HCB Chapter 324 At Night, I Can See
Chapter 324 At Night, I Can See
Myitkyina, the underground command post of the Central Intelligence Agency.
Zhang Chi's fingers tapped on the teak table, and the incandescent light cast his shadow on the yellowed map of Southeast Asia on the wall.
"The Osaka Division wanted $500,000, but Director Jin negotiated it down to $200,000 in cash and twenty boxes of penicillin."
The deputy director who stayed at the command post hurriedly reported the latest situation to Zhang Chi.
"Failed to decipher the Japs' telegram?" Zhang Chi certainly didn't want to spend a penny.
Accompanying Director Kim to Siam was a special forces unit from the Central Intelligence Agency.
This special forces unit, codenamed "Broken Arrow," consists entirely of elite soldiers selected from the entire army during the previous Cold Gun and Cold Cannon campaign. The instructors and commanders are synths with special warfare experience who were purchased from the system at a large cost of gold.
Not only are they all armed to the teeth, but they are also given priority in equipping all the "black technology" equipment currently developed by the Security Army, from experimental infrared night vision goggles and assault rifles to portable walkie-talkies.
As its code name suggests, it is a real special forces unit that can even deal with the accident of the loss of a nuclear bomb.
Brokenarrow is a military radio term that refers to the loss of a nuclear weapon, warhead, or component, or the non-nuclear explosion of a nuclear weapon, without creating a risk of nuclear war.
The deputy director shook his head:
"Although we intercepted the Japanese telegram, the Osaka Division was very cautious. Not only did they not use the Japanese Army's common code like other divisions, they also adopted double encryption.
We have absolutely no idea of their escape route."
"That cunning old devil from Kansai." Zhang Chi was helpless. He could not just follow Otto Skorzeny's example to rescue Mo Da Piss. Sending the special forces to snatch him away was obviously not going to work. He had no choice but to agree to the deal. "Tell Director Jin, let's take this price."
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The next day, at 3 a.m. local time in Siam, near an abandoned rubber processing factory in Ubon Ratchathani Province.
Twelve M3 half-track vehicles and six M24 Chaffee tanks formed a fan-shaped, semi-encircled formation and gradually approached the factory area.
These vehicles and tanks were all painted in jungle camouflage. The M24 Chaffee's turret had a strange large pot cover that looked like a searchlight. Thick cables extended from the back of the pot cover and connected directly to the turret.
The M2HB heavy machine gun on the roof of the M3 half-track vehicle glowed faintly in the moonlight.
Lin Laisheng, who had been promoted to the captain of the first battalion of the "Broken Arrow" force and had the rank of lieutenant colonel, nimbly climbed out of an M3 half-track vehicle and quickly hid in the shadow of the bushes nearby.
Other special forces members also quickly got off the car and dispersed according to training. Their solid tactical movements demonstrated their well-trained style.
Lin Laisheng pressed the button on the intercom at his waist and whispered, "This is Dongdong, Dongguai, reporting the situation."
The investigator's voice soon came from the headset: "Damn Japs! We agreed to bring only a squadron, but here comes a whole battalion."
Suddenly, car lights came on deep in the factory area. The turrets of three Type 3 tanks slowly turned, and the tanks slowly drove out from their hiding places.
A Type 6 six-wheeled armored vehicle (pictured) with a plaster flag painted on it drove out, and a Japanese soldier with the rank of lieutenant general jumped off the armored vehicle in riding boots. The chrysanthemum emblem on the scabbard flickered under the searchlight.
Lin Laisheng's eyes narrowed. He didn't expect that it was Masaro Baba who came in person.
"Friends from the Anmin Army." He spoke stiff Chinese with an Osaka accent. "We need to inspect the goods first."
Lin Laisheng walked out of hiding, put the experimental assault rifle in his hand, which looked like the G3 battle rifle (pictured), behind his back, and showed Masao Baba with his empty hands that he had no hostility.
Although Lin Laisheng wanted to kill the Japanese lieutenant general in front of him, he knew that his mission tonight was to bring Luan Pibun back.
As a soldier, it is his natural duty to obey orders and complete tasks.
Lin Laisheng waved his hand, and the other special forces members remained vigilant, holding guns and guarding the surroundings. Only a few members came forward carrying boxes.
Twenty camphorwood boxes were pried open one by one. A Japanese soldier in a white coat walked forward and saw that the boxes were filled with penicillin powder in glass bottles and banknotes.
"No problem. (No problem.)" The Japanese soldier had just finished speaking and was about to touch the green banknotes in the box when three red flares suddenly streaked across the night sky.
A look of greed instantly froze on the devil's face.
The next second, gunshots ripped through the silence.
The sound of the Sten submachine gun was like tearing cloth, and the bullets hit the side armor of the M24 tank, sparking sparks.
Then came the sounds of Bren machine guns and Lee-Enfield rifles.
The Anmin Army was once equipped with John-type light weapons for a period of time, and Lin Laisheng was very familiar with the sound of this type of gunfire.
He immediately realized that there was a third party involved, and he quickly ordered: "Turn off the lights!"
The car lights and searchlights went out at the same time, and the special forces quickly hid in the darkness. Then the team members found cover, raised their assault rifles and started shooting at the fire.
The H2MB heavy machine gun on the roof of the M3 half-track soon joined in, with the shooter hiding behind the steel machine gun shield and firing as much as he could.
The Japs seemed to be caught off guard as well, and quickly gathered together, firing blindly into the darkness.
There were a few slight noises, followed by a series of explosions.
"It's John's PIAT (picture)!" Lin Laisheng quickly made a judgment. "That thing is a spring-loaded catapult with a very short range. The shooter is nearby."
The John people's PIAT uses a spring-propelled super-caliber armor-piercing shell. Although it does not use gunpowder and is silent, the spring has a very short range.
"Open the 'Owl' system immediately and find them for me."
A dark red light invisible to the human eye suddenly lit up on the top of the modified M24 tank turret. It was the latest military infrared illumination/image receiving device developed by the Sixth Radio Research Institute (pictured).
In addition, a higher-power infrared searchlight was also turned on on a specially modified M3 half-track vehicle to provide supplementary lighting.
The figures crawling behind the big trees were clearly visible through the night vision goggles - dozens of ambushers were shooting and loading five-round magazines into their Lee-Enfield rifles.
Several other enemies were using weapons similar to bazookas, with the muzzles raised high, trying to fire indirect shots.
"2 o'clock, less than 100 meters, quickly reload the white phosphorus incendiary bomb."
Inside the turret, the commander immediately gave the order. For enemies hiding in the bushes, this white phosphorus incendiary bomb was much more effective than ordinary high-explosive bombs.
The loader quickly selected the shells from the turret ammunition rack and stuffed them into the barrel.
"White phosphorus incendiary bomb, one round, loaded!"
The gunner, who was also equipped with an image converter, quickly captured the enemy hiding not far away, adjusted the muzzle and stepped on the trigger pedal.
"boom!"
Several enemies gathered together, thinking they were safe in the dark, but were immediately turned into human torches by the flying white phosphorus.