Chapter 12: The Lost Opportunity
Because of the special geographical location of the border tun, not to mention the mountain gate, even the people in the border tun have to walk a long way to buy something, spend at least a day, and there are no cars, tractors, motorcycles and other means of transportation in the tun, only horses and carriages.
It's not because the people here are so poor that they can't afford to buy a car tractor, but it's too inconvenient, it's not easy to refuel, it's not convenient to repair and maintain, of course, the most troublesome thing is that here, every year in October, it's almost winter, and the night is below zero, and it won't be until May next year when the ice and snow will be civilized, so the carriage is the most convenient means of transportation.
Guan Manshan found Sun Wangdong at the beginning, it was not accidental, first of all, Sun Wangdong is an old hunter, familiar with the environment here, and can deliver the things that Guan Manshan needs within the scheduled time, in addition, Sun Wangdong is also honest, his mouth is also strict, and he is still a widower with no children and no daughters, and there is only one relative in the city.
Hearing this, Ma Fei felt a little ridiculous, because since Sun Wangdong sat down, his mouth has not stopped, what should be said and what should not be said, all the words poured into the bamboo tube like beans have been said, this kind of person is still strict-mouthed?
However, in the heart of Xingshu and even Jiuqi, they don't think so, judging from Sun Wangdong's performance, he seems to have something in his heart for too long, and today he met someone who wanted to find Guan Manshan, and it was brought by his relative Lao Sun, a few glasses of wine, and all the things that were held in his heart exploded.
Xingshu asked: "Brother Sun, all these years, you have been sending things to Guan Manshan?" ”
Sun Wangdong nodded and took another sip of beer.
Torture Shu asked again: "Then you should have been to that Japanese fortress, right?" What was it like before? What happened to Guan Manshan after he went? ”
Sun Wangdong replied: "I know what it was like in the past, I have been there, many people of the older generation have been there, it is extended in all directions, it is very big, it is full of tunnels, you will get lost if you go far inside, there are still many guns in it, and ammunition, by the way, I have seen tanks before, but the things in those tanks have been dismantled, even the tracks are gone, and they can't be driven." ”
Lian Jiuqi nodded and asked, "In other words, after Guan Manshan renovated the fortress, you haven't been there?" ”
Sun Wangdong shook his head: "He won't let me in, the outside hasn't changed much, I can't see it, every time I give him things at the door, if I want to rest, just rest in the sentry post outside, anyway, I can't go in, and I don't dare to enter." ”
Ma Fei hurriedly asked, "Why?" ”
"One of the reasons is because in the early years, it was said that it was haunted, because when the Japanese devils built this fortress, they arrested hundreds of people, and all of these people died, and none of them survived." Sun Wangdong said as he rolled a cigarette for himself, "Another reason is that I don't let you go up the mountain, because except for Guan Manshan, none of the people who have come from outside over the years have ever come back." ”
"Has anyone else been in the mountains over the years?" Torture hurriedly asked, "When did you go?" How many people are there? Why go into the mountains? ”
Sun Wangdong took another sip of wine: "Basically, they all go into the mountains after winter, some say that they travel, some say that they explore, some say that they go up the mountain to find ginseng, and some people say that they want to take a detour to Changbai Mountain from here." ”
Ma Fei was stunned: "From here to Changbai Mountain?" It's two directions. ”
"Well, no." Sun Wangdong looked puzzled, "I also asked those people, why did you go to Changbai Mountain?" Those few people were divided, and the last girl said, they said to go to Changbai Mountain to find some bronze gate, what kind of stuffy oil bottle are you waiting for? ”
The three of them were stunned, completely stunned.
Sun Wangdong said again: "Actually, I know that these people have something to do with Guan Manshan!" ”
"Why are you so sure?" Xingshu asked again, "These people who have been there, have you mentioned Guan Manshan?" ”
Sun Wangdong shook his head: "No, but I have peeked at the road map brought by those people several times, according to the instructions of the road map, the obvious place to go is the Japanese fortress, doesn't this make it clear that it has something to do with Guan Manshan?" ”
Lian Jiuqi felt that the matter was a little serious: "Do you remember how many people went before and after all these years?" ”
"Let's not talk about dozens, people, professions, ages, and some Russians." Sun Wangdong sighed, "None of these people have ever come down, so you'd better not go up." ”
After speaking, Sun Wangdong remembered something again, and suddenly asked mysteriously: "This brother, I don't think you are like ordinary people, are you police?" ”
When he heard this, he decided to push the boat down the river, and slowly nodded and acquiesced.
