When you're in the Wolf Pack, your ability to obey orders becomes stronger.

Chapter 124 Black Hawk Down!

Early Sunday morning, Guo Yuanshuai reminded everyone that it was the ninth shift's turn to patrol today, from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m., and that no one should wander around in the afternoon, lest they be unable to find anyone.

After breakfast, Kaiyoumu pulled Xu Ge and Li Dongshui to play cards with the old squad leader.

The reason for this is that Guo Yuanshuai said that the class monitor for next week must be determined before 2 pm, so Kaiyoumu is making the most of his time to practice his card skills.

The old man has always enjoyed playing cards, so he readily agreed to this.

Xu Ge and Li Dongshui were extremely unwilling and dawdled, reluctant to sit down at the table.

"I haven't called home yet; it's my mom's birthday today," Li Dongshui said.

Kaiyoumu raised an eyebrow: "I remember your mom just had her birthday last week!"

"That's my dad's birthday..."

"Let's talk after we finish playing cards!" Kaiyoumu clenched his fists, cracking his knuckles, then looked at Xu Ge, "What about you? What's going on?"

Xu Ge: "I want to go to the military dog ​​unit."

"You just went there yesterday, you're not allowed to go! Everyone come over here and play cards!"

Kaiyoumu's tone changed, and he said pitifully,

"I've been the squad leader for almost a month now, and I can't beat those four guys in other events. Can you guys consider our camaraderie and let me rest for a week?"

Guo Yuanshuai sat there shuffling cards with a cigarette in his mouth, without saying a word.

Xu Ge and Li Dongshui reluctantly sat down at the table after seeing that Kai Youmu had started to play the victim.

"Squad leader, I'm not trying to be mean, but you can't even beat them at cards!" Li Dongshui sighed. "If it were me, I'd just accept my fate and give up."

"What nonsense are you talking about? I almost won last week!"

"Draw cards! Draw cards!"

The four men started playing cards, while the other four veterans, seeing that it was snowing outside, were too lazy to go out and instead stayed in the barracks playing games on their phones.

After playing for more than an hour, Kaiyoumu became unhappy: "What's wrong with you two? Are you deliberately letting me win?"

"Class monitor, you're just too good!" Li Dongshui said dismissively.

Kaiyuki: "The way you two are fighting is so boring!"

"It's getting boring, let's increase the stakes."

Guo Yuanshuai suddenly said, "The afternoon patrol is four hours long, and the round trip is about 20 kilometers. So, if you two lose the next round, you'll be responsible for carrying the machine gun and the radio!"

Li Dongshui's eyes widened in surprise.

Xu Ge's expression also changed: "Deputy squad leader, is it really necessary to go this far?"

"You two won't get serious unless we go all out. Stop talking nonsense and get your cards!" Guo Yuanshuai sneered.

The four veterans playing games nearby also became interested upon hearing this and all gathered around to watch.

Li Dongshui looked at Xu Ge: "We can't lose, that radio and machine gun are very heavy!"

Xu Ge nodded: "Yes, play seriously!"

The atmosphere at the card table instantly became tense.

After everyone had played a few hands, when it was Xu Ge's turn to play, he suddenly shouted, "Airplane!"

Guo Yuanshuai slammed his fist on the table: "Do you think this is a game of Dou Dizhu? No flying cards allowed, not even three of a kind with one or two extra cards!"

"No, I mean there's a plane flying overhead!" Xu Ge pointed upwards. "Didn't you hear that?"

Everyone immediately fell silent, and after listening for a while, no one could make out anything.

"You bastard, are you trying to distract me so you can peek at my cards?" Guo Yuanshuai said irritably. "This area is a no-fly zone, there can't be any planes here!"

"It really is the squad leader! There really is a plane flying over there, getting lower and lower!" Xu Ge pointed to the back window. "You should be able to see it if you stand there now!"

"Huh? It sounds like something's making a noise."

Su Liujun exclaimed in surprise, walked to the window and looked up, "Oh, there really is a helicopter up there."

Guo Yuanshuai was taken aback, put down his cards and stood up. The others also came to the window and looked out.

Xu Ge looked up and saw a black helicopter circling above the camp, occasionally rising and falling or making a turn.

Niu San looked at it for a while, then said in confusion, "Something's not right, this doesn't look like our model."

“It’s an S-70 Black Hawk helicopter,” Guo Yuanshuai suddenly said.

"Huh? Black Hawk?"

"Which Black Hawk? The one from those epic war movies about the UK?"

"Damn, you know what, it really does look like it!"

Everyone was taken aback. Xu Ge subconsciously asked, "Squad leader, how did this foreign military helicopter get here?"

"These are not foreign military aircraft. They were purchased by our military more than 50 years ago. At that time, we bought more than 20 of them because we valued their excellent high-altitude performance."

