Chapter 53: Volley
Bond ran desperately through the alleys, parallel to the main road, where the carriages and the cavalry of the guards were moving at such speed that he had to be ahead of him. The www.biquge.info loft was six or seven hundred meters away from the newly rented observation point, and he went up to the attic out of breath and rushed to the window to look through the binoculars.
Beyond the rooftops of a row of low shantytowns in front, the view is open to the railway lines on the platform. The carriage had just arrived, parked next to a wagon, carrying boxes onto the train. Bond let out a sigh of relief, it was still too late, but luckily it wasn't dark yet, otherwise he would have had to venture in to get up close.
Write down the carriage in which the target is located, as well as the number of cases mounted on the entire train and the characteristics of the previous carriages. It wasn't until the train started with white smoke from the front that Bond put down his binoculars and pulled out his pocket watch, and it was 5:30.
At seven o'clock, it was already completely dark, and there were only occasional trains passing in the wilderness, and the bright lights stood out in the dark night.
It should have almost arrived, and Liang Hong moved his somewhat numb body. Bond's telegram said it was a truck, which relieved him of all the new Danas he had brought.
The rumbling of wheels came from the tracks, and then I saw a distant bright spot moving towards it, and another train came. At this time, in the darkness of the north, an orange-red light suddenly appeared, and circles were drawn in the night, which was a signal that had been arranged in advance, and the observation post found that the target had finally arrived.
Estimating the speed of the train, Liang Hong violently pressed the detonator in his hand. In this era, there were already electric detonators, and even deferred ones, which could be achieved with even more advanced differential blasting if desired.
As soon as the front of the car passed, a huge fireball suddenly exploded on the roadbed, instantly lighting up the night sky. The ground shook like a mountain, and even if the front chest was propped off the ground, the chest cavity was still shaken and painful. The front of the locomotive, which was still pulling the train forward a moment ago, was now turned upside down from the ground like a toy, twisting and flipping in the air. The broken railroad tracks, mixed with rubble, soared into the air and thrown into the distance. The inertia of the advance caused the entire train to be dragged by the front of the locomotive, tumbling into the darkness outside the tracks.
Liang Hong shook off the stones that fell on his head, limited to the length of the detonation line, although he had chosen a hidden place in advance, he was still hit by the falling rubble.
"Do it!"
Get up and yell, and be the first to rush to the train that has just stopped.
The moment the front of the car in front of him was blown up, Owens knew he was in trouble. They were in the closed sixth carriage, and although they had wrapped their arms around their heads and necks, they were not lightly knocked during the rolling. Dozens of boxes piled up in the carriage were scattered everywhere, and many of the companions were hit by the moving boxes, and the wailing and screaming were incessant.
Pushing open the wooden box that was pressing on his leg, the pain almost made him faint in pain. The thighs were strangely bent into obtuse angles, and he didn't dare to touch them, probably because they were broken. The wooden crate had been torn, revealing the gleaming gold nuggets inside. The money silk is moving, if in normal times, he would definitely be dazzled by the golden light, but now he knows that the robbers who are ambushed here must also be interested in these gold. The news of the shipment leaked out, and they were ambushed with a premeditated plan.
There was the sound of footsteps outside the car, and then someone was smashing the door with a tool. Owens felt the pistol he was carrying, and his heart calmed down slightly, and he gently pulled the hammer, and pointed the muzzle of the gun at the car door. Someone showed up so soon, it couldn't have been a rescuer. Owens's eyes saw that there were several brothers in the carriage who also drew their guns, which made him very relieved, everyone was experienced veterans, and they might not be able to resist the catastrophe in front of them when they hugged each other.
The door was creed out of the gap little by little, and then gradually opened.
Bang, Owens' gun went off, and at the same time, his companions shot out one after another. He saw his bullet hit the enemy, and the man fell on his back. Hold on, as long as you can hold the carriage long enough, reinforcements will come, and Owens is a little more confident.
The moment he opened the car door, Liang Hong realized that he had made a mistake, and his chest was hit hard, and he also fell backwards. It hurts, I should have been shot, and it is very troublesome for the bullet to hit this place, and it will hurt the organs. The rushing special forces dragged him out of the car door, and it was not until the clothes on his chest were untied that Liang Hong realized that he was still wearing silk body armor sent by the system.
I didn't know if this thing worked, so he groped for the sore spot in his chest with his hand, and he actually felt the bullet embedded in the body armor. Thankfully, people used revolvers in this era, and the leakage of gunpowder from the rotating nest made the bullet rate very low.
Struggling to get up, he looked hatefully at the tin compartment that was still shooting out the door. Liang Hong took out a grenade from his body and rushed to the other team members in the carriage who returned fire.
Quietly detoured from the side, clinging to the carriage and approaching the door. The carriage tilted, and the doors pointed diagonally towards the dark starry sky.
Owens dragged his broken leg to the door, the upturned compartment obscuring the resisters inside, and he only had to lie on the ground and occasionally poke his head out to see outside. Suddenly, something was thrown in from the doorway, fell to the ground, and rolled into the depths of the car.
What is it? Owens was stunned for a moment, but soon realized that the bomb, it must be a bomb. Although more convenient grenades have not yet appeared, bombs using fuses have long been available, and for this purpose there is a special branch of the army, called grenadiers.
"Throw it out—"
Owens screamed in despair, only to see several of the same things thrown in again.
Boom, the last thing he saw was the flash of the explosion, and he felt his body being blasted up and pierced by a sharp weapon.
A series of explosions rang out in the carriage, and the iron-sealed carriage only provided shelter, but at this time it became a terrible Jedi.
Before the arrival of the new train, Liang Hong and the others finally captured the carriage and loaded the gold inside into the carriage.
The horses and chariots galloped eastward, disappearing into the darkness. Looking behind him, there was already a newly arrived train parked at the accident site, and the turned on lights illuminated the scene, which could be seen from a long distance. There were no radio transmitters on the trains, so they had to go to the nearest station to send telegrams. The powerful explosion just now destroyed the two railways on the opposite side, and the entire Eastern Cape Railway has now been completely interrupted. After all, it will be a while before the official news is obtained, and they are abundant.
After running out for a while, the carriage suddenly turned around and headed for the hiding place that had been chosen. Behind the carriage and horses, Liang Hong has been personally cutting off the trails, cleaning up the traces of passing, removing the marks of ruts and horses' hooves, picking up the dung left by the horses, and sprinkling irritating powder on the ground. The powder is used to deal with the tracking of search dogs and is prepared before departure from Johannesburg.
The gold was unloaded from the wagon, buried in a dug cavern and sprinkled with floating earth camouflage. Then everyone divided into several groups and left, the benefit of cyborgs is loyalty, and Liang Hong is not worried about someone being greedy.