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

Chapter 144 Machine Wolf! New Skill: Craftsmanship?

Xu Ge turned around and looked at Guo Yuanshuai standing behind him. Just as he was about to say something, a strange smell suddenly came into his nose.

Xu Ge had never smelled this before. It was very faint at first, but the strong fragrance suddenly burst in his nasal cavity, which was extremely strange.

click!
At the same time, a soft sound came from the snow below.

The sound was very faint, especially in the howling cold wind, and almost no one could hear it.

However, Xu Geneng immediately recognized the sound as the clanging of metal, so he shouted a warning and grabbed his rifle, turning to point it in the direction of the sound.

As for the token that appeared before their eyes and the prompts that followed, they had no time to pay attention to them.

Guo Yuanshuai, a veteran with over 20 years of military service, shrank back as soon as he noticed the strange expression on Xu Ge's face.

Click, click, click!
A series of sounds came from the snow dozens of meters away. Several figures appeared in Xu Ge's field of vision. Without thinking, he immediately pulled the trigger.

Da da da!
Da da da!
The person who had just gotten up was swept down.

But then, sparks flew from the hands of the other figures scattered in various locations.

clap clap clap!
Bang bang bang!
Amidst the cacophony of gunfire, bullets rained down on Xu Ge's position.

Xu Ge felt a weight on his body and was immediately pressed tightly to the ground.

Chu Chu Chu!
The sound of a light machine gun rang out from the right rear, and a dense volley of bullets struck the open ground between the sniper position and the enemy, immediately halting the enemy's offensive.

"Don't look up!"

Guo Yuanshuai pinned Xu Ge and Li Dongshui down, pressed the talk button, and shouted, "What the hell are you machine gun crew standing there for? Fire!"

The previous volley of bullets was probably fired unconsciously by Kaiyoumu's side, who were unaware of the situation and were afraid of accidentally hitting their own people. But when they heard Guo Yuanshuai's clear order in the headset, the three machine guns immediately roared into action.

ratt ratt ratt ratt!

ratt ratt ratt ratt!

ratt ratt ratt ratt!

In an instant, all other sounds were drowned out, with only the roar of machine guns and snowflakes splashing up in the snow.

Guo Yuanshuai pulled a grenade from Xu Ge's waist, pulled the pin, and threw it away.

boom!
Because the explosion was so close, Xu Ge felt a sharp pain in his eardrums from the shock!
boom!
boom!
From behind, Wang Lin's sniper rifle also began to provide cover.

"Niu Sanxian, is the grenade launcher with you and Su Liujun? Bomb it 40 meters in front of Xu Ge!"

Guo Yuanshuai continued shouting into the walkie-talkie, "Use grenades and stun grenades, throw them far away! Anyone have smoke grenades...?"

"Squad leader, I have some!"

Li Dongshui, who was lying to the side, pulled off a smoke grenade. "Where should we throw it?"

"Nonsense! Throw it in my face!"

Xu Ge snatched it, pulled off the ring, and threw it in front of him.

Bang!
Amid the explosion, smoke billowed out, only to be quickly dispersed by the strong winds.

However, they managed to barely block the enemy's line of sight.

"Quick, follow me and retreat to the back!"

Guo Yuanshuai grabbed Li Dongshui's gun, pulled on Xu Ge's boot, and the three of them slid down the slope together.

chug chug!
To the right, the machine gun fire continued, with one or two glowing tracer rounds appearing from time to time, indicating the attack positions to the others.

Boom boom!

Bang bang!

Hand grenades and stun grenades were thrown from various locations outside the breach, accompanied by loud explosions and intense white flashes.

This concentrated fire lasted for more than 20 seconds before gradually subsiding.

"You two go up and provide cover."

Guo Yuanshuai handed the gun back to Li Dongshui, pounded his waist a few times with his left hand, and shouted, "Mobile assault team, follow me!"

Swish!
Niu Sanxian, Su Liujun, and two other veterans from the seventh squad ran over.

Guo Yuanshuai took the gun from Su Liujun, bent down and walked at the front: "Turn on the flashlight, let's go!"

By the time Xu Ge and Li Dongshui returned to their sniping positions and set up their guns, the group had already circled around to the outside of the valley's gap.

As the smoke gradually dissipated, Xu Ge stared wide-eyed at the scene below, where several figures lay sprawled on the snow.

