Wei Jie
Chapter 260 A Single Thought, A Life on the Line
Jin Mao Hui walked out of the office quickly, holding the phone in his hand and said, "Lao Shi, take your men to the Zha Nan District immediately...quickly, now...!"
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On the mountain road rushing to the summit of the Grand Canyon, Su Tianyu was covered in sweat, his body already on the verge of exhaustion. With each step he took, he could clearly feel the soreness after the tearing of his leg muscles.
If they couldn't shake off the helicopter, they would have no way to escape the pursuit of the ground forces.
The reason why Su Tianyu had insisted on fleeing through the sparsely populated dense forest before was because he knew that there were not only three of them in the mountains and forests, but also many wild animals that could emit heat. Helicopters at a certain altitude could only observe these heat signatures as red dots on the screen, and they could not quickly lower their altitude and identify them one by one from beginning to end.
This detail was something only soldiers who had been on the battlefield and frequently came into contact with military equipment would be very clear about, so Secretary-General Lu and Li Mingsheng didn't quite understand his behavior at the time.
But now it was different. Su Tianyu's position had already been exposed, and the helicopter had locked onto this area. If he ran according to a pattern, he definitely wouldn't be able to outrun the helicopter, so if he wanted to get out of trouble, he could only find a way to shake off the airborne unit all at once.
On the way to the summit, Su Tianyu thought of his experiences when he first joined the army, running five kilometers, ten kilometers, and twenty kilometers cross-country with heavy loads. At that time, when people ran to the end, the various functions of their bodies seemed to be on the verge of collapse at any time, and they felt that they might die suddenly if they ran one more step, and their limbs began to disobey orders.
But even if people became like this, you still had to run. Even if the body didn't listen, the cursing and urging of the veterans and officers of the recruit company still rang out incessantly. As long as the person didn't fall down or go into shock, you had to follow the large group to the end.
Su Tianyu was already on the verge of physical collapse at this moment. He didn't have any instructors urging him on the side, but his experience as a soldier gave him an extraordinary willpower.
One more step and he would reach the top of the mountain!
Hold on for a few more seconds, and victory would be his!
Frantically brainwashing himself, frantically suppressing the emotion of wanting to give up in his heart, Su Tianyu finally passed through the jungle and saw the top of the Grand Canyon in front of him.
At this time, the helicopter at the foot of the mountain was also flying upwards rapidly, five meters above the trees.
In fact, when Su Tianyu was running straight up the mountain just now, the co-pilot of the helicopter had already identified his approximate location. Because there was a red dot on the display that was moving in a straight line, anyone who wasn't an idiot would know that this was most likely the target.
After Su Tianyu rushed to the top of the mountain, he took two deep breaths and immediately pulled off the four grenades he was carrying and placed them on the ground. At the same time, he was also listening to the noise from the helicopter behind him to judge the position of both sides.
After taking out the grenades, Su Tianyu immediately unbuckled his belt and skillfully fastened it to the handle of the gun, on the buckle originally used to tie the gun strap.
"Tear!"
After Su Tianyu fastened the belt to the gun, he immediately tore open the corners of his t-shirt and pulled off two strips of cloth.
Inside the helicopter cockpit, the co-pilot said urgently, "He... seems to have stopped moving!"
"Fire a flare to guide the ground personnel to his location," the pilot replied.
"Yes!"
The private armed member in the co-pilot seat immediately took out a flare gun and, judging from the position on the display, aimed at the approximate location where Su Tianyu was hiding.
"Whoosh!!!"
The flare gun emitted a blazing light, drew an arc in the air, and shot directly at Su Tianyu's location. Although there was some deviation, the general location was accurate.
After tearing off the strips of cloth, Su Tianyu suddenly turned his head and looked down the hillside, seeing the flare exploding less than fifty meters away from him. His heart was pounding.
"Damn it...!"
Su Tianyu's cheeks and hair were as if they had been watered by rain, all covered in sweat dripping down in streams. This was a sign of complete exhaustion and dehydration.
Su Tianyu forcibly restrained his somewhat disobedient hands and carefully tied the protrusions of the four grenades with cloth strips, being careful to bypass the release mechanism.
After tying the four grenades securely, Su Tianyu picked up his gun and left, soon arriving at the edge of the cliff on the south side of the Grand Canyon.
