King Of War: Starting with Arms Dealer-Chapter 655 - 624: Pretending for Real

'Chameleon' could never have imagined that the 'surprise' 'Crow' mentioned would turn out to be so shocking…

'Boom boom boom…'

'Boom boom boom…'

'Boom boom boom…'

Three consecutive rounds of artillery fire exploded more than 80 meters to the right of the highway…

The men of Rabbit Squad had participated in numerous exercises, but what made 'Chameleon' break out in a cold sweat was the fact that the exploding 60mm mortars were actually live rounds.

The sound, slightly different from practice rounds but overwhelmingly oppressive, made everyone in Rabbit Squad a bit tense.

In contrast, the Colombians behind them were a bit more composed. This group had probably been tipped off, and they also chose to run toward the left side of the roadbed, but instead of taking cover like Rabbit Squad, they raised their guns and began to fire back…

'Bai Xiong' watched a Colombian soldier take a position at the bottom of the roadbed, holding his rifle in a prayer-like stance as he sprayed bullets in a general direction, followed by his comrades who adopted a similar posture to cover a few machine gunners who were crawling onto the road surface to blindly produce suppressive fire.

At that moment, Rabbit Squad, who had never experienced real combat and always held themselves to so-called 'high standards,' was a bit baffled…

This was a scenario they often came across in their internal materials…

Soldiers from the Middle East, North Africa, and even Eastern Europe, when encountered in the field, would generally exchange fire across obstacles, a slope, or a road, unless they came face to face around a corner.

Experienced soldiers would use a variety of tactics, such as flanking, covering, and tearing, to repel or kill the enemy by establishing local crossfire.

'Chameleon' and his men actually knew all of this, but having never experienced real combat, they were somewhat at a loss when suddenly faced with it.

The kind of tactical drills they were used to—where both sides used exercise firearms and movements were standard—were completely different from real combat.

Watching the Colombians and Bolivians quickly communicate and begin to increase their suppressive fire to cover, allowing the Bolivians to flank and encircle from the side…

Lucid again, 'Chameleon' saw several more rounds of mortar fire raining down, but the impact points still fell in the same previous spots; he knocked on his helmet, a bit annoyed, and said, "Dandelion, contact them. We're moving in too. Advance 200 meters and start the encirclement. We're going to take down the mortar position."

'Dandelion' nodded to indicate he received the message, then turned around and ran back several dozen meters, pulling aside a Colombian who was clearly an officer. He called out in fluent Spanish, "We collaborate, joint communication. We'll encircle from the front…"

After hearing this, the Colombian officer nodded and relayed his communication frequency, then added, "Be careful, it might be a trap…"

Dandelion gave a thumbs up to show he understood, and after returning to his squad, he said to 'Chameleon', "Captain, it's our turn. Watch out for traps…"

'Chameleon' nodded to acknowledge he understood, then got up and started to move forward with a crouched gait…

Just as they had moved about 100 meters, the distant mortar fire rang out again; the impact points were unchanged, but this time they were accompanied by the sound of heavy machine gunfire...

"Thud thud thud…"

Horrifying tracer bullets whistled overhead from the highway, prompting Rabbit Squad to instinctively drop to the ground.

At that moment, they finally became completely alert. 'Chameleon' crawled forward with a bear-like stance, shouting loudly as he moved, "Stay low, don't stop, don't stop. We're not in their line of fire, go go go…"

'Chameleon' advanced quickly for about 50 meters when he stopped, wanting to climb up the roadbed to check the situation, but was grabbed by the sapper 'Libra'...

Watching 'Chameleon' halt, 'Libra' took off his night vision goggles to look around, then with a slightly shaky voice, he warned, "Don't move, there might be mines here…"

'Libra' motioned for everyone to retreat 30 meters, then rapidly took off his backpack, knelt on the ground, and carefully brushed away the sandy soil…

Seeing the mine revealed, he silently recited its model and meticulously reinserted the safety pin that had been deliberately stuck on the mine. He then sat down on the ground, exhausted, and let out a sigh of relief…

Just as 'Libra' was about to say something, the ground beside him suddenly exploded, and a big cloud of white powder enveloped an area with a 5-meter radius.

As the others rushed over, 'Libra' emerged from the cloud of powder, coughing violently, helplessly dusting off the powder from his body and saying, "Good thing it wasn't real…"

'Chameleon' walked over to 'Libra', covered in white, and asked, "What's the situation here?"

If it had been a regular exercise, 'Libra's' scenario would have meant he was 'killed', but there was no one to inform them of that now, nor was there anything like an exercise command post.

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Only now did 'Chameleon' understand what the 'surprise' 'Crow' had hinted at, and why those real experts had taken a detour.

What 'Chameleon' didn't know was that the experts faced conditions no less challenging than theirs.

Under the guidance of drones, they had to enter the desert to search for a village hidden by terrorists and then bring the targets back.

That was real combat, which was why 'Old Bull' hadn't told them; because if things went wrong, people could actually die.