Chapter 40 (2/2)

“Good!” With the wave of the hand of the commander, several hundred soldiers left the defensive wall and came under Azland Uplands.

“At what distance from the base should we erect the electric fence, Sir?” Qin Hao asked.

“Three hundred meters!” the battalion commander said. “You can call me Bott, bro.”

“Okay, Bott.” Qin Hao smiled.

“What do you think; is there any danger out there?” Bott cautiously brought his men 300m away from the base.

“I don’t think so. The air force’s bombing was so intense that those insectoids would not return on the battlefield so soon.” Qin Hao’s intuition did not sense any danger yet, so there should be no bugs in the surroundings.

“That’s great! Hurry up, get the electric fence up!” Bott ordered.

“Yes, Sir!” The recon battalion soldiers quickly swung into action.

“Let us go to the next section.” A node had been quickly erected. Qin Hao led the way as they headed to the next node.

After over an hour, they had erected half of the nodes with five more to go, after which the fence would go live.

Once the electric fence was activated, before any insectoids could come close to the base of the 106th Division, they would have first paid a heavy price. This electric fence was also functioning as an early warning system.

“Hurry up, everyone! The bugs could come any time!” Qin Hao suddenly said.

“What have you found?” Bott asked.

“It is just a gut feeling…” Qin Hao could not explain his feeling; his right eyelid was twitching, and he sensed a depressive force looming.

“All right, hurry up, guys!” Bott could not make head or tail about Qin Hao’s so-called bad feeling. But he still trusted Qin Hao because Qin Hao was a heroic existence in the 106th Division.

Time was ticking away, and the recon battalion soldiers had erected three more nodes with two more to go.

“We are running out of time!” Qin Hao suddenly felt a chill run up his spine. This sensation was a sign that danger was imminent.

“Hurry up! Hurry up!” Bott was rushing his men to finish the job.

“One more node to go. You all return to base and let me handle the last one!” Qin Hao said to Bott.

“I can’t. This is our mission. One platoon from the First Company stays and helps me finish the node, and the rest return to base!” Bott saw how anxious Qin Hao was and knew that time was running out. To reduce losses, he instructed most of the soldiers to return to base and only took a dozen men with him to complete the mission. After all, erecting the electric fence node was not something Qin Hao could accomplish alone.

“Okay!” Qin Hao knew that he could not finish the job all by himself. Some men had to stay back. He nodded his agreement and rushed toward the last point while the rest of the recon soldiers followed from behind with their equipment.