44: Cheng Yaojin shows up halfway (Please add to your collection)

"Reporting to Company Commander! We are three kilometers away from the Transit Yard, please advise!"

Inside the command vehicle, reconnaissance messages crackled over the radio, while beside it, a dark-skinned Captain sat with his eyes closed, resting.

He waited for about ten seconds before slowly opening his mouth to say, "Troops, halt. Assault teams, search forward along the woods on both sides. If targets are found, do not engage in fire, report immediately!"

"Understood!"

The order was given, and the entire convoy quickly came to a stop. Five fully-armed Imperial Soldiers descended from each of the two off-road vehicles, jumping off the road shoulders into the forest to begin their search.

"Company Commander, why are you starting the search from here? Do you have specific intelligence?"

The radio operator beside the Captain looked out the window and asked curiously.

"Intuition. For a unit that repeatedly harasses outposts, their base is definitely not too far away. Conservatively estimated, we'll find clues within ten kilometers!"

"Oh."

In the quiet forest, the sniper Xiao He was chewing on beef jerky. Today was his turn to monitor the south side of the base, but after lying there all morning without any abnormalities, he found a shady spot to replenish his strength.

Just as he took a sip of instant orange juice, he caught a glimpse of four or five dark shadows moving around in the distant woods out of the corner of his eye.

A sniper's instinct made him immediately lower his body and quickly aim his scope straight ahead.

"It's the Black Hawk Unit! Oh no!"

Xiao He thought to himself that things were bad. This place was only two kilometers from the base; if he didn't deal with these four or five people, they would soon discover the base's location.

But once he fired, it would be equivalent to exposing his position anyway.

"Should I fire or retreat and report?"

After a brief brainstorm, Xiao He decided to take them out. There was no radio operator with him, and his individual communication device couldn't network with the radio operators, so he couldn't contact the base.

By the time he went back to report, this search squad might have already pushed right up to the base's doorstep.

Checking his health at two thousand points, Xiao He's courage grew. He aimed at the lead person and pulled the trigger without hesitation.

Bang!

The first bullet instantly hit the target's head, but the damage from this single shot didn't kill the Private. However, Xiao He was holding a QBU10 Semi-Automatic Sniper Rifle, which was capable of rapid fire.

As the first shot hit, the second and third bullets were already fired. With one shot to the head and two to the chest, the Private's one hundred and fifty health points were instantly depleted.

"Sniper! Take cover!"

The search squad leader immediately ordered them to take cover on the spot while saying to the radio operator carrying the radio terminal and satellite phone behind him, "Quickly notify the command vehicle, the second search team is under attack, request immediate support!"

"Understood!"

After taking out the first one, Xiao He found he had no angle when he tried to shoot a second Imperial Soldier. He had to relocate immediately, trying to find a line of fire from the side.

But this squad had no intention of confronting him at all; they threw smoke grenades right where they were and retreated.

At the same time, Zhao Feipeng, who was riding an all-terrain vehicle heading south, heard gunfire coming from the woods on the right and immediately rushed over alertly.

Xiao He observed for a while and didn't see the Imperial troops, but instead saw Zhao Feipeng, and immediately told him about the situation.

"This situation is very important; it concerns the safety of the base! You stay here and keep watch, I'll return immediately to report!"

Inside the armored company command vehicle parked by the roadside, the Captain, having received the report from the reconnaissance unit, ordered the convoy to move forward without hesitation. Armored Fighting Vehicles and Armored Personnel Carriers rushed to the front.

"It seems our target is within five kilometers ahead. Let's move another two kilometers and send out troops for a full search. If all goes as expected, we might be able to annihilate the target and head home before sunset!"

The armored convoy stopped near where the search unit had been attacked. Forty Imperial Soldiers descended from the five Armored Personnel Carriers in front, quickly entering the forest to rendezvous with the standby search squad.

However, just one minute after they left, a large number of soldiers wearing Starry Sky Camouflage suddenly appeared near the drainage ditch behind the convoy on the highway, quickly approaching along the ditches on both sides of the road.

A minute later, when they were only four or five hundred meters from the convoy, four rockets flew toward the two Wheeled Armored Personnel Carriers at the rear without warning.

In an instant, the rears of the carriers were hit in succession. Powerful metal jets penetrated the rear doors one after another, causing nearly half of the soldiers inside to be killed.

But even after suffering such an attack, the health of these Wheeled Armored Personnel Carriers still remained at nearly half.

This wave of attacks startled the Captain inside the command vehicle. He hastily ordered the two fighting vehicles at the head to turn around and provide support.

"Damn Tian Yu Militia! They really are like lingering ghosts!"

The Black Hawk Unit reacted very quickly. Almost immediately, all vehicles turned their muzzles, and over a dozen heavy machine guns opened fire at once, instantly suppressing the ambushers below the road level.

However, this was not necessarily a good thing. The ambushers shifted into the forest and began to flank from both sides.

A large volume of bullets flew out of the woods, occasionally accompanied by rockets and small-caliber mortars.

The Captain realized he was in the open while the enemy was in the shadows; his heavy machine guns would likely cause no casualties to the enemy besides wasting ammunition.

Meanwhile, his armored convoy was a large target, and every enemy bullet hitting the vehicle bodies chipped away at their durability. It was fine for a short time, but if it dragged on, it would likely become dangerous.

"Recall the search units immediately! Today, we must crush these bastards to death!"

Bullets exchanged back and forth between the Black Hawk Unit and the Tian Yu Militia Organization. The trees between them suffered; trunks twenty to thirty centimeters thick were actually snapped by the heavy machine gun fire.

"What? The Black Hawk Unit has already invaded to within three kilometers of us?"

Li Xiao, who was still in bed taking a nap, suddenly sat up. Outside the door, Li Le confirmed, "Yes, Zhao Feipeng just rushed back to report. And there's a new development: on the southern national highway, also about three kilometers from us, a battle seems to have broken out. Gunfire and explosions are constant."

"It's getting lively! Assemble the troops immediately! We're going to take a look..."

Li Xiao couldn't sit still in this situation. The enemy was almost at the base's doorstep; if he didn't go out to investigate, the base might be blown up while he was sleeping at night.

Before setting out, Li Xiao used the three Recruitment Orders from last night. The ones he obtained were still mostly infantry, but this time he added a Scout.

Li Xiao set out with a force of thirty men. He took the lead in approaching the battlefield, riding in the fierce tiger h9 driven by Di Yun.

When he saw the spectacular scene of twelve armored vehicles on the highway firing simultaneously into the forest, he couldn't help but gasp.

If the enemy found the base, how on earth was he supposed to defend it?

"Thank God, where did these divine troops come from to block this disaster for me!"