Soldiers' Assault: Veteran Special Agents and New Recruits

Chapter 456 Arming of Chinese-Owned Factories

"Da da da..."

The sound of rifle fire suddenly broke out.

A burst of bullets struck the roof of the iron shed, leaving a row of irregular bullet holes. The workers screamed in fright, interrupting Old Lin's boastful spree.

Old Lin, who was also so frightened he almost peed himself, was furious and wanted to yell at which bastard fired the gun indiscriminately.

Turning to look at the entrance, he discovered that the man who had entered with a gun held in one hand, the muzzle still smoking, was actually a two-meter-tall, muscular giant.

The rebuke that was about to burst from his throat was so frightened that he swallowed it back down.

Their imposing presence is truly intimidating!

Old Lin was worried that if he uttered that one word, "bastard," he would be grabbed and beaten up the next second, and his 100-pound body would be crippled on the spot.

Not only was Lao Lin intimidated by Jackie Chan's physique, but all the workers also felt uneasy.

People are speculating about the background of this person.

Dr. Chen and her daughter, who had met Jackie Chan before and were shocked by his imposing stature, along with Lao He and Zhuo Yifan, who had met Jackie Chan briefly after the battle, were also present.

Their eyes were filled with anticipation at Jackie Chan's sudden appearance.

There are now a couple hundred workers trapped here, and none of us here have a good solution. We can only let Lao Lin do whatever he wants here.

Jackie Chan appeared as a "savior," so naturally, more expectations were placed on him.

Facing the expectant gazes of the crowd, Jackie Chan's answer was forceful yet concise, leaving no room for doubt: "Since I came here specifically to rescue people, I will take all the workers with me; I will not abandon a single one."

We can't escape, so we have to fight. That's our current situation.

There's no way to change it!

The only possible outcome is either killing Old D and all his men, or being wiped out by Old D and his men in the Chinese-owned factory.

Jackie Chan needs more volunteers to join the operation and maximize the defensive capabilities of Chinese-owned factories.

The best way to mobilize the larger African workforce to overcome their fear and join the defense is to move them emotionally.

Winning hearts and minds is the best strategy; conquering cities is the next best.

That's the gist of it.

really.

Jackie Chan repeated his words in English, and the moment he uttered the phrase "never give up," the atmosphere in the old warehouse instantly reached a climax.

The more than one hundred African workers, who had been in despair, jumped and cheered with joy.

Jackie Chan's image in their minds suddenly transformed into that of a savior, and their goodwill towards him skyrocketed; they were almost ready to kneel down and express their gratitude.

Although Lao Lin was afraid of Jackie Chan's strength, he was even more unwilling to have his plans ruined.

Seeing that the Feizhu workers were getting excited and a group of Chinese workers were clapping, it was clear that their own plan was about to fall apart.

Old Lin didn't want to be defeated so easily, so he quickly came up with a wicked plan—

His self-proclaimed name is "Splashing Dirty Water"!

"Take them all without abandoning a single one? You have the nerve to talk big? Aren't you the culprit? You've been the one harming us all along."

Old Lin angrily accused Jackie Chan, especially the last part, which we used very aptly.

He tries to align himself with the workers, criticizing Jackie Chan from their perspective in order to fool them and gain more support.

Old Lin's trick of splashing dirty water did indeed have an extremely good effect.

The old warehouse, which had been filled with excitement, cooled down rapidly because of Lao Lin's sudden remark.

It's like a red-hot iron being doused with a bucket of water.

Seeing that the effect was very good and the workers had been misled by his words, Lao Lin immediately continued to accuse them: "I heard from Dr. Chen and the others that after you arrived at St. Francis Hospital in Sankuga Town, something happened at the hospital."

We were perfectly safe here, but as soon as you arrived, a group of Red Turban Army soldiers showed up.

Wherever you go, danger appears. And you're saying you brought the danger with you? I don't believe such a coincidence.

Old Lin deliberately misled the workers present, completely distorting the story that Jackie Chan chased after the Red Turban Army to rescue people, appearing as a protector.

That explains why Jackie Chan appears wherever the enemy appears.

The workers mistakenly believed that Jackie Chan's appearance was the reason for the Red Turban Army's attack, and that the Red Turban Army was there to kill Jackie Chan, making Jackie Chan the harbinger of disaster.

Once this mess is firmly established, Lao Lin can unleash his next series of attacks.

