Chapter 148 Miracle Instructor 4: Annihilating the Japanese! Xiaoman, you've done a great job...
Almost simultaneously, Qiu Xiaoman and Captain Lu looked down at the ground. The temporary lights illuminated the ground, making the chewed betel nut shells easy to spot.
Someone's there! But why aren't they firing?
The two of them turned to the back of the tower almost at the same time.
Sure enough, some of the vines there had been torn off, and there were messy footprints on the ground, extending into the grass and leading into the dark depths of the forest.
There must be a pair of eyes watching them!
Team Leader Lu immediately waved his hand, and the team adjusted to a defensive formation, protecting Qiu Xiaoman in the middle.
He subconsciously looked to his right at the three o'clock position. He remembered passing by there before and there was a water tower there. If it were him, he would choose a new high ground after his cover was exposed, and that place would be quite good.
Behind him, Qiu Xiaoman had already squatted down, hissed twice at the bushes, and two snakes darted out of the bushes and returned to her hand.
She hissed a few more times, and the two snakes circled around her feet. After confirming the scent left by the person, they immediately ventured into the depths of the dark night.
In less than ten minutes, Ping An returned, her body moving from his leg to Qiu Xiaoman's wrist, curling up and hissing.
Qiu Xiaoman understood what was going on and whispered, "There's an abandoned water tower about 300 meters away, and the person is on it."
Captain Lu also lowered his voice: "They're really constantly adjusting their vantage point, quite cunning. They probably didn't expect us to discover anything strange."
"Were they hiding and not daring to fire just now because their main force is too far away from here, and the ones on the tower are just lookouts?"
"That's right, they have communication equipment, so support is definitely on its way."
"Arrogance is their epitaph! Captain Lu, come with me."
Where to?
"Water tower!"
"What?" Captain Lu didn't understand. "Going there is practically suicide!"
“That’s right, we’re looking for dead people.” Qiu Xiaoman smiled and turned around.
The lighting in the forest was very poor, and to avoid being discovered, the dimly lit hand lantern was also turned off, so Captain Lu could not see her expression.
However, the moment she turned around, a firefly landed on her forehead.
Lu Dian vaguely saw it; those beautiful eyes were shining.
A tiny, faint light, like starlight overhead, pierced through the dense forest and filtered through the dappled green leaves, casting two beams of hope.
Although he didn't know what was going on, he still decided to follow: "Let's go!"
Five minutes later, the group arrived at the bottom of the water tower. There lay a corpse on the ground, with an infrared night vision thermal imager, more valuable than gold, on its head.
Captain Lu excitedly stepped forward to examine the body—dead! He then bent down and removed his night vision goggles: "They're not broken!"
"My God!" Yang Miaomiao exclaimed excitedly, whispering across several comrades, "This thing is so expensive! Our team can only afford one! Xiaoman, you've done a great job! But how did this person die?"
Qiu Xiaoman did not answer. Instead, she squatted down in front of the corpse, picked up a twig, and pried open the man's mouth.
His tongue was purplish-blue, and there were two obvious holes on the tip of his tongue, marks left by venomous snake bites.
She pried the man's arms apart again, and the cauliflower emerged from under him, wandered around a few times, and wrapped itself around Qiu Xiaoman's wrist.
She stood up calmly and showed it to the others.
Everyone held their breath. This guy, is he that powerful? A fatal blow? He bit his tongue? How did he do that?
Could it be that they sneak up behind someone, then startle them from the forehead, taking advantage of the moment the person opens their mouth in surprise...?
This is probably the most likely method of attack.
Everyone gave a thumbs up. As expected of a Miao witch, Xiao Qiu is amazing!
Qiu Xiaoman smiled, stood up and said, "Captain, you can search me. I don't like touching smelly men."
Lu was both amused and exasperated. This guy had quite a few quirks, but it didn't matter. As long as someone had real skills, even the most quirks could become advantages in the military.
He was very impressed! He quickly joined another soldier in searching here and there, and soon found a radio communication device and two magazines, which, judging from their shape and model, were for sniper rifles.
The question is, where is this man's gun? He told Yang Miaomiao to climb the water tower, while the others scattered to search the vicinity. He himself stayed by Qiu Xiaoman's side, wearing an infrared night vision device, to provide close protection.
Qiu Xiaoman felt quite honored that the captain personally protected her; that was a huge honor!
Soon, Qin Weijie found the sniper rifle in the nearby bushes and jogged over to deliver it: "Reporting, Captain, it's possible that this person was so busy struggling after being bitten that he flung the rifle away. Please inspect it!"
Lu took it and tried it out. It was a good gun, even more advanced than the models in their unit.
