Soldiers' Assault: Veteran Special Agents and New Recruits

Chapter 348 Fierce as a Tiger Down the Mountain

With less than half an hour left to maneuver, and three minutes already spent running over, time was running out.

Jackie Chan observed from the shore for two minutes, confirming the number of armed guards on the deck and both sides of the ship, before leading his team to sneak over.

The people on the ship were sufficiently vigilant and cautious, but they were focusing on the wrong things.

All eyes were on the dock entrance, in case someone attacked from that direction. Four sentries were stationed at the bridge, the only place to board the ship.

Jackie Chan and his crew, who had slithered in from underwater in the dark, perfectly avoided all the sentries.

He climbed onto the side of the boat using the tires that were used for collision cushioning and successfully climbed from underwater onto the boat without disturbing anyone on board.

Jackie Chan has two objectives in his operations.

The primary objective is to find Lina and rescue her safely.

The second objective is to find Black Lion. If possible, capture him alive; if not, kill him to prevent him from causing trouble again.

Before setting off, Jackie Chan made sufficient observations on the shore, chose the best route, and deliberately avoided all sentries, so the boarding process went smoothly.

There were only vendors guarding the entrance to the cabin, so it wasn't difficult to deal with them.

Jackie Chan gave Xu Sanduo a few hand gestures to communicate, then walked ahead carefully, taking turns with Xu Sanduo, one on each side.

Xu Sanduo covered the mouth of the peddler from behind and stabbed him in from behind with a dagger.

It was stabbed in the heart; one stab was fatal.

They stabbed him and immediately retreated, taking the reader with them to prevent him from dying at the entrance and blocking the way, which would also make him easy to be discovered and exposed.

Jackie Chan is even more direct than Xu Sanduo.

Unlike Xu Sanduo, who is short in stature and not as strong as Europeans and Americans, he needs to rely on skills and weapons.

Jackie Chan's physique is far larger than that of Europeans and Americans, and his attack methods are simple and violent, relying on brute force.

All you have to do is rush out, grab his neck, and twist it forcefully. With the cracking sound of bones breaking, you can easily snap the peddler's neck.

End the battle in a second – quick and efficient.

After dealing with the two book vendors at the entrance and hiding their bodies under the tarpaulin on the deck, Jackie Chan and his five companions filed into the cabin.

The lower deck of the cargo ship was not very large, and there were not many armed guards inside.

Most of the book dealers were with Black Lion, occupying the bridge above the cargo ship where the cockpit was located, waiting for General Ross to come to them.

They didn't stay in the cramped lower deck.

In addition, the lower deck was very dark with very poor lighting.

Jackie Chan and his group of five moved with great success, as if they were in an empty field. They took down three more book vendors along the way and found Lina in the engine compartment at the very back.

A book vendor was standing guard nearby.

Perhaps because it was dark and boring, the book vendor wasn't very alert. He had his guns resting on the side and was sitting on the ground smoking idly.

Facing an enemy who isn't even holding a gun, there's absolutely no need for any preparation.

He charged straight in from the front, and by the time the peddler realized something was wrong and tried to grab his gun, Jackie Chan had already rushed onto the peddler's face.

He punched him in the throat, shattering the peddler's vocal cords and throat.

Then they lifted him high, stretched out his knees to cushion the impact, and slammed them down heavily on his knees, breaking his spine in two instantly.

Having successfully located the hostage, the team's next priority is ensuring the hostage's safety.

However, after Jackie Chan personally inquired and confirmed that Lina was not good at swimming, it was unrealistic to expect her to hold her breath underwater for several minutes and swim to the shore in one breath.

If you can't swim across in one go, it's very dangerous to be exposed along the way.

Although one can dodge bullets underwater, now that they've arrived at Black Lion's prepared territory, no one knows what weapons he has prepared.

In case there are weapons like rocket launchers or grenade launchers, or someone who throws grenades a long distance.

Hiding underwater is useless.

The shockwave from the explosion travels much faster and is several times more powerful in water than in air, easily stunning a person.

