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The sentry was hunched over, clutching his gun to his chest, watching the hillside warily, completely unaware that danger was already behind him.

In that instant, Lu Baizhou moved!

He emerged from behind the rock like a beast about to pounce, his feet pushing off the ground. A large, strong hand gripped the man's shoulder from behind, while his other hand, shaped like an eagle's claw, precisely caught the man's carotid artery on the side of his neck.

I used most of my strength, just right.

"Well……"

Before the man could even utter a sound, his eyes widened suddenly, and then his body went limp, collapsing like a lump of mud. Lu Baizhou scooped him up and steadily supported his body, preventing him from making a sound.

"Clatter".

Almost at the same second, a very faint thud came from the left wing, barely audible in the pattering rain.

Lu Baizhou turned his head and saw Zhou Liguang also give a "safe" gesture and walk out of the shadows on the left.

"Clean and efficient." Zhou Liguang walked over, wiped the rain off his face, and said in a low voice.

"There's still no movement inside, let's go." Lu Baizhou dragged the unconscious sentry to a corner, gestured to the two soldiers behind him, and signaled them to stay at the cave entrance and fire immediately if anything went wrong.

Lu Baizhou and Zhou Liguang entered the cave one after the other, crouching low.

The cave was even deeper inside than it appeared from the outside, pitch black, like a bottomless pit. The air was very humid and carried the peculiar smell unique to limestone.

The two silently made their way forward for about fifty meters, stepping on the slippery stones, until a sharp turn appeared ahead.

Lu Baizhou suddenly stopped, raised his right hand, and made a "stop" gesture.

He pressed himself against the cold, damp rock wall, his ears twitching as he listened intently to the sounds coming from around the corner.

"Snoring—snoring—"

"Gibberish..."

There were faint, heavy snoring sounds, along with a few unintelligible words of foreign language, and the soft clanging of metal.

Lu Baizhou took a deep breath, suddenly poked half his face out, glanced quickly at the corner, and then instantly pulled back.

The interior was enormous, a natural stone hall. Moldy old wooden planks and tattered quilts were scattered haphazardly on the floor, and several military-green metal crates were piled in the corner. Dozens of foreign armed men, dressed in ragtag uniforms and with menacing faces, were either lying sprawled out asleep or sitting around a nearly extinguished charcoal fire, whispering amongst themselves, their guns lying nearby.

Lu Baizhou stepped back, looked at Zhou Liguang, held up two fingers and gestured, then pointed inside, making a "target confirmed, prepare to move" gesture.

Zhou Liguang's expression turned serious. He nodded solemnly to him, then turned around and, like a nimble cat, crouched low and quickly retreated towards the cave entrance to signal the main force outside.

Twenty minutes later.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

The sudden gunshot shattered the deathly silence of this primeval forest!

"beat!"

"Charge in! Don't let a single one escape!"

In an instant, a barrage of gunfire and grenade explosions rang out simultaneously from three directions within the cave.

The battle escalated rapidly from the moment it began.

Although these foreign armed militants were caught off guard, they had been entrenched in this forest for a long time and were so familiar with every nook and cranny of the caves that they knew them like their own backyard.

"Da da da da da!"

"Take cover! Take cover now!"

The bullet struck the hard stalactite, sending up a shower of sparks and fragments of rock.

The terrain inside the cave was too complex, with strangely shaped boulders everywhere, which became natural shields for the enemy. Although Lu Baizhou and his assault battalion had the advantage of a surprise attack, their advance was extremely difficult.

"First squad, flank from the left! Second squad, suppress fire!" Lu Baizhou shouted at the top of his lungs as he fired his gun.

Every step forward required tremendous effort, with sniper shots constantly being fired from the shadows.

For two whole hours, gunshots, explosions, and screams echoed through the cave, making everyone's ears ring.

The gunfire gradually subsided in the early hours of the morning, and the situation was completely brought under control.

"Report to the commander! The remaining enemy forces have been basically wiped out. Eight have been captured, and the rest have all been killed!" The soldier, his face covered in blood and mud, ran over excitedly to report.

Lu Baizhou leaned against a large rock, panting heavily, and wiped the soot off his face.

This battle was truly brutal. Although we won, the price we paid was considerable.

"What's the casualty situation?" Lu Baizhou asked in a hoarse voice.

"Two brothers sustained minor injuries, and another one got a graze on his shoulder from a stray bullet while chasing them, but it's nothing serious."

Lu Baizhou breathed a sigh of relief, but his brow remained furrowed. He limped to a high point, picked up the walkie-talkie: "Attention all groups, attention all groups, this is Lu Baizhou. Report on the situation over there!"

Soon, Zhou Liguang's voice came over: "The three groups have completed their blockade and caught two who tried to slip away from the flank."

Just as Lu Baizhou was about to speak, a piercing static suddenly came from the walkie-talkie, followed by Bai Zhengyuan's weak yet urgent voice:

"Old Lu... Old Lu, how's it going on your end? I... someone here is injured, quite badly. During the chase, they stepped on some kind of trap they set, and I got a deep gash on my leg. The bleeding won't stop."

Lu Baizhou's heart skipped a beat, and his eyelids twitched wildly: "Zhengyuan! What happened? How deep is the wound? Where are you?"

"It's about two hundred meters from the south exit of the cave. I've already had someone use a first-aid kit to temporarily bandage it, but the bandage quickly became soaked, and blood is still seeping out. This isn't an ordinary injury; the other party may have smeared something on the blade of the trap."

Bai Zhengyuan's voice grew softer and softer, eventually even trembling slightly.

Lu Baizhou broke out in a cold sweat. Bai Zhengyuan was his brother, and also Xin Xin's brother!

"Zhengyuan! You hold the line! Don't move, I'm taking men over right now!" Lu Baizhou's eyes were bloodshot with urgency as he grabbed the walkie-talkie and yelled at the medic, "Medic! Take all the first-aid supplies and come with me!"

Lu Baizhou practically tumbled and crawled all the way to the south exit of the cave.

When he and his men arrived at the woods, Bai Zhengyuan was leaning weakly against a damp, moss-covered rock. His face was as white as paper, his forehead was covered in fine cold sweat, and his lips were chapped and bloodless.

There were no other wounded soldiers around him, only himself, clutching his right leg, gasping for breath in pain.