99: The US army intends to steal the home, and the soldier king Huang Yanbing reappears!

South of Darwin City, along the long road, more than 10,000 main forces of the Anti-War Army were stationed.

Inside the armored command vehicle of Qin Feng, the Regimental Commander of the Independent Regiment, Political Commissar Li Linxiu estimated and said to Qin Feng, “It’s been several hours since we stopped. The leader should have successfully boarded the Dragon Country’s escort fleet, right?”

Qin Feng: “He should have. No news is good news.”

Li Linxiu: “Then how long will we stay here?”

Qin Feng: “I don’t know, but it will be at least a few days… until the leader successfully returns from his visit.”

Li Linxiu nodded.

Actually, Li Linxiu thought the same thing; he just asked to confirm.

So, the troops maintained their defensive posture and built temporary fortifications.

Suddenly, Li Linxiu thought of something and exclaimed.

Qin Feng: “Political Commissar Li, what’s wrong?”

Li Linxiu: “Oh no, our Anti-War Army’s main force is essentially fully deployed now.”

“Won’t the main camp be thinly spread?”

Qin Feng was also startled.

But then he thought again.

Such a large defensive loophole, the highest echelons of the Anti-War Army, they couldn’t have failed to consider it, could they?

After all, besides the leader, most of the people in the Anti-War Army’s military command are still at the main camp.

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A thousand kilometers south of the Anti-War Army’s main force.

Inside the mountain base, at the General Command Headquarters.

Army Commander Yue Hanshan, Political Commissar Zhao Gang, Second Division Commander Chen Guangming, and Third Division Commander Li Dakui were all present.

Yue Hanshan asked, “How many American military do you guess will come here to scout?”

Zhao Gang: “Hard to say, I guess a battalion’s worth of troops.”

Second Division Commander Chen Guangming: “I guess two battalions.”

Third Division Commander Li Dakui laughed heartily:

“Then I’ll guess the American military will dispatch a regiment!”

Currently, they were all staring at a massive electronic screen composed of many split screens.

Each split screen on the monitor represented a surveillance feed from the MacDonnell Ranges area.

Yue Hanshan and the others could see the movements of the entire MacDonnell Ranges area through these monitors.

Yue Hanshan and the others were guarding against something.

Now the Anti-War Army leader was not at the base, and the main force was fully deployed (at least on the surface).

Why wouldn’t the U.S. Military take advantage of this gap to raid and attack the Anti-War Army’s stronghold?

Of course, Yue Hanshan and the others were only guessing.

Perhaps the U.S. Military high command was wary of the Anti-War Army’s nuclear strike capability and dared not harbor ill intentions.

“Ah, they’re here—”

On the large spliced screen, in a corner of one of the split screens, some small red dots appeared, indicating the presence of suspicious unidentified targets...

On a high rock on the southern foothills of the MacDonnell Ranges.

Huang Yanbing’s 3rd Platoon was ambushing.

All 30 soldiers in their platoon, except for one or two who stayed behind to relay intelligence, had become snipers, using ghillie suits made from dry bushes and weeds, lying in different positions on the hilltop, occupying the high ground, and monitoring the area outside the mountain.

One platoon could monitor an area of up to twenty or thirty kilometers outside the mountain.

Suddenly, through their scopes, they observed unusual movements.

Many light pickup trucks drove along the distant road, maintaining a distance from each other.

These vehicles stopped one after another, and many people jumped out of the pickup truck beds.

Ostensibly, those people were dressed in civilian clothes, but seeing their strong physiques, especially the bulky items covered by tarps in the truck beds, Huang Yanbing and the others easily determined that the people in the vehicles were soldiers, and they were carrying equipment.

Huang Yanbing: “Keep all targets under surveillance.”

“Everyone is responsible for aiming at the closest vehicle to them; don’t fight over targets.”

“Understood.” All subordinates responded in unison.

Huang Yanbing counted the number of people getting out of the vehicle he was responsible for.

One, two, three… A total of 9 people got out of that vehicle, roughly the number of an infantry squad.

Then, they retrieved items from the pickup truck beds.

Pistols and military daggers, needless to say, as well as submachine guns, rifles, and components like sniper scopes and night vision goggles, and grenades, smoke bombs, etc., plus some equipment for infrared detection.

Additionally, each squad had a general-purpose machine gun and a shoulder-fired individual rocket launcher.

It seemed the American military was fully prepared.

And before the American military officially advanced towards the mountain, some bespectacled U.S. Military soldiers held remote controls with display panels.

Then, small objects flew steadily up from the ground, one by one.

They were small drones!

Huang Yanbing then ordered again: “Everyone, hide well, don’t move around, don’t attack those drones. Wait until those American military enter our optimal firing range before attacking!”

His subordinates all nodded: “Understood!”

And the moment he gave the order, Huang Yanbing immediately reported the discovery of the disguised U.S. Military invading force to his superiors.

Anti-War Army Mountain Base, Military General Command Headquarters.

After listening to Huang Yanbing’s detailed report, Political Commissar Zhao Gang laughed heartily.

“30 vehicles, about 300 people, which translates to roughly one infantry battalion. How about that, did I guess correctly?”

Second Division Commander Chen Guangming, who guessed two battalions, and Third Division Commander Li Dakui, who guessed a regiment, both pursed their lips.

Yue Hanshan, however, was staring intently at the surveillance screen.

Just before the American military was about to enter the sniper platoon’s firing range, Yue Hanshan suddenly said, “No!”

“Old Zhao hasn’t necessarily won the guess yet.”

“The American military could attack with one battalion, or two battalions, a regiment, or even more people!”

Zhao Gang: “Ah, you mean—”

He quickly understood Yue Hanshan’s meaning and looked at Chen Guangming and Li Dakui. The three of them nodded in unison and said to Yue Hanshan, “Then we’ll proceed according to General Yue’s wishes.”

On the hilltop where Huang Yanbing was located, a communications soldier suddenly relayed an order.

“Platoon Leader, Platoon Leader, the Army Command Headquarters orders our platoon to retreat along the entire line, retreat to the starting position, hide, and do not attack the American military.”

Huh?

Huang Yanbing was utterly confused. The American military’s drones had just conducted high-altitude reconnaissance and should have found nothing. The 300 people on the ground were sneaking closer, about to enter sniper range.

But the Army Command Headquarters ordered a retreat?

However, military orders were absolute, so Huang Yanbing still ordered on the combat channel: “All members of 3rd Platoon, listen up. The superiors have ordered a full retreat. Return to the starting position. Do not engage in any offensive actions. Execute immediately.”

“What?!”

Huzi, from the squad, was displeased.

“I’ve been itching to shoot for half a month, and finally get to fire my gun again.”

“Why can’t we shoot? Why retreat?”

Huang Yanbing: “No more nonsense, retreat… Be careful not to be spotted by the drones in the sky.”

So, the entire platoon, 30 people, silently moved back from their hiding spots, finally returning to their initial position.

It was a space built into the mountain that, from the outside, showed no signs of abnormality whatsoever.

The mountaintop was quiet for a while.

Not long after, those 300 people successfully reached the mountain range and began to traverse it.