Chapter 156: Make! War!
Night operations rely on the advantages of teamwork and poor equipment.
In asymmetrical warfare like this, as long as you don't pretend to be a big-tailed wolf, don't die, and follow the training steps, there will be no accidents! Don't panic if there is an emergency, training experience is enough to deal with...
"Team Alpha, stop at the intersection 6 meters ahead, there's a patrol of soldiers... 9 people! No armor, only a saber! β
Warned by the scout soldier at the top, Ted immediately stopped with the team.
"The direction they're coming from... Not good! β
The patrol team went straight to the alpha team!
Ted didn't panic, raised his weapon and aimed ahead: "Nothing bad!" We can handle it! β
It was getting late, and the heavy rain had blown out the torches in the castle several times, and by the time the guards had no intention of bothering to relight them.
This is the second most important town after the imperial capital, and they are sure that no one will dare to attack it...
The newly built military fortress outside was intended to serve as a fulcrum in the battle for succession later.
The funder is not one, it is the eldest prince and the second prince!
Because neither side is sure that the other will be killed in one wave, they will build a bunch of unnecessary defensive facilities with cerebral palsy.
Now they are grasshoppers in a boat, and if they jump down, they will drown, and the two of them have been allies since the number of princes has not dropped to 2.
...
Suddenly, a flash of lightning struck, and the 12 special combat team members lurking in the shadows were illuminated by the bright light!
Seeing this, the captain who was patrolling ahead was nervous, and when he saw more than a dozen strange big men lurking in the shadows, he immediately touched the hilt of the knife as fast as he could!
"Enemy attack!"
However, the thunder also followed, and his voice was completely overwritten, and no one heard what he shouted, not even his teammates beside him!
"Boom...!" Rolling thunder continued to tear through the air around them, and the friction of electric charges from afar turned into bullet after bullet, piercing their brains!
Ted took the opportunity to empty the magazine and give an entire patrol to their wolf-critical gods.
"Whew... Sir, I didn't expect you to be good! β
A 'relieved' voice came from the other end of the intercom, and Ted smiled and quipped, "What are you afraid of?" Think I'm just a fancy lord? β
"Hey, hey, hey... You've got what it takes! β
Even if you haven't eaten pork, you've seen pigs run!
Ted was a budding military fan in his last life, proficient in playing various military games, even if the game content is not so real, he has been exposed to it for more than 20 years, and he should have a little literacy.
"Keep moving!"
Clearing from top to bottom, room by room, is not slow!
The soldiers behind him have long been accustomed to endless killing, and the most young of them have also been in the army for five years, unlike Ted, who has to find a reason to comfort himself when he shoots and kills, saying that they are bad people or enemies...
It's usually something like 'To keep civilians from casualties, to keep Steve, the tool man from burping, it's better for you to die'.
"Whew..."
The magazine was emptied again, and Ted noticed the man he had just been killed, and he was a nobleman, both in his clothes and on his sword!
"Why is this heraldic pattern so familiar?"
In his mind, Ted quickly thought about the noble banner and found this pattern... It seems to be the flag pattern of Steve's first wife's house.
Looking at the dead man's long face, Ted was even more sure of his identity: "Uh... These guys have okay brains and know how to use Steve's acquaintances to talk and seduce Steve! Not bad... The enemy's IQ is okay. β
Anyway, Steve's eldest wife and son will have a high probability of burping within two years due to genetic diseases, but they still have to do what they should do!
They are still husband and wife in the actual sense, and even if they turn their faces, they have to wait until the two of them die.
This is a political marriage, but she's too ugly, Steve is stunned, and he is also an honest man, so he has to be responsible...
But her wife is a chain to him, as long as the two of them are still there, it is a big pit, and Steve will definitely jump into it for various reasons!
In that case, Ted's future plan will not be easy to implement!
So!!!
There are two ways in front of them, either to kidnap the two of them back to the north and spend their old age in peace, or directly send someone to kill the two of them, directly 'big Mao-style anti-terrorism', and the hostages and enemies will be killed together...
But in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, Ted still plans to pick them both up, the reconnaissance plane has already locked the position, and when Steve arrives in the imperial capital and the enemy's attention is fully focused on Steve, Ted can go to the rescue!
...
'Didi! β
"Call Team Alpha, this is Team Beta, I'm Joseph, we've cleared the ground enemies and found a basement below, we're going to go down and have a look!"
"No problem, be careful! Bring a gas mask in case of accidents! β
"Yes! Training subjects, we will never be careless! β
In these years, the means of defense are very effective, and it is not realistic to make a mechanism to release cold arrows, killing efficiency is one thing, and accidental injury is also another.
