932: Chapter 922: The Revenge List 932: Chapter 922: The Revenge List Jansen wasn’t part of the assault team, but he furiously charged out from beside the vehicle, wanting to capture a prisoner alive.
As Jansen passed by Gao Yang, Gao Yang flew a kick at Jansen’s back and shouted loudly, “It’s none of your business, stop making trouble!
Get on the truck, we’re leaving!”
Gao Yang watched as Frey, Eileen, and Li Jinfang from the assault team ran into the crowd of enemies.
After rapidly firing off many shots, they finally dragged two men and ran back, and then Cui Bo drove the mortar truck over to them.
Rafael, who was with Glolov in the back of the second truck, jumped down and got into the machine-gun vehicle, while Gao climbed into the back of the truck.
After everything was settled, Gao took a breath and said into the radio, “Retreat!
Stop chasing, head to the outskirts first!”
Jansen got onto Gao’s vehicle, and with a dazed expression, he said, “Boss, actually, we could’ve saved Test Tube, right?”
Gao shook his head and said in a heavy voice, “It’s impossible to save him now.
He’s been exposed to too much Sarin.
Even if we used something else to plug the bullet holes and got Test Tube out to give him the antidote, it wouldn’t save him.
It’s useless, useless…”
Jansen looked stupefied, while Gao kept gently shaking his head.
Then, hearing their conversation through his earpiece, Andy He shouted fiercely, “I am a doctor!
I know everything, Test Tube is gone.
The moment he plugged the bullet holes, his fate was sealed!
Everyone listen to me, all of you!
We must be grateful for the chance at survival that Test Tube gave us, but no one should entertain the foolish thought that maybe Bruce could be saved, or that maybe if we took him with us, he would be fine!”
Gao knew what Andy He was worried about.
Bruce was dead, and he had died right before their eyes without them being able to do anything about it.
Apart from a sense of powerlessness, feelings of guilt and remorse were inevitable.
It was okay to feel that way, but if someone harbored incorrect thoughts, thereby intensifying their own guilt and remorse, that was not good.
No one responded to Andy He.
After a moment of silence, Gao said in a heavy voice, “Rabbit, how is Bat?”
“Still unconscious.”
The vehicle quickly headed for the outskirts, speeding to the limit, but after driving about three kilometers, Gao heard the distinctive whistling of rockets tearing through the night sky.
What surprised Gao was that he didn’t hear an explosion.
Just then, Glolov shouted into the radio, “Move quickly, they’ve launched Sharin rockets!”
Hearing Glolov’s panicked yelling, Gao looked back and said in a daze, “This is Rebel Army territory, why would they fire on themselves?”
No sooner had he finished speaking that Gao muttered to himself, “I understand now.
The rebels used chemical weapons on their own land to gain international sympathy, then to force the doctor president to step down.
This was an incident bound to create an uproar.
In Huaxia terms, this is a so-called ‘distress strategy,’ so their firing rockets meant not only to kill us, but also to kill many of their own people.”
Tommy said gravely, “If we had run slower, we would be enveloped in the Sarin gas by now.”
Glolov coldly added, “Yes, they just didn’t expect us to break out so quickly.”
Gao sighed and said, “The enemy was determined to silence us by killing, I can guarantee they planned this from the start.
Alright, we need to find a safe place to stop soon.”
Twenty minutes later, the convoy had left the city and stopped in the desert to the east of Damascus.
Everyone got out of the vehicles, each remaining silent.
Lucica had woken up while still in the vehicle.
She did not cry out loud or make a fuss, simply leaning against the window and silently shedding tears.
After getting off the vehicle, she just sat on the ground, burying her head in her knees, motionless.
Gao said in a deep voice, “Bring down the prisoners.”
Two prisoners who had been shot in the legs were thrown off the truck by Tommy, and Cui Bo and Eileen stood in front of the prisoners.
Gao ordered, “Ask them which organization they belong to, and who the Big Beard leader is.”
After Eileen spoke a few words, the two men only shouted slogans and glared at Eileen angrily.
Gao drew his pistol and fired a shot into one man’s foot.
After the scream, as the prisoner still showed no sign of speaking, he moved the muzzle up a little and fired another shot.
Without saying a word, Gao simply fired shot after shot until Andy He took out a large medical bag that had been on the vehicle with Bruce, rummaged through it, and found a pre-filled syringe, then said in a deep voice, “The antidote that Test Tube prepared, atropine, enough for all twelve of us.”
Andy He opened a syringe and walked in front of Gao, silently jabbing the syringe into Gao’s neck.
After being injected with the antidote, Gao said, “Ask again.”
The prisoner who had been shot six times in one leg quickly spilled everything he knew, shouting, “We are from the IS, our leader is called Badadi…”
After a short interrogation by Eileen and Cui Bo, Eileen stood up and said to Gao, “They’re just two low-ranking soldiers, we won’t get anything out of them.”
Gao raised his hand and killed the two prisoners, then walked a few steps and sat down on the sandy ground.