Hey!
Da da!

Hey!
Guo Yuanshuai and his men below fired shots at the corpses one by one, and after surveying the surrounding area, they prepared to retreat.

Xu Ge noticed something was wrong and quickly pressed the walkie-talkie: "Squad leader, the shape of that pile of snow ten meters to the right of Niu Sanxian is wrong!"

brush!
The five men below immediately spread out into a defensive formation, their guns all pointed in the direction of the attack.

Xu Ge and Li Dongshui also set their sights on that snowdrift.

Guo Yuanshuai squatted down and made two hand gestures. Niu Sanxian suddenly fired a shot, while Su Liujun did a forward roll and landed on the side of the snowdrift.

Da da da!
The bullets hit the snowdrifts, sending up clumps of snow.

"Squad leader, there seems to be a hole here!" Su Liujun's voice came through the channel.

. . .

. . .

The tunnel exit was discovered in the snow, but Guo Yuanshuai did not lead his men down. Instead, he quickly readjusted the formation of his team, assigning a machine gun and two rifles to guard the tunnel entrance.

The rest of the time is spent waiting.

Guo Yuanshuai came to Xu Ge's place once during that time. When Li Dongshui asked him if he wanted to go in, Guo Yuanshuai gave him a flick on the forehead.

"You think this is a game, where you just crawl into any hole you see? There are professionals who do this kind of thing!"

About ten minutes later, Guo Yuanshuai arrived at the snow outside the gap and shouted in the channel: "Attention everyone, our own people are coming from the 12 o'clock direction. Don't get hit by friendly fire!"

Before long, Xu Ge noticed a figure moving on the snow directly in front of him.

As they got closer, Xu Ge counted the number of people; it was a nine-person team, currently advancing rapidly in a three-by-three formation.

What struck him as odd was that within the nine-person tactical formation, three even smaller objects were also moving along, consistently positioned in the gaps of the formation.

"What are those three things crawling on the ground?" Xu Ge asked curiously.

Li Dongshui put on his night vision goggles and looked for a while: "It looks like a robotic wolf. I saw it when I was at the regimental headquarters."

Xu Ge suddenly realized that he had heard of the robotic wolf; it was a new piece of equipment that had been deployed in the last two years and could cooperate with soldiers in combat under specific procedures. "They look like they're going in. You stay here and keep watch, I'll go check it out." After saying that, Xu Ge left his sniper position and went around to the outside of the breach.

In the snow, Guo Yuanshuai saw Xu Ge running over but didn't say anything. Anyway, the whole area had already been searched, and Liu Senlin had even scanned the area with infrared. So far, they had only found this one exit.

Xu Ge approached the snowdrift and discovered that it was a square opening large enough for two people to walk side by side. There were faint steps leading down inside the opening, and the camouflage board that was originally used to cover the opening had been lifted and placed aside.

creak creak!

Upon seeing Guo Yuanshuai and his group, the nine-person team quickly regrouped and sped up, soon arriving in front of them.

Xu Ge then saw the true appearance of the three robotic wolves.

To put it simply, it's an intelligent robot whose main body is a square alloy, with four mechanical legs supporting it on the ground, and equipment such as cameras, rifles, and grenade launchers mounted on its back.

To Xu Ge, as the electric current crackled, the robot wolf's four legs bent and swung forward, moving at a speed no slower than a human's.

All nine were dressed in the dark uniforms of the Sirius Commando, and their guns were covered with accessories, making them look like Christmas trees.

Three of them were wearing AR glasses and holding the control panel of the robot wolf.

The leading lieutenant stepped forward and exchanged nods with Guo Yuanshuai: "Old sergeant, have you sent anyone in?"

Guo Yuanshuai laughed: "We dare not go in, but we've been keeping watch outside."

"Alright, leave the rest to us!"

The lieutenant nodded and waved his hand. The nine men immediately dispersed and surrounded the cave entrance, while the three robotic wolves occupied the three positions in the inner circle.

Just then, Xu Ge smelled that strange smell again in the air. He sniffed and immediately confirmed that the smell was coming from inside the cave.

Seeing that the nine people were about to leave, he quickly said, "Wait a minute!"

Everyone looked over. The lieutenant frowned, glanced at Xu Ge, and without saying a word, looked directly at Guo Yuanshuai: "Sergeant, what's going on?"

