Chapter 383: Chief of Staff’s Bold Wish

Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

“What should we do?

In that moment, Wang Ye’s brain was running at full speed. At this point, Wang Ye was still unaware that the other party had thermal imaging.

He thought the other person simply had exceptional eyesight and had spotted Jiang Nan.

However, no matter what, his current position was definitely not a good place to directly descend.

“Wang Ye, remember, don’t make a sound. After radio silence, hide in the tree. Our backpacks are all hidden under the tent. They won’t be able to tell how many of us there are if they come over to check.

I’ll play along with them, and if I’m gone, don’t move either. When they come to look for the map, you can give them a surprise, alright?”

In his earpiece, the squad leader of the cooking team crouched beside the makeshift tent whispered to Wang Ye in a very low voice through the communicator.

“Alright!”

Wang Ye readily agreed, then immediately followed his instructions and silenced the radio.

There was no other way; he might not be able to pass this level.

But no matter what, nabbing one of them was a win.

*Crack!*

A smoke bomb was thrown towards where the documents were.

Soon, a large amount of smoke billowed out.

This was the smoke bomb thrown by the cooking team leader.

He was a true veteran, one of the third batch.

Although he belonged to the cooking team, he wasn’t your average mess cook in the reconnaissance unit.

At the moment, whether it was the tactical arrangement he instructed Wang Ye or his own tactical action plan, he executed them perfectly.

Before getting into the fight, he sealed a cigarette.

“Hehe, he even sealed a cigarette. Seems like there’s something, but not much!” the owl chuckled lightly.

Thermal imaging wasn’t something these smoke grenades in their current equipment could block.

In this day and age, there were specialized smoke grenades developed for thermal imaging.

When thrown, they emitted heat, which could obscure the heat signature of a human body.

However, such items were only available in limited quantities and hadn’t been issued to regular units.

“Let me see!” Beside him, Bat, holding a sniper rifle, spoke up.

These smoke grenades couldn’t block thermal imaging, but they could obstruct the field of view of night vision goggles.

“Alright!”

Switching to thermal imaging, Bat watched the silhouette of the cooking team leader in the smoke. As he saw him crouch next to the documents, he smiled.

Setting down the thermal imaging, he adjusted the sniper rifle based on memory.

*Crack!*

A gunshot rang out.

Just after sealing the cigarette and running to the side of the documents, preparing to search the body and take the smoke grenade from the documents, and then using the smoke to cover his retreat after circling around to confront the cooking team leader, the cooking team leader froze in the smoke.

“Damn, that’s cheating, shooting a person inside the smoke with a single shot!”

At this moment, in the smoke, the documents erupted with a furious roar.

Because he had witnessed smoke rising above the cooking team leader’s head right in front of him.

It was too unbelievable, a sniper rifle shot through the smoke, and just one shot.

Was this a lucky shot?

If it was, then there were way too many lucky shots.

In the tree, Wang Ye clenched his fist.

“We’re in trouble, it’s definitely thermal imaging!”

At this moment, Wang Ye was sure the other side had this technology.

Otherwise, shooting through smoke with such precision was too unbelievable.

They must have locked onto the position, clearly seen where the cooking team leader was, to be so accurate.

“This is getting difficult!”

Wang Ye felt a bit helpless inside.

But at this moment, he wasn’t even sure how many people they were dealing with.

Pulling out his harness, Wang Ye tied one end to the tree trunk and held the other end in his hand.

Wang Ye’s grenade launcher was still on the backpack over there.

Of course, even if it was on him now, it wouldn’t be of any use.

There was no way to use that thing up here in the treetop.

Right now, the only thing he could do was listen attentively.

Wait for them to get closer, and then strike first.

He wasn’t sure if they would spot him hiding in this tree first, but he couldn’t worry about that now.

“All three are taken care of, but are there only three?”

It should be, but just in case, Owl, circle around and use thermal imaging to check.”

Seventy to eighty meters away, three special forces soldiers ignored the curses from the documents.

He could curse all he wanted, but those who were dead were already dead, and cursing wouldn’t change anything. As for any doubts, they could find the exercise department after they left.

They didn’t know that at this moment, in the exercise department, their team leader had a very serious expression on his face.

On the big screen, one of the perspectives was Wang Ye’s.

He felt that this position was too tricky.

He had climbed so high.

When he switched the perspective and saw the camera angle on Wang Ye’s body for the first time, he was a bit stunned.

Was this something a sentry should be doing?

Climbing this high, the branches and leaves of the surrounding treetops obstructed his view. Unless the enemy reached the vicinity of the tree below, he couldn’t possibly see anyone.

What was the point of maintaining vigilance in such a situation?

But now, he didn’t care about how the soldier in this perspective was performing sentry duty.

Right now, he was thinking about his own soldiers discovering Wang Ye first.

The reconnaissance unit of Division A had already lost more than ten people, but he hadn’t lost anyone on his team so far.

He still hoped to achieve a flawless victory against Division A, to secure a remarkable achievement that would shake the entire army and demonstrate the importance of this equipment for individual soldiers, with the aim of widespread adoption.

But now, if his soldiers didn’t discover Wang Ye first, he could already anticipate the consequences. At the very least, someone would be replaced.

His expression was very serious as he stared at the screen. Meanwhile, next to him, the Chief of Staff’s expression was even more unpleasant.

It was already the fourth squad.

So far, the special forces had zero casualties, while on their side, four squads, a total of seventeen people, now only had Wang Ye left.