He tried aiming, and wow, the effective visual range was this far?
Although the night stretched endlessly in the distance, he could still make a preliminary judgment that the effective visual range of this sniper rifle should be 1200 meters or more.
I heard that a large-caliber sniper rifle is being tested overseas, with a maximum visual range of 1500 meters. Maybe this is it.
It's heavy, and the barrel is thicker than theirs; it's probably the real deal.
Soon, Yang Miaomiao found an equipment bag on the water tower platform. She took it down, turned on her hand lamp, and saw that inside were a 10x telescope, a lighter, a half-eaten pack of betel nuts, a half-smoked pack of heroin, a key, a bank card, and a strange bottle of oil with a naked, muscular man posing provocatively on it, which looked very lewd.
Yang Miaomiao hasn't even had a boyfriend yet, but she took it all in stride and handed the thing over to Captain Lu, even jokingly saying, "Although I don't understand it, the brothers might find it useful."
Captain Lu was both amused and exasperated. This young Yang, having spent so much time among men, sometimes even told raunchy jokes better than the men themselves. He was truly impressed.
After taking inventory of the captured items, Captain Lu thought for a moment: "This guy must have called for backup. Let's ambush him and catch him off guard."
"Then I'll go to the water tower!" Yang Miaomiao just wanted to stay away from Qiu Xiaoman tonight, and the water tower would be perfect.
Seeing this, Qin Weijie took a step closer to Qiu Xiaoman and said, "I'll protect the Miao witch."
Everyone suppressed their laughter. They didn't really believe in any witch; they just thought it was funny. Soon, two soldiers carried the man's body away, hid it in the bushes, and even stripped off the man's clothes, throwing them to Captain Lu.
Without hesitation, Lu threw the sweat-smelling clothes to Qiu Xiaoman: "Put these on, they'll confuse the enemy and keep you safe."
Qiu Xiaoman immediately threw it back at him: "What kind of smelly men's clothes are these? I don't want them."
"Hey, you little comrade!" Captain Lu was getting impatient; he was doing it for her own good.
Qiu Xiaoman hid behind a tree and shook her empty wrist. Captain Lu had no choice but to give in. Fine, her Twin Snake Warriors went out on patrol again to scout out the enemy. He wore that stinky man's clothes.
After I finished dressing and looked up, I realized that Qiu Xiaoman had already climbed up the tree in a few quick steps. Wasn't she afraid of snakes?
Okay, it seems like I'm not afraid at all.
He buttoned up his clothes, took off his hat, and tossed it to Qin Weijie. Then he opened his military water bottle, grabbed a couple of handfuls of hair, trying to make it look like the hairstyle of the dead man. After that, he turned his back to the path next to the water tower, stood in front of an old man, and looked like he was urinating.
However, he didn't actually urinate; he just knew a lot about men's bad habits so he could pretend.
Soon, Ping An returned, casually passing by Lu Dui's feet, climbing a tree, and snuggling into Qiu Xiaoman's arms. Hiss—a group of twenty-three people had arrived! Four women and nineteen men.
Qiu Xiaoman understood, took out paper and pen from her backpack, wrote a note, and tossed it to Captain Lu under the tree.
But even with an infrared night vision device, you can't see this thing clearly. You have to squint and stare at it desperately, almost tearing the paper apart, but you still can't see it.
We had no choice but to give up.
Seeing that he couldn't get any information, Qiu Xiaoman on the tree climbed down again in a few quick movements, stood on tiptoe, and whispered in his ear: "23, 4 females, the rest males."
After saying that, it was swept back up into the tree like a gust of wind.
Lu's eyes narrowed. This young comrade is quite good at climbing trees! It would be a shame not to recruit her into the special forces!
The thought had barely formed when a agonizing scream echoed from the other end of the road: "Damn it! Hebi Ni, Kama Le Ta! Ah! Ah! Ah! Damn it! Ah!!!!!!!!! Oh Kasan, he's dead! Ah!!!!!!!!! Ah!!!!!!!!! Uh—"
Immediately following was a chorus of gibberish from the Japanese soldiers, filled with a multitude of strange words such as "Baka," "Shinei," "Owarida," "Hayako-Hayako," "Damn it," "Ichikai," and "Hebi."
Qiu Xiaoman couldn't understand, but she paid high tribute to their lung capacity.
Amidst the ghostly screams, Captain Lu changed tactics. He led eight people, excluding Qiu Xiaoman, Qin Weijie, and Yang Miaomiao, and quickly crept through the woods on both sides of the path to the vicinity of the group.
These useless people are even carrying lanterns, probably to check their wounds!
This provided the Marines with effective lighting.
He waved his hand, and fired!
