Chapter 5: The Pre-Dawn Raid

  It has been almost a week since he arrived in the Soviet Union at this time, but it wasn't until now that Chu Si Nan seemed to have a real sense of entering his role.

  When he was in his original unit, he seemed to have infinite longing for outbound tourism, wanting to see the Eiffel Tower in Paris, wanting to experience the beauty of Hawaii, wanting to get a glimpse of the charming Cuban beauties, but never thought of coming to this northern country Russia to play war games. However, heaven did not grant his wishes, everything he had longed for did not appear, and what he never wanted to see appeared vividly before his eyes.

  To avoid the German army's sight, Chu Si Nan and his group lingered in the thicket for another day. When night fell again, they packed up their belongings and set off silently once more, heading straight north towards that damned place in Chu Si Nan's mind - Weijie.

  The vanguard of the German army advanced at a very fast pace, so that Chu Si Nan and his party had already fallen behind the main force of the German army. Moreover, with Chu Si Nan's excellent modern reconnaissance skills, they managed to evade the German infantry's line of sight several times until the dawn star reappeared in the sky, without having exchanged fire with the Germans once.

  Creeping in a dry riverbed, Chu Si Nan lay on the grassy riverbank, using the weak light of dawn to gaze intently at the edge of the forest ahead, where a small German army camp had six tanks parked.

  "Comrade Chu, this time we must break through," Sushkevich whispered beside him, "just break through the German stronghold, and a few miles ahead is the Vigie swamp area. Once through the swamp, it's the gathering point of our army group."

  Chu Si Nan ignored him and continued observing the situation in the camp.

  To be honest, there weren't many German soldiers in this camp, at most only thirty or forty people, and most of them were resting in their tents. Only three sentries huddled together drinking and chatting. With fifty or so men against such a small unit that had emerged from the tank, Chu Si Nan still had a good chance of winning, but the problem was that they couldn't afford to make any loud noises during this battle, because less than a kilometer to the west was a large German military camp, where at least an entire regiment was stationed. Chu Si Nan could even see people's shadows in the barracks over there.

  "Comrade Suchekov," Chusin-san observed the surroundings for a while, then turned his head and whispered to Suchekov, "Give me your bayonet."

  "What's going on?" Suchekov asked, but before Chusnan could answer him, he had already quietly retreated back into the river, and when he came back again, his hand was holding a shiny military dagger.

  "I'll take out those three sentries," Chu Si Nan took the dagger and inserted it into his waist, saying at the same time, "Regardless of success or failure, as soon as you see me make a move, immediately lead the comrades to charge over. Remember, try not to make any noise, so as not to alert the enemies in those tents."

  Su Chekov hesitated for a moment, perhaps unable to think of a better solution, so he stretched out and shook hands with Chu Si Nan vigorously, then said: "Alright, I will. You be careful yourself."

  Chu Si Nan silently nodded, then crawled on the ground like a winding and moving poisonous snake, quietly sneaking into the small camp of the German army.

  At the edge of a tank tread in the camp, Chusnan stopped and slowly sat up, perked up his ears and listened intently for a while. The camp was very quiet at this time, except for the three sentries huddled together whispering, it was just a snore that seemed to be there or not.

  Chu Si Nan slowly raised his body, poking his head out of the tank's hatch, carefully looking in the direction of the sentry post. He saw that the three men were sitting together in a triangular formation, each holding an iron teapot, drinking something and talking in hushed tones.

  Chu Si Nan took a deep breath, then slid back down to the ground, his right hand secretly searching on the ground for a while, finding a stone block smaller than the palm of his hand, gathering strength, and throwing it with all his might towards the opposite thicket.

  "Bang!"

  A faint sound, at this quiet hour before dawn, seemed particularly jarring.

  The conversation of the three German soldiers stopped abruptly, and then a faint sound of footsteps started, Chu Si Nan could tell that it was the sound of one person's footsteps, this sound was going from near to far towards the north, it should be someone who went to check the situation.

  Chu Si Nan hid behind the tank and took a look, only to see that the three people had indeed separated at this time. One of them was cautiously approaching the woods, while the other two remained in place, holding MP38/40 submachine guns in their arms, seemingly closely monitoring the situation in the woods.

  At this time, the place where Chu Si Nan was hiding was a blind spot for these two people's line of sight. Moreover, their attention was drawn to the direction of the forest, which made it the best opportunity for Chu Si Nan to make his move.

  Without any hesitation, Chu Si Nan walked out stealthily, his rubber-soled military boots allowing him to move silently. He approached his target with caution but also quickly, his eyes fixed on the two German sentries getting closer and closer, while the corner of his eye still scanned the direction of the forest, where the German soldier who had gone to check the situation had already reached the edge of the forest.

  The training of ambush and assassination, Chu Si Nan had done countless times, the key points and skills, he was already familiar with them, but this time it was different from before, this time he really wanted to kill the three German soldiers in front of him alive.

  Ten steps, nine steps, eight steps... five steps, four steps...

  In silence, Chu Si Nan was stealthily getting closer step by step, he could even hear the breathing of those two German soldiers.

  Just as he was less than three steps away from the two German soldiers, one of them suddenly turned his head and saw Chu Si Nan approaching him. The huge shock made the German soldier wearing a steel helmet and coarse black uniform stunned for a moment, staring foolishly at Chu Si Nan, motionless.

  It's time to take action!

  Chu Si Nan didn't hesitate for a moment, and with one swift step, he pounced forward. The originally sheathed bayonet at his waist was already drawn in his right hand as he dodged, and within the briefest of breaths, the sharp, gleaming bayonet made a dull "pfft" sound as it accurately pierced the German soldier's neck from the Adam's apple.

  The blood-stained bayonet was pulled out smoothly, and at the same time, Chu Si Nan's left hand had swiftly grasped the throat of another German soldier, his powerful hand first swaying to the left, then forcefully twisting to the right, only to hear a crisp "crack" sound, this poor guy had already rolled up his eyes.

  At the same time as his left hand was gripping the neck of the German soldier beside him, Chu Si Nan's right hand had already released a bloody military dagger that flew out in a straight silver line, flashing towards the German sentry who was about to enter the forest. Almost at the same moment as the crisp "Ka-ba" sound, the flying dagger accurately inserted itself into the lower part of the brain of the German sentry outside the forest, near his neck. The huge inertia even carried the poor guy forward a few steps before he finally fell with a "pu-ti" sound into the grass thicket in the forest.

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