Chapter 5: Jungle Pursuit 2

  "I'm fine, I'm fine!" Old Wei rolled around on the ground a few times, feeling a burning sensation on his buttocks. He reached back to touch it and found that a bullet had grazed him, tearing his pants, but fortunately, he was not injured!

  Lao Wei secretly cursed in his heart, why did the bullets keep coming at him? The mercenaries were not stupid, they also judged that Lao Wei was the leader, and as long as they took him down, Xiao Bin would be left alone and helpless!

  Two mercenaries wanted to entangle Lao Wei and Xiao Bin, then wait for Lin Chao-kun and the others to come up and support them. Wang Li-cheng carried a gun and ran over panting, asking breathlessly: "Where are they?"

  The mercenary looked at him discontentedly, trying not to expose his position in the jungle battle. He wouldn't speak unless absolutely necessary, but Wang Licheng didn't understand this. Seeing that the mercenary hadn't responded, he thought he hadn't heard and asked loudly again: "Where are they? Where are their people?"

  The mercenaries in the woods usually fired a short burst, then moved and alerted, another person advanced and alerted. The two of them started fighting from the beginning, without saying a word, and wouldn't fire multiple shots in the same place. This made it difficult for Lao Wei and Xiao Bin to judge their position and organize an effective defense, they could only passively take the beating. Wang Licheng's loud footsteps running down let Xiao Bin roughly determine his location, and he asked questions twice more, exposing his own position. Xiao Bin peeked out from behind a tree, saw Wang Licheng standing carelessly beside a tree, thought it was an opportunity, raised his gun and fired. Wang Licheng shouted "Ah" and fell to the ground, rolling around trying to hide. Xiao Bin got anxious, stood up to find a better shooting angle, but before he could fire, several bullets hit the tree, forcing Xiao Bin to retreat back.

  Xiao Bin felt extremely frustrated in his heart. Just now, such a good opportunity, if he had hit it accurately, might have been able to turn the tide of battle! But at present, the situation is still very unfavorable for him!

  Wang Licheng just had a narrow escape with the god of death, and he couldn't help but feel a surge of anger rising from his heart to his gallbladder! Crouching behind a tree, "Rat-a-tat-tat" he swept his shots into the forest, until an entire clip was emptied.

  Wang Licheng's sweep shot missed, but the mercenaries cleverly used the gunfire to cover their advance. Another mercenary also moved towards the flank. At this time, Lin Chaokun followed up and saw Wang Licheng sweeping, thinking he was suppressing the target, and his pistol also fired. The forest became lively for a while.

  "Damn it! Can't kill you!" Wang Licheng viciously threw away the empty magazine, replaced it with a new one, and continued to pull the trigger.

  Wang Licheng's first shot successfully covered the mercenaries' advance, but the second shot was completely unnecessary. The mercenaries had already entered a new position and needed to determine the enemy's location, but Wang Licheng's gunfire disrupted their judgment. One of the mercenaries angrily shouted: "Cease fire! Cease fire!"

  Taking advantage of the gap in firepower, Old Wei fired two shots and quickly pulled Xiao Bin away from contact, running into a thicket from the forest. The gaps in the forest could still allow the mercenaries to find their movement pattern, but the thicket completely concealed Old Wei and Xiao Bin's figures. When the mercenaries arrived at the edge of the thicket, they couldn't see Old Wei and Xiao Bin anymore, only seeing the swaying twigs left behind by their escape.

  The mercenaries were getting annoyed, the mercenaries on the flank had almost surrounded them, but Wang Licheng's gunfire disrupted his judgment of Lao Wei and Xiao Bin's position. When he shouted to stop, Lao Wei and Xiao Bin had already escaped into the thicket forest. The complex environment of the thicket forest would provide excellent cover for the enemy, making it even harder for the mercenaries to pursue them.

  Lao Wei thought that for the time being, they wouldn't be able to catch up. He took out his mobile phone again but still had no signal. He tried to dial 110 to report the incident, but his phone was completely unresponsive. With a sigh, he put his phone back in his pocket. Xiao Bin nervously stared at the thicket, where they had left an easily recognizable trail while escaping earlier.

  Xiao Bin saw the branches of the shrubbery swaying, "crack crack" fired a few shots, and the swaying stopped. But Xiao Bin couldn't confirm whether he had hit anything or not.

  The mercenaries' search slowed to a crawl, advancing cautiously through the thicket, careful not to brush against any branches that might reveal their position.

  Seeing the mercenaries moving cautiously, Wang Licheng seemed to have opened his mind and was also moving in a similar way.

