The enemies’ black silhouettes slowly closed in on their location, eventually covering enough distance for the South Koreans to check their clothes.0

The South Korean team had Oh Gwang-Taek, ten soldiers from the Jeungpyeong special forces team, and twenty-six soldiers from the DMZ team. Meanwhile, their opponents numbered three hundred, just like Cha Dong-Gyun had estimated.0

When their enemies went past him, Yang Dong-Sik began to salivate. Anyone who had reached this level of nervousness would make a noise loud enough to startle those around them if they swallowed their saliva. That was why they’d much rather keep it in their mouth for now.0

Rustle. Rustle. Rustle.0

Amid the darkness of this Mongolian wilderness, their opponents carefully walked along the low and high ridges.0

Cha Dong-Gyun’s plan was simple.0

Once the fight started, like slicing a cake into three large pieces, Kang Chul-Gyu, Nam Il-Gyu, and Yang Dong-Sik would split the enemies into groups and cut into their ranks. They would then lure them into the sunken area in the middle of where they had initially set up their ambush and attack them head-on and from within, killing them one at a time.0

The Jeungpyeong special forces team and the DMZ team had paired their members together. 0

Oh Gwang-Taek and a soldier from the special forces team were behind Kang Chul-Gyu and Kim Tae-Jin, and Yoon Sang-Ki and another soldier were behind Nam Il-Gyu. Two other members of the Jeungpyeong special forces team were with Yang Dong-Sik.0

Cha Dong-Gyun had been clenching his jaws ever since he was given command.0

They were executing an operation that required his sunbaes—including Kang Chul-Gyu—to infiltrate their opponents’ ranks even though hadn’t even identified them yet. 0

Kang Chul-Gyu soon informed Cha Dong-Gyun, who was feeling very anxious because he made the plan,...0