Even modern precision lathes are difficult to replicate the movie's 'wooden, lethal and long-shelf-life' mechanism.
If you want to crack it, you can wear an iron bucket and you'll be done, and as for the kind of mechanism sandwiched between two walls, according to the productivity and metal strength of the era, it only takes a slightly stronger wooden stick to make the mechanism 'bald' off.
In the movie, a large part of it is intentional, which is completely unrealistic, and the 'paper paste' general armor alone is enough for people with a little common sense to complain for decades.
Now, the most effective way to kill and damage the enemy is not to use the mechanical machine, not the hidden arrow, but to use the poisonous gas and poisonous mist emitted by the mechanism!
The mechanism that took half a day to build, a full-body plate armor knight came on the opposite side, and all the preparations were scrapped.
And poison gas is pervasive and equal to all!
To put it simply, mercury vapor, white phosphorus...
A little bit of technology, aka chlorine!
Even in ancient times, it was not difficult to make these things.
The ancients were not fools, but productivity and backward technology limited their imagination.
The same is true of the basement where Joseph found, who didn't have the elaborate bolts at all...
Only poison gas ...
The gases from the combustion of white phosphorus, and the vapor of mercury, can easily kill a person.
But the large gas masks and leak-proof lining suits carried by the special team are worth half of the nuclear, biological and chemical protective suits, and they are more than enough to deal with these things.
"By the way, there's something I forgot to ask, sir, how long do our filters and batteries last?"
Ted didn't know either, but he could temporarily check the instructions in the system: "There are 3 hours, that's enough!" β
Hearing that the answer exceeded their expectations, the Joseph squad breathed a sigh of relief and took up their weapons intending to continue deeper!
It's just that, as they walked, they noticed something strange...
The smoke did not go out and remained indoors.
"Uh... I'm a little blindsided..."
When Ted heard that this sentence came from Joseph's mouth, he opened the safety of a grenade with a puzzled face, and threw it into a small hidden room while the thunder was sounding, and asked by the way: "You?" Blindfolded? Then we must all be fools? β
"No, no, no... I'm a little puzzled by this blindfold, I can't figure out why they make the mechanism such a virtue? β
"What's going on?"
In the Beta team, it's not just Joseph who is confused, but everyone else too!
"After my calculations, their vents were blocked by water, and the water was flowing in! caused the poison gas to pour in, poisoning the group of commanders who were staying underground..."
"This..."When the others heard this 'magical' operation, everyone couldn't help but laugh...
"Hahaha, I see, let's see if there's anything valuable? If you have it, bring it back, and if you don't, evacuate it quickly! β
"Understood!"
...
Just when everyone thought that the task had been successfully completed, the team members who stayed on the castle tower and were in charge of keeping watch, through the night vision device, found that a team of people with less than a squad was sneaking towards the fortress...
"Report the emergency, there are ten people approaching the fortress with daggers, do you want to snipe them directly?"
Just now, the two squads were only concerned about extinguishing their mouths, ignoring an important issue!
That is, you have to leave a living mouth, otherwise everyone will come... But you don't know who you killed? But it's embarrassing.
I just patronized the destruction of the enemy, and I didn't even have time to ask for news.
Ted quickly vetoed the team's proposal and explained why: "Don't! We forgot to keep a living question just now, and we'll be in vain if these few are gone..."
"In vain? Our mission is accomplished! "Joseph, as a qualified soldier, doesn't think about things outside of the mission, that's the old way of thinking.
But now it's different, they have to find a way to make some extra revenue...
Ted, as the boss of this team, rolled his eyes and complained helplessly: "You can't just take 60 points if you pass 60 points, there are extra points that you don't take in vain!" β
With this explanation, Joseph nodded thoughtfully: "It makes sense, then let's carefully find out if there is anything valuable!" β
"Okay, you go look for something carefully, I'll meet the ten people below."
"Understood!"
After the assignment was completed, Joseph led the people to continue collecting useful information in the basement, and Ted went to knock on the stuffy stick.
...
Under the city, a group of people in black night clothes led by a certain man to the base of the fortress wall, and the movement unexpectedly went smoothly...
The spies in the team are also confused! "It's... How did this go so well? Could it be that because of the rain, they slept directly? β
They fooled the only cronies left in the empire by the fifth prince Steve, and wanted to lure him into the fortress and kidnap him! Ask him, 'Why did Steve wipe out so many dead soldiers in a row?' 'Reason.
In broad daylight, it is unrealistic to catch this cunning person, and you can't find any trace of him at night, so you can only act! Lay out an undisguised and clumsy hole, hook him out, and dig up other networks by the way!