  Continuous intense exercise made Lao Wei pant, this is really unbearable. Lao Wei checked the bullets again and added those on Xiao Bin's body, there were only two pistol magazines left. Xiao Bin's micro-submachine gun had already fired a whole magazine, and the remaining bullets in the gun's magazine were estimated to be less than 10!

  Lao Wei panted and said to Xiao Bin: "Hurry up!"

  The thicket temporarily blocked the pursuit, but it won't last long. Now we still need to think of a way to get rid of the mercenaries as soon as possible!

  The mercenaries cursed Wang Licheng's unprofessionalism for causing them trouble, slowly searching along the trail left by Old Wei and Xiao Bin in the thicket. The dense thicket was indeed making them dare not move quickly. By the time they finished searching the thicket, Old Wei and Xiao Bin had already escaped into a canyon.

  This endless pursuit is not a solution, Lin Chaokun demanded to speed up, no one knows if this canyon leads to the outside world, once Lao Wei and Xiao Bin escape to a populated area, trouble will be big.

  The mercenaries chased to the canyon, one was on guard, and the other squatted down to look for the traces left by Lao Wei and Xiao Bin. Lin Chaokun was a bit anxious and asked: "How is it?"

  "They ran in this direction," said the mercenary.

  "Hurry up and chase! If they get away, we're done for!" Wang Licheng looked even more anxious than Lin Chaokun.

  "At such a close combat distance, the opponent's submachine gun didn't have much of a disadvantage..." The mercenary looked at Wang Licheng with disdain.

  As for tactics and weapons, Wang Licheng was clueless. At this time, his goal was not necessarily to kill Old Wei and Xiao Bin, but to take the opportunity to cling to Lin Chaokun's thigh, so he volunteered: "I'll take the lead! You cover me!"

  It's always a good thing for someone to be cannon fodder, the mercenaries couldn't wait for Wang Licheng to say this. One of the mercenaries felt a bit uneasy and said, "You mustn't block my line of fire when we're at the front."

  Wang Licheng didn't know where to start, his attention was on Lin Chaokun. When he saw the incredulous expression on Lin's face as he listened to Wang's boastful words, he felt that success was within reach.

  One of the most unbreakable relationships in this world is to go through gunfire together, and Wang Licheng has also gone through gunfire with Lin Chaokun, and can be considered as having fought side by side.

  But Wang Licheng was not stupid, he didn't want to die just to hug Lin Chaokun's thigh, he knew that only one shiny bullet would be enough to send himself to the west, but he hadn't received even a day of military training, his understanding of the military was limited to the half-understood descriptions of directors in TV and movies...

  No training is no big deal, people can still think of many ways to save their lives! Wang Licheng hugged his gun and scurried behind a rock, then peeked out and felt safe again. He scurried to another rock, without considering whether he was on high alert or not. Holding his gun like a monkey, he darted back and forth between the rocks, looking somewhat comical. The mercenaries behind him were shocked by how much they trusted his cover...

  However, this does not mean that Wang Licheng was not nervous. The light in the canyon was dim, and Wang Licheng suddenly saw something like a human figure on the edge of the canyon. He took three steps back and two steps forward to hide behind a rock, shouting: "I saw it! I saw it!"

  However, Wang Licheng's speed was too fast, and many dead angles were not searched. The mercenaries had to supplement the search, and they were a bit disconnected from him. He saw something that the mercenaries didn't know about. Wang Licheng peeked out from behind the stone, even more convinced that he had seen the enemy. But the mercenaries hadn't caught up yet, thinking this was a good opportunity! He gritted his teeth and flashed out from behind the stone, with his gun tucked in his waist, firing a burst of shots at a distance of over ten meters.

  After all, it was the first time he had fired at a "real person", and Wang Licheng's mind was actually blank. He swept through a burst of gunfire, and Wang Licheng felt that he must have hit him, but why was the figure still standing? The hairs on the back of Wang Licheng's neck stood on end, and at this time the other party counterattacked. Wouldn't he be done for if he didn't get out of there? His instinct to survive suppressed his impulse, and he ducked his head, holding his gun in a very comical posture as he rolled back behind the rock.

  The mercenaries heard the gunfire and thought Wang Licheng was exchanging fire with the enemy, so they rushed up to support him. However, they didn't see any target. When Wang Licheng saw someone coming to support him, he felt relieved and pointed vaguely at the mercenaries, saying: "He's right in front of us, standing still. I shot at him, but he didn't fall!"

