Chapter 41: Sentinel
Lying on the top of the hill, surrounded by wild grass and camouflaged with wild grass, I took my night vision binoculars and searched the mountain for traces of the enemy.
This is a good sniper position, with a wide field of vision covering almost half of the island, attacking and retreating, and surrounded by bare rocks as cover, which is an excellent commanding height.
But this is also an easy position to expose, the enemy is hiding in the jungle, as long as the gunfire on this side will be immediately discovered, fortunately the enemy does not have heavy weapons such as bazookas and mortars, even if they are discovered, they can't do anything.
"I can't find any trace of the enemy, what should I do?" Isa's voice came from the headphones.
"The sniper team stayed on the top of the mountain to cover, and the others searched horizontally in three groups at an interval of twenty meters, and when they found the enemy, they immediately avoided it, and they were not allowed to act alone, and contacted others to act together, understand?" I surveyed the terrain and redeployed.
βyessirοΌβ Everyone whispered back.
"Search at a distance of eight hundred meters, let's go immediately!" This is the effective range of my sniper rifle, and I can provide long-range fire support as long as I fight in this range, while also providing cover from them.
Anne and I stayed at the top of the hill, and the others quickly reached the valley below in three groups, their figures flickering in the darkness before disappearing from view.
The sea breeze blew through the top of the mountain, and the thick weeds and branches rattled in the night wind, and Anne looked back from time to time, and the darkness of the night was accompanied by constant noise, and it was indeed a little scary in this wilderness, and I always felt that the wind sounded like someone was approaching.
"Take it easy, it's just the wind!" I saw that Anne was always looking back nervously, so I whispered a reminder in her ear.
"I always feel like someone!" Anne frowned, unable to calm down.
"Don't be nervous, I've set up an alarm on the hillside behind, and if someone comes over, it will vibrate the alarm." I smiled and shook the receiver in my hand.
"Don't say it sooner!" Anne gave me a blank look, visibly relieved.
"Concentrate, eliminate distractions, you are the observer, it is your job to find the enemy, not mine." I stared at the scope and searched down the hill as I spoke.
"Understood!" Anne took a deep breath and continued to search the jungle below with her binoculars.
It's a pity that the forest is too dense, and despite our careful care, we still haven't found anything, and now we just hope that Tim and the others can find the traces of the enemy and gain something.
Time passed minute by minute, there was no movement in the jungle except for the sound of the wind, it is estimated that the enemy knew that he did not have night vision equipment and could not take advantage of it at night, so they all hid, and the members of the other groups suffered losses during the day, and they did not dare to act rashly at this time.
Looking down at my watch, it's been twenty minutes, Tim They haven't sent back the news yet, I took out the locator and looked at everyone's location, at the moment they are all searching within a kilometer, and if they go any further, they will leave my effective range.
I'm going to tell them to stay where they are, and wait for me and Anne to meet up before continuing the search.
Just as I turned on the microphone and was about to give an order, Chiba's slightly excited voice suddenly came from the earphones: "Found a guard post, twelve o'clock direction, the edge of the valley!" β
When I heard the news, I was shocked, and finally appeared, "Chiba, keep a close watch, pay attention to concealment, and the others immediately gather in the direction of twelve o'clock, and the speed should be fast!" β
"Received......" came over the radio one after another.
"Remove the siren, and we'll go too." I turned to Anne and said a word, then got up and put away my sniper rifle and stuffed the camouflage net into my backpack.
Ten minutes later, we assembled on a hillside fifty meters from the valley, surrounded by jungle, and down the valley, where we were in a position to take advantage of the terrain in the event of a surprise attack.
Squatting on a large tree more than twenty meters high, through the gap between the branches, I saw the warning post that Chiba Onimaru said.
Fifty meters is too close, but even so, you can't find that guy on the flat ground, there are too many plants around to block the view, and in many places, the two may not be able to see each other when they meet.
When Chiba found this guy, the distance between the two was only five meters, but fortunately, Chiba's concealment skills were first-class, otherwise the battle would have started a long time ago.
Since there are people on guard, it means that there is more than one enemy, and the others should be hiding in the valley below, and the distance is not too far, and now I suspect that there is more than one guard post, so I did not act rashly.
I squatted in the tree and searched for a long time, but I still didn't find a second person, so I decided to do this first, and then I said, the number of enemies is limited, and one less to do.
"Chiba is in charge of the guard post, fighting silently, and the others are preparing for a surprise attack!" I gave the order in a low voice.
"Roger!" Chiba's cold voice came, and I saw a black shadow flashing in the bushes under my feet, and the person had disappeared.
Just in case, I put the sniper rifle on the branch, adjusted the angle, and locked on to the sentry, after all, these guys are soldiers from the battlefield, in case the leaves miss, I can support as soon as possible.
In the scope, the guy is squatting on the edge of a pile of grass, a pair of eyes are patrolling around, the AK47 in his hand is always loaded, this guy not only knows camouflage but is also very vigilant, I am more and more worried about whether Chiba can complete the task.
If it weren't for the fear that it would be exposed too soon, I would have wanted to shoot him directly, but in that case, our position would have been exposed, and it was likely that we would have been surrounded and suppressed by the enemy, although I had also killed people, but I had never experienced the battlefield, and I didn't think that a head-to-head exchange could take advantage of this group of veterans.
There was not much time, and the grass five meters in front of the guy shook slightly, which immediately caught his attention, which was different from the shaking of the wind, as if something had hit the grass roots.
The sentry's eyes narrowed, and he slowly stood up, pointing the AK in his hand at the grass, and leaned over lightly.
I chuckled in my heart, I don't know Chiba Onimaru's current location, and I can't tell if it's him behind the grass, if it's really discovered, I'm afraid that it's not a small trouble, my fingers slowly move from the trigger guard to the trigger, once something happens, for Chiba's safety, I must kill him as soon as possible.
The sentry approached the grass lightly, then slowly cleared the weeds from the muzzle of his gun, thankfully there was nothing behind him, and the sentry was visibly relieved, stood up straight, and put down the rifle he had been holding.
At the moment when he relaxed, a black shadow suddenly appeared from behind him, and only a cold light flashed in the darkness, and the sentry suddenly froze in place, without making a sound, and his body fell slowly to the ground under the support of the black shadow.
Then I heard Chiba's voice over the radio: "Target clearing." β
Hearing his report, I smiled slightly: "Do it!" βγ
Before the words fell, Isha and the others had already pounced, and more than a dozen black shadows shuttled through the jungle like tanuki.
I put the sniper rifle on my back, grabbed the rope that had been tied with both hands, flipped my body back, head down and feet up, and clamped the rope between my feet, and slid down to the ground as fast as I could.