Chapter 33: The Haze
On the fifth day, when everyone was in the house discussing the details of the mission, and Chen Ming was alone in the attic.
A bunch of SS soldiers, guided by a local, turned out of the corner.
Chen Ming glanced at it twice, and rushed downstairs like a fly: "SS!" Someone leads the way! Stuff for me! β
According to the previous agreement, if there is any emergency, Chen Ming will take all the contraband out of here, while the others continue to lurk.
It only took a few seconds for everything that looked like it was related to the contraband to be cleaned up.
Chen Ming jumped to the window in a few steps and was about to turn out, but Captain Ronnie handed over a note.
Chen Ming didn't have time to read the content, stuffed it into his pocket, rolled out the window, and ran wildly into the darkness outside.
After Chen Ming left, less than a minute later, there was a knock on the door.
Ain Nar looked at a few people, walked over and opened the door.
"Sir, your neighbor told us that there is a suspicious person in your house and we need to take a look." The man in the uniform of an SS officer said as he pushed away Einnar, who was standing in the doorway, and led the man into the house.
The people in the room all looked at the door with just the right amount of doubt, and turned their heads to look at the door.
"All right, gentlemen! You're going to take a break from your playtime! Slapping the face, the officer attracted the attention of several people: "Now, tell me what you are doing and where you are from!" β
The officer said as he walked over to the table and picked up a small square from the table around which several people were gathered and looked at it carefully in his hand.
"Oh, Mr. Officer, they are all my friends! Just returned from China, where there is a war going on, they don't feel safe. Einar squeezed the SS soldier out of the porch and walked in to explain to the officer.
The officer gave Einnar a puzzled look, then handed him the small square in his hand and asked, "What is this?" Can you explain it to me? β
A trace of cold sweat flowed down Ainnar's forehead, he had already scolded Chen Ming to death in his heart, but he could only pretend to be calm and shake his hand: "Sir, Mr. officer, I don't know what this thing is, this..."
"Mr. Officer, don't embarrass poor Ainar, he really doesn't know." Captain Ronnie, who was standing at the table, took over.
The officer turned his head and stared at Ronnie with a cold look, and said slowly, "So, can you give me an explanation?" β
As he spoke, he picked up another one from the table and handed it to Ronnie.
"Of course, of course sir!" Ronnie took the officer's hand, walked to the table, flipped out a few more rows, and explained to the officer: "This is a game we learned when we were in China, similar to the poker we used to play, but more complicated!" The Chinese named it, Mahjong! β
Chen Ming didn't know what was happening in the house, he was suddenly searched, and when he saw the person leading the way, he knew that something was going to be bad.
With the observation of the past few days, the terrain of the town was already clear, and after only a while, Chen Ming left the scope of the town.
Hiding in the woods outside the town, Chen Ming curiously took out the piece of paper, he didn't quite know what might be written on the paper that Ronnie handed him at the end.
"If found, look for the swallows."
There is only one simple sentence on paper, but this sentence is very meaningful.
At the very least, this proves that Captain Ronnie knows that Swallow is still alive.
So, for the swallows, who have been missing for three months and have not been heard from again, why is Captain Ronnie so sure that they are still alive?
Unless, Captain Ronnie has a separate channel to get news, so what is the need for this separate channel to exist?
There is only one answer, there are people in the team who are not trusted.
As for who this person is, it should be Captain Ronnie who is not sure, or Bingus, who assigned this mission, cannot be confirmed.
Putting away the note, Chen Ming didn't understand, why did Ronnie trust him? Trust even though you know there is uncertainty in the team.
Is it just because of his own oriental face?
Shaking his head and abandoning this irrelevant question, Chen Ming began to think about what he had to face now, how to find the swallow.
Obviously, according to Chen Ming's knowledge, the four people who were chased by the SS on the mountain before were actually the long-missing swallows.
But it didn't catch up at the time, 5 days have passed, and now I want to look for it. Look for a needle in a haystack.
So, just go to the chemical plant and wait?
This was obviously not a good idea, Chen Ming looked at the mountains around him, he didn't even know the location of the chemical plant.
The only thing that can be done now seems to be the only one.
Go and ask a question.
Chen Ming refocused his gaze on the town in front of him.
After sorting out the various contraband items brought out, Chen Ming returned to the town again.
A careful search around the town led to the discovery of the SS garrison.
By this time, it was completely dark in the game, and the cold weather made most people choose to stay by the warm fireplace at home.
The SS garrison was just east of the town, in a large courtyard that was supposed to be a warehouse.
After observing from a distance, Chen Ming decided to continue lurking, he needed a chance.
Slowly approaching the wall of the warehouse, a noise came from the warehouse, it was still early, the soldiers who had changed the guard had not returned, and these soldiers and officers on duty were celebrating something.
