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Scout squadron of the 3rd Wing of the 6th Division of the Bush Emperor ** on the side of the road leading to the city of Monsa.

In the grass, the scout captain was listening to the reconnaissance reports of several squad leaders who had just finished their reconnaissance.

"Report to the captain! The first and second squads completed the reconnaissance mission on time, please instruct!" The first squad leader bowed solemnly and reported to the squadron leader

"Very well, let's start with the first squad, what do you guys know?" the squadron leader nodded, spread out the map, put a raincoat on the map, and turned on the flashlight in the raincoat to signal that he could start.

"The 1st Reconnaissance Group has learned that the Gallia Army is laying a large number of mines on the road leading to Monsa, and in this position, as well as in this position, the minefields are densely populated, and the infantry and convoys will pay a lot of money to pass, and it seems that the enemy forces are preparing to defend to the death."

The leader of the first squad, who had slipped into his raincoat together, pointed out on the map the approximate extent of the Gallia Army's mine deployment.

"Very good, so has the opponent's troop configuration been figured out?" The squadron leader affirmed the reconnaissance results of the first squad and motioned for the squad leader to continue

"Unfortunately, although our scouts climbed to a distance of only 500 meters from the enemy's front line, it was too dark to see clearly, but judging by the enemy's clothing, it was the regular army of Garia. ”

The first team was afraid that getting too close would be exposed, so they were unable to obtain accurate data from the regular army.

"Yes, you know, what did the second team gain?" After listening to the reconnaissance report of the first team, the squadron leader then asked the second reconnaissance team leader.

"Our men lurked 300 meters away from the enemy's highland defense line, and saw that the enemy was digging the fortifications, and the enemy connected the entire hilltop fortifications with trenches, and seemed to be ready to defend the top of the mountain. Judging from the opponent's military uniform, the opponent is a soldier of the Northern Fortress of Galia. The second squad leader replied

"What about the number of the other party?"

"I'm very sorry, because it was too dark to see clearly, and the soldiers on the other side were moving in the trenches, so it was difficult to see the whole picture of the enemy even during the day. ”

Obviously, the tight defenses and guard posts of the Northern Army did not give the enemy a chance to touch his position.

"Okay, your information is very valuable, let's go down, where is the third team?"

The squadron leader found that he did not see the figure of the third squad

"Dada-da-da!"

"Tubu!"

Just as the squadron leader of the scout squadron was looking for the third squad of soldiers, the sound of machine guns and assault rifles could be heard not far away

"Report! The third squad was suddenly hit by the enemy's fire on the other side of the river when it was crossing the river to reconnoiter the east, and suffered heavy casualties.

A herald ran over at a trot hunched over and reported to the squadron leader

"No need. "The squadron leader categorically rejected the proposal of the deputy captain

"But the third team ......"

"Their mission has been completed, judging from the opponent's firepower configuration, it is the strength of a volunteer squadron defending the riverbank, telling the deputy captain that the rescue plan has been canceled, and there is no need for us to put the whole squadron and reconnaissance intelligence on board for a small team. Order the whole team to retreat immediately!"

"Yes!"

Listening to the fierce battle sounds coming from the eastern bank of the river, the leader of the scout squadron did not hesitate to abandon the third reconnaissance team that was caught in the fire network of Galia...... But what he didn't know was that the third team had actually brought him a very important piece of information, and this information could potentially change the tide of the battle.

"Suddenly-" A flare was thrown high over the river bank, and in an instant the entire eastern position, the entire shallows of the East Reims River, were illuminated.

On the east side of the riverbank, the third squad of the Imperial Scouts, who were retreating in disarray, was preparing to retreat across the shoals.

The pre-dawn darkness had arrived, and if it went well, they would have to retreat across the riverbank, and by night they would have pulled out the Volunteers' nets and sights, but the flares from the sky shattered all their hopes. When the flare was raised, the whole squad was right on the shallows of the east coast, and the survivors of the entire squad were huddled here, and seeing the flares, the third squad leader knew that all cover was useless......

"Run, everyone, run!" removed the disguise on his body, and the squad leader shouted loudly, but before the third squad could react, the machine gun fire of the Galia Volunteers rang out.

"Bump Bump Tu Tu!"

"Dada!"

Bullets fired from mountains and river beaches formed a network of fire, and the barrage was sprinkled on the emperor scouts who were completely exposed to the best range of fire.

A burst of bullets swept away the water on the surface of the river, and under the dense fire of machine guns and automatic rifles, a large number of Emperor ** scouts fell into the Reims River.

"Run, run, bring the information back, anyone!"

The third squad, Setek, ran towards the north with his waist hunched and desperate, and he was not afraid of being a homeless man before joining the army

Death, he has nothing to worry about, and it is nothing to die, but in order to repay the Wing Commander's kindness, he resolutely joined the scout squadron with the highest death rate. This time, when his team was responsible for reconnoitring the defense of the Gallian Army in the east of the Reims River, in order to get first-hand information, he resolutely led the team to swim in the middle of the night, made a detour to the east, passed the defense line of the Gallia Volunteers, and infiltrated the eastern defense line of the Gallia Army.

