527: Chapter Five Hundred and Twenty-Three: No Need to Bother Anymore 527: Chapter Five Hundred and Twenty-Three: No Need to Bother Anymore Eric indeed had been a great help, but Gao Yang felt he couldn’t endorse this lie; otherwise, if the injured didn’t take proper rest and took matters into their own hands, that would be too much to handle.
Since Eric and Simon Jonas were both from Angel, Gao Yang couldn’t really control them; had they been from Satan and disobeyed orders to come here, Gao Yang would have definitely needed to teach them a lesson.
After giving Gao Yang a resentful glance, Eric could only offer a wry smile, while Simon Jonas looked pitifully at Bruce and said, “Buddy, how do you guys punish people?
Um, like in our situation?”
Although Bruce was huffy, he hesitated for a moment before responding bitterly, “Punishment?
Your actions have already punished yourselves.
An injury that could have healed in a month, huh, now it’ll need at least an extra week if stitching is required, it will be even worse for you.”
Simon Jonas breathed a sigh of relief and laughed, “No special punitive measures?
Wow, buddy, you’re too kind.
You’re much better than that bastard Scarface.”
“What would he do?”
Simon Jonas sighed deeply, with a hint of dread, and said, “He’s harsher on his team than on the enemy.
With enemies, killing them is enough, but he wouldn’t kill us; he’d just torture us.
I think it’s better you don’t know, lest you start picking up Scarface’s bad habits.”
While they were talking, Eric suddenly pointed to the cliff and said, “There are enemies, heading towards Bear’s position.”
The enemy had been quiet for a while, but as they spoke, Gao Yang and Eric had occasionally been checking through the scope attached to their rifles.
As Gao Yang directed his scope towards the area Eric was pointing at, he heard Brejinsky on the radio saying, “Bear reporting, enemies are coming my way, number unknown, not yet within the Claymore’s lethal range, should I hold the position or detonate the Claymore and retreat?
Awaiting orders.”
Gao Yang spoke firmly, “There’s no need for manual detonation, retreat proactively; send three people to establish a defensive position under the slope below Bear’s position.”
With more areas to defend, manpower was stretched thin.
Gao Yang turned to Eric and said, “You guys don’t need to be here anymore, leave quickly and prepare to evacuate; we’re definitely abandoning this camp.
As soon as we get the intelligence, we’ll immediately evacuate.”
Bruce walked up to Eric and said, “Can you walk if I help you?
If not, I’ll rush to get a stretcher.”
Eric shook his head and said to Gao Yang, “Commander, there are two paths that need defending, but you only have one Marksman.
As you can see, we can’t move without a stretcher, even inside the camp.
We would have to wait for others from different posts to return and carry us out on stretchers, so I might as well stay here.
Only the two of us here can cause maximum damage to the enemy, and for a Marksman, even limited mobility isn’t something they can take advantage of.”
Eric’s point made sense; Gao Yang could only defend one of the two slopes by himself.
If Eric were there, the pressure on defending both slopes would be greatly reduced.
Without hesitation, Gao Yang looked at Bruce and asked, “Can he hold out for a while?”
After a moment of deliberation, Bruce nodded and replied, “For a short period, yes, but he shouldn’t engage in strenuous activities, preferably no movement at all.”
“Good, Prince, you stay here.
I’ll go support Bear, Test Tube, take Flying Squirrel over there.”
Simon Jonas immediately said, “Commander, I’m fine too.
Trust me, it’s just about holding out for a short while, don’t worry.”
Gao Yang nodded, signaling that Simon Jonas could stay, and then swiftly ran towards the position where Brejinsky was.
Both directional mines set up by Brejinsky had exploded; he had detonated them manually.
Brejinsky had planned to retreat from his position before the enemies noticed him but decided it was better to detonate the mines before they came within range, preventing the possibility of the enemy capturing them and posing a threat to his side.
Taking advantage of the enemy not yet having a clear sight, Brejinsky ran back.
When Gao Yang arrived, Brejinsky had already chosen a shooting spot.
Without a thermal imager, Brejinsky couldn’t inflict damage on enemies still in the jungle; he could only shoot once they emerged.
While his manually detonated directional mines hadn’t injured any enemies, their deterrent effect had at least delayed the enemy’s advance.
Once Gao Yang got there, he raised his gun for a look but didn’t see anyone.
Together with Gao Yang, a total of five people spread out to establish a second line of defense below Brejinsky’s position.
The area in which Gao Yang and his team were located belonged to the Eastern Cordillera, part of the Cordillera Mountain Range, which is the longest orogenic belt in the world, spanning North and South America.
Few people may have heard of the Cordillera Mountain Range, but the Andes Mountains in South America and the Rocky Mountains in North America are both part of it.
The Cordillera Mountain Range is made up of a series of folded faults, and the geological activity is very active with constant earthquakes.
