Mercenary I am the king

Chapter 415 Escape
An air wave wrapped in mud rose up, and an anti-personnel mine exploded. The right foot of a scout walking in the front was completely shattered below the ankle, the leg bone was split and the bone marrow was bleeding, the combat boots were ruthlessly torn to pieces, and the calf muscles and trouser legs were torn to pieces.

It was a while after he was thrown to the ground that he felt the pain and let out a shrill scream.

"what--"

The explosion of the anti-personnel mine, whose charge was deliberately reduced, was not loud, but in the silent jungle it was no less than a muffled thunder, and everyone's eyelids jumped.

Hearing the screams, the scalps of the nearby "Cobra" team members suddenly felt numb and the hairs on their bodies stood up.

Just when he was stunned, there was another muffled thud, and another soldier who wanted to go forward to rescue his teammate fell to the ground. A hole appeared on the sole of his foot, and blood mixed with foamy broken bones gushed out.

"what--"

Just like the previous team member who was hit, he started wailing only after he fell to the ground, his face distorted with pain.

In fact, the layout of the minefield depends on prediction.

Song Heping almost predicted how this mysterious pursuer passing by would clear the mines.

Anticipate the opponent's prediction.

This is always the scariest.

Looking at the two team members lying on the ground convulsing in pain, the other members of the "Cobra" team looked at Wu Shengwen silently.

They were well aware of the malice hidden behind these non-lethal anti-personnel mines, which were not intended to kill a single infantryman, but only to cripple him.

This can effectively cause a large number of casualties and drag down other members of the same unit.

It takes at least two people to take care of one wounded soldier, and two people will drag down four fighters, weakening their combat effectiveness like an infectious disease.

In this dark and humid jungle, how to deal with the wounded became a major problem. Diverting personnel to care for them would be like falling into the enemy's trap, while abandoning the wounded and leaving them here would be a huge blow to morale...

This terrible multiple-choice question was wrong no matter which answer he made, and it really gave Wu Shengwen a headache.

Wu Shengwen was in a dilemma.

Given his personality, he would definitely abandon these two team members who had lost their combat effectiveness and would have to use crutches even if they were rescued. However, doing so would definitely cause dissatisfaction among some team members.

If we were to allocate personnel to care for the wounded, it would mean that at least one squad would have to withdraw from the battle sequence, which was not cost-effective. Besides, it was not the time to abandon the wounded yet...

"Everyone stop moving forward and start clearing mines on the spot!"

This order meant that Wu Shengwen had given up the pursuit.

Harold, who understood Burmese, immediately objected: "Captain Wu! This is a critical moment. If we don't catch up with them, they will cross the border before dawn!"

Wu Shengwen finally exploded, and he launched into a barrage of attacks at Harold: "Fuck you! All you do here is give orders. You're the commander of the Navy SEALs, so go ahead! I lost several men without even seeing them, and you still want me to chase them?! Are the lives of my men worth their lives? I won't risk giving chase until the minefields here are completely cleared!"

He was fed up with the American pointing fingers at him.

Even if their own troops accept their military guidance, and even their own armed groups receive financial support from the Americans.

But it’s not free.

It’s about doing things for them.

Over the years, the KIK armed forces have paid enough lives, whether it is the export of drugs or the confrontation with government forces.

Judging from the situation tonight, continuing the pursuit would probably mean continuing to die.

If the Americans really want to chase us, let them do it themselves!

"Captain Wu! You will bear the consequences of what you said!" Harold's face turned pale and he began to threaten Wu Shengwen.

Wu Shengwen was already furious at this time. Several of his men were killed or injured in a row, and the 20 members of the vanguard team were also unknown whether they were alive or dead. They were probably in great danger.

He probably also knew where his opponent came from.

Americans like to fight with the Chinese, that's their business. It's okay for us local armed groups to take advantage of the situation and do some small things, but damn, only idiots would risk their entire fortune to fight for it.

"I'll take the consequences." Wu Shengwen made way and pointed ahead, saying, "I have 20 brothers ahead of me, reckless and reckless. Captain, if you think you're better than them and more familiar with this place than we are, you can continue to use your men to chase them. I'm sure those guys are still ahead and haven't crossed the border yet. Please! I won't stop you!"

Harold was like a balloon about to explode, but there was nothing he could do.

He himself knew that he had missed the opportunity tonight.

When Wu Tunqin's entire company was sacrificed at the fork in the road, it was the best opportunity to annihilate them.

Now all he wanted was to let these people in front of him continue to serve as cannon fodder, catch up with that mysterious team, and then lead his men to look for opportunities to fight.

Unfortunately, Wu Shengwen is not stupid either.

He was no longer willing to make unnecessary sacrifices.

"Okay." Harold finally compromised. "I won't force you to hurry, but I hope you can clear the mines quickly and continue your mission."

"That sounds like something a human would say!"

Seeing Harold compromise, Wu Shengwen also gave in.

"Don't worry, I will lead people to continue searching and pursuing after it is confirmed to be safe, but before that, I will not let my people take any more risks."

