The intensive training at night over the past few days has paid off. Now the mortar team on the top of the castle is firing out shells as if they have eyes. They can test-fire at most two shells from a distance of more than a thousand meters.
The third shot will definitely hit. Some have a good "feel" and the first shot will hit. Within ten minutes, a series of anti-aircraft guns deployed by the Soviet army in the villa area were all destroyed by mortar shells. The main target in sight
After all were destroyed, the mortar team turned to the secondary target and began to fire artillery shells, working with machine guns to block the mountain road and block Soviet reinforcements.
At this time, the Ming army commandos had basically taken control of the entire castle and were frantically searching Guangwu. The Soviet guards, servants, doctors, cooks, etc. who had not been killed in the castle were all detained in several small rooms.
In the room, the captain of the Bear Team, accompanied by an interpreter, held a gun and interrogated everyone one by one. Anyone who did not say anything would be shot to death without any wordiness.
After killing a few people, all the hard-nosed people died. The remaining Soviet people were so frightened that they cried, peed, and trembled. They also cooperated and told everything they knew.
The commandos listened to the interpreter and felt a little relieved, because according to their explanation, Guangwu must be in this castle. They had met him before going to bed last night and had served him. But now they were suddenly removed from the castle.
Even after he was beaten out of bed, he didn't know where Hiroyuki was hiding in the castle.
"Bang!" The door opened, and a commando grabbed someone, pushed him in, and shouted:
"Look who I found?"
After the man was pushed in, he knelt on the ground, hugged the thigh of a commando and cried:
"Ah...Sir...Sir...please spare my life...the little one is wrong, the little one deserves to die, please forgive the little one..."
A large group of people were stunned: This is a Chinese! Looking again, he has black hair, yellow skin, and speaks Chinese, so he is not Chinese.
The commando who captured him kicked him and proudly ordered:
"Quickly tell me who you are!"
The man who was kneeling and crying slowly raised his head, revealing a face full of runny nose and tears, and cried pitifully:
"Little...little man Yonggui...please forgive me...the gentlemen of the Ming Dynasty..."
Ah, it’s Yonggui!
A room full of commandos became excited, and they all came over to take a look. Yonggui was not like Guangwu, he was in charge of the stick-stick department, and his photos had not been published in newspapers. But this operation was to capture Guangwu, Yonggui.
Since Gui was following Guangwu, he was also one of his targets, so the commandos often saw Yonggui's photos during training. Sure enough, the man in front of them looked similar to the one in the photo, and it was Yonggui.
"Captain," the commando said with a smile, "I went to Guangwu's bedroom to catch Guangwu. I saw no one was there, but the bed was still hot. I didn't expect to run far. When I saw that the window was not locked, I thought to Guangwu
Did you climb somewhere through the window? So I opened the window and stretched my head to take a look. It didn't matter at first glance. Outside the fourth window from the right, Yonggui was holding on to the window sill, trying to slide down with a bed sheet.
Without saying a word, I rushed out of the corridor, ran to Yonggui's room, and grabbed him."
The captain nodded with satisfaction. So it was like hunting a rabbit in the grass. When catching Guangwu, he accidentally caught Yonggui. However, since Guangwu's bed is still hot...it means that he really didn't run far.
He kicked Yonggui and said to the next squad leader:
"I'll take people to look for him again. You can interrogate him here and ask him where Guangwu is. If he doesn't cooperate, just kill him. It doesn't matter. He is not on our target. If we kill him, we will retreat.
It’s a burden.”
"yes!"
This frightened Yonggui so much that his face turned pale, and he collapsed immediately, trembling in his mouth as he murmured:
"Forgive me... I really... really don't know..."
At this time, the door opened again, and two commandos brought in two more people. The two people hugged each other and cried together. One was a woman and the other was a child. They looked like a noble lady and a noble gentleman. Everyone knew it.
Yes, these are Guangwu's wife and children, the imperial concubine who went into exile with him, and the imperial concubine's son, also known as the "Crown Prince".
Although these two people are not on the "war criminals list" of the Ming army, since they have been discovered, they must not stay here and must be taken back. Especially this little prince, even if Guangwu is captured, the Soviets may want to take him back.
Make a fuss about his son and establish another "King in Exile" or something like that.
Now, the Bears' only target is Guang Wu.
