Chapter 447

Leitao and Chen Feiyang had just withdrawn from the boobytrap setup point when the sound of Japanese Army footsteps echoed from afar. After setting up the boobytrap in the bushes, the two men had retreated a short distance, observing through the gaps in the branches and leaves. More than twenty Japanese soldiers were advancing in a search formation, the crisp sound of military boots crushing withered branches ringing particularly clearly in the quiet mountain forest. The Japanese Army sergeant leading the squad suddenly raised his hand to signal a halt. He scanned his surroundings vigilantly, his gaze locking onto the blurry footprints left behind when Leitao and Chen Feiyang retreated. The sergeant drew his saber, lifted a half-torn piece of cloth stained with mud from the ground, and after sniffing the lingering smell of gunpowder on it, immediately ordered his soldiers to disperse. "Careful, it's an ambush!" However, just as the Japanese soldiers were cautiously searching, the soldier at the tail end of the formation suddenly tripped over a tripwire camouflaged beneath the fallen leaves.