These soldiers who are far away from the front line may be celebrating the success of the counteroffensive on Kharkiv, who knows, but there is no doubt that such a celebration has brought great convenience to Chen Ming.
The celebratory crowd apparently had no time to pay attention to the cold courtyard walls, and the soldiers standing guard were equally immersed in a joyous atmosphere, standing together chatting, smoking cigarettes, and gathering in a heap with steaming drinks.
Chen Ming spotted the vacancy, jumped over the wall, fell silently into the wall, and then quickly passed through the empty field that was easy to be discovered, hiding in a dark corner that was not noticed.
Looking around, Chen Ming was equipped with the magical auspicious suit, and lurked silently.
It was getting darker and quieter, and the noise in the warehouse, which was just a wall away, gradually became quieter and quieter.
The two soldiers standing guard at the door also began to be distracted by other things, and it was not yet late at night, and the two high-spirited soldiers were chatting left and right.
Chen Ming has figured out the approximate number and layout of this camp, and now it is time for him to do serious things.
Taking advantage of the fact that neither soldier noticed this, he jumped to the position he had seen before in a few steps, and hid again.
After a minute or two, change places again.
Like a leap, he slowly approached the barracks on the other side of the wall.
And his target is an officer in the barracks, an officer with a high rank and no low rank.
Slowly touching the last short distance, the platoon barracks were already close in front of him, Chen Ming didn't know what the purpose of these houses was originally, and now they were obviously requisitioned as officers' quarters.
In the middle of the townhouse, Chen Ming had just noticed a drunken major, and he didn't come out when he walked in.
Slowly approaching the door, he gently pushed the door with his fingers, and luckily, the door was not inserted, and he shook his fingers slightly.
Fingers against the door, waited for a while, let the cold air blow into the room a little, Chen Ming quickly pushed the door open, dodged into the house.
Slowly closing the door, he looked back at the simple hut, and the major, who had been targeted before, lay on the bed and writhed restlessly.
He tiptoed to the bed, drew his bayonet and put it at the Major's neck, and then covered the Major's mouth with his hand.
Suddenly held down, the major opened his eyes at once, opened his mouth to shout, but only let out a low whining twice, and the look of horror in his eyes flashed, and he immediately regained his composure.
"Very well, sir! I'm really happy with what you're doing. Chen Ming said in a dream-like low tone: "I don't need to tell you how to do it, right?" β
The Major nodded, indicating that he understood.
"Okay, feel the blade around your neck! It's cool, right? I can also tell you that he's still sharp, and if there's a little movement, I don't mind killing you first and then asking someone else. β
The Major nodded again, signaling that he would be cooperative.
"Okay, tell me what your name is, sir." Slowly, he let go of his hand, but he didn't go too far.
"Hans, Hans. Feng. Louis Vessy! What questions do you have to ask? β
"Oh?" Chen Ming raised his eyebrows: "Is it still a noble lord?" I want to ask, do you know about someone who came to sabotage the factory? β
"Yes, we received the message, but only one word, sabotage of the factory." Hans replied honestly.
"Got a message? Who's messing around? β
"A stationed spy."
"Just a spy? Sir, you're not exactly right! Chen Ming pressed down slightly on the saber, and a bead of blood had oozed out and slid down the blade onto the bed.
"Don't, I'm not done yet, yes, not finished!" Hans softly stopped Chen Ming from continuing to move hard, and a layer of fine sweat appeared on his head, I don't know if he was scared or hurt.
"Oh? Then you'd better hurry, I'm running out of time! β
"Okay, okay, I received a secret message, but it wasn't much, it was really just one sentence, and those words were written in a special code around the corner of the house or anywhere." Hans quickly said everything he knew: "But we really don't know who the man is, everything was ordered directly by the SS higher-ups. β
Chen Ming squinted his eyes, thinking about the key to this, and asked again after a while: "Then where is the information you got this time written?" When was it discovered? β
He needs to use this question to determine when the problem occurred.
"Four days ago, he was written on the wall of the grocery store on the corner of the street, and a soldier found him and came back to report it." Hans hurried to say everything he knew.
"One last question, the location of the chemical plant!"
"There's a map on the table over there, there's one on it!"
"Well, Mr. Hans, thank you for your honesty, these honesty are for you..."Looking at the glint of hope in Hans's eyes, Chen Ming covered Hans's mouth without hesitation and cut off his neck with a knife: "Won the honor of serving the FΓΌhrer." β
Cleaning the bayonet clean, Chen Ming looked around the hut to see what was useful.
Soon, some high-grade liquor and cigarettes, matches and the like were turned over by Chen Ming, and he was lucky enough to find half a bottle of alcohol and half a barrel of gasoline for ignition.
Using the techniques he learned from the blasting, Chen Ming made a simple ignition device, which was not very precise, but basically in about 10 minutes, a fire would ignite here.
After all this was done, he cautiously returned to the previous wall again, turned over, and left the camp.