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

Chapter 184 Routine Inspection?
“Squad leader, he didn’t let us catch him on purpose.”

Xu Ge suddenly spoke up, "I feel that he is probably preparing to go to the 75th Army, or rather, coming back from the 75th Army."

"Actually, the latter is more likely, because he had diarrhea in the morning, so maybe he stayed on the mountain all night!"

Everyone looked at Xu Ge, some of them not understanding what he meant.

Guo Yuanshuai asked, "How do you know he didn't let us arrest him on purpose?"

"At that time, that person had actually deliberately avoided our position. If I hadn't noticed, we would have completely overlooked him."

Xu Ge explained, "Also, he used a bullet casing as a warning system when he was defecating, which shows that he was very careful and vigilant."

"Hiss! You're right!"

Guo Yuanshuai immediately realized what was going on, but then frowned, "But that doesn't explain my previous question."

Liu Guoping: "Yes, this paper has the coordinates of our camp and the firing data written on it."

"Maybe this is a smokescreen they deliberately put out to confuse us when they get caught."

Xu Ge said, "Didn't the squad leader just say that this person is a veteran investigator? But there's still half-calculated data on that paper. Even a veteran wouldn't make such a basic mistake, right? He could have easily destroyed that paper before he got caught."

Xu Ge still insisted on his own opinion, and as for the parts that couldn't be explained, he would always assume the simplest possible explanation.

If this person didn't want to be arrested, then the contents of the paper that was found after he was arrested might have been something he deliberately showed to these people.

"That makes sense."

Guo Yuanshuai was the first to agree with Xu Ge's opinion, "Indeed, if it weren't for Xu Ge, we wouldn't have discovered this person."

Zhang Hua looked at Xu Ge: "Then how did you know that this person came from the 75th Army?"

Xu Ge: "When he was first arrested, he lied to us and said he was from the Special Reconnaissance Company of the 75th Army. I almost believed him at the time, because if you don't know the 75th Army very well, outsiders would not know that there is such a unit as the Special Reconnaissance Company!"

Now everyone believed Xu Ge's deduction even more. Zhang Hua looked at Xu Ge with some surprise: "I didn't realize you were such a good candidate to be a reconnaissance soldier!"

Guo Yuanshuai said, "Then let's contact the 75th Army right now and see if they have any plans, especially the Special Reconnaissance Company."

"Yes, I'll ask right now!"

Zhang Hua took out his phone, walked to the side, and started making a call.

Liu Guoping walked over and asked, "Squad leader, what do you mean by saying that we wouldn't have discovered this person if it weren't for Xu Ge?"

Guo Yuanshuai: "None of us noticed it, only Xu Ge confirmed that there were people there. Don't you understand?"

Liu Guoping looked at Xu Ge with surprise: "Good lad, you have this skill too?"

Xu Ge smiled and said, "Company Commander, I'm just a little more observant than others."

"That's exactly the kind of person we need right now!"

Liu Guoping slapped his thigh. "Alright, squad leader, your squad will not search the mountains for now. Instead, follow Luo Shan directly to the villages around the defense zone to clear out people and try to find all the informants!"

Zhang Hua's voice rose from the other end.

"Hey Lao Hou, don't worry about how I know, I'm just asking you, did your Special Reconnaissance Company have any important operations last night?"

"Damn, you guys are pretty bold! If the Tiger Brigade finds out, the whole company will be wiped out!"

"What do you mean you can't find out? We captured a reconnaissance soldier from the Fierce Tiger Brigade. He might have spent the whole night over there last night!"

"Okay, okay, don't worry, the person is with me, hmm, alright."

After hanging up the phone, Zhang Hua walked over with a serious expression and asked, "Old squad leader, did you find that the kid had a cell phone on him when you arrested him?"

Guo Yuanshuai shook his head: "We searched the surrounding area carefully, but we couldn't find it."

"Battalion Commander, what happened?" Liu Guoping asked curiously.

"Old Hou is completely messing around! Last night, he directly ordered the Special Reconnaissance Company to break up into smaller groups and scatter them all south of the No. 09 main hill, planning to let these people lie in wait for half a month and catch the Blue Army off guard when the exercise starts."

"Hill 09? Isn't that the buffer zone closest to the Blue Team?"

"That's right, and in a week the area will be electromagnetically shielded, at which point the Special Reconnaissance Company will be completely cut off from their brigade!"

Zhang Hua said irritably, "He thinks he's covered his tracks perfectly, but damn it, there are Blue Army spies everywhere. The Fierce Tiger Brigade might be watching them right now!"