Fault cliffs created by these earthquakes are extremely common in the area where Gao Yang and his team were, and although the cliff in front of Gao Yang was long, stretching for several kilometers, the slopes formed by the collapsed cliffs due to the earthquakes were also numerous.
The nearest one was only just over four hundred meters away, making it impossible for them to block all the paths if the enemy decided to detour.
Although they were few in number, Gao Yang was confident in blocking the passageway down the cliff in front of him, but the problem was that if the enemy took a detour, he would be completely out of tricks.
At this point, they could only stall, because Gao Yang still did not know whether the enemy’s attack was coming from one direction or if they were being surrounded from all sides.
He had to wait for messages from sentries in other directions before making a decision.
Expanding the surveillance area required time, so Gao Yang still had to wait, but the enemy attack from above the cliffs had already begun.
A figure finally appeared in Gao Yang’s scope.
Although the heat signature was not very clear due to the cover from bushes and many low, broad-leaved plants, Gao Yang could still tell it was a person.
Gao Yang did not shoot; from observing through his scope, he could see that although the enemy was already at the edge of the cliff, there were still many obstacles in front of him.
Gao Yang decided to wait and see what the person intended to do.
At that moment, Gao Yang heard Eric quietly say through his earpiece, “Prince, the enemy has moved but they are being very cautious, it’s currently impossible to determine their intent.”
Gao Yang also spoke softly, “Understood, the enemy here has moved too, continue observing.”
After Gao Yang finished speaking, he heard Cui Bo say helplessly, “Brother Yang, I swear, wherever I go in the future, I must bring my rifle, I’m about to burst out of frustration.”
Listening to Gao Yang and Eric’s conversation, Cui Bo was almost dying of frustration.
As a sniper, he was also equipped with an infrared thermal imager, but his thermal imager was used on an anti-materiel sniper rifle, which had a very long effective range and was quite bulky.
This time, after switching his gun to an HK416, he couldn’t mount it, so he didn’t bring his sniper rifle, and certainly didn’t bring his thermal imager either, rendering him virtually useless, unable to do anything but watch Gao Yang and Eric in action helplessly.
Ignoring Cui Bo’s complaints, Gao Yang focused on observing the enemy in his scope, watching the man crawling slowly on the ground before stopping and not moving.
Gao Yang felt something was off.
The key issue was he couldn’t determine what the detected enemy intended to do.
If it were just recon, it would be fine, but if the enemy was a sniper with thermal imaging or similar sighting equipment, that could be troublesome.
To ensure safety, Gao Yang still took the shot, hitting his target so that he remained motionless on the ground.
Soon after, Gao Yang spotted two heat signatures rushing over, attempting to drag away the man he had just killed.
Gao Yang immediately fired two more shots, targeting the legs of the two attempting the rescue.
Given that the situation was no longer too urgent, Gao Yang attempted to wound the enemy rather than kill them outright, forcing the enemy to allocate more manpower for tending to the wounded.
After Gao Yang fired, he heard shots fired from Eric’s direction too.
Soon after, Eric spoke into the radio, “Prince, the enemy is the Jaguar Corps, I’m very familiar with their tactical maneuvers; other units are not quite the same, and even if they were, they couldn’t execute them as standardly, no mistake about it.”
Knowing the enemy was the Jaguar Corps, Gao Yang grew even more puzzled as the Jaguar Corps should currently be led by the Angel Mercenary Corps; why had they suddenly appeared here?
And since the Jaguar Corps had arrived, did it mean that the units led away by the Angel Mercenary Corps were all here, trying to surround them?
Gao Yang was very anxious and immediately said into the radio, “All extending search parties, pay attention, expand the search area a bit more, and only return after confirming the situation.
We don’t have any issues here yet, so no need to rush back.
I worry there might be other units.”
Gao Yang began to feel worried, but since no call had come yet and he wanted to ask Nate about the situation on his side, he could only make a call, since they were already very far apart and the jungle’s interference and blocking of radio signals was strong; a bit further and the radios would not connect.
Just as Gao Yang decided to make the proactive call, Uriyangko finally made the call.
As soon as Gao Yang answered, Uriyangko quickly said, “Ram, I’ve checked for a long time and asked many people.
Now I can confirm that no one sent troops your way, but one Jaguar Corps unit has lost contact, and frontline command can’t reach them either.”
Gao Yang immediately responded, “The unit we are engaging with right now is the Jaguar Corps.”
Uriyangko sighed, “Although it’s still not confirmed, the enemy you’re facing is probably that missing small Jaguar Corps unit.
I’m going to check how many people they are.
Besides, I’ve already notified FAEC’s negotiators; they’re pressuring the military, so perhaps the enemy units engaging you could soon be recalled.”
Learning that it was just a small enemy unit, Gao Yang instantly felt relieved and chuckled softly, “Since it’s just a small enemy unit, there’s no need for that fuss.
As long as they know what’s good for them, I think they’ll retreat on their own.”(To be continued.
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