Guo Yuanshuai explained, "However, all of our military's Black Hawks were phased out more than a decade ago!"

"So what's the situation with this one now?" Niu Sanxian asked, pointing upwards.

Guo Yuanshuai looked up and pondered for a moment: "Since it can fly here, it means it has been authorized by our brigade. Otherwise, it would have been shot down by the anti-aircraft artillery battalion long ago. Judging from this, it should be conducting flight tests."

"Test? Test what?"

"Test performance."

Now everyone was even more confused.

Guo Yuanshuai seemed to have thought of something and waved his hand, saying, "Alright, stop looking. It has nothing to do with us. Let's continue playing cards."

Xu Ge turned around and immediately saw Kaiyoumu peeking at his cards. He quickly shouted, "Holy crap! This hand doesn't count!"

Li Dongshui was taken aback: "Huh? That doesn't count? I drew four kings!"

Xu Ge: ...

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. . .

At 1:30 p.m., after everyone in Class 9 was dressed neatly, they went downstairs to collect their weapons.

Considering that it was a foot patrol, Guo Yuanshuai did not have everyone wear military overcoats, but instead added a layer of fleece underneath. After all, they would also need to wear bulletproof vests and tactical vests, and wearing overcoats would be too bulky and hinder their movement.

When receiving the bullets, Xu Ge noticed the difference between patrolling and guard duty; each person actually received two live ammunition clips.

In addition, the Ninth Platoon also has a Type 201 general-purpose light machine gun, which is from the same series as Wang Lin's high-precision sniper rifle and is also equipped with two drum magazines.

And a backpack radio for remote communication.

Xu Ge and Li Dongshui lost at cards in the morning, so the light machine gun was handed over to Xu Ge, while Li Dongshui carried the radio.

Kaiyoumu, the original machine gunner, carrying Xu Ge and Li Dongshui's guns, said with a smile, "A bet is a bet. Don't worry, I'll carry them for the second half."

"Everyone take two more grenades. Sergeant, you take a grenade launcher, along with two smoke grenades and four grenades."

Company Commander Liu Guoping walked in. "These are the equipment requirements for combat readiness!"

Guo Yuanshuai nodded: "I have no objection, then everyone should wear them!" After everyone put on all their items, they went downstairs and walked towards the door.

The snow had just stopped, and the ground was covered with a thick layer of white, which was dazzling.

Xu Ge suddenly stopped halfway and shouted ahead, "Watch out, a car is coming!"

Guo Yuanshuai, who had just stepped out of the gate, paused for a moment, looking around curiously: "Where's the car..."

Boom boom boom! ! !
The earth suddenly began to shake, and even the freshly fallen snow was shaken apart.

To everyone's astonishment, a fully armed armored convoy sped past the gate of the Sixth Company, kicking up a flurry of snowflakes.

"Holy crap! It's our regiment's heavy armor battalion!"

"Look, those all-terrain off-road vehicles behind us are in a line!"

"It's the battalion commander! I saw our battalion commander in the last vehicle!" Xu Ge suddenly said.

The last few troop carriers were all filled with heavily armed soldiers, and there were a few familiar faces among them.

Guo Yuanshuai looked at Liu Guoping, who had rushed to the door after hearing the commotion, and asked, "Why did the battalion commander take the fourth and fifth companies out? What's going on? Where's our sixth company?"

"They received orders from their superiors to go to the border to participate in the armed standoff!" Liu Guoping explained. "Each battalion is required to leave one company for maneuver."

"Armed standoff? The vehicles ahead are even equipped with machine guns. With such a large-scale operation, it seems they're trying to lure all the troops from the Tiandu border defenses over here!" Guo Yuanshuai said in a deep voice.

Liu Guoping nodded: "I guessed so. It seems the people from our brother unit who went out on a mission are coming back!"

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. . .

As usual, the military vehicle stopped at the foot of the mountain. Everyone in the Ninth Platoon got out of the vehicle, and after tidying up a bit, Guo Yuanshuai called the company's duty room, and the border patrol officially began.

The group walked in a single file along the foot of the mountain in the snow, with Niu Sanxian and Kaiyoumu at the front and Wang Lin at the back, moving north at a steady pace.

As Xu Ge walked, he observed his surroundings. At this moment, the group was in a narrow valley. To their right was the snow mountain on guard duty at night, and to their left, on the other side of the cliff, was the area controlled by Tiandu.

The smell here is unusually simple; the air is filled with the scents of everyone and the cool, damp smell of the air.

Earlier on the way, everyone asked Battalion Commander Guo Yuanshuai what the purpose of their armed standoff at the border was. Guo Yuanshuai's answer was that the Hidden Wolves and Sky Wolves were probably going to withdraw, and in order to be on the safe side, they needed to draw the enemy's border defense forces out of the way.