Guo Yuanshuai was also taken aback: "Are the people in the 75th Army all this aggressive? Don't let them drag us down during the exercise!"

"Their reconnaissance battalion will send people over later, and we'll hand them over to them to take them away."

Zhang Hua walked away cursing, "I'm going to find the regimental commander. I have to make those people take this seriously! These guys have never fought against the Tiger Brigade before, do they really think they're as easy to deal with as monkeys!"

. . .

. . .

Luo Shan led the men of the Ninth Platoon to the roadside on the left side of the camp, waiting for the vehicle sent by the regiment to arrive.

"Sergeant, our battalion's mission today is to visit these villages. Which side should we start with?" Luo Shan asked Guo Yuanshuai, holding a map.

Guo Yuanshuai glanced at the map casually: "We don't have to go through everything. It doesn't matter where we start. We'll talk about it when we get there."

At this moment, Li Dongshui had a question: "Squad leader, why didn't we bring Baihu with us? With it, finding people will definitely be much faster!"

"Our regiment only has this one military dog, so we can't expose it beforehand. Baihu will be very useful during the exercises!"

"Oh, I see."

Not far away, a small military pickup truck sped up, and all seven people boarded. Luo Shan patted the truck bed and said, "Let's go, first to Wangdian Village!"

The car immediately started driving along the cement road, and after crossing the national highway, it entered the rural road.

Both sides of the road are lined with farmland. This season is when wheat and corn are tasseling, a lush green expanse, and the air is filled with the fresh scent of wheat ears.

A tricycle drove up from not far away, with signs for snacks and drinks on it, apparently intending to sell goods in the training area.

As the two vehicles passed each other, Guo Yuanshuai patted the truck bed to signal the driver to stop, then called out to the tricycle driver, "Fellow villager, stop for a moment!"

Upon seeing this, Xu Ge immediately sized up the car owner, a middle-aged man in his forties with tanned skin, who looked like an ordinary villager.

He found it strange, wondering why the squad leader had specifically called out to the car owner.

Guo Yuanshuai jumped off the truck bed, walked to the front of the tricycle, looked around at the shelves, asked the prices, and then turned back to ask, "What would you like to drink?"

other people:? ? ?

No, is the squad leader really just a salesperson?

Li Dongshui: "Squad leader, I want to drink Want Want milk."

"No."

"Then let's have the blue can of Coke."

"No, we only have the red jars."

"Then I won't drink it."

Guo Yuanshuai casually ordered a few drinks and asked the owner for a pack of cigarettes. While the owner was packing, he casually asked, "Hey, have any strangers come to your village lately?" The owner glanced at Guo Yuanshuai and asked, "What kind of strangers?"

Guo Yuanshuai said seriously, "Young man, we are currently catching a fugitive. If you know where we are, please point it out to us."

"What 'catching fugitives'? It's just that there's an upcoming drill, and you two are just catching each other's spies." The boss laughed. "Are you trying to fool me?"

Everyone:? ? ?
"Here you go, it's 250 in total, you can give me 240." The shopkeeper handed over the bag.

Guo Yuanshuai didn't take it, but took out cash from his pocket and held it in his hand: "Then tell us, where can we find spies?"

The boss understood what Guo Yuanshuai meant. He looked at the cash in his hand, hesitated for a moment, glanced back at the village next to the rapeseed field to the east, and said, "You've put me in a really difficult position!"

Guo Yuanshuai understood, paid the money readily, took his things, and got into the car.

Luo Shan noticed the boss's look and immediately signaled the driver to head towards the rapeseed field.

"Once we get into the village, we'll search house to house, but we must be polite and not disturb the villagers!" Guo Yuanshuai reminded them. "If they try to run away, just take them down!"

Xu Ge asked, "Squad leader, are we just going to go looking for them like this? The Blue Team members are definitely not wearing uniforms."

"At this time, most of the young people in the countryside have gone out to work, and those who remain in the village are likely to be the Blue Army."

Guo Yuanshuai explained, "They're all soldiers; you can recognize them after just a couple of words."

"Understood!" Xu Ge nodded.

Li Dongshui asked, puzzled, "Deputy Squad Leader, since all those selling goods know, wouldn't it be simpler to just ask them one by one?"

"Simple my foot!" Guo Yuanshuai said irritably. "How many years has the Blue Army been here? Do you think the locals are on the Blue Army's side or on your side?"

Li Dongshui: ...

A short while later, the car arrived at the village entrance, and everyone got out.

