The sniper heard the command and knew it was time to provide covering fire for the retreat. He quickly took the grenades hanging on his body and threw them forcefully ahead. A normal person could throw a grenade up to 40 meters, but for well-trained Special Forces, throwing 80 meters wasn't a problem—with the strongest able to reach nearly 100 meters.
A score of grenades whistled through the air, landing perfectly around the enemy and detonating in rapid succession. Shrapnel flew in every direction, hitting the armed personnel who had stood up to give chase. Screams mingled with the blasts, and it was then that Luo Zheng gave the order to retreat to the "scholar," and ten snipers, under cover of the smokescreen, turned and ran.