Chris's good news was like a shot of adrenaline.
The clouds of gloom that had hung over the Seals after losing a team member to a sniper seemed to have dispersed.
The news quickly spread back to Warrior Camp.
Lieutenant Colonel Mandres was also greatly heartened.
"Well done, lads!"
That's how he encouraged and praised the Seals over the channel.
"All units, accelerate your advance; we must take the A-F zone before noon."
The A-F zone he mentioned was a small area marked on the map.
Today, Warrior Camp was in charge of Area 5, and Lieutenant Colonel Mandres had divided the entire Area 5 into several smaller zones alphabetically.
This method is commonly used in military operations for the purposes of command and communication, and it also facilitates the setting of advance sequences.
A-F meant from Zone A to Zone F, including the building where Chris had marked the sniper.
Now for Vincent and Lieutenant Colonel Mandres, confirming the identity of the sniper was very important.
After all, being able to confirm the kill of a sniper from the "Hunter" organization would make writing the post-battle report much easier, marking a tactical objective achieved and a significant accomplishment.
Hearing that the "Hunter's" sniper had been killed, the soldiers from Warrior Camp and Sword Camp relaxed their tense nerves.
Previously, what they had feared most was the sniper.
Now that the sniper was dead, everyone suddenly loosened up and started to clear the area.
It must be said, the role of a sniper on the modern battlefield, besides delaying the enemy's infantry, is very important for morale.
Once the sniper was gone, the attacking teams, as if injected with adrenaline, no longer had so many reservations.
Vincent's vanguard squad started to accelerate its advance.
Song Heping saw all this through his binoculars.
Samir said, "Boss, we are safe here now."
Song Heping turned back; he saw a few soldiers from Sword Camp on the opposite rooftop.
They saw Song Heping and waved their hands in greeting.
This meant that the nearby buildings had been cleared.
Everyone suddenly relaxed.
The chef from the opposite building was also in position.
He stood on the rooftop shouting towards this side.
Song Heping warned him over the channel, "Chef, duck down and hide."
The chef was puzzled, "The sniper is dead!"
Song Heping said, "You believe the Seals just like that? We haven't seen the body yet, how certain are you that they killed the 'Hunter's' sniper?"
Hearing this, the chef felt it made sense and quickly disappeared from the opposite rooftop.
He hid behind the concrete parapet and asked Song Heping, "Song, aren't you being overly suspicious?"
Song Heping said, "Better safe than sorry. This is a battlefield—anything can happen. If you think I'm a coward, stand up."
The chef thought about it, but still didn't have the courage to stand up again.
Meanwhile, Hunter lifted his eyes from the scope and looked back at Song Heping, saying, "Boss, what do we do now?"
"What do we do?" Song Heping said, "What do you want to do?"
Hunter pointed forward, "They've all moved up, should we follow them?"
"Follow them where?" Song Heping looked towards the west, "Can't you control the field from here?"
"I can," Hunter said. "F zone is within my effective firing range."
Song Heping sneered, "Then isn't that settled? Continue with the clearance of F zone before noon. If you can control the field from here, why run around? Do you think you're not conspicuous enough?"
"Alright then."
Hunter sat up, began rummaging through his bag, took out some food, and threw a package to Disaster Star.
"Let's rest here then."
At that moment, they suddenly heard noises from the staircase.
Song Heping quickly raised his gun and gave a sign to Samir, who was closest to the rooftop entrance.
Samir crouched and ran to the left side of the entrance to ambush.
Several people focused on the entrance, ready to alert.
When the person emerged from the entrance, they all relaxed and lowered their guns.
It was Chris.
Looking at the somewhat tense group, he nonchalantly said, "Why so tense?"