After thinking for a moment, Luo Shan decided to have everyone leave the sticks in the car and enter the village empty-handed.

Wangdian Village is small, with only about ten households. It was mainly included in the investigation scope because Red Army vehicles would pass through the rural road in front of the village during exercises.

Guo Yuanshuai directed the three veterans to guard their respective directions in advance, while he led Luo Shan, Xu Ge, and Li Dongshui into the village to visit the first household, focusing on the row of houses along the roadside.

The villagers here are used to this situation and are neither nervous nor curious. They continue cooking and working as usual, remaining calm and composed.

Even the village dogs are too lazy to get up and bark.

After visiting each household, the villagers were very cooperative and answered all the questions.

Furthermore, the houses here have very simple structures, and you can usually tell how many people live in a family at a glance.

Soon, the four arrived at the third house in this row by the roadside. Luo Shan saw that the door was closed, so he went up and knocked on the door.

"Who!"

A young woman holding a baby appeared at the door, and paused for a moment after looking at the four people.

Xu Ge peered through the half-open door and saw a young man sitting in a chair playing on his phone. He immediately pointed and said, "Squad leader, there's a young person in their family!"

"What the hell are you yelling about? Don't scare the kid!" Guo Yuanshuai scolded.

Seeing the woman glaring at him with displeasure, Xu Ge realized he had been too excited and raised his voice a bit, so he quickly apologized, "I'm sorry, fellow villager, I'm so sorry!"

The woman said irritably, "What do you mean 'we have young people in our family'? How did this child come about if I didn't have a husband? Can't you speak properly, you greenhorn? You're so loud, people who don't know better would think I'm having an affair!"

Xu Ge: ...

"Young lady, this is just a routine inspection, please don't take offense!" Guo Yuanshuai quickly said.

The woman rolled her eyes, picked up the child, and turned to go into the yard: "What's there to check?"

"Who's outside?" a young man asked from inside the courtyard.

"It was from the military; they said it was a routine inspection."

"Then let them in. We haven't done anything wrong."

The woman turned around and said, "My husband let you in. You can search whatever you want."

"Thank you, thank you!"

Guo Yuanshuai walked in with a smile and began to look around.

Luo Shan tugged at Xu Ge and whispered, "Say a few words to that man in your hometown dialect."

"Ok!"

Xu Ge also walked in and asked the man, "Fellow villager, why didn't you go out?"

The man paused for a moment upon hearing Xu Ge's accent, then pulled up his left trouser leg and said in the Central Plains dialect, "My leg is broken, I'm recovering from the injury."

The man's left leg was in a cast.

"Oh! Then we really can't leave."

Xu Ge chatted with the man for a while longer and felt there was nothing wrong with him. Besides, the man had long hair, so he probably wasn't a soldier.

After looking around, Guo Yuanshuai was about to come over and ask the man a few more questions when the woman holding the child threw the child into the man's arms and started unbuttoning her shirt.

It looks like she's about to breastfeed.

Everyone immediately said goodbye and went to the next place.

After walking around the entire village for more than half an hour, they didn't see any suspicious people, or even a single young person.

The three veterans returned as well. Wang Lin frowned: "Squad leader, could we have been scammed by that tricycle driver from before?"

"That's possible, after all, this is the territory of the Fierce Tiger Brigade." Guo Yuanshuai also said helplessly, "Let's go, get in the car and go to the next village."

The group got into the pickup truck and continued driving along the country road. When they were almost out of the village, they saw people drying rice on the road ahead, which blocked half of the road.

The car stopped, and Luo Shan got out and said to the old man who was smoking next to him, "Fellow villager, move the rice in a bit, our car can't get through."

"Hey, good!"

The old man picked up a broom and began to gather the millet in the middle of the road to the side.

Guo Yuanshuai saw that there were still tools by the roadside, so he asked everyone to get out of the car and help.

"Oh, thank you so much!" the old man said with a smile. "Why don't you pass through here today? I still have a lot of grain to dry at home."

Luo Shan: "Fellow villager, I suggest you don't stay on the road in the sun these next few days. A convoy is going to pass through here in a couple of days, and they'll crush everything!"

What kind of convoy? Trucks? Armored vehicles or tanks?

"Yes, when large trucks pass, they won't stop; they'll just run them over!"

The old man pressed on, "Do you have any tanks?"

Guo Yuanshuai, who was threshing grain, suddenly stopped and looked at the old man: "Fellow villager, which household do you live in?"

(End of this chapter)