Five hours later, the convoy drove off the gravel road and entered the plains.
With a wet splatter, mud flew everywhere. The wheels of a mud-covered truck rolled through a puddle. This was a wilderness trail, with weeds growing thickly along both sides. After years of trucks and tanks crushing it, the dirt road had two deep tire ruts, each filled with a considerable amount of muddy water.
Sitting in the jolting truck, Su Xiao swayed from side to side with its movements. He had already entered a light sleep.
Bang!
The sudden gunshot made Su Xiao open his eyes. All the soldiers around him stood up, leaped toward the rear of the truck bed, and jumped off the truck.
The truck had not stopped yet. All ten members of the Killing Unit, including Su Xiao, had already jumped down and were standing on the muddy road.
The convoy soon came to a stop. After that single gunshot, every Killing Unit soldier had jumped off before the trucks stopped and set up a temporary defensive line. Some combat engineers had even begun digging trenches. The fastest squad had already jumped into a trench and reinforced it with individual-pattern Wensluo Steel plates.
In just ten seconds, not a single soldier could be seen on the muddy road. There were only seventeen trenches. Heavy machine guns had been mounted outside them, and the engineers from three squads had already dug through to connect their trenches.
"It's a deserter."
A roar came from the front truck. Hearing it, the Killing Unit soldiers understood what had happened.
Skain jumped from the passenger seat of the lead truck. Looking at the interconnected trenches and the soldiers covered in mud and water, he clenched his fists. If an army like this could not win battles, he