Chapter 14: An Unexpected Breakthrough
The greatest weakness of human nature is selfishness, and if it were not for the selfishness of the enemy, I am afraid that the attack of that night would not have been so easy.
βThe Autobiography of Terry, Vol. 12
The battle went smoothly beyond everyone's expectations, of course, provided that Terry's accurate marksmanship provided safety for everyone.
When the 20 kilograms of explosives opened the gate of the fort, Terry, who was still hiding in the trees and on guard, saw several people rushing out of the room inside the fort.
Although these people all had weapons in their hands, it was already too late at this time, not to mention that Sean and they had already stormed the fortress, and with these few people, Garland in Terry's hands, there was basically no need to change the bullet again.
When Sean and the others completely occupied the fort, the vigilant Terry slipped down the tree, put away the night vision goggles, and entered the fort.
There are not many houses in the fortress, except for a large house in the middle that covers an area of several hundred square meters, and there is a row of simple barracks near the back wall of the fortress.
By the time Terry entered the fort, the warriors had already done their job of clearing up.
In the small square in the middle of the fort, a total of 16 corpses were neatly stacked there.
"Report to the second lieutenant, all the rooms have been inspected, two enemies in hiding have been killed, and no one else has been found."
Liu Yiming quickly ran to Ensign Sean, saluted first, and then reported the battle situation loudly.
"Why are there only so many people? Were there any casualties among the brothers? β
"Report to the second lieutenant, no one was injured brothers."
Liu Yiming's report once again surprised Second Lieutenant Sean. The expected battle was completed so smoothly, and what was even more strange was that the number of people left behind in such a heavily guarded fortress was so small.
"Second Lieutenant, there's something wrong with the house on the left."
Just then, Terry came to Lieutenant Sean's side, and when Terry entered the fort, the system had already warned him.
"What!"
Following the direction Terry was pointing, everyone turned their heads to look, but their faces were full of doubts, the house was all made of bluestone, except for the gate, there was not a single window in sight, and I don't know how Terry, who had just entered the fortress, found that there was a problem here.
"Liu Yiming, have you searched there?"
Although Sean believed that his subordinates could not have committed such negligence, out of respect for Terry, he still asked Liu Yiming a senior soldier.
"Report to the second lieutenant, searched, except for some torture instruments, there is no one in it."
Senior Private Liu Yiming replied in the affirmative, because the stone house was searched by him personally.
"Brother Terry, look ......"
Liu Yiming's affirmative answer made Second Lieutenant Sean look at Terry with puzzled eyes!
Hearing Liu Yiming's answer, Terry was also stunned, but he believed in the judgment given to him by the system, although he also believed that Liu Yiming would not lie, but it was a matter of everyone's safety, and Terry did not dare to be sloppy.
"Ensign, I trust my instincts."
There is no way to explain the things of the system, and Terry can only explain them intuitively at this time.
"Alright! Maybe there's something else quirky about this house! Terry, you lead the way, let's go see. β
Terry's so-called intuition has saved everyone several times, so at this time, Second Lieutenant Sean had to be cautious, comforted Liu Yiming, who was a little aggrieved, with his eyes, and followed Terry to the stone house.
Pushing open the thick iron door, the stone house was dark, and Second Lieutenant Sean, who followed closely, carefully threw the torch in his hand into the room. After waiting for a few seconds and not finding any movement, I took a look.
It is a separate room of about 50 square meters, without any partitions.
In the light of the flickering torches, a row of various torture instruments could be vaguely seen hanging on the wall, and there was no shelter in the room except for two large torture instruments placed in the middle.
When Second Lieutenant Sean found that there was no danger in the room, he led everyone into the stone room.
"There's a secret door here."
As soon as Terry arrived in the room, his keen vision noticed the anomaly, and everyone followed Terry's gaze and found a different stone slab on the floor to the left of the stone room.
It is a stone slab of about one square with two grooves clearly carved on the smooth surface.
"Terry alert, Liu Yiming, you open the slate, and the others are ready for battle."
Although everyone admired Terry's keen intuition at this time, everyone knew better that now was not the time to sigh, and under the command of Second Lieutenant Sean, they began to act in an orderly manner.
The one-square-sized slab was a bit heavy, but in front of Liu Yiming, who was tall and strong, it was still easily lifted slowly.
As the slabs slowly left the ground, a swarthy hole appeared in front of everyone.
Ensign Sean brought the torch close to the entrance of the cave, and a sloping stone staircase could be clearly seen winding down the hole.
"Second Lieutenant, I'm here to find the way."
When the slate was fully opened, Terry offered to ask.
"Wait a minute, Brother Terry, take this."
Turry's request, Ensign Sean did not refuse, but handed the Blue Flag 621 pistol in his hand to Terry's hand.
Glancing at Ensign Sean gratefully, Terry didn't speak, put the Garand rifle on his shoulder, took the Blue Flag 621, habitually pulled the bolt, and saw the yellow-orange-orange bullets inside, and then slowly walked down the steps with the gun.
The stairs weren't very long, about a dozen steps, and soon Terry came to a straight passage.
It was dark in the tunnel, and the whirring wind indicated that the passage would not be too short, and there should be a vent on the other side of the tunnel.
Terry didn't move on for a moment, but he didn't let Second Lieutenant Sean throw the torch down.
Although Terry was alerted by the system, it was not clear if there were any enemies in the tunnel.
If there is an enemy in ambush in the tunnel, bringing torches at this time is undoubtedly a live target for the ambush.
Putting on the night vision goggles again, Terry slowly touched forward with both hands on the Blue Flag 621 pistol.
This passage is about more than a hundred meters away, this way, although there is no enemy ambush, but Terry has discovered several mechanisms, fortunately there is this night vision device, otherwise in this dark environment, even if Terry's sense is keen, it is easy to be hit.
Terry carefully groped his way forward as he dismantled the traps, and it took him a full dozen minutes to reach the end of the passage.
A thick iron door stood in front of Terry, and above the iron door there was a ventilated window, through which the whirring wind poured in.
A huge copper lock locked the iron door firmly, and Terry gently pulled the lock, and found that this copper lock, which was somewhat old, had been locked, and it was estimated that it would be difficult to open without a key.
Terry gently lowered the lock and looked at the ventilation window.
Through the small vent, only a small part of the scene behind the iron gate could be seen.
Inside is a long road, and in the distance, you can see the situation on both sides, which are two rows of thick wooden fences, and you can vaguely see the messy dead grass in the fence.
"Dungeon!"
Seeing the scene behind the iron gate, a term naturally came to Terry's mind.