Early the next morning, Chen Jian led the team back to the temporary camp near the bridge.
At this point, Lei Jie and Xie Liu had already been out for two hours, establishing a forward base across the river and clearing out surrounding scattered enemies.
They still hadn't been exposed, maintaining maximum concealment.
In reality, although "exposure" is the most crucial aspect of combat reconnaissance, how and when to expose is also an art.
A successful combat reconnaissance must mobilize the enemy forces to the maximum extent, understand all enemy deployments as much as possible, and with minimal force, leverage the largest possible battlefield and gather enough intelligence for the subsequent main force to launch a full assault.
Precisely for this reason, reconnaissance teams often carry a considerable amount of heavy weaponry during combat reconnaissance missions.
This isn't to cause damage, but to make the feigned attack appear more credible.
