Volume 1: Fierce Tiger Escapes from Its Cage Chapter 6: Breaking Out of the Encirclement (Part 1)

  When Ling Tianxiang was installing the bomb, Wei Daming said what he had discovered. Ling Tianxiang finally understood why he felt something was wrong when he heard the US military shouting in Chinese.

  "That person is definitely inside the base now, they won't leave for Kabul until after dawn, we still have a chance."

  "Right, it was at the command center that I started to observe. Ling Tianxiang didn't hide it, "But now we must first escape, with just the two of us, plus your current state, it's fundamentally impossible to bring another person back."

  "But we can't give up on this lead, if we can't find out who the traitor is, then our next action will fail again!"

  Ling Tianxiang gritted his teeth, just as he was thinking of how to refute Wei Daming, when suddenly he felt a strange movement coming from outside. First, the searchlights on the tower swept over the warehouse one after another, followed by the sound of chaotic and urgent footsteps, as well as shouting voices. Ling Tianxiang took a swift step to the door, quickly glancing outside, where two mercenaries had discovered the body he had hidden under the truck, and were using their walkie-talkies to call for help. Meanwhile, the US military patrolling the camp began to converge on the warehouse. As Ling Tianxiang looked over at Wei Daming, a piercing alarm sounded.

  "Now we still have a chance." Wei Daming walked over, his pace much steadier, "This is the last chance, if we don't go catch people now..."

  "But now there's no chance." Ling Tianxiang flipped the switch on the remote detonator, then looked over at Wei Daming. "Old Wei, if we can't survive to tell Captain about finding the traitor, perhaps it will never be found. However, I'll follow your orders. Now, do we break out or go after them?"

  Wei Daming hesitated, in their two-man team, because he had to serve for another two years, so he was the commander. If Wei Daming followed his own thoughts, he would definitely go and capture people, but thinking of Ling Tianxiang risking his life to save him, charging into the US military camp without regard for personal safety, if he dragged Ling Tianxiang down again, even in the afterlife, he wouldn't forgive himself. In an instant, Wei Daming's thoughts turned several circles, and finally, he nodded slightly towards Ling Tianxiang.

  The first to explode was the US military barracks, and most of the American soldiers who were still sleeping were sent into God's arms by the bomb. Even if they didn't die, they were seriously injured. At the moment of the explosion, the attention of all the soldiers and mercenaries in the camp was drawn over, and then Wei Daming rushed out one after another, first killing the two mercenaries next to the truck. Ling Tianxiang followed closely behind, with one hand holding an MK23 combat pistol and the other controlling a remote-controlled explosive device tied around his waist. The two men covered each other and rushed towards the east of the camp.

  Just as the US military noticed these two special soldiers who suddenly killed out, the bombs buried in the mortar position and on the vehicles exploded, which happened to block the firing range of several heavy machine guns on the towers.

  "Lao Wei, take cover!" Ling Tianxiang half-knelt down, putting away his pistol while taking off the sniper rifle on his back, "Cover me!"

  Wei Daming swiftly turned the muzzle, suppressing the US military's machine gun firepower near the camp gate. Ling Tianxiang aimed at the US soldiers on both sides of the gate tower with the fastest movement, and five bullets took out five machine gunners. Then he reloaded another five rounds at the fastest speed and began to take out the US military's machine gunners one by one.

  "The goods are at the command post, you cover me, I'll go get them!"

  Ling Tianxiang had already switched to his third row of bullets, constantly changing his shooting position to avoid being suppressed by the US military's heavy firepower. In the hunting mission, the M40's accuracy and power were both excellent, but in the intense confrontation battle, its disadvantage of only holding 5 rounds was exposed. Ling Tianxiang regretted not bringing an extra M4 carbine, as within a distance of less than 200 meters, there was no difference in shooting accuracy between the carbine and sniper rifle for him.

  Two men crossed over to cover each other as they approached the command post, Wei Daming charged forward on his horse, but he was still a step too late. When he arrived at the command post, two US military officers and three employees of "Blackwater" had already rushed out under the cover of a group of US soldiers. Wei Daming only managed to take down two US soldiers before being pinned down by a hail of bullets.

  "Sky Soar, machine gun on top of the head!"

  Ling Tianxiang swiftly turned the muzzle, aiming at the machine gunner on the tower. The first bullet blew off the machine gunner's head, and the second bullet took out the deputy shooter who had just picked up the machine gun.

  While Wei Daming rushed into the command post to find that "Plymouth Rock" safe, Ling Tianxiang obtained an M4 from a US military corpse. However, by this time, the US military who had not been blown up in the camp had reacted and most of the suppressive fire was concentrated in their direction.

  "Old Wei, be careful of explosion!"

  At the moment when Wei Daming rushed out of the command post, the explosives buried behind the command post and in the warehouse also exploded.

  "No goods were found, damn it, they must have been taken away by the American army."

  "Never mind so much, let's get out of here first!" Ling Tianxiang pointed to the east and said, "There is a gap over there, I left it when I came in, I'll cover you."

  Taking advantage of the smoke from the explosion blocking the US military's line of sight, Wei Daming rushed out first, and Ling Tianxiang also rushed out after firing a magazine of bullets. Outside the camp, three "Hummer" patrol vehicles were blocked at the main gate of the camp, and the US military thought that these two "troublemakers" would break through from the main gate.

  "It's here!" Ling Tianxiang squatted down beside Wei Daming, at this time they had already left the range of the US military's firepower coverage, almost all the US soldiers were frantically firing randomly, without even finding a target.

  Wei Daming quickly pulled open the barbed wire, he didn't argue with Ling Tianxiang, and quickly climbed out.

  Ling Tianxiang threw away the M4 that had run out of bullets in his hand, removed the remote detonator, and there was one last set of explosives set on the truck that hadn't exploded yet. He took a look at the truck loaded with hundreds of kilograms of C4 explosives, then flipped the switch on the detonator. The bomb mounted on the truck's fuel tank went off first, followed by the explosion of the gasoline in the tank, and finally the hundreds of kilograms of C4 explosives in the container all exploded together.

  The flames produced by the explosion were hundreds of meters high, almost illuminating the entire US military camp. All objects within a radius of 150 meters were destroyed. Before the flames dissipated in the night sky, Wei Daming and Ling Tianxiang had already slipped into the wilderness outside the camp. Not far away, three other teams of special forces soldiers stared blankly at what was happening in the US military camp, later they refused to believe that this was all done by Ling Tianxiang alone!