jdhmnovel Chapter 462: One sentence "I believe you" in exchange for the destruction of the armored r
Chapter 462: One sentence "I believe you" in exchange for the destruction of the armored r
In the late night, the forest was shrouded in thick darkness, with only the sporadic chirping of insects in the distance. Chen Feiyang leaned against the rocks at the cave entrance, his modified AK47 slung across his chest, his eyes warily scanning the shadows. Lei Tao approached, treading on dead leaves. The crisp sound of his soles crushing dry branches startled him. Chen Feiyang spun in an instant, his gun raised, and only breathed a sigh of relief when he saw who was coming.
"Fei Yang, go and rest first." Lei Tao lowered his voice and placed his palm on his slightly trembling shoulder. "We still have to travel on the mountain road tomorrow, so we have to save our energy." Chen Feiyang's Adam's apple rolled, and the fingers holding the gun were pale due to being tense for a long time: "Brother Lei, I can still defend..." He was interrupted by Lei Tao before he finished speaking, and his warm palm was already pressing on the gun body.
"I obey orders." He pushed his back. "Go and rest. I'll keep an eye on it." Chen Feiyang stepped back, looking at Lei Tao standing guard with his gun. He clenched his aching wrist and dragged himself back into the cave. Moonlight brushed across his undulating back before being quickly swallowed by the rock wall.
Lei Tao just sat down
A familiar, rhythmic sound of footsteps suddenly echoed through the forest. His muscles tensed instantly, and he leaped to his feet like an arrow from a bow. He raised his HK14 assault rifle with his right hand, the metallic clink of a loaded bullet resounding. Chen Feiyang quickly swung his AK47 across his chest, Meng Xiaoyu gripped his VSS silenced sniper rifle, and the Li brothers, in unison, drew their Scorpions. The four of them fanned out, their muzzles and blades pointed in the direction of the sound. The footsteps drew closer, the distinct sound of dead leaves being crushed. Lei Tao quickly pressed a button on the side of his tactical eyepiece, activating the infrared thermal imaging function of the Bagua gyro system. The eyepiece lens glowed with a faint green light. Through the thermal imagery, he saw several orange-red heat sources moving through the forest. As they approached, the flickering light illuminated the figures—wide-brimmed hats, cross-slung pistols, and grenades strapped to their waists—the hallmark attire of the Lunan Railway Guerrillas. Lei Tao immediately recognized the nimble Liu Hong walking in front. His tense nerves relaxed slightly, but he remained alert and whispered to his teammates, "One of us!"
Lei Tao put down his gun and quickly walked out of the cave. Liu Hong was sweating and panting heavily, "Brother Lei, we found that you didn't come out after we evacuated, and we were worried that you were in danger. Besides, we remembered the all-American firearms you promised us before!"
Lei Tao laughed heartily and patted Liu Hong on the shoulder. "Brother Liu, I knew you were loyal and righteous! Come, let's rest in the cave first. We have plenty of good food and wine!" Inside the cave, Li Shuiniu hurriedly stood up and wiped the dust off the stone pillar with a legging, clearing half a man's width. Meng Xiaoyu removed his gunpowder-stained tactical gloves, revealing a scab on the back of his hand, but he still smiled and nodded in greeting.
Lei Tao turned and stepped deeper into the cave, the blue light of the Bagua Top swirling in his pupils. His fingertips slid across the virtual interface, and he pulled up the third storage area—there, neatly stacked, vacuum-packed roasted lamb legs. He pulled out two packages of lamb legs with a single hand, along with six bottles of rum. Water droplets slid down the spiral pattern of the bottles, reflecting tiny glints of light from the fire on the cave wall.
"Try this!" Lei Tao pushed the sizzling lamb leg toward Liu Hong. The fat dripped down the crispy skin, forming amber beads on the stone slab. Liu Hong's Adam's apple rolled violently. He hadn't eaten meat in three months. His rough hands first reached for his waist—there was half a piece of hard, compressed biscuit stuck there, the team's last rations.
"Captain Liu, you're welcome." Meng Xiaoyu cut off a piece of lamb leg with a dagger and handed it to his team members, "You've been traveling all night, you need to replenish your energy.
As the flames flickered, the spicy aroma of rum mingled with the aroma of barbecue filled the air. Lei Tao watched the others wolfing down their food, his Adam's apple unconsciously rolling—not from greed, but from the system's electronic voice suddenly blaring in his head: "Warning! Less than 83 days remaining for Mission One, and Special Forces training is only 17% complete!"
Liu Hong paused gnawing on the leg of lamb. "Brother Lei, why do you look so grim?" He followed Lei Tao's dazed gaze outside the cave. The night was as dark as ink, only the occasional chirping of insects pierced the silence. Lei Tao gulped down a gulp of rum, the acrid liquid burning his throat, but he couldn't suppress the anxiety rising in his heart—less than three months to perfect the special forces training system, and to assemble a whole group of jungle special forces...
