The Red Era: Living in Seclusion in a Siheyuan as a Boss

Chapter 719 Attacked!!!
Zhang Jin said the three of them didn't say a word and quickly followed A Gui.

After walking several dozen meters, their figures were obscured by the bushes. Only then did A-Gui stop and turn to Zhang Jin, saying, "Those people are Mi Gao's soldiers from Awa Mountain Village."

"Are you sure about the person with the height of Michel?" Zhang Jin asked in surprise.

A-Gui nodded firmly and said, "No mistake. I don't recognize the ones in front, but there are a few familiar figures in the back. They used to be in the same company as me."

I was worried they would recognize you, so I quickly brought you here.

Zhang Jin thought for a moment, then said to the three men, "You guys hide here for a bit, I'll go scout ahead." With that, he turned and disappeared into the woods.

Zhang Jincheng moved closer to the mountain road, quickly climbed a large tree, and observed the soldiers advancing along the mountain road through the dense foliage.

Most of the soldiers in the "Kim Jong-il region" wear green uniforms without any special markings, making it sometimes difficult to identify which unit they belong to based on their clothing alone.

Zhang Jin noted that most of these soldiers were carrying submachine guns and automatic rifles, as well as squad automatic weapons and rocket launchers.

Judging from their hurried steps, it seemed they were on their way to carry out some important mission.

The procession had almost finished, and Zhang Jin estimated that there were about three hundred people.

Just then, Zhang Jin spotted a familiar figure from the back of the line.

This is Mi Gao's eldest son, Mi Yuan; it's certain that this is Mi Gao's team.

Zhang Jin said he knew that Mi Gao had about 700 men in Awa Mountain Village, so why did he send out half of them? What was he planning to do?
Zhang Jin held his breath, his eyes fixed on Mi Yuan's figure.

Mi Yuan rode a black mountain horse, solemnly directing the troops forward.

He was accompanied by several communications soldiers carrying radio equipment, who occasionally whispered among themselves.

The group on the mountain road had disappeared. Zhang Jin, feeling suspicious, climbed down from the tree and returned to the place where the others were hiding.

When Ye Peng saw Zhang Jincheng return, he came out from his hiding place and asked him in a low voice, "Captain, what's going on?"

“As expected, they are Michael’s men. I saw his eldest son following behind the group, directing them.” Zhang Jin said, then frowned and asked A-Gui, “Brother A-Gui, when you were working for Michael, did you often have operations?”

“There aren’t many actual battles. Normally, we’re just escorting goods, especially when escorting ‘Number Four,’ which requires a lot of manpower,” A-Gui said after thinking for a moment.

“This operation doesn’t seem like they’re escorting ‘Number Four,’ and the direction they’re heading is wrong.” As he spoke, Zhang Jincheng took out a map, quickly spread it out, and examined it for a while before saying, “There are no important mountain strongholds within a hundred kilometers of the direction they’re heading. I suspect their target is likely our ‘Old Miao Village.’”

"You mean these people are targeting us?" Ye Peng asked in surprise.

"Could it be that we were discovered by Michael as soon as we entered the 'Kim San District'?" Ruda was also surprised.

"To be precise, it's to deal with me and Monkey. That old fox Michael must have found our trail and is worried about being held accountable later, so he's striking first," Zhang Jin said thoughtfully.

Zhang Jin put away the map, his eyes sharpening: "Migo must have received intelligence to launch this surprise attack on the old Miao village. We must get back and report before they do."

"However, his intelligence was accurate; he was unaware of the arrival of the commando team, otherwise he would never have dared to send troops over."

His target is definitely me, Monkey, and A-Gui. Regardless of who their target is, we must abandon our original plan.

Zhang Jin said that what worried him most was the lack of communication tools, making it impossible for him to contact Liu Xiaotao, the instructor in the mountain village.

Zhuang Yan and his team went to buy equipment, and a very important part of it was to purchase communication equipment. They didn't expect that Michael would act before them.

"A-Gui, can we get back to the stronghold before them?" Zhang Jin asked A-Gui urgently.

"We can only get across from one side of the cliff, and it probably won't be much faster," A-Gui replied worriedly.

"Ye Peng, you and A Gui immediately take a detour and go back as fast as you can to help the instructor mobilize the people in the mountain village to hide in the forest."

Our people were instructed to protect the mountain people and prevent us from causing them harm.

