As dusk approached, Li Tie slowly drove the giant loader on the National Highway.
There was nothing he could do; the loader he was driving could only reach a maximum speed of 50 kilometers per hour.
The base was only seven or eight kilometers away, and at the current speed, they would arrive within about ten minutes.
Li Hang and Da Pao, in the other two vehicles, also slowed down, waiting for Li Tie to drive his vehicle.
Their speed was very slow, but they estimated the time and were certain they would reach the base before sunset.
Suddenly, a roar came from behind them.
Boom!
Inside the giant loader, Li Tie's enormous engine noise drowned out the sound coming from behind.
A long convoy appeared behind them, and Hua Chuanlong, at the very front, saw the vehicles ahead.
His face lit up with excitement, and he shouted, "Speed up and surround those vehicles ahead!"
In these times, encountering a person was harder than encountering a zombie. Now that they'd encountered several vehicles, they surely knew where that force was, and it was very likely they were from that force.
Boom, boom, boom!
The vehicles suddenly accelerated.
Da Pao, who was driving in front, happened to look in his rearview mirror and saw the long convoy behind them.
He quickly grabbed his walkie-talkie and said, "Xiao Hang, Tie Zi, there's a convoy behind us, a convoy behind us! Be on alert, be on alert!"
After hearing Da Pao speak, everyone quickly looked behind them.
At this sight, everyone was a little surprised.
Behind them, on the uphill section, a long, seemingly endless convoy was rapidly approaching them.
"Brother Tie, get out and get in our car. Let's run quickly; they seem to have a lot of people. And we don't know what they want to do. Let's retreat first," Li Hang said.
As he spoke, he picked up the rifle placed next to his seat.
Lai Dongsheng and Ding Jiu, sitting in the back of the car, also picked up their guns, opened the windows, and looked back.
Li Tie's loader was very slow. Seeing the convoy gradually approaching, he immediately turned off the loader and ran towards Li Hang's car without a word.
However, the vehicles behind them were very fast, and in the blink of an eye, they were less than thirty meters away.
Bang!
Hua Chuanlong saw a person get out of the large loader and immediately fired a shot.
But the vehicle was swaying, and the person was running, so he missed.
Li Tie, who was running at top speed, heard a gunshot. The bullet almost hit him, striking the ground and sending sparks flying.
Li Hang and the others, who were waiting for him in their stopped car, heard a gunshot from behind.
They thought, 'This is bad. Not only do these people have so many, but they also have guns!'
How could the five of them possibly defeat them?
And these people dared to shoot without even knowing the situation. They meant trouble!
Li Hang looked at Li Tie, who was still running towards them, and with a hardened heart, he directly reversed the car to pick up Li Tie.
After hearing the gunshot, Ding Jiu and Lai Dongsheng in the car opened their doors, using them as cover, and fired at the vehicles behind them to cover Li Tie, who was running over.
Bang, bang, bang!
A bullet grazed Hua Chuanlong's ear, leaving a trail of blood.
Hua Chuanlong touched his earlobe, full of fresh blood, with lingering fear. He quickly lowered his head and roared, "Tell the brothers to hurry! I want them alive, damn it!
Lao Han, you f*cking speed up and tell the brothers behind to surround them. Damn it, these bastards don't know what's good for them."
Lao Han, sitting in the driver's seat, looked at the two bullet holes in the car window, his legs trembling slightly. He had almost been killed just now.
He looked at his boss, who had his head down, and inwardly cursed, 'Damn it, he makes me take risks while he hides.'
But he dared not disobey his boss's order and stepped on the accelerator.
The vehicle roared forward.
The brothers in the car aimed and fired at the vehicles in front.
Bang, bang, bang!
The gunshots were dense.
Bang!
A bullet directly hit Li Tie's leg. Li Tie, who was about to reach the car, fell down.
Ding Jiu, who was closest to Li Tie, less than two meters away, quickly went to pull him up.
"Don't come over!" Li Tie shouted.
Bang, bang!
Ding Jiu had just stepped out from behind the car door.
Bullets rained down in their direction.
Da Pao, in the other car, saw this and quickly shouted, "Cover him!"
Saying that, he continuously fired his gun towards Hua Chuanlong's side.
Hua Chuanlong behind them was very fast and quickly approached them.
The convoy behind them even drove in front of them, blocking the entire National Highway.
The entire National Highway was about a dozen meters wide, and Li Hang's vehicle was positioned towards the right side.
At this moment, they were stopped on the right, continuously returning fire.
After Ding Jiu got out of the car, braving the bullets, he had just grabbed Li Tie's arm.
A bullet came flying and directly hit Ding Jiu's shoulder.
Ding Jiu's eyes immediately turned red. He gritted his teeth and directly pulled Li Tie's arm.
Li Tie used his other leg to push off, and he stood up instantly.
The two walked towards the car.
Bullets were still coming from behind, but the frequency was not high.
This also gave Li Tie and the others time to leave.
Hoo, hoo, hoo!
Ding Jiu and Li Tie finally reached the back of the car