Siheyuan: I am Banggeng's uncle

Chapter 869 Ambush!

The sudden entry of the army into Jingu Port and the imposition of martial law there quickly caught the attention of some shrewd individuals. Those lurking in the shadows, upon witnessing this scene, immediately guessed that something extraordinary must have happened at Jingu Port, and thus they tried every means to find out what exactly was going on.

Just as cargo was being unloaded in a tense and orderly manner at the dock, on an isolated island not far from the Jingu Port dock, two middle-aged men covered with camouflage netting and holding binoculars were lying motionless in the grass, observing the Jingu Port dock several kilometers away using their binoculars.

"Old Hei! When did that cargo ship dock at Jingu Port? Why didn't our observation post at sea spot it before?" The middle-aged man looked through his binoculars at the three patrol boats patrolling the sea, his brows furrowing as he asked his companion, who was lying beside him, in a very gloomy tone.

When Lao Hei heard the middle-aged man's question, he thought about the monotonous and boring days they had spent every day keeping an eye on the docks of Jingu Port over the years. He could understand why their hidden sentries on the sea had not detected the appearance of this giant ship.

Faced with the middle-aged man's question and sensing the dissatisfaction in his words, Lao Hei considered his words for a moment before answering: "Captain! In recent years, the funds allocated by the higher authorities have been very limited. Erwa and the others have had to rely on fishing to make a living in order to support their families. I estimate that when the cargo ship entered the port, they were probably working at sea, which is why they did not notice the cargo ship entering the port."

The middle-aged man fell silent upon hearing Lao Hei mention the word "funding." Although many things had happened in China in recent years, the crackdown on corruption had intensified, shrinking their living space. The large number of arrests had led higher-ups to question their capabilities, resulting in decreasing funding year after year, leaving them unable to even meet their basic needs.

Especially for people at the very bottom like Erwa, in order to conceal their identities, they married and had children locally. As time went by, the life of a warm wife and cozy bed made them extremely disgusted with their shady identities and they began to think about leaving the organization. If it weren't for someone finding fault with them, these people would probably have left their organization long ago.

Thinking about the problems their base was currently facing, the middle-aged man's face turned very gloomy, and he said to Lao Hei in an unfriendly tone, "Lao Hei! Your wife and daughter-in-law are still on the island. Aren't you worried that your superiors will blame you and implicate your family?"

When Lao Hei heard the middle-aged man mention his family, his expression changed drastically, and he quickly spoke up to defend himself, saying, "Captain! I am absolutely loyal to the Party and the country, and I have no disloyalty whatsoever."

Hearing Lao Hei's explanation and seeing the terrified look on his face, the middle-aged man's originally gloomy face finally showed a satisfied expression. He then instructed Lao Hei, "Lao Hei! Judging from the G Army's posture, the goods on this cargo ship must be very important to them."

"Don't we have people we've planted in Jingu Port? Now, take a boat and quietly return to the dock to find our informant in Jingu Port and investigate what's going on."

After the convoy finished loading its cargo, it was already past nine o'clock at night. Considering the importance of this transportation mission, the convoy only slowly drove away from the Jingu Port dock and headed towards Beijing after all the trucks from the textile factory and the machinery factory had finished loading their cargo.

As the convoy drove out of Jingu Port, a middle-aged man saw it leaving a dark alleyway directly opposite the main entrance and immediately turned and walked into the alley. Because it was nighttime, visibility on the road was very low, and to ensure the safety of the equipment, the convoy's speed was reduced by a full third compared to when it arrived during the day.

Sitting in the jeep, Jia Dongming looked at the dark road ahead. To avoid the convoy being ambushed by rats, Jia Dongming would occasionally use his Eagle Eye skill to scout the farmland and mountains on both sides of the road.

More than two hours later, the convoy finally drove out of the boundary marker of Jingu City and entered the area of ​​Beijing. The guards, who were on high alert, all breathed a sigh of relief and began to chat in their respective carriages. However, what they did not expect was that on a small hill about five or six kilometers away from them, a group of heavily armed rats had already set up a trap on the road, waiting for them to fall into it.

At this moment, Jia Dongming, having already entered Beijing, also began to relax his vigilance and chatted casually with his two subordinates sitting in the back.

At this moment, a group of rats lying in ambush on the mountain saw the headlights shining from the distant house. The middle-aged man in charge immediately threw his cigarette on the ground and ordered his subordinates, "The convoy is here! Everyone get ready! According to the original plan, when the convoy passes by the road in front of us, immediately execute our pre-prepared plan, and then immediately retreat towards the back of the mountain. Our mission today is to sabotage the supplies being transported on the convoy."

After the convoy had been driving for about ten minutes, Jia Dong suddenly felt the urge to urinate, which made him instinctively want the driver to pull over to the side of the road. Just as he was about to signal, Jia Dong suddenly noticed two faint red lights flashing by on a small hill not far away.

When Jia Dongming spotted the fleeting red light on the mountain, he immediately realized that someone was smoking on the mountain ahead. He quickly used his Eagle Eye skill to look at the two disappearing mountains and discovered that there were rats hiding on them.

Upon discovering an ambush on the mountain ahead, Jia Dongming immediately instructed the driver, "Tiejun! There's an ambush ahead, stop the car immediately."

Upon hearing Jia Dongming's order, the driver instinctively slammed on the brakes. The three guards in the back seat of the jeep, upon hearing the same order, instinctively pointed their rifles out the window. One of the guards, looking extremely wary, asked Jia Dongming, "Chief! Where are the robbers hiding?"

The jeep suddenly stopped, and all the trucks behind it stopped as well. The guards, who had been dozing or chatting inside the trucks, became alert when they felt the trucks stop suddenly. Some of the guards even loaded their guns and looked around the roadside with vigilance.

(End of this chapter)