But at this moment, the biggest good news also came. The wolf team from the other side called and they had successfully rescued the Liaoyang Princess. Not only that, they also captured the Soviet Union’s number one and number two spy leaders: Yenov
and Beria.
When the good news came, the Bears were elated.
…
The leader of the Bear team kept looking at his watch, watching the time passing by minute by second, and listening to the increasingly approaching gunfire below. He knew that he could not delay it any longer. The agreed retreat time had already arrived. At this time
The seaplanes at the rear have already taken off. If the battle is not completed, they will have to hover in the sky and wait for the signal. The Soviet reinforcements are constantly approaching, and I am afraid they will not be able to resist it for long.
Now that the Fourteenth Princess has been rescued, Yonggui has been captured, and the two top secret agents of the Soviet Union have been captured. The harvest has been considerable. The leader of the Bear Team began to consider the possibility of abandoning Guangwu and retreating directly...
If Guangwu is not taken with him, Guangwu's wife and children will be useless. They are still a burden, so they should stay here. It's just that this action was originally intended to capture Guangwu, which is a pity.
He looked at his watch again and said to the radioman:
"I said, we can now..."
Suddenly a shout came from outside:
"Hey! What are you doing lying up there? Come down!!!"
Um?
The team leader immediately had a premonition, rushed to the window and looked down. On the stone base near the lake below, a flashlight beam shot up, and someone below shouted:
"I saw you! Stop hiding! Come down or we'll shoot!"
It was obvious that someone was hiding somewhere above and was discovered by a Ming Army commando below, who was now ordering him to come down.
The leader turned around and looked up, but couldn't see anything, so he shouted to the people below:
"which one?"
"Sir, it's me! Wang Xiaobao!"
"Wang Xiaobao," the team leader asked, "who is up there? Is it Guang Wu?"
Wang Xiaobao shouted excitedly below:
"Maybe! I think it looks like it!"
"Okay, look at him!"
The leader quickly turned around, waved a few people and ran out the door, rushed into the corridor, and rushed up the spiral stone staircase. After a while, they appeared on the top terrace of the castle. Several people were lying on the battlements.
Looking down, I saw a man hugging himself on the top of a tower below, trying to hide his body in the shadows.
The team leader made a visual inspection and found that the spire of the tower was very close to Guangwu's bedroom window, so it was not impossible to climb up.
A commando used a flashlight to shine on the figure below. The leader picked up the binoculars and saw the man's face clearly.
"Guangwu!!!" He shouted, "You can't run away!!!"
He turned around, stretched out his hand and said:
"Are there any more tear gas?"
He took a tear gas bomb, opened the fuse, and carefully threw it at the gap between the tower's dome and the main body of the castle. The tear gas bomb exploded and began to spray a large amount of white irritating smoke.
It was obvious that Guangwu couldn't stand it anymore. He moved to the side with all his strength, but he still had to hold the top of the tower with his hands, otherwise he would slide down. After more than ten seconds, he finally couldn't help it anymore, and let go of his hands.
The body slipped from the top of the spire and fell down.
The people at the top of the castle exclaimed, and saw Guangwu's body drawing a line in the air, then plunged into the lake below, causing a large splash. After a few seconds, Guangwu floated up and swam desperately to the other side.
"Quick!" the leader waved his hand and ordered, "Go into the water and catch him!"
Immediately, three or four commandos jumped out from the lower window and jumped into the lake one after another, throwing their arms away and chasing Guangwu.
When it comes to swimming, Guangwu is no match for these "tri-habitation special forces". A moment later, he was caught by the three team members who caught up behind him. They did not allow him to struggle and dragged him back to the shore.
After a while, Emperor Guangwu, who was soaked to the skin, face as white as paper, and shivering with cold, was pushed into the room.
A large room of commandos gathered around and stared excitedly. The leader took a coat, handed it to Guang Wu, and simply said:
"Put it on."
Guangwu's lips were purple but his eyes were red. He stared at the leader for two seconds, then slowly took the coat and wrapped it around him.
After a while, he asked hoarsely:
"Where are my wife and children."
The team leader said:
"We have found them. They are in the next room. You can meet them if you want. They will also go back together. But don't worry, no matter what happens to you, they will be fine. It is definitely better than staying in the hands of the Soviets."