Phoenix went on in that utterly emotionless voice of hers, "I got into a building, hid myself, waited for the sniper I'd been watching to show up, then smashed his head in with a chunk of concrete, knifed his buddy to death, and went to ground. After waiting seven hours, a patrol showed up. I used an Iraqi's rifle, fired three shots at a distance of three hundred and sixty Mi, killed three men, then pulled out."
Gao Yang felt something was off, so he hurriedly said, "Wait, your squad leader wasn't in an armored vehicle when he was on patrol?"
Phoenix exhaled and said, "If I go into detail, it gets complicated. Fine, I'll go back and explain. That day their mission wasn't just a routine patrol, they were supposed to set up a temporary outpost in a high-risk area. I made up my mind to act that day only after I learned that."
That made sense now, so Gao Yang said, "All right, go on."
