Chapter 127: Chapter 128: Rescuing The Hostage
“We’ve got the situation. I’ll put together a detailed operation plan for you as soon as possible.”
Experienced Gao Zhong Dui felt it was very tricky after hearing the on-site commander’s introduction of the situation.
First, these three bandits have all received professional training, so their lethality is definitely much higher than ordinary bandits.
Secondly, the fast food restaurant’s walls facing the street are all made of large tempered glass, giving the bandits a very open field of vision, allowing them to clearly see the police’s whereabouts.
“Forest Wolf, bring your people and come with me for a bit.”
Gao Zhong Dui nodded to the on-site commander, then took the lead to a secluded place, waiting for Geng Jihui to bring his team to rendezvous with him.
“Time is tight, so I’ll keep it short. This is the floor plan of the fast food restaurant.”
Gao Zhong Dui spread out the blueprint received from the criminal police on the car hood, marking it with a blue marker: “These are the positions of bandit 1, 2, and 3. The front of the fast food restaurant is all large glass, convenient for us to observe, but also convenient for them to defend.
Any moves we make won’t escape their eyes.
The weapons carried by the bandits are…
Forest Wolf! Take your people to survey the scene.
I want you to come up with your own operation plan. Hui Lang and I will serve as advisors and backup.”
Seeing that Gao Zhong Dui didn’t mention him, Chang Ning was anxious like an ant on a hot pan. The system required military merit to generate merit points, and without participating in this mission, he wouldn’t get any merit points.
“Wild Wolf, what about me?”
“You?”
Gao Zhong Dui held back a laugh in his heart. It was rare to see Chang Ning, who was usually calm and in control, so anxious.
“You discuss it with Group B’s people. I won’t get involved too much.”
After saying that, Gao Zhong Dui left.
After deciding that Chang Ning and Group B would take over this operation, he and Group A wouldn’t get involved too much. He believed in the newcomers’ strength.
“Sha Po Lang, come on, do I have to invite you?”
Geng Jihui looked at Chang Ning with a smile and teased.
“Then let’s do it.”
They were all buddies, and Chang Ning was thick-skinned; this level of teasing couldn’t break his defense at all.
“Alright, no more joking. Everyone, share your ideas so we can brainstorm together.”
Chang Ning blended into Group B, with seven people gathered around the floor plan, each voicing their thoughts.
“The situation is very tricky right now. This is our first mission; we can’t fail, and we can’t afford to lose. The hostages are right inside.
I think we should recon first and see what the situation is.”
Geng Jihui was steady and prudent. Chang Ning had actual combat experience, but this was also his first time rescuing hostages. It was never wrong to play it safe.
“Sounds good.”
Chang Ning agreed with Geng Jihui’s suggestion.
The others also felt Geng Jihui was right and naturally wouldn’t object.
“Big-tailed Wolf and Bald-tailed Wolf form the sniper team. You two can now select suitable sniper positions.
Siberian Wolf, Hungry Wolf, and the others go observe the environment around the fast food restaurant.”
Geng Jihui quickly made the deployment. Just the floor plan of the fast food restaurant wasn’t enough; they needed a field investigation before the next deployment.
Well then, Geng Jihui’s arrangements left nothing for him.
Chang Ning was happy to take it easy. The targets were just three bandits in a fast food restaurant, and Group B had no actual combat experience.
In the past month or so, they had practiced this step-by-step rescue operation day and night, with some tactical maneuvers ingrained as muscle memory.
If it were urban combat, the current Group B wouldn’t measure up, but rescuing people was still within their grasp.
“Chang Ning, you have free action. Cooperate with the others and handle identify and fill gaps.”
Geng Jihui looked at Chang Ning and quickly assigned his position.
Chang Ning wasn’t a jack-of-all-trades now, but close enough; he could handle any position.
This made it tricky for Geng Jihui, because no matter where Chang Ning went, everyone needed to coordinate with him.
Normally, Chang Ning trained with Group B in theory, but in actual training, besides tactical maneuvers, some skills were separate for the two sides.
This meant that if Chang Ning executed a mission with Group B, everyone had to divert attention to coordinate.
Therefore, Geng Jihui had no choice but to assign Chang Ning to identify and fill gaps. Luckily, Chang Ning’s strength was there to hold it down; otherwise, it would have been hard to arrange.
“Got it.”
Chang Ning had no doubts about Geng Jihui’s arrangement; on the contrary, he was quite pleased. No need to worry about coordinating with comrades—just improvise.
“Everyone, disperse to survey the scene. Remember to keep radio communication open.”
Seeing no issues from everyone, Geng Jihui nodded and put away the floor plan from the car hood.
Chang Ning shouldered his gun and deliberately took a longer route around the fast food restaurant where the bandits were, surveying the surrounding environment.
In case the bandits didn’t stalemate with the police like in the original plot but broke out instead, he wanted to be prepared and not get flustered.
Since he had come to the special forces world, who knew if accidents might happen. The plot could only serve as reference.
Plan for victory after planning for defeat.
That was always Chang Ning’s way, ensuring nothing went wrong.
This fast food restaurant’s location was very carefully chosen, near an intersection, with a high-traffic pedestrian street not far away.
If the bandits broke out toward the pedestrian street, the consequences would be unimaginable.
“Forest Wolf, this is Sha Po Lang.
There’s a high-traffic pedestrian street south of the fast food restaurant. Communicate with the police and see if they have related deployments.”
“Received. I’ll communicate with the police. Sha Po Lang, be careful surveying the environment—don’t let the bandits see you.”
“Received.”
Chang Ning took the lead for the others. Their radio channel was squad-wide, and seeing Chang Ning start reporting, the others began sharing their situations with Geng Jihui.
The first to report was Lao Pao, who was even more eager than Chang Ning.
When Geng Jihui told everyone to survey the environment, he quickly grabbed his weapon equipment and sneaked toward the back door of the fast food restaurant.
Chang Ning fully understood Lao Pao’s mood; he was Lao Pao’s soldier.
His own soldier outperforming him, the old squad leader—how did that make Lao Pao feel?
He didn’t say it out loud, but the proud Lao Pao had long been holding in a burst of energy.
He was definitely waiting for actual combat to show off. Finally getting the opportunity, the usually steady Lao Pao couldn’t help but get a bit carried away.
“This is Mountain Wolf. No hand grenades set up by bandits at the fast food restaurant’s back door.
I just checked; the back door is locked tight. Breaking in from here would require directional demolition.
Over.”
Suppressing his stray thoughts, Lao Pao concisely reported the back door situation to Geng Jihui.
Earlier, hearing Gao Zhong Dui say these bandits had military training made him nervous.
But upon checking, that was it?
Which soldier with strict military training would neglect their escape route? Unless this group had no intention of leaving alive.
But that wasn’t possible either. Earlier, Lao Pao had heard the bandits’ boss negotiating with the police for a car, showing the three bandits weren’t thinking both sides perish.
In summary, these were small fry. At most, their weapons made Lao Pao feel a bit tricky.
“Received. Return the way you came.”
“Yes.”
Unlike Group B, who quickly rendezvoused, five or six minutes had passed, and Chang Ning still hadn’t received Geng Jihui’s next instructions.
He wandered around the fast food restaurant like a restless ghost.
Pretending to casually glance at the surrounding high-rises, Chang Ning actually spotted a few unusual places.
“These spots feel a bit off.”
Chang Ning’s sharp eyes quickly scanned those suspicious positions. He planned to check them out himself first.
