Chapter 599: Simultaneous Assault, Unexpected Discovery

Hearing the gunfire outside growing increasingly urgent, Yang Dong's face changed drastically: "Could it be that our people have been exposed?"

Yang Dong never expected that Ma Han Wu's rebel force would actually be equipped with submachine guns.

"Never mind that, save the people first!" Yang Dong gritted his teeth and quickly drew his sidearm.

Although just passing through another small courtyard would bring them to Ma Han Wu's hiding place.

Before the operation began, Lao Yan specifically instructed that they would rather fail this assassination mission than let the special agent 'Shadow' come to any harm.

Jiangnan also hurriedly drew his sidearm and followed behind Yang Dong.

However, after just a few steps, they ran into a unit of rebels who had heard the gunfire and rushed to reinforce.

Yang Dong reacted extremely quickly, swiftly raising his gun and killing several rebels.

Jiangnan also fired a few shots.

Only after six or seven rebels fell in succession did the remaining thirty or forty rebels finally wake up, discovering there were only two of them, and each shouted angrily.

They all raised their guns and fired in the direction Yang Dong and Jiangnan were running, while also pursuing them.

The crackling gunfire suddenly erupted, but it was all thunder and little rain—the bullets struck the walls beside Yang Dong and Jiangnan without harming them in the slightest.

"Brothers, protect the commander, capture those two assassins, and there will be a heavy reward."

"Those over there, listen up—surrender obediently, and I'll spare your lives."

"We outnumber them—let's all rush together and take them down."

"As long as we capture them, the commander will surely give a generous reward."

The rebels were so anxious they jumped and shouted like dogs, yet nobody dared to charge forward.

After all.

Even if they truly wanted the reward, they'd have to survive to the end to get it.

If luck turned bad and a stray bullet killed them, it wouldn't be worth it, so they merely shoved their comrades forward to take the bullets.

That's not surprising.

Their masters are all slaves of the four surnames; what combat ability could their troops possibly have?

But these rebels, being many and fierce, soon forced the two into a corner, launching a counterattack from behind that storage room as cover.

Hearing the shotgun and formal gunfire intertwining not far away, Yunxiao immediately realized that perhaps his own comrades had been exposed and were being surrounded by the enemy.

He had originally intended to go straight for Ma Han Wu's assassination, but now he couldn't worry about that—first he had to rescue his own comrades.

Thanks to his military uniform, Yunxiao did not alert the rebels; instead, it reminded him to stay safe.

These rebels were all waiting for a bullet from Yunxiao as a return gift.

Having received the gift, they each excitedly fainted, lying there in eternal rest—proof enough of how much they liked Yunxiao's present.

Yunxiao quickly gathered grenades from the rebels' corpses, binding them together with his leg wraps.

Then, following the gunfire, Yunxiao arrived outside the courtyard where Yang Dong and Jiangnan were besieged, but he did not rashly charge in; instead, he moved along the courtyard wall to reach one of the rooftops.

Peeking out from behind the roof ridge, he saw a man and a woman pinned down by a group of rebels in the opposite storage shed.

Although he didn't know their appearance, Yunxiao's superior informed him that the person coming to meet him was a man and a woman.

Being besieged by rebels likely meant his own people were in danger.

Yunxiao quickly used the scarf he carried to cover his face, and then, as an afterthought, tied a red cloth around his left arm.

He then pulled out his shotgun and poured a hail of bullets down at the rebels below.

Pop-pop-pop~

A sudden burst of rapid gunfire appeared, instantly hitting four or five rebels.

The remaining rebels, seeing this, all clutched their heads and lay on the ground, peeking up to fire wildly around.

"Huh?"

Yang Dong was looking for a chance to return fire when he suddenly saw several rebels get shot and collapse.

He hastily looked up and saw a masked young man lying on the opposite roof, aiming his gun downward; upon closer inspection, he could still see the red ribbon tied around the man's arm.

That was exactly the signal that let Yang Dong and his comrades confirm they were friendly.

After confirming Shadow's safety, Yang Dong exhaled deeply, the heavy stone in his heart finally dropping.

"Who's helping us?" Jiangnan asked strangely

"Shadow, he's still alive—quickly counterattack, find a chance to cover his retreat!" Yang Dong glanced around but found no place to escape.

"Later we'll figure out a way to run to the right—I'll cover your withdrawal!" Yunxiao suddenly shouted loudly.

"Japanese reinforcements will come when they say they will; rather than waste time here, we should retreat early and then think of another way to assassinate Ma Han Wu."

Next, Yunxiao pulled the grenade's pin, swung his arm, and threw the grenade at the right-hand wall.

The bundled grenades traced an arc in midair and landed steadily at the base of the right-hand wall of the courtyard.

Then came a booming explosion; the smoke cleared, and the stone‑brick wall was instantly blown open with a gap over half a person tall.

Beyond the hole lay the street; Yunxiao had been here a long time and was very familiar with the surrounding routes.

The sudden blast startled the surviving rebels into a flinch, and the flying shrapnel knocked down several unlucky ones.

"Hurry up!"

Yunxiao rose into a half‑crouch on the roof, forcibly suppressing the rebels below who wanted to lift their heads and fire back.

"It's our people—don't hesitate. I'll lay down covering fire; you withdraw first, then cover us at the opening. Watch out, don't get hit by stray bullets." Yang Dong also acted decisively, darting out and firing at the rebels ahead.

Seeing this, Jiangnan also darted out swiftly, decisively running toward the hole.

Chen Yongren's side.

The members of each team in Action Team 1 finished their briefing, and at the rendezvous point they met the agent Trigger, who had been planted by the Military Statistics Bureau beside Ma Han — that is, Fan Gang.

"Ma Han Wu is hiding in the inner courtyard, in the largest room of the Li Family Grand Courtyard; since his betrayal, that dog‑thing has been hiding there, rarely showing his face."

"The forces inside the compound amount to at most half a guard battalion; even adding more, this courtyard couldn't hold that many people…"

After learning that Chen Yongren was the person in charge, Fan Jin kept introducing Ma Han Wu's situation.

"Whether that bastard comes out or not, we'll finish him with a burst of bullets the moment we see him!" Chen Yongren always prefers a simple, direct approach.

Suddenly.

Chen Yongren then heard the sound of a pump‑action shotgun ringing in his ears.

"Where did that pump‑action shotgun come from?" Lin Ke Xin's heart jumped. She knew her comrades also had an operation tonight.

Trigger looked bewildered, obviously a bit confused by the gunshot.

"Never mind where it came from; we'll go in and see for ourselves." Under Chen Yongren's command.

The team members raised their submachine guns and launched a fierce assault on the inner courtyard; in close‑quarters combat, the submachine gun's power could be said to be fully unleashed.

The rebels wielding bolt‑action rifles stood no chance before the team members; before they could pull the trigger, they were riddled with dense bullets and collapsed in anguished cries.

Compared to the passive side at Yunxiao, Chen Yongren's offensive was like cutting down rotting wood — those rebels had no fighting capability whatsoever.

Just as they rushed into the courtyard, Chen Yongren saw a person lying on the roof, swinging his arm and throwing a bundle of hand grenades.

Chen Guobin instinctively activated his scanning eye.

He looked.

In an instant he was no longer calm.