Soldiers' Assault: Veteran Special Agents and New Recruits

Chapter 438 The Viper in the Dark

When Lieutenant Colonel Liu heard the news from Jackie Chan, his scalp tingled with fear.

The road ahead is blocked, and the road behind is also blocked.

Dead end!

All we can do is try to stay alive.

If they ignore all advice and stubbornly lead the convoy forward, they will undoubtedly collide head-on with the approaching Red Turban Army.

The Red Turban Army and the government army have already started fighting. They don't care whether someone is Chinese or not; they will fight whenever they meet.

Although the embassy convoy had two armored vehicles, the number of military attachés and armed police protecting them was only about ten, which was not enough to confront the Red Turban Army head-on.

Not to mention the enormous danger that bullets could pose to overseas Chinese if a direct conflict were to break out, with bullets flying everywhere without regard for their own safety.

Therefore, Lieutenant Colonel Liu can only do so much at present. He can only try to ensure the safety of the overseas Chinese. The rest is up to Jackie Chan to defy fate.

Jackie Chan also realized the seriousness of the situation, and his brain was working at lightning speed in a short period of time.

I considered countless plans and countless possibilities.

Only one can succeed!

That is to do our best and exert the strongest output to help the government soldiers at Xiguan Pass defeat the Red Turban Army before they can't hold out on the east side.

Once the western checkpoint is reopened, the evacuation convoy will be able to leave safely.

How to help the government forces at Xiguan Pass quickly defeat the Red Turban Army became a problem that Jackie Chan had to rack his brains over.

It is currently unclear how many government troops are stationed at the western checkpoint, or what kind of firepower and defenses they possess.

Jackie Chan simply couldn't be bothered to think about it anymore.

I first observed the Red Turban Army ahead. I don't know the exact number of them, but I can confirm that there are nine vehicles in total, only one of which is an armed pickup truck.

Jackie Chan then started the car again, preparing to bypass the Red Turban Army and head towards Hilot Avenue.

Its small size gives it better off-road capability.

Jackie Chan turned left into the alley ahead and took a shortcut towards Xiguan Bridge.

It took about a minute to open.

Gunfire and explosions rang out from the West Gate, clearly indicating that the Red Turban Army, who had come via the main road, had launched an attack on the West Gate.

After driving a few dozen meters further, Jackie Chan's car stopped again.

There's no road ahead!

With no alleys to explore further and less than 100 meters to go, Jackie Chan decisively chose to abandon the car and walk through the houses.

We need to figure out the configuration of the government forces and the exact number of rebels.

First, you need a good observation point!

In order to help the government forces to the greatest extent, they absolutely cannot rush to the front lines to charge into battle; being a front-line soldier in positional warfare is too restrictive.

Hiding behind enemy lines to attack Red Turban Army strategic points, and picking off snipers, machine gunners, and rocket launcher operators, is the best way to limit the Red Turban Army.

As Jackie Chan searched through the buildings, he ultimately decided that the Hamilton Hotel was the best option.

Although the hotel is not very tall, only eight stories including the rooftop, it is already one of the tallest buildings in this African city.

The high vantage point provides excellent visibility, and the complex architecture makes it difficult for the enemy to locate you, facilitating a safe retreat.

These are some of the key factors for urban sniping positions!

With armed government troops guarding the hotel, Jackie Chan, fully armed, certainly couldn't enter the hotel through the main entrance.

The Hamilton Hotel is now under the control of government forces, which essentially make it their command center.

Such a highly confidential place must not be open to outsiders.

Going directly to communicate and coordinate would be too cumbersome, and Jackie Chan doesn't have that much time.

To be precise...

The government troops at Xiguan Pass didn't have that much time. Jackie Chan was worried that while the driver was still coordinating, Xiguan Pass would be breached by the Red Turban Army.

That would be a huge problem; the bridge removal mission might fail.

Jackie Chan didn't want to see this happen, so he gave up on this path.

After scanning the area around the hotel, I found that the defenses were quite tight; I couldn't get in through the front, back, or side doors, as there were government soldiers guarding them.

Killing these guards would allow him to sneak in; Jackie Chan could do that easily with his abilities.

But Jackie Chan can't do that!

The government forces are now on Jackie Chan's side, and Jackie Chan cannot kill innocent people indiscriminately.

Under these restricted conditions, the only way to reach the hotel rooftop is to use the familiar old method: sneak in from somewhere.

The wall behind the hotel is three meters high, which is a big problem for others.

Jackie Chan, however, is very simple.

With a light leap, he grabbed the top of the wall and quickly climbed over.

