About ten kiloters north of ngdan Town.
This is a mountainous area.
A dirt road winds between several mountains, stretching northward, and is the nearest route to the northern border.
If one intends to return to China, this is the shortcut.
The vehicle had already been abandoned before entering the mountainous region, and now Song Heping was leading his few subordinates on foot, planning to cross the mountains to get back into the country. He had already arranged to et with Duke of Thunder at a certain location on the border.
Currently, they were about seventy kiloters away from the eting point.
He glanced at his watch.
If everything went smoothly, by now Jing Wengui should have already entered the kong River basin with Joyce.
But that wasn't safe yet.
They were still in the Golden Triangle region, within the sphere of influence of the local civilian forces.
If it were discovered that Joyce was on that cargo ship, it's likely the civilian organization and the local White Gang would send out speedboats in pursuit, making Jing Wengui and those on the ship unsafe.
What Song Heping must do now is to convince both the White Gang and the civilian organization that he intends to travel back to China by land, drawing all their attention to himself.
This place would be very suitable for a round of ambush—there's one road in the middle, surrounded by mountains on three sides. Employing a hit-and-run tactic, they could tear off a chunk of flesh from the pursuing militants. Once they felt the pain, they would naturally chase after them for revenge, which would be like fish biting the hook.
After surveying the area below, Song Heping said to everyone, "They will co out of ngdan Town and definitely search along this road to chase us. Hunter will take charge of setting up a sniping point on the northern mountain to provide long-range fire support, while Disaster Star, White Bear, Grey Wolf, and I will deploy in two teams to the northwest and northeast. Once they move into the pocket, we'll give them a little surprise imdiately. But rember, don't get entangled in combat. Retreat on my command."
"No problem!"
The others responded unanimously.
Hunter couldn't help asking, "Are you sure they will take this road?"
Song Heping was certain, "Of course, it's the shortcut to retreat north to China. They now believe that this attack was carried out by Chinese Special Forces. They will definitely want to catch or kill a few of us before we retreat to our country to use it as evidence for trouble. All the towns and regular roads from here to the Chinese border must have been set up with checkpoints by now. Normal people would choose to go back through the mountains, so after they leave ngdan Town, they will certainly search along this road, and our goal is to hold their attention."
Grey Wolf said, "I wonder how many pursuers there will be..."
Song Heping said, "Don't worry about the numbers. Don't fight to the death. Hit and run. Being in the jungle, their numbers won't matter. As long as they can't catch up with us, we'll be fine. Set up the ambush. Let's get started quickly; they'll be arriving soon."
The three teams imdiately scattered, each taking their position according to Song Heping's arrangent.
Before settling in, White Bear and Disaster Star spread all the Butterfly Mines from their backpacks along the road and took out corresponding anti-personnel mines and directional mines to set up a small trap minefield facing the direction of the enemy.
After laying the mines, everyone retreated to their ambush positions.
Having entered the northeastern ambush point, Song Heping then said over the radio, "Brothers, they will definitely send quite a few people to kill us this ti. Be careful and good luck to everyone. Are all teams in position? Over."
"Positioned and combat-ready. Over."
"Combat-ready, on standby. Over."
Hunter and Grey Wolf's teams quickly responded.
Song Heping said, "OK, keep the channel clear. Over."
The pre-battle preparation was thoroughly completed; all that was left was to wait for the prey to co.
On the mountain to the north, Hunter covered his head with a field scarf, leaving only his eyes exposed. He placed his spotting scope next to him, making it easy to observe the situation on the road from afar.
He was about 500 ters from the minefield, a distance where the SVD sniper rifle's range was adequate.
Song Heping and Disaster Star found a protruding rock on the northeastern hillside for their ambush, setting up their rifles on either side.
They were less than 150 ters away from the minefield.
When the pursuing team triggered the mines, it would signal the start of the action.
Therefore, the attack distance was determined by the space between themselves and the minefield.
Ambushing in the wilderness was a tedious task—the darkness enveloped everything, with only the chirping of insects around and the lonely howls of unknown wild animals in the distance. What was most detestable were the little bugs that often landed on the body and viciously bit any possibly exposed skin.
The air in the jungle was exceptionally fresh, and the mountain road remained eerily quiet; despite having waited a full half hour, not a single person had appeared.
"Boss, it's been half an hour, why haven't we seen anyone? Did we pick the wrong spot?"
The Hunter finally couldn't hold back his doubts and voiced them over the channel.
ngdan Town was more than ten kiloters from here; if they were indeed pursuing the few of them, those Civilian Military militants should have arrived by now—it was implausible that they hadn't shown up after so much ti.
"Let's wait another ten minutes, if no one shows up, we'll withdraw."
Song Heping found himself starting to second-guess after the Hunter's question.
He had chosen this spot based on a tactical prediction about the Civilian Military personnel, thinking they would certainly assu they were retreating along this route—it made no sense to him that they would search elsewhere.
Could his judgnt be wrong?
"This is too much of a delay…"
The Hunter intended to tell Song Heping that waiting any longer would be a waste of ti, that ten more minutes would be better spent moving on—forty minutes could get them far away.
But before he could finish his thought, his field of view through the spotting scope suddenly included two n holding automatic rifles.
"We have company!"
The Hunter was instantly invigorated.
"Boss, people are really coming from the south!"
Song Heping quickly picked up his binoculars and looked to the south.
He saw the two n, although not very clearly, yet he could discern that they were fully ard soldiers who had apparently undergone decent training.
Their steps were light as they moved through the mountain paths, silent as ghosts erging from the darkness, using the roadside trees and bushes for alternating leaps forward, their movent extrely agile, monkey-like in their alertness.
Song Heping cautioned over the channel, "They're probably two Vanguards, the main force is likely behind them, don't kill these two guys, wait for the big fish."
"No problem."
"OK!"
Everyone responded.
Wait.
They could only wait.
Now their greatest concern was that these two would trigger the mines.
If that happened, it would be a major loss, as the main force behind them would definitely beco alert.
"If they trigger the mines, let's withdraw. No more waiting, the people behind would co forward to clear the mines, and we wouldn't have the elent of surprise anymore."
The two n in black reached the center of the three-way junction, not far from the minefield, and suddenly stopped, hiding in the roadside bushes as if they had vanished.
"Damn, they're quite clever…"
Song Heping was sowhat impressed by the opposition.
The combat quality of the Civilian Military wasn't too poor, certainly not a rabble.
These two were definitely concealing themselves in the bushes or behind trees to observe the situation.
Given the critical location, he reckoned they too had sensed danger and were therefore very cautious.
He realized these two Vanguards were no simple matter; they might even detect sothing amiss.
Everyone tensed up.
Disaster Star quietly inquired, "Boss, I see him hiding behind the tree, I could take him out."
Song Heping replied, "Don't be impulsive; stay calm or we'll co away empty-handed."
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