It's a big pit, an obvious one!
Originally, this cronie didn't believe the words of these spies, but they were a gang committing crimes, staging one series of flickers after another, making the cronies mistakenly think that they were really teammates!
To make things more realistic, the spies directly revealed the news of tomorrow's kidnapping of Steve to this cronie!
Now, he's convinced that 'these spies are teammates'!
But these days without a mobile phone, it is not realistic to want to contact Steve!
And because he was eager to protect the Lord, he fell into the trap of the enemy...
And he racked his brains to come up with a useless solution for this matter...
He wants to take advantage of the 'dark moon and high wind and high night, kill people and set fire to the sky!' With the other nine spies, he recklessly entered the fortress and captured the commander of the fortress alive, using it as a bargaining chip to force him to let Steve go...
Even if this naΓ―ve idea succeeds in the end, it won't let them let Steve go...
Because the team is from the eldest prince and the second prince, one is in the city and the next is in the city, and there are only ten people on the mission.
So no matter what he does, he is doomed to failure.
...
Below, as the Assassins communicated with each other with gestures indicating that they could continue their operations, one of the spies sensed that something was wrong.
I secretly analyzed in my heart: "It's strange, even if it's a rainy day, on the edge of the town, there will be people standing guard at night!" Could it be... They fight so hard to eradicate the weak first? Even the defensive posts were removed? β
Time waits for no one, and he doesn't have time to continue thinking, so the team continues to go deeper.
It was pitch black under the fortress, and everyone had no night vision devices, as if they were blind, so they could only move forward in the dark!
During this time, the spies always thought that the soldiers in the fortress were cooperating with their own acting, and they did not think about it!
It wasn't until the cronies gently pushed open the solid fortress gate that everyone realized that something was wrong!
"This..."
Suddenly, a spy seemed to have kicked something, and his tense nerves and reflexes forced him to stop, intending to touch something on the ground.
Just as he came into contact with the warm blood, a bolt of lightning struck from the sky!
In an instant, the light shone on all the scenes inside the fortress!
The ground was neatly lined with corpses, like a mysterious ritual of a cult preparing to sacrifice humans to demons!
"Oh my God!"
At this moment, not only this spy, but everyone else saw everything around them...
"Boom..."A thunderclap came, and everyone couldn't help but take three steps back.
Five hours ago, when the spies set out, the inside of the fortress was peaceful, and five hours later, all the people inside were gone...
"It's... What's going on? β
Just when everyone was immersed in panic, another lightning bolt struck!
This time, the lightning not only illuminated the fortress, but also illuminated a man who was nearly two meters tall and strangely dressed! He stood in front of the spy, full of oppression!
Not far away, the lightning on the horizon continued to slash down one after another, flashing like a slide, and every time it flashed, the man in front of him would change his movements!
"Huh... Wait a minute! Is he going to smash me? β
Before he had time to react, the mysterious man in front of him had already raised the guy in his hand and turned to himself!
βbangοΌβ
There was a muffled sound, and the spy felt a sharp pain in his brain, and he fell unconscious...
At the same time, everyone else has succeeded!
Ted let out a long breath, took a handful of rainwater, washed the blood stains off the butt, and carried the fainted man to a spacious room...
"Wake them up! We need some intelligence..."
"Yes, sir!"
At this time, Joseph also got some valuable documents and some loot and returned to Ted.
Gold and silver, they are not interested, but they are very interested in things like the field commander's officer ID card and military rank.
Of course, if there are gold coins... You can still go along the way! Although this thing is worthless in the North, it is used to this, and it will definitely be uncomfortable if you don't take it...
"Sir, I found a list of the people in the fortress!" Joseph took out a detailed list from a satchel, from the number of troops to the grooms, all of which were clearly written!
At the same time, another voice came from the voice channel: "Sir, the corpses have been counted, there are 614 in total... We didn't find the commander of the Second Prince's team. β
β614οΌβ Ted frowned, looking at the words 620+9 on the list and falling into deep thought...
It wasn't until he had roughly read the notes that he understood what was going on.
+9 for the later 9 spies, 620 for the number of people stationed!
All the barracks that everyone has just cleaned up are the barracks, but the gang has not been there yet.
"Could it be... There's someone in the room, too? β
Ted gave himself a mouthful, and immediately led someone outside the room...
"Damn! Next time, you will have to search for them all! Shame on you! β
Under normal circumstances, the people in the room are not enough to be a threat, they are all poor people who have been caught in.
But even so, as a special operation, this point cannot be missed!