Sitting on the sandy ground, Gao Yang watched Andy He administer the antidote to others and said in a low voice, “We have to go back, take Bruce with us.
I have to bring him home–we must bring him home.”
Gao Yang bowed his head, doodling in the sand as he continued, “We delivered those Sharin Rockets.
It’s only right that we take them away.
Whether the Rebel Army wants to use those rockets to garner sympathy for themselves or to fight against the government forces, it’s not going to happen.
I can’t let them succeed.
When we go to bring Bruce home, we have to take those rockets too.”
Lucica sobbed, “Bruce is dead, he’s dead!
When someone’s dead, they’re just dead, don’t, don’t, don’t risk other people’s lives for a corpse anymore.
Bruce wouldn’t have wanted this.”
Gao Yang shook his head, “No, I have to bring him home.
Stop talking.
Bruce must go home, he can’t stay here, absolutely not.”
After speaking calmly, Gao Yang looked at the words he wrote on the ground and said solemnly, “Can someone check for me, see if I missed anything?”
The sandy ground was filled with a long list of names.
Tomler, the IS Organization and Badadi, Camel, Krulney, Mulafa, Kaseliev, Iron Madonna Mercenary Corps and Stefan, nameless Arabs—these were the names on Gao Yang’s revenge list.
Glolov glanced at it and asked, “Should we add that Fellini from the Green Zone?”
Gao Yang replied seriously, “Add him for now.
Perhaps he was in the know too.
I’ve decided not to leave yet.
We’re not going anywhere until revenge is taken.
Everyone on the list, they must die, none can be spared.”
Glolov nodded, “I have nothing else to add.
Let’s get started.”
Just then, Lucica suddenly retched twice, and Gao Yang’s heart tightened, “Why not give Lucica the antidote first.”
Andy He was administering the antidote in the order of evacuation from the factory – those who left the factory later received it afterward.
Andy He hurried to Lucica’s side, and just then, she retched again.
Gao Yang frowned, “Did Toad use too much force, injuring Lucica?”
Li Jinfang stood up anxiously, “Could it be that I was too hasty and didn’t control my strength?
Bat, how do you feel?”
Andy He said sternly, “I’ll give you the antidote first, then check you.”
After hesitating for a moment, Lucica shook her head, “Don’t worry, I’m fine.
Toad didn’t hurt me, and it’s not a reaction to poisoning.
I, I’m pregnant.”
Gao Yang’s eyes widened, and he stood there stunned as everyone sitting on the sandy ground stood up.
Gao Yang stammered, “What did you say?
You, you’re pregnant?”
After shaking his head, Andy He took a swallow, suddenly grabbed Lucica’s wrist, and then spoke with a trembling voice, “Don’t move, let me take your pulse.”
Gao Yang walked over, unable to help himself, “You know how to take a pulse?”
“My dad is a traditional Chinese doctor.”
After replying to Gao Yang, Andy He quickly turned his head and said blankly, “Slippery pulse, a joyous pulse, she’s really pregnant!”
Lucica bowed her head, stroked her small belly and said gravely, “I told you so.”
Gao Yang spat and, together with Eileen, Glolov, Andy He, Jansen, Tommy, Rafael, Frey, Li Jinfang, and Cui Bo, ten people said in unison, “Does Bruce know?”
Lucica fell silent for a moment, then finally nodded, “Yes, he bought the pregnancy test.
The results were the same four times, but we were already departing.
Bruce and I decided not to tell, we agreed not to let our personal matters affect the mission.”
Stepping back, Gao Yang suddenly shouted, “Damn it!
Damn it!
Why didn’t you say so earlier, why!”
Lucica began to sob again, and Gao Yang, who had collapsed to the ground, paused, and then suddenly scraped through the names on his list with his foot before standing up again and declared loudly, “Revenge!
But, revenge will have to wait until we’ve brought Bruce and Lucica, and their child, home!
Lucica and the child inside her must come to no harm!”
After speaking, Gao Yang walked up to Lucica, gently embraced her, and said softly, “You’re having a child, that’s wonderful.
Don’t be sad, try to stay calm, don’t cry, it’s not good for the child.”
After gently patting Lucica on the back, Gao Yang turned to others and declared seriously, “Big Dog, call Little Donnie.
I’m concerned this is a conspiracy by Tomler; Little Donnie might be in danger.”
Having said that, Gao Yang looked determined.
“We can’t keep Bruce waiting too long, can’t let those sons of bitches get there before us.
I’ll call Polovich to try to find protective suits.
We must go back as soon as possible, now find protective suits with the utmost speed!”
Jansen clenched his fists tightly, his face pale, and spoke in a low voice, “Then, when do we go after Badadi?”
Gao Yang said gravely, “After we send Bruce and Lucica home, then we go!
Everyone related to this, no one can be spared!
So don’t rush, we mustn’t rush.
If we want to live to kill our enemies one by one, we must prepare thoroughly!”