If we take a normal reconnaissance mission as an example, after such careful selection and replacement of observation points twice, theoretically there will be no more surprises.
The trio of shepherds in the original plot would never have the chance to meet Murphy's team again.
pity.
Maybe it’s because there’s a “plot lock” somewhere, or maybe Long Zhan’s butterfly wings don’t have enough influence.
The accident still happened!
When the time came to 7:25 in the morning, Murphy was going to chat with Marcus about his marriage until 8:20, and then found a high point and used the satellite phone to transmit the code name of Rick James back to the command center.
Long Zhan, who was chewing beef jerky on the tree, suddenly all the hairs on his body stood up.
He heard a sound that shouldn't be there.
"Dang-dang-dang-dang..."
"Baa, baa..."
The sound of the ringing of sheep bells and the cry of lambs came up from the foot of the mountain along with the mountain wind.
"Fuck him, uncle, this shepherd is poisonous, right? He can't be avoided?"
Long Zhan didn't know how to describe his mood at this moment. This kind of strangeness should happen in the dark and couldn't be avoided. It made him very uncomfortable and felt a chill on his back.
As if by a curse, Shepherd was connected to Murphy's team.
We won’t stop until Brother Murphy is killed!
However, even though his heart was extremely complicated and uncomfortable, he still had the foresight to avoid the "plot kill", and Long Zhan also knew that he had to react as soon as possible.
"Call Commander, I'm Gibran, there's something going on here."
Hearing the call coming from the earphones, Murphy immediately stopped communicating with Marcus, and his whole person changed completely from his eyes to his temperament.
Marcus, Dietz, and Matt, who were also in the team channel, were all highly concentrated in an instant.
The atmosphere suddenly became tense!
"What's going on?" Murphy asked in a serious voice.
"At three o'clock, I found someone going up the mountain. It was less than 100 meters away from us. I could clearly hear the sound of sheep bells and sheep braying." Long Zhan replied.
"Can you see them? How many are there? Are they armed?" Murphy asked again.
"I haven't seen it yet, wait..."
Long Zhan stopped mid-sentence because sheep appeared in his field of vision, and he needed to wait for the sheep to come up before he could see what was going on behind him.
"Be careful not to be exposed."
While Murphy reminded Long Zhan, he waved his hand to Marcus to follow him, and carefully moved toward Long Zhan's position with a gun.
When the two came to the tree where Long Zhan was, Long Zhan saw the whole situation clearly.
"Two shepherds and a dozen sheep are at the foot of the hillside at the 3 o'clock direction. They are still walking up. They may come to us."
Seeing that Marcus and Murphy were able to get over, Long Zhan pointed the direction to the two of them from the tree.
After hearing this, Marcus and Murphy each picked up their rifles, used the magnifying glass on the gun to extend their field of vision, and looked in the direction of Long Zhan's finger.
About a minute passed.
The sheep appeared in the scope of the two men, and immediately behind the sheep, two Afghan shepherds wearing hats and white coats also appeared.
One is older, over 50, and the other is only about 10 years old.
Both of them were wearing relaxed coats, and it was impossible to tell whether they were carrying weapons.
"Fake!"
In front of Marcus, the shepherd was driving the sheep closer and closer, and he realized that trouble was coming.
Murphy's brows were knitted together, his scope was locked on the shepherd, and he didn't speak. He didn't know what he was thinking.
"There are not three shepherds in the novel, but two. One is old and the other is weak. What is going on with this? Could it be that..."
Long Zhan repeatedly confirmed that he had not missed anything and thought of a possibility.
That is, the shepherds came from the village of Kadaku, and they had been completely brainwashed by the Shah stationed here and became "civilian fighters" supporting the Taliban.
That is to say, although he is a civilian, he is actually secretly helping Shah to do things.
For example, something as simple as patrolling and guarding.
Since the shepherds have become part of Shah's defense, they need to defend the surroundings of Kadaku village, and there cannot be only one group of shepherds.
Anyway, the elderly and children don't have much labor, so they divide into several groups and each take a few sheep to wander in the surrounding mountains.
This possibility is extremely high.
And this kind of casual and free-style "vigilance method" is destined to have no discipline, and even Shah will not care too much.
After all, what he needs are soldiers who can help him carry guns, not old people and children who have no fighting ability.
In addition, Long Zhan discovered a small detail from the old man through the observation mirror.
Long Zhan's anxiety just now disappeared immediately.
After figuring out the pattern and reasons for the shepherd's appearance, Long Zhan came up with a new plan that was more perfect than the original plan and almost foolproof.
As long as Murphy and others can be persuaded to do what he wants, the Shepherd's crisis will never happen.
Compared with the panic at the beginning of Long Zhan, because some key information was found from the shepherd, he has now returned to calmness.
Murphy and Marcus under the tree were so nervous that sweat broke out on their faces.
It's not that the two of them are timid, it's that civilians are too difficult to deal with.
If two armed men with guns appear, they won't even raise their scalps, and there are dozens of ways to solve the problem.
But what happened to appear were two civilians, the most difficult entities to deal with in the investigation mission.
How to deal with the old and the young...
Murphy and Max are conflicted!
"What should we do? They are getting closer and closer. We must prepare as soon as possible." Marcus asked Murphy who was standing aside.
"What else can I do?"
Before Murphy could speak, Long Zhan took over, slid down from the tree, and said without any doubt: "We must control them first, and we will talk about the rest later."
"OK, our position cannot be exposed yet, so we will do as you say, Marcus, you and Gibran go together." Murphy said.
"unnecessary!"
Long Zhan picked up the tactical backpack on the ground, put the machine gun behind his back and said: "You two go around to the left and right to control the sheep at the top of the mountain.
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This is to prevent the sheep from being frightened and running down the mountain when I launch an attack. If only the sheep come back without seeing anyone, there will be big trouble.
The two shepherds, an old man and a young man, are most likely civilians without weapons. There is no need to mobilize so many troops, I can easily handle them by myself."
"You're alone, are you sure it's okay?" Murphy said.
"Are you afraid that I might accidentally beat them both to death?"
Long Zhan's counter-question made Murphy pause for three seconds before he said helplessly: "Okay, it seems I'm overthinking."
Then he said to Marcus: "I will take the left side and leave the other side to you."
"receive!"
At this time, Marcus was no longer in the mood to joke. He nodded solemnly and walked around to the right with his gun in hand.