327: Chapter 325: Acting Bravely for a Just Cause 327: Chapter 325: Acting Bravely for a Just Cause For safety, Li Jinfang turned off the car lights and relied on night-vision devices to travel down the road.
After more than seventy kilometers and over an hour, when Li Jinfang noticed the white buildings of the campsite ahead, he stopped the car.
About a kilometer from the campsite, he could see that it was pitch-dark inside.
However, outside the campsite, people were running back and forth with torches and flashlights, and gunshots could be heard.
After only a cursory glance, Li Jinfang said in a deep voice, “We don’t know the situation inside the camp yet.
We must get closer and observe.”
Gao Yang looked through the night-vision binoculars and said gravely, “The attackers probably haven’t entered the camp, otherwise they wouldn’t be loitering outside.
It’s not clear what weapons they have, but from their actions, it seems they don’t have many guns – most of them are wielding machetes or similar weapons.
Drive the car closer, within three hundred meters.”
Li Jinfang started the car again and drove to about three hundred meters from the campsite.
At this distance, they could clearly hear shouting.
The people yelling outside the campsite didn’t notice a car approaching in the darkness.
Gao Yang and Li Jinfang got out of the car and prepared to attack in silence.
Once ready, Li Jinfang suddenly said, “I think it’s better to scare these people off.
We could just walk away after fighting, but the drilling team has to work here later.
If we actually killed someone, their days ahead would be tough.”
Gao Yang sighed and said, “Killing is easy.
Just taking out a few would surely scare the rest away.
But to frighten them off without causing injury, that’s tricky.”
After a moment of thought, Gao Yang said firmly, “Turn on the headlights.
Then we’ll start with warning shots.
If we can scare them off, great.
If not, we’ll have to shoot a few.”
After deciding on the plan, Li Jinfang ran back to the vehicle.
After switching on the headlights, he fired a burst into the sky and shouted loudly, “Everyone listen up, you must leave this place immediately, or deal with the consequences.”
After Li Jinfang finished yelling, those who had been shouting and running outside the campsite suddenly stopped, then all at once turned their gaze towards Li Jinfang.
But after a moment of silence, someone aimed their gun at the car with the headlights on and began to fire.
Lying on the ground, Gao Yang shook his head and said, “Your words were too complicated.
How could they understand that?”
After speaking, Gao Yang raised his body and shouted loudly, “Scram!
Or we’ll kill you all!”
After the shout, the effect was still not that good.
At least twenty-some people charged towards him and Li Jinfang.
However, most of them were armed with machetes rather than guns.
Gao Yang sighed in frustration and said, “Toad, open fire.
They won’t leave until they see blood.
Be careful and aim for the legs.”
In the end, Gao Yang opened fire.
He targeted those holding guns and fired two shots.
After the shots, two people fell to the ground, clutching their legs and screaming loudly.
Unlike Gao Yang, Li Jinfang didn’t shoot at people but fired a grenade from his launcher.
After the grenade exploded in front of the crowd, those charging towards the car immediately stopped, then turned and scattered in all directions.
Seeing that a single grenade had solved the problem, Gao Yang couldn’t help but feel annoyed and said, “Damn it, if I’d known it would be like this, I would have just thrown a hand grenade instead of firing.
Really.”
After muttering in frustration, Gao Yang got up and looked at the thugs who had been menacing a moment ago, now fleeing like a frightened flock of sheep.
He couldn’t help but sneer and said, “Let’s go, let’s check the campsite and hope the people inside are okay.”
The crowd that had gathered outside the campsite had fled, and the injured had been carried away by their companions.
Gao Yang and Li Jinfang drove to the campsite with ease.
The drilling team’s campsite was not small; it could accommodate at least a hundred people.
Additionally, there was a rare sight of a fence made of barbed wire, which prevented the attackers from breaking into the campsite.
Easily reaching the fence, Gao Yang shouted in Huaxia, “Is anyone there?
It’s safe outside now.”
After Gao Yang finished shouting, an excited voice soon came from the outermost building.
“Someone’s here, someone’s here, wait for me, I am coming out.”
Soon, the lights in the camp were turned on, and then a dozen people ran out of the houses in the camp, with the person in the lead holding a gun in hand.
After running to the other side of the barbed wire, seeing Gao Yang and Li Jinfang’s outfits, the people who had run out all stopped in their tracks, and the one holding the gun also said with a surprised face, “Who are you, are you not sent by the company?”
Gao Yang and Li Jinfang were both dressed in black combat uniforms, wearing helmets, combat vests, with hand grenades hanging on their chests, night vision scopes included, especially with masks over their faces that only revealed their eyes.