He incited all the workers in the factory to drive out Jackie Chan, this dangerous jinx, and regain control of the factory.

have to say.

Old Lin is really good at playing tricks!

If it were someone who was less articulate or more emotional, they might have come to rescue someone only to be slandered, and thinking that their good intentions had not been rewarded, they might have left in a fit of anger, thus falling into Lao Lin's trap.

Unfortunately, Jackie Chan is not a young man in his twenties, but a "veteran" who has lived two lives.

With Old Lin's paltry tricks, he's far too inexperienced to break through Jackie Chan's defenses. Even if Old Lin trained for another thirty years, it wouldn't be enough.

"Playing psychological warfare in front of a psychologist is truly ignorant and laughable."

Jackie Chan dismissed it with disdain, completely ignoring Lin's mudslinging. Such forced explanations are meaningless and will only lead him into the other party's logical trap.

Jackie Chan chose a more effective and direct way to break the attack.

He asked sharply, cutting to the chase: "I only have two questions for you now: With me, or with him? Do you want to live, or do you want to die?"

Unsurprisingly.

With just two questions from Jackie Chan, he easily defeated Old Lin.

Old Lin had already offended 80% of the workers present by forcibly separating them in order to save his own life. In addition, he had always been a bully who only talked big, and the workers all knew that he didn't have any real skills.

Jackie Chan piloted a helicopter in a fierce aerial battle, helping Lao He and others defeat the attacking enemy—a fact witnessed by all the workers.

When compared, the difference in quality between the two is immediately apparent.

Faced with the question of whether Jackie Chan wanted to live or die, the workers selectively ignored Old Lin's accusations. No one cared whether Jackie Chan was an enemy he had brought.

All people care about is who is truly capable and can lead them out of this place alive.

Obviously.

Jackie Chan is more likely.

So without any voting, a worker took the lead and shouted, "I want to live, I want to go home. As long as you can take me home, I will do whatever you say. I will never say no."

Once one person stands up and expresses their opinion, a herd effect immediately occurs, and a large group of people rush out.

"Sir, I'll work for you. Tell me, what do you need us to do?"

"I'm willing to do anything as long as I can get home alive."

"Whoever brought the Red Turban Army here, I don't care who it is. I just want to go home."

"I just want to live, please take me away from here."

……

Hundreds of Chinese and African workers chatted amongst themselves, and the old warehouse instantly transformed into a bustling market, with noise and shouts that threatened to tear the roof off.

"Don't listen to him, he'll weld you shut..."

"Get out of here, you despicable person."

Old Lin originally wanted to try again, but he didn't want to be defeated by Jackie Chan so easily. He grabbed a worker's arm and tried to persuade him.

The worker impatiently pushed him away, raising his hand as if to hit him.

Old Lin was so frightened that he took several steps back.

Seeing that the situation was completely out of control, and that his words were more annoying than farts, Old Lin had no choice but to shut his mouth in reluctance in order to avoid being beaten up.

Jackie Chan easily defeated the scumbag and gained everyone's approval.

This includes Lao He, Wang Jianguo, Zhuo Yifan, and Dr. Chen, among others.

Next, we proceeded according to the newly formulated plan, and informed the workers present about the current situation, the crisis we faced, and the solutions.

The workers were genuinely terrified when they heard that the Red Turban Army would attack again tonight.

After all, it was a real army attacking, and even if it was the army of an African warlord, it was still far beyond what these workers could compare to.

I was really feeling quite desperate at the time!

However, Jackie Chan then confidently announced that as long as everyone unites and works together, he is confident that he can lead everyone to defeat the enemy and return home together.

Infected by Jackie Chan's emotions, and given that Jackie Chan's image was indeed very appealing, the workers' enthusiasm was reignited.

When Jackie Chan finally announced that he needed to recruit people and that all men needed to get moving and work together to overcome the difficulties.

Under the stimulation of the atmosphere, most of the workers forgot their fear of the Red Army and eagerly raised their hands to sign up to participate in tonight's defensive battle.

Jackie Chan was very satisfied with everyone's enthusiasm and immediately sent Lao He and Zhuo Yifan down to organize things.

The younger, smarter-looking workers were all taken for emergency training, taught how to aim and pull the trigger to fire.

In any case, the purpose of this group was simply to pull the trigger and scare the Red Turban Army so that they wouldn't dare to rush into the old warehouse.

Whether you hit the target or not is not important!

