All the team members were armed with short guns, Glock pistols with silencers and subsonic bullets. Even indoors, the sound was very small.
"Choo Choo Choo……"
After a burst of gunshots that was less loud than a cough.
The rebel soldiers who were sitting at the table and chewing meat in the room were all shot and fell to the ground. They didn't even know what happened until the moment they died.
The old woman and old man who was squatting by the wall and eating "pancakes" were so frightened when they saw Jackie Chan and his party rushing in that they hid in the corner and their faces instantly turned pale.
Only those children were not afraid, with curiosity in their innocent eyes.
The sound of the gunfire was so small that there was no need to worry about it spreading out and alerting other rebels in nearby yards. All you had to do was control the civilians and prevent them from screaming and yelling.
So after Jackie Chan and his party killed the rebels, they made an internationally recognized gesture.
That is to put the index finger in front of the mouth and make a hissing gesture to the civilians in the room to signal the civilians in the room to keep quiet.
Common people understand this international gesture and dare not call it out even if they are scared.
Worried that if he calls out, he will be killed on the spot.
"Come in, quickly."
Seeing that the situation in the house was under control, Jackie Chan immediately called Xia Lan, who was at the back of the team and was already waiting outside, to come in.
Then, at an extremely fast speed, he issued several more orders to the team members.
"Idiot, Siberian wolf, search the whole courtyard, don't miss a corner."
"God of Guns, twelve, alert."
"Hoe, old cannon, clean up the scene immediately."
"Doctor, follow me."
Jackie Chan issued four orders in a row. Xia Lan walked in from outside the house at this time. Seeing the panicked civilians, he immediately communicated in proficient Arabic.
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid. They are not bad people. They are soldiers from ZG, here to save people. I need to know the situation here. I hope you can help us and tell us the situation here..."
As an investigative reporter, Xia Lan has an in-depth study of language.
The very friendly comfort at the beginning, coupled with the sincerity of asking for help, and as a woman, I can better integrate into the group of women.
Xia Lan quickly opened the mouths of the two women to obtain information about the town of Bassem.
Jackie Chan followed Shi Dafan beside him, trying his best to put a friendly smile on his expression to dispel the vigilance of the civilians in the room.
After a few minutes of targeted questioning, Jackie Chan learned the general situation of Bassem Town.
The incident first happened a week ago. Rebel soldiers as violent as terrorists came here and brutally occupied and controlled the town.
In less than two days, their bloody killings began.
All the young and middle-aged men were killed to eliminate the existence of any resistance, leaving only a few boys and old people responsible for chores such as transporting water and cutting firewood.
Most of the older women were killed, and the remaining ones and a few young ones were concentrated in a few places.
Responsible for chores such as laundry and cooking, as well as providing special services. Once a woman resists and does not cooperate, she will be mercilessly killed.
Only the children were not slaughtered.
It's not that these rebels have any humanity left, it's just that children are easier to control. After brainwashing them, they can become the new force of the rebels.
The inhumane thing of raising boy scouts is almost a common phenomenon in Africa.
Ivia, a Middle Eastern country adjacent to Africa, has also inherited this tradition of glutinous rice.
Precisely because most of the people in the town died, the remaining people had a lot of work to do, almost covering the entire town's rebels.
This also allows the remaining small town women to have a more comprehensive understanding of the situation in the small town.
In addition, their relatives, husbands, etc. were all killed by the rebels here. The women hated these rebels, so they cooperated with Xia Lan's inquiry.
It can be said that all questions are answered!
The women also told Xia Lan that there were about 150 terrorists in the town, mainly concentrated around the central square.
In order to prevent Xia Lan from understanding what she said, one of the women also used her son's pencil to draw a map on the homework book.
Although the map is very sloppy, the content is very rich.
It not only drew where the central square is, but also marked where the terrorist leader lives, which is technically the command center.
As well as the hostage camp located directly north of the square, with more than twenty hostages in total.
When the women went to deliver food, they could tell that except for five of them were government soldiers, the others were all from foreign countries.
Xia Lan asked how many women were inside, and the civilian woman replied that there were only three women.
