Under the moonlight

Chapter 167 May God bless us

Xu Ao's voice was like a summons, immediately drawing Saudi Arabia's attention. Xu Ao, carrying a submachine gun, swaggered over.

"Hmm, very good, very courageous. I wasn't wrong about you. You had the chance to hide like a rat, but you didn't. So, there's only one outcome awaiting you." Saudi Arabia's smile was twisted as he watched Xu Ao slowly approach. He raised his gun, intending to take the shot and finish him off in one go.

"Bang, bang, bang!" Upon hearing the gunshots, Xu Ao instinctively crouched down and rolled to the side. He then immediately looked down at his body and found no blood. So, what was that gunshot?

He turned his head to look and saw three people lying behind Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia was looking down at the three corpses, the closest one being only ten centimeters away from him.

The other mercenaries also began to get nervous. They had always thought that the embassy staff had taken their weapons, but now it seemed that the people with the weapons were hiding in the sheds, out of their sight. Some of them were so impatient that they had started firing wildly without any direction.

"Idiot! Watch your bullets!" Saudi Arabia was already at the peak of his anger, but this was not the time to vent his rage. Xu Ao had disappeared from his sight, and there were three more corpses behind him. What he had thought were lambs to the slaughter had begun to launch a deadly counterattack, which made him very unhappy!

However, they were still well-trained mercenaries. Under Saudi Arabia's command, they quickly split into three small columns and advanced in three directions. After learning that the mercenaries had weapons, they quickly adjusted their strategy, with the three columns intending to encircle and block them.

Xu Ao hid in a corner, but seeing no movement in front of him, he dared not make any rash moves. However, just staring there was no solution. At this moment, he saw Li Shuo, who was hiding to his left and behind him, gesturing to him. Li Shuo looked nervous and swung his arm back forcefully. In the dim light, it took Xu Ao a long time to understand what he meant: Come to the back.

Ignoring the mercenaries in front of him, Xu Ao crouched down and quickly moved to Li Shuo's side. "Why are there only three of you?" Xu Ao asked, looking at Li Shuo, Zhao Meng, and Wala.

“After you showed up just now, I told them to quickly disperse to the outer perimeter of the shed area. We can’t all hide in here,” Vala said earnestly to Xu Ao.

Although he didn't fully understand Zhao Meng's interpretation of Sun Tzu's Art of War, he grasped the general meaning. He also understood Li Shuo's direct translation of "Don't put all your eggs in one basket." Although he didn't understand the exact meaning, he could roughly grasp the literal meaning and Li Shuo's explanation: they needed to spread out and fire from different places to create a sense of crisis for the enemy, making them feel surrounded on all sides.

“Well, that’s the only way now.” After saying that, Vara stood up and fired two shots at a small group of mercenaries who were advancing to the left. The two who were hit fell to the ground clutching their wounds. After taking down two more, Li Shuo gave Vara a thumbs up.

The mercenaries were starting to panic. They had never been to the shantytown before, and there were bullets that could appear out of nowhere. There were no proper roads, and things were scattered everywhere. The ropes and tent pegs used to secure the tents were also hindering their progress. Seeing their slow movements, Saudi Arabia cursed, "Idiots, all of you idiots!"

Saudi Arabia fired his machine gun wildly in the direction the bullets came from, but apart from the sound of spent cartridge cases hitting the ground, there was no other sound. There was no scream as he had expected, which undoubtedly made him even more irritable. People are more likely to make wrong judgments when they are in a state of agitation, especially in a dark and unclear place like the shantytown.

Saudi Arabia, disregarding everything else, headed straight for the tent he thought had been where the bullets had been fired. He assumed the people were hiding there, and he didn't even bother to conceal his footsteps as he strode over. He then suddenly leaped to the back of the tent, gun in hand, only to find it completely empty. He picked up a hard object he touched and examined it under the light. It was a bullet of the same type as theirs!

Saudi Arabia angrily threw away the spent cartridge. It seemed that the two men who had shot him earlier were hiding here, but now they had disappeared. Saudi Arabia suddenly calmed down. He had underestimated these people. Now it seemed that they were quite tactful. Saudi Arabia might not understand what "hit and run" meant, but he understood the essence of doing so was to throw the enemy into disarray.

Saudi Arabia walked to the middle of the shed area and gathered the team back. Xu Ao and the others were hiding behind the tent to their side and rear. Saudi Arabia was gesturing to them, which stumped them. They couldn't see clearly or understand what he meant. Just as they were getting anxious, they saw the mercenaries running out of the shed area in a single file.

"What's going on? What does this mean? They're gone already, and I haven't even fired a single shot!" After the shantytown returned to silence, Li Shuo looked at the gun in his hand with great melancholy. Vara had just snatched the gun and fired two shots first. They had agreed that it would be his turn next time, so why did he leave!

“No, there must be some new strategy. People like Saudi Arabia won’t stop until they’ve bitten their prey and torn it to pieces. We need to be careful.” Xu Aola pulled Li Shuo, who was about to stand up, and said in a low voice.

“Yes, should we move to another place? We’re facing away from the door right now, so it’s hard to see anything.” Zhao Meng kept glancing towards the door.

The group then moved to the back of a tent directly opposite the gate. Just as they steadied themselves, they heard a rumbling sound outside. "That sound... Oh no!" Xu Ao thought to himself, and leaned out to look. Sure enough, it was a tank!

Li Shuo and Wala realized the seriousness of the situation. Feeling the vibrations beneath their feet, Li Shuo asked tremblingly, "Um, can bullets penetrate tanks?" Under the direct gazes of Xu Ao and Zhao Meng, he murmured, "May God bless us, Amen!"