CHAPTER 426: CHAPTER 205: LIKE A VETERAN (PART 2)

"Once we reach the designated location, quickly establish fire points and suppress those monsters!"

"Understood!"

Everyone responded one by one. Yu Qian leapt onto the modified truck and found his place among the somewhat disorganized ammunition boxes.

The truck started swiftly, and the team continued to head towards their destination.

A few minutes later, accompanied by a screeching brake sound, the truck came to an abrupt stop.

"Damn, not again!"

"Li Chen! Go easy on the brakes!"

Complaints echoed inside the truck, but everyone’s actions were swift.

All combat personnel jumped off the truck one after another. After a final check of their equipment, they began advancing towards the target area in a column formation.

The flat road in front of them had vanished, replaced by a beast path barely passable and covered in dense vegetation.

The team’s speed immediately slowed, and at this point, they were still nearly 800 meters away from the designated fire point.

"Attention, drones have detected abnormal monster activity signals."

"One monster has awakened, we need to speed up!"

The squad leader in command received intel from the drone operator at the rear, issued another command, and quickly reorganized the team members.

The stronger Yu Qian and Liu Qi were assigned to forge ahead, while the others followed closely behind, trying to move along the newly opened path to save energy.

This was definitely one of Yu Qian’s least favorite positions during the days of combat.

The post-rain forest was soaked everywhere, as if he wasn’t advancing on land, but swimming through a sea filled with water grasses.

No matter how thick the raincoat was, it couldn’t stop the fine water droplets, and the pervasive mist in the air kept seeping into his nose, draining the remaining warmth from his body.

His movements began to distort, and his body couldn’t help but shiver.

Noticing his condition, the squad leader walking in the middle of the group hurriedly caught up, handing him a water cup.

"Stop for a moment, have some hot water."

"Team rest for 30 seconds!"

Yu Qian gratefully took the water cup and gulped it down, the scalding hot water almost jolted him awake.

"So hot!"

Yu Qian grimaced with his teeth, while the squad leader laughed and said:

"Hot, isn’t it? This is a thermos, provided by the commander."

"Conditions are still tough for us now, only two per squad."

"But I heard from the commander that we’ll soon be able to produce these, so everyone will soon have hot water to drink."

"Thank you, squad leader."

"Thank me for what, finished drinking? If you have, let’s move out!"

Yu Qian hurriedly returned the cup to the squad leader. As he swung the machete again, he instantly felt the strength return to his body.

Perhaps it wasn’t just because of the hot water?

Without the time to think more, a few hundred meters ahead, the team had arrived at the designated ambush location.

"Maintain a low profile, and move lightly!"

The squad leader issued the order in a low voice, simultaneously gesturing for Yu Qian to cut open the low shrubs ahead to open a field of fire for the team.

Yu Qian carefully maneuvered. From his vantage point, he could clearly see the pond 300 meters ahead and the monsters at its edge.

These were not ordinary monsters.

They were four terrifying monsters, each over ten meters tall, covered with sharp bone spikes and tusks.

If it were before, just a glance would have made him tremble with fear.

But now, he merely watched silently, calculating in his mind what kind of fire power configuration would be needed to pin these four monsters near the pond.

Heavy firepower, including tanks, couldn’t come through, and due to the pond’s unique location, only short-range indirect-fire weapons could reach here.

Mortars, rockets, auto-grenades?

Firing these might actually make the monsters escape faster?

Then it would have to be the light and heavy machine guns.....

As expected, he soon heard the squad leader’s command.

"Deploy 12.7mm heavy machine guns, paired with two 201 general-purpose machine guns."

"We need to create intersecting fire with the second squad, locking the monsters within the pond area, providing the third squad a chance for precision strikes."

"Machine gunners, press the guns tight, accuracy isn’t the priority, but ensure the firepower is dense enough!"

"Everyone else, use rifles to engage in burst fire on the monsters, maintain continuous harassment."

