Chapter 1 Somewhere Near the Sea

Eight o'clock at night, near a certain sea area connecting Lao Mo and Dragon City.

A fleet consisting of more than a dozen warships was sailing slowly along the surface of the sea.

This fleet was the Third Fleet under the command of District One, currently patrolling this area.

At this time, on the deck of one of the amphibious landing ships, a large number of naval soldiers were running around.

"Runway clear!"

"Airspace ready!"

"Drone squadron, take off!"

In the communication system, amidst a burst of urgent shouts, more than twenty unmanned combat aircraft, hugging the cleared runway, spewed flames and took off into the night sky in an orderly manner.

"Tut-tut-tut!"

On another amphibious landing ship next to it, the sound of propellers tore through the air. Immediately afterward, a large number of helicopters also took off under command.

Yuan Biao, wearing combat uniform and holding an automatic rifle, sat in one of the helicopters. At this time, he was wearing a tactical helmet and shouted into the microphone, "We have taken off and are on our way to the target. Don't worry, I won't let you down this time."

After speaking, Yuan Biao hung up the communication, turned his head, and stared out the window with a cold expression.

The two air forces were extremely fast, disappearing into the night in the blink of an eye.

...

An hour and a half later, in the Lao Mo area.

Su Tianbei, with his team, had just arrived at the border of Lao Mo and was continuing to advance along a winding mountain road according to the planned route.

In the command vehicle, Su Tianbei observed the surroundings with great energy.

The regiment staff officer, Lu Yan, smoking a cigarette, asked with a smile, "Hey, is Commander Su back?"

Hearing this, a smile appeared on Su Tianbei's serious face, "I heard he's back, but I don't know exactly where he landed. Judging from the time, he should be arriving soon."

Lu Yan looked at Su Tianbei and couldn't help but tease, "Hey, you're just stupid. If I had a brother like you, I wouldn't care about military dependents. I'd just run to Panama City and control everything remotely."

Su Tianbei curled his lips when he heard this, "Don't even mention me, his father-in-law is on the front line right now!"

The two looked at each other and smiled.

Su Tianbei murmured softly, "Liu Zi is really a pillar of strength, it's good that he's back..."

Lu Yan couldn't help but nod.

"Crackling!"

Just as the two were chatting, the communicator in the car rang. Su Tianbei reached out and picked up the communicator, asking, "Hello?"

"Report! This is Reconnaissance Company Two!" The voice of the Reconnaissance Company Two commander came from the communicator, "I encountered a small-scale garrison unit at nine o'clock in the center of the formation!"

Su Tianbei was stunned for a moment, and quickly asked, "What did you say? You encountered a garrison unit here? Did you make contact with them?"

"We have already made contact," said the commander of Reconnaissance Company Two, "There are only seven of them."

"I see." Su Tianbei thought for a moment and told the other party, "Wait there, don't bring them over, I'll go over."

"Yes!"

After hanging up the communication, Su Tianbei glanced at the map, looked at the terrain ahead, turned to Lu Yan and said, "Old Lu, you stay here and keep an eye on things, and tell the convoy not to move for now. There's a situation ahead, I'll go take a look."

Lu Boyan nodded, "Okay, be careful. If there's an accident, run straight up the mountain."

"Okay."

Su Tianbei left his convoy and took the guard company, traveling alone towards the front.

The entire force also stopped and stayed where they were, waiting for further orders.

...

Five minutes later, Su Tianbei, with the guard company, arrived at a dense forest where Reconnaissance Company Two was located.

"Regiment Commander Su!"

The company commander greeted him and took Su Tianbei to see the several garrison soldiers they had discovered.

Su Tianbei looked at the seven people in front of him and found that they looked a little embarrassed and had some dirt on them.

Su Tianbei strode over and asked them, "What's the situation with you? Why are you here? What's your unit number?"

"Report, we are soldiers of the 125th Regiment under the First Army of the garrison, and I am their platoon leader, Li Changshun!"

One of the young men saluted Su Tianbei and reported loudly, "We were ordered to protect the families of the logistics department and evacuate to Panama City, and we were attacked by rebel troops in the Lao Mo area. Our unit was also scattered, and I escaped into the mountains all the way, got lost, and couldn't get out."

Hearing what the other party said, Su Tianbei frowned and asked, "Don't you have communication equipment?"

Li Changshun shook his head, "We have called the main force, but we can't contact them."

Su Tianbei paused, looked around, and then asked, "Where did you encounter the attack?"

The other party replied, "In the Xin Lai direction."

Su Tianbei stepped forward and carefully looked at the several people.

Along the way, there were indeed large-scale evacuation troops, crossing each other, making it difficult to distinguish each other's identities. However, it was better to be vigilant when encountering a group of people suddenly in the middle of the night.

Su Tianbei thought for a moment and asked, "Who is in charge of you?"

Li Changshun immediately replied, "Regiment Commander Chang Zhiyou of the Mechanized Operations Regiment."

Su Tianbei nodded and continued, "I'll go find him to verify this later, you guys come with us first."

"Okay, okay, okay!"

Li Changshun breathed a sigh of relief and said gratefully, "Thank you, officer, you're going to a lot of trouble."

Su Tianbei turned his head, but the moment he turned his head, his eyes looked at the commander of Reconnaissance Company Two, and then he stretched out his hand and quietly pointed to the military knife on the other party's waist.

The company commander was stunned for a moment, but almost in that instant, he understood.

"Gentlemen, this way please."

The reconnaissance company commander quickly made a gesture to the soldiers that only they understood. Then, a dozen people walked over, leading the garrison soldiers, and were about to take them away.

"Thank you, thank you..."

These garrison soldiers didn't think too much about it and were about to follow the crowd forward.

At this moment, more than a dozen reconnaissance company soldiers suddenly pounced on them from behind, pulling out their snow-white military knives!

"Shua!"

"Wuu..."

"Puchi!"

Two people in a small team, one person covered the other's mouth, and the other stabbed the military knife directly into the person's neck.

In a burst of whimpering, the garrison soldiers sprayed blood and fell to the ground.

All the movements were clean and swift, almost all happening in the blink of an eye.

Li Changshun wasn't dead, he was pressed to the ground by two soldiers. Seeing the bodies of his fallen comrades, he widened his eyes and shouted in panic, "You... what do you want to do?"

Su Tianbei walked over, directly tore open his coat, pointed to the clean shirt inside, frowned and questioned, "You guys don't pay attention to details when you're disguised, it's so dirty outside, how can your collar and cuffs be so clean? Who are you trying to fool? Damn it, which unit are you from, tell me!"

Li Changshun was stunned for a moment.

At this moment, in the dense forest not far away, a man in a ghillie suit had taken his position. He observed the distance, and his other hand made an attacking gesture.

The sniper lurking in the dark immediately raised his gun.

The next second, a sentry from the reconnaissance company suddenly shouted, "Someone's coming!"

Hearing this sound, Su Tianbei instinctively took a step back.

"Bang!"

A bullet shot out of the dense forest, and the hot wind brushed past Su Tianbei's body and flew out, blowing apart a tree trunk behind him!

Su Tianbei, covered in cold sweat, immediately shouted, "Quick, notify Old Lu, everyone get up the mountain immediately!"