Chapter 297: Ice and Fire

Secretary Liu looked stunned: "How is this possible? This base is extremely secret!"

"Do you think the enemy's intelligence agencies are pushovers? They can analyze based on photos taken by reconnaissance planes, collected electromagnetic signals, and information obtained through agent infiltration... There is no fortress in the world that cannot be breached... There are only ten minutes left! Secretary Liu, hurry and go notify them!"

"But the leader is still in a meeting..."

"Is your life more important or the meeting!" He Yuzhu was anxious on the spot, "Thirteen bombers in total, if the bombs fall, they can flatten the valley! Secretary Liu, hurry!"

Seeing his flustered and exasperated appearance, Secretary Liu turned and ran.

Seeing Secretary Liu return in a panic, the General frowned and asked: "Aren't you assisting Xiao He with his work? Why have you returned?"

"General, the enemy has 13 bombers coming, please ask all leaders to quickly move to the air-raid shelter!"

"Nonsense! The meeting hasn't ended yet!" the General said with dissatisfaction.

"We can't wait any longer, it will be too late if we wait!" Secretary Liu's voice was trembling.

"This Xiao He, what kind of trick is he playing? Why do enemy planes come as soon as he arrives?" the General's tone was unkind.

The speaker had no intention, but the listener did; Secretary Liu's heart skipped a beat—this was too harsh, it was practically saying He Yuzhu had lured the enemy planes here.

He hurriedly explained: "General, this is purely a coincidence. Xiao He has shot down so many enemy planes before and is already very experienced, how could he lie to us?"

Other leaders in the conference room also advised one after another: "General, the meeting can never be finished, let's continue after the bombing!"

"That's right, safety first, let's evacuate first!"

Just as everyone was persuading him, the shrill air-raid siren sounded.

Only then was the General reluctantly dragged away by the Guard.

Secretary Liu looked left and right, discovered that the operational map was still hanging on the wall, and hurriedly went up to take it down; the Guard, Xiao Ma, was also busy packing other things.

On the position, He Yuzhu was shouting into the Walkie-talkie: "We'll change our tactics this time, keep the Anti-aircraft Machine Gun firing, don't stop, blockade the mountain pass, for the Anti-aircraft Gun, fire at planes every other row, skip one row!"

This method was something he had just thought of in a flash; he had once seen in a movie that if one plane exploded in the air, it might destroy the surrounding planes.

Several gunners didn't understand what he meant, but they didn't ask.

This time, He Yuzhu had to burn his bridges; not only did he have to shoot down all the enemy planes, but he also had to protect the safety of everyone at headquarters. Therefore, he had to take the risk.

He was now hoping that these planes would dive to drop bombs.

He Yuzhu decided to operate the gun himself, using his fast hands to try to hit the bombers' fuel tanks and make them explode in mid-air.

"Hand the gun to me!" He Yuzhu shouted to a gunner.

The gunner hesitated slightly, but seeing He Yuzhu's firm determination, he immediately gave up his position.

"You assist the deputy gunner and the second gunner in loading, you must be fast!" He Yuzhu ordered.

"Yes!"

The enemy bombers were getting closer and closer, the roaring sound echoing through the valley.

He Yuzhu activated the Scanning Function, staring at the computer screen with his consciousness, while his hands were rapidly correcting the parameters: "Azimuth zero-one-seven! Elevation two-two-zero! Fuse one-five! — Long burst, fire!"

"Boom—"

His shells were the first to be fired.

"Bang!" An explosion sounded in the air.

He Yuzhu's shell accurately hit the fuel tank of the lead plane, and the plane exploded in the sky.

The fragments hit two planes nearby.

"Boom, boom, boom!" The other three Anti-aircraft Guns also fired a rain of bullets.

Two damaged planes were hit by shells again and exploded in the air immediately.

The explosion of the three planes formed a large amount of debris, causing the three planes behind to be directly hit by the fragments, resulting in damage to their propellers.

The pilots wanted to pull up their altitude, but desperately discovered that the propellers had been damaged and they had lost most of their power.

"Da-da-da!" The Anti-aircraft Machine Gun sounded again. They were directly blown up by the Anti-aircraft Machine Gun.

Dragging black smoke, they crashed into the mountain, sending up huge fireballs.

This was the tactic He Yuzhu had carefully designed.

In the blink of an eye, six planes were turned to ashes.

He Yuzhu did not hesitate at all, the muzzle quickly turned toward the three incoming enemy planes: "Azimuth zero-one-two! Elevation one-seven-five! Fuse zero-eight! — Rapid fire, fire!"

The gunners on the position quickly adjusted the muzzles, and before they were ready, He Yuzhu had already pulled the firing lanyard.

"Boom—"

Another string of shells whistled and tore through the sky.

With a "Bang!", the lead B29 Bomber was hit in the fuel tank and instantly turned into a fireball.

The violent explosion not only swallowed the two adjacent friendly planes, but the bursting shrapnel also hit the last row of planes.

"Boom, boom, boom!" The explosions sounded one after another.

The other three Anti-aircraft Guns also opened fire.

The three damaged bombers were also shot down, and they dragged long tails of black smoke as they fell into the distance.

But just when He Yuzhu was about to breathe a sigh of relief, the last damaged B29 Bomber was actually dragging thick smoke and falling toward the headquarters!

"Damn it, is history really impossible to change?" He Yuzhu's heart tightened, "No, even if I risk my life, I cannot let the people at headquarters suffer casualties!"

Like a fierce tiger descending from the mountain, he rushed directly into the operations room. He thought to himself: If Secretary Liu sacrificed himself, his action this time would not only be fruitless, but he would also have to bear all the responsibility.

He Yuzhu rushed through the door and collided with Secretary Liu and a young soldier.

But through the window, he could already see the huge shadow of the bomber pressing down on this building.

He Yuzhu immediately knocked the two unconscious, took them into his space, and flashed in himself.

The moment He Yuzhu disappeared, the massive fuselage of the B29 Bomber crashed to the ground, and the operations room was instantly swallowed by a sea of fire.

On the anti-aircraft position, Ershuan saw all this, and thinking of his good buddy buried in the sea of fire, he cried out heart-rendingly: "Zhuzi—"

Not long after, the people in the air-raid shelter also rushed out upon hearing the sound; they looked at the sea of fire in front of them, dumbfounded.

The General asked with a trembling voice, "Is there anyone else inside?"

A Guard replied with a choked sob, "Secretary Liu and Little Ma didn't come back..."

The General's eyes instantly turned red, and he roared, "Quick! Organize a rescue immediately!"

But the soldiers looked at the raging inferno, also feeling helpless.

Ershuan rushed like a madman from the anti-aircraft gun position toward the edge of the fire, using a piece of cloth in his hand to beat at the flames incessantly.

"Zhuzi, don't scare me, come out quickly!" Ershuan shouted.

Suddenly, a figure broke through the curtain of fire, with a person tucked under each arm.

His clothes were burning all over, but he paid it no mind at all.

He strode as if flying, threw the two people into the snow, and rolled on the snow-covered ground himself.

Although the flames were extinguished, smoke was still rising from his clothes.

He simply tore off all his clothes, leaving only a pair of shorts, revealing burns all over his body.

Ershuan rushed forward in excitement, looking at him with eyes brimming with hot tears.

Seeing that Ershuan was still dazed, He Yuzhu laughed and cursed, "What are you standing there for? Hurry up and take off your clothes for me to wear; this damn thing is like being in both ice and fire!"