Special Forces: I Can See the Experience Bar

Chapter 299 The Trip to Langde Village (9)

"This shows that you are an arrogant person. If you were a soldier on the battlefield, you would harm yourself. As an officer, the scope of your harm would be even greater."

The bad thing is that you're the latter, so now you understand why I hate you.

Especially now, I haven't lived enough yet!

Xia Lan was stunned by Chang Ning's words. How did she become arrogant?

This concerns my personal image, so I need to have a serious talk with Chang Ning about it.

Just as she was about to put her idea into action, Chang Ning had already turned and left.

Watching that receding figure, Xia Lan felt a surge of emotion welling up inside her, almost causing her to faint.

She wanted to say a few words in her defense, but the person had already gone far away. If she called the other person back, it would make her seem petty.

Sensing Xia Lan's helpless rage behind him, Chang Ning felt a surge of satisfaction; this was a way of getting revenge for the unpleasantness of being asked to protect her.

The next morning, Xia Lan found Chang Ning, who was maintaining his weapons, with a stern face.

Now, whenever she sees Chang Ning's face, she thinks of how she was scolded like a dog yesterday, and she feels even more annoyed.

Before she could speak, Chang Ning's words, which were so infuriating they could kill, were like venom sprayed at her: "Officer Xia, I didn't eat at your house, so why are you acting like I owe you something and I'm not paying you back? By the way, just a friendly reminder, getting angry all the time isn't good for your health."

Xia Lan, who originally wanted to retaliate, was rendered speechless by Chang Ning's few words. She could only glare at Chang Ning like a kappa, as if she wanted to kill him with her eyes.

"Hmm, good eyesight."

I hope your gaze can kill those criminals.

Hearing Chang Ning praise her, Xia Lan was initially delighted, thinking he wanted to ease the tension between them. However, before she could react and try to manipulate Chang Ning, she heard the next sentence.

I should never have had any hope for this awful guy, unless the river flows backward and the sun rises in the west.

"I'm not here to argue with you today. Hurry up and pack your gear and come with me."

After saying that, Xia Lan turned and left without looking back.

Watching Xia Lan's departing figure, Chang Ning quickly assembled the scattered parts together, then carefully inspected the bomb bay before getting up and following her.

They remained silent the entire way until they arrived ahead of schedule at the meeting point with their informant.

"I will meet with my informant there in half an hour."

Xia Lan pointed out a place to Chang Ning.

Looking in the direction the finger was pointing, Chang Ning discovered that it was a clearing surrounded by bushes and weeds, and it would take quite a bit of effort to get in.

Unfortunately, the place was surrounded by woods and weeds, which severely limited Changning's visibility.

"We chose to meet here because this place is very secluded, and if anything goes wrong, we can use the terrain to evacuate quickly."

For some reason, Xia Lan casually offered an explanation.

Chang Ning nodded after hearing this without offering any opinion.

Although his field of vision was limited by the environment, it wasn't a big problem for him.

If we can't even overcome this small problem, then all the training has been for nothing.

"Just meet with your informant normally, and leave the rest to me. I'll take care of your safety."

Chang Ning's words warmed Xia Lan's heart for no reason, even though she knew that Chang Ning was just completing a task.

"Who asked you to take responsibility?"

Xia Lan turned and walked laboriously into the rendezvous point, saying in a low voice.

However, the sound was so soft that she didn't even hear it herself.

After separating from Xia Lan, Chang Ning began to select a suitable location in the forest, centered around the rendezvous point. This location had to be both concealed and have the widest possible view.

Of course, given Chang Ning's shooting accuracy, he would have no problem even in shooting environments worse than this.

But this is about carrying out a mission, not showing off skills. If you can make things easier for yourself, then do so. Why make things difficult for yourself?

After some careful selection, Changning finally found a spot before the online person arrived.

"I'm about 200 meters behind you."

"receive."

Chang Ning's voice came through the miniature earpiece, and Xia Lan responded after receiving it.

The headset is only the size of a soybean and is installed directly inside Xia Lan and Chang Ning's ear canals. It is not visible from the outside and can only be removed with tweezers.

Unlike those earrings seen in movies and TV shows, they are not conspicuously hung on the ears and can be seen at a glance.

The villains seemed to be blind and couldn't see it at all.

After choosing a good spot, Chang Ning used whatever materials he could find to make a disguise. Wearing a simple ghillie suit he had made himself, he lay on the ground and looked at Xia Lan through a magnifying glass.

Both sides are now ready and just waiting for the informant to arrive.