In South Sudan, such attire was not seen.
Gao Yang shouted loudly, “Don’t worry about who sent us here, and don’t ask who we are.
In short, we are not sent by anyone you know.
Well, just think of us as acting out of a sense of justice.”
At this moment, Li Jinfang said in a deep voice, “We are all Huaxia people.
You don’t need to worry.
We were not far from here and heard that something might happen, so we came to check.
How is it, are your people alright?”
The leading person immediately replied, “It’s alright, nothing serious.
Just two people suffered some light injuries.
Please wait a moment, I’ll have someone cut open this barbed wire.”
The barbed wire encircled the entire camp, and the entrance was also sealed off with layers of barbed wire.
While the people inside were cutting the barbed wire with pliers, the drilling team’s leader said through the barbed wire to Gao Yang, “At a critical moment, luckily you two came to help.
Otherwise, tonight would have been terrible.
Oh right, brother, my surname is Chen, Chen Peng.
I’m the platform manager here.
May I ask for your distinguished names?”
Gao Yang hesitated for a moment before shaking his head and saying, “Our professions are a bit sensitive, so let’s not mention our names.
You can call me Ram, and he goes by Toad.”
Chen Peng nodded repeatedly, saying, “Understood, understood.
We are truly grateful to you both for helping us lift the siege.
If it weren’t for you, there might have been real trouble today.”
Chen Peng appeared to be in his forties, dressed in a red work uniform that made him look more like a worker than a manager.
He spoke earnestly and gave a good impression.
In addition, he was always holding an AK47 with the muzzle downward and his finger resting on the trigger guard, handling the gun professionally.
Gao Yang pointed to the gun in Chen Peng’s hand and asked, “Manager Chen, did you serve in the military before?”
Chen Peng nodded and replied, “Yes, I used to be in the 15th Army.
I transferred to my current unit directly after demobilizing in 2006.”
Gao Yang smiled and said, “No wonder you could hold on till now.
Manager Chen, how many people do you have here, and what are your plans moving forward?”
As they were talking, the barbed wire blocking the door had been cut open to create an entrance.
At this point, Chen Peng said, “Gentlemen, please bear with the inconvenience and crawl through this hole.
We’ll have to block this up later, as those people might come back.”
Gao Yang crawled through the opening that had been cut.
Once Gao Yang was inside, Chen Peng immediately reached out and gave Gao Yang a firm handshake before saying excitedly, “I’ll spare the extra words.
In any case, on behalf of everyone here, young and old, I thank you both for your great kindness.
We have over sixty people here.
If someone had broken in, things would have really turned sour.
Come on, let’s not stay outside.
Let’s sit inside the house, Little Liu, take your team and keep an eye on the situation outside, stay hidden and be careful.
We’ll swap out after two hours.”
After hastily arranging a watch, Chen Peng led Gao Yang and Li Jinfang to what looked like a mess hall.
Upon entering, Gao Yang realized it was full of people.
The lights in the mess hall were on, and almost everyone in the room, dressed in red work uniforms, was holding tools like axes, steel pipes, and large wrenches as weapons.
At a glance, it almost looked like a gathering of gangsters preparing for a fight.
Upon entering the mess hall, Chen Peng immediately called out loudly, “Brothers, these two are the heroes who freed us from the siege.
The noise just now was all their doing.
Let’s give them a warm welcome!”
The people in the mess hall all looked at Gao Yang and Li Jinfang with curious and grateful eyes, and after hearing Chen Peng’s introduction, cheers and applause immediately filled the room.
After waving to the crowd and being welcomed to take a seat, Gao Yang immediately said, “Manager Chen, please introduce the situation.
What has happened here?”
Chen Peng quickly explained, “This is what happened.
We received a warning yesterday that the situation in the area was unstable and to be ready for evacuation at any time.
But today we received new instructions not to evacuate on our own as the roads have been blocked.
The company requested assistance from the embassy, planning to send troops to escort us out.
However, the troops supposed to escort us today were attacked and couldn’t make it.
So, here we are, stuck in the camp.
This afternoon, the first group of people came looking to rob us.
But there were not many, just over twenty.
The security guards we hired fired a few shots, and then they ran away.
But those damn security guards, seeing there was going to be a real fight, tried to flee without saying a word and even took some things from the camp.
Later, I managed to stop one of them and bought his gun and bullets for six hundred dollars, then we blocked the gate with barbed wire.
When those people returned this evening, they didn’t have anything to break the barbed wire with.
If anyone dared to try to climb in with a wooden board or something, I would fire a shot.
We’ve been holding out like that until now.”
(To be continued.
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