"Riflemen to prioritize clearing small monsters if they appear!"

"Understood."

The team responded quietly, with Yu Qian secretly delighted.

It matched the combat plan he had envisioned.

So, he was gradually learning how to fight?

Looking at the firing line that had been cleared, he paused for a moment, then turned to the left and cut down another patch of shrubs.

The squad leader in the distance gave him an approving look and a thumbs up.

"Prepare for battle!"

"Listen to my command."

"Open fire after the 10-second countdown."

In an instant, everyone took their positions.

Yu Qian threw himself to the ground, tightly gripping the familiar Type 191 rifle in his hands.

"3."

"2."

"1."

"Fire!"

With the order given, gunfire erupted.

"Bang bang bang bang bang----"

The four monsters at the pool were startled awake simultaneously, the one on the ground leaped up, and the monster drinking water staggered and fell into the water in panic.

"Heavy machine guns, target the ones on the shore first!"

The squad leader shouted the command, and the heavy machine gun’s muzzle immediately aimed at the monster closer to the position.

The armor-piercing incendiary rounds, glowing with a faint red light, rushed toward the monster, bursting into blooms of fire the moment they hit the monster’s scales.

Like molten iron falling to the ground.

At that moment, Yu Qian even found a unique beauty in the scene.

He calmly assessed the situation on the battlefield, pulling the trigger deliberately.

His targets were not the large monsters, but the smaller ones "parasitizing" them.

The bullets traveled over three hundred meters, precisely hitting the smaller creatures, often requiring just one or two shots to completely incapacitate them.

Panic began to spread; as Yu Qian shattered the skull of another small monster with a 7.62mm round, the group of monsters gathered near the pool completely fell apart.

Roars, screams, chaos.....

The roles of humans and monsters seemed to have completely reversed.

In the past, it was the monsters that caused fear, the humans that fled for survival.

But now, the situation is entirely the opposite!

"Maintain suppression!"

"The assault team is expected to reach the attack position in 10 seconds!"

The squad leader’s command echoed amidst the gunfire, Yu Qian fired the last bullet from his magazine, then turned slightly to replace it with one drawn from his chest.

----But just then, a dark shadow suddenly flashed before his eyes.

Without any hesitation, like a reflex, he dropped his rifle and grabbed the machete used for cutting through the path nearby.

Immediately following.

He stood up, swung the machete, and cut in one fell swoop.

"Roar----"

A deep growl sounded as the second dark shadow lunged toward Yu Qian!

"Bang bang bang---"

The sound of a short burst of gunfire erupted, as if it hit an invisible wall; the monster suddenly crashed to the ground.

Yu Qian rushed forward and swung at the monster, only to discover that they were attacked by two Blood Skulls.

"Damn!"

"What formation are you in?"

"Keep alert of the surroundings!"

The squad leader, with a still-smoking muzzle, quickly advanced to the rear of the group to search, Yu Qian grabbed his rifle, reloaded the magazine, and followed closely behind, moments later, with a few gunshots, the Blood Skulls lurking nearby were completely obliterated.

It was thrilling.

This was undoubtedly the biggest crisis the team faced in the last three days!

Yu Qian’s heart was pounding, and at that moment, the assault team finally launched their attack.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

Blast after blast echoed, and the squad leader immediately ordered everyone to spread out and search.

Light machine gun bullets swept across, clearing everything moving near the attack point.

The entire area around the pool returned to silence once more.

The squad leader walked up to Yu Qian, patted his shoulder, and asked:

"Are you okay?"

Yu Qian shook his head.

His arm was covered with the blood sprayed from the Blood Skulls, the crimson liquid slowly diluted by the raindrops, flowing onto the wet ground.

For a moment, he was somewhat dazed.

When he looked up again, he met the slightly amused eyes of the squad leader.

"Glad you’re okay."

"You kind of look like a veteran now..."