Only one of them has yellow skin color. According to Xia Lan's description, the civilian woman can be sure that it is Deng Mei that the Yanlong Team is looking for.
Xia Lan also specifically described her assistant, a white curly-haired man in his twenties.
Unfortunately, the civilian woman said she did not see it.
This made Xia Lan's heart suddenly twitch, and a haze began to envelope her heart.
However, there is no real confirmation yet, and she is extremely unwilling to believe that something has happened to Curly Hair, so Xia Lan can only choose to comfort herself for the time being.
As for the defense situation of the hostage camp, civilian women also gave a detailed description.
The number of rebel soldiers responsible for guarding is not fixed, but generally it is between ten and twenty, no more or less than this.
If you want to rescue the hostages safe and sound, you must find a way to kill these guards.
This is already very difficult!
However, killing more than a dozen guards in the hostage camp is not the most troublesome and difficult task.
The hardest thing was getting to the hostage camp!
Because the hostage rescue was on the north side of the square, and rebels lived in the surrounding houses. There was no shortcut, only one way to go.
That’s the central square across the middle!
The rebel command center is just east of the square, making this area the most densely populated area, full of wandering rebel soldiers.
If you want to sneak through under the gaze of so many rebels, the difficulty is already S level.
Once it is discovered on the way, it will be like poking a huge hornet's nest, and the difficulty will directly rise to triple S level.
By then, let alone rescuing the hostages, the Yanlong Team would have to be trapped themselves.
To know……
That's 150 rebel soldiers!
They not only have automatic rifles, but also RPGs, grenades and heavy machine guns, even armored vehicles, and the most troublesome tank.
The Yanlong team only has eight people, so it's not that easy to defeat 150 people.
Even if supermodel Jackie Chan is in charge!
The situation in the small town of Bassem is so complicated. If the Yanlong team is not careful, the whole army may be wiped out. The superiors must make a decision.
Jackie Chan asked Wu Zhe to use the radio to report to Yangzhou to confirm the situation.
He himself took the map drawn by the woman and ran alone to the yard outside to sit down and stared at the simple map.
Hopefully a better route can be found to avoid the dangerous central square road.
Xia Lan comforted the civilian women and told them that the ZG soldiers would save them from the fire and asked them to stay here with peace of mind and not run around.
Then he ran out, came to Jackie Chan and said worriedly: "There are only eight of you in total, but there are 150 of them. This is too difficult. How about you call some more people to help?
Didn't you bring a warship over? There are so many people on the warship, can they all come together? "
Xia Lan is just a reporter, not a military expert. He doesn't understand the military at all, let alone the international law of engagement, and his suggestions are ignorant.
"cannot?"
Jackie Chan rejected Xia Lan, still staring at the map and said: "We are the only army, no one will come here again.
You don’t have to worry too much. Although the task is difficult, it is not impossible.
Our target is not the 150 rebels. We do not need to kill them all. Our target is only one, and that is the ZG hostage Deng Mei who must be rescued. "
When Xia Lan heard Jackie Chan's answer, her face suddenly fell.
He raised his voice and said: "You only saved one, so there is no hope for the others? Are you just going to let them go?"
“We don’t have enough time, we don’t have enough people, and we can only do the most important things.”
Jackie Chan didn't feel anything was wrong, he raised his head confidently, stared into Xia Lan's eyes and said: "We are ZG's army, soldiers of the ZG people, and we only protect every legal ZG citizen.
Foreign citizens have their military protection and are not an option for us.
If you have enough time or manpower, it may be okay to help, but you can take risks to rescue. I can only say sorry. "
"That...that..."
Seeing Jackie Chan's determination, Xia Lan knew that there was really no need to rescue, so she could only do the next best thing.
He squatted down and said sincerely: "Is it possible that, if you can, when you enter the hostage to rescue people, you can save one more person?"
Jackie Chan knew who Xia Lan wanted to save, and she also knew that the person she had saved long ago was gone.
Looking at Xia Lan's pitiful pleading eyes, Jackie Chan, who had been hiding it for several hours, knew that he could no longer hide it.
