299: The radio station is broken.

"Cave Nine calling cave one."

"cave one received, Cave Nine, please speak."

"We are at coordinates... about one thousand eight hundred meters from border marker number... We have now discovered thick smoke rising five hundred meters to the east... It could be our Comrade-in-arms, or it could be Bear Soldiers crossing the border..."

"cave one understands. cave one will immediately send people to rendezvous with you. You must ensure your own safety..."

Squad Leader Li and Fang Qiang and the others saw Platoon Leader Xiao finish her report and walked towards her.

"I've reported. Squad Leader Li, Fang Qiang, you two come with me to scout..."

"Platoon Leader Xiao, let us go. You stay here with the main Military Unit..."

"No, the enemy on the other side might be Bear Soldiers crossing the border. If we go together, our safety will be more assured..."

Fang Qiang and Squad Leader Li were indeed excellent, but the Bear Soldiers were well-equipped, and The Monkeys also said that those people had many firearms, so she couldn't let them take the risk.

If she went, she was confident she wouldn't alert those people. If their Comrade-in-arms were captured, she was also confident she could rescue them.

Hearing Platoon Leader Xiao's words, Fang Qiang and Squad Leader Li no longer tried to dissuade her. They knew Platoon Leader Xiao's strength.

Xiao Niannian

Xiao Niannian listened to the movements around her, leading her two teammates forward to scout.

In a cave several hundred meters away, a group of people had rather grim expressions.

"The Great Xia Military Unit has already discovered us. What should we do?"

"What's there to fear? The Great Xia Military Unit is so far from here."

"This is a primeval forest. The Great Xia Military Unit couldn't possibly find their way here."

"We've captured six villagers, and that company of the Great Xia Military Unit was also tricked by us. Now we've captured more than a dozen Soldiers. With them, the Great Xia Military Unit won't dare to do anything..."

"These people from the Great Xia Military Unit are truly lacking in combat power. One bomb sent them tumbling down the slope..."

"What's there to fear? If they come, we'll fight them, beat them until they beg for mercy..."

All these people spoke the Bear language, their tones incredibly arrogant.

Someone even burst out laughing.

Inside the cave, several people were tied with ropes, huddled at the side, their faces filled with fear.

"Brother Shuang, will these Bear Soldiers kill us?"

"Don't be afraid. Our Great Xia Military Unit will know we're missing and will definitely come to find us. We will surely be rescued..."

"That's right. These Bear Soldiers must have lost their way by now. They can't find their way back either..."

The speaker was the oldest of the six captured people.

Hearing this, the other villagers looked at him.

"Uncle Cui, is what you're saying true?"

"Uncle Cui, how did you find out?"

"Are they really lost?"

Uncle Cui, who was about fifty years old, heard their words and explained.

"I can understand a little of what they're saying."

So Uncle Cui could understand what they were saying.

They hadn't expected to encounter heavy snow when they went into the mountains to chop firewood. They originally wanted to go back, but they took the wrong direction. When they were about to take a detour to return to their original location, they happened to run into these Bear Soldiers crossing the border.

They only had bows and arrows, machetes, and saws as tools, while these Bear Soldiers had machine guns and pistols, their weapons and equipment were incredibly good.

They wanted to escape, but they were discovered by these people. After being captured, they were ordered to find a cave.

They originally didn't want to agree, but these people fired shots into the sky.

They were leading these people towards the Great Xia Military Unit's direction and indeed ran into the Soldiers who were looking for them.

And these people had landmines, and they also fired at those Soldiers, injuring one or two of them.

Those landmines collapsed a section of the area, and many of those Soldiers fell down.

Uncle Cui recalled all this, feeling immensely guilty and distressed. If they had been more careful, they wouldn't have gotten lost, let alone implicated these Soldiers.

If these Soldiers were truly implicated by them and killed, they would truly be... "No talking..."

The Bear Soldiers guarding them heard them chatting and warned Uncle Cui and the others in broken Great Xia language. Someone even used a rifle butt to directly smash the nearest villager.

"Ah!"

The villager cried out in pain from the blow.

"Don't hit him."

Uncle Cui shouted loudly, his hands tied, his face full of anger as he spoke their country's language to the Bear Soldiers.

Hearing Uncle Cui's unfluent words, the Bear Soldier who hit him sneered.

He walked towards Uncle Cui and punched him hard in the stomach.

This Bear Soldier was about to hit Uncle Cui's head again when someone called out to him.

"Don't hit his head. We still need him to lead the way."

Hearing this, that person immediately stopped hitting Uncle Cui.

"These Great Xia people are incredibly cunning. Commander, you must not be fooled by them..."

Someone was trying to persuade the Commander.

The Bear Commander heard this and sneered.

"They want to fool us? Impossible."

They were currently disoriented because of the heavy snow. Otherwise, they would have long since returned to their country and reported the information they had gathered.

"How's the radio repair coming along?"

"It's not fixed yet..."

Hearing that his subordinate hadn't fixed the radio yet, the Commander's expression grew even uglier. They didn't know their current location, and now they could only rely on the Great Xia villagers to lead them out.

As long as they were taken to the border and crossed the river, they would be safe.

These people were still somewhat useful for now. Otherwise, he would have just killed them.

Even if he killed them, the Great Xia Military wouldn't know it was them.

"Quickly think of a way, we must fix the radio quickly and contact headquarters..."

They had been here for a day or two now, so headquarters should also send people to look for them.

They had painstakingly obtained this intelligence and absolutely could not lose it. If it were lost, the higher-ups would definitely punish them. Not to mention keeping their uniforms, they might even end up in jail for the rest of their lives.

So they either had to return safely, or they had to do something even bigger and greater to appease the anger of the higher-ups.

He looked at his subordinates; there were over thirty of them, and he had to bring them all back.

"Quickly roast the meat and pour the wine."

Seeing the rabbit meat and chicken roasting, and smelling the aroma, the Commander took out a sheepskin waterskin.

"Roast all those edibles."

They had brought a lot of food like steamed buns. These items, combined with the game they hunted, tasted incredibly good.

They were arrogant, believing that they wouldn't be discovered by the Great Xia Military Unit here.