Chapter 43: The agonizing wait! (Please read on) Some people say that snipers are always accompanied by loneliness. This is because a real sniper is not what people imagine, jumping off a helicopter, coming to a preset location, aiming his gun, shooting someone in the head from thousands of miles away, and then leaving in style. Waiting is the sniper's eternal melody. Being highly focused is a great drain on the body and mind, and it is easy to get tired. However, snipers often need to lie dormant in their sniper positions for a long time in advance, waiting for the target to appear. During this period, they cannot relax or fall asleep, just to kill the target with one shot the moment it appears! Complete the sniper mission! An hour had passed since the explosion. Su Chen maintained the shooting posture from beginning to end, motionless, keeping his breathing even, and waiting quietly. Su Chen didn't feel very good at this time! It was clearly the dead of winter and the weather was freezing, but his breathing felt a little stuffy, and a thin layer of sweat appeared on his forehead and back. His brain felt dizzy and his whole body felt sore and weak. Su Chen knew that he was having a fever at this moment.
He hadn't slept for more than twenty hours. The high-intensity physical load and the armed swimming across the glacier were enough to overwhelm even an iron man, let alone a flesh and blood body. His body was shaking and swaying slightly. Su Chen took a deep breath and shook his head quickly, letting his consciousness gradually become clear. He continued to wait, trying hard not to fall asleep. Time passes minute by minute. For Su Chen, it really felt like every second seemed like a year. During this period. The Blue Army base camp began to go into level one alert. Dozens of special forces surrounded the command post to protect it. The rest of the Blue Army began a carpet search in the abandoned factory area, refusing to let go of any clues. Military dogs and thermal imaging were used to find the Red Army's escaped fish that had sneaked into their base camp. After a rigorous search, the Tiger Commandos actually discovered a few details. The enemy once used their sacrificed soldiers to sneak into the checkpoint, but got out soon after. Combined with the explosion and the fact that no Red Army soldiers had escaped in the entire factory, Gao Yi didn't feel very good. More than half an hour passed. "Flying Tiger, we still haven't found them. Do you think the enemy could have escaped?" The deputy captain of the Tiger Commando frowned. "Did he go to so much trouble to sneak into our base just to blow up a few cars? No, that doesn't make sense!" Gao Yi frowned and shook his head as if he was talking to himself: "This is meaningless. If I were him, I would definitely find a way to complete the decapitation operation. At the very least, I would have to blow up an ammunition depot to make it worthwhile..." The deputy captain was surprised and asked, "You mean, he might still be active in our base camp, but we just haven't found him yet?" "We can't rule out this possibility." Gao Yi sighed, "We can't use common sense to deduce the missing enemy. He is too cunning. Every step of his plan is both reasonable and beyond our expectations." "Then what should we do? Letting him operate in our base camp is not a good idea! We are in the light and he is in the dark. Who knows when he will attack us! Should we move the command center?" asked the deputy captain. Transfer the headquarters... Gao Yi thought about it and immediately shook his head, "No, now is not the time to transfer." Once No. 1 was transferred, it would mean giving the enemy an opportunity to take advantage. They could not afford this risk. Now the headquarters was well protected. Not to mention the enemy, even mosquitoes could not fly in. No. 1 was safe for the time being. Therefore, there was no need to abandon the safe plan and take risks. It was not worth it! After a moment's silence, Gao Yi gave the order: "Orders are passed down to continue searching for him! And have everyone be alert. Every half an hour, use the radio to confirm each other's safety. All sniper sentries, keep the lines open. We must not give the enemy any chance to take advantage!" "Yes!--"
Gao Yi snorted coldly, his eyes flickering, "Even if we want to move the headquarters, it's not now! I don't believe he can sleep under such circumstances!" If they really can't find the sword hanging over their heads, they will definitely have to move the headquarters, but Gao Yi believes that the best time is definitely not early morning, but noon and afternoon. The reason is very simple. People who have experienced the night sleep know that you are not necessarily really sleepy in the morning. The sleepiest time is when you have been awake all afternoon. Noon and afternoon are the most torturous. It is easy to feel sleepy in the afternoon, and when the weather is cold, it will be relatively warm in the afternoon. As for the fish on the red team that has escaped the net, since he has to keep his spirits in a highly tense state and force himself to stay awake until the mid-afternoon when he is prone to drowsiness, and is physically and mentally exhausted, that is the best opportunity! Boil it! See who can outlast whom! Gao Yi thought coldly in his heart. ………… It must be said that Gao Yi's calculations really worked. Su Chen waited until about seven in the morning, when the sky was already light, but still did not find any action from the Blue Army. This made him feel a chill in his heart. Could it be that the Blue Army did not take the bait? ! When it was 8:30 in the morning, it was already bright. Su Chen, who was still running a fever, felt extremely uncomfortable, and the enemy still did not move. Just hold on a little longer...! It was past nine o'clock and Su Chen had already planned to give up. However, perhaps because his body was too uncomfortable, Su Chen's subconscious told him: Wait a little longer, wait a little longer! At this time, Su Chen had to take out a bag of saline solution from his backpack, insert a straw into it, and extend it to his mouth. He slowly sucked the saline solution to maintain his strength. His head was feeling dizzy, and even though he didn't have a thermometer, Su Chen estimated that he was definitely having a high fever. As we all know, when you have a fever, you feel sleepy and drowsiness comes frequently. Su Chen felt his vision getting blurry and he was about to fall asleep, but at this moment, he suddenly woke up, and quickly bit the tip of his tongue, waking up in pain! "You can't sleep, Su Chen, hold on!" Su Chen gritted his teeth and said to himself in his heart. ………… 11:33 am. Blue Army Command. "Flying Tiger, we still haven't found him!" The deputy captain of the Tiger Commando walked in and said in a deep voice. Gao Yi took a puff of the cigarette in his hand, then threw it on the ground and crushed it with his foot. "It seems that we really need to move the command center." "But Flying Tiger, our infantry fighting vehicle has been blown up by the enemy. Should we let No. 1 ride in the tank? That would be safer." asked the deputy captain. "Forget about the tanks. If the enemy sets up mine traps and blows up the tank tracks, No. 1 will have to come down and move. This is too dangerous!" Gao Yi shook his head and thought for a while. "Let No. 1 change his rank later. Don't be too ostentatious. Just give him a position as a soldier. There won't be many enemies. At least one, three or four at most! If a real fight breaks out, they will definitely find a way to snipe and kill the high-ranking officers!" The deputy captain laughed and said, "It's a substitution!" Gao Yi rolled his eyes at him and said, "Stop joking and go notify Number One!" "yes!!--" ………… Su Chen, who was dormant in the sniper position, felt his whole body throbbing. At this moment, he suddenly saw the door of the Blue Army headquarters open. He suddenly woke up, picked up the sniper rifle, and looked at the Blue Army's convoy through the optical aiming scope... (End of this chapter)