Meng Xiaoyu keenly caught the gloom in his eyes and unobtrusively pushed the freshly roasted leg of lamb in front of him. "Captain Liu, Brother Lei has been muttering 'not enough time' lately." Her words made Li Shuiyang choke on his wine, while Li Shuiniu scratched his head naively, "I thought he was possessed!" Amidst the laughter, Lei Tao forced a wry smile, and a glaring red light suddenly exploded on his retina.
A holographic projection, visible only to him, unfolded in the void: a crimson dot of light coiled like a venomous snake at a vital choke point on a topographic map of the Taihang Mountains. Information flashed frantically: "Japanese Army Brigade, 27th Armored Regiment, equipped with 12 Type 97 tanks and 36 armored vehicles, blocks all exits from the mountain." Lei Tao's fingers clenched tightly around the bottle, and he emptied the remaining liquor in one gulp.
What surprised Lei Tao was that the energy bar of the Bagua Gyro System was slowly recovering to 90% as time went by.
He calmly placed the bottle on the ground, with a slight sound of metal colliding with rock: "Brother Liu, the Japanese army has already dispatched heavy troops to block all the visible passages. From the very beginning, they used the gold bricks on the train as bait, trying to lure the regular army and other anti-Japanese armed forces, and then catch them all in one fell swoop!" He burped and continued: "Unexpectedly, we, the "Youming", got on this train in disguise by mistake..."
Before Lei Tao finished speaking, Liu Hong slammed his fist on the stone pillar, causing ripples in the rum in the bowl: "It's really a trap! The intelligence we intercepted half a month ago said that the Japanese army was escorting gold bricks to Tianjin. Now it seems that it was all a trap!" The grenade on his waist flashed with a cold metallic light as he moved, making everyone's faces pale.
Li Shuiyang suddenly tore off the blood-stained bandage, revealing his scabbed forearm: "No wonder the Japanese firepower was abnormally weak at that time, it turns out they deliberately let us into the trap!" The night wind outside the cave blew in dead leaves, and the bonfire suddenly burst into flames half a person's height, distorting the swaying figure on the rock wall.
Meng Xiaoyu leaned the VSS sniper rifle against her knees and tapped the butt of the gun quickly with her fingertips. "Brother Lei, we will listen to you on how to fight this time." The bonfire on the wall of the cave made her shadow flicker, and the scabbed wound on the back of her hand glowed dark red in the firelight.
Lei Tao rubbed his chin as he pulled out a dagger from the Bagua spinning top. The tip of the blade gently scraped across the ground, beginning to scratch crooked lines in the sand, outlining the outline of a simple map. The winding railway tracks and the steep Qinglong Gorge gradually became clear on the sand.
Liu Hong came closer, his pipe clattering against the stone pillar. "Brother Lei, this canyon is easy to defend but difficult to attack. I'm afraid the Japs won't be easily fooled." Before he finished speaking, Lei Tao picked up an empty wine bottle and pressed it precisely against the throat of the mountain traffic artery where the Japanese armored regiment was located. His eyes revealed confidence and determination. "The real killer is here. I will turn all the tanks and armored vehicles of the Japanese armored regiment into their iron coffins in one go!"
Li Zheng asked anxiously: "Brother Lei, what is your trump card? You should reveal it in advance."
Lei Tao's mouth corners slightly raised, his eyes flashed with determination and confidence, but he did not immediately explain the specific plan, but said lightly: "The mountain man has his own clever plan, when the time comes, everyone just needs to cooperate." After that, he put away the dagger, crossed his arms, stared at the map, as if he was constructing the blueprint of the entire battle in his mind. Seeing Lei Tao so mysterious, everyone was full of doubts, but they also knew him well.
Knowing Lei Tao's resourcefulness, he must have a plan. Meng Xiaoyu bit her lip, cradling the sniper rifle in her arms, and said firmly, "Brother Lei, we all trust you. We'll fight the way you say!" Li Shuiyang nodded vigorously, the wound on his arm trembling with excitement and anticipation. Time slipped quietly, and the sky outside the cave gradually turned pale. The dawn light was about to illuminate the land, foreshadowing the coming of a fierce battle.
Lei Tao's consciousness sank into the Bagua Gyro System. Data streams swirled before his eyes, and a holographic image of the system girl emerged, pouting and glaring at him: "What big move are you going to make? The energy bar has just recovered, and it can't withstand your tossing!"
Lei Tao grinned, his eyes sly. "Don't be so stingy, Miss Gossip. Help me convert the tactical missiles of the Rainbow 6 drone into a honeycomb rocket launcher. 50 high-explosive rockets and 50 special fuel-air rockets. This is a powerful weapon against the Japanese armored regiment!"