At this moment, the huge hotel was in complete chaos, with a large number of foreigners and locals who had not had time to evacuate hiding together in the hotel.

They had hoped to rely on the government troops here to save their lives, but unexpectedly, the Red Army still attacked.

They have nowhere to run or hide now, and can only pray that the government forces can hold on, otherwise they will perish together with the government forces.

The government forces are under immense pressure, having to protect both their own people and their own lives.

Therefore, all the government soldiers in the hotel were on high alert, rushing around the hotel in a hurry.

There were even government soldiers recruiting on the spot, hoping that men would bravely stand up and join them in resisting the Red Turban Army.

Whether you've served in the military or fired a gun is irrelevant.

As long as you're willing to stand up!

Taking advantage of the government troops recruiting soldiers in the lobby, which attracted everyone's attention, Jackie Chan easily avoided the people in the hotel and reached the seventh floor via the fire escape.

This is the top floor of the hotel.

There are no guest rooms or operating rooms upstairs, only the hotel's central air conditioning system, as well as electrical equipment, ventilation systems, and the like.

The rooftop above that is Jackie Chan's ideal spot.

When a sniper is focused on sniping, the scope of their field of vision through the binoculars can reduce their awareness of their surroundings.

To prevent any unexpected events in the upcoming battle, setting up warning and defensive traps is essential.

"Crash! Splash!"

He smashed open the locked fire cabinet with the butt of a rifle, took out a red long-handled axe, and wedged it against the fire door on the seventh floor, blocking the passage.

Then, they returned to the corner at the bottom of the sixth and a half floor and placed an infrared-triggered stun grenade. At the stairwell on the seventh floor, they set up a tripwire fragmentation grenade.

Once they reached the rooftop, Jackie Chan used a fire pry bar to bolt the iron door shut and then set up another pressure-activated fragmentation grenade.

The first stun grenades are not meant to cause fatal damage; they are purely for deterrence.

Government troops who unexpectedly stormed in.

If they insist on going any further up, they're most likely Red Turban Army soldiers sneaking in. If we blow them up, so be it, there's no problem with that.

Even if the bombing killed government soldiers, it cannot be blamed on Chenglongtou.

They've already warned us with stun grenades, and we still insist on going up. We can only blame ourselves for being too stubborn. If we die, it's because we asked for it.

Finally, I hope this Jackie Chan one won't be a disaster.

When the third trap grenade exploded, it proved that the government forces had completely collapsed and all the Red Turban Army soldiers had rushed in.

By then, it was time for Jackie Chan to retreat and make a decisive choice.

Jackie Chan, you've also prepared a way to retreat. When you came up, you took a bundle of rope from the car; it was a specially prepared climbing rope.

With a special rappelling lock attached to the body, it takes less than 10 seconds to descend from the rooftop to the ground.

All the work was completed in less than five minutes.

"The survival game has begun. Let's see who has the last laugh."

Jackie Chan chose a shooting position on the rooftop, looked at the Xiguan Pass a hundred meters away, and played a fierce game of double-handed shooting, his eyes burning with fighting spirit.

swoosh...

Her hands were as nimble as a machine.

After quickly removing the parts and performing a series of operations, Jackie Chan switched the Sabr sniper rifle to sniper mode in less than twenty seconds.

At this time.

The government troops inside the pass were clearly outnumbered by the Red Turban Army and were being completely overwhelmed, with soldiers dying one after another.

In particular, the Red Army's armed pickup truck was subjected to the greatest pressure from heavy machine gun fire.

Jackie Chan decided not to wait any longer and joined the battle as quickly as possible.

"Bang!"

In sniper mode, Sabr's gun barrel twitched slightly.

The Red Turban Army heavy machine gunner, who was really enjoying firing, had a stream of blood spurt from his head, his head snapped back, and he fell off the vehicle.

Jackie Chan was more than 100 meters away from the West Gate, and the Red Turban Army was more than 200 meters away from the West Gate, totaling nearly 400 meters in between.

Precise headshots, effortless.

The Red Turban Army was unaware that they had been targeted by a venomous snake, which had already begun its killing spree, eliminating their core firepower.

They thought it was just a lucky break for the government soldiers who happened to take down the heavy machine gunner.

As soon as one heavy machine gunner fell, another Red Turban Army soldier immediately took his place, climbing onto a pickup truck to grab the heavy machine gun and continue to apply pressure on the government army checkpoint with long bursts of fire.

As a result, after firing two shots, he had a finger-sized hole in his forehead and a large spray came out from the back of his head.

Then he followed in his footsteps and fell down as well.

