Detective: From the Police Academy

Chapter 552 Encirclement!

Luo Rui said firmly, "We'll go back with you two!"

The two Rohingya men at the bottom of the slope didn't hear what he said and moved closer to him, looking bewildered.

Fang Yonghui gripped his AK47 tightly and repeated, "Take us back, and we'll fight alongside you!"

The two Rohingya men stared wide-eyed, almost unable to believe their ears.

Luo Rui ignored them, called out to Zha Shan and Ang, pushed the jeep back to its previous position, and covered it with tree branches.

The two Rohingya men understood immediately and stepped forward. One of them asked, "Boss He Dong told us to leave!"

"Stop talking nonsense! You saved our lives, we can't just run away like this!" Luo Rui replied.

After hiding the jeep, Luo Rui turned around and urged, "Let's go."

The two Rohingya men exchanged a glance, and the older one nodded.

Afterwards, Luo Rui and his four companions followed them back the way they came.

During their journey, through conversation, Luo Rui and his companions learned that the older Rohingya man was named Ali, and the younger one was named Karim.

The return journey was all mountain roads, which were not only steep but also very slippery. Ali and Kalam took off their shoes, tied their shoelaces into a knot, and hung them around their necks.

They ran very fast, just like Nur had before.

Fang Yonghui and Jiang Feng almost couldn't keep up with their pace.

Zhashan and Ang are in a better position, since they have lived in the forest area since childhood. Although they are unfamiliar with the surrounding environment, they have seen forests like this before.

Luo Rui followed closely beside Ali, panting as he asked, "Has DKBA ever attacked the lumber mill before?"

Ali nodded: "Yes, but they all took the money and left. This time is different."

Why are they different?

"Too many people have come; they must be after the lumber mill."

"Can we beat them?"

Ali shook his head: "We can't beat them. We don't have enough guns, and Boss He Dong and his men don't have many guns either."

The deeper you go into the forest, the more you can hear the sound of cannons.

"Boom, boom!"

The direction was outside the lumber mill. Needless to say, He Dong and his men hadn't reached an agreement and were already exchanging fire!
Hearing the loud noise, Ali and Karim ran faster and faster.

Luo Rui grabbed Ali's arm: "Don't panic, tell me, where are we going now?"

Ali shook off his hand, continuing on his way: "Of course we're going to help Mr. He Dong. We can't let the lumber mill fall into the hands of the DKBA armed forces. The lumber mill doesn't just belong to the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, it belongs to us too. We depend on it for our livelihood!"

"Going there rashly is suicide!" Luo Rui shouted.

“So what if they die? Aren’t there enough Rohingya dead already?” Karim said firmly.

Luo Rui suddenly blocked their way: "Listen to me, do as I say, okay?!"

Ali took a breath: "Go on."

"The shells are coming from the foot of the mountain to the left of the lumber mill. They haven't fired up yet. I checked the direction, and that's not the road we took into the mountains yesterday. What's going on?"

Ali said, "The road you took into the mountains yesterday was a small path. There were too many DKBA vehicles, so it was difficult to push them up. The main road they chose is the highway we use to transport timber out."

"If He Dong were to stop them, where would he be?"

Karim replied, "Over at Bird Mountain Village, there are shacks at the lumber mill. Our men are stationed there every day. It's a slope, and the DKBA can only get into the lumber mill by breaking through Bird Mountain Village."

Moreover, whenever DKBA or other forces entered the mountains, Boss He Dong would always be at that location negotiating with them.

Luo Rui frowned and said, "I have two requests. First, can you two find more people, the more the better? Second, can you get some weapons? Preferably artillery shells!"

Ali shook his head: "We do have people, but we don't have good weapons. We Rohingya only have knives and bows and arrows, and a few hunting rifles."

Luo Rui nodded: "Now go and gather your men. Bring them all, whether they're hunting rifles, knives, or bows and arrows! We'll go around from the mountainside and cut off DKBA's rear!"

Ali pursed his lips, thought for a moment, and then said to Karim, "Karim, go and gather men. Find all the Rohingya men in the forest and have them come to Snake Bottom to meet us!"

Karim nodded, turned and ran in another direction, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

Luo Rui said to Ali, "Let's go, take us to the snake bottom you mentioned."

after an hour.

Gunshots and artillery fire mingled together on the mountaintop above them.

"Boom! Boom!"

"Da da da da..."

At this moment, Luo Rui and his group were hiding behind a large rock in the woods halfway up the mountain.

On the opposite hillside, there was a long convoy of cars, but I didn't see many people.