...
When Ted was fully armed and led people outside the room, there was a commotion in the pickup headphones.
It's raining outside, and any slight sound will be overshadowed by ambient sounds.
Fortunately, technology changes the world, and no one can escape the ears of technology.
In addition, Ted also saw four pairs of eyes and a dirty face through the night vision device.
They shivered and hid in the corner, as if they had seen the terrible things that were happening outside...
So at this moment, they clasp their hands together and pray constantly in their hearts... Pray that useless God can bless them to let the 'ruthless killer' outside the door spare them!?
Seeing this, Ted raised his hand and motioned for everyone to put down the weapons in their hands: "Four guys, the list is written with two men and three women, and there are two men and two women in front!" There's one woman and one commander left! β
"Understood!"
The military actions taken by the people should try to avoid civilian casualties, and they should know that they are not even as good as the five scum of war.
Refugees of this age have no strength to eat enough.
But just in case, Ted put his hand on his right side and felt for the pistol to prevent an accident.
In his left hand, he took out a flashlight, gently pushed the door open, and shone it on the poor people in the corner.
The team members who followed in also searched other places, but found no ambushes, in the cabinets, in the water tank, under the table, on the ceiling... Nothing!
The crisis was resolved, Ted kept his distance, raised his right hand, and motioned for the four to stand up: "Get up, we don't kill the people, only the enemy soldiers..."
Even though Ted said this, the four people in the corner still hugged each other, unable to spit out half a word.
...
It took three minutes for the situation to improve.
Suddenly, there was movement in the warehouse next door to the house...
No one else can hear it, but the team members can hear it clearly.
"In the warehouse next door, it's probably the commander... and the rest of the child..."
"Kid?" The team members asked suspiciously.
"Well, there's a record on the list, there's an 8-year-old missing..."
"It's... Hey..."
The surrounding team members, according to Ted's words, plus the dirty habits of the nobles, knew what was going on next door with a little analysis.
On the other side of the door, because the filthy commander's sixth sense was not bad, he saw what was happening outside in the small window of the warehouse, so he hid inside with the hilt of his sword and kept silent.
He was disheveled, but he didn't eat anything! Because Ted arrived just in time, the little girl was safe and sound, and she curled up under a shelf, using her clumsy hiding skills to try to keep the hungry wolf from discovering herself!
Either way, she's safe now!
In these years, there is no gunpowder in the empire, and there is no need to prevent mines, just be careful and push the door open, and it will be fine.
Inside the door, the commander seemed to have come to his senses and gave up hiding! After all, this bloated body has nowhere to hide!
So, he drew his sword, set fire to the room, and prepared to die with the comer!
The smell of burning charcoal quickly catches everyone's attention, and Ted motions for his partner behind him to take the refugees in the corner away...
Inadvertently, the little boy who was trembling just now picked up half of the roast chicken that the officers had leftover, and smoothed a few more dough cakes...
In order not to implicate this group of innocent people, one of the team members also took them to a brightly lit and warm room.
Another member of the team took out a towel hanging next to him to wipe the rain off the frightened refugees.
"Fellow, don't be afraid, we won't embarrass ordinary people!"
When the fellow saw Joseph's kind face, he slowly let down his guard, picked up the bread and put it in his mouth.
...
Inside the house, outside the warehouse, when Ted pushed the door open, there was a 'boom', and the enemy commander swung his sword and slashed at him!
But the idiot clearly underestimated himself, he slashed on a solid wooden pot lid, and the knife was cut in half ...
"Fighting with crafts? You're good enough, too! Then, taking advantage of the enemy's backward swing, Ted kicked him away, pulled out his pistol, and struck it precisely on the joints.
Seeing that the sneak attack had failed and that he had lost his mobility, the enemy shouted in a panic: "Eh! Don't kill me, I'm a nobleman! My father is a viscount and can give you a ransom! Don't kill me! β
"Ransom? Hum! Ted raised the muzzle of his gun again and pointed it at the man in front of him.
The muzzle of this black hole seems to be able to devour everything, and it is like a judgment from the divine realm, and every blow on the body will deepen the unforgettable pain again!
When the adrenaline is washed away by the blood, the pain hits!
This enemy wails in pain, like a pig in a slaughterhouse suffering from heat stroke, and even if he knows his fate, he still cries and cries for death to come later.
At this moment, this feeling of judging the life and death of others from above overwhelmed Ted's brain!
What captives, what confessions, what useful news, all forgotten ...
"Death, stupid pig!"