A cold wind blew gently. Su Tianyu looked down at the bottomless canyon crevice and the sound of water flowing faintly from below. He was a little hesitant.
"Damn it! Since they didn't leave me a gold mountain, then if I want to make a future for myself, I have to risk my life!" Su Tianyu roared softly to cheer himself up, and immediately put the automatic rifle behind a large rock that was easily found on the edge of the cliff.
After securing the gun, Su Tianyu pulled hard on the belt tied to the end of the gun, and after seeing that its sturdiness could bear the weight of a person, he didn't think much, turned around, grabbed the edge of the cliff, and climbed down carefully.
The cliff had irregular protrusions and depressions. As soon as Su Tianyu went down, he instantly felt the cold wind blowing from both sides of the Grand Canyon.
Hanging on the edge of the cliff, the feeling was really like walking a tightrope. There was absolutely no sense of security in his heart.
Su Tianyu fastened the belt buckle and tied it to his left arm, freeing his hands to carry two sets of grenades tied together.
A cold wind blew past. Su Tianyu held his breath and listened quietly to the movements in the mountain forest.
Below the hillside, more than a dozen men who had rushed out of an off-road vehicle were rushing to the location where the flare was ignited as quickly as possible, holding guns.
Above the mountain forest, less than three meters away, the helicopter was slowly climbing.
Inside the cabin, the young co-pilot exclaimed, "Something's wrong, he's gone. The thermal imager can't scan him."
"Impossible!" The pilot frowned and replied, "His position just now was already at the edge of the cliff."
"Could he have hidden behind a big rock somewhere?"
"Possibly. I'll lower the altitude again and scan forward once," the pilot immediately ordered. "You take the gun and prepare to scan downwards."
"Okay!"
The co-pilot unbuckled his seatbelt and went directly to the abdomen of the cabin, setting up a small airborne machine gun.
As the sky was about to dawn, a helicopter slowly moved forward, wiping the tops of the trees in the mountains, and came near the edge of the cliff.
The pilot scanned the dark mountaintop with his eyes and looked at the thermal imager again, still unable to find Su Tianyu hanging outside the cliff.
This was a blind spot for the thermal imager to detect, because the helicopter was slowly flying over from behind. Its fan-shaped nose detection area had no way to project the heat energy behind the cliff.
This was why Gou Liuzi ran towards the Grand Canyon!
Because hiding in the mountains was useless at all. If you find a rock or a cave to hide in, and the helicopter can't see you, it will directly send a signal to the location where you disappeared, raise the altitude, and let the ground personnel rush over.
So, to completely solve the tracking problem, the best thing to do is…
Su Tianyu grabbed the belt, listening to the noise less than three meters above his head, his heart pounding.
"Damn it, what kind of cave is he hiding in? Or did he climb down?" the pilot muttered, and turned the helicopter's rudder lever, slowly pulling the fuselage out of the top of the canyon, floating into the empty area in the middle of the canyon.
Su Tianyu raised his head and watched as the helicopter showed its head from the top of the canyon, and roughly estimated the distance. It was less than three meters above his head.
"Go to hell, I'll let you follow me!" Su Tianyu gritted his teeth and roared, directly pushed off the grenade safety rings with his thumbs, waited for two seconds, and then used all his strength to throw the double-yolk grenades upwards!
"Whoosh!"
The grenades instantly rose into the air, but because Su Tianyu was physically exhausted, his throwing accuracy was a little off. The grenades almost flew up against the helicopter's cabin door.
"Boom!!!"
The sound of the explosion echoed in the canyon crevice, and a burst of fire instantly ignited in the air. The helicopter visibly shifted to the left.
"Pull back, quickly, pull back, he's on the cliff!" the co-pilot roared.
"Whoosh!"
The second double-yolk grenade followed closely and flew directly from the left side of the tilting helicopter into the cabin with the door open and the machine gun set up.
Su Tianyu didn't climb up immediately after throwing them, but grabbed the belt with both hands and curled up his body to resist the impact.
"Boom!!!"
A large orange fireball exploded in the sky, and the small reconnaissance aircraft disintegrated directly.
"Whoosh!!!"
A small piece of the propeller that had been blown open shot towards the cliff where Su Tianyu was located like a cannonball, and the fire instantly spread, even covering Gou Liuzi's body.
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The Dragon City.
Five strong men got out of the car and went straight to the Su family gate.