Chapter 5: Jungle Pursuit 1

  Lao Wei pretended to be relaxed, but Lin Chao Kun remained vigilant in the deep mountains and old forests. Lao Wei tried to chat more, but couldn't get much out of him. After finishing a cigarette, Lao Wei asked: "What business are you in, brother? What's on the truck?"

  Lin Chaokun casually replied: "Nothing much, just some medicinal herbs from the mountains."

  "Medicinal herbs? Ah! Can I take a look? This time, I came to collect some medicinal herbs too." Old Wei continued the conversation.

  "Never mind." Lin Chaokun bluntly refused: "Brother, trouble you to return the car, we're in a hurry."

  Wang Licheng had been talking for so long, but the car in front still didn't show any intention of giving way. He couldn't help but get out of the car and shouted at Old Wei: "Hey! Give way!"

  Lao Wei saw Wang Licheng, it was really a case of "treading on iron shoes without finding the place", but since there were so many people around, Lao Wei didn't dare to make any sudden moves. Suppressing his urge, he replied: "Right away, right away, sorry about that."

  Kelin Chao Kun still caught the momentary change in Lao Wei's expression, but he didn't make a sound, turned his head and gave the mercenary in the car a signal with his eyes. The mercenary stood by the car door, opened it, ensuring that they could grab the guns on the seat and shoot at any time.

  This atmosphere would make anyone feel unkind, Old Wei thought of a way to withdraw from the danger, he calmly greeted Lin Chaokun and turned around slowly walking back, Xiao Bin stared at Old Wei, seeing Old Wei mouthed to him: Wang Licheng!

  Xiao Bin's blood seemed to rush to his head all at once, his mind went blank, and his hands holding the steering wheel trembled slightly - Wang Licheng! The Wang Licheng he had been pursuing with great difficulty was right here, in this deep mountain forest, where they met on a narrow road.

  Liu Zi saw that they had been negotiating for so long, and he also limped over to join in the excitement. The gaze behind him was like a thorn on his back, and he turned around to take a look.

  "Stripes! Stripes! He's got stripes!" Liu Zi exclaimed when he saw Old Wei turn his head.

  Lin Chaokun cursed silently, thinking that Liu Zixi was useless and only caused trouble! But now it's too late to retreat, Lin Chaokun pulled out his gun from behind his waist. Lao Wei heard the sound and thought to himself "this is not good", he quickly turned around and fired two shots. Lin Chaokun ducked down and hid behind the car, the mercenaries quickly grabbed their guns from their seats. Lao Wei saw a long gun emerging and quickly adjusted his aim, just as the mercenary raised his gun, a bullet hit the car door. Unfortunately, the small cannon's power was too weak to penetrate the car door and harm the mercenaries behind it. However, this shot still made the mercenaries cautious, they retreated and hid behind the car, giving Lao Wei time to retreat.

  But the 5 rounds of Xiao Bao's cannon suppressed for too short a time, and although Lao Wei carefully counted the bullets, firing one by one, the pistol still jammed with an empty magazine. Lao Wei turned around and ran, trying to hide behind the car to find cover, while running and pulling out the clip from his pocket.

  Xiao Bin took a look and saw that they had opened fire. He pushed open the car door, pulled out his 79-type micro-submachine gun, using the car door as cover, and shouted: "Police! Put down your weapons!"

  Lao Wei ran to the side of the car and hid behind the door, reloaded his magazine, panting, and said: "What's the use of shouting this!"

  Although he had undergone rigorous training, Xiao Bin was still extremely nervous during the first close encounter. The two sides confronted each other for a while, and the opponent probably also understood that Lao Wei's firepower was not enough to pose too much of a threat to them. Lin Chao Kun made a hand gesture to the rear car, and the mercenary in the rear car lifted up the canvas covering the pickup truck bed and pulled out an M4 rifle! Lin Chao Kun gave another mercenary a signal with his eyes, and the mercenary holding an AK47 peeked out to take a look at Lao Wei's position. Xiao Bin saw him move his hand, and several bullets flew over, forcing him to duck back down. The mercenary made a hand gesture to Lin Chao Kun, indicating that the opponent had a submachine gun. Another mercenary also came up, pretending to pop out from another direction to fire. As soon as Xiao Bin's gun muzzle pointed in his direction, he retreated behind the car again. Meanwhile, the mercenary holding an AK47 stood up from behind the pickup truck in perfect sync, and although Xiao Bin quickly turned his gun around, he was still a bit slow. The AK47 fired with a strong piercing power, and the steel-cored bullets penetrated through the off-road vehicle's door, whizzing past Xiao Bin's side. Xiao Bin didn't dare to counterattack head-on and could only retreat behind the off-road vehicle. Another mercenary saw that he had been suppressed and tried to get close to him from the flank. Lao Wei reloaded his gun, took a peek, and without hesitation, fired several shots in a row, forcing him back behind the pickup truck. The AK47 aimed at the off-road vehicle's engine compartment and fired a burst of bullets, which directly drilled several small holes through the engine cover and pierced the water tank. A plume of steam rose up! He wanted to use the steam as cover to get close.

