Chapter 5 Sacrifice 6

  Xiao Bin heard the sound of mercenaries' gunfire in the canyon, starting with tentative shots, but soon the gunfire became more intense. Old Wei's counterattack seemed very weak. Xiao Bin gritted his teeth and desperately accelerated his speed, but at this time he could already foresee Old Wei's fate, yet still hoped for a miracle to happen!

  "Head, you must hold on! Head, you must hold on!" Xiaobin could no longer hear the sound of gunfire. He muttered this phrase to himself, struggling to lift his aching legs and using his hands and feet to climb the mountain. When he really couldn't move anymore, Xiaobin collapsed on the hillside, and tears uncontrollably welled up in his eyes! He randomly patted around his body, pulling out his phone, hoping that there would be even a little signal here so he could contact the outside world...

  But the mountains ruthlessly blocked all communication signals, and Xiao Bin felt a bit desperate! Why is there no signal here? Why can't I just run a little faster?!

  Lao Wei knew he had no way to escape, the other side had an advantage in numbers and weapons, and he could only count on bullets to fight back while continuously retreating until there was nowhere to retreat, relying on a few large rocks at the bottom of the canyon to hold out for reinforcements.

  He didn't know how much longer he could hold on, nor did he know if Xiao Bin had already contacted the outside world. Even if he had made contact, it would take at least five or six hours for rescue personnel to arrive. Lao Wei's 79 micro- assault rifle was almost out of bullets, and his little cannon was no match for the long gun in front of him. It was hard for him to hold on until then.

  The situation is now under the control of the mercenaries, who are now thinking about how to control their own casualties. They began to slow down their pace, advancing steadily while also trying to waste Old Wei's bullets as much as possible.

  Before long, Old Wei's 79 micro-bursts were depleted in the crossfire with the opponent, and the only small cannon in his hand was unable to stop the mercenaries from approaching. His situation was getting worse and worse, and the mercenaries had already advanced to within ten meters of him. Old Wei gritted his teeth, refusing to give up! With a few shots, he forced the mercenaries who were trying to rush forward back behind a rock.

  A mercenary made a gesture with his AK-47, the AK-47 nodded in understanding, put down his gun, pulled out a hand grenade from behind the stone and threw it over.

  Lao Wei saw the grenade flying over when he wanted to stand up and run towards another rock for cover, but it was too late. The blast wave and shrapnel from the explosion knocked him down. He struggled to crawl a few times, crawled behind the rock, and with great effort turned over, trying to prop himself up to raise his gun in alertness. However, no matter how hard he tried, his right hand couldn't be lifted. Confused, Lao Wei looked down and saw that his right arm had been torn open by shrapnel, with blood gushing out...

  Old Wei struggled to pick up the gun with his left hand, and the mercenary had already emerged from behind another rock. Old Wei gritted his teeth and pulled the trigger, firing the last two bullets in the chamber. The mercenary ducked down, not seeing Old Wei continue to shoot. When he raised his head again, he saw that Old Wei's pistol was empty and hanging loosely. Old Wei had completely lost the ability to resist, and could only stare blankly as the mercenary approached, pinning his left hand underfoot with one foot and pointing a gun at him.

  After everything was safe, Lin Chaokun rushed up and looked down at the middle-aged policeman with a playful tone: "Officer, you didn't think there would be such a day, did you?"

  "You wouldn't have thought of your own ending later on, I think you'll be worse off than me!" Old Wei smiled.

  "I'm very curious, how did you find this place?" Lin Chaokun asked again.

  "Wang Licheng brought us here." Old Wei knew he had almost no chance of survival, but he wanted to sow discord among them before he died.

  "Officer, congratulations on successfully piquing my interest. If you can elaborate further, perhaps I'll spare your life." Lin Chaokun squatted down.

  "He's telling a lie..." Wang Licheng suddenly became anxious and jumped several steps in front of Old Wei!

  "Wang Licheng, we're old acquaintances now..."

  "Damn it! I don't know you at all!" Wang Licheng roared, pressing the gun against Old Wei's forehead, causing his head to tilt to one side.

  "Old acquaintance?" Lin Chaokun moved away from Wang Licheng's gun barrel, which still had residual warmth.

  "Wang Licheng is my..." Old Wei's words were cut off, Wang Licheng knew that if he let him continue, all his previous efforts would be in vain, and a surge of malice rose to his throat, gritting his teeth as he pulled the trigger at Old Wei.

  The gunshot that almost rang in his ear made Lin Chaokun jump, he jumped up from the ground, and Lao Wei only had a residual consciousness at this time.

  "Damn it! You're going to die and still want to drive a wedge between us brothers!" Wang Licheng took another step forward, firing the remaining bullets in his magazine at Old Wei's chest!