Lian Jiuqi acquiesced to the torture technique as soon as he saw it, and subconsciously gave Lao Sun next to him a look, Lao Sun understood, and whispered to Sun Wangdong: "Big brother, they are the police, and they are here to investigate Guan Manshan." ”
When Sun Wangdong heard this, he immediately stood up, his face nervous: "Comrade policeman, I am a good person, I have not participated in any criminal activities organized by Guan Manshan, and I have already told you everything I know." ”
Ma Fei held back a smile, and the torture technique tried to calm himself down, but when he saw Sun Wangdong's expression, he almost couldn't help laughing.
Lian Jiuqi raised his hand and motioned for Sun Wangdong to sit down: "Mr. Sun, don't be afraid, we are here to investigate the situation, you remember, those who are clear will clear themselves." ”
Sun Wangdong threw away the cigarette in his hand and sat up straight on the stool: "Comrade policeman, what else do you want to know?" ”
Lian Jiuqi said: "We want to know the shortest route into the mountain, and everything you know, including the situation inside the fortress. ”
Sun Wangdong scratched his head and thought for a while: "The shortest route into the mountain is to pass from the river on the edge of Tunzi, and there will be no road after walking for more than a mile, go down, if I don't lead the way, even if you want to find the fortress, it will be a day or two later, if I lead the way, as long as it takes a day, I will take you to take a shortcut." ”
The torturer asked, "How big is the fortress?" ”
Sun Wangdong spread his arms and gestured: "It's so big, I almost got lost when I went when I was young, I entered from the entrance, if it wasn't for the rope tied outside, I guess I would really get lost, the main tunnel is very large, you can walk through the tank, there are a lot of small tunnels around, I don't know where they lead." ”
Lian Jiuqi looked at the torture technique, which meant that the punishment technique was decided, the punishment technique looked at the watch, and thought about it: "Let's rest tonight first, and set off early tomorrow morning, how about it, no problem, right?" ”
Lian Jiuqi and Ma Fei nodded, and then looked at Sun Wangdong, who immediately got up and stood straight: "No problem!" Guaranteed completion of the task. ”
While the torture and others were resting, Nguyen Renxiong and the other 8 people had already approached the area around the Japanese fortress where Guan Manshan was located, and they did not encounter any obstacles along the way except for finding more cameras, and the original plan was to arrive an hour before, but because of Nguyen Renxiong's slowdown, the team's arrival at the predetermined location was delayed.
Li Yucheng looked at the underground observation post that protruded from the snow in front of him, and clearly saw that there was also a camera installed in the observation post, and then looked at the mountain wall on the right, there was also a gap blown out, and there was a fortress full of snow, and there was also a camera standing in it.
"Where's the entrance?" Nguyen Renxiong muttered to himself, observing the surroundings, and the others also put on night vision goggles and observed carefully, but the severe cold brought by the night forest made everyone except Lee Woo Sung and Zheng Dong Xiang a little unbearable, and these warriors who came and went freely in the tropical jungle were now as difficult as tropical fish without thermostats and heating rods in a fish tank.
Li Yucheng, who was squatting aside, said: "Contact Guan Manshan directly." ”
Ruan Renxiong shook his head: "Don't forget, the boss's order is to kill Guan Manshan and Xingshu and others." ”
Zheng Dongxiang frowned beside him and said, "To kill Guan Manshan, we must first find Guan Manshan." ”
Ruan Renxiong looked at Zheng Dongxiang with a smile and said, "You're right, we have to contact Guan Manshan." ”
Li Yucheng cast a reproachful look at Zheng Dongxiang, Zheng Dongxiang immediately turned his head to the side, and the two did not notice that at the previous moment, Ruan Renxiong's face sank, but at the moment when Li Yucheng turned around, he put on a hypocritical smile on his face again.
Nguyen Renxiong took out his satellite phone and dialed the preset number.
At the same time, inside the fortress, the phone in Guan Manshan's hand, who was staring at the night vision picture, rang, he picked it up, put it in his ear and said, "Hello, Major Ruan." ”
Ruan Renxiong was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously looked at the camera placed on the tree not far away: "Hello, Mr. Guan, we have arrived at the predetermined area. ”
"Yes, I see you." Guan Manshan smiled, "Great, you are finally here, but unfortunately, there is a problem with my power supply here, and I need your help so that I can open my floodgates." ”
Ruan Renxiong looked at Li Yucheng, Li Yucheng shook his head slightly, and Ruan Renxiong said: "Mr. Guan, we are happy to help you with this, how about we meet and talk in detail?" ”
When Ruan Renxiong said this, Li Yucheng nodded at him, but all this Guan Manshan could see it clearly in the surveillance.