  The villagers in the car were frightened and disoriented, they had never seen such a formation before. They hugged their heads and shrank into the back seat. Xiao Bin and Lao Wei were forced to the back of the car, using the vehicle as cover, temporarily able to withstand the AK47 bullets.

  Xiao Bin poked his head out from behind the car, firing a 79 micro- burst in retaliation. However, due to the smoke, he couldn't see clearly and only heard the "da-da" sound of AK47s and the crisp "pa-pa" sound of M4s getting closer and closer.

  The villager felt that if he stayed any longer, he would be beaten to a pulp. He suddenly pushed open the door and jumped out of the car. The mercenary soldiers who were pushing forward saw the car door open and instinctively turned their guns towards it. Several bullets hit the car door, creating small holes. Then they saw a figure emerging from the smoke, but didn't know if he was armed or not. In that instant, the villager jumped down from the roadbed and rolled and crawled into the mountain valley to escape.

  "Don't run around!" Old Wei saw the villager jump out of the car and was afraid he would be hit, so he shouted at him. At this time, the villager couldn't hear anything else? Using all his might to escape with his life, a mercenary holding an AK47 gestured to another mercenary, who approached the roadside to search for the escaping villagers. Suddenly, a figure flashed in the woods, and several shots were fired without hitting anyone.

  It can now be confirmed that the villager is completely harmless, M4 re-enters the position to advance under cover, Xiao Bin is suppressed by AK47 and dare not show his head, so he puts out 79 micro-flush from behind the car, regardless of whether it can be seen or not, sweeps a string, hinders the opponent's attacking pace.

  Lin Chaokun held a handgun and did not participate in the battle, he thought that with two mercenaries and an absolute firepower advantage, it would be no problem to take out the two police officers. The mercenaries had already approached the off-road vehicle, one of them pulled out a hand grenade, pulled the pin, and threw the grenade from under the chassis of the off-road vehicle.

  Lao Wei heard a strange noise, felt something was wrong, looked under the car and saw a smoking hand grenade rolling over, he pulled up Xiao Bin: "Run!"

  The mercenaries were supposed to drive them out from behind the car, but Lao Wei was quite experienced. He dragged Xiao Bin away from the grenade's explosion range while firing a few shots back. One bullet grazed the ear of one of the mercenaries, scaring him and slowing down their attack.

  As two mercenaries passed by the off-road vehicle, Xiao Bin and Lao Wei happened to escape from the corner of the dirt road. Lao Wei pulled Xiao Bin and hid behind a rock, which was still safe for the time being. Lao Wei asked breathlessly: "How many bullets are left?"

  "There are two more magazines for the submachine gun." Xiaobin nervously placed the gun on a rock, staring at the corner.

  Lao Wei removed the magazine from his pistol and took a look. There were still two bullets left in it. He then asked, "Where's the pistol?"

  "There are also two magazines for the pistol." Xiaobin saw the mercenaries' shadows appear at the corner, "bang bang" fired two shots, forcing them to retreat.

  Lao Wei took a look at the terrain, this place can't hold out for too long, the enemy's firepower is too strong, relying on a single 79 micro- assault rifle can't stop them, and once they are forced out from behind this rock by the enemy's firepower, there is a straight road surface behind, no place to hide, the enemy can leisurely shoot themselves like shooting targets!

  The mercenaries were well-trained, and after being counterattacked, they immediately retreated, reorganized, and redeployed. AK47 quickly replaced the nearly empty magazine with a new one, while M4 patted his shoulder to signal readiness from behind. AK47 cautiously exposed half of his body, and M4 timely pushed forward. Old Wei took a peek and saw that the enemy was already fighting for control of the corner. Without hesitation, he grabbed Xiao Bin and they both rolled down from the roadbed, narrowly avoiding the mercenaries' bullets that whizzed past the edge of the roadbed.

  At this time, hiding in the woods of the mountain valley was the safest, Old Wei took Xiao Bin and stumbled into the woods, when the mercenaries arrived at the edge of the road, they could no longer see their figures.