The person should be on the left side of the mountainside, attacking upwards.

The term "snake bottom" refers to the terrain, which is actually just a zigzag shape.

Ali whispered, "Bird Mountain Village is just diagonally above us. Judging from the firefight, it seems to be at a stalemate."

Luo Rui looked at the convoy: "Which DKBA armed force is this?"

"Kundu's Buddhist camp also has Jaba's Karma Fire Alliance. These two are the largest armed forces in Valai."

Fang Yonghui clicked his tongue and said, "Both of these armed groups have attacked? Doesn't the Zhonghua Timber Factory pay protection money to Kundu every year?"

Luo Rui said, "Either they've turned against each other, or one side has replaced the other."

Ali said, "It must be Jaba who replaced Kundu, otherwise Kundu wouldn't have called. He would only ask for money."

Moreover, Kundu's Buddhist followers were at the forefront, followed by members of the Karmic Fire Alliance; it's likely they were using Kundu's people as cannon fodder.

Jiang Feng asked, "So what do we do now?"

Luo Rui pondered for a moment and said, "When Karim arrives with his men, we'll circle around them. The road is full of parked cars. If we can grab a gun, we can use these cars as cover to surround them from above and below. These guys will all be dead!"

Jiang Feng looked into Luo Rui's eyes and couldn't help but swallow.

During this time, the sounds of fighting on the mountaintop stopped briefly, but the artillery fire continued. It seemed that Jaba's men would not be able to attack the top anytime soon, so they were bombarding the mountain with artillery shells.

After waiting for more than ten minutes, a group of people suddenly jumped out of the woods behind Luo Rui and his group. These people had dark faces, long arms and legs, and there were about forty of them in total, led by Karim.

They carried bows and arrows, had machetes tucked into their belts, were barefoot, and their eyes were filled with hatred.

Karim said to Luo Rui, "These are the only people we could find. We couldn't have found so many otherwise, but I ran back to the lumber mill and Grandpa Jiang found them for me."

“Okay!” Luo Rui nodded and led them back into the woods, where the group surrounded him.

Luo Rui said, "We're on their tail now, so let's step on their tail. After we go down, keep an eye on those with guns, take them down one by one, don't rush to shoot. After taking them down, take their guns and magazines."

"You guys know how to use guns, right?"

Seeing everyone nod, Luo Rui continued, "If anyone is scared, they can leave now. Going down might cost you your life. Think it over."

Seeing that no one backed down, Luo Rui nodded: "Go down from three directions, with me, Jiang Feng, and Ali leading the way, divided into three groups. If you are discovered, just shoot them!"

Luo Rui raised the AK47 in his hand.

Jiang Feng and Ali nodded and began to allocate manpower.

After the group was divided up, they began to make their way down the mountain.

Because they were in the rear, the people from the Yehuo Company didn't pay much attention to their surroundings; their attention was drawn to the battle on the mountaintop ahead.

As Luo Rui led his team down the slope, they went around a truck and came face to face with two armed men.

The two armed men were startled and quickly took the long guns off their shoulders, but Luo Rui strode forward and slashed at the man in front with his knife.

A deep bloodstain appeared on the man's face, and he collapsed to the ground.

Fang Yonghui also held a knife, but he couldn't bring himself to strike. After all, he was a policeman. He would have been willing to shoot each other with guns, but he had a lot of psychological burden about killing someone with a knife.

The second man had just picked up the gun when Luo Rui kicked him hard.

The man yelled and fell to the ground. Luo Rui rushed over and slashed at the man's right wrist with his knife.

The hand was severed instantly, and the cut was like a tap that had been suddenly turned on, with blood gushing out immediately.

At that moment, a Rohingya man rushed forward, lunged at the man, and plunged a sharp knife into his heart.

The Rohingya man behind him picked up the two guns on the ground, kept one for himself, and threw the other to Fang Yonghui.

Luo Rui's team had more than a dozen people, and they kept cutting in front of them.

One of the drivers in the driver's seat heard the noise and had just poked his head out when an arrow pierced his eye.

He didn't die immediately; he was shouting. Then, a short Rohingya man opened the car door, climbed in, and began hacking at him with a knife.

After killing the man, the short man found several guns in the driver's seat and threw them to the men under the car.

When it comes to killing people single-handedly, Luo Rui took the lead, slicing one person down with one blow, no different from chopping melons. Arms and legs were scattered all over the ground, and heads were chopped up like watermelons, their faces unrecognizable.

These scenes made Fang Yonghui's heart pound with fear!

