Chapter 1710 - 860: What Should We Do?

Chapter 1710: Chapter 860: What Should We Do?

No matter how crude, a power grid and watchtower would be set up nearby to prevent villagers from neighboring countries from straying into our land.

"Bird Swamp Village, I have a bit of an impression of this village."

"The village was indeed very close to the border line early on, and our higher-ups even discussed solutions at the time."

"But for some reason, the villagers all moved away. Now, it should just be an empty shell in the rainforest, likely overrun by trees."

The criminal investigation team leader frowned.

There’s still half of the situation he hadn’t revealed.

It’s said that the village was raided by a Myanmar organization, and all the villagers were kidnapped.

This was an affair in another country, unrelated to them, and the intended border defense plan was canceled because of this incident.

"Do you know the exact location?"

"I want to scout the area, cannot allow those people to enter our defense line again."

Lin Beichen raised an eyebrow.

Though across the river was Myanmar territory, observation from the riverbank was still feasible.

If silhouettes like Poisonous Snake are spotted there, Lin Beichen even contemplated whether to shoot them dead from across the river.

After all, those people were all desperados, without any country’s passport, if dead, let them be dead.

Plus, being in the rainforest, Lin Beichen couldn’t believe his men would carry Poisonous Snake’s corpse out of the jungle.

This is simply unrealistic.

"Weren’t you near the depression area on the border before?"

"That Bird Swamp Village, if you follow our riverbank downstream for about a kilometer or so, you can see it across the river."

The criminal investigation team leader confidently told Lin Beichen, clearly very knowledgeable about the location, hardly like he previously claimed to vaguely remember such a village existed.

Of course, at a time like this, Lin Beichen could not directly expose him, nodded, then reported to the higher-ups via earpiece.

The command from above was straightforward.

"If necessary, cross-border pursuit can be conducted, we will coordinate with the other side."

Receiving this order, Lin Beichen felt gratified inside.

This was an affirmation from the higher-ups.

If it came to it, should he cross the border, someone would help clean up the mess.

It’s evident that the higher-ups also paid considerable attention to Poisonous Snake, the scoundrel fleeing across countries.

"Yu Feng, come with me, the rest stay behind."

Under the anticipating gazes of team members, Lin Beichen said indifferently.

Lin Beichen certainly knew all the team members wanted to go, but this wasn’t a small matter.

If one or two people crossed the border, the higher-ups handling it wouldn’t be too troublesome, but if it were an entire combat squad, it might not be that simple.

Lin Beichen and Yu Feng took some individual rations and other supplies from the parked vehicles and hurriedly set off again.

The rainforest isn’t easy to traverse, after approximately three hours, as darkness fell, Lin Beichen and Yu Feng finally found the spot mentioned by the criminal investigation team leader.

Even across the river, Lin Beichen immediately spotted two orange-red flames on the opposite village ruins.

Six people were seated by the flames, looking quite familiar. Lin Beichen confirmed he likely saw them not long ago.

"Boss, that group should be Poisonous Snake’s gang."

Yu Feng lowered his voice, cautiously parted the reeds by the riverbank, keeping his eyes fixed on the group across the river, resembling a thief in appearance.

Lin Beichen slightly raised his eyebrows.

This Poisonous Snake gang truly was outrageously arrogant.

After just being chased across the river, they dared to light fires on the spot.

Though this river marks the border between the two countries, it is at most two hundred meters wide.

For someone with slightly stronger physique and good swimming skills, swimming across it is hardly a challenge.

As darkness fell, Lin Beichen gestured to Yu Feng beside him to hand over the night vision binoculars.

Lin Beichen anticipated darkness before departure and specifically instructed Yu Feng to bring them.

Yu Feng caught on, pulled out the night vision binoculars from his backpack and handed them to Lin Beichen.

The binoculars’ field of view was limited, but vaguely recognized the people across were indeed Poisonous Snake and his crew that they were pursuing.

Lin Beichen swiftly mounted a Type 95 rifle behind his legs.

However, neither Lin Beichen’s nor Yu Feng’s rifle scopes were equipped with night vision capabilities, firing across the river with precision was highly unlikely.

Reality doesn’t play out like some fantastical dramas, where enemies are torn apart by hand or rifles perform precise headshots from 3,000 meters away.

For instance, Lin Beichen’s current Type 95 rifle can fire approximately 900 meters per second, with an effective range of only 400 - 500 meters, maximum lethal range about 1,000 meters.

In other words, after firing, the bullet takes half a second to hit the target, during which wind speed, humidity, air resistance are all key factors influencing accuracy.

The riverbank wind is already strong, and there’s likely counterflow wind between the banks, not resolved by simply calculating offset distance.

Furthermore, the rifle scope was hastily mounted, leaving no time for calibration, relying solely on tactile judgement to hit the target.

Tactility being such an obscure intuition, Lin Beichen lacked full confidence and didn’t want to alert them prematurely.

Given the opponents are just across the river, stealthily crossing would yield a higher chance and effectiveness of capturing them all.

"Alright, let’s sneak over."

Lin Beichen nodded, calmly responded to Yu Feng.

"Boss, are you sure?"

"This is a rainforest river, filled with leeches, venomous snakes, pythons, crocodiles, piranhas beyond count!"