After being separated from my family, I became a darling of the military region thanks to my medical

Wild Wolf Valley, deep in the mountains of northern Hebei.

The place has an ominous name, and its terrain is even more ominous. The cliffs on both sides are as if they were cleaved by a knife, piercing straight into the sky, with a narrow dirt road running through the middle. The wind howls through the road, sounding as eerie as the howling of wolves.

At this moment, the joint exercise between the red and blue armies is in full swing.

Red and blue flags were planted all over the mountains and fields, and mobilization orders blared from loudspeakers. Armored vehicles rumbled over the frozen dirt roads, kicking up clouds of yellow dust that blotted out the sun. The air was thick with the pungent smell of diesel fuel, and it seemed like a powder keg was about to ignite.

But behind all this hustle and bustle, in an inconspicuous abandoned hunter's hut, the atmosphere was chillingly cold.

Gu Zheng was dressed in a camouflage training uniform without any markings, and his face was covered with red and green paint, obscuring his face. Only his eyes were visible, and the light in his eyes was like a knife, sharp enough to hurt anyone who looked at him.

He sat with his legs spread on the ammunition box, fiddling with the gleaming fighting knife in his hand.

The blade flashed between his fingers, one cold glint after another.

"Boss, the net has been cast."

Xiao Wang—codenamed "Sparrow" at the moment—spoke in a very low voice, pointing to the marching map on the table with the coordinates erased, "As you instructed, the troops at the radar station have all been 'withdrawn,' so it's now an empty city."

This is a trap.

A deadly trap, luring the enemy into a snare.

Those foreign mercenaries codenamed "Rattlesnakes" should be prepared to have their claws chopped off if they dare to lay a hand on someone.

"There's no such thing as being able to thief for a thousand days without being able to guard against thieves for a thousand days."

Gu Zheng flicked his wrist, and with a "thud," the dagger plunged straight into the table, embedding itself deep into the wood. "Since these bastards want to eat this piece of fat meat, I'll set the plate for them. But there are steel needles hidden in this meat, so I'm not afraid of breaking their teeth."

He raised his wrist and glanced at the somewhat worn military watch; the hands pointed to three in the afternoon.

"Tell the brothers to catch their breath," Gu Zheng said coldly. "The exercise is codenamed 'Thunderclap,' and it starts at 4:00 sharp. The radar station will be at its most vulnerable then, and they'll definitely make their move."

Inside the room, ten fully armed special forces soldiers sat upright, silent, yet exuding a chilling aura.

They were the sharpest knives that Gu Zheng had honed the fastest.

……

Time ticked by, making everyone anxious.

Four o'clock sharp.

"Whoosh—bang!" Several red signal flares shot into the sky, tearing a hole in the hazy sky.

Immediately afterwards, deafening artillery fire (simulated from blank rounds) erupted from the distant valley, and the red and blue forces instantly clashed. The communication channels were filled with a cacophony of shouts and static, a complete mess.

This is exactly the effect Gu Zheng wanted—to fish in troubled waters and win amidst chaos.

However, the pre-arranged ambush site—radar station 303—was eerily quiet.

Gu Zheng lay prone in the bushes, covered with camouflage netting, his breathing reduced to a minimum, making him look like a stone.

4:30.

There was no movement.

5:20.

There wasn't even a ghost in sight.

The wind rustled through the treetops, swirling up a few withered leaves. A wild rabbit swaggered across the radar station entrance, stopped in the middle of the road to nibble on some dry grass, and then leisurely hopped away.

It's too quiet.

Gu Zheng's brows slowly furrowed into a deep knot.

A kind of intuition honed from years of living on the brink of death made the hairs on his back stand on end.

Not right.

Those mercenaries are desperate criminals who risk their lives for money, not cowards. The radar station's defenses are so lax now, it's like a woman stripped naked—extremely tempting, and these hungry wolves have no reason not to take the bait.

Unless... they see through this as bait.

"If it were Ye Zhen, what would she think?"

In a flash, the image of his wife's aloofness suddenly popped into Gu Zheng's mind.

That woman never judges patients solely on appearances. Last time, she even diagnosed a patient who looked like he had a stroke with tetanus.

She said, "Gu Zheng, when a symptom is too obvious, it is often a trap."

Too obvious.

Gu Zheng suddenly looked up and stared intently at the seemingly empty radar station.

If it's Gu Zheng setting an ambush, the radar station is the perfect graveyard. But what if it's a "Rattlesnake"? What if these bastards predict his prediction?

"Hold!"

Gu Zheng cursed under his breath, slammed his hand on the headset, and his voice was as cold and sharp as a knife scraping glass: "Sparrow! Besides the radar station, where is the defense that looks the weakest point during the exercise, but is actually the most valuable?"

Xiao Wang paused for a moment, then blurted out instinctively, "The Red Army command post! Although there was a guard company, their guns were all loaded with blanks, so their defenses were actually the most lax..."

The darkest place is under the lamp!

The most dangerous place is the safest place.

The radar station is merely a tactical target; destroying it would at most result in losing an eye. However, taking down the command post during an exercise would not only generate massive international public opinion but also conveniently eliminate all the high-ranking officials in that room…

"My eye was pecked by a goose!"

Gu Zheng sprang to his feet with the speed of a furious leopard, ripping off the camouflage net: "These bastards have huge appetites. They probably don't even want to eat the meat; they want to smash the pot!"

They took advantage of the chaos of the exercise to draw everyone's attention to the radar station, while they themselves planned to launch a "straight-through attack."

Perhaps even the news of sabotaging the radar station was a smokescreen they deliberately released.

If they succeed, it's a small matter if Gu Zheng's military uniform is stripped off, but if something happens to all the leaders in that room, the sky will fall down!

"Boss! Then we..." Xiao Wang's voice trembled with anxiety.

"What's the panic!"

Gu Zheng took a deep breath, the panic in his eyes instantly replaced by extreme calm. The more critical the situation, the clearer his mind became.

Gu Zheng's eyes flashed like lightning as he swiftly ordered, "Third brother, fourth brother, you four take the brothers and stay here! If those hotheads really come, don't hold back, beat them to a pulp!"

"The rest of you, throw away your backpacks, rations, sleeping bags, all your heavy equipment! Just take your guns and magazines, and go light!"

As Gu Zheng roared, he ripped off his tactical backpack and slammed it to the ground. The heavy backpack hit the frozen ground with a dull thud.

He pulled open his collar, revealing his training uniform soaked with sweat, picked up the gleaming Type 81 rifle, pulled the bolt, and the crisp, pleasant sound of a bullet being chambered was heard.

"Target: Red Army Command Post, bearing 2-7-0."

Gu Zheng turned around, his gaze sweeping over the remaining four team members. His eyes didn't seem to be looking at living people, but rather at a group of madmen about to rush into the sea of ​​fire.

"Run with me! Five kilometers cross-country, forced march! We have to get there within twenty minutes!"

Twenty minutes, five kilometers of mountain road, and you have to be wary of sniper shots at any moment. This is simply an impossible task.

But nobody wasted words.

Everyone silently discarded the extra weight they were carrying, tightened their shoelaces, and their eyes were filled with murderous intent.

"I'll run my legs off if I have to get there!"

Gu Zheng let out a low growl and was the first to rush out. His figure undulated through the withered bushes, like a lone wolf that had locked onto its prey.

Since you want to play big, then I'll play with you to the very end!

At this moment, besides the mission, Ye Zhen's puffed-up face and her tearful words, "If you dare not come back," also flashed through his mind.

Gu Zheng gritted his teeth and quickened his pace.

You want to mess with my business? You'll have to ask the gun in my hand first!