Chapter 55

In the mountains outside the 55th Army's defense zone.

An officer under Tan Mingchao's command whispered to Xiaolong, "What's wrong? Is there a problem?"

Xiaolong turned to look at him, "Among the soldiers sent by Chief of Staff Wu, there's one I find familiar. I think he looks like someone!"

"Like who?" the officer asked.

"Someone from the Tongji Society!" Xiaolong lowered his voice and walked in front. "Before Seven Island was taken down, I often went there on business. I saw a Tongji Society member who had been captured there. His name was something Hao… He looks a lot like that guy in the back."

"Impossible, right? How could someone from the Tongji Society be with Lao Wu's people?" The officer said incredulously, "There's no reason for that. Are you sure you're not mistaken?"

"I'm just not entirely sure, because when I saw that guy, he'd already been tortured beyond recognition." Xiaolong wasn't very certain either, "But the scars on his face and neck are too similar, and his face shape too. He might have disguised himself."

Hearing this, the officer was about to turn around to take a look.

"Don't look, don't look!" Xiaolong reminded him, "I'm really not sure, but we have to be careful!"

"You mean we should reveal our suspicions and control them?" the officer asked.

"Control them my ass! They have about the same number of people as us." Xiaolong shook his head, "If shots are fired, it'll attract the search helicopters, which could ruin Commander Tan's big plan! Let's not make a scene. He probably hasn't noticed anything. I've told the receiving unit to change their route. We'll make a move after we've assembled!"

"Yeah, that's the safest way to do it," another person replied.

"Quiet, let's just walk normally!"

The group discussed as they quickly led the team forward.

Another ten minutes or so passed, and it was around nine o'clock.

An officer under Chief of Staff Wu quickly caught up with the front of the group and asked Xiaolong, "This isn't the agreed-upon route, is it?! We weren't supposed to go this way!"

Xiaolong immediately turned his head and replied, "I just got off the phone with the higher-ups. The radar in our garrison area detected that their helicopters are searching the previously agreed-upon route! If we go that way now, we'll easily run into them, so we have to take a detour!"

"Oh!" The officer under Chief of Staff Wu didn't argue, just nodded and said, "We'll follow you!"

"Don't worry, our receiving personnel will be here soon!" Xiaolong reassured him.

"Okay, I'll head back!" The officer under Chief of Staff Wu turned to leave.

Xiaolong came back to his senses and continued to look at the terrain ahead.

"Pa!!!"

At that moment, the officer under Chief of Staff Wu suddenly grabbed Xiaolong by the neck!

"Kill him!!!"

Zhang Hao, who was in the crowd, immediately pulled out his military dagger and rushed forward like a madman.

"Puchi!!"

"Puchi!!"

"……!"

Without warning, Zhang Hao rushed up and stabbed Xiaolong in the heart six or seven times!

Immediately after, the older Fei Pingsheng also jumped out of the crowd, drawing his gun and aiming it directly at Xiaolong and the others!

"Bang, bang, bang…!"

A burst of bullets hit four people at close range!

"What are you doing…!" The officer under Tan Mingchao who was guarding the rear immediately drew his gun.

"Gudong!"

Su Tianzhan rushed up from the side, tackling the officer to the ground. With his right hand, he gripped the military dagger and aimed it at the officer's neck!

"Bang!"

The officer under him pulled out his sidearm and fired upwards!

"Pu!"

Su Tianzhan was injured in his side, blood flowing freely!

"You motherfucker!"

Seeing his younger cousin shot, Zhang Hao immediately turned around and ran over, raising his leg and stomping on the arm holding the gun.

"You motherfucker, I'll kill you!" Su Tianzhan used all his strength with both hands, pressing down on the officer's arm, which was blocking his neck, and slowly pushed the blade into his throat!

"Chi!!!"

Blood splattered, and the garrison soldier's strength was simply no match for the two of them. His neck was instantly pierced, and he twitched all over as he breathed his last!

On both sides of the crowd, the remaining officers under Tan Mingchao turned around and ran as soon as they saw this scene!

Why did they run?

Because the situation on the scene was already very clear. The one who killed the people was the officer under Chief of Staff Wu. With only a few of them, there was no way to change the outcome. What's more, there were so many family members of the involved officers present, as many as sixty or seventy people. They couldn't control them even if they wanted to!

After this group of people scattered, someone immediately shouted into the walkie-talkie, "It's a trap! Chief of Staff Wu's people killed Xiaolong!!"

As soon as the gunshots rang out, the 77th and 78th Regiment helicopters searching nearby immediately approached!

In the woods, Fei Pingsheng excitedly asked Zhang Hao, "Are you sure they recognized you?!"

Grasping the knife, Zhang Hao replied without hesitation, "I'm someone who's caused big trouble before!! The way he looked at me was wrong! He definitely recognized me! And he looked familiar to me too!"

"Damn it!" Fei Pingsheng felt a little discouraged, because he had also been "imprisoned" on Seven Island, but the other party hadn't recognized him. This only showed that Zhang Hao wasn't very lucky!

Since the gun went off early, they couldn't do things according to the original plan! Fei Pingsheng immediately dialed Su Tianbei's number: "I've been exposed, we need early support!"

"How could you be exposed?!"

"Zhang Hao was recognized, I had no choice but to kill the other side!" Fei Pingsheng glanced around, "Damn it, now we may have to face the pursuit of two groups of people!"

"Don't worry about it, run outwards, we're very close to you!" Su Tianbei replied.

After the two finished communicating, Fei Pingsheng waved his hand and shouted, "Quick, run outwards!!"

……

Three minutes later.

As the group ran near the mountainside, they suddenly heard the sound of helicopters circling in the sky.

"What do we do?!"

Zhang Hao asked.

Fei Pingsheng turned his head and glanced around, seeing that his own people were still some distance from the foot of the mountain and couldn't outrun the helicopters. He then decisively pulled out a signal gun: "To hell with it! There's no chance to sneak out! Let's just send up a signal flare and have thousands of troops come to our rescue!!"

"Peng!!"

After speaking, Fei Pingsheng pulled the trigger, aiming at the sky!

"Swoosh!!"

The signal flare rose into the air, illuminating the dark sky!!

To the north, two helicopters were approaching. In the co-pilot seat of the lead aircraft, an officer shouted into the walkie-talkie, "There's a signal flare, watch out…!!"

"Peng, peng, peng!!"

With a few gunshots, Gu Baisun yelled at the top of his lungs, "Stingers, use Stingers!! Don't conserve firepower!"

"Swish, swish, swish……!"

Four Stinger rockets rose into the air, like fire dragons, completely shattering the tranquility of Dragon City!!

"Boom!!"

"Boom!!"

The two helicopters couldn't avoid the Stinger's locking system and were directly blown to pieces in the sky! They exploded into fireballs and fell into the mountains!

At the same time.

Su Tianyu licked his lips, looking at the chaotic streets not far away, and gritted his teeth and said, "Let Dou Dou show his cards!!! Brothers! Whether we can split the garrison and let the Chi Army take off! It all depends on this one move!"