novelden Chapter 122 Enemy traces found again
Chapter 122 Enemy traces found again
Xisha Islands
"You said these days, if you hide in the jungle, you can't even find anyone!"
Li Hongguang sighed, feeling annoyed when he thought about what he did in his daily life.
He had repeatedly interrogated the two people who had been captured, but hadn't gotten much useful information.
I never knew those bastards were so stubborn!
"They are quite smart. They scattered and hid. What on earth do they want to do?" Li Hongguang couldn't help frowning when he thought about the situation he had asked.
After landing on the island, the little guys dispersed and hid, and also laid mines in the jungle. Do they really think that with such a small number of people, they can occupy the Paracel Islands?
However, no matter what the other party thinks, we must find a way to expel the enemy as soon as possible and cannot delay any further.
"Have you sent people to search the places we found out?" Huo Ci looked at the anxious Li Hongguang, but he was very calm.
"Yes, we have looked for them. Although there are traces of people staying here, they have already escaped." Li Hongguang sighed. He did not have high hopes at first. "But I have asked them to search the area carefully. The Japanese soldiers are not familiar with this area, so they can't get far."
Huo Ci nodded. It was basically certain that the Japanese soldiers were hiding in the jungle. After all, the key fortresses were patrolled and guarded, and no trace of the enemy was seen.
But there has been no news coming back, and the waiting is getting anxious.
"There's news! We've tracked down the enemy again!" Just as he was thinking about it, Zhang Wei's excited voice came from outside.
The next second, he pulled the soldier who came to pass the message in and asked him to explain the situation.
"Captain Huo, Deputy Captain Li, we have discovered the enemy's whereabouts on the island next door. However, the number is not large. It should not be the majority. It may just be a small team." The soldier who passed the message immediately spoke.
"Damn! These little guys are so capable of running away that they all ran off to the neighboring island?" Li Hongguang was so angry that he laughed when he heard the news.
Life on the island is really annoying. They run around everywhere and are hard to catch.
"Last time they were laying mines, so there may be mines this time as well. Bring the detector with you." Huo Ci immediately instructed Zhang Wei.
Learning from the previous experience, some equipment still had to be brought along. Huo Ci made sure there was nothing else to say, and immediately prepared to assemble his army and set off.
The group quickly followed the warriors to the next island and discovered the enemy's territory.
"It was in the jungle ahead. When we found it, there were quite a few people burying something. We didn't have enough people, so we marked it and went to look for them." The soldier who led the way explained, pointing to the mark.
The area that needed to be searched was too vast, and the soldiers responsible for the search were insufficient in number, so they were dispersed into teams of two or three.
Although it can increase the probability of discovering the enemy, its combat effectiveness is somewhat insufficient and it is not suitable for facing the enemy directly.
But the search team just needs to find the person.
"The person was found nearby. After such a long time, he should not have been able to run too far. Let's search nearby." Li Hongguang immediately gave orders to everyone.
The people who came were similar to those who came last time. Without even saying anything, they consciously divided themselves into three teams.
"Let's search by teams. I'll go in the middle this time." Li Hongguang saw that the soldiers were so conscientious and it saved him a lot of trouble.
Among the three people, he was most familiar with the area, so he chose the middle place, which was also the place most likely to discover the enemy.
"Okay." Huo Ci had no objection. He and Zhang Wei quickly divided the left and right teams, and each led a team to enter from both sides.
This time we brought a detector with us, and the machine explored the way first. This was much more convenient than searching for traces of mines bit by bit on the grass last time.
beep-
The detector sounded the alarm again.
"We have nothing to do these days, so are we burying mines every day?" Zhang Wei was speechless as he looked at the mines that had been discovered.
Last time, it was full of mines. There were at least eight mines on the road they were walking on. Now, in just a short while, they have already found three.
It's true that you can't walk a certain distance without encountering a landmine.
“Fortunately, we brought a detector this time. The mines here seem to have been buried not long ago, so they are relatively easy to find.” said the soldier in front who was responsible for holding the detector.
Other soldiers came forward and quickly disposed of the mines they found.
Soldiers were sent to deal with the mines discovered last time, which took a lot of effort.
Now these mines can be dealt with directly when they are discovered, which saves us from wasting time by searching for them one by one later.
"Open your eyes and look carefully. Don't miss any clues. But no matter what you find, don't act rashly. Do you hear me?" Li Hongguang gave the soldiers another worried reminder.
After the last incident that caused Xiao Ri to detonate a landmine, Huo Ci had been scolding him a lot in the past two days. Thinking carefully, he knew that he was impulsive that day.
Today, he and his search became much more cautious.
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On the other side, Huo Ci was in a similar situation. He encountered quite a few landmines, but he solved them one by one.
As for Li Hongguang who was in the middle, he obviously had fewer mines than the other two teams, and he was moving faster.
【hidden!】
Suddenly, Li Hongguang urgently stopped the team and asked all the soldiers to hide.
They had not yet entered the center of the jungle, but not far ahead of them there was a Japanese soldier.
He picked up something from the ground and held it in his hand, moving stealthily as if he was going somewhere.
There is definitely more than one Japanese soldier here!
Li Hongguang became alert, but he was not so impulsive as to rush up and catch the person just because he saw that there was only one person on the other side.
【Follow us! 】
He gestured quickly and followed the Japanese soldier in secret.
However, because the Japanese soldier was very vigilant, he did not dare to get too close. He just followed from a distance behind without attracting the other party's attention.
The sneaky Japanese soldier held something and looked around carefully. Sometimes a gust of wind would scare him, and he would stare at the direction where the wind came from for a long time.
Only after he was sure that everything was alright would he relax and continue moving forward.
After Li Hongguang followed patiently for a while, he finally followed the Japanese soldier to the destination.
"Why did you come back just now?" The other Japanese soldiers couldn't help but scold him when they saw him coming back.
Including the Japanese soldier just now, there are actually more than ten people here, which is far more than the three-person team last time.
Finally, we caught the big one!
Li Hongguang was inexplicably excited and immediately blew the whistle to notify the other two teams to gather together and try to catch the ten-man team in one bite.
The Japanese soldiers were still unaware of what was happening and took the mines from the man's hand and continued burying them.
"Too few, bury more!" The Japanese soldier muttered in Japanese as he buried the bodies, "We have to bury them here too."