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Chapter 103 Sniping

Cao Tai, who couldn't figure it out for the time being, had Li Jie check the communication devices of the people close to him over the past two days.

Although Li Jie is a bomb disposal expert, he is also a former security guard and is extremely familiar with counter-surveillance techniques.

After all, given their background in the political department, if they wanted to monitor someone, tracking them would be a last resort, since eavesdropping technology is now very advanced.

With their methods, even Xiao Fu, besides Li Jie, might be being monitored without his knowledge, since Xiao Fu's skills are all focused on direct combat, and he's never seen such spy tactics before.

Cao Tai was able to detect that he was being followed, which means that he had watched a lot of spy dramas before he transmigrated. With his mental strength at its peak, someone still dared to follow him closely, which was like performing the Emperor's New Clothes in front of him.

Since the political department's objectives were not yet clear, Cao Tai could only remain inactive, prepare for the worst, and wait and see when they would reveal their true colors.

Wednesday, November 1983, 12.

At 7:30 a.m., the gates of Lai Chi Kok Reception Centre slowly opened, and then a black prison van drove out of the gates.

Currently, Hong Kong Island does not have the professional anti-riot prison vans such as the "Ironclad Dragon" introduced after the new century. The Correctional Services Department's prison vans are generally converted from ordinary vans or minibuses.

The prison van currently transporting Zhu Tao is a converted van. It has a driver's seat in the front, a passenger seat, and two guards' seats in the middle, with a total of four Correctional Services Department guards responsible for the transport.

The seats at the rear of the vehicle were removed, and a steel cage was welded against the side wall of the vehicle. The iron door at the rear was locked with a special lock after it was closed.

If you don't have the key, it might take ten or twenty thousand minutes to break into the cage.

At this moment, two police motorcycles waiting outside the detention center gate drove ahead of the prison van as the lead vehicle, while a Honda sedan with police lights on behind them carried the four members of the Central District Police Station's Major Crimes Unit who were assisting with the escort today.

"Boss, the target has been spotted. They're on Lai Chi Kok Road."

At that moment, Xiao Fu's voice came through Cao Tai's earphones as he lay on a dust cloth.

"Received!" After replying, Cao Tai put down the walkie-talkie, picked up the high-powered binoculars, and looked into the distance, waiting for the target to appear.

When the black-painted escort vehicle bearing the words "Correctional Services Department" came into view three minutes later, Cao Tai adjusted the magnification of his binoculars and could clearly see Zhu Tao's face. Only then did he put down the binoculars and set up the nearly new Dragunov SVD sniper rifle in front of him.

At a distance of 1100 meters, with no wind in the morning and good visibility, the PS0-1 scope has been adjusted to its maximum zero point.

The pointed corner marked "2" was aimed at Zhu Tao. Normally, people say that the SVD sniper rifle is more like a squad-level designated marksman rifle, best suited for accurate shooting at targets at 600-800 meters.

1100 meters is actually beyond its effective firing range, although the special 7N1 bullet is still lethal at a distance of 3000 meters.

However, after flying at supersonic speeds for about 753 meters, the bullet enters the transonic region, its flight stability drops sharply, its dispersion increases, and its hit probability decreases drastically.

Therefore, the gunmen who occasionally use SVD sniper rifles to kill Bald Eagle soldiers at around 1000 meters in the Gulf region in later generations are those who have had their eyes and fingers kissed by their God at the moment of firing.

Cao Tai can now see a human body at a distance of about 1000 meters without glasses, but he cannot distinguish their faces.

The time travel not only gave him night vision, but also greatly improved his eyesight.

The gun barrels moved slowly, following the target. Suddenly, one of the police motorcycles leading the way seemed to be hit by a truck that suddenly appeared, and the other slid off in surprise.

The escort vehicle swerved sharply into the oncoming lane, crashing into two cars before coming to a stop on the roadside. Meanwhile, the car carrying the last escort vehicle, with its police lights flashing, managed to brake and several figures could be seen getting out.

Cao Tai quickly put down his gun, picked up his binoculars, and looked over. At the same time, Xiao Fu's voice came through his earpiece, "Boss, it looks like someone's stealing our business. Should we take action?"

"Don't be impulsive, drive further away so you don't get involved." At this moment, Cao Tai saw through his binoculars that the back door of the truck blocking the road opened, and several people jumped out and raised their pistols to exchange fire with several police officers twenty or thirty meters away.

The officers who got out of the police car seemed to be elites. The two quickly hid behind the car, only showing half of their bodies to exchange fire with the thugs who came out of the truck.

Two plainclothes officers quickly lay down and fired, but one of them soon started bleeding, indicating he had been hit.

The officer who lay down with him seemed to have emptied his magazine quickly, and then, with the cover of his two colleagues at the back of the car, he rolled over to the injured guy's side and pulled him back.

"Chen Jiaju..." Cao Tai murmured a name.

The man who dared to drag his wounded colleague to safety amidst the hail of bullets was none other than Chan Ka-kui.

Although two of the thugs who came out of the truck had already been shot and fallen, three of them still used the vehicles on the street as cover to shoot back at Chan Ka-kui, while two others bent down and ran toward the escort vehicle that had been rammed to a stop.

He quickly set up the SVD sniper rifle in front of him, and after aiming at a ruthless bandit, he gently pulled back with his index finger.

With a crisp "bang," the recoil force of the bullet leaving the chamber was transmitted to the shoulder but was restrained by a great force, so the muzzle jump was negligible.

He quickly aimed at the second target and fired a second shot. Only then did Cao Tai see the first target tremble and slowly fall down.

Three shots rang out, and about six seconds later, all three thugs who had been exchanging fire with four plainclothes police officers fell to the ground. One of them seemed to be still writhing on the ground, but Cao Tai no longer bothered to finish him off.

Chen Jiaju and his men also noticed the gunman fall after being shot, but only Chen Jiaju looked up in Cao Tai's direction, but the distance was too far and he didn't seem to find anything.

The two thugs who were about to attack the prison van also noticed that their accomplice had been shot down. They tried to continue attacking the van regardless, but the guards inside had already reacted. Two of them pulled out guns and fired at the two thugs through the car windows.

Meanwhile, Chen Jiaju and his two men attacked the remaining two ruthless robbers from behind. Soon, with the advantage in numbers, the last robber fell, and the truck driver was quickly forced to jump off the truck with a gun pointed at him.

It appears that some of the officers in the prison van were also injured. Only two jumped off the van normally, another person had to crawl off the van while clutching his shoulder, and the last person was carried off the van by two colleagues and placed on the ground. It seems that the injury was quite serious.

The area where the gunfight occurred is now in chaos, with no fewer than 20 vehicles stuck in traffic. The fate of the two traffic police officers who led the way is still unknown. One of the escorts and one of the plainclothes officers are lying down, and another escort is sitting on the side of the road while a colleague bandages his shoulder wound.

Cao Tai waited patiently for about two minutes before Zhu Tao, who had fallen into the cage, finally sat up. Through the car window, Cao Tai could see him looking outside with a nervous expression.

Setting down his binoculars and setting up his sniper rifle again, Cao Tai fired the remaining seven bullets from his magazine in one go the moment his sights were on Zhu Tao.

Without even checking the results, he quickly slung the sniper rifle behind his back, then grabbed a dust cloth from the ground, rolled it up in a few quick movements, and stuffed the binoculars and other equipment inside.

He quickly collected the spent shell casings scattered on the floor, then, carrying a rolled-up dust cloth in one hand, strode towards the rooftop door of the building, leaving the chaos on Lai Chi Kok Road behind.