195: He jumped off the cliff.

Xiao Niannian watched them retreat.

“Not good, they are trying to run.”

Hearing Xiao Niannian's words, the observer immediately signaled the people across the way. The observer on the opposite side received the signal and immediately spoke to Instructor Qin.

“Political Instructor, they are running.”

Running?

Instructor Qin had sent people to survey the terrain here. If they retreated, they would reach that corner, swim a few meters to another spot, where there was a path, but beyond that was a cliff.

Below the cliff was a river.

These people probably didn't know the terrain, which is why they were running in that direction.

After Xiao Niannian picked up the binoculars, she noticed that the terrain not far away seemed wrong, and the elevation here was much higher than over there... She remembered what The Monkeys had said about a cliff past the river.

A cliff was over there. Did these people intend to jump into the river and swim away?

She curled her lips.

However, they absolutely couldn't let Comrade Zhou be killed. Regardless of whether Comrade Zhou was a spy, it was up to the higher-ups to investigate and interrogate him. Their mission was simply to rescue him alive.

Xiao Niannian entered the water and swam toward the side, using the reeds for cover.

Lu Jing watched Xiao Niannian's actions. He glanced at her, then withdrew his gaze.

They had discussed several countermeasures beforehand.

Now he was the commander here, responsible for the safety of Old Qin and the others... while Niannian and her team were mobile personnel, only needing to protect the Expert.

Xiao Niannian led her people, quietly swimming over ten meters, concealed by the aquatic vegetation.

Watching them retreat over ten meters, they soon reached the large rock.

Brother Lei looked at Brother Hu.

“Later, we'll have them jump down, swim across with the hostage, and land on the other side. They won't be able to catch up...”

Brother Hu heard Brother Lei's words and looked back in surprise.

He had to admit, jumping down from this spot and swimming over ten meters to the other side meant they wouldn't be able to catch up. Once they were there, they could even ambush their pursuers.

Originally, they had planned to blow up the bridge so they could run up the mountain, and the Military Unit and Public Security forces wouldn't be able to pursue them. Even if they swam across the river, placing landmines in the river would cause casualties, and once they were in the mountains, these people wouldn't be able to catch them.

But it turned out the others had already taken a detour and were lying in ambush on the opposite bank, waiting for them.

This time, they were truly careless.

Otherwise, things wouldn't have turned out this way.

Instructor Qin saw their movements and pondered countermeasures. Just a moment ago, they were only a hair's breadth away from rescuing Comrade Zhou.

Comrade Zhou suddenly shouted.

“Don't worry about me, comrades! Take the other three Old Comrades back...”

Before he could finish speaking, Comrade Zhou was hit by a punch.

“Shut up.”

He was also kicked.

Brother Lei quickly tied a bomb to his body.

“This bomb will explode as soon as we press the trigger...”

Seeing this, Comrade Zhou struggled in fear. “No...”

But his strength was no match for theirs.

“You guys jump down.”

“Okay.”

Several people immediately jumped down.

Brother Lei also jumped down quickly.

After Brother Hu watched these people jump down, he looked at Instructor Qin and the Soldiers behind Instructor Qin.

He laughed loudly.

“If you shoot, I'll blow him up... My explosives are wrapped in oil paper, so they're waterproof.”

Hearing this, many Soldiers' expressions changed.

Instructor Qin looked at Brother Hu. They could shoot and kill Brother Hu, but Comrade Zhou's life would be forfeit.

Xiao Niannian saw Lu Jing swimming over as well, and she blinked.

She made several hand signals toward Lu Jing.

Lu Jing returned a few hand signals to her, and Xiao Niannian nodded.

“Swoosh.”

The sound of the suppressed gunshot was much quieter underwater than in the air.

Several villains were hit before they could react.

Some endured the intense pain and continued swimming forward.

Others were shaking from the pain, their whole bodies trembling.

“Gurgle...”

A long string of gurgling sounds was heard.

Many people choked on water, and others, ignoring their physical pain, desperately swam forward.

Brother Lei hadn't expected that they would still be shot even after jumping into the water. He swam desperately forward. At this moment, he couldn't care about anyone else; he only had one thought: escape.

While the green hills last, there'll always be wood to burn.

After Brother Hu jumped into the water while gripping Comrade Zhou, he immediately released his grip on Comrade Zhou.

Comrade Zhou's hands were tied, and he was desperately treading water.

Brother Hu tried to swim toward him but felt a sharp pain in his arm.

Not good, his arm was shot.

Brother Hu's entire expression changed.

He swam forward.

After he swam a few meters, he realized that Comrade Zhou was nowhere to be seen.

Xiao Niannian held her breath, dragging Comrade Zhou over ten meters in one go before allowing him to surface.

At this moment, the Soldiers in the water and the Soldiers on the bank attacked the villains.

“Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!”

Strings of blood bubbles rose in the water.

Lu Jing swam beside Xiao Niannian, taking over and dragging Comrade Zhou another ten meters.

Brother Hu and Brother Lei desperately swam forward. They dared not surface now; if they poked their heads out of the water, they would surely be shot dead.

As they swam, they realized something was wrong.

Ahead, it looked like a sheer drop. Brother Lei clung to a nearby rock to avoid being swept away by the current.

But some of the others couldn't stop and were washed straight down.

“Ah.”

Xiao Niannian got ashore and quickly ran forward, aiming her gun at Brother Lei. She felt that if this man didn't die, there would definitely be more trouble in the future.

It wasn't that she hadn't wanted to kill Brother Lei earlier, but the conditions didn't allow it. Comrade Zhou was in their hands, and if Comrade Zhou died, the rescue mission would be a failure.

But now, with Lu Jing and the others going to defuse the bomb, she would kill these two leaders first to eliminate future trouble.

“Bang.”

As the shot rang out, Brother Lei seemed to sense the danger and dodged, but he couldn't completely avoid it, and the bullet struck his chest.

For the next shot, Brother Lei grabbed a person and placed him in front of himself.

That person was shot in the head. When he was hit, his face was full of disbelief. He hadn't expected Brother Lei to use him as a shield to take the bullet.

Just as Xiao Niannian prepared to fire the third shot, Brother Lei looked in her direction, gave a sinister laugh, then released his grip and slid down.

At this moment, Brother Hu also decided to take a desperate gamble. He knew that if he were caught, he would certainly be executed, so he chose to jump off the cliff.

But before he jumped, his chest was hit by a shot from Lu Jing.

The other Soldiers also took action at this point, but Brother Lei and Brother Hu had already fallen.

Xiao Niannian turned and ran toward Instructor Qin and his group.

She saw that some Soldiers were already preparing to defuse the bomb on Comrade Ning, while Comrade Zhou was being treated by Military Doctor Shen and his team.

Xiao Niannian walked over, and when she saw the bomb, her gaze shifted to Lu Jing.