Guo Yuanshuai looked directly at Xu Ge: "What's wrong?"

Xu Ge pointed into the cave: "I sense someone coming!"

Click, click, click!
Everyone's guns instantly pointed at the cave entrance. The lieutenant looked at Xu Ge and asked, "Feeling? Is your feeling reliable?"

"Reliable!"

Guo Yuanshuai replied on Xu Ge's behalf.

"Use stun grenades to clear the way!" The lieutenant gave the order without further questioning.

Immediately, a team member came out, loaded two stun grenades into the grenade launcher on the belly of a robotic wolf, and then began to look down and operate the control panel.

Buzz!

Amidst the whirring of the motor, the robotic wolf suddenly bent its limbs and darted into the hole.

Bang bang!

Two muffled thuds were heard, followed by a bright flash of light, which shook the snow-covered ground.

Several screams came from inside the cave.

Xu Ge didn't know if the others had heard it, but it seemed that the people from Sirius didn't need to hear it either. The team member controlling the mechanical wolf quickly said, "Three enemies have been detected and are temporarily unable to resist."

"Put on your night vision goggles and masks. Leave three people above to provide support. Let's go!"

At the lieutenant's command, he was the first to crawl inside, followed closely by the other five men and a robotic wolf.

. . .

. . .

After Sirius's people arrived, this place had nothing to do with the people in the third row anymore.

Those nine people were just an advance team. Twenty minutes later, two more groups arrived, including Xu Ge's old acquaintances Yuan Chuan and Wang Long.

The people who came later were responsible for clearing the battlefield and maintaining order, which meant they took over the duties of the third platoon.

Kaiyoumu and Xu Ge chatted with Wang Long for a few minutes, and they became acquainted through a misunderstanding.

After learning from Wang Long that the operation was nearing its end, Guo Yuanshuai immediately contacted Battalion Commander Zhang Hua and received orders to withdraw his troops.

All three groups quickly assembled at the foot of the mountain and then walked out of the mountain.

It was nearly four in the morning, but the soldiers, who had just experienced a real battle, were not tired at all and chatted and laughed all the way.

Guo Yuanshuai rubbed his lower back and yawned, sighing, "Oh dear, I'm getting old and useless, unlike you young people who are full of energy."

Xu Ge shone his flashlight on Guo Yuanshuai, prompting the latter to curse, "Are you trying to kill me by shining it on me?"

"Squad leader, I'm checking to see if you're injured. Did you hurt your back when you slid down from the sniper position?" Xu Ge asked with concern.

"I'm perfectly fine. Do you think I'm really old just because I say I am?" Guo Yuanshuai said irritably. "Your sister-in-law just arrived, and I haven't even finished my homework yet. How could I have hurt my back again?"

"Hahaha!"

The group immediately burst into laughter.

"That's right, my squad leader was the number one tough guy in the brigade when he was young, and he's still got it now!" Niu Sanxian shouted in a theatrical voice, then chuckled strangely.

Guo Yuanshuai lit a cigarette and urged, "Hurry up, all of you! If we dawdle any longer, it'll be dawn by the time we get back. Let's just get straight to morning exercises!"

"Old squad leader, have you forgotten that today is New Year's Eve? We're already on holiday!"

"Oh, it really is! Then hurry back and catch up on some sleep!"

"Squad leader, are you going directly to the family compound?"

"What's it to you!"

The group laughed and joked as they quickly arrived near the military vehicle.

The driver, who was dozing off, immediately woke up, started the car, and drove off at high speed after everyone was on board.

Xu Ge was sitting in the carriage when he suddenly remembered something and summoned his token.

[Military orders are 100% executed. You may randomly acquire one of the opponent's skills. Do you wish to draw it immediately?]

Seeing the prompt, Xu Ge felt excited.

The squad leader has been the brigade's all-around champion for seven consecutive years. I wonder what skills he will draw.
Since joining the company, Xu Ge had considered giving Guo Yuanshuai a private order to see if he could draw skills, but the other party never cooperated. Unexpectedly, he succeeded by accident tonight.

What are we waiting for? We should draw it now!
The next moment, a notification appeared.

[A new skill - Crafting - has been randomly selected, with a maximum level of Special Grade. Do you want to activate the skill slot?]

(End of this chapter)