274: Chapter 272: Capture in One Fell Swoop 274: Chapter 272: Capture in One Fell Swoop The stun grenades were indeed something Gao Yang and his crew had on hand.
When they were on the escort mission aboard the ship, each person carried a stun grenade with them, but there were only a few brought over.
When buying grenades for the Skull Gang, they felt no need for stun grenades, which is why they didn’t buy a large quantity.
Frey’s face contorted with frustration as he muttered, “I only brought lethal grenades, damn it.
I swapped my stun grenades for lethal ones and left the stun grenades with Rabbit.”
Li Jinfang and Glolov, however, each took out a stun grenade.
Glolov then said in a deep voice, “We now have four flashbangs.
I think that’s enough.”
Gao Yang clapped his hands and said in a firm voice, “Alright, we’ll use two on the third floor and keep two for the fourth floor.
This time we’re going in hard.
Get ready.”
As soon as Gao Yang finished speaking, dull gunfire and the sound of grenade explosions came from the first floor.
The gunfire didn’t last long before it stopped, and then the leader of the team guarding the first floor urgently reported, “Someone tried to force their way through the back door of the building, two killed.”
Gao Yang said sternly, “They are trying to escape, but we cut off their exit.
We have to be swift and decisive, and not give them a chance for reinforcements.”
Li Jinfang immediately said, “We don’t need so many people to go up, we can’t even deploy properly.
Second Squad, go down and support Third Squad.
We absolutely can’t let the enemy’s reinforcements enter the building.”
There were eight men left in Second Squad, and they immediately went back down to the first floor from the second floor to assist Third Squad in strengthening the defense of the rear entrance of the building.
After Second Squad went down, Gao Yang immediately said in a deep voice, “Move out.”
Once they were in a position to throw the grenades, Frey and Bruce each held a stun grenade.
As Gao Yang counted down three, two, one, they immediately ducked and covered their ears, while Frey and Bruce threw the stun grenades upwards.
When Gao Yang counted to two, Frey and Bruce had already released the spoons—the stun grenades have a three-second fuze—so by releasing them early during the countdown, the grenades would detonate midair as they flew up.
This would prevent the enemy from having time to react effectively, maximizing the effective outcome of the stun grenades.
After waiting for the stun grenades to explode with a loud bang, Gao Yang and his team quickly rushed upstairs.
Although the space was larger and the effect of the stun grenades was not as good as in smaller rooms, the loud noise could at least disorient the nearby enemies, causing them to lose sense of direction momentarily.
What Gao Yang’s team needed was for the enemies to be unable to throw back grenades in the short term.
If the bright light could also disable the enemy’s vision and their night vision gear, that would be even better.
Gao Yang was the first to charge on the right side.
As soon as the stun grenade detonated, intense gunfire erupted on the third floor, but when Gao Yang stuck his head out and saw shadows lying on the ground across from him, he immediately opened fire.
With two successive shots, he blasted the heads of two men lying on the ground, while Bruce immediately behind him also opened fire.
Bruce was responsible for the area behind Gao Yang.
With continuous bursts from his HK416, by the time the infantry following him came out from behind Bruce, he had already taken down the three enemies behind Gao Yang.
Bruce’s tactic was to quickly fire at most three shots at each enemy he saw, then regardless of whether the enemy was incapacitated or not, he would aim at the next target.
His teammates following would then shoot at the enemies he had already engaged.
If two consecutive shots didn’t ensure the enemy was incapacitated, the third person would finish the job.
The soldiers from the Instruction Platoon, although trained differently from Bruce, efficiently completed their task of follow-up shooting.
By the time the second Instruction Platoon soldier stepped onto the third floor, there were no more targets for him to shoot at.
Gao Yang scanned the area; there were no viable targets left in the section he was responsible for.
The two suspected targets he shot didn’t need follow-up shots because no one could survive being hit at close range by 00 buckshot.
However, just to be sure, Gao Yang quickly fired another round into each of the two bodies about ten meters away.
When Gao Yang turned back, the entire third floor was clear of any threatening targets.
He then loudly commanded, “Ram, secure!
Clear the third floor!”
The team that reached the third floor immediately began a rapid search forward in pairs.
Meanwhile, shouts began to erupt one after another.
“Toad secure!”
“Test Tube secure!”
“Little Fly secure!”
“Big Dog is safe!”