Seeing that he was certain to die, he raised his severed right arm with all his strength and shouted: "You will go to hell!" God will not forgive you! β
"Silly beep! I'm not afraid when God comes! β
Ted didn't talk much nonsense, after all, there was no need to be cruel to the creeps, and even if he wanted to be ruthless, it would be in front of the dying final boss...
At the moment, this person is obviously not qualified.
βbiu...οΌ biu...οΌ biu...οΌ β
After three shots, Ted withdrew his weapon and turned to look at the little girl under the shelf: "You are safe, your parents are waiting for you outside~"
"Hmmβ" The little girl choked up and couldn't say a word, but she held out her hand anyway.
Looking at the dead villain next to her, listening to the gentle voice, and the handsome face looming in the darkness and firelight, she couldn't find a reason to refuse.
Throwing himself into Ted's arms, an inexplicable sense of security welled up in his heart, and his sleepiness was instantly awakened...
...
Twenty minutes later, the spies woke up to see that the matter had been revealed and that there was no way back!
In order not to reveal their secrets, and to keep their families alive, they chose to grit their teeth and commit suicide by taking poison.
If they are found out and their bodies are killed by external forces, then the princes will judge that they have revealed the secret, and they will be beheaded all over the house! If you die of poisoning, your family will be safe!
...
After such a toss, none of the intelligence confessions were asked.
Ted had a black line on his face, and he didn't know how to end it, so he could only comfort himself in his heart: "Uh... Or just follow Joseph's idea, complete the mission, and end directly? Get back? β
Of the ten assassins who came to make trouble, there is only one left, and seeing that he is sleeping dead, he can only be brought back first and put in a prison cell...
After eating the chicken legs, the little boy seemed to think of something when he saw the big brothers in strange clothes in front of him.
"Big brothers? Do you need intelligence documents? β
"Intelligence documents?" Hearing the word, Ted turned his head, as if he had seen a savior!
"Do you know what?"
"I don't know, but I know where the information is hidden? It's in the safe of the command post on the second floor! The password is 5389! β
"You can remember that?"
"Hey, hey, I saw it quietly when I delivered the food, so I wrote it down..."The little boy scratched his head with his oil-stained hands and burped!
"You two, go take a look and take all the papers and stuff with you."
"That's... Sir, what should I do with something valuable? β
"Leave half for yons and divide it equally among yourself, and give the remaining half to the tax office! The task was unexpectedly written, and the rules were followed! β
"Yes! Sir! β
To reward the witty little boy, Ted pulled out a piece of fragrant fresh milk chocolate...
"Come, I'll give you something to eat~"
The little boy didn't care if the things Ted handed over were good or bad, and just stuffed them into his mouth...
"Hmmm! Delicious! β
He didn't swallow a whole bar of chocolate, but after taking a bite, he broke the rest into two equal pieces and handed it to his two sisters, one of whom fell asleep and wrapped it in paper and stuffed it into her pocket.
...
According to the convention, in this dark period, the boy should eat all the food alone, and it would be good if the two younger sisters could pick up the soup and drink...
Seeing this, Ted sighed in his heart: "Yo... It's not easy! β
"You... How old are 3? β
"I'm the eldest brother, 12 years old this year, and my two younger sisters are eight years old and nine years old!"
In dark times, people with such a spirit are rare, and it should be very good to catch them and make up the numbers when they are harmonious citizens! A family of five is an honest person!
If you don't take them away and leave them here, there is a high probability that you will be arrested and die on the streets...
"Or..."
After thinking about it, Ted decided to take them away!
When I arrived, I flew three planes, five emaciated refugees, plus a sleeping captive, and it was not a problem to pack and take them away.
'Didi! β
"Sir, we found a stack of important documents, this commander is a close confidant of the prince, and he has a lot of first-hand information in his hand, as well as the deployment map of the second prince's forces!"
This is good news, take away and make full use of it can be a lot less trouble: "Take away!" Is there anything else of value? β
"Two bags of diamonds..."
"What about other than that?"
"It's gone!"
"Prepare to evacuate! Pull out the Molotov cocktails, we set fire to this place! β
If you want to use the defense map, you have to destroy all the evidence at the scene.
The rain outside is gradually getting lighter, so take this opportunity to set fire to it first, and then throw a few C-4 pieces to fake the illusion that this place has been struck by lightning!
They don't know about explosives anyway.
Loud noises and flames, only thunder can do it.
"Hurry up! A few of you, while there is still a little rain and thunder, carry them and carry them away, as a three-kilometer load! β
"Yes!"
The refugees were forcibly carried away because they were slow to walk.
Still holding the sleeping little girl, Ted hurried to the evacuation point...