  The mercenary took a quick glance and couldn't help but laugh, the person Wang Licheng was talking about was actually just a tree with a somewhat twisted shape that looked like a standing human figure from a certain angle. All of Wang Licheng's bullets had been sprayed onto that tree!

  Lao Wei and Xiao Bin heard the gunfire, which was already not far from them. However, after turning a bend in the canyon, they found themselves at a dead end! Lao Wei tried to find a spot to climb up, but discovered that the surrounding stone walls were bare and impossible to scale. Xiao Bin grew anxious: "Boss, what do we do? Shall we fight it out with them?"

  Lao Wei thought back to the places he had been, and it seemed that there was a place that wasn't too high. If someone gave him a boost, he should be able to climb up. Whether or not it would work, he could only try his luck! In order to save time, Lao Wei pulled Xiao Bin as they ran back.

  "I'll boost you up, quick!" Old Wei squatted down and patted his own shoulder. Xiao Bin stepped onto Old Wei's shoulder, but his hand was still 30 centimeters short of grabbing that small tree, which was the only way to climb up.

  Lao Wei was anxious, using his hands to support Xiao Bin's feet and lift him up. The continuous dodging and chasing had left him exhausted, and Xiao Bin's 140-pound body weight made Lao Wei's hands tremble. Xiao Bin finally grabbed onto a small tree and pulled himself up with great effort. He turned around, lying on the slope, and stretched out his hand to Lao Wei: "Head, quick...quick! Jump!"

  Lao Wei's jumping force was indeed not enough to make him jump up and grab Xiao Bin's hand. Xiao Bin was anxious, untied the 79 micro-charge gun strap and stretched it down, letting Lao Wei grab the gun strap to try to pull him up, but still fell short!

  "They're over there! They're over there!" Just as Xiao Bin was trying his best to pull Lao Wei, Wang Licheng's figure emerged from the valley, still more than 100 meters away. Wang Licheng didn't care about his own marksmanship and fired another burst at Xiao Bin and Lao Wei's position! Bullets whizzed past Xiao Bin's side!

  "Give me the gun! You go quickly! Don't mind me!" Old Wei knew he had no chance of climbing up.

  "Come on! Come on, just a little bit more!" Xiaobin stretched out his hand with great effort, and more than half of his body had already extended outside. One hand grasped the small tree, hoping to pull Lao Wei up, but no matter how hard he tried, Lao Wei was still several centimeters away from the gun strap!

  "Xiao Bin, I can't go on anymore. Give me the gun!" Old Wei suddenly said very calmly, his eyes seriously staring at Xiao Bin, a gaze that Xiao Bin had never seen before from Old Wei.

  "Head, find a stone to support your feet, quick! Just a little more, I can pull you up!" Xiaobin was almost falling off the cliff, he stretched out his arms with all his might, resenting that they were not a bit longer.

  "Xiao Bin, you go quickly, just give me the gun, we have to have someone report back." Lao Wei smiled, where around here is there a movable stone?

  Wang Licheng saw that the opponent did not counterattack, and with a sense of relief, he charged forward another 20 meters, raised his gun, thinking he had taken aim, and fired again. The bullet grazed Xiao Bin's head as it whizzed by.

  "This is an order! Do you want to die here too?! Wang Xiaobin! Hand over the gun!" Old Wei roared at Xiaobin.

  Xiao Bin had been with Lao Wei for only a year, but except when Xiao Bin first joined the company and Lao Wei called out his full name once, he always called him by his nickname. Looking at Lao Wei who was like a father or an elder brother to him, Xiao Bin also knew that if they dragged it on any longer, both of them would be dead!

  "Give me the gun, I can hold on! Go get reinforcements for me!" Old Wei yelled at Xiao Bin again.

  Xiao Bin gritted his teeth and threw down the submachine gun, then threw down all the magazines on his body.

  "Head, you must hold on!" Xiao Bin didn't have time to waste, two mercenaries had already appeared. One of the mercenaries raised his hand and a bullet hit right next to him. Xiao Bin rolled and crawled to hide behind a boulder, using his hands and feet to climb up.

  Old Wei picked up his gun and hid behind a rock. From the moment he picked up the gun, Old Wei knew that his chances of survival were not great.

  "King Xiaobin, go back and tell my daughter that her father died like a hero!" Old Wei shouted after Xiaobin's figure had escaped the mercenaries' line of fire.

  "Head, hold on! I'll find reinforcements!" Xiaobin shouted towards the sky with a sob.

  "I hope I can make it till then." Old Wei said in a low voice, mustering up his spirit to face the approaching mercenaries.