In the village, two local militants were patrolling with flashlights, seemingly searching for someone.
Suddenly, a figure emerged from a corner – it was Wan Yunting, who had returned. Upon seeing him, the two individuals immediately began cursing, demanding to know where he had been.
However, Wan Yunting couldn't understand their local dialect and could only nod with a smile. The two men didn't think much of it; they had been called by their leader to find him, and now that they had, they naturally returned.
The leader also berated Wan Yunting in the local tongue. The prepared food was loaded onto the vehicles, and everyone boarded, leaving the village and heading back towards the base.
Qin Guowu and Lu Xin were crouching behind a rock on the hillside, watching the lights of the truck leaving the village from a distance. Both men were frowning. Although Captain Luo had agreed to Wan Yunting's plan for an inside-out operation, they were still extremely worried about potential accidents.
"Let's wait a bit longer. Doctor Wan said there would be a diversionary attack on the Morton base precisely at midnight!"
Lu Xin checked the time. It was 10:20 PM, still an hour and forty minutes until the time agreed upon with Wan Yunting.
"We'll set off in an hour," Qin Guowu said.
The other combat team members behind them nodded in unison. Meanwhile, the reinforcement troops dispatched from the stronghold were also accelerating their journey towards Tesari. Qin Guowu and Lu Xin's diversionary attack on the Morton base would draw their attention, and the stronghold would also send drone support…
Wan Yunting sat in the truck, swaying as he returned to the Morton base. After delivering the food to the mess hall in the plaza, he seized an opportunity when no one was paying attention and quietly slipped out again. Following the base map drawn by Lam, Wan Yunting navigated through several alleyways and finally spotted a courtyard residence with local architectural features ahead!
Wan Yunting's face was half-covered by a bandana, and his eyes, revealed by his hat, were sharp. He leaned against the wall of a corner building, observing the Morton base headquarters, a courtyard residence heavily guarded by fully armed, elite mercenaries on patrol. It would be difficult for a fly to get in.
However, Wan Yunting's target tonight was not Morton. After a moment of observation, he left and headed towards the warehouse.
His main objective tonight was to rescue Gu Yingbo first. If the opportunity arose, Wan Yunting would personally kill that fellow Morton!
Upon returning to the warehouse, which Wan Yunting had visited before, he once again brought several bottles of foreign liquor. He immediately started striking up conversations with the mercenary guards at the warehouse, drinking with them. He even engaged with a former US Navy mercenary, chatting about family matters with great camaraderie.
Time ticked by, and it was soon 11:30 PM.
Qin Guowu and Lu Xin, leading twenty-four elite members of the peacekeeping force, drove four modified off-road vehicles towards the Morton base.
Covering a distance of ten kilometers, they reached the outskirts of the base town in about ten minutes. Concealed in a low-lying area, they observed people controlling lights on several high towers, scanning the base's perimeter.
"Fifteen minutes left!"
Lu Xin glanced at his watch. Fifteen minutes until 10 PM.
Before arriving, Qin Guowu had contacted Luo Guowei from the stronghold. Headquarters had dispatched two combat drones that were now en route. As the aircraft entered the radar detection range of the Morton base, an alarm immediately sounded in the base's command center.
"Report, radar has detected two unidentified drones approaching us!" the technical team member controlling the radar reported to Simon Lacks.
He also saw the two red dots on the radar, rapidly approaching. Simon Lacks frowned and immediately said, "Activate air defense missiles. If these two aircraft get close, shoot them down immediately!"
"Understood."
Everyone in the command center immediately became serious. Simultaneously, mercenaries outside in the plaza and behind the command center sprang into action, uncovering the air defense missiles and rocket launchers covered by tarpaulins, preparing for immediate readiness.
"What's going on?"
At this moment, inside the courtyard residence, Morton was lying on a lounge bed in the living room, wearing a bathrobe, with several beautiful women massaging him. However, an air defense siren blared from outside.
Kabbu received a call from Simon Lacks and came to report, saying, "Boss, two unidentified drones are flying towards us!"
Morton, who had his eyes closed, immediately opened them and said sternly, "Investigate immediately and find out whose drones these are."
Kabbu nodded and said, "Simon is already investigating."
Morton, still uneasy, sat up. His brow furrowed, and he suddenly had a bad feeling for no reason. He then glared and said, "Order everyone to be ready for combat at any moment!"
"Yes."
Kabbu nodded and immediately relayed Morton's order to Simon Lacks in the command center.
Instantly, all the mercenaries at the base, along with the local militants, heard the alarm and the order. They all got up, fully armed, and prepared for battle.
The situation at the warehouse was the same. The guards there became tense. Wan Yunting, with his arm around the former US Navy mercenary, also asked upon hearing the alarm, "What happened?"