The Red Turban Army soldiers were also stubborn; the deaths of two soldiers did not deter them, and the Red Turban Army soldiers next to them continued to attack fearlessly.

"Bang, bang, bang..."

Jackie Chan's continuous, precise shots.

Blood and smoke, linked by bullets, became beautiful musical notes; one Red Turban Army soldier after another became machine gunners, only to become corpses a few seconds later.

Repeatedly, repeatedly, and again, the heavy machine gun position had become a death trap.

After eight heavy machine gunners were killed in succession, the Red Turban Army finally realized something was wrong. They felt that this machine gun position was too strange and no one dared to continue firing.

After Jackie Chan's actions, the situation was completely reversed.

Nearly 100 Red Turban Army soldiers who launched the attack were pinned down on the other side of the street by less than 50 government troops due to Jackie Chan's presence.

The funniest thing is that neither the Red Turban Army nor the government soldiers noticed it.

This is Jackie Chan secretly playing dirty tricks!

The sound of a gun equipped with a silencer is hardly noticeable in this chaotic battlefield filled with gunfire and explosions; it's difficult to spot.

The government soldiers thought they were blessed by a god, that their bullets had built-in "tracking navigation," which is why the heavy machine gunners on the other side kept dying.

The thought that God was protecting them ignited the government troops at Xiguan Pass, who roared with renewed vigor.

They fought harder and harder, becoming more and more courageous.

The mastermind behind all this did not stop reaping the benefits in the shadows, continuing to quietly act as a "venomous snake" amidst the chaos.

The heavy-fire target has been taken down, so the next valuable target is next.

"Bang!"

A single shot rang out, and blood splattered everywhere.

The Red Turban Army officer, who had just been angrily roaring and urging his men to attack and capture the pass, suddenly had a bloody hole appear on his forehead.

Then he collapsed limply to the ground, dying in the same manner as the heavy machine gunner.

Seeing that their commander had been killed, the Red Turban Army's morale plummeted, and they could no longer advance, choosing instead to hold their ground.

After emptying a 30-round magazine and killing 25 Red Turban Army soldiers, the first round of the mission was completed, which was also the first mission in this dimension.

The Hamier Hotel has a great location, situated right at the intersection of three streets.

The Red Turban Army on the left side has been temporarily suppressed. The rest is up to the government army to finish them off, drive the Red Turban Army away, and reopen the road.

Jackie Chan began to shift his focus to the eastern border, hoping to reduce the pressure on the east and allow more government troops to support the west.

The fighting broke out first on the east side, and the battle was much more intense than on the west side.

The main street on this side is wider, and there are more combatants gathered there. All kinds of cars, after being bombed or destroyed, block the entire road, becoming natural cover.

Hundreds of Red Turban rebels and government soldiers fought back and forth around these bunkers.

Machine gun fire, grenades, rocket launchers, heavy machine guns, and mortars—a relentless barrage of attacks, creating a scene of carnage and carnage.

Besides the Red Turban Army attacking from the east and west sides, chaos also broke out in the streets.

The Red Turban Army, disguised as civilians, had infiltrated the area in large numbers, and their sneak attacks could be seen in various shops, roadside stalls, and small stores.

This left the government forces surrounded by enemies on all sides, making the situation far more dangerous than in the west.

The Red Turban Army has now captured the initial checkpoint, and the government forces have been routed to the second line of defense.

This defensive line is less than 300 meters away from Jackie Chan's position.

Seeing that the government forces were increasingly unable to hold out, the locals and foreigners in the city panicked, and some impatient people began to flee ahead of schedule.

The east and west were the directions of attack for the Red Turban Army, so the civilians could only flee to the remaining north and south.

To the north lies the Red Turban Army's controlled territory. Even if you escape, it's useless; in the Red Turban Army's territory, you're doomed sooner or later.

The south is currently undecided, with the government forces and the Red Turban Army changing hands repeatedly.

So it's still very dangerous, but at least there's still a glimmer of hope.

So most people flocked to the south, passing through the buildings along the street to the next street, leaving the fiercely contested Hillot Avenue.

Because Jackie Chan put so much pressure on the Red Turban Army at the West Gate, the Red Turban Army had no time to be distracted.

In addition, the Red Turban Army, disguised as civilians, has infiltrated the streets and is now running into the shops on both sides to clean up the so-called "government lackeys".

As a result, only a few scattered Red Turban Army soldiers remained on the streets.

As a result, when hundreds of people rushed over, very few were injured or killed; the vast majority escaped successfully and disappeared into the next block.

(End of this chapter)