He could only say deeply: "I know who you want to save, but you can't save it anymore. Your assistant Abu has been killed by them."
Boom~~
Xia Lan felt like she was struck by lightning!
He squatted there blankly like a piece of wood. After nearly half a minute, he asked dumbly, "Can you tell me when it happened?"
"Just when we come!" Jackie replied.
He sympathized with this loyal woman, and all he could do was sympathize. He didn't even reach out to give Xia Lan a pat on the back.
Xia Lan was completely stupid!
He just squatted dumbly without moving. After a few seconds, his whole body collapsed, as if he had lost all strength, and he collapsed on the ground.
The dull expression was replaced by pain, and the facial features gradually became distorted.
Xia Lan wanted to shout at the top of her voice, shouting out all the anger, depression and pain in her heart, but she didn't dare, so she could only bite her lip and hold it in.
Because there are enemies all around now, and if you shout, it will be a disaster.
Until she bit her lip until it bled, Xia Lan couldn't hold back the pain in her heart and had no way to vent it, so she chose to hit the wall.
It was as if he wanted to use extreme physical pain to cover up the pain in his heart.
Jackie Chan couldn't bear to see her hurting herself, so he stretched out his hand to block it.
Xia Lan bumped into Jackie Chan's palm, but failed to achieve her goal. She had already vented her emotions and sat down on the ground, tears running down her face.
Silent crying is the most painful.
Jackie Chan still didn't go to comfort her. As a man, he didn't know how to coax women. The only thing he could do was to sit next to her and accompany her.
Xia Lan, who was crying silently, whimpered and spoke.
It seemed like he was talking to himself, but also like he was talking to Jackie Chan.
"My husband and children died on such a bus during the bomb attack in London in 2005...05.
The police came to me and told me that they... they had nothing left, only a blue bracelet..."
Xia Lan burst into tears and was in extreme pain. She paused for several seconds while speaking, wiped the tears from her face, and forced herself to calm down.
He continued firmly: "From that moment on, I told myself that I would fight them to the end, and I would fight the terrorist organizations to the end.
I'm not afraid of anything, not even death. I'm just afraid of being helpless like today.
But...but..."
When Xia Lan said that she could no longer hold back her emotions and couldn't say the rest of the words, she hugged her face with her hands, buried her head between her legs and cried bitterly.
Jackie Chan patted her shoulder three times without making any more movements.
Leaving her alone to heal her wounds, she got up and walked to the corridor next door, ready to find Wu Zhe to see how his contact was going.
As a result, he bumped into Wu Zhe just as he turned. He had already completed the communication with the warship.
Seeing Jackie Chan, he immediately said: "I have contacted the Yangzhou, and the captain said that the situation is complicated now and no more help can be provided.
At most, they can help us contact the government forces. After we arrive at the assembly point with the hostages, they will arrange helicopters to assist us in withdrawing the warships.
There is currently no accurate information on when the negotiations will be finalized. "
Wu Zhe contacted the warship Yangzhou, but it seemed that there was no contact at all, because there were no changes and the operation was still the same.
"Since no one else can help, we can only rely on our existing strength to find a solution. Come here and we will study the action plan."
Jackie Chan pulled Wu Zhe back to the yard, put the simple map on the wooden stool, pointed at the map and said, "Do you have any good rescue plan?"
"I do have the general direction."
Wu Zhe pointed to the map and said: "The hostage camp is in the north, and the government resource point we are going to is also in the north, and time does not allow us to return the same way.
Then we will use the north as a breakthrough point. After rescuing Ms. Deng Mei, we will break out directly from the north and go to the government army resource point. "
"This is our main line of action. How can we tell you the specific details of the action?" Jackie Chan then asked.
"Captain, you are better at this than us, so I won't do anything for you. Just arrange it. What do you want us to do?"
Wu Zhe's words sounded like flattery, but they were actually the truth.
They were all brought out by Jackie Chan himself. They knew exactly how much strength Jackie Chan had in his hands, and they knew very well how much they weighed.
(End of chapter)
