Chapter 1331: Chapter 1331: Charge
General Hawan was very opinionated and had his own approach, so Black Shark’s advice simply had no effect.
As for this, Black Shark could only let things take their course, and had no solution other than worrying anxiously.
Black Shark’s experience was something learned through personal injury and painful realization.
Black Shark could guess a bit; once General Hawan realized his own recklessness and arrogance, he would surely regret it.
"Daring to underestimate the Peng Bird, you will regret it just like me," thought Black Shark to himself, deciding not to waste breath saying anything that wouldn’t help, lest it displeases General Hawan.
In fact, General Hawan had his own judgment. In his mind, the seven-person team of the Peng Bird would definitely use their advantage to secretly snipe at them. That was the only way to attack; with just seven people, daring to confront his large troops directly was simply suicidal.
Armed with such confidence, General Hawan naturally felt at ease, with no worries at all.
Also, he wasn’t in a hurry to retreat, which had its own reasons. He led the vanguard to rescue Black Shark, with more troops arriving behind. Even if he anticipated that the Peng Bird’s seven were not to be underestimated, he really could dismiss them with his manpower.
Once the follow-up troops reached a certain position, he could safely retreat, leaving no opportunity for imagined enemies ambushed along the retreat route.
Thus, Hawan was in no rush to retreat but had other plans instead, leaving Black Shark to simply watch in frustration.
General Hawan miscalculated.
Ye Fan and the team of seven split into three groups and occupied the high ground, turning General Hawan’s troops into exposed targets under the seven’s gun barrels.
Ye Fan wanted to teach General Hawan a deep lesson, naturally by making Hawan feel fear. Rescuing Black Shark was tantamount to digging his own grave; to achieve this, a thunderous strike was necessary.
The idea of the seven confronting General Hawan’s large troops head-on was unrealistic, but gradually consuming them was achievable.
"Fight separately, snipe the targets to the utmost extent." Once Yang Shu and Zhang Kui’s group was ready, Ye Fan gave this command.
In no time, bullets whizzed through the mountain forest, tearing through space, and hurtling swiftly towards their targets with a deadly whistle.
"Puff puff puff!!!"
Either the head was shot or the body, scenes of blood splatter played out within the forest.
Hawan’s soldiers fell one after another, and a wave of panic instantly enveloped them.
They fired blindly, ducking hastily, hoping to make the enemies lose their target, striving to protect their own safety.
However, it was all in vain; from the beginning, their casualties skyrocketed, beaten with no ability to retaliate.
Ye Fan’s seven sniped from a distance, staying several hundred meters away from them, and to them, that distance meant death.
Having no choice, they could only hide in disarray, not daring to show their faces.
Ye Fan and his team would show no mercy, with shells jumping, they fired deadly bullets.
General Hawan was shaken, while Black Shark was left dumbfounded, never expecting the Penguin Birds’ seven-person attack to come so swiftly.
"Damn it, from what direction is the enemy?" General Hawan, in a secure area, listened to the gunfire outside, frowning tightly.
Immediately, an adjutant stepped forward to report: "All are on the nearby highland hilltops, spread across three different areas. Judging by the casualties, there appear to be around eight or nine enemies."
"Eight or nine?" General Hawan’s lips twitched, feeling the estimate was inaccurate, caused by the high rate of fire from the other side; there were only seven enemies, all exposed, an undeniable fact.
"Mobilize troops, charge against the enemies, and riddle them with bullets." General Hawan commanded decisively.
"This is somewhat unrealistic." The adjutant said bitterly: "A few hundred meters of distance makes a charge deadly due to the accuracy of our opponents, positioned in three different directions. Charging would incur too much loss."
"Disregard casualties, organize three emergency teams; each with about a hundred soldiers, charge to ambush spots, bring me an enemy’s corpse for a reward of one million." General Hawan said harshly.
"Yes, General!" The adjutant replied respectfully.
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"For a million!" Three teams of around a hundred charged in different directions, shouting hysterically, eyes reddened, attacking madly.
The three streams of people surged towards Ye Fan’s seven sniper spots, the roar of the killing was astounding.
Such a reward was enough to stake their life on; for success, they all fought desperately.
"A bunch of fools who care more about money than their lives." Black Shark muttered from afar, watching the scene.
Seeing General Hawan’s gaze fall upon him, he asked, "General Hawan, what should we do next?"
"The snipers are too dangerous. I’m afraid the seven cowardly Penguins won’t dare confront my men head-on. When my men charge at them, they might retreat and hide. After all, the enemy’s target is small, and once hiding in the forest, with difficulty found. If they take advantage of my escort’s scarcity and approach me, it would be dangerous." General Hawan spoke at length, "For Captain Black Shark’s safety, I decided to retreat earlier."
Of course, his safety was the primary concern, but he was being hypocritical in treating Black Shark’s safety with such importance.
"General Hawan, let’s agree swiftly and withdraw," Black Shark said seriously, not saying a word to belittle General Hawan. He believed that Hawan had realized his judgment was wrong.
"Initially, I inferred the enemies were on our retreat route. Now, they are all exposed; we can safely retreat, without excessive worry." General Hawan said magnanimously, "I’ve dispatched a large force to surround and kill Ye Fan’s seven. Regardless of success, we must quickly withdraw from this dangerous area."
Currently, with more than two hundred men by his side, they were enough to ensure his safety.
For General Hawan’s decision, Black Shark gladly accepted.
"This should have been done earlier, General Hawan, let’s move quickly." Black Shark appeared very urgent.
Hawan and Black Shark began another round of retreat.