Just when the "Cobra" team was trapped in the minefield, in a mountain depression five kilometers away from them, Song Heping and the hunter were moving among a pile of corpses with silenced pistols.

A minute ago, they ended the fight.

After laying the mines, Song Heping led the hunters to chase forward.

"Put on the silencer and fuck them! They must be so busy on their way now that they don't know we're right behind them!"

These are Song Heping’s original words.

But it also scared the hunters a lot.

Even though he had rich practical experience, this was the first time he had done such a risky thing.

According to Song Heping, the two of them must catch up with the vanguard team and then attack them from behind.

That's twenty people...

As long as someone discovers it along the way.

Two people versus twenty people...

Thinking of that scene, the hunters felt a little weak.

"Wait, I'll take the lead."

Song Heping said: "You don't have to take action until they react."

"Boss, isn't this too risky..." The hunter wanted to persuade Song Heping, but in the end he didn't dare to speak.

Because he knew that persuasion was useless.

With his boss's personality, no one could stop him from doing what he wanted to do. Moreover, he was the one who led the charge, personally taking action in the front, while he stayed behind to provide reinforcements at any time.

What else is there to say?

The two of them ran quickly and soon caught up with the vanguard of the "Cobra" unit.

A vanguard team usually advances in a column through the jungle, after all, there is only one path.

The distance between each person is generally about three meters.

This distance is not far.

But today is a thunderstorm.

Song Heping saw this clearly.

When the rear guard turned around and looked behind him, he saw a ghostly black shadow right behind him.

Before he could come to his senses, a survival knife had already pierced his chin, directly penetrating his tongue and upper jaw. His head was like a skewered rabbit head, unable to make any sound.

At this time, thunder sounded and lightning flashed across the sky.

The sound of rain and thunder perfectly concealed everything.

Song Heping knocked the guy down and threw him to the ground, then continued to follow the team without looking back.

The rest of the matter will be handled by the hunter.

The second-to-last member of the Cobra team felt something moving behind him.

He looked back and found that the team members behind him were still there, so he felt relieved and continued to move forward.

Suddenly, the entire team stopped.

The person who was leading the way found that after running for so long, he didn't find any footprints or traces.

"Stop! Something's wrong!"

The vanguard finally stopped.

The leader stepped forward and asked the scout in charge of tracking: "What's going on?!"

"I ran so far, but there's no trace at all! Something's wrong!"

The scout frowned and looked left and right on the ground like a hound. After looking, he turned on the flashlight and shone it on several places.

"There's no trace at all. They didn't take this road at all!"

"Impossible! We've been following this road all the way. Could it be that they've gone around to the mountains?"

The team leader felt incredible.

Because the terrain here is too complicated, leaving the path and walking into the mountains is simply seeking death.

Not only is the road difficult to travel, but accidents are also very likely to happen.

While the two were arguing, the other team members who stayed in the team heard something flying overhead...

It seemed that the sound was not the raindrops hitting the leaves, but something was scratching the leaves above my head, making a rustling sound...

Then, several black objects fell at the feet of several of them.

Some people looked down, trying to see what it was.

Rumbling--

Lightning and thunder illuminated the earth like day.

Finally someone saw clearly what had fallen at their feet.

"Grenade!"

he screamed.

boom--

boom--

boom--

It's too late.

After the explosion, some people were killed and some were injured. Those who were neither dead nor injured were also confused and their heads were buzzing.

Before they could struggle to their feet, two muzzle flashes like poisonous snake tongues appeared in the darkness behind them.

Then two different kinds of dull gunshots rang out...

A few minutes later.

"Boss, I surrender to you!"

Standing among the corpses, the hunter gave Song Heping a thumbs up.

"What should we do now?"

Song Heping looked around and found that all the scouts were dead.

The entire path, dozens of meters long, was filled with corpses.

"Retreat, retreat first."

After he finished speaking, he asked the hunter, "When you separated from White Bear and the others, did he give you the two MS-3 mines he brought with him?"

"Here you go." The hunter took off his backpack. The backpack was very light now because it had consumed too many mines and explosives before.

He took out two MS-3 mines and showed them to Song Heping.

The MS-3 is a Russian-made anti-handling mine. Structurally, its explosive performance is no different from that of the Russian PMN series of anti-personnel mines, except that its central fuse located on the top of the mine and its triggering principle are opposite.

The PMN series mines explode when their pressure cap is hit (or stepped on), while the MS-3 mines explode when their payload is removed, which is commonly known as a loose-action mine.

So this thing is very suitable for being placed under corpses, ammunition boxes or even food boxes on the battlefield to make booby traps to lure the enemy into taking the bait.

Song Heping said, "Let's make two booby traps. Even if we don't fight them head-on this time, we have to make them suffer a little more."

He was still upset about the serious injury to Gray Wolf.

It’s not worthwhile to confront them head-on now, so I’ll just have to endure it for now.

Sooner or later, we will have to settle accounts with those seals!
　Asking for a monthly ticket! Asking for a monthly ticket!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)