After confirming that his own people were all safe, Gao Yang had already let out a sigh of relief.
The soldiers of the Instruction Platoon might not notify each other of their situations like they did, but the squad leader of the first squad shouted loudly, “Our people are all good; nobody’s been hit!”
Forcing an assault under the guard of heavy troops and yet having not a single person hit was a feat where the stun grenade had played a pivotal role.
Without a sense of direction or vision, forming a tight net of gunfire was tough.
Therefore, although the enemies on the third floor had opened fire, none of Gao Yang’s team had been hit.
Gao Yang and Bruce were two meters apart, covering for each other as they moved forward in search of any remaining enemies on the third floor.
Gao Yang spotted a pile of something ahead, next to which was a small shack apparently made of plastic sheeting.
Gao Yang waved his hand to signal Bruce to split up, and they each circled behind the pile of debris and the shack from different sides.
The third-floor hall was cluttered with more miscellaneous items than the first or second floors since it had been used as living quarters by quite a few people, which meant the search would be somewhat slower.
Just as Gao Yang was less than ten meters away from the pile of debris, he suddenly heard someone shouting not far ahead, “Don’t shoot, I surrender, I’ve surrendered!”
Upon hearing the cries of surrender, Gao Yang immediately shouted loudly, “Throw out all your weapons, then stand up slowly and let me see your hands.”
From Bruce’s side of the shack, numerous items were thrown out intermittently—an AK47, a pistol, two hand grenades, a walkie-talkie with an earpiece, and finally a knife.
After all these, the person behind the shack shouted, “I’m coming out, don’t shoot.”
A man slowly moved out from beside the shack, having to hold on to the edge of the shack to come out slowly.
Once he stepped clear of the shack, he stopped, raised his hands high, and shouted, “Don’t shoot, I surrender.
I can’t see you, for God’s sake don’t shoot.”
Only then did Gao Yang realize that it was pitch dark inside the building; even if the man’s eyesight hadn’t been damaged, he wouldn’t be able to see anything without night vision equipment.
Gao Yang demanded sternly, “How many people are here in total?
Are there others?
Make them all come out.”
“All our people are here, twelve in total, they’re all here.
I don’t know if there’s anyone else, I don’t know who else is alive.
I can’t see anything—whoever’s alive, come out, let’s surrender, we’ve surrendered.”
The last two sentences were shouted by the man to his people, but no one responded.
Then Glolov’s voice was also heard soon after.
“Eleven bodies, plus that live one makes twelve.”
Although the numbers matched, Gao Yang and his team didn’t dare to let their guard down and continued their search, just at a faster pace.
Bruce then gestured to Gao Yang to keep searching forward before he moved on again.
Gao Yang kept watch over the only survivor, feeling strangely familiar with the man, but he couldn’t recognize him despite the distinctiveness of his appearance.
The man in front of Gao Yang had striking features: a very tall Caucasian with a bald head, a lean face topped with a large hook nose—features so distinct that Gao Yang was sure he’d remember if he had seen the man before.
Yet although Gao Yang felt this vague sense of familiarity, he couldn’t place where he might have seen him.
Without time for curiosity or irrelevant questions, Gao Yang pressed urgently, “Is there anyone else upstairs?
Answer me honestly.”
The bald man replied with a defeated look, “No, there’s no one left, you can safely go up and check.
If everyone on this floor is dead, then it means everyone is dead.”
After the bald man’s forlorn words, he couldn’t help but plead, “I don’t know who you people are, and I don’t want to know.
But can you let me go?
I’m just a grunt, I’ve never harmed any of your people.
I can pay you, and I can also persuade our men to leave all together.
Buddy, we can all cease resistance right away, just as long as you let us leave.”
Gao Yang responded immediately, “Okay, tell your people to surrender right now.
We won’t kill prisoners of war, but the prerequisite is you must become prisoners first.”
The bald man hesitated for a moment before replying slowly, “No, it’s not possible for them to surrender, but I can try to persuade them to leave.
However, you need to let me go with them.”
Gao Yang scoffed, “I really don’t have time for your nonsense.
Let you go, so you can regroup and snipe at us from a new position?
I know you’re a mercenary, and just so you know, I’m a mercenary too.
So, I know how you operate.
You’ll leave here and immediately hike up your price, making Mokadi pay you more money.
Then you’ll fight us again when prepared—or if things go south, you’re confident you can escape in time, right?”
(To be continued.
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