In the pitch black, the Red Turban Army couldn't see anything. If they saw someone firing a gun ahead, they would all be too afraid to charge forward. Being stopped thus achieved Jackie Chan's goal.

After all, it was Jackie Chan and Lao He, along with their veteran security guards, who actually fought and killed the enemy's main force.

The remaining less capable and older volunteers were all assigned to loot the factory, collecting all the weapons left behind by the Red Turban Army in the previous battles.

We must make full use of all available armored vehicles and tanks, including those damaged by bombs.

The vehicle body can be used to block roads or as fortifications and bunkers. The heavy machine guns that are not scrapped on the vehicle can be removed and placed elsewhere as machine gun firing positions.

In short...

Make full use of all available resources!

After Jackie Chan finished arranging all the steps of the plan, Lao He and Zhuo Yifan immediately led their men to get started and began a massive defensive deployment.

Zhuo Yifan, a serious military enthusiast, had already stockpiled a lot of bullets and grenades at the factory.

Jackie Chan requested that all the bullets be taken out so that volunteers could practice shooting and learn the basics in the shortest possible time.

The others dispersed into the factory to collect the weapons and ammunition left behind by the Red Turban Army, to be distributed later.

Jackie Chan personally led a dozen or so people and drove to the charred grassland.

Although there were charred corpses everywhere and almost all the cars were burned to a shell, there were still quite a few surviving items.

Jackie Chan managed to acquire over a dozen guns and thousands of rounds of ammunition, as long as the bullets and guns were still usable.

When Jackie Chan returned to the factory with his spoils, he found that the younger and more imaginative Zhuo Yifan was organizing workers to tow armored vehicles and tank hulls with bulldozers and forklifts.

What was once an inescapable task for humans becomes remarkably easy in the face of machines.

Soon, apart from the tanks buried in the rubble, the rest were towed to the roads leading to the old factory and blocked off.

Then, set up the captured high-level and heavy-level guns in suitable locations.

The crossroads fortress is now complete!

Once the newly joined volunteers complete their shooting training, together with the original volunteers and factory security guards, a total of nearly 80 guards will be in place.

The defenses of Chinese-owned factories, while not impenetrable, were at least strong enough to prevent easy intrusion.

Jackie Chan expected the factory's defense force to be over 100, but he didn't expect that the proportion of female workers in the factory was not low, resulting in a quarter less than expected.

The situation was definitely not as stable as planned, given that so many guns were suddenly gone.

But then again.

Man proposes, God disposes.

Jackie Chan's side at least had the advantage of location and popular support, possessing two of the three key factors.

As long as Old D's Red Turban Army doesn't go too far, Jackie Chan is still quite confident that a large force of three to five hundred men, at the battalion level, is still within his reach.

After distributing the spoils of war, Jackie Chan personally inspected each strategic point.

After inspecting all the fortifications and firing positions, improvements were made to the deficiencies, and countermeasures were explained for those that could not be improved.

As the work proceeded intensively, the sky grew completely dark.

As night fell, the defense work officially began in full swing.

All security personnel involved in the defensive operation took their positions as assigned by Jackie Chan, ready to respond to any enemy attack at any time.

Jackie Chan, Lao He, and Zhuo Yifan were all in charge, sitting in the corridor on the third floor of the factory to oversee things.

Two hours after the mission was deferred.

The African workers who had been staying in the old warehouse suddenly all ran out to the open space outside, piled up scrap wood and planks, poured oil on them, and lit a huge bonfire.

Then more than a hundred people gathered around the bonfire and started singing, jumping and dancing.

"Even in this state, you can still sing and dance?"

Jackie Chan was truly amazed by the bizarre thought processes of these African workers when he saw the scene before him.

Just two hours ago, they didn't even know if they would be able to move around tomorrow. The fact that they were dancing around a campfire under these circumstances is probably something only Africans would do.

Even Jackie Chan had seen similar scenes in his movies.

But seeing it with my own eyes now, it still feels incredible.

Old He, standing to the side, seemed unfazed and calmly smiled, saying, "That's how all black guys are, whether it's war, plague, or whatever."

If you give them a fire, they can immediately forget all their troubles and jump around freely.

It may seem hard to understand, but if you put yourself in their shoes, there is no happiness to be found in living in such a country.

All they can do is probably seize every opportunity to enjoy themselves.

"What a great idea to live for the moment, haha." Jackie Chan thought what Lao He said made a lot of sense and couldn't help but laugh, his smile showing a bit more understanding.

(End of this chapter)