I work as a mercenary in northern Myanmar.

Chapter 556 Dead Town
"Safety!"

"Safety!"

"Pingchuan, lower the drone and provide real-time reports."

"I can't see anything here, no one, no moving objects."

"Rainbow, descend, monitor the area for electromagnetic signals."

"Rainbow received, electronic reconnaissance pod activated."

“No unusual electromagnetic activity detected”

A series of communications continued to reach Chen Chen's headphones, and the transmission of each piece of information made the town in front of them seem even more bizarre.

Just two days ago, this was clearly a town that was not "flourishing" but was definitely "vibrant".

But two days later, when the Dongfeng Corps' reconnaissance team arrived here, it was completely dead.

Chen Chen had an ominous premonition in his heart. He vaguely guessed that there were only two reasons that could lead to this result.

Either the people here left en masse for some reason, or all the people here died.

Obviously, the former is not very likely.

Because the residents here have absolutely no reason to choose to evacuate at this time.

There are scattered JD elements everywhere around them, why would they take risks?

In comparison, staying here is the best choice.

Even if we really encounter ISIS, the worst that can happen is that we surrender.

Anyway, in their perception, the Syrian government's control power cannot penetrate this small town, and being able to stay alive is more important than anything else.

Chen Chen frowned and slowed down his pace.

Just when he led his team to the edge of Duramaha City, a strong and familiar smell suddenly came into his nose.

Smell of rust.

To be precise, it is the smell of blood that has been dried by wind!

At this moment, Chen Chen even had some kind of illusion.

He seemed to see the blood splashed on the gravel being dried by the scorching sun, and then being blown up by the strong wind, turning into puffs of dark red dust and floating into the air.

And at this moment, they are in this dust!
"There's a problem! Be alert!"

Chen Chen immediately gave the order. Under such circumstances, he naturally took over the command from Li Bang, and the latter immediately adjusted his position and used a series of short commands and gestures to quickly organize the alert according to Chen Chen's requirements.

The eight members of the two teams deployed in a standard defensive formation, each found a nearby cover, and controlled all dangerous areas with guns.

At this time, Chen Chen had already identified the direction where the smell of blood came from - in a house in front of him.

"Prepare to enter."

Chen Chen spoke in a low voice and gestured at the same time.

Lin He, who was already prepared, responded with a gesture. Then, he gently placed his hand on the door handle and tentatively applied force.

The door was pushed.

"squeak--"

The sharp friction sound broke the silence of Duramaha. Chen Chen's muscles tensed immediately. The moment the sound was made, Lin He had made a quick decision and pushed the door open cleanly!
As the No. 1 vanguard, Li Bang did not hesitate at all and rushed into the room first, while Chen Chen and Lin He each raised their guns and crossed to control the two dangerous corners respectively.

All the movements were as smooth as flowing water, but their caution was unnecessary.

Because there was no living person in the room.

There were only four bodies that had obviously been moved and neatly arranged on one side of the living room!

"Team 3, enter other buildings and check."

"Pingchuan, hand over the control of the drone and come over to me!"

"clear."

At the order, the three teams on guard at the periphery entered other buildings to check one by one. At this time, Chen Chen had already squatted on the ground, turned on the tactical flashlight, and began to check the four bodies of "different sizes".

Two adults, two children.

All of them died from gunshot wounds, and judging by the location of the bullet holes, the fatal wounds were all in the chest.

"Close range execution."

Pingchuan, who had just arrived, made a judgment at a glance. He turned over the collar of one of the corpses, pointed at the marks of gunpowder burns on it and said:
"Judging from the range of the gunpowder splash, the muzzle of the gun was no more than half a meter away from the deceased's chest."

Then he tore the dead man's clothes and continued:
"Very obvious wipe and contusion rounds, definitely a close-range execution."

"There are no obvious resistance injuries on the limbs, and there are traces of dust and friction on the knees."

"There were hematomas on the skin of the knees. They knelt there for a long time before they died."

"These people were controlled, but they were not restrained by restraints."

"It's very strange." "What's strange about it?"

Chen Chen asked immediately.

"The strange thing is that there was no resistance."

"Have you ever heard that phrase? An acquaintance commits a crime."

"Let me give you a profile. The situation here seems like a crime committed by an acquaintance."

"The murderer walked directly into the living room. He did not shoot, but directly ordered the four victims to come in front of him by shouting."

"Immediately afterwards, he ordered the deceased to kneel down and not move at will."

"You can see that there are traces of dust and scratches on the palms of these two children. It is obvious that they supported themselves on the ground with their hands because they knelt for too long."

"During this period, the four victims did not resist and the murderer did not make any additional moves."

"That doesn't make sense - unless they didn't know they were going to die and thought they were just being restricted."

"Where are the bullets? Help me find them!"

"here!"

Li Bang spoke immediately. Chen Chen and Pingchuan walked to where he was and saw a series of bullet holes on the ground that were obviously shot from top to bottom.

"Automatic weapons, this is a sweeping round."

"The killer first fired a round of shots, and then shot them one by one."

"From the bloodstains, he even moved the injured here first, and then started shooting again."

“They took it easy, and this is definitely not an isolated case – what about other buildings?”

“All dead!”

Replies from three groups came immediately over the radio.

"We found a large number of bodies in the mosque, at least over a hundred!"

"There are obvious signs of large-caliber weapons shooting here, and the walls are densely packed with bullet holes!"

"This is a massacre! Someone has killed everyone in this town!"

As soon as the words fell, Chen Chen's hair stood on end.

He raised his head and looked at Li Bang, who also had a frown on his face.

After a few seconds of silence, Pingchuan took the lead and asked:
“Was it ISIS?”

"I'm afraid they are the only ones who could do such a thing - Team 3, can you find the shell? What weapon was it?"

"There are no shell casings, but broken bullet heads can be found, but..."

"and many more!"

The radio fell silent again, and after a few seconds, the team members' voices came from the headset.

"There are clues."

"There are words carved into the palm of this body."

"What word?!"

Chen Chen asked immediately.

"An unfinished lowercase n"

After the words were spoken, everyone, including Chen Chen, fell silent.

They knew very well that it couldn't be n.

That's a U written backwards.

USA.

The Americans are coming.

To them, the massacre was not something surprising.

What is really surprising is that they have already arrived here, less than 50 kilometers away from Raqqa.

At least a few hours ago!

So now
where are they?!

A flash of light flashed through Chen Chen's mind, and he subconsciously took out the satellite phone. At this moment, a group of calls came from his headphones.

"Requesting help from the rear!"

“Raqqa is under airstrike!”

"A large group of armed men is approaching! The white dog can't hold on any longer!"

(End of this chapter)