Volume 1: The National Treasure of China Chapter 5 Escort

  On the flat plain, three jeeps were driving, but judging from the appearance of these jeeps, they were all armored jeeps that had been modified, and Long Xing was sitting in the middle jeep.

  Long Xing sat in the modified armored jeep, feeling somewhat helpless. His unit had completely collapsed within a day, and he was now being treated as an ordinary guard soldier, escorting some gene medicine. He glanced around, knowing that as a soldier, obedience was his duty, but... his unit...

  Although that's the case, Long Xing still knew that war was cruel and that there would be bloodshed and sacrifices to be made. However, having experienced it before, he still felt somewhat unaccustomed to it, after all, those were his comrades who had gone through life and death with him.

  Long Xing took a look at the people around him, and it seemed that everyone had the same expression, all sitting woodenly in their seats. This Jeep was carrying eight guards including the driver, Long Xing being one of them. Excluding the driver and the front passenger, there were only six people sitting in the back row, and Long Xing took a brief glance at these six individuals.

  To his right sat a young man who looked about the same age as him, probably nineteen or twenty years old, and was clearly of Eastern descent. To his left sat a military officer in his thirties, with a prominent nose and a quick stride that defined him as a big handsome man. Directly across from him sat a person who looked very shifty, whose physique was completely incomparable to his own, and appeared to be a Japanese islander. To the islander's left sat a tall black man, who also looked to be in his thirties, while to the islander's right sat a white man.

  Just as they were sizing each other up, the sly-looking Japanese man across from them couldn't sit still and swept his gaze over the five people present before saying, "Hello everyone, my name is Hidetaka Saejima. Nice to meet you all." His stiff English was followed by a bow, as he looked at the five with an air of extreme slyness, seemingly hoping someone would strike up a conversation with him.

  Long Xing looked at Hidaka with an indescribable sense of disgust. He had never had a good impression of the Japanese, but now one of them was coming to greet him. With a slight glance at Hidaka, Long Xing didn't say anything, his eyes seemed dazed as if he was thinking about something.

  The others on the side also looked at Zuochuan with disdain, and no one paid attention to him. Seeing that no one was paying attention to him, Zuochuan pulled his hat down again and stopped talking.

  "Big brother, are you Chinese? I'm from Huicheng, my name is Wuxian, nice to meet you." Just as Long Xing was still in a daze, the young man next to him spoke up, fluent in Mandarin, and he could tell that Long Xing should also be Chinese.

  "Hmm!" Long Xing was somewhat surprised, didn't expect to run into a fellow townsman here: "I'm also from Huicheng, my name is Long Xing." Mentioning Huicheng made Long Xing think of many past events, he lightly let out a breath and asked: "Is Huicheng still the same as before?"

  Xiao Wu smiled and said: "Big brother, you haven't been back for a long time, right? There have been quite a few changes in the past two years, take some time to go back and take a look!"

  Long walked with his head raised, looking at the car shed and said, "It's time to go back and take a look." After that, he asked Xiao Wu again what changes had taken place in their hometown.

  Xiao Wu is a talkative young man with a witty way of speaking, and Long Hang had a very pleasant conversation with him, quickly developing a good impression of this young fellow.

  Calling others a young man, Long Xing is actually not much older than Xiao Wu, but he has experienced too much, making his mental age much older than his peers, and also more mature.

  The car was bumping along the road, and when it reached a small canyon ahead, the person on the passenger seat said: "Everyone, cheer up! The terrain in front of the canyon is treacherous, everyone must be vigilant at all times. After passing through the canyon, there are still 50 miles to reach our destination." After finishing speaking, he opened the safety catch of his submachine gun.

  Long Xing also stopped chatting and checked his firearms. He saw Xiao Wu looking a bit tense, smiled and said to him: "Don't worry, nothing will necessarily happen." As he spoke, he stood up and carefully scouted out the valley ahead.

  Only to see that this canyon is indeed very dangerous, with steep cliffs about 30 meters high on both sides, and many plants growing on the cliffs, making it suitable for ambushes. If the enemy is ambushing on both sides of the cliff, even throwing a few stones down would be enough to make them suffer, and after the first round of ambush, the enemy can also use climbing ropes to quickly slide down from the cliff to clear the battlefield.

  Long Xing felt it was necessary to search the area first, so he told the driver to stop the car, but it was too late. With a loud crash, the front Jeep had been crushed by a huge boulder rolling down from the cliff, turning it into scrap metal. The entire Jeep was paralyzed, and none of the eight bodyguards inside came out.

  Right behind, many terrorists hung down from the tree trunks protruding from the cliff, all holding submachine guns and sweeping the two jeeps in the back.

  The Jeep in which Long Xing was riding made an emergency stop, and the one behind it also stopped. After stopping, eight people with full arms came out of the car, but before they could counterattack, they were forced to retreat by the sweeping fire of those hanging terrorists.

  The Dragon's car was motionless, because the so-called gene medicine was on this car. The order they received beforehand was that no matter what, unless the other teams were wiped out, the people in this car were not allowed to get out. It was clear that the gene medicine being escorted on this car was extremely valuable, at least much more precious than the lives of these special forces soldiers. But those terrorists seemed to know the importance of the middle car as well and did not launch an attack on it.

  Terrorists are getting more and more, in a short while, over sixty of them were hanged from above, now there are still people falling down, but looking at the combat effectiveness of these terrorists, it's only slightly better than that of ordinary soldiers.

  The eight people behind were shot down in a row, and one or two had already been hit. They leaned against the back of the jeep, touching their wounds, gritting their teeth, and trembling. Those who were not injured also sat down leaning against the jeep, but they would occasionally sweep the muzzle towards the direction of the terrorists and then withdraw again.

  In the car, Xiaowu held his gun tightly, his body trembling slightly. His eyes would close for a moment as if praying, then open to gaze out at the surroundings with a hint of fear. The others, including the driver and the action officer, were all ready to fire, seemingly prepared to sacrifice themselves in battle at any moment. At this time, the group of terrorists had already descended and were forming up, charging towards them.

  Long Xing didn't want to die here because of this attack. He clearly knew that although dying in battle was the glory of every warrior, he looked at his lost comrades one by one and apart from getting a martyr's title, they couldn't get anything else. Their parents were still living in hardship. Although he was an orphan with no attachments, being alive could at least do something for the families of his fallen comrades. Thinking of this, he took a look at Xiao Wu who was holding his gun and trembling in the car, and secretly shook his head, deciding to take him out as well.

  Just as Xiao Wu was still trembling, Long Xing suddenly slapped him on the back and gave him a strong look: "We will definitely survive, don't worry, I will take you out of here." Looking at Xiao Wu, Long Xing suddenly felt that this little guy was like his own brother, and he must protect his safety no matter what.

  Xiao Wu also looked at Long Xing, tightened the gun in his hand, got a confirmation, he was not so afraid anymore, but the determination in his eyes told Long Xing that Xiao Wu was not a coward either.

  In a tense standoff, the eight people in the back launched a countercharge, disregarding their own safety, and an intense battle broke out.