As the gunfire erupted, the screaming Japanese soldiers finally realized their impending doom and immediately clutched their weapons, firing repeatedly.
Unfortunately, they were a step too late; some had just set up their guns when they fell.
Some fell down after just one bullet was fired.
Some didn't even see where the enemy was before they started sweeping wildly and fell down.
The only one who reacted quickly was probably the captain. He actually found the enemy's position, probably mistaking him for one of their own at first. He only realized something was wrong as he got closer and was about to open fire when Caihua crawled into the Japanese soldier's trouser leg and took his life. (A reference to a specific character or idiom.)
"Ahhhhhh!!!!!! Blackie!!! Blackie!!! Ahh ...
Amid screams, Lu Li drew his gun, ending the night's commotion.
I counted them, and there were 23. They're all there.
The detachment blew a whistle, searched the bodies and equipment, cleared the bodies, and cleaned up the scene.
Including those at the water tower, there were a total of 24 people, so we had to notify Deputy Captain Sun, who was staying at the camp, to bring people over for support.
They worked until dawn to clean up the small battlefield in the darkness.
After taking stock of the seized items, there were seven dozen syringes alone.
"Are they a group of drug addicts?" Qiu Xiaoman hadn't slept all night, and now that she was back at the camp, she couldn't help but wonder.
Captain Lu frowned. "No, there were no signs of drug use or injection on them. They probably sold drugs to the surrounding villagers. This way, they could not only make some extra money, but also guide the villagers and informants to use drugs and become their puppets. This group of people are well aware of the dangers of drugs and would not touch them easily. All they want is money."
"Oh." Qiu Xiaoman was sleepy. She rubbed her bloodshot eyes and asked, "Can I make a phone call? Won't it give away my location?"
"It might happen, but don't fight, just bear with it." Captain Lu had no choice; safety came first.
Qiu Xiaoman said helplessly, "My family will worry. There's a small town nearby, and the only shop in town has a public phone booth. Is it okay if I go there to make a call?"
"Is it absolutely necessary to fight?" Captain Lu really didn't want to make an exception for her, after all, discipline comes first in the military.
Seeing his serious expression, Qiu Xiaoman realized he wasn't someone to be trifled with, so she asked again, "When are you going back to the city? The enemy's advance team vanished overnight. Will they send more men?"
"It's hard to say. If they're just testing the line, it's obvious this route is blocked, and they'll give up. If they're after us, they'll send more men. However, by tomorrow, the informant might be dead."
"Dead?"
"If the advance team disappears, they will assume that the informant betrayed information to both sides and will simply kill them."
Qiu Xiaoman sighed silently. There was nothing she could do; she hadn't wanted things to turn out this way. She confirmed, "So, should we patrol the area today, or go back and await further instructions?"
"Wait for my news. You go back first. I need to report to my superiors." Captain Lu can't make decisions on everything alone.
Qiu Xiaoman's problem remains unresolved.
She shrugged and went back to her tent to rest. Seeing that she seemed unhappy, Yang Miaomiao asked curiously, "What's wrong?"
Qiu Xiaoman said weakly, "Captain Lu won't let me make phone calls."
"You rascal," Yang Miaomiao immediately understood, "Missing him?"
"I don't want my family to worry, I'm still alive." Qiu Xiaoman was sleepy, so she decided to go to sleep first.
When I woke up, I was already in the military guesthouse in the city.
She was a little dazed. When she looked at Yang Miaomiao, she saw her combing her less than an inch-long hair in front of the mirror.
Qiu Xiaoman sat up: "Sister Miaomiao, how did I get here?"
"The higher-ups have ordered us to suspend operations and return to the city to await further orders." Yang Miaomiao hummed a tune lightly. "I love coming back to await orders. It's not my own territory, there's nowhere to run drills or train, so I can slack off."
"Ah! Is it still today? You carried me into the car?" Qiu Xiaoman hurriedly went to find her mobile phone.
Yang Miaomiao sat on the edge of the bed with a smile: "That's right, Qin Weijie originally wanted to carry you into the car, but I said no, my little Xiaoman doesn't like being touched by smelly men. How about that, thank me?"
"Sister Miaomiao!" Qiu Xiaoman smiled and playfully shoved her. "Thanks!"
"Am I good? Am I thoughtful? Shouldn't your boyfriend thank me? I haven't told anyone that you're keeping your distance from other men because you have a boyfriend." Yang Miaomiao smiled and pinched her nose.
I don't know why, but she just loves teasing her little sister Xiaoman.
Qiu Xiaoman giggled and tickled her. The two played around for a while before someone outside urged them to eat.
She had no choice but to get up, tidy herself up, and Qiu Xiaoman took the opportunity to make a phone call.
