At dusk, Xia Country's border.
The ordinarily peaceful border village was now permeated by an air of grim menace.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
Amid the whistling wind, several figures darted through the forest with the agility of cheetahs.
In less than a minute, they had swiftly moved into position and surrounded the entire village.
A closer look would reveal that these men had camouflage paint on their faces and wore camo combat uniforms. They were Xia Country's special forces soldiers.
At that moment, they were fully armed, every bullet chambered. Their bright eyes stared fixedly ahead, like a pack of wolves locked onto their prey.
These soldiers were the Red Cell Special Action Group led by Fan Tianlei, along with a special operations squad from the Wolf Fang Special Forces Brigade. They were pursuing the band of mercenaries led by Scorpion.
The operation had originally gone smoothly, but after an exchange of fire, Scorpion saw that things were going wrong and fled into the village with his men, intending to take civilians hostage and use them to threaten the soldiers.
At that moment, Fan Tianlei's expression was grim. His brows were tightly furrowed, and beads of sweat the size of soybeans kept rolling down his forehead.
"Damn it!"
He cursed, then said to all the team members, "We absolutely cannot let them hurt the hostages!"
After saying that, he swiftly pulled out an infrared night-vision device and surveyed the area. "Falcon, immediately take the high ground and find a sniper position. Flamingo, assist him. Be ready to take out Scorpion at any moment! Everyone else, quickly encircle the house. Don't let anyone escape!"
"Yes."
"Yes."
Falcon, He Chenguang, immediately nodded and rushed toward the high ground with his spotter, Wang Yanbing.
At the same time, the rest of the team quickly