Chapter 300: Threat

He Yuzhu lay prone behind the hillside, staring fixedly at the large rock at the bottom of the slope, calculating how to deal with the three enemies behind it.

The gunfire over at Beishan was still crackling incessantly, which was truly not right—he had clearly set up so many Landmines and firing points; logically, the battle should have ended long ago. But why was it still going on? He could not let it drag on any longer!

He pulled out three grenades, bit off the fuses with his teeth, and threw them with a full swing of his arm toward the large rock.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Before the curtain of snow kicked up by the explosions had settled, He Yuzhu had already darted out like a shadow, charging into the swirling smoke in the blink of an eye.

Captain Mike was indeed a veteran; the moment he heard the explosions, he guessed He Yuzhu's intent and shouted orders at the top of his lungs for his men to fire at the blast site.

But He Yuzhu's speed far exceeded their imagination; in an instant, he had already circled to the side of the giant rock.

The Mauser C96 in his hand rang out continuously; as soon as the two special forces soldiers beside Mike poked their heads out, they became ghosts under his gun.

Mike reacted extremely quickly, raising his gun to fire.

He Yuzhu rolled to dodge, the bullet grazing past his scalp.

He raised his hand and fired a shot, hitting Mike precisely in the right shoulder.

Mike let out a miserable scream, and his sidearm dropped into the snow.

He Yuzhu pounced on him like a leopard, pinning Mike firmly to the snow and breaking his arms. Mike's wretched screams echoed through the valley.

The reason He Yuzhu left one alive was that he felt the man was hiding quite a few secrets.

Just as he escorted Mike down the slope, Regimental Commander He hurried over, his expression very grim: "Little He, the situation at Beishan is not good! One of our companies has engaged those special forces in the woods, and the casualties are heavy..."

"This man is an officer; take him back and interrogate him properly!" He Yuzhu pushed Mike toward Regimental Commander He. "I'm going to Beishan to take a look right now!"

"Take a few men with you!" Regimental Commander He shouted.

"No need!" He Yuzhu did not even look back, his figure quickly disappearing into the night.

The battle in the woods was at a white-hot stage.

Bullets whizzed through the woods, like sparks flying from ironwork, flashing and vanishing in the darkness.

Although the soldiers of the Guard Regiment were brave, their tactical proficiency seemed to be a bit inferior to these American special forces. These men used tree trunks as cover, firing a shot and then changing positions, suppressing the numerically superior Volunteer Army so they could hardly lift their heads.

He Yuzhu slipped into the battlefield silently like a shadow.

He nimbly climbed up a red pine, crouched on the snow-covered branches, and activated the Scanning System.

Twenty-three red dots immediately appeared in his mind, all of them marked as enemies.

He Yuzhu discovered that these American special forces were dressed in bulky clothing, carried heavy equipment, and wore thick leather gloves; their reaction speed was not fast.

Of course, that was compared to him.

A cold sneer flashed across the corner of He Yuzhu's mouth.

From this moment on, the tide of battle turned completely.

He fired continuously from the tree, and two American soldiers who had just rushed out fell to the ground in response.

By the time the enemy realized the bullets were coming from the tree, he had already leaped into the snow.

"He's in the tree at ten o'clock!" an American soldier shouted while spraying the canopy with gunfire, but he only knocked down a pile of branches and snow.

By this time, He Yuzhu had already circled to their flank.

With a few bangs of gunfire, he took down three more American soldiers.

He Yuzhu's figure was as fast as a ghost, always one step ahead of the enemy.

Seeing this, the morale of the Guard Regiment soldiers soared, and they began to gradually compress the enemy's space for movement, eventually forming a situation of closing the gate to beat the dog.

The gunfire gradually thinned out.

The last American special forces soldier looked in terror at He Yuzhu, who had suddenly appeared before him; just as he was about to raise his gun, a Flying Knife was plunged into his throat.

The battle ended just like that.

He Yuzhu did not participate in clearing the battlefield and headed straight down the mountain.

As soon as Regimental Commander He saw He Yuzhu, he laughed and said: "Little He, did you clear out all the enemies at Beishan?"

He Yuzhu wiped the sweat from his face and said: "This group is indeed not simple; they were harder to deal with than I imagined. We lost quite a few soldiers."

"There's no helping that; if you hadn't set up defenses in advance, we would have suffered an even greater loss!"

He Yuzhu said in a deep voice: "Regimental Commander He, this is my fault! I underestimated the enemy a bit; I didn't expect them to send so many special forces. Actually, Beishan was almost breached..."

"How, how can this be your fault? If we're talking about responsibility, mine is even greater!" Regimental Commander He shook his head.

"I keep feeling like something is wrong; my intuition tells me they have more than just these two groups of men," He Yuzhu said, looking into the distance with a thoughtful expression.

Regimental Commander He understood: "Are you worried they might break through from the front? I've set up three lines of defense in front, with no fewer than a thousand men; how could they possibly get in?"

Before he had finished speaking, a troop appeared directly ahead.

"Not good!" He Yuzhu's heart tightened, and he immediately activated the Scanning System, but because the distance was too great, he could not obtain accurate information.

"Regimental Commander He, who do you think is coming?"

"It should be the guard personnel who heard the gunfire and came to support," Regimental Commander He said.

"Regimental Commander, when I was fighting the enemy at Nanshan, I vaguely heard that they had three groups. We must be prepared!"

In fact, He Yuzhu hadn't heard any such intelligence at all. He was afraid Regimental Commander He would trust the other side too easily and fall into a trap, so he made up a lie.

Hearing He Yuzhu's words, Regimental Commander He became alert and immediately ordered his soldiers: "Everyone get into the bunkers, prepare for battle!"

The group of people drew closer and closer, and He Yuzhu finally scanned and confirmed that those people were the enemy.

What made his heart heavy was that in front of these people were actually dozens of captured Volunteer Army soldiers. Their hands were all bound, and their mouths were stuffed with things.

"Regimental Commander He, our soldiers have been captured; what should we do?" He Yuzhu said.

"Those sons of bitches!" After seeing the situation clearly through his Telescope, Regimental Commander He cursed fiercely.

"These bastards are all yellow-skinned! Could they be the South Korean Army?" He Yuzhu asked.

Regimental Commander He slammed his fist against the wall: "Shameless wretches! Everyone prepare to fire! No matter what, we cannot let them enter the headquarters!"

He Yuzhu was thinking rapidly in his mind for a countermeasure.

As that group of people drew closer, He Yuzhu clearly saw that these United States soldiers looked very much like people of Chinese descent.

Seeing them continue to walk forward, He Yuzhu raised his hand and fired a shot, precisely knocking off the steel helmet of one United States soldier.

The entire squad immediately stopped in their tracks.

The man in the lead hid behind a Volunteer Army soldier and shouted: Brothers, don't shoot, how about we make a deal?

Speak your piece, and make it quick! He Yuzhu responded loudly.

Hand over the highest-ranking officer you have here, and I won't kill a single one of the others, how about that?

Stop dreaming, damn it! If you dare to kill one of my soldiers, I will stab a few holes in every one of you! I mean what I say! He Yuzhu said viciously.

Don't go bragging to me, I'm not afraid of you! the man in the lead said.