Fu Ze was sawing wood next to the coffee table when he heard the noise. He dropped the saw and the wood and rushed into the room, shouting, "Junior Sister!"
"It's me! I'm fine. Don't worry, senior brother." Qiu Xiaoman lay on the bed, proudly crossing her two toes.
Fu Ze smiled: "Your master went to look for you. Did you see him?"
"Master is here? I don't see him."
"Maybe he was wandering around the neighborhood? He cast a divination and said you were fine. I guess he went to make a trip just to put his uncle's mind at ease."
"Oh, I'm really fine, I'm perfectly okay. What are you doing?"
"Make a rocking bed."
"Senior brother!" Qiu Xiaoman's hands were itching to pinch his cheeks. He was so shameless.
Fu Ze laughed and said, "That's called being prepared for a rainy day."
"Okay, I'll compliment you. You're great."
"You're too kind, you're great too."
"I don't know when I can go back."
"Yes, I didn't ask."
"It's so kind of you."
"Hello to you too."
"No, no, no, you're still the best."
"Okay, okay, everything's fine."
"Senior brother."
"Um?"
"Give me a kiss." Qiu Xiaoman gave him a kiss, then hung up the phone before he could react.
Haha, she's so naughty.
I got up feeling great and went to eat.
We waited for two days, spending each day at the station, because we didn't know when we would gather or when we would be on a mission. So everyone stayed at the guesthouse, waiting for news.
Feeling bored, they gathered in small groups to listen to the radio.
Qiu Xiaoman also had a radio station in her room. She randomly tuned in and heard a news report: "Breaking economic news: Shen Qinghuai, a well-known entrepreneur in Beijing, has sold off all his properties, seemingly preparing to cash out and leave. Our station has invited renowned economic commentator Xie Zhengde to give his opinion on this matter. Professor Xie, what do you think is Shen Qinghuai's purpose in doing this?"
"It's possible that the company encountered cash flow problems and wanted to cut its losses. Or it could be that the company engaged in illegal or unethical activities and decided to end its own business by destroying evidence. I urge the relevant departments to launch an immediate investigation."
"Hasn't the Shen Group always been doing well? How could it have cash flow problems?"
"As far as I know, his second wife was arrested by the police for intentionally harming his eldest daughter from his first marriage, and the case has not yet gone to trial. Last month, there were reports that his second wife had developed mental problems and was admitted to a mental hospital, which may have affected Shen's stock price. Shen Qinghuai has to make preparations in advance, and perhaps leaving the market is a wise choice. Provided that he has not broken any laws or regulations. I still urge the relevant departments to launch an immediate investigation."
"Okay, here's a breaking news report on government affairs..."
Qiu Xiaoman turned off the radio. She stood by the window, looking north, her brows furrowed.
Something happened to Shen Qinghuai? What happened? Should I ask my senior brother? But she herself instructed him not to go out. If he finds out, he can't help, so wouldn't he just be anxious?
Who should I look for? Who should I ask?
If only the operation could end now, she could fly back directly. If all else failed, she could sell the properties under her name to help him through the crisis.
With that in mind, she decided to talk to Shen Qinghuai in person.
But just as she picked up the mobile phone, the whistle for emergency assembly sounded.
She could only comfort herself, thinking, "It should be alright, right? He has so many friends; any one of them could easily lend a hand, right? He hasn't broken the law, has he?"
Lost in her thoughts, she arrived downstairs just one minute before the meeting time.
Lu Dui solemnly announced the details of the operation: the group wiped out two days ago were Japanese who had just joined White Eagle. White Eagle was furious, but also aware of their own limitations, so they sought help from Black Hawk, who organized an armed force of over a hundred men to harass the border. Last night, they ambushed patrolling border police officers, resulting in casualties on both sides. Currently, we have captured eleven members of Black Hawk, and Black Hawk has kidnapped three of our border police officers. The time and place for the hostage exchange have been agreed upon. Just in case, the special forces will scout ahead.
We must get a definitive result before dawn! Let's go!
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Author's note: I'm too tired to write anymore, time for a break.
As for why the Japanese only assigned one person to keep watch while the others were not nearby, it was because of their arrogance. Their weapons were advanced, and the other 23 were in nearby villages harming the villagers and tricking them into taking drugs.
Don't think this is naive; this kind of thing has happened throughout history. For example, Chiang Kai-shek said: "Xuzhou's location...the advantage is in my hands!"
Right? That's all for today, just a few more chapters until the end.
Unrewarded Highlight: Will the female lead call him "Dad"?
Nobody's going to guess, so I'll do it myself: Who knows! (Smug face)
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