The group rested every half hour and soon emerged from the valley, where their view opened up.

Guo Yuanshuai pointed to a rocky expanse of Gobi Desert ahead and said, "That area was a disputed zone two years ago, but after a few battles with those bastards from Tiandu, it's now ours!"

"Awesome!" Xu Ge exclaimed, panting.

It must be said that although the light machine gun has the word "light" in its name, it is surprisingly heavy.

The radio on Li Dongshui's back was also quite heavy. Upon hearing the call to rest, he immediately plopped down on a rock, panting heavily.

"Squad leader, isn't everything all information-based now? There are drones flying all over the place, why do we still need to patrol manually? Why not just send out a few drones?"

"Do you think drones are really omnipotent?" Guo Yuanshuai pointed to the towering snow-capped mountains all around them. "Do you think drones can fly over this terrain?"
Putting aside the signal issue, the higher the altitude, the lower the temperature. How many minutes do you think a drone's battery can last here? There are places even helicopters can't get through!

Li Dongshui fell silent after being rebuked.

Niu Sanxian was speaking quietly into a walkie-talkie.

Others might not be able to hear it, but Xu Ge heard it clearly.

"Hey, cuckoo cuckoo bro, are you there?"

"We're on patrol! When we get to the front, I'll wave to you. Remember to look for me with your binoculars!"

"Niu Sanxian, what are you doing over there? Chatting with the sentries at Zhan Niangshe again, aren't you? Don't drain your walkie-talkie battery," Guo Yuanshuai reminded him.

"Squad leader, didn't we also bring a radio..."

"I'll smash you to death!" Guo Yuanshuai picked up a rock and threw it. "Back in formation, let's continue!"

"Yes!"

At four o'clock in the afternoon, the group arrived at the end of the patrol route, more than ten kilometers away, at a ridge line full of ore and snow.

Niu San first ran to a large rock, waved to a tall and steep snow-capped mountain six or seven kilometers away, shouted a few words into the walkie-talkie, and then started jumping around again.

"You son of a bitch, aren't you afraid of altitude sickness?" Guo Yuanshuai cursed, took out a cigarette, lit it, and took a deep drag.

Kaiyoumu came over and took the light machine gun from Xu Ge's back. Guo Yuanshuai signaled Li Dongshui to also take off the radio, and Niu San would carry it first.

After resting for fifteen minutes, Guo Yuanshuai tried calling the duty room twice with the walkie-talkie, but found the signal to be intermittent, so he gave up and waved his hand: "Go down the mountain!"

The group began to retrace their steps.

Xu Ge had only walked a few dozen meters when he suddenly stopped. He heard an unusual noise coming from the air ahead.

"What's wrong?" Guo Yuanshuai, who was walking beside him, immediately asked.

"Squad leader, I hear a plane coming!"

Upon hearing this, everyone instinctively scattered and quickly crouched down in the snow, aiming their guns.

This is the border; hearing airplanes here is not a good thing.

"Where are you? Are you sure you didn't hear me wrong?" Guo Yuanshuai looked around and asked.

Xu Ge pointed southeast: "You heard right, it's over there."

Guo Yuanshuai was taken aback: "That's our location. You mean our own plane is coming?"

This is a military restricted area; civilian aircraft cannot enter without permission.

"They're here, they're here, they're really here!"

Li Dongshui pointed, and everyone immediately saw a black helicopter emerge from behind a snow-capped mountain and head straight for the Tian Du territory on the opposite side.

"Holy crap! It's that Black Hawk again!" Niu Sanxian exclaimed in shock. "What is it trying to do? Is that even one of our troops? What the hell is it flying around for?"

This area is already a sensitive region, and the consequences of a helicopter suddenly crossing the border are predictable.

Guo Yuanshuai frowned, watching as the helicopter flew over their heads and crossed the border. He immediately shouted, "Niu Sanxian, contact the duty room immediately via radio!"

"Yes!"

"Holy crap! It's blown up!" Wang Lin suddenly exclaimed, looking up from his sniper scope.

Everyone looked over immediately and saw the Black Hawk helicopter with black smoke billowing from its tail as it crashed into the other side of the snow-capped mountain and then disappeared.

"Wang Lin, what happened? Did you hit a rock on the mountaintop?" Guo Yuanshuai asked hurriedly.

Wang Lin shook his head: "I don't know, I didn't notice!"

"Who else saw it clearly?"

"I saw it clearly!"

Everyone turned to look at Xu Ge.

"What did you see? What just happened?" Guo Yuanshuai asked immediately.

"I saw that the plane was shot down by a missile from the other side!"

Xu Ge said in a deep voice, "Furthermore, someone on the plane just parachuted away!"

(End of this chapter)