Ten minutes later, Chang Ning saw a man dressed in ethnic clothing, just like Xia Lan, approaching them through the scope.

There is only one village, Langde Village, in the vicinity of this mountain forest, and the villagers have been advised by Group B not to go out recently.

Therefore, the only person who could come to the forest at this time was the informant Xia Lan mentioned.

So he warned, "Be careful, a man dressed in black ethnic clothing is approaching you, carrying a machete and a basket on his back. It's possible he's hiding weapons inside."

"receive."

Xia Lan relaxed her expression after hearing Chang Ning's reminder.

That was an informant she had personally recruited, and their previous cooperation had gone smoothly, so she didn't believe that this informant would betray her.

After officially meeting with the informant, the two immediately began exchanging information.

“I received information that a criminal gang of two hundred people will launch a retaliatory attack on Langde Village in a week.”

The informant briefly handed over the information he had obtained to Xia Lan.

Upon hearing this information, Xia Lan, despite her expressionless face, was actually in turmoil.

The intelligence that a criminal gang of over two hundred people was about to attack Langde Village was quite bad news for Xia Lan and Team B.

No, this scale can no longer be called a criminal gang, but rather armed terrorists!
Given the vast disparity in numbers, Xia Lan was pessimistic about whether they could hold Langde Village.

"Okay, I understand. Is there any other important information?"

Suppressing the turmoil in her heart, Xia Lan continued to question the informant.

The informant's expression was subtle: "That's all."

"Okay, continue to report to me when you receive any news."

If you don't want to be an informant anymore, you can tell me, and I'll try to get you transferred back.

Xia Lan's mind was already reeling from the intelligence she received from the informant, so she had no energy to observe the informant's changing expressions.

Someone capable of acting as an informant must be incredibly skilled at managing their facial expressions; how could they possibly let Xia Lan see them so easily?

However, Chang Ning, who had been watching him closely, caught the fleeting change. "Be careful, there's something wrong with your informant!"

Just as Chang Ning said this, Xia Lan turned around.

Upon hearing Chang Ning's words, Xia Lan was taken aback and immediately turned around to check.

But it's too late!

Just as Xia Lan turned around, the informant pulled a pre-loaded pistol from his basket. A simple pull of the trigger would fire and kill Xia Lan. As Xia Lan turned around, the pistol was pressed against her forehead.

"why?"

Faced with Xia Lan's questioning, the betrayed informant initially showed signs of struggle, but finally made up his mind and glared fiercely at his superior.

"I can't help it. Do you know how much your head is worth?"

At this point, the betraying informant's eyes were filled with excitement, and his face was contorted with rage.

He shouted, "One million! A full one million!"

"you……"

Xia Lan wanted to try to win over the traitor in front of her again, but she swallowed the words that were on the tip of her tongue because Chang Ning made his move.

Looking at the bloody hole on the forehead of this former informant, all words ultimately turned into a sigh.

Upon arriving at the rendezvous point, Chang Ning ignored Xia Lan's complicated expression and fired several more shots at the traitor with a bloody hole in his forehead.

"The informant has betrayed us. Is his information still reliable?"

Chang Ning looked at the traitor who was already dead and worried about the authenticity of the traitor's information. After all, if people could not be trusted, then the authenticity of the information was questionable.

"The intelligence should be fine. I've worked with him for a long time, and he knows he can't fool my eyes."

If there's a problem, I'll definitely find it.

Hearing this confident statement, Chang Ning felt a wave of disgust.

They will also find out who just had a gun pointed at their head.

This is also what Chang Ning dislikes about Xia Lan; this person can never see her own strength, and she won't admit it even if you call her arrogant.

However, the only information they can refer to now is the intelligence that Xia Lan just obtained, although it came from a defector informant.

But something is better than nothing.

Chang Ning had noticed Xia Lan's bad habits a long time ago, so he wasn't surprised that they were now resurfacing.

It's not good to leave the informant's body here, and if the informant disappears, his criminal gang will definitely become suspicious. What if they come looking for him?
This situation is not impossible; the fact that the informant walked here suggests that his criminal gang may not be far from here.

There's no room for complacency when carrying out a mission.

There are no possibilities or probabilities, only yes or no.

If we don't take this seriously, people could die!
Just like Xia Lan's rendezvous this time, if we had listened to her advice from the beginning and not sent anyone to accompany her, we could already be collecting her body by now.

Chang Ning reported the situation on the mountain to Geng Jihui, and his comrades on the other end of the radio secretly rejoiced.

