Chapter 1351: The Operation Begins
Hua Hu nodded with a bitter expression.
"Is the girl who was detained here a few days ago still here?" Lin Chen asked urgently.
This was Lin Chen's most pressing concern, because from the conversation of those people in the secret sentry just now, Lin Chen can be sure Xiaohua was once held here.
"She was just sent away two days ago," Hua Hu replied.
"What? Sent away, where to?" Lin Chen's heart sank.
Hua Hu shook his head: "They left by helicopter, I've heard it's supposedly the country M, but I don't know the exact location."
"Country M?" Lin Chen's face changed slightly.
Afterwards, Lin Chen asked several questions, all about the situation of the base.
Just as Lin Chen observed, the several civilian houses around the village have been transformed into bunkers, and there are also heavy weapons like machine guns inside.
This location isn't within China's borders, and there are several armed forces nearby, so having heavy weapons like machine guns isn't impossible.
Underneath the village is their base, with four or five spiritual beasts detained inside, guarded by a martial arts expert.
The base was actually underground, and Lin Chen couldn't help but feel grateful for capturing Hua Hu.
Because Hua Hu disclosed that the base is littered with hidden weapons, if you don't know the route and take a wrong step, you could end up with a Thousand Arrows Piercing Heart or fall into a pit filled with blades.
Otherwise, if they launched an attack and breached the base, they would have to pay a hefty price.
After all, the soldiers from the Dragon Group are the elite among elites selected from special forces across the country. Training each soldier requires a tremendous amount of manpower and resources. Most importantly, these soldiers are battle-hardened warriors fighting for their country, each of their lives is extremely precious.
Now, Lin Chen and his team need to change their strategy. They must eliminate the opponent's peripheral sentries quietly and then suddenly storm into the base to catch the opponent off guard.
According to Hua Hu's account, the base is filled with tunnels. As soon as there's commotion outside, Tang Chao is very likely to escape.
According to Hua Hu, this Tang Chao is extremely vigilant. Their escape route is well connected; once he escapes, it will be difficult to catch him again.
The base's elites are all within the underground base. If these guys manage to escape, this mission will undoubtedly be a failure.
After all, these guys have been entrenched here for a long time and are a local scourge. If they can't be eliminated, the opponent is likely to regroup.
Lin Chen secretly felt fortunate that he encountered Hua Hu and the woman sneaking out for a tryst. Otherwise, if they attacked rashly, they would definitely suffer heavy losses.
"Alright, do you have the layout of the base?" Lin Chen asked.
"The layout is only on Tang Chao's computer, but he carries his laptop with him, and it's protected by the most complex Russian 108-bit password, which is hard to crack," Hua Hu sighed.
"I see," Lin Chen said with a faint smile.
For others, solving this might be a challenge, but these are no problem for Lin Chen.
With Xiao Shuai, as long as Tang Chao's computer connects to the network, no secret can remain hidden.
Soon, the entire schematic of the base appeared in Lin Chen's mind.
"Is there anything else you want to say?" Lin Chen asked coldly.
Hua Hu looked at Lin Chen fearfully, "No, nothing else."
Lin Chen nodded, "Alright, since you've said everything, now you can die."
With that said, Lin Chen's dagger swung down suddenly.
Even though Hua Hu had just begged for death, truly on the brink of life and death, he suddenly cowered.
"Wait, don't kill me. I still have important intelligence; I am still of use," Hua Hu hurriedly said.
Lin Chen's knife stopped at Hua Hu's neck, coldly saying, "What haven't you said yet?"
Hua Hu took a deep breath and said, "I know Tang Chao has a secret escape route, directly leading to the beach, where there's a speedboat for escaping."
"Whack!"
Lin Chen slapped Hua Hu across the face.
"Damn it, I knew you weren't telling the truth. Got anything else to confess, hurry up!"
Lin Chen's sudden action was meant to provoke Hua Hu, to see if any other critical information could be extracted. Sure enough, this guy had hidden quite a bit of crucial information.
Hua Hu's face turned extremely ashen. Initially, he still hoped Tang Chao might have a chance to rescue him.
After all, he knew too much about Tang Chao's affairs and had considerable value, so if Tang Chao escaped, he would surely do his utmost to rescue him.
But now it's different. Lin Chen, this guy here, plans on killing him directly.
He no longer harbored any thoughts; staying alive was enough.
That's why Hua Hu divulged Tang Chao's exclusive escape route and also provided Lin Chen with the positions of several other secret tunnel exits.
With the information on the tunnel exits, Lin Chen's mind eased immediately.
By guarding these exits, they'd be free to trap the enemy.
Lin Chen quickly contacted Anna, relaying the exit positions to her, arranging soldiers to block each outlet.
"Is there anything else you want to say now? Your intelligence so far isn't enough to save your life," Lin Chen said lightly.
Hua Hu stammered after considering, "All the money Tang Chao's organization made is hidden in a secret account at Yunhai Hotel, and I noted the account number in a notebook, roughly over two billion."
Lin Chen smiled; over two billion is no small sum, at least enough to build a lot of hope schools and help many impoverished people.
"Fine, if you can get that money out, I'll spare your life." With Lin Chen's words, Hua Hu finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Lin Chen knocked Hua Hu out with a hand chop.
A few soldiers from the Dragon Group sneaked in at this moment, secretly taking Hua Hu and the woman away.
It was already past three in the morning. The battle was supposed to start at one-thirty, but due to unexpectedly capturing Hua Hu, no action had been taken yet.
Lin Chen and Anna quickly reorganized their plan, with Lin Chen infiltrating the base, handling the traps, then launching a full-scale attack by first eliminating the opponent's perimeter sentries and focusing on breaching the base.
The sky had gradually begun to brighten, leaving them with limited time.
Outside the base, Lin Chen disguised himself as Hua Hu with makeup, swaggering towards the base.
At the gate, he was spotted by the guards.
"Yo, Fox Lord, where'd you head off to this late?" the guard jokingly asked.
"Oh, I was out handling some business, you keep alert, alright?" Lin Chen said coldly.
"Yes, yes, Fox Lord, take care," the guard said with a grin, holding his gun.
Following Hua Hu's instructions, Lin Chen soon arrived at the control room.
At the moment, there were three men in the control room, exhausted from staying awake, evidently so drowsy they were dozing off.
Then, Lin Chen pushed the control room door open and walked in.
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