  The brutality can no longer be described, Wang Licheng's behavior was met with contempt by some of the mercenaries, who put away their guns. Wang Licheng seemed still not satisfied and kicked the corpse a few more times to vent his anger!

  "Madman!" a mercenary muttered to himself. Not killing those who surrender, not killing prisoners of war, and not killing wounded soldiers were the unspoken rules of mercenaries. Although some people did not strictly follow these unwritten rules, in this situation, Old Wei's life or death could only be decided by Lin Chaokun. Wang Licheng's behavior of overstepping his authority could only be explained as being utterly ruthless and crazy.

  Lin Chaokun's chance to ask more questions was ruined by Wang Licheng, so he turned around and left. Wang Licheng hurriedly followed him: "Brother Kun, Brother Kun, don't listen to his nonsense..."

  "Brother Kun... calling out so intimately at this time." Lin Chaokun felt a bit disgusted with Wang Licheng.

  "It's not... Kun Ge... this... I don't even know him, he must be trying to drive a wedge between our brotherly feelings..." Wang Licheng felt that he had worked hard all day, but the flattery didn't work, and instead got kicked by the horse's hoof, it was really like lifting a stone to hit his own foot!

  "Do you think I would believe it?" Lin Chaokun replied coldly.

  "I know, I know..." Wang Licheng hastened to grab hold of Lin Chaokun's thigh.

  "Next time, keep your underlings in line!" Lin Chaokun said harshly, making Wang Licheng's heart chill again.

  The villagers who were born and raised in the village were used to mountain roads and were more familiar with the mountains. Although they were flustered, after calming down and distinguishing the direction, he still ran out of the mountain in the afternoon and saw the highway. When the villagers saw the cars on the road, they seemed to see a glimmer of hope for survival. They took three steps at a time, running hastily and stumbling onto the highway to stop cars.

  "Help! Help!" The villager waved his hands, but the car didn't stop and instead sped up, rushing past him...

  Desperate villagers walked and ran along the road, rushing towards the nearest town. When they heard the sound of vehicles behind them, they tried to flag one down, but not a single car stopped!

  When the villagers rushed into the police station in the town, they fell to the ground in the courtyard of the police station and spoke incoherently to the civil police at the window: "Report a case... report a case... there are guns... long and short, many guns... shooting... started... people died... people died..."

  The police officer who received the alarm poured him a glass of water, and he gulped it down, saying incoherently: "Hurry... hurry... they have guns..."

  The villager couldn't provide more information, he only knew that both sides had guns and were shooting at each other. He didn't know who they were, he was just a hired guide. From his vague description, the police officer learned that the two people who hired him had a small submachine gun and a very small handgun. The chief of the town police station guessed that the submachine gun might be a 79 micro-submachine gun, which is a type of gun rarely seen in civilian circulation, possibly only carried by police officers on duty. But why would they bring it into the mountains to handle a case? He didn't know, and the situation was getting more complicated as the villager described it.

  "The other's gun is very powerful, the bullets are firing rapidly, it's fierce! You guys need to hurry up, or else those two people will definitely be dead...” The villager stuttered and finished speaking, not forgetting to add a sentence, he thought he had made himself clear enough, but the police officer was still completely confused...

  Cases involving guns are major cases and must be reported to superiors, let alone when casualties have already occurred. This is obviously not something that a town police station can handle. According to procedure, they need to report to the county public security bureau and wait for instructions. Everyone can only wait now. It has been seven or eight hours since the incident, and even if they organize police forces to search the mountains now, it will be evening by then.

  Xiao Bin grew up in the city since childhood and was unfamiliar with the mountains. He stumbled forward, instinctively escaping in a direction he estimated, but never found any signs of human activity. As night fell, Xiao Bin, anxious and panicked, blindly made his way through the forest like a headless fly.

  The county public security bureau received the report from the town police station and also felt that the situation was serious, so it immediately organized the internal security armed police and border defense armed police to search for them. At the same time, they reported to the Guining Public Security Bureau and asked them to investigate whether there were any policemen handling cases within the county's jurisdiction.

  Qin Minghui felt a bit suspicious when he received the report. Usually, when civil police handle cases, they carry small pistols, and it's rare for them to carry submachine guns. After thinking about it, he thought this might be related to the recent case that the anti-drug unit was investigating. He immediately called the anti-drug unit: "Did your unit have anyone carrying a 79-type micro-submachine gun to handle a case in Ningming County?"

  The head of the anti-drug brigade heard this and broke out in a cold sweat: "My team's Lao Wei and Xiao Bin applied for a 79-type micro-submachine gun and 60 rounds of ammunition, indeed to handle a case in Ningming... what happened? Did something happen to them?"

  "The specific situation is still unclear......" Qin Minghui suppressed his anger: "Ning Ming has already organized personnel to enter and search."

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