100: Chapter 100 Everyone's a Villain, the Platoon Leader Leads the Way in Stealing Military Merit!

Platoon Leader Long Zhan took the map and the shoulder insignia.

His gaze was fixed firmly on the map, specifically on the area marked for the "red giant" project, and his pupils contracted to the size of pinpricks.

The others gathered around to look, and their breathing instantly became heavy.

Squad Leader Zhang Shan and a few of his brothers from the Fierce Tiger Company widened their eyes as they stared at the map, their faces filled with shock.

They had originally been transferred from the Central Theater of Operations to support the Falcon Reconnaissance Company, but within a week, their company brothers had either been killed in action or captured.

After being held captive here for over half a month and enduring endless torture, they had no idea that such a heaven-shaking secret was hidden beneath Yangjiao Village!

"Th-this is real?" Platoon Leader Long Zhan was stunned.

"These are Captain Bach's personal effects, so they shouldn't be fake," Qin Feng said calmly.

He casually pulled a bottle of water from a soldier's backpack nearby, unscrewed the cap, and started drinking it on his own.

"Good... Good... Good!"

Platoon Leader Long Zhan said "good" three times in a row, then slammed his hand onto the table, his face flushing red with excitement!

He looked at Qin Feng, and his gaze changed!

It really changed!

It was no longer the look of someone wanting to execute him; there was even "love" in his eyes.

"You kid, this time you've achieved a monumental feat!"

Platoon Leader Long Zhan's voice wavered due to excessive excitement.

"Execute you? Whoever the hell dares to execute you, I'll be the first to blow them away!"

Chen Mo, Tie Zhu, and the others nearby also gathered around, looking at the map, their faces glowing with excitement.

They knew just how immense the value of this intelligence was.

This meant that all their previous sacrifices, and Hua Zi's death, had not been in vain!

"Platoon Leader!" Squad Leader Zhang Shan stepped forward, his expression excited.

"We should send the intelligence back immediately! I never expected there to be such a huge iron mine beneath Yangjiao Village!"

"That's right!" Platoon Leader Long Zhan nodded, but then immediately furrowed his brows.

"But... how do we get back now?"

This question was like a bucket of cold water poured over everyone's burning enthusiasm.

Although Yangjiao Village had been crippled, the perimeter was surely already surrounded by reinforcements from Bear Country and Yang Country, sealed off completely.

Plus, this mission was primarily for reconnaissance, so they hadn't intended to penetrate this deep.

They had very limited communication equipment, and for the dozen or so of them to break through the encirclement with such important intelligence would be as difficult as ascending to heaven.

"How about... we find a place to hide first? Wait until things cool down?" Tie Zhu suggested.

"No!" Squad Leader Zhang Shan immediately retorted. "For every minute the intelligence is delayed, the danger increases! We must break out!"

"Break out? How? Use our heads to ram through?"

The group immediately began to argue, with no one able to convince the other.

Just then, Qin Feng, who had been silent all along, suddenly spoke up.

"Why do we need to leave?"

His voice wasn't loud, but it made everyone quiet down.

Everyone's gaze focused on him.

"If we don't leave, are we supposed to just wait here to die?" Squad Leader Zhang Shan asked, somewhat confused.

"Die?" Qin Feng smiled, and in that smile, there was a hint of bone-chilling madness.

"No."

He extended a finger and pointed at the black ore vein symbol on the map.

"This place is ours now."

What?!

Everyone thought they had misheard.

This kid must be crazy, right?

With just their dozen or so people, he wanted to occupy a super iron mine with reserves of up to three million tons?

This wasn't just wishful thinking; it was pure delusion!

"Qin Feng, don't mess around!" Platoon Leader Long Zhan's face sank.

"This isn't child's play! Our mission is to take the intelligence back, not to play warlord here!"

"Platoon Leader."

Qin Feng looked at Platoon Leader Long Zhan, his eyes terrifyingly calm.

"Do you think we have any chance of surviving if we try to break out now?"

