Chapter 12: Changing direction
The northwest and northeast are two completely different directions, once chasing the wrong direction, it means that it is useless, and the most feared thing for the soldiers is to be unable to complete the task, several soldiers looked at Li Rui in surprise, and one of them asked with some dissatisfaction: "Do you know what you are talking about?" Do you know what it means to go in the wrong direction? ”
"Wait a minute." The squadron leader stopped the team, locked on Li Rui with his eyes and asked: "I know that you are familiar with the terrain here, you have shown this just now, but being familiar with the terrain does not mean that you are familiar with the enemy's escape direction, how can you be sure that the enemy is running from the northeast?" ”
"I just know, I can smell them." Li Rui explained anxiously, for fear that everyone would not agree, choosing a different direction means whether he can catch up with the enemy, which involves revenge, and Li Rui does not dare to be careless.
"Smell the breath, you're a dog?" Another squad leader said dissatisfiedly, the stakes are very high, and everyone would rather trust their own judgment than be easily changed by a stranger, after all, this stranger looks too ordinary and ordinary.
"But┅┅" Li Rui said anxiously.
The squadron leader waved his hand and interrupted: "Okay, don't argue about this matter anymore, obey the order, you promised when you came, I don't understand why the superiors sent you, but when you get to the battlefield, you must listen to me, everyone pack up and prepare to go." ”
"Yes." The other team leaders agreed one after another, got up and left, and no one looked at Li Rui.
Li Rui could feel everyone's distrust, but this matter involved whether he could take revenge, and he wanted to insist, seeing that the squadron leader had packed up his things and left, while giving an order through the headset to search and advance, he sighed helplessly, and followed the troops forward, with a heavy heart.
A soldier in charge of protecting Li Rui's safety walked up and whispered, "Let's go, I'll be left behind when it's late." ”
In order to ensure the safety of the guide, the squadron leader specially designated a soldier to protect Li Rui's safety, just in case, Li Rui glanced at the other party, sighed helplessly, and did not insist anymore, after all, there can only be one voice on the battlefield, if you insist, or turn around and leave, it will cause a bad impact, and before coming, I also promised to obey the order and listen to the command, but I felt very uncomfortable at the thought of missing the enemy like this.
After walking for a while, the soldier in charge of protecting Li Rui's safety explained funny: "Don't be angry alone, it's useless, the direction of the pursuit is very important, it is impossible for the squadron leader to listen to you without absolute certainty, you say that you can smell the enemy's breath, this is too mysterious, there is no way to convince people." ”
"But I do smell the enemy." Li Rui said weakly.
"It's been a long time since the enemy left, and you're not a dog, how can you smell it?" The soldier smiled, shook his head, didn't believe Li Rui's words at all, and quickened his pace at his feet, in the soldier's opinion, Li Rui was a little stupid and a little self-righteous.
Li Rui couldn't explain, so he had to follow the large army forward sullenly, unconsciously, the time was noon, everyone was resting in a dense forest, the squadron leader arranged for everyone to be on guard and then called a meeting of several squad leaders, Li Rui leaned against the big tree not far away to drink water and rest, no one cared.
"Brothers, something is wrong with the situation, I came all the way to search and move forward, but I didn't find any clues, let's talk about it." Squadron Leader Black Tiger said with a gloomy face, not finding a clue means that the enemy is lost, which means that the operation may fail, and no one is more anxious than the squadron leader.
"Yes, our five squads are fan-shaped search, the search width is not small, even if the enemy is good at camouflage, it is impossible to erase all traces along the way, there is no need for that at all, at most from our landing to the first five kilometers of traces erased, no longer longer it is meaningless, and we have already walked more than ten kilometers." One of the squad leaders said, his face depressed.
"Yes, I believe that the enemy erases all traces along the way within five kilometers, no matter how far away it is, there is no point in it, no matter how good at disguise the enemy will leave traces, as long as there are traces, they can't hide it from the eyes of the brothers, I believe the brothers also know this, this matter is very strange, why don't you contact the above to see?" Another squad leader suggested.
"Okay, let's try." The squadron leader said helplessly, turned on the headset, waited for a while and said in a deep voice: "Command, I am a black tiger, and I have not found any clues about the enemy yet, please instruct." ”
"What's going on?" The colonel's voice rang out in the headset.
"Report to the command, we pursued all the way along the northwest direction, searched carefully along the way, and did not see any clues, I am afraid that we will lose it." The squadron leader hurriedly explained depressedly.
"Lost? It's been a long time, and you've been marching at least 10 kilometers, right? How could there be no clue at all, could it be that the enemy erased all traces along the way? This can't be, what about the white wolf, what does the white wolf say? Let him talk. The Colonel asked angrily.
"Yes." The black tiger's face was ashamed, it was indeed embarrassing to lose the target, and he promised to look at Li Rui and shouted: "White wolf, turn on the headset, I want to talk to you on it." ”
"I don't know how to open it." Li Rui hurriedly explained depressedly.
"Him?" A squad leader looked at the squadron leader Black Tiger in surprise, and couldn't understand why he had to talk to Li Rui above, seeing that Black Tiger's eyes were glaring, he went up with a wry smile and said, "I'll help you." ”
The squad leader came to Li Rui, lifted out the large slap signal box under his clothes and pinned to his waist, pressed a green button and explained: "Green call, red off, remember, the call is closed quickly after explanation, and it is not allowed to be opened without an order, so as not to be detected by the enemy." ”
Li Rui hurriedly nodded and agreed, and soon heard the colonel's inquiry: "White wolf, the black tiger said that he lost the clue, aren't you familiar with the terrain over there, do you have any suggestions?" ”
"When I was at the landing point, I said to chase in the northeast direction, everyone said that the enemy's lair is in the northwest direction, and it is reasonable to chase it in the northwest direction, but the enemy is obviously going to the northeast direction." Li Rui hurriedly explained, looking aggrieved.
"How can you be sure?" The colonel asked in a deep voice, the stakes are very high, and no one dares to be sloppy.
"I can smell them." Li Rui said confidently, he didn't expect to say this so much, as if it should be.
"Huh?" The colonel didn't expect this explanation, and became silent, this reason is too far-fetched, far-fetched and unconvincing, no, to be precise, there is no need to believe it at all, the colonel understands why the squadron leader Heihu did not accept Li Rui's suggestion, and led the team to chase in the northwest direction.
However, after chasing for most of the day without results, the colonel had to seriously consider the pros and cons, and was silent for three minutes, and then the colonel said in a deep voice through the headset: "Black Tiger, chase according to the white wolf's proposal." ”
"But┅┅," Black Tiger reminded hesitantly.
"No, but, carry out the order." The colonel said in a deep voice.