in2ebook Chapter 361 Exposed!
Chapter 361 Exposed!
Zhong Yuemin and his companion carried the "corpse," wrapped tightly in a bed sheet and completely lifeless, their heads bowed, and walked heavily toward the next sentry post.
The rain washed away the mud from their faces, also obscuring the overly obese outline of the "corpse" beneath the sheets.
"Stop! What are you doing?"
Enemy soldiers on the sentry post blocked the way with their guns raised, and flashlight beams swept across them and the rolled-up bed sheet.
Qin Guanshan immediately replied in a tone filled with grief and numbness:
“Brother, from the 1st Battalion of the 2nd Regiment… carry this brother to the back and bury him.”
He pointed towards the back mountain, which had indeed become a temporary mass grave.
The flashlight beam lingered on the bedsheet for a few seconds. The soldier could see the rainwater seeping through the sheets, as if they had deliberately splashed some water and covered themselves in mud to look as disheveled as possible. He could also smell a faint odor of blood and decay that they had picked up from the wounded soldiers' tent.
Looking at the two dejected, tattered "defeatists" before him, a hint of sadness, a shared sense of defeat, flashed in the sentry's eyes. He waved his hand impatiently.
"Hurry up and get over there, damn it, this awful weather..."
"Thank you, brother..."
Qin Guanshan thanked him in a low voice, and together with Zhong Yuemin, they carried the "corpse" and staggered through.
In this way, taking advantage of the enemy's numbness to defeat and death, they passed through several checkpoints in succession.
With each checkpoint passed, the hands on Zhong Yuemin's wristwatch drew one minute closer to the moment of death.
They were about to reach the rendezvous point agreed upon with Zhang Haiyang, Man Tun, and the others. Passing through the last relatively secure ring checkpoint would allow them to completely escape the core area of the enemy command post.
As usual, the soldiers at the last checkpoint questioned Qin Guanshan, who responded with the same excuse about burying his comrades. The sentry carefully inspected the sheets, found nothing too unusual, and was about to let him pass...
Just then, an unexpected change occurred.
The sentry's walkie-talkie rang shrilly, crackling with a series of urgent and stern Vietnamese words:
"Urgent notice: All units, please take note! The highest-ranking officer of the division headquarters has gone missing. We suspect that a small enemy force has infiltrated the area!"
From this moment forward, the Eagle's Beak Rock area is completely sealed off. No one is permitted to leave the cordon for any reason. Repeat, no one is allowed to leave. Anyone who disobeys will be executed without exception!
Qin Guanshan's face turned deathly pale instantly. He looked sharply at Zhong Yuemin, conveying the fatal message with his eyes.
Although Zhong Yuemin couldn't understand Vietnamese, judging from Lao Qin's gloomy expression and the enemy sentries' body language, the enemy had most likely discovered that their division commander was missing.
The sentry was visibly startled for a moment, then, as if realizing what was happening, his eyes suddenly sharpened, and he abruptly raised his gun, pointing it at Zhong Yuemin and Qin Guanshan.
"You! Stop right there..."
"Do it!"
The moment Zhong Yuemin raised his gun, he roared in fury. Without any hesitation, he threw away the bed sheet he was carrying, and his AK-47 instantly spat fire.
"Da da da!"
A burst of bullets riddled the sentry and another soldier who had just reacted with shock.
Gunshots rang out like thunder in the silent, rainy night!
"Bang! Boom!"
Almost simultaneously, Qin Guanshan also drew his pistol and shot and killed the enemy on the other side of the outpost.
But the gunshots had already given everything away!
"Enemy attack!"
"Over there, grab them!"
"Don't let them get away!"
The entire Eagle's Beak Rock erupted like a hornet's nest that had been poked open, filled with a cacophony of Vietnamese shouts, chaotic footsteps, and the sound of gun bolts being cocked, all coming from all directions.
Countless beams of flashlight light pierced the rain like swords in the rainy night, converging on their location!
"Come on!"
Zhong Yuemin roared, and he and Qin Guanshan, no longer caring about carrying Mei Ronglan, each took one side of her and roughly dragged her heavy body wrapped in the bed sheet, sprinting towards the meeting point.
Bullets whizzed past them, thudding as they hit the mud, and scattering debris as they struck the surrounding trees and rocks.