Detective: From the Police Academy

Chapter 544 Give him a good blast!
Three o'clock in the morning.

On NH85, a pickup truck slowly drove through the darkness.

There were five people in the car, plus a corpse.

Luo Rui, Jiang Feng, and two security personnel, Zha Shan and Ang.

The four people had already taken their seats in the driver's seat, with Fang Yonghui in charge of driving.

The body of Deng Sheng was placed in the truck bed, covered with clothes and secured with hemp rope, making it appear to sway from side to side.

Inside the car, Zhashan and Ang were asleep in the back seat, while Jiang Feng was also very sleepy but didn't fall asleep.

Luo Rui sat in the passenger seat, looking out at the dark road.

One of the headlights on the front car was broken, and the other light was also off, for fear of encountering armed personnel on the road.

Therefore, pickup trucks travel very slowly, only able to move slowly by the light of the dim light.

Fang Yonghui yawned and rolled down all the car windows.

Luo Rui said, "You take a nap, I'll start it."

"Luo Da, you rest, I'll drive for a while longer." Fang Yonghui shook his head.

At this moment, Jiang Feng took out a pack of Zhonghua cigarettes from his pocket and handed it to Luo Rui.

After Luo Rui took the cigarettes, he lit them together and handed one to Fang Yonghui.

Fang Yonghui took the document, took a deep breath, and asked, "Luo Da, do you think we can get out of here alive?"

"Yes, you can. Don't overthink it," Luo Rui smiled.

Fang Yonghui stared ahead and grinned: "I believe you as you say. We've traveled all over the country for so many years, and you've always led us to solve cases. We've never failed."

But this is different from solving a case. This is war, and human life is worthless in this place... Luo Rui sighed inwardly.

But he didn't show it on his face, and smiled, "I heard from Lin Chen and the others that you're dating that Guo Lexuan?"

Fang Yonghui looked at him in surprise: "No... Lin Chen, that big mouth, told you?"

"Who else could it be but her?"

Normally, Luo Rui would never have brought this up, but the road ahead is fraught with danger, and he doesn't know if he can get out alive.

Fang Yonghui said shyly, "She hasn't agreed to be with me yet."

Luo Rui asked curiously, "Did you confess your feelings?"

“Uh…” Fang Yonghui’s face turned red immediately: “I did mention it to her, but she hasn’t agreed yet, saying she needs to think about it.”

"That means there's hope."

"Not necessarily, she might be trying to string me along."

Luo Rui shook his head: "Guo Lexuan isn't that kind of girl. After all, it's a major life event, so she'll definitely have to think it over carefully."

"Yes." Fang Yonghui nodded, then said, "If we can get back alive, I will ask her again."

"Don't be afraid." Luo Rui patted his shoulder.

“I’m not afraid, Luo Da.”

"Is there anything you want to ask me?" Luo Rui smiled and said, "I'll give you a chance to ask me what's on your mind."

Fang Yonghui chuckled, then became serious.

After thinking for a while, he hesitated for a moment and then asked, "There's a question that Chu Yang and I have been discussing, but we haven't dared to ask you about it."

"Go ahead and say it," Luo Rui said, looking at his profile.

"Luo Da, if we can get home safely, will you still want to be a policeman?"

Luo Rui lowered his gaze.

Fang Yonghui immediately said, "How about I ask a different question?"

Luo Rui raised his head: "No need, I can tell you now."

"Ok?"

"I will continue to be a police officer."

"Really?" Fang Yonghui was immediately delighted.

"Really." Luo Rui smiled; he was lying.

"That's great. Chu Yang and I were saying that if you resigned, we would go back to Haidong Province. Now we don't have to think about that anymore."

"Pull over, I'll drive, you can take a nap."

"Okay." Fang Yonghui stopped the car and let Luo Rui sit behind the steering wheel.

Luo Rui started the car and looked ahead.

A moment later, Fang Yonghui fell asleep, and a soft snore could be heard from his nose.

after an hour.

The car drove to the spot where the firefight had taken place, and was not far from the checkpoint ahead.

The bodies and vehicles on the road have been cleared away; nothing has been left.

The gun was placed under the driver's seat. Luo Rui picked it up and placed it on his lap.

Earlier, they had checked the guns and ammunition, and everyone's gun was fully loaded with bullets.

However, with limited ammunition, they were simply unable to cope with a large-scale attack.

When they were about a mile away from the checkpoint, Luo Rui stopped the car.

As soon as the car stopped, the people inside immediately woke up.

Jiang Feng immediately got up: "Have we arrived?"

Luo Rui nodded: "The sentry post is just ahead."

Jiang Feng picked up the gun, opened the car door, and got out with Luo Rui. Fang Yonghui quickly sat behind the steering wheel.