"Yes." A-Gui and Ye Peng left quickly.

After watching the two leave, Zhang Jin turned to Lu Da and said in a deep voice, "We are monitoring the enemy's movements. If the enemy's target is 'Old Miao Village,' we have to find a way to hold them off."

The distance from "Old Miao Village" was not far, and since they were going by roundabout route, by the time A-Gui and Ye-Peng arrived, the enemy's vanguard had just reached the outskirts of "Old Miao Village".

It was morning work time, and the village was mostly inhabited by elderly people and children. There were two self-defense team members guarding the entrance to the village.

Agui quickly sent two self-defense team members to help the people in Zhaoshan Village hide in the mountains, while Ye Peng quickly went to inform instructor Liu Xiaotao and the other team members.

The villagers live scattered on the hillside, some dozens of meters apart, others hundreds of meters apart.

A-Gui led his men to notify the villagers to go up the mountain to take refuge, but before they had even notified half of them, a 'q' sound was heard from the mountain pass.

Gunshots echoed through the valley like thunder, startling flocks of birds in the woods into flight.

Agui suddenly looked up and saw thick black smoke rising from the direction of the village entrance.

"It's too late!" he shouted through gritted teeth to the self-defense team members beside him. "You guys continue to notify the families behind, I'm going to check the situation up ahead!"

Ye Peng had already found Liu Xiaotao, who was organizing the evacuation. "Instructor! Mi Gao's troops have broken in!" he reported breathlessly. "Captain Zhang told us to lead the civilians to safety first!"

Liu Xiaotao made a quick decision: "Notify all team members to execute Plan No. 2! The elderly, weak, women and children should retreat first, and the able-bodied men should take their weapons and assemble at the pass behind the mountain!" As he spoke, he drew his pistol from his waist. "Ye Peng, you take three men to the east path to set up an ambush and try to delay the enemy as much as possible!"

At the entrance to the village, Migo's advance team had already broken through the makeshift fortifications.

A dozen soldiers in green uniforms were advancing into the village with submachine guns in hand, bullets whistling through the bamboo houses.

A woman carrying a child accidentally fell and was about to be hit by a stray bullet when suddenly a burst of bullets shot out from the bamboo forest on the side, accurately taking down the two enemy soldiers at the front.

"It's Ye Peng!" A-Gui, hiding behind the millstone, recognized the familiar figure.

Using the terrain as cover, Ye Peng nimbly moved between the bamboo houses, occasionally firing to snipe the enemy.

His arrival bought the mountain people precious time to evacuate...

It is said that Zhang Jin and Lu Da followed the enemy army for a distance and were able to determine that the enemy's target was "Old Miao Village".

When they were about one kilometer away from the "Old Miao Village", the attacking enemy suddenly split into three groups and rushed towards the "Old Miao Village" from the flanks and the middle. It was clear from their actions that the enemy had planned this carefully.

The first to rush into the mountain stronghold was Mi Gao's adjutant. They seemed to know where Zhang Jincheng was staying. After entering the stronghold, the enemy rushed directly towards the stilted house.

Ye Peng was the first to spot the enemy and open fire. He had just come out of a stilted house on a hillside and immediately took down the enemy who was charging ahead and firing.

The enemy troops who had surrounded him from the hillside spotted Ye Peng and immediately a dozen of them opened fire on him.

Ye Peng quickly rolled into a low-lying area, bullets whizzing past his head, sending dirt flying.

He took a deep breath, pulled a small melon from his waist, pulled out the safety pin, silently counted to three, and then threw it at the enemy group.

With a deafening roar, the screams of the enemy echoed through the smoke.

At this moment, Liu Xiaotao instructed Agui to lead the guard team to cover the villagers' continued evacuation.

To buy time, he led the remaining assault team members to block the enemy from three directions.

While Ye Peng was surrounded by the enemy, Liu Xiaotao and the remaining team members also engaged the enemy in battle.

The two sides immediately engaged in a fierce battle.

The commandos were surprised by the sheer number of enemy troops; a dark mass of enemies surged in from both sides of the mountain stronghold.

Gunfire clashed across the mountain village, creating a dense web of fire, and the alleyways between the bamboo houses became a battlefield where life and death hung in the balance.

Liu Xiaotao leaned against an old banyan tree, bullets grazing the bark and splinters flying across his cheek.

