Three days later in the morning.
The sun silently gazes over the vast snowfield, bringing a trace of vitality to the earth. No wind, no clouds, and occasionally a majestic eagle soars through the expansive and translucent sky, but quickly disappears. The air remains frigid, with trees standing quietly like sentinel guards, amidst the pure white snow with no greenery in sight.
"Caw——" An eagle lets out a sharp screech in the sky, gliding past like a glider, landing steadily on a high peak's cliff. It tilts its head, curiously observing the people below the opposite cliff, where there is a naturally ford concave cave, over ten ters deep and over twenty ters wide. A team is resting under this concave area.
Among this team, a person is lost in thought. His face is covered in thick black camouflage paint, with his bulletproof helt and weapons placed on a nearby backpack. In front of him is a campfire about to burn out, surrounded by many people sitting quietly back to back with closed eyes, sleeping deeply. The campfire beside them is also about to extinguish.
This person's well-defined face bears a slight frown, playing with a silver knife in his hands, contemplating sothing. It is Luo Zheng. The team has been traveling non-stop for three days, day and night, and their physical strength is severely depleted. But to survive, everyone gritted their teeth to persevere. Upon seeing this cliff's concave area before dawn, Luo Zheng decisively ordered the team to rest, gathered so dry wood, made a fire, cooked a al, and then slept.
Seeing that everyone's strength was severely depleted, Luo Zheng took on the task of keeping watch. This place has an advantage; satellites can't detect it, and even if the enemy attacks, they can only co from both ends of the canyon. All they needed was to guard both ends. It was already the fourth day, and to avoid exposure, everyone had turned off all electronic communication devices as much as possible. Three days had passed without any contact with the outside world. What was the situation?
Thinking of this, Luo Zheng turned on the signal device. Soon, Lan Xing's excited voice ca through the earpiece: "Brother-in-law, is that you? What's going on?"
"Still on the run," Luo Zheng joked.
"That's good to hear, ans everything is fine, great. The enemy is still monitoring the east. From the satellite monitoring, they haven't noticed the west for now. Also, I hacked into their communication system, eavesdropped on many conversations, and they have no intention of scouting the west either. The team pursuing you withdrew the next day. Additionally, our special agents are also on this case, intending to redeem themselves. According to the intelligence personnel's reports, they are focusing their search efforts on the east." Lan Xing quickly said.
"Hmm, it will be different three days from now," Luo Zheng reminded.
"You've already traveled over 300 kiloters. The enemy's most powerful Mi-28N ard helicopter has a range of 2 hours, capable of flying and searching under harsh weather conditions, such as night, heavy fog, and even without faint starlight, with a visual distance of zero, truly a 'Night Hunter.' Impressive, right? However, its maximum range is 460 kiloters, aning if the Mi-28N flies over to trouble you, it absolutely won't have fuel to fly back." Lan Xing exclaid excitedly.
"You sure did your howork," Luo Zheng laughed.
"That's right, three days without news from you guys, I was really bored. Knowing you're okay is enough," Lan Xing laughed.
"We need to rest here for a day and leave at night, will contact you later," Luo Zheng said, turning off the signal device, in good spirits. As Lan Xing ntioned, the helicopter posed a real threat, but the most formidable Mi-28N helicopter could reach here but wouldn't have enough fuel to return. Of course, if the enemy was absolutely ruthless and willing to destroy the helicopter to co here, there wouldn't be much to do.
Thinking of this, Luo Zheng was more determined to stick to the plan of resting for a day. The team could recover so strength by sleeping for a day, and after dark, they could travel another hundred kiloters overnight, essentially moving out of the enemy's helicopter attack range. The enemy would then have to send transport planes for a ground pursuit.
As long as there's no aerial threat, things will be easier. However, the ground troops are also tricky to deal with. Everyone's physical strength is heavily drained, making it impossible to outrun the enemy. They can't rely on speed, only combat power. And if enough enemies co, it would be hard to escape unscathed. It seems they must consider self-protection.
Luo Zheng continued pondering. After about two hours, Wu Jin woke up, approached Luo Zheng, and said, "Brother, are you tired? If not, can we chat for a few minutes?"
"Not too bad, what's up?" Luo Zheng responded in surprise.
"Rest for a day today, continue marching at night. By tomorrow morning, we may be exposed. The enemy's pursuit team might arrive by afternoon, which could lead to a fierce battle. According to the tiline, our reinforcents would only arrive the day after tomorrow. Avoiding tomorrow afternoon's fight is crucial. The brothers are too exhausted, not in condition for a battle. Any ideas?"
"We can only continue setting up a diversion," Luo Zheng pondered, saying.
"What do you an?" Wu Jin asked, suspiciously.
"We light a fire here. Smoke would rise, getting spotted by enemy satellites. Here is a cliff's concave side. Satellites can't see if anyone is below. Surely, the enemy would send ground forces to check, buying us so ti," Luo Zheng explained.
"That's a good plan, but this campfire needs careful timing. Too early won't work, and too late would also be problematic. Were you planning to leave soone behind? Let it be . With my experience, I can retreat alone without issue," Wu Jin imdiately suggested.
"No need for such trouble. We can make a remote-controlled bomb using a phone," Luo Zheng proposed.
"Oh? How?" Wu Jin looked at Luo Zheng, surprised. Creating a remote-controlled bomb with a phone isn't difficult with the right equipnt at a base, but here, conditions make it seem impossible.
"A simplified version of the remote-controlled bomb," Luo Zheng elaborated, taking out a phone and a button bomb, continuing, "Place the button bomb on the phone, set the phone to vibrate. Place it at a certain height. When we call, the phone will vibrate, causing it to fall or shaking the button bomb loose. The button bomb is set to pressure-trigger. Falling from a certain height induces an impact force, enough for a pressure-triggered explosion."
"Great idea, who taught you this?" Wu Jin exclaid joyously.
"I just figured it out now. But setting it up cleverly is key. There are no wild animals here to worry about bumping into it. Place so grenades below, using them to ignite flammable materials for the fire, and the campfire won't be an issue. Does it sound feasible?" Luo Zheng further explained.
"Theoretically possible, but needs testing a few tis. You sleep, I'll handle it," Wu Jin joyfully replied.
"Buzz Buzz Buzz!" Suddenly, an ear-piercing sonic boom ca from the sky. Luo Zheng was startled, exchanged a glance with Wu Jin, and then quickly stood and rushed outside, looking up to check.
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