The mercenary, unfazed, waved his hand and chuckled, "Probably some other armed forces trying to sneak up on us. Han, don't worry."
Wan Yunting nodded, raised his wine glass for a toast, and smiled, "That's good, let's keep drinking…"
"Cheers."
The mercenary, flushed from drinking, slumped onto the table before finishing his drink.
Wan Yunting narrowed his sharp eyes and checked his wrist watch. It was five minutes to midnight!
"Sir, request permission to attack!"
At headquarters, a team member controlling a drone shouted.
"Approved."
Commander He Yongchang and Political Commissar Ren were also present and immediately approved.
The two team members controlling the drones maneuvered them in the dark night sky. They unleashed two missiles directly at the brightly lit Morton base below, targeting the base headquarters.
On the rear mountain of the base headquarters, two air defense missiles were also launched, their targets being the approaching drones…
"It's an air defense missile, intercept immediately!"
The drone operators immediately began their counter-operations. The drones released interceptor flares, which bloomed like fireworks in the night sky, intercepting one air defense missile. The aircraft then streaked off into the distance…
Boom! Boom!
On the ground, the two missiles from the drones were also intercepted by the air defense weapons of the Morton base headquarters. However, one missile still landed in the base plaza, blowing up several tanks and ammunition depots. Explosions erupted in quick succession, and many people nearby were blown to pieces, their screams filling the air…
"It's midnight, let's attack!"
On the outskirts of the base, Qin Guowu and Lu Xin, seeing that it was midnight, immediately signaled their team members to drive their vehicles out and charge towards the entrance of the base town. The modified off-road vehicles were equipped with heavy machine guns, which unleashed volleys of fire at the mercenaries guarding the main gate, their bullets streaking through the night like meteors, creating a spectacular scene…
"Enemy attack, there's an enemy attack…"
The mercenaries at the Morton base immediately sounded the alarm, and all the mercenaries and militants in the town rushed towards the entrance.
At the base headquarters, Morton, now clad in combat gear, emerged with Kabbu and his men. His face contorted with rage, he shouted, "How many people from the Chinese peacekeeping force are here?"
Simon Lacks rushed out of the headquarters and shouted, "The people at the entrance passed a message saying they saw four Chinese peacekeeping force off-road vehicles attacking us outside. There are about twenty of them!"
"Are you sure it's twenty?"
Morton glared and asked.
Simon Lacks frowned and said, "They are reinforcements, about twenty kilometers away. Their numbers are unknown!"
"Damn it, I can't believe the Chinese peacekeeping force would openly send people to attack us." Morton was furious. This was something he hadn't anticipated.
After all, Tesari occupied a special position, and everyone in the United Nations was watching. Morton had previously believed that the Chinese would not dare to send a large force, but he had been mistaken this time.
"Let's go, everyone, let's go meet the Chinese peacekeeping force!"
Now that the situation had escalated, Morton had no choice but to fight. Leading Kabbu and a team of elite mercenaries, he quickly ran towards the base entrance. Meanwhile, Simon Lacks continued to monitor from the command center, simultaneously trying to shoot down the two Chinese attack drones that were circling overhead.
Boom! Boom!
The two drones continued their attack on the base, with explosions heard from time to time.
Rat-a-tat-tat…!
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Outside, Qin Guowu and Lu Xin, leading their combat team members, launched a fierce assault on the base in a diversionary attack. The enemy naturally retaliated, and bullets crisscrossed the night from both sides…
Meanwhile, Nie Xiaoyu and another captain, leading a batch of reinforcement troops, were rapidly approaching the base. Ten kilometers away, Nie Xiaoyu shouted into the walkie-talkie, "Yang Xin, I'm heading west to rendezvous with Doctor Wan. You go support Captain Qin and the others!"
"Understood, you be careful." Yang Xin, who was accompanying Nie Xiaoyu, replied.
"You too."
After speaking, Nie Xiaoyu directed her team members to break away from the main force and head west towards the Morton base, as previously arranged with Wan Yunting to rendezvous at the west gate.
At this moment, Wan Yunting, at the warehouse, made his move. Taking advantage of the attention of the mercenary guards being focused on the outside, he entered the warehouse alone and headed towards the cell where Gu Yingbo was being held…
The two mercenary guards at the door saw him and asked, "What are you doing?"
Wan Yunting looked at them, his eyes narrowing, and said with a smile in English, "Sending you home!"
"What?"
The mercenary on the left didn't understand his words…
"Ugh…"
But the next moment, he clutched his throat with both hands, kneeling on the ground along with the mercenary on the right, blood spurting from between his fingers.
To their dying moments, they couldn't comprehend how Wan Yunting had acted, using his military knife to slit their throats…