As he turned to return fire, he suddenly noticed a metallic glint on the eastern hillside—the enemy had set up a mortar!
"Everyone, take cover!" he roared as he rushed toward the nearest millstone. Almost simultaneously, a shell exploded in the village square, the blast wave overturning a stilted house.

Michael's men were not all a rabble; these guys had all been through real combat, and many soldiers were seasoned veterans, especially skilled in jungle warfare.

Before setting off, Michael made detailed arrangements. Once the battle began, they rushed towards the target in squads.

They encountered resistance as soon as they rushed into the mountain village, but this did not attract the attention of the enemy, who assumed it was the work of the mountain people.

These mountain people are all hunters, so it's normal for them to fight back when attacked.

But the counterattack they soon encountered was unusual; the first group of people who rushed into the village were quickly taken down, numbering over twenty.

The adjutant leading the vanguard realized something was wrong. Relying on his superior numbers, he quickly adjusted his strategy: one group continued to besiege the resisting forces, while the other group charged towards the newly built stilted house.

Le Jiu and Zhang Meng were guarding this direction. Le Jiu quickly surveyed the surrounding situation and found that there were no enemies in the woods behind them, and the enemies from the stronghold were less than a hundred meters away from them.

He told Zhang Meng, "I'll lie in ambush on that big tree and snipe the enemy, while you attack them from the side."

Zhang Meng nodded, then crouched down and quickly disappeared into the bamboo forest.

Le Jiu, like a nimble monkey, quickly climbed up the century-old banyan tree at the entrance of the village.

The dense canopy perfectly concealed his figure, with only the tube peeking out slightly from among the branches and leaves.

From afar came the chaotic footsteps and shouts of the enemy. Le held his breath and locked his sights firmly on the officer leading the group who was waving his hand.

"Bang!" With a crisp snap, the officer fell to the ground.

The sudden, accurate shooting threw the enemy into chaos, causing them to scramble for cover.

Just then, two "little melons" thrown by Zhang Meng from the bamboo forest on the side exploded in the enemy ranks, kicking up a cloud of blood mist.

Taking advantage of the enemy's confusion, Le pulled the trigger repeatedly, taking down three more soldiers who were trying to set up the machine gun.

"An ambush!" the enemy shouted in terror, halting their advance.

But soon, more enemies poured in from the village entrance, and bullets rained down on the old banyan tree, causing its branches and leaves to fly everywhere.

Le had to change positions and nimbly leap between the tree canopies.

His aim was extremely accurate, never missing a shot, and he would kill with a single QQ.

Judging from the enemy's precise shooting, the adjutant thought this was their target. He signaled to the rocket operator hidden behind him to bombard the concealed sniper with rockets.

At this moment, the other soldiers around the adjutant also found cover and fired into the woods.

He never expected the enemy to be carrying a rocket launcher. By the time he realized it, it was too late; a rocket was hurtling towards him.

With a loud "boom!", a fierce flame rose up where Le was standing, and he was instantly engulfed by the flames.

Zhang Meng, who was flanking from the side of the woods, witnessed this horrific scene. He rushed to the enemy's flank like a madman, unleashing a furious barrage of bullets from his assault rifle, riddling Migo's adjutant and the rocket launcher operator with bullets.

Zhang Meng's eyes were bloodshot, and the assault rifle in his hand was spitting fire.

Bullet casings clattered at his feet as he charged at the enemy like a raging lion.

Michael's soldiers were caught off guard by this sudden counterattack, and five or six more fell into pools of blood.

"Enjoy!" Zhang Meng roared, his voice echoing through the valley.

He rolled behind the bamboo house, quickly changed the magazine, and continued firing with bloodshot eyes...

Zhang Jincheng and Lu Da discovered that the enemy had surrounded the mountain stronghold from three sides.

He knew that the enemy had a large number of people and was powerful, and the best way to defeat the enemy was to capture the leader first.

Once Mi Yuan is eliminated, the remaining enemies will be leaderless.

Therefore, Zhang Jin suppressed his anxiety and did not take any action, keeping a close eye on Mi Yuan's figure and looking for an opportunity.

Once a fierce battle broke out in the mountain stronghold, Mi Yuan's soldiers rushed in frantically.

Zhang Jin knew that the opportunity he had been waiting for had arrived. He signaled Lu Da to cover him and quickly moved towards Mi Yuan's direction.

At a distance of more than ten meters from the enemy, Zhang Jinju fired at Mi Yuan's back, killing him. After that, Lu Da also fired at the enemy's back.

The besieging enemy never dreamed that they would be attacked from behind, and by two ferocious tigers at that, which immediately threw them into disarray.

The moment Mi Yuan fell, the entire battlefield seemed to freeze for a second.

The enemy commander was suddenly killed, and the previously tight encirclement immediately fell into chaos.

Zhang Jin seized the opportunity, rushed forward, pulled out his "Little Melon," pulled the safety, and threw it towards the densest part of the enemy group.

With a deafening roar, Lu Da had already outflanked the enemy, his light machine gun spitting out angry flames.

Bullets reaped the panicked enemy troops like scythes, and seven or eight enemies fell in just a dozen seconds.

"Young Master Mi is dead!" someone in the enemy ranks shouted in terror.

The shout spread like a plague among the enemy ranks, and the originally fierce offensive collapsed instantly.

Some soldiers began to turn and run away, while many more wandered around aimlessly like headless flies.

The commandos inside the stronghold keenly sensed the enemy's disarray.

Liu Xiaotao peeked out from behind the millstone and made a gesture to Ye Peng.

The two understood each other perfectly and immediately organized the remaining team members to launch a counterattack.

Ye Peng led three team members to maneuver around the bamboo building, and precise shots took down the enemy soldiers who were trying to regroup one by one.

Seeing the tide of battle turn around while under cover on the back mountain, A-Gui immediately led his guards in a surprise attack.

These mountain people, familiar with the terrain, moved through the bamboo forest like ghosts, delivering a fatal blow to the enemy from unexpected angles.

Just twenty minutes later, the enemy army, having lost its commander, was completely routed.

The soldiers, having lost their armor and weapons, fled into the jungle in panic, leaving behind only a mess of equipment and groaning wounded men.

Standing on a high point at the entrance of the village, Zhang Jincheng watched the enemy fleeing in all directions and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

With Mi Yuan and his adjutant dead, the attacking enemy forces completely lost their command. Coupled with the pincer attack from both inside and outside the village, the attacking enemy forces were routed and fled into the mountains like headless flies.

In less than ten minutes, they disappeared without a trace, leaving behind more than a hundred corpses.

Do not pursue a defeated enemy, and chasing the enemy in the forest can easily result in casualties on your own side.

Zhang Jin ordered the captains to abandon the pursuit and check the casualties in the village.

Zhang Meng ran over, saying with grief and indignation, "Captain, Lao Le has sacrificed himself."

"What?" Zhang Jin was struck dumb, his body swayed, and he grabbed Zhang Meng's arm, shouting, "Where are you?"

Zhang Meng ran towards the spot where Le Jiu had sacrificed himself, and the other team members, upon hearing the tragic news, also rushed over...

He died before achieving his goal, leaving heroes to weep with sorrow.

“Instructor, it’s all my fault. I was careless. Otherwise, Comrade Lejiu wouldn’t have sacrificed his life… I request that I be punished by higher authorities…” Zhang Jincheng said with red eyes, feeling extremely remorseful.

Liu Xiaotao shook his head, patted Zhang Jincheng on the shoulder, and comforted him, saying, "We are all deeply saddened by Comrade Le Jiu's sacrifice."

You say you have a responsibility, but don't we have one too?

I will report the specific details to my superiors.

But we both need to pull ourselves together; now is not the time to dwell on this.

Our situation is very dangerous. The enemy has suffered heavy losses this time, and they certainly won't let this go.

Besides, Michael's eldest son is dead; we need to be wary of the old man going mad.

Zhang Jin nodded reluctantly, knowing he bore a heavy responsibility.

The sacrifice of his comrade Le Jiu inspired the fighting spirit of all team members and made everyone clearly aware of the perilous environment they were facing.

This is now the perilous "Kim Jong-un region," unlike the peaceful environment in China, where danger can arise at any time.

Zhang Jin felt mostly guilty, believing that Le Jiu's sacrifice was largely due to his underestimation of the enemy and his failure to fully consider the enemy's brutality.

These "flour dealers" are capable of anything for their own profit. At the same time, their underestimation of the situation is also a result of their own negligence. As a commander, even the slightest mistake can lead to fatal damage, which is simply unforgivable.

That afternoon, Zhuang Yan and his entourage returned in their newly purchased "Warrior Off-Road Vehicles," with the trunk full of weapons and equipment.

(End of this chapter)