Platoon Leader Long Zhan was silent.

He knew that what Qin Feng said was the truth.

A slim chance of survival.

No, it was certain death.

"That's still better than waiting here to die!" Squad Leader Zhang Shan insisted.

"Who said we were waiting to die?" The corners of Qin Feng's mouth were harder to suppress than an AK.

He walked over to the makeshift table, picked up a pen, and began writing and drawing on the captured map.

"Yangjiao Village has a precarious terrain, easy to defend and difficult to attack."

"The weapons and ammunition in the village are enough for us to fight a battle on the scale of a reinforced company."

"We have prisoners we can use to negotiate with the enemy and stall for time."

"And we have... this."

Qin Feng's hand tapped heavily on the ore vein symbol.

"This is our biggest bargaining chip."

His voice was full of seduction.

"As long as we hold this place and get the news out, what do you think the higher-ups will do?"

"Will they abandon the dozen or so of us, or will they spare no cost to snatch this 'red giant' from the mouths of the Bear Countrymen?"

After he finished speaking, the command post fell silent.

Platoon Leader Long Zhan, Squad Leader Zhang Shan, and the others looked at Qin Feng as if they were seeing him for the first time.

What exactly was inside this young man's head?

Every step he took was so precise, so ruthless!

He wasn't just a madman with off-the-charts combat power; he was a meticulous, daring strategist!

"Hold ground and wait for reinforcements..."

Platoon Leader Long Zhan muttered to himself, his eyes flickering with a struggle.

This plan was too bold, too crazy.

If it succeeded, it would be a heaven-reaching merit.

If it failed, it would mean total annihilation, a disaster from which there was no return!

As a mere reconnaissance Platoon Leader, he had neither the authority nor the guts to make such a decision.

"Platoon Leader." Qin Feng seemed to see through his concerns.

"You don't have to make the decision."

"Because I've already made it." He looked around the circle.

"Take a gamble; if we win, a bicycle turns into a motorcycle!"

Finally, his gaze landed on Platoon Leader Long Zhan.

"Platoon Leader, give the order."

"Are you going to lead us in a glorious, massive operation, or... watch us go to our deaths?"

A naked challenge!

Platoon Leader Long Zhan felt his molars aching.

He realized that ever since he brought this kid to the battlefield, he hadn't just been disobeying military orders, but also acting with abnormal boldness.

Several times he wanted to lose his temper, but after seeing the results, his anger subsided.

Because every one of Qin Feng's decisions, while crazy, proved to be the most correct one in the end.

"Damn it!"

Platoon Leader Long Zhan slammed his fist onto the table, making the map jump.

"Let's do it!"

His eyes were bloodshot, like a gambler in a casino who had lost his mind, staking all his chips.

"Today, I'll accompany you, you madman, and go crazy to the end!"

"Pass on my order!" Platoon Leader Long Zhan's voice was like a thunderclap.

"Chef!"

"Here!"

"I'm giving you a mission. We will cover you as you break through the encirclement, and you will go to a place with a signal and send the message out."

"Yes!" Qin Feng accepted the order.

"Tie Zhu, give the communication equipment to the Chef."

"Yes!"

Tie Zhu handed the communication equipment on his body to Qin Feng.

"Squad Leader Zhang Shan."

"You take your men, be responsible for reorganizing the prisoners, and build an outer defensive line!"

"Chen Mo, Tie Zhu!"

"Here!"

"You take some men, inventory the weapons and ammunition, and establish crossfire points!"

"We have only one goal!"

Platoon Leader Long Zhan's gaze swept over everyone present; that aura of fierce bravery belonging to an ace reconnaissance Platoon Leader returned to him once again.

"Turn Yangjiao Village into a nail! A steel nail capable of hurting the Yang Countrymen to death!"

"Yes!"

The voices shook the heavens, united as one!

In everyone's eyes, raging flames were burning.

That was the desire for war, the greed for military merit, and the ambition for the future!

Just as everyone was boiling with blood and preparing to go all out.