Chapter 1653 - 831: Not Advisable_2

Chapter 1653: Chapter 831: Not Advisable_2

Clearly, Francis began to worry. Without technical support, accomplishing this task was extremely challenging.

However, since national honor was at stake, he couldn’t explain further and could only rely on his strong will to let everyone adapt here first.

Indeed, not long after, everyone appeared calm and composed.

"Listen, everyone, apart from the communications soldiers continuing to try to contact them, the rest should start searching, but be very cautious and don’t move too quickly."

"Yes!"

Actually, in military leadership, Francis was also a genius, it’s just that his mentality was sometimes indeed unstable.

Lin Beichen’s situation was somewhat different.

No matter the outcome, this time he must ensure everyone’s safety, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable.

During this period, multiple teams reported stepping on landmines.

"Alright, everyone, now begin to advance by exploration. I believe they already know we’ve entered and have arranged the whole area beforehand. But that doesn’t necessarily mean there are minefields, maybe we’ll step on a landmine right under us."

After Lin Beichen finished speaking, everyone’s mood gradually became heavy.

"Lin Beichen, you are our commander. What should we do now? Our speed can’t slow down."

"No!"

Lin Beichen then curled his lips into a smile.

"You’re mistaken; actually, now we should slow down. But isn’t our primary task to first form an encirclement and then patiently wait?"

In reality, due to the inability to communicate with Francis, they were also unclear what response strategy the other side would adopt. Therefore, the current primary task was to first encircle these people.

At this moment, two tactical geniuses were engaged in a duel. One side broke up into small units, progressively advancing according to the principle of the staggered grid; the other chose position defense, launching battle at once upon detecting the enemy, fearless.

Of course, these tactics were complemented by those hidden landmines. Just like Lin Beichen said, the entire area was riddled with minefields without any discernible pattern.

If they sent engineers directly ahead to clear mines, they would be immediately under sniper rifle attack.

"It seems we can only carry on like this."

Nevertheless, the current attack and defense stance remained stalemated.

According to the current situation, the opponent’s offense was not fierce; this tactical genius seemed somewhat at a loss. Being the second in command, he initially thought the opponent would launch a large-scale attack after arrival, but it wasn’t the case.

Actually, the situation now was far from simple. Especially since domestic sources had already received news and dispatched a troop to the scene, after obtaining permission from the Special Forces School, and had made preparations.

They needed to take action at a critical moment, then make further plans.

So, they searched various parts of the mountain, although without significant effect, but they occupied a large area.

"If we continue like this, will it attract their attention? I feel something’s not right, but I can’t say what."

Yu Feng felt it was too quiet here. Normally, there should be resistance, but so far, they hadn’t seen a single soul.

"They’ve already resisted, those landmines are the evidence. After all, we outnumber them, and our weapons are more refined."

Saying this, the person suddenly understood. But things seemed not so simple; this vast area wouldn’t realistically allow for carpet searching.

"We first need to determine where their core base is; whoever finds it first has the advantage. I feel it might be at the mountaintop because there’s a high vegetation coverage rate there."

This posed a problem: if they directly chose a massive bombardment approach, it wouldn’t be unfeasible.

It’s just that this area had long been dry with little rain, making this sudden large forest a local treasure.

As soon as these special forces prepared to enter combat, they faced opposition from some locals. Had Lin Beichen not stepped forward to persuade, there might have been issues.

Inside the Special Forces School, the general there kept watching the chief referee.

"Actually, these equipments were also needed, but I didn’t expect they’d be used so soon. Firstly, still, thanks to you."

"Hold off on thanking me; let’s wait and see. According to the tactical requirements, we must first encircle the opponent, then use these small robots silently."

Meanwhile, on Francis’s side, not long after moving forward, a soldier stepped on a landmine.

"Don’t rush, let’s see what happens."

"Report! We’ve spotted the target, it seems to be Americans."

"Open fire directly, don’t be polite."

At this moment, a sniper got ready, taking the person as a live target, hitting with one shot.

"What’s the matter?"

Francis looked around nervously but didn’t find any attackers, which puzzled him greatly. Yet, one of his soldiers was already down.

In that instant, he could only choose to hold onto this soldier; whatever the case, he couldn’t let him fall. The soldiers working below also became tenser.

Soon after, gunfire rang out again, still targeting that soldier.

"If there’s an issue, come at me. Taking action against those students, what’s with that?"

Francis quickly locked onto the target.

However, the sniper no longer prepared to shoot. He chose to silently leave the best position momentarily. Here, he chose a total of four hideouts.

Francis began making confirmations based on his judgment.

"I’m saying, brother, if you’re gonna do it, do it thoroughly; there’s no middle ground, right? What’s with your constant inertia every day? Do you want me to do something for you? Remember, you’re a hero now."

Nonetheless, the other side wasn’t moved. Clearly, this tactic almost succeeded. Fortunately, at the critical moment, that landmine was removed, but everyone remained tense.

"We are isolated now, so remember, the best approach is to rely on ourselves."

Yet, the injured soldier felt very frustrated; due to severe injuries, he couldn’t continue fighting.

"Haha, this is my tactic."

Actually, his tactic was this: they wouldn’t directly kill people but choose to injure them. This way, even if the other side wanted to send the injured away, they would need to send one or two people to assist.

This was what worried Francis the most. If this issue wasn’t solved up to this point, the subsequent pressure would presumably grow.

Conversely, the troubles caused by this matter far exceeded expectations, or else everyone lost the meaning of coping.

"Alright, since it’s like this, let’s decide to try it; I believe there might be a chance, then we can advance one step at a time."

...

From the current conditions, things had developed to an extremely tricky level.

"Second in command, come have a drink! Never would’ve thought that under such inexplicable conditions, you’ve already come to blows with people from the United States, hahaha!"

In truth, there wasn’t yet a solution to this matter, as everyone didn’t know what to do next.

Lin Beichen could only continue to lead everyone slowly forward.

"Everyone, now pause in each of your areas; let’s make a call and then resume advancing."

Everyone stopped, to avoid exposing the target, all lying on the ground, because only this way could they ensure not being discovered.

"Listen, everyone, based on the current tactical circumstances, I can tell the other side has also made corresponding preparations. If we directly take on the opponent head-on according to our current situation, casualties will definitely occur. But we have no other plan; if we concentrate force and advance directly, it’ll turn into the same method by which we defeated the opponent during practice matches!"

The defeated side heard this and felt very down, not expecting this matter was predestined from the beginning.