Guan Manshan squeezed the phone and looked at the screen: "Major Ruan, you still haven't figured out the situation, you have entered my hunting area, so, you only have two choices, otherwise, turn around and go back immediately, in this way, my deal with your boss will be completely canceled, or you do what I say, I will find you a place, so that the eight of you can sleep peacefully and not be frozen to death in the forest, and we will talk about the rest tomorrow." ”
Li Yucheng pondered for a moment, nodded vigorously at Ruan Renxiong, and raised two fingers, meaning to let Ruan Renxiong choose the second request made by Guan Manshan.
At this time, Ruan Renxiong looked at the other subordinates around him, and found that everyone was staring at him, under the gaze of everyone, he did not take Li Yucheng's opinion, but insisted: "Mr. Guan, according to the agreement, we need to meet, you should keep your word, otherwise, the next thing will be very difficult, I know, this is your territory, but you must know that my favorite thing to do as a person is to grab other people's territory." ”
"So you've decided to start my game right now?" Guan Manshan said with a smile, and after speaking, he laughed dryly, and without waiting for Ruan Renxiong to answer, he said, "Thank you, Major Ruan, for your decision to make this night not so boring." ”
After speaking, Guan Manshan cut off the communication.
When Ruan Renxiong was still stunned with the phone, Li Yucheng had already raised a gun and directly damaged the surveillance on the tree next to him, and Zheng Dongxiang also immediately shot and knocked out several cameras that he had observed earlier, Li Yucheng ordered at the same time: "Destroy all the cameras that have been discovered, hurry up!" It's a trap! ”
Of course, Ruan Renxiong also knew that this was a trap, so he immediately raised his gun and pointed at the several surveillance heads he had found before, waved his hand to signal his subordinates to disperse immediately, and began to search for the entrance to the fortress in pairs.
Li Yucheng and Zheng Dongxiang are naturally a group, after the two walked a little away, Zheng Dongxiang stopped and said to Li Yucheng: "Big brother, that Major Ruan is an idiot, we will be killed by him, the purpose of this Guan Manshan is not so simple, there are so many surveillance here, maybe the entire forest is under his surveillance, and he also said that we entered his hunting area, and this guy treats us as his prey." ”
Li Yucheng let out a breath and looked around: "Dongxiang, I'm afraid this is a suicide mission." ”
Zheng Dongxiang was stunned: "What? Suicide? ”
Li Yucheng nodded: "The boss didn't give us any detailed information about Guan Manshan, but only gave us the location and photos of Guan Manshan." ”
Zheng Dongxiang frowned: "Aren't all the missions we have performed before like this?" Our task is to execute, not to understand the context of the goal. ”
Li Yucheng said: "If you don't know who the target is, we will become the target on the contrary, Dongxiang, let's go to the side of the mountain, go to the bombed fortress we saw earlier, from now on, turn off the walkie-talkie, but remember the encrypted channel I told you before, in case we are forced to separate, it is okay to contact." ”
"Understood." After Zheng Dongxiang finished speaking, he slowly walked towards the fortress on the edge of the cliff before with his gun.
On the other side, Nguyen Renxiong and one of his subordinates were slowly advancing in the snow, and the reports of their subordinates kept coming from the headphones, but they did not hear the reports of Li Yucheng and Zheng Dongxiang.
Nguyen Renxiong stopped, pressed the walkie-talkie and called: "Li Yucheng, Zheng Dongxiang, please answer when you hear it!" ”
There was no response over the intercom, and Nguyen Renxiong realized that something was wrong, and just as he was about to give another order, the subordinate in front of him suddenly fell to the ground.
Ruan Renxiong immediately lay down, rolled into the snow pit next to him, raised his head slightly and looked at his fallen subordinate with night vision goggles, and found that his subordinate was shot in the left temple, and the bullet passed directly through the head, directly breaking a big hole on the right side of the head, and the blood splashed had already coagulated in the snow.
Nguyen Renxiong retracted his head, gasped for breath, pressed the walkie-talkie and said, "Each team is hidden on the spot, there are snipers!" Repeat again, hide in place and watch out for snipers! ”
Ruan Renxiong was talking when he suddenly touched something in the snow pit, he looked down and found that there was a frozen corpse in the snow pit, he leaned over and found that it was a man wearing a jacket, the man was still carrying a knife in his hand, and he was shot three times in the chest, because he was frozen, he couldn't tell when he died.
