddie.
After all, they didn't belong to the sa national military force, nor were they in a direct subordinate relationship within the sa troop.
He had rely joined this operation as a consultant and instructor. Although he was nominally in full command, the sovereign authority here belonged to the Colombians.
What more could he do?
Although this kind of issue would constitute a serious breach of military discipline in the US Special Forces, involving the dismissal of relevant supervisors,
here was different. Could he possibly dismiss Freddie?
"Increase the search intensity. We aim to locate the target within two days, otherwise you and your governnt will face a riot, possibly under severe pressure,"
Jas was also sincere, directly pointing out the potential outcos: "Lieutenant Colonel, do you understand what I am saying?"
Freddie nodded. "I understand."
He paused, then added, "Now we've detected that the signal is still appearing intermittently. I've already dispatched a platoon to intercept."
"Where is the signal located?" Jas asked.
Freddie responded, "It's moving east along the Ta River. I believe the target is trying to escape our search by water and break out of the encirclent."
Jas stood still, contemplating. He didn't respond imdiately.
Freddie asked, "Should we increase the number of manpower stationed along the river to intercept?"
It was then that Jas shook his head. "Lieutenant Colonel, our target is much more formidable than you think."
"What do you an?" Freddie was confused, not understanding what Jas ant.
Jas sneered, "Your n won't find anything. I guarantee it, that's just a decoy, an illusion."
After speaking, he suddenly turned around and strode back into the tent, quickly stopping in front of the map, his gaze landing on the Ta River.
"They're not heading east..."
Having said that, he turned to face the communications officer: "Relay my orders, imdiately adjust the troop deploynt, focus all search teams on the western area of the Ta Jungle, command our four squads to imdiately move from Ta City to between Leibo City, the target will break out from there."
Northern part of the Ta Region Jungle.
Song Heping and Morins were threading through the pitch-black jungle.
It was now two o'clock in the morning.
Two hours earlier, they had finally found a signal at the peak and sent out a pre-edited ssage to Morins' confidant.
According to Morins' estimation, starting tomorrow, the ELN ard forces will definitely begin various attack operations nationwide and issue a statent demanding the imdiate withdrawal of military forces from the Ta Region.
Whether the governnt could be successfully pressured would depend on the ans of the ELN forces.
After sending out the information, Song Heping put his cell phone into a waterproof bag, tied it to a piece of wood, and then threw it into the river.
Afterward, he and Morins sprinted northward.
"Why didn't you keep the cell phone just now?"
After holding back for a full two hours, Morins finally dared to ask Song Heping what he was thinking when he disposed of the cell phone.
"That thing is useless now; as long as the ssage is sent and confird, keeping it is not an option as it might reveal our tracks, it's better as a decoy."
Song Heping's answer was very straightforward.
"Do you think the search teams deployed nearby will all follow the river to chase after that cell phone?"
Upon hearing this, Morins had a mont of realization.
"You an the people in the north were mobilized by us?"
"They definitely would have been," Song Heping said. "They surely have an electronic detection system. They would definitely detect the civilian signals hidden within military signals. It can't be anyone but us."
After running for a while, they arrived in front of a valley.
Song Heping pointed toward the distance and said, "Do you see that valley?"
"I see it. I rember this place; it leads to Pestodaka. I've been here before."
"That's right."
Song Heping said, "We're just one step away now. Through the valley is the northern edge of the Tbilisi Mountain Range. From there, we can enter the mountainous terrain, then head southwest to reach your camp there."
Morins exclaid, "Are you sure?"
"Certain," Song Heping said.
Morins asked, "Don't you need to look at a map?"
Song Heping pointed to his head. "The map is right here. Let's go! Pick up the pace; it's just about three kiloters away, we're almost victorious!"
Hearing this, Morins suddenly felt not tired at all.
He had been running to the point of exhaustion, and Song Heping's words rejuvenated him.
The entrance to the valley was getting closer; just entering the valley entrance, burrowing one kiloter inside, turning left over a mountain, that would an they were out of the Ta Jungle. The Tbilisi Mountain Range was within reach.
This valley should have been a heavily guarded pass. It should have been guarded.
"Wait here for ."
At a distance of only one hundred ters from the valley, Song Heping asked Morins to stop.
"I'll scout ahead to see if there's anyone. If there's no one, we'll cross."
"Okay!"
At this mont, Morins was extrely excited inside.
After being a lost dog in the jungle for more than three days, they had finally managed to fool the searching troops.
After this return, he surely would have an impressive story to tell for a lifeti.
Soon after, Song Heping returned.
"No one in the valley. Let's go!"
"Thank God, we finally made it out..."
Before Morins could finish speaking, a dull sound of helicopter rotors suddenly ca from the sky.
"Damn it! What is this?!"
Morins looked up at the sky.
Two Black Hawk helicopters swept over their heads.
Song Heping quickly grabbed him, and the two rapidly dove behind so tree roots.
"Soone's coming..."
The excitent in Song Heping's heart suddenly cooled down.
He realized he was dealing with experts.
The other side had seen through his little trick; the cell phone decoy didn't work.
They even figured out the route he was planning to take.
These were no ordinary people.
"Let's go back," he said.
"What?!"
"This way is blocked, it's a dead end, understand? Idiot!"
Song Heping's mood was sour, seeing that they were so close yet so far from escaping.
If he hadn't spent twenty minutes scouting the valley and had directly charged through with Morins, they might have already left the Ta Jungle by now.
But not scouting was absolutely not an option, as no one knew if the valley concealed any enemies. Recklessly charging in could have been a death trap.
"Such a pity..." He could only sigh deeply in his heart.
Just a bit more!
It's all fate!
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