Fortunately, we were prepared; otherwise, we would have lost everything, not only intelligence but also our lives.

By the time Chang Ning carried the body down the mountain, Geng Jihui and the others had already dug the pit.

Seeing this, Chang Ning didn't hesitate and quickly threw the traitor's body into the pit.

He didn't want to carry the corpse for even a second longer; it was too heavy.

That's why the old saying is so heavy and dull.

After burying the person, the members of Group B and Xia Lan went to the conference room. They didn't even have time to drink water before they started to formulate a battle plan.

"How's the militia training going, sniper and assault teams?"

To formulate a relatively complete combat plan, it is necessary to have a clear understanding of the overall situation. Therefore, Geng Jihui first inquired about the combat effectiveness of the militia.

With a significant disparity in numbers between the enemy and ourselves, it was clear that we had to make full use of the villagers' strength in order to achieve victory.

When asked by Geng Jihui, Ostrich felt bitter: "Time is tight, weapons are scarce, and the mission is heavy. Under these conditions, I can only say that we have done our best."

"Don't complain yet, I want to hear the results."

Geng Jihui tapped the table; he didn't have time to listen to the ostrich's nonsense.

"Yes, the Langde Village militia, after our short training, are only good at providing support in battle; they can't be relied on for direct combat."

"Play support?"

Geng Jihui thought for a moment and continued, "Being able to play support is already very good; we still have to fight the main battles ourselves."

Then Geng Jihui produced the results of his running around over the past few days—a topographic map.

To create this topographic map, he would take his instruments and run up the mountain before dawn, only returning to the village when it was too dark to see.

"Officer Xia, you arrived more than half a month earlier than us and are more familiar with the terrain of Langde Village than we are. Based on your experience, which direction do you think these criminals will choose to attack from?"

Geng Jihui unfolded the topographic map and placed it on the table, then asked Xia Lan for her opinion.

Xia Lan first looked at the topographic map and then carefully considered the terrain in her mind.

The entire meeting room was quiet at this moment, and everyone was looking at Xia Lan, hoping that she could give a reliable answer.

After all, this is a matter of great importance, a matter of life and death!

"here."

Xia Lan pointed to a spot on the topographic map and said.

Before the members of Group B could ask any questions, she continued, "I arrived a few days earlier than you. I've searched all around Langde Village, and this is the only place with easy roads to travel."

"If these criminals want to take revenge on Langde Village, why would they take such an easy route? Aren't they afraid of being ambushed?" Qiangzi asked curiously.

From his perspective, he would launch an attack from an unexpected place.

“You said it yourself, they are a group of criminals. They are not mercenaries and they don’t know the current situation in Langde Village.”

Chang Ning's words made Qiangzi realize that he had been looking at the problem from the perspective of a special forces soldier and had overlooked the enemy's information.

"Chang Ning's words make sense, but Qiangzi's words cannot be ignored."

Therefore, we need to prepare for both possibilities.

Geng Jihui paused here to make sure everyone could follow his train of thought, mainly to take care of Xia Lan.

The others are all close brothers who spend every day together; they can understand each other's thoughts with just a glance.

But Xia Lan is different; they haven't known each other for long enough to develop a good rapport.

Seeing that everyone was focused on listening to his plan, Geng Jihui continued, "Mountain Wolf will need to work hard now. You will lead the militia to the place that Staff Officer Xia just pointed out to set up traps and explosives."

Changning, you will take a few militiamen and be responsible for guarding these places.

Only your physical strength, speed, and fighting spirit allow you to arrive promptly no matter where a problem arises, which is why I feel at ease having you here.

Geng Jihui pointed out several difficult-to-walk roads on the map. These roads were so difficult to walk that they could hardly be called roads. He would not have known how to pass through them if he had not asked the villagers of Langde Village.

Chang Ning and Lao Pao responded, "Yes."

"The assault team should move forward and make sure to find out the distribution of these criminals and their weapons and equipment."

"Yes."*2
"The sniper team will set up sniper positions within this area."

Geng Jihui sketched a rough area on the map and spoke to the ostrich and the medic.

"Yes."*2
After assigning tasks to Group B, Geng Jihui looked at everyone and said, "This time we are going to fight a positional battle, with the enemy outnumbering us 200 to 8."

Comrades, the situation is dire. If there are any needs for supplies, make a list and give it to the wolf so he can send a telegram to the wolf den.

Everyone: "Yes."

As Xia Lan sat on the stool, the more she listened, the more something seemed off. Why was there no mention of her own mission in the battle plan that had been discussed for so long?
"Wait, I have a question."