On the mountain, while scouting the enemy, he was stunned by what he saw.

The anticline of the entire eastern highland hilltop is full of dug cannon bunkers, and large holes have been dug out of the back of the mountain, not deep but large enough, and the cannons and ammunition of the Gallian army are placed in the holes. These cannons were obviously prepared for the emperor......

Originally, the squad leader was going to blow up these cannons, but the Gallia Army volunteers watched the cannons very closely, and there was a squad of infantry patrolling next to each cannon, and it was easy to blow up one cannon, but it was difficult to blow up more than 2, and once the fight started, the whole squad would risk being completely wiped out, and then the information would not be transmitted back. So in the end, the team leader endured it and decided to retreat after getting some more information. 1 They stumbled upon an abrupt house on the mountainside, outside of which many telephone lines were connected.

So Setek thought that it was the enemy's headquarters

He sent a squad of soldiers to assault there, and if he wanted to catch a tongue, he would retreat...... But then they cupped up......

First, a squad of soldiers sent out silently dealt with it, and then the enemy volunteer troops suddenly launched an attack on their own troops, and in a short time, their own troops were lost. In desperation, he had to retreat all the way with his troops, and when he retreated to the riverbank, Galia's belated flare also appeared......

"One person! Just one person can run back to the wing headquarters!"

Watching the soldiers around him fall one by one, Setek didn't care, he just wanted to escape!

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"Hurry! Stop him! Can't let him escape back!"

The soldiers of the Gallia Army who were pursuing on the river bank shouted, and the machine gun bullets swept towards the imperial deserters on the north bank, but as the distance widened, the farther the bullets were from the emperor soldiers, and the fewer and fewer emperor soldiers fell, and the shooting accuracy of the volunteers began to decline significantly.

Seeing that he had already run through the shallows of the West Bank was getting farther and farther away from the riverbank, and seeing that he had run into the grass, Setek felt that he was about to succeed!

'Just run into the bushes and you'll be safe!'

The soldiers around him had all fallen, but Setek still ran into the bushes without paying attention

Now he is 1,000 meters from the position of the Gallia Army on the south bank.

When his feet finally stepped into the bushes, his nerves suddenly relaxed, he was already a kilometer away from the enemy's position, and he was basically safe, so when his body touched the bushes, the touch of leaves and branches touching his skin told him that he had gotten rid of the enemy and that he was safe......

"Poof!"

The moment he relaxed his nerves and straightened his back, a rifle bullet shot into his back, breaking his spine.

"Smack" Then, a gunshot rang out from the top of the mountain a kilometer behind him

"This ...... How...... Possibly?"

Reluctantly, Setek collapsed in the grass. Until he died, he didn't understand who he was being killed by and how he was killed.

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[[[CP|W:403|H:329|A:L|U:http://file2.qidian.com/chapters/201311/21/3024026635206534480471250913864.jpg]]] On the eastern hill, on the hill of the Gallia Army's position, Li, wearing pajamas with hazy sleepy eyes, holding a sniper rifle emitting gunsmoke in her hand, skillfully pulled the bolt, and a smoke-filled bullet casing jumped out of the chamber.

"Ah~~I don't understand what's going on~" Li yawned softly and pulled her attention back from the fallen emperor ** on the north bank......

"Leigh!"

Below the ridge, Tessa and Kate arrive with a group of Volunteers.

"Leigh, kill the fleeing officer, he has important information on our defensive positions!" Seeing the sniper king Leigh Semonhaya on the hill, Kate suddenly felt hope and shouted at Leigh

"If it's the guy who has already run a kilometer, he's already cleaned up. Still in a faintly sleepy tone, Leigh put her sniper rifle on her back and walked down from the top of the hill in a daze.

"Ahh

"Yes. Can you explain what is going on now?" staring at the disheveled Tessa and the bloody Kate in front of her, Leigh asked, she was awakened by the sleepwalking Carrasti who was asleep just now, and saw that it was almost dawn, and Li, who had always gotten up early, felt that she had nothing to do anyway, so she ran to the top of the mountain in her pajamas with a misty sleepiness and ran to the top of the mountain to look at the stars, but at this moment, somehow she heard gunshots, and then saw several emperors** The soldier was running across the river bank and heard the shouts of the Volunteers, so she took a sniper rifle from a nearby observation post and fired several shots.

"Haha...... What ...... this" was asked by Li, and Tessa touched her big braid a little embarrassed

"Forget it, I'll say it" Seeing that Tessa was a little embarrassed, Kate said first

"Actually, here's how it ............"

Kate began to tell Leigh the story of what happened in the early hours of tonight..................