He had heard before that Luo Rui had been kidnapped and that he had taken down a boat full of robbers on a fishing boat, but that was ten years ago.

Fang Yonghui had never seen it with his own eyes and had no concept of it. Now that he had witnessed it firsthand, he felt dizzy and nauseous.

The name Luo Yanwang (King of Hell) is too humble for Luo Rui; he is clearly a god of death.

Moreover, Fang Yonghui could sense that Luo Rui was trying to avoid getting blood on his hands. Whenever Fang Yonghui was about to raise his knife, Luo Rui would be one step ahead of him and kill the target he had spotted.

As a result, when these Rohingya people saw Luo Rui's swift and decisive killings, without even blinking, they felt a vague sense of fear.

Jiang Feng's group came from another direction. He wasn't as brave as Luo Rui; he just carried a long gun to provide cover for the people behind him.

Ali's team was also very fierce. They were all Rohingya people who had a natural blood feud with the DKBA militants. They cut their way through, their hands and faces covered in blood.

Five minutes later, more than forty Rohingya men were holding guns and had magazines tucked into their waistbands.

During this time, it wasn't that no shots were fired; Jiang Feng, Zha Shan, and Ang each fired a few shots, killing seven or eight people.

However, the gunfire was masked by the cover of artillery fire ahead.

Luo Rui and his team had advanced to the middle of the convoy, collecting a considerable amount of weapons and ammunition, as well as two rocket launchers.

As they climbed the slope, they saw the attacking militants, hundreds of them scattered across the slope, firing towards the summit, and mortars were set up on the ground.

The shells whistled as they hurtled towards the mountaintop, and the ground trembled after the explosions.

Luo Rui made a gesture, and the Rohingya people began to check the collected guns, inserting ammunition into their abdomens, preparing for the attack.

Because of the trucks providing cover, the militants on the hillside couldn't notice them at all.

Moreover, the fighting is getting more and more intense, and the mountain stronghold is no longer able to hold out. These militants are slowly advancing towards the top of the mountain and are about to take over.

At this moment, He Dong, who was defending Bird Mountain Village, had been shot in the shoulder and abdomen and could no longer hold on. There were too many enemies down the mountain. Although their weapons were excellent, they did not kill many people because the enemy directly bombarded them with artillery shells.

If Qiu Wenhe hadn't brought reinforcements, they would have been unable to hold out long ago.

On the mountaintop, there were more than forty people, including Rohingya and Chinese. Now, more than half of them have died or been injured, and only the people brought by Qiu Wenhe are still struggling to hold on.

The village behind them had been razed to the ground by artillery fire, and the Chinese population had been almost entirely wiped out.

He Dong lay prone in the hastily dug trench, one hand gripping a gun, the other pressing against his abdomen.

The wound on his abdomen was caused by shrapnel from a shell. The injury was very serious; a large chunk of flesh was almost torn away, and his intestines were nearly spilling out.

Qiu Wenhe grabbed a young Chinese man next to him and shouted, "Find two people to carry the boss back! Hurry, he can't hold on any longer!"

Zhang Bing gritted his teeth and asked, "Then what are you going to do?"

"So what if we die?" Qiu Wenhe looked at the remaining people: "Those who want to leave, leave now. Those who want to stay with me, we'll hold out to the death!"

These people gritted their teeth, each struggling internally.

He Dong's forehead was covered in cold sweat. He opened his eyes and cursed at Qiu Wenhe, "Are you stupid? Get out of here! All of you, get out of here! Don't die in a foreign land! Damn it, you want the lumber mill? Don't risk your lives!"

Qiu Wenhe fired a few shots downwards and shouted, "What about the Rohingya? If we hand over the timber mill to them, all these local villagers will die!"

"Make them come with us, quick, these bastards are about to attack. Damn it, they won't even talk, they'll start fighting. Jabba is a real menace."

Qiu Wenhe nodded, put his gun away, and shouted to the others, "Retreat! Everyone retreat! Those who are uninjured, stay with me and cover the rear!"

He looked up and saw that the DKBA militants were not far away.

The artillery fire has stopped; everyone is firing at the mountaintop.

Zhang Qiang bent down, carried He Dong on his back, and quickly retreated.

Qiu Wenhe gathered about twenty people and was just about to set off when he suddenly heard a burst of gunfire coming from the foot of the mountain.

"Da da da da..."

He paused for a moment, then picked up his binoculars and looked down the mountain. He saw chaos behind DKBA, and they had started exchanging fire.

Qiu Wenhe was startled. Where did this person suddenly come from?

(End of this chapter)