At this time, Ruan Renxiong couldn't calm down, he subconsciously thought that he was betrayed, maybe Li Yucheng and Zheng Dongxiang were also with Guan Manshan? No, that's impossible, maybe it's a problem with the big boss? Not necessarily,, what the hell is going on?
Before setting off, Nguyen Renxiong never felt that this task was difficult, except for the climate, nor did he expect that the situation in the forest would be so complicated.
"Damn, the teams report the situation!" Nguyen Renxiong pressed the walkie-talkie and lowered his voice.
"No targets were found in Group C." The two men in Group C hid behind a rock and didn't dare to probe at all.
The two men in Group D hid behind two thick pine trees, panting with their backs against the trees, trying to adjust their breathing, but each time they inhaled the cold air, it was like an ice spear stabbing in their bodies.
"Group D also did not find the target, and it is safe for the time being." One person in Group D replied, and as soon as the person finished speaking, suddenly the whole person was pushed out by a huge force, and he fell directly into the snow, motionless.
The man hiding behind the tree next to him looked at the pine tree that had been pierced with a big hole, and the companion whose body had been broken through a big hole in the ground, and it took a long time to press the walkie-talkie with a trembling hand and say: "Major, the target has heavy weapons and anti-materiel sniper rifles!" ”
With that, the man turned around and ran behind the rock where Group C was, and the two of Team C immediately waved him to stop him, telling him not to move.
Because of the relationship on the snow, the survivor in Group D had no way to spread his speed, and after only five steps, his entire head was directly cut in half by a bullet from a distance.
Group C, who was hiding behind the rocks, held a gun and watched as the man's feet were still stuck in the snow, but half of his head was gone, and his hands were still waving forward, and the moment his hind feet were pulled out of the snow, the whole person fell sideways.
"Group D? Group D Answer Quickly! Ruan Renxiong, who was huddled in a snow pit, asked in a low voice, "Answer!" Answer quickly! ”
"Report, Team D has all been killed." One of the members of Group C sat in the snow leaning against a rock, "Major, this is a trap!" ”
"Group C, stay put, I'll contact the boss!" Nguyen Renxiong took out his satellite phone, curled up in the snow pit, and dialed out the tarsiers' phone number.
At this time, on the hillside in the distance, Guan Manshan, who was lying there, was aiming at Nguyen Renxiong's location with a sniper rifle with night vision goggles, and then turned to the direction of the rock, muttering to himself: "8 minus 3 equals 5, and the two smartest ones have already run away, so let's almost end here tonight." ”
After speaking, Guan Manshan slowly got up, carried the SV98 sniper rifle next to him, picked up the Russian-made OSV96 anti-materiel sniper rifle, turned around and disappeared into the darkness.
Ruan Renxiong's phone was finally connected, and after being connected, he immediately said: "Boss, this is a trap, we have fallen into the trap of Guan Manshan, this person is not an ordinary person, we have reduced our staff by a third, repeat, we have reduced our staff by a third!" ”
But the phone was hung up, Ruan Renxiong was stunned for a moment, and then dialed out again, and found that he couldn't get through.
Just when Ruan Renxiong didn't know why, the phone rang again, Ruan Renxiong picked it up, and found that it was Guan Manshan's voice coming from the phone: "Major Ruan, this is your own choice, I obviously gave you the time to prepare and the opportunity to withdraw, you didn't cherish it." ”
Ruan Renxiong gasped and said, "What the hell do you want to do?" ”
"You want to kill me, I'm fighting back in self-defense." Guan Manshan smiled dryly, "What else do you want to do?" Isn't that a joke? ”
Ruan Renxiong gritted his teeth and scolded: "Damn it, I will definitely find you and kill you!" You bastard! ”
Guan Manshan said with a smile: "Major Ruan, I won't tell you, I have heard this sentence dozens of times over the years, but they are all liars, no one speaks to the truth, they all fail, I look forward to your success, I wish you a dream of the rainforest tonight, by the way, when I fought in Vietnam in 1979, you were still wearing open crotch pants!" ”
Ruan Renxiong was so angry that he just squeezed the phone, Guan Manshan and said: "Your location, in the direction of 12 o'clock, there is an abandoned fortress that can shelter from the wind, you go there, we will temporarily truce, tomorrow I will tell you the detailed rules of the game, you must believe me this time, and you must also have confidence in me, the games I designed are very interesting, see you tomorrow, Major Ruan!" ”
After hanging up the phone, Nguyen Renxiong raised his head and roared.