It was so frustrating.

What kind of game was this?

It was completely unfair, to be honest, the Chief of Staff was tempted to curse.

Using this equipment at night for small-scale individual combat was overwhelmingly dominant.

At this moment, he actually wanted to call it quits. He couldn’t see any hope of victory in this ongoing confrontation.

However, he knew that even if they were losing badly, they had to finish the fight. Surrender was not an option. Besides, he also wanted to observe the specific effectiveness of this equipment.

If it turned out to be truly impressive, he would find a way to get some for his reconnaissance company.

Both of them stared nervously at the screen.

On the big screen, there wasn’t much combat happening elsewhere at the moment, so even the perspective of Jiang Nan and his team’s deceased members was switched up.

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No signs, it’s probably just those three!”

After circling around this area, Owl returned to Black Cat’s side and spoke softly.

“I still have a feeling, but it might be my imagination!” Black Cat frowned and replied.

“It’s definitely your imagination. We’ve fought this far, and if there were more, how could they remain completely hidden? They also don’t know that we have this artifact!” Bat, who was still in the sniper position, chuckled softly through the communicator.

“True!” Black Cat’s last bit of doubt was dispelled.

“In that case, I’ll go search the bodies and get their map!” Owl handed the thermal imaging device to Black Cat.

Black Cat didn’t hesitate and took it. They still needed the thermal imaging because they had to be on guard against others approaching from the outside after hearing the gunfire. So, they needed to keep an eye on the perimeter to see if anyone was sneaking over.

As for searching the bodies of the three who had already been killed, thermal imaging was no longer necessary.

“Be careful not to get unlucky!” Black Cat cautioned.

“Hehe, of course, I value my life!” Owl chuckled and started moving forward with a Type 05 rifle, just like Wang Ye.

* Swish, swish, click.*

Footsteps on fallen leaves and dry branches inevitably made some noise.

In the tree above, Wang Ye lay in wait silently.

He had already heard the footsteps.

Narrowing his eyes, his left hand gripped the harness, and his right hand held the Type 05 rifle with the safety off.

After about four or five minutes, Wang Ye spotted someone.

A guy, a little ahead and to the side of Wang Ye, was carefully lifting his feet and moving towards where the documents were.

Without hesitation, Wang Ye, lying on the tree trunk, fired as soon as he saw the intruder.

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*Pew, pew.

The Type 05 rifle made a faint sound.

But in this jungle, it had been quiet since the gunfire a while ago. The insects and birds around had fallen silent to a great extent, so the two men only a few dozen meters away heard the gunshot.

“Be careful!”

“Fuck!”

Black Cat and Owl reacted quickly.

They immediately looked for the shooter’s position following the sound of the gunshot.

Soon, they spotted a figure dropping from a tree in this direction.

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*Pop, pop.

Gunshots rang out.

The two of them reacted swiftly, opening fire as soon as they saw Wang Ye.

But Wang Ye’s movements were lightning-fast. After firing, he rolled directly off the tree trunk, slowed his descent by pulling on the rope, and adjusted his body posture with the rope while landing, rolling forward.

Using a combination of rolling and snake-like movements, Wang Ye leaped behind a small mound of earth, and he couldn’t help but smile.

No smoke.

What’s even better is that the remaining two people both fired their guns.

Their positions, Wang Ye instantly pinpointed.

At this moment, after a quick glance to his left and right, Wang Ye immediately took action.

Taking advantage of their gunfire, he knew their positions, and he decided to take them head-on.

It was a gamble of reaction time, marksmanship, and luck.

Wang Ye wasn’t planning to run.

Firstly, they had thermal imaging, so running would only buy him a few seconds at best.

And secondly, Wang Ye felt frustrated.

Damn it, he formed a team, and before dawn, he was already a lone wolf.

What a mess. He had to get revenge.

He had his principles.

Besides, it’s not like he was actually dead.

*Bang!*

In the jungle, a smoke grenade flew to the middle of the two sources of the recent gunfire.

Wang Ye didn’t know if both of them had night vision goggles, but regardless of whether they did or not, the smoke grenade was left there. If he started emitting smoke later, he couldn’t give them an easy shot.

Not only the smoke grenade, but behind his cover, Wang Ye had also set up some cunning traps. He threw the only remaining hand grenade in the direction of the 95 rifle shots from earlier.

Whether it would explode or not was uncertain, but he had to throw it first.

“Good, just keep charging at them like this!”

In the exercise command room, the Chief of Staff was a bit excited.

Finally, it made his face look a bit better, preventing the enemy from having zero casualties all the time.

Seeing that Wang Ye was still charging directly at Black Cat, and what’s more, he threw a smoke grenade in between Black Cat and Bat, disrupting their coordination.

At this moment, he clenched his fist.

He glanced at Captain Xue, who had a gloomy face beside him.

The Chief of Staff didn’t say a word, but his eyes quickly returned to the big screen.

Suddenly, he had a bold hope.

He bet that if someone disagreed with his shameless condition, he wouldn’t be able to do anything about it.

But if Wang Ye could capture one of those devices, then there would be something to discuss.

After all, this exercise was akin to real combat, and he insisted on that point.

On the battlefield, there was no reason to return captured equipment, right?

Of course, this was just his hope, and he didn’t dare to say it out loud.

After all, to fulfill this hope, Wang Ye had to win in a 1V2 situation.

The other side wasn’t rookies; they were two special forces soldiers, the kings of land warfare..