Chapter 36: The First Special Task (2)

  "Parachute? Are we going to parachute?" Dong Li Mao was even more shocked, he knew better than anyone that the officers and soldiers who signed up for the special forces today were not paratroopers.

  "That's right! It's skydiving!" Dain Lan nodded in affirmation.

  "This is simply a fairy tale! This can't be possible! The special task force has just been formed and none of them are paratroopers, isn't this clearly sending us to our deaths?! General Dai, you might as well take us all out and shoot us!" Dong Limao stood up and said excitedly.

  "If you dare not to obey orders! I can shoot you dead right now!" Dian Lan also stood up, his eyes emitting a fierce light, as if he would pull out his gun and really shoot Dong Li Mao dead at any moment if he disobeyed.

  The room was suddenly shrouded in a murderous aura, this murderous aura came from the body of this young master who was less than forty years old. But Dong Li Mao didn't think that this murderous aura was so terrible, but rather it was a heartfelt admiration for this kind of masculine killing aura. If there were more Chinese people with this kind of killing aura, how could those little Japanese devils invade half of China? And how would so many innocent civilians die under the butcher's knife of the Japanese devils?

  Dong Li Mao learned from some historical materials that General Dai Anlan was a man of iron, an unyielding anti-Japanese national hero. Before his death, he asked those around him to prop him up and shouted loudly "Counterattack..." and after shouting, he died with his eyes open on the road of defeat.

  Dai Anlan seemed to feel that what he had just said was too severe, so he softened his tone and stared at Dong Li Mao: "We don't have paratroopers. If your special forces unit doesn't go, then no one can go!"

  "Why don't we just use planes to bomb?" Dong Limao thought in his heart that he couldn't let the newly formed special forces company of over a hundred good brothers go die.

  "If we had bombers available, I wouldn't have come here to find you myself!" Dian Lan slapped the table with her palm: "Even if we had bombers, it's not necessarily possible to completely destroy the target!"

  Dong Li Mao saw his anger and felt that there must be a major reason for this, so he asked: "Why do you have to blow up the warehouse at 6 o'clock tomorrow morning? If we give us more time, I can quietly lead the special agent company through..."

  "There's no time for this!" Dian Lan interrupted Dong Li Mao loudly, glancing at Li Yuanyuan.

  "It's like this." Li Yuanyuan nodded in understanding, looking at Dong Limao and saying: "We just received reliable intelligence that the Japanese military transit warehouse will receive a batch of bacterial bombs transported from Malaysia between 2am to 4am tomorrow. This batch of bombs will be transported to the front line of the Japanese army's east melon direction at 6am tomorrow, which is heading in our direction..."

  "Oh... I get it, you little devil wants to use this batch of bacterial bombs to wipe us out!" Dong Li Mao didn't wait for Li Yuanyuan to finish speaking and took over the conversation.

  "That's right! We can't let the Japanese devils succeed! That's why Commander Zuo sent me here to find you, the special agent company commander." said Dai Anlan.

  "General Dai, you tell me, when do we set off?" Dong Li Mao no longer had any reason to refuse this task. He said that under no circumstances could he allow the little devils to transport bacterial bombs to Dong Gua. He was clear about the harm caused by those bacterial bombs. Many years after the war, in places where bacterial bombs were used, epidemics continued unabated. Now, what he was going to do was not just for the army.

  "Tomorrow at 1:00 AM, we'll be taking off from the East Gourd Airfield! You have three hours to get ready. An Allied paratrooper instructor will give you a half-hour briefing on parachuting." Dian Lan pulled out a pocket watch and said.

  "How do we know the exact location of that warehouse?" asked Dong Li Mao again.

  Li Yuanyuan replied: "There will be local resistance organizations, in the mountains and forests, burning bonfires as a sign of the landing site. After parachuting down, someone led us to the vicinity of the warehouse. The local resistance organization cooperated with us in action, they also prepared enough explosives and incendiary bombs for us."

  "We... you said we..." Dong Li Mao heard from Li Yuanyuan's mouth one by one, as if she also wanted to join this action.

  Li Yuyuan smiled slightly and nodded in response: "Yes, I will take action with you."

  "Brother-in-law, sister... Miss Li is a woman after all. This kind of thing isn't suitable for her to get involved in. Besides, she's a woman going..." Dong Limao almost called out "sister", fortunately he reacted quickly and changed his words. He didn't want Li Yuanyuan to follow him into danger, although she wasn't the woman in his heart, but because of the warmth she had given him, the kind that only a woman can give a man, for Dong Limao it was no less than a rite of passage into adulthood, an unforgettable experience for a lifetime. How could he let such a woman who helped him become a man follow him to death?

  "Only I know what those bombs look like." Li Yuanyuan interrupted Dong Limao's words.

  "You..." Dong Li Mao glared at Li Yuanyuan, then looked at Dai Anlan and Kong Xueri beside him, swallowing the words he wanted to say.

  Li Yuyuan's face flashed a happy smile, and she was naturally aware of the reason why Dong Limao didn't want her to go. As a woman, what else could make her feel happy about being cared for by a man?

  "Your goal is only one, that is to find those bacterial bombs and thoroughly destroy them!" Dian Lan looked at Yiyuan and then told Dong Li Mao: "Miss Li is the only person who can identify those bacterial bombs. You are responsible for ensuring her safety. If anything happens to Miss Li, I will hold you accountable!"

  On the battlefield, anything can happen, even one's own life can be taken away by the enemy at any time. Who dares to guarantee someone else's safety? If there really is such a fool, then Dong Li Mao might be considered one of them.

  "Even if you don't say it, I will protect Miss Li well. Even if I die, I won't let her die!"

  "You can't die either, you have to come back alive and well for me. If you die, who will protect Miss Li?" Dài ānlán finally smiled on his face, jokingly yet seriously said.

  This was the first time Dong Li Mao saw Dai An Lan smile, it felt strange, like a dead person turning into a zombie and smiling at him, making his heart feel hairy.

  "After completing the task, how will we withdraw?" Going deep into enemy territory means losing any connection with friendly forces, so everything must be carefully considered, and Dong Li Mao had to get this question clear.

  "The local resistance organization will help us, they'll find a way to get us back here through the Japanese army's blockade." Li Yuanyuan replied.

  "Do we need to mobilize everyone?" Dong Li Mao didn't want to take so many people to send them to their deaths, this was almost a suicidal mission.

  "How many people do you think it will take to complete this task?" Diana asked.

  Dong Li Mao thought for a moment, he didn't know how many soldiers were guarding the warehouse, but he estimated that there wouldn't be less than a battalion of troops stationed to guard such an important bacterial bomb. Even if they mobilized all the special agents, they might not be able to match up against them. Therefore, their only option was to launch a surprise attack. They couldn't have too many people, ten or so elite soldiers would be enough. So he thought of the assault team.

  "There are too many people, it's easy to expose the target, I think it's not suitable for too many people to go, a dozen or so is enough." Dong Li Mao replied.

  Dai Anlan stared at Dong Limao and stopped talking, as if he didn't believe that a dozen or so people could complete this task.

  "Does Master Dai distrust me?" Dong Limao noticed Dai Anlan's hesitation.

  "This is a matter of life and death for all the soldiers of our five armies and the local people, not a single mistake can be made!" Dài ān Lán said with a deep breath.