You can use a grenade to blow up fish; once it's blown up, a whole bunch of them will float to the sky.

They were all either killed or stunned by the shockwave.

Escape underwater is a dead end, and Lina has no chance of doing it. So the only option is to fight your way out of the ship and escape to the dock on shore.

Black Lion and most of the armed drug traffickers gathered at the bridge tower near the dock.

If they tried to leave from the dock, they would inevitably be discovered. There were also nearly twenty peddlers on the boat, who could easily become easy targets.

Jackie Chan didn't believe that Lina could leave this place unharmed under these circumstances.

The only way to ensure Lina's safe departure is to eliminate all threats; then Lina's departure will be safe.

If fighting is the only option, then let's fight.

Without hesitation, Jackie Chan and his rescue team immediately moved on to the second phase of the operation.

"Sanduo, your main responsibility is to protect the hostages. Stay in the cabin for now. The rest of you, attack with me and make sure to eliminate all the book dealers..."

Jackie Chan quickly and easily gave orders, dividing the team into two groups to launch a surprise attack on the bridge.

Jackie Chan and one teammate went to the starboard side of the boat, while the other two teammates went to the port side. The two sides advanced in a pincer-like manner, relying on each other and serving as each other's spearheads of attack.

The bridge was full of armed hawkers, and since the hostages had been found, there was no need to worry about their safety.

Jackie Chan and the other three trainees stopped holding back and abandoned their previous solitary battles, prioritizing speed and aiming to eliminate the enemy as quickly as possible.

Every book vendor visible to the naked eye became their target.

"Clap clap clap, clap clap clap..."

Gunfire erupted, and the merciless slaughter began.

The armed guards stationed on various parts of the ship were caught off guard by Jackie Chan and his three companions, and several of them were killed or wounded immediately.

The screams of those falling off the ship were increasingly louder than the last.

"What happened?"

The incident happened so suddenly that Black Lion was completely bewildered.

"Enemy forces have appeared on the ship, from the Hunter School, and they're attacking us!" A book vendor, armed with weapons, rushed over in a panic.

"Damn it, are these guys haunting us? Where did they come from?"

Black Lion was completely bewildered.

It was like this at the jungle base, and it's still like this now on the ship. The people from the hunter school are like they have magic; they can always find a way to break through his defenses.

This immediately broke Black Lion's defenses, leaving him completely without the courage to fight.

His innate passive skill activated again, and he called his underlings to prepare to slip away, board the speedboat prepared at the stern, and make another getaway.

I'm too lazy to bring any hostages.

Black Lion just wants to preserve his life; he'll have plenty of time to cause trouble later.

However, this time was completely different from the last time. Although the stern of the ship was right down from the bridge, the distance was very short, and you could just climb down the escalator.

But Jackie Chan and his group were already very close, and Black Lion no longer had enough space or time.

Jackie Chan, determined to take down the Black Lion, is as fierce as a tiger descending a mountain, cutting through thorns and brambles along the way, leaving no one who stands in his way unscathed.

The book vendors would be killed as soon as they showed their faces; they had absolutely no power to resist.

After Jackie Chan took down the eleventh book vendor, he rushed to the bottom of the bridge and saw Black Lion with a henchman and a fat man in a suit, preparing to climb down the ladder.

Jackie Chan decisively fired a few shots, taking down the chubby man in a suit and a book vendor.

Seeing Jackie Chan's fierce fighting spirit, Black Lion realized that it was impossible for him to run away by force. He reached into his pocket, pulled out a remote control, and shouted, "Don't move, don't fire, or I'll press a button and we're all done for!"

"I've already planted explosives on the ship, enough to blow it to the sky. Put down your guns now, or we'll all die together."

Firing a gun is out of the question; there is no room for compromise when it comes to Jackie Chan.

If the peddler really manages to escape by boat, and there really is a bomb he planted on board, then once he reaches a safe place, everyone on board will be killed by the bomb.

In any case, the final result is death, and the only hope of survival is to leave Black Lion alive.

Jackie Chan knows exactly what choice to make.

(End of this chapter)