Lan Xue acted in the nick of ti to eliminate the target, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief, but the tension quickly returned. In everyone's mory, there were a total of ten enemies. Nine had been eliminated, leaving one more. However, this person had remained hidden throughout, never revealing himself. His calmness was awe-inspiring. After witnessing the recent fight, no one dared underestimate Snow Bear's combat ability, let alone ignore an enemy in hiding.
"Ah—" At that mont, realizing the gravity of his near-death experience, Snow Leopard beca furious. Emitting a roar like a wounded tiger, he dashed towards the target Lan Xue had just killed.
"Be careful, take cover," Luo Zheng shouted in alarm, as Snow Leopard exposed himself, putting him in the line of fire and imdiate danger.
But Snow Leopard, heedless of the warning, charged yelling, reaching the target in one go, pulled a person out of the snow, and without regard for whether the person was alive or dead, started pumling him on the ground as if his fists were hamrs, growling like a wild beast while striking.
"Get to cover," Luo Zheng cried urgently.
"No need to shout. Snow Leopard is doing this intentionally, trying to draw out the other enemy. Everyone be alert. If you spot the target, fire imdiately, and double the search area," Lan Xue said quietly.
Luo Zheng paused, swiftly realizing Snow Leopard could be impulsive but was not reckless. There must be a deeper intent, perhaps as Lan Xue suggested, but it was still too dangerous. Without further objection, he quickly expanded the search area, not overlooking any suspicious locations.
At that mont, Mountain Eagle rushed to the hilltop, took cover, and began a cautious search. Ghost Hand, gritting his teeth, erged from the snow, exposing himself under the barrels of guns. If they did not eliminate the last enemy, none of them could escape. This move startled Luo Zheng.
Soon, Luo Zheng beca suspicious. Two of them were already exposed—if it were him, he wouldn't miss such a golden opportunity to shoot. His comrades were all dead, and by himself, he couldn't do much. To eliminate two in such a chance, where else would he find such an opportunity?
"Son of a bitch, where are you, why aren't you shooting?" Luo Zheng searched frantically while pondering quietly. With no target in the sniper scope, Luo Zheng saw Ghost Hand walk towards a body in the snow, the very one he had sniped trying to flank them from behind.
Ghost Hand stripped the target of all equipnt, dumping it on the sled, not caring about being exposed under the guns. After completing this, he returned to the original Snow Cave location and collected equipnt from enemies who had been bombed or bled to death after being injured. The process took over ten minutes, but the hidden enemy didn't fire a shot.
anwhile, Snow Leopard also gathered the equipnt of the enemies, piling it on the sled, eting up with Ghost Hand, and still no shots were fired by the enemy. This was contrary to all reason, and Luo Zheng expressed his astonishnt, "Has anyone spotted a suspicious target?"
"Could it be that the remaining enemy doesn't exist at all?" Mountain Eagle proposed apprehensively.
"You an he was killed by the grenade in the snow cave we encountered before?" Lan Xue asked in surprise.
"It's highly likely, but we can't let our guard down. Keep a sharp eye out." Luo Zheng cautioned, thought for a mont, and then continued, "Ghost Hand, Snow Leopard, are you two alright?"
"We're fine, feeling great," Snow Leopard shouted excitedly. "That bastard just now was actually a colonel, probably the big boss here. I gave him a good beating, which felt really satisfying. The satellites must have caught it, we made a na for ourselves with this fight. A colonel! It's a pity I didn't kill him myself. By the way, was that last shot fired by you, Captain?"
"Hmm, you're not slow on the uptake, and haven't been frozen stiff by this damned weather," Lan Xue rarely joked. Taking out a colonel was a high point for Lan Xue as well; it was the highest rank they had eliminated since the squad was ford. Their squad had indeed made a na for itself. Yet she worried about where the other target might be. With this thought, Lan Xue grew anxious, spurred herself on, and continued to search for the target; they couldn't afford to be turned over by the enemy at the last mont.
"Good to hear. Carry the enemy's usable equipnt and supplies and head west quickly. Let's get out of here first. We three will cover you. Be careful yourselves, the enemy might still be lurking nearby. We can't afford any slip-ups at this critical mont," Luo Zheng hurriedly reminded.
"Understood," the two responded and continued collecting the spoils of war. Half an hour later, they had tethered all usable items to sleds. Each pulled a sled and slowly started moving west.
Luo Zheng watched the surroundings with tense attention, fearing that the enemy might suddenly appear and open fire. Even after Ghost Hand and Snow Leopard had crossed the hill in front and disappeared from sight without any gunfire, Luo Zheng finally breathed a sigh of relief. Thinking that the last enemy might indeed have died in the previous snow cave trap, he said, "Xue Er, take the equipnt and retreat. Mountain Eagle and I will cover."
"Okay, be careful," Lan Xue responded. She packed up, hoisted her military pack, and hurriedly left the snow cave, heading west. There were many opportunities to fire during this process, but still, no one appeared, and Luo Zheng, guessing his theory might be right, still dared not take any chances.
After Lan Xue had left, Luo Zheng had Mountain Eagle cover while he rushed back to the original snow cave, took the equipnt, and also headed west. Once they reached a safe area, he called Mountain Eagle to catch up through the headset. Once Mountain Eagle had caught up, Luo Zheng completely relaxed and laughed.
"I figure that bastard must have died under the first snow cave trap. With the reputation of Snow Bear, it's impossible for him to hide and not dare to shoot, or die non-combat. That's the only explanation that makes sense. But regardless, we won this battle. This was the first ti our squad fought such a tough fight. We've had many opponents before, but compared to Snow Bear, they were nothing. We had the initiative the whole fight thanks to your proper tactical planning. It really let the brothers have a good ti," Mountain Eagle ca up excitedly said.
"It's still a matter of luck, actually," Luo Zheng admitted with lingering fear. "The first two targets underestimated us; the third tried a sneak attack from the rear hill, but luckily I was ambushing there. Knowing their tactics in advance allowed us to take them down, otherwise, we would have been in for it."
"Yes, in terms of combat strength, they are indeed formidable. It took three of us to hunt one down, and he almost killed the Snow Leopard Brothers. We were really lucky." Mountain Eagle also said with lingering fear, "The fourth one was taken down by a sneak attack from the Snow Leopard Brothers from behind, right? The enemy didn't expect we had soone at the back. There was luck involved, but also your proper tactical arrangent. If we hadn't stationed soone behind, how could we have succeeded?"
"Let's not talk about this now; there are tougher fights ahead. Let's catch up quickly." Luo Zheng said, picking up the pace.
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