Volume 1 Clone Army Chapter 23 Crisis in the Desert
The transport plane of the Night Rose Mercenary Group is a vertical take-off and landing aircraft, so after descending from the sky, it hovers at a height of four or five meters above the ground.
"Swoosh, whoosh, whoosh..."
With a sound of breaking through the air, Li Jiu and his four companions jumped down directly from the air four or five meters above the ground. For mercenaries in this world, this height was nothing. What's more, there was soft yellow sand below, which could reduce some of the impact force, so Li Jiu and his companions did not have any pressure at all.
After Kaqi and the other four came down, they immediately held their weapons, aimed at the surroundings, and made cautious defensive movements, looking very well-trained. Only Li Jiu calmly took out a metal lighter from his waist bag and lit the cheap Sabre brand cigarette that he had been holding in his mouth for several hours.
There was no way around it. This was the difference between the rookies and the well-trained veterans on the battlefield. Even Li Jiu was no exception...
After all, he had only trained for one day, and it could be said that he had just learned how to shoot a gun before following Kaqi and the others to do the mission. Therefore, he still didn't understand many things, which showed his rookie nature...
"Inhale...exhale..." Li Jiu took a deep breath and exhaled a thick white smoke, which flew away with the wind and sand in the desert. After holding it in for several hours on the plane, taking a puff at this time really felt like a living god. Li Jiu was so happy that he couldn't help but close his eyes.
However, he didn't see that after hearing the sound of him smoking, Kaqi and the other three all frowned and stared at him, their eyes clearly looking at him as if he were an idiot...
Li Jiu was being stared at by four pairs of eyes, and subconsciously felt something was wrong. After opening his eyes and seeing the expressions of Ka Qi and the other three, he immediately showed a look of astonishment, frowned and asked in confusion: "Why are you looking at me? Even if I am handsome, there is no need for you to watch me like this, right?"
"Shut up! Do you want to kill us?" Ka Qi glared at Li Jiu with a cold face and said coldly. She almost had the urge to strangle this guy to death. This idiot, doesn't he know that we are now deep in the enemy's territory ? Still shouting, are you afraid that others don't know that we are coming to raid?
Li Jiu was stunned for a moment, frowning. He didn't understand why the beautiful girl Kaqi was so angry. Was she still annoyed that she accidentally saw Bella's pectoral muscles on the plane?
Actually, this couldn't be entirely blamed on Li Jiu. After all, this was his first time on the battlefield, so how could he know what Kaqi and the others were thinking? In his opinion, this was just an empty desert with no one around. Looking around, there was no one to be seen within a few kilometers. How could he kill everyone by smoking a cigarette in such a remote place?
"Squat down! Put out your cigarette, this is an order!" Seeing Li Jiu still standing there like a fool, Kaqi was so angry that she rolled her eyes and had to order this guy in a stern tone.
"Uh." Li Jiu nodded in confusion, responded stupidly, and squatted down quickly. Although Li Jiu was still a new soldier and didn't understand many things, he also knew that it was the duty of a soldier to obey orders. Therefore, although he didn't know why Kaqi and the other four were so nervous, he still had to obey the captain's orders.
However, while squatting, Li Jiu did not forget to seize the opportunity to take another deep puff, and then threw the half-smoked cigarette into the sand pit to extinguish it.
After Li Jiu squatted down, he also imitated the posture of Kaqi and the other three, holding an M16 assault rifle in his hand, and chose a direction to be on guard. But when he looked around, there was fine yellow sand everywhere, reflecting the sun's light, but he didn't see a single person, let alone any danger.
"Captain, we've completed our observation, no danger has been found!"
A moment later, the other three people except Li Jiu reported to Kaqi almost at the same time. Li Jiu was stunned for a moment, and then he also reported to Kaqi in an imitative manner.
"Yeah, I know." Kaqi nodded and said coolly, then she waved her hand in a certain direction and said solemnly in a low voice: "Target, ten kilometers southeast, the defender's small barracks, set off!"
Afterwards, Lei Zi, holding an M4A1 assault rifle, took the lead in the direction pointed by Kaqi.
Following behind Lei Zi was Captain Kaqi, followed by snipers Bella and Li Jiu, and finally machine gunner Locke. The five of them formed a single line.
This formation was discussed by Kaqi and the others before they set out, so after Kaqi gave the order to advance, everyone quickly followed the predetermined formation and headed towards the destination ten kilometers away...
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The climate in Central Asia is already hot, and it is even drier in the desert. There is also sandstorms blowing from time to time, which can be said to be a harsh environment. Coupled with the soft yellow sand under their feet, the speed of Li Jiu and his team's progress was greatly affected.
Fortunately, as mercenaries, the five of them had physical fitness that was not comparable to that of ordinary people. In less than half an hour, Li Jiu and his team arrived at a place less than three kilometers away from the defender's barracks.
“Bang!”
However, just as they were about to reach the destination of this mission, a huge explosion suddenly sounded in the empty and deserted desert.
Someone is shooting, this is an enemy attack!
He's a fucking sniper!
This was the first reaction of Li Jiu and his men after hearing the explosion. Almost at the same time, they leaned over, holding their guns, and took alert actions.
This time, Li Jiu didn't let anyone rush him, and he squatted down quickly. His speed was so fast that he was even faster than Kaqi and the others...
From the sound of the explosion to the time when Kaqi and the others took defensive actions, the entire process was completed almost within one second!
"Is anyone injured?" Kaqi asked the team members about their situation while searching for the sniper hiding in the dark. The gunshot just now came so suddenly that Kaqi and the others almost subconsciously took precautions, so they didn't have time to see if any teammates were injured by the gunshot.
"Hmph, Captain, I'm injured." A muffled groan was heard, and the response was actually the rough voice of the machine gunner Locke. "But it doesn't matter. The power of this sniper rifle is not very strong. It's just a small hole in the body. It's not a big problem."
Almost at the moment when the gunshot sounded , he felt a sudden numbness on the left side of his abdomen, as if he was bitten by an ant, followed by a sharp pain. He knew he was shot, but as a veteran, he had good willpower and almost subconsciously held back without crying out.
In fact, Locke was really unlucky . The sniper hiding in the desert was right beside them. He could have chosen to shoot anyone, but he chose him without hesitation. The reason was nothing else but because he was tall and an obvious target...
