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"You will probably encounter these things in the future. I think we are good, but the population base of the empire is too large. If the total number of surgeons who account for a small proportion is really counted, it is also a huge group. There are always people inside that make people feel upset." The captain shook his head and sighed. He once again turned on the fluorescent tube he took out from another backpack and threw it into the surrounding darkness. The woods were illuminated in small patches, and the difference in light and shadow made the darkness appear deeper.

"I'm sorry, I said too much at once, and they were all bad words." At this time, the captain realized that it seemed a little bad to confide these painful things to Cassia. The two of them still don't know their names, so they call each other by their code names.

"It's okay. I also want to know a little bit about various institutions in the empire." Cassia said that the captain didn't need to care, but the captain had already shut his mouth and stopped talking about this matter.

At this time, there was a slight noise from the front. The enemy was some distance away from them, and it took some time to catch up.

"If the enemy is just a small team, leaving them all here is the best result." The captain said at this time, squatting down and hiding easily in the snow, "But if there are several small teams, there will be a lot of people." . There is no terrain difference on this gentle slope, so we can only rely on these ancient trees as cover. At that time, while ensuring our own safety, we can delay as long as we can, and try to buy some time for the veterans. If there is a gap between the two The time difference is too small and it will be easy for the enemy to catch up with them."

"The current environment is favorable to us, there should be no problem. I wish you good luck." Cassia also squatted down and waded into the snow the next moment. He and the captain created as many traces as possible to confuse the enemy's sight and judgment. This may be their first battlefield, and there are many favorable factors that can be used to reduce the number of enemies. Otherwise, everyone will be fighting in the dark, and Cassia himself is not sure what the final result will be.

But don’t take risks if you can’t help it. Not everyone likes that heart-pounding feeling. Cassia hopes that everything can be resolved in this area of ​​light and darkness.

He and the captain moved separately, both burying their entire bodies in the snow and moving forward. Because of the shadow gap, the slight dents in the snow are not easy to detect in the dark.

The two of them carefully sneaked towards the place they had planned. The process was so gentle that there was no big movement at all on the wavy snow, and a small passage slowly collapsed silently.

Facing different directions, the captain came to the edge of the area illuminated by fluorescent tubes, which was convenient for attacking and making it easier to escape immediately if the situation went bad.

Cassia followed the images recorded in her head, found the location of several ancient trees, and used the ropes and steel-cased bombs in her backpack to temporarily set up several small devices. Then, under the cover of a black shadow, he quietly climbed up a thick old tree. It is also at the edge of this area. His thoughts were similar to those of the captain, which was conducive to attack and easy to escape.

Located in the middle and upper section of the ancient tree, you can feel the obvious wind here, which is very cold and dry. All the moisture in the air turned into frost, and when the air inhaled into the lungs exchanged with each other, it took away most of the heat in the body. The leaves of these evergreen trees were also frozen and covered with a layer of ice. The wind was light and the snow was slowly accumulating on the clusters of leaves.

Through the layers of leaves and branches, you can see a little dark sky, and the thick clouds are a little gray.

There was movement from below. Cassia closed her eyes, and the activity in her body gradually decreased. She only relied on her ears to collect information. Enemies will be fussy for a while, having had the experience of first contact, and they will now be more cautious.

"And I also want to delay time." Cassia thought, and finally this thought disappeared, and all his attention was focused on another place.

The sound came, it was the inevitable sound of moving forward in the snow, a "crunching" sound, but also a "rustling" sound that could not be eliminated, even though the enemy was very careful.

These sounds overlapped one after another, like larvae eating delicate leaves, and they came from the direction where the sniper bullets had just been fired.

There were many, many. Cassia captured the vibrations of these sounds and wanted to estimate the approximate number of enemies in her mind, but the final result could only be described as a huge number.

"This number of people can no longer be called a team, and the enemies have probably gathered together." When Cassia was thinking this, the sound of rubbing the snow suddenly disappeared. Then there was a "whoosh" sound of the launch breaking through the air. The next moment, even though Cassia closed her eyes and wore a mask with dark lenses, there was still a large bright light in front of her eyes, and her exposed ears even disappeared. Heat is felt in these rays.

When he opened his eyes a little, his surroundings became brighter. It was a dozen continuously burning flares that served as the light source. The ammunition was modified and fired in the form of a hand crossbow. The flares were fixed to the trunk of the ancient tree through the crossbow arrows. At this time, the small branches near the flare were already smoking, giving birth to burning flames.

Cassia glanced down at a very fast speed and generated the scene in her head in the form of a photo, and most of the details were captured.

"Sure enough, the mask also has dark lenses." Cassia sighed secretly.

The enemy is also learning. What the captain of the twelfth team did initially was indeed very effective.

Cassia stayed in the tree now, and he thought the other captain must have done the same. Because there were too many enemies, the two of them had no idea of ​​blocking the attack, and it was impossible to delay the attack. It can be seen from the fact that the enemy directly fired flares that the difference in numbers made them fearless. After approaching this area, they did not hide their thoughts of action at all.

There were probably more than a hundred enemies, forming a fan shape facing the area where fluorescent tubes were sprinkled. The short bursts of firecrackers and machine guns sounded at the same time, and the snow below exploded. The enemy was letting the muzzles of their guns follow the traces of those coming out to shoot at the snow. The bullets hit the snow easily, and the enemy didn't look like they were short of ammunition. They decided to use the simplest and most effective method to check for enemies that might be hiding in this area.

Under the light of the flare, all the fine marks on the snow were exposed. The bullets fired neatly back and forth row after row. As long as you hide in this piece of snow, there seems to be no possibility of hiding.