  One of the mercenaries turned back to Lin Chao-kun and shouted that the other party had already run into the woods. Lin Chao-kun was anxious upon hearing this, if they escaped it would be endless trouble. He held his pistol and ran forward, ordering the mercenaries to search and must hit them dead! The mercenary rudely shouted back at him: "It's almost impossible for two people to search such a large area!"

  Damn these mercenaries! Lin Chaokun cursed in his heart, and the two police officers didn't even take care of them! He turned back to let the driver continue delivering goods, while he himself was ready to go after Old Wei and Xiao Bin with the mercenaries.

  Less than a minute of gunfire made Wang Licheng suddenly understand something, wasn't this the perfect opportunity to cling to Lin Chaokun's thigh? He lifted up the canvas on the pickup truck and saw that there was still an AK47 and several magazines inside. He grabbed the gun and stuffed the magazines randomly into his pockets, shouting at Cong Zai: "Cong Zai, you drive, I'll go chase!"

  Lao Wei and Xiao Bin hid in the woods, temporarily safe. He took out his phone to call for help, but there was no signal. The walkie-talkie had been left in the car, probably destroyed by the big fire. Lao Wei put down the phone with some disappointment and asked: "Xiao Bin, are you hurt?"

  Xiao Bin, who had been tense all along, only then remembered to check himself from head to toe and let out a sigh of relief: "No, boss, why is your shoulder bleeding?"

  "Damn it!" Old Wei touched his shoulder and found that he was bleeding. He pulled open his collar to take a look, and didn't know when a bullet had grazed the skin on his shoulder! Old Wei muttered: "Why is it always me who gets hurt?"

  The minor injury didn't affect their movement. Old Wei hastily tore off a piece of his shirt and used it to stop the bleeding, while Xiao Bin held a submachine gun at the ready.

  "What kind of people are these? Their military quality is so good?" asked Xiao Bin.

  "The mercenary across from us." Old Wade replied simply.

  Xiao Bin's heart sank, as a narcotics police officer, the training he received was far from being as comprehensive as that of mercenaries. Moreover, the assault rifles in the hands of the mercenaries were far superior to Xiao Bin's 79 micro- pistol with only 20 rounds of ammunition in terms of firepower, range and lethality. Under such absolute weapon suppression, Xiao Bin felt that he might not make it out of there alive.

  Lao Wei Mali treated the wound, as if he saw Xiao Bin's worry, and comforted him: "In the forest, the opponent's shooting range advantage is offset, save bullets."

  Xiao Bin listened and adjusted the rate of fire on his submachine gun to single shot. The 79 micro- assault's continuous fire was completely inaccurate, but when firing in single shots, the accuracy was still acceptable at a distance of fifty or sixty meters. In a forest terrain where troops were densely packed, it could still compete with an assault rifle!

  "Let's go quickly!" Although Old Wei was uncertain whether the other party would chase after them, he felt that it was best not to take risks and utilize the terrain to retreat first, then think of a way to contact the outside world.

  Lao Wei had just poked his head out when a shot came whizzing over, Lao Wei ducked down and the bullet hit the tree, sending shrapnel falling all over him! He hadn't expected the other side to be so fast, silently searching to such a close distance from himself!

  Xiao Bin heard the gunshot, raised his gun towards the direction of the sound, and saw a figure behind a large tree. Without taking aim, he fired repeatedly, "bang bang bang", and the opponent dodged into the back of the tree.

  Lao Wei Sheng was afraid that this mercenary was just a feint, and someone might have already infiltrated the flank. Once surrounded, the consequences would be unthinkable. He patted Xiaobin: "Hurry up!" Xiaobin put away his gun and ran a few steps, hiding behind a tree. The mercenary also emerged from cover, estimating Xiaobin's route, and fired a shot. Just as Xiaobin hid behind the second tree, a bullet ripped through the bark, and Xiaobin saw the white wood of the trunk. He didn't dare to stop, rolling over and hiding under another tree.

  It's fortunate that this place is located in the tropics, and over the years, natural protection has been pretty good. The diameter of trees in the forest generally exceeds 50 centimeters, which provides some cover for Lao Wei and Xiao Bin. The two dare not stop, quickly moving from one tree to another, trying to shake off the pursuit.

  Lao Wei was getting older, his physical strength couldn't keep up, the continuous dodging and rolling made him slow down. Just as he moved from one tree to another, a bullet whizzed by, Lao Wei stumbled and rolled on the ground...

  "Head, head, how are you?" Xiao Bin covered and protected Old Wei as he retreated, but the mercenaries were too fast. He hadn't even had time to fire his gun when the other side's bullets came flying over. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Old Wei fall to the ground and cried out in tension!