2860 Scheming
“d.a.m.n it, they’re ten minutes ahead of us. We can’t let them arrive before us! Saluk, we need to surpa.s.s them.”
On the helicopter, the SFS border defense soldiers, who were surpa.s.sed by the Chinese special forces soldiers, were furious. They couldn’t hide the hatred in their eyes.
The pilot that was sacrificed last time wasn’t a soldier from another unit. He was a soldier from the SFS border defense army. He was a comrade that they all knew.
This time, they were all determined to teach the Chinese soldiers a lesson on behalf of their deceased comrade.
Saluk shook his head. His gaze was sinister as he said coldly, “The official compet.i.tion hasn’t started yet. There’s no need to be too anxious. I’ll make them regret coming to partic.i.p.ate in the compet.i.tion. I’ll also take revenge for our comrade who was sacrificed. Just wait. Brothers, there’s no need to be so anxious. Let’s just wait. Victory will belong to us.”
It was not a big deal for the helicopter to take off ten minutes earlier. They could not teach them a lesson in the air.
He wanted everyone to learn an unforgettable lesson during the compet.i.tion. He wanted the Chinese soldiers to remember that they were not to be trifled with.
After a while, Saluk revealed a scheming smile and said to his team members, “I’m sure that there are other countries that don’t want to see Chinese soldiers more than us. So, don’t be anxious. When we see other countries that don’t like the Chinese soldiers… things will get more interesting then.”
At noon, all the 12 partic.i.p.ating teams from 12 countries finally arrived. However, Saluk didn’t notice any other countries that were hostile to the soldiers from China. He felt that the special forces sent by the Western countries… were all very polite to the soldiers from China.
The commander-in-chief of the Estonian National Defense Force announced the official start of Eka a.s.sault. Next, he would lead the generals of the five countries to be the spectator regiment for this compet.i.tion. They would watch the entire compet.i.tion for five days and four nights. They would witness the abilities of the special forces soldiers from various countries at a close distance.
There were no generals from China who were a part of this. Eka a.s.sault had already been going on for one and a half hours. Major General Yang, who was sitting in his office, was a little nervous when he was handling official business. He couldn’t contact the special forces partic.i.p.ating in the compet.i.tion, so he couldn’t know how they were progressing.
Commander Xia’s call saved Major General Yang. When he picked up the call, he replied, “Okay, I’ll be right there.” Then, he immediately packed the doc.u.ments on the table and told the officers outside where he was going. He rushed to the commander-in-chief’s office.
Commander Xia didn’t look for Major General Yang to ask about the situation of the special forces soldiers who went overseas to partic.i.p.ate in the compet.i.tion. Instead, he handed a photo to Major General Yang. “Old Yang, do you remember this person?”
Major General Yang took the photo and laughed. “Why do you have this photo? If you hadn’t shown it to me, I really wouldn’t have remembered taking a photo with them.”
“So you know him?” Commander Xia pointed at the young soldier in an old-fas.h.i.+oned military uniform standing behind Major General Yang. “It was taken 23 years ago. At that time, you were just a platoon leader with the military rank of lieutenant. He’s a senior colonel. You should know him since you took a photo with him.”
Hearing this, Major General Yang heard something amiss and glanced at Commander Xia. He saw that Commander Xia’s facial expression was solemn, and there was an indescribable coldness in his eyes. He hurriedly stared at the photo and thought about it…