Zha Shan and Ang climbed into the back of the pickup truck, using the dashboard as a support, with their guns slung over their shoulders, their hands gripping the dashboard, and their eyes fixed ahead.

The dozen or so checkpoints along NH85 are all located on major transportation routes.

The wilderness and hills on both sides are buried with landmines, blocking passing vehicles and pedestrians.

These minefields are known only to the militants at the outposts; others dare not venture into them lightly.

Otherwise, DKBA wouldn't have seized the checkpoint when Luo Rui and his group passed by here the day before yesterday.

Luo Rui and Jiang Feng ran forward on the highway, carrying long guns in their hands.

They had no way to get through here; they could only go over and see what was going on, hoping to come up with a solution.

Without passing this checkpoint, once the government forces advance, NH85 will become the center of contention between the government forces and the KNU.

In addition, there are other forces in northern Myanmar, such as the DKBA. Once the fighting starts, it will be a hail of bullets and merciless artillery fire.

Furthermore, the Bago River Bridge is far from the checkpoints here, and both sides of the road are minefields. Apart from professional demining soldiers, ordinary people dare not go into the wilderness and forests, as it means certain death.

Only by passing through the checkpoints ahead, leaving the minefield, and heading to the villages inhabited by civilians in northern Myanmar will it be safer.

Luo Rui and his men have no shortage of guns; their weapons are all American and German. What they lack is ammunition.

If we had three rockets, that would be even better; we could just blow up the outpost.

Unfortunately, they've already run out.

Luo Rui and Jiang Feng rounded a bend at the foot of a mountain and saw a sentry post ahead with lights on. Fortifications had been built in front of the post, with several rows of barricades and tire blowouts erected in front, making it impossible for vehicles to pass.

Behind the fortifications, five or six armed men, holding rifles, stood in a group, smoking and chatting, looking very relaxed.

Beside them was a modified six-wheeled pickup truck with a DShK1938 heavy machine gun mounted in the back.

This thing's firing rack weighs 157 kilograms, the barrel is 1070 millimeters long, the bullet caliber is 12.7×108 millimeters, the rate of fire is 600 rounds per minute, and the effective range is 2000 meters.

The DShK1938 heavy machine gun was used on many modern battlefields, such as World War II and the Soviet-German conflict.

Jiang Feng stared at the thing from afar, his eyes wide with amazement.

"Damn it, how are we going to get across? If they use this, we might as well just surrender."

Luo Rui wasn't a military enthusiast, but he knew the power of that big machine on the vehicle.

He asked, "Can you estimate how many people are at the checkpoint?"

Jiang Feng sighed, "There are definitely forty or fifty people. We definitely can't get through." Luo Rui also sighed softly, "Then we'll have to go clear the mines."

Jiang Feng nodded: "Let's go. If all else fails, we'll have to go into the woods. The government troops will definitely attack first thing tomorrow morning. If all else fails, we'll ask them for help after they occupy this section of the road."

Luo Rui nodded, and the two of them retreated, turning around and running away.

"call out!"

"call out!"

A loud whistling sound suddenly rang in their ears.

The two men looked up at the night sky and saw two artillery shells, like shooting stars, arcing across the night sky from the low-lying wilderness to their left, before landing in the outpost in an instant.

"boom!"

"boom!"

Two deafening explosions rang out across the sky, and the ground shook.

A raging fire broke out instantly, with smoke obscuring the sky.

But that wasn't the end of it. Two more shells streaked across the night sky and landed steadily in the outpost.

"Boom, boom!"

Jiang Feng pulled Luo Rui down to squat by the roadside, shouting, "Holy shit, who the hell hit this guy?"

The two looked in the direction from which the shells came, but saw no vehicles or armed personnel advancing.

At this moment, Fang Yonghui drove the pickup truck over, and he, Zha Shan, and Ang Tiao got out of the truck.

Zhashan said, "They might be armed personnel from the DKBA."

Jiang Feng asked, "What do you mean?"

"Taking advantage of someone's misfortune."

Luo Rui carefully examined the direction from which the shells had come, then looked at the outpost already engulfed in flames. The armed personnel inside were completely powerless to fight back; the remaining KNU militants were either putting out the fire or fleeing.

Luo Rui gritted his teeth: "Let's take this opportunity and go through!"

"Huh?" Jiang Feng was startled.

"If we go, we'll miss our chance!"

Zhashan said, "I agree."

Ang said, "I agree."

They are unaware of what happened at the Bago River Bridge, but in any case, government forces will surely advance soon, leading to a three-way battle that will inevitably result in certain death.

Fang Yonghui immediately said, "I'll go get the car!"

"No need, we'll run!"

Luo Rui picked up his gun with one hand and charged forward; they were only about 300 meters away from the outpost.

Seeing this, the other four men, guns in hand, quickly followed behind him, but dared not get too close, and all ran in different directions.

The barricades and roadblocks in front of the checkpoint were in complete disarray, and most of the buildings and facilities next to it had collapsed.

The two militants who stood up from the trench, holding their heads, saw figures on the road and tried to raise their guns.

Luo Rui raised the M16 in his hand and pulled the trigger.

"Da da……"

Several bullets were fired, and the two men fell to the ground again, dead beyond any doubt.

Bypassing the barricades, Luo Rui crossed the trench from one end of the building and immediately raised his gun, keeping an eye on the activity inside the sentry post.

At that moment, the firelight illuminated his face.

The surviving KNU militants were gathered on the left, away from the outpost, led by an officer, preparing to deal with the direction of the artillery attack. Undoubtedly, the enemy was coming from the wasteland to the lower left.

There were large minefields there, and if a large enemy force attacked, some people would be killed first.

"Don't panic, the enemy hasn't come up yet, stay away from the buildings!" the officer maintained order.

"Get someone to drive the car over. If they dare to come up, we'll shoot them with heavy machine guns."

The pickup truck was positioned to the side of the checkpoint, narrowly escaping the artillery fire.

Luo Rui squatted in the corner, waiting for Jiang Feng, Fang Yonghui and the others to come in.

He immediately said, "Rob an armed pickup truck! Who would know how to use the heavy machine gun on it?"

“I will!” Jiang Feng said.

Zhashan also said, "I can do that too."

"Alright, Fang Yonghui, Ang, and I will take the driver's seat. Once you get in, take care of these guys immediately, and then we'll get out of here quickly without wasting any time."

"Okay!" everyone responded.

Luo Rui nodded and crouched down to slip out.

At this moment, four armed men were already waiting for the car. As soon as they opened the car door, Luo Rui and Ang immediately pulled the triggers of their automatic rifles.

"Da da da da..."

The four people collapsed instantly and fell asleep peacefully.

Immediately afterward, the militants on the left heard gunfire. While they were reacting, Luo Rui and his men quickly ran towards the armed pickup truck.

In an instant, the two sides began exchanging fire, with no cover between them except for the pickup truck in the middle.

But with a reckless attitude, Luo Rui and his team had more refined equipment, which made the enemy afraid to show their faces and quickly find cover.

Taking advantage of the cover fire from Luo Rui, Fang Yonghui, and Ang, Jiang Feng and Zha Shan quickly ran to the back of the pickup truck, threw their guns into the vehicle, and with a running start, climbed up.

After they jumped up, they saw several armed men also trying to steal the car, their upper bodies already on the partition, and one of them raised his gun.

At the critical moment, Zhashan drew a half-arm-length dagger from his waist, braced himself with both hands, lunged forward, and plunged the dagger into the man's throat from below.

At the same time, Jiang Feng picked up the gun from the car, knelt down, and pulled the trigger.

"Da da……"

Once inside the car, the two militants who had already seized the heavy machine gun lay dead in pools of blood.

Jiang Feng let out a breath and got up from the ground.

Zha Shan glanced at the bullet inlet, where a long bullet chain was hanging. He picked up the gun from the ground and looked to Luo Rui's lower right, preparing to help snipe.

The gunfire below continued unabated. Luo Rui and his men had been forced behind the trenches, where a dozen armed men approached and opened fire on them.

"Da da da da..."

Just then, these people noticed the situation inside the car.

Seeing that Jiang Feng had already turned his gun around, these people immediately followed suit and turned their guns around as well; otherwise, Luo Rui and his men would definitely have been killed.

To buy time for Jiang Feng, Zha Shan used shields as cover and aimed precisely at each enemy, one by one, in order to conserve ammunition.

Jiang Feng mustered all his strength, gritted his teeth, turned the gun around, gripped the handle with both hands, and forcefully pulled the trigger.

"Thumbs up..."

A shrill, devilish scream rang in everyone's ears.

The armed men who had been advancing towards Luo Rui and his group fell to the ground like harvested crops, with the heads of two of them exploding like watermelons.

In just a few seconds, these men were routed and lay on the ground. The surviving officer howled and rolled into the building, escaping with his life.

Jiang Feng glanced around and saw figures appearing in the wasteland to his left. He quickly shouted, "Quick, get in the car, we have to go!"

Luo Rui, Fang Yonghui, and Ang ran over and quickly jumped into the car.

The car key was under the steering wheel. Luo Rui turned the key, pressed the clutch and accelerator, and the armored pickup truck sped forward.

Jiang Feng turned his gun around and kept watch behind him. Just a few seconds later, he saw another shell in the night sky, with a sharp whistling sound, land in the guard post building. This time it was a petrol bomb.

It's likely that the armed militants hiding in the wasteland heard the heavy machine gun fire and chose to use Truth again.

"boom!"

Instantly, flames shot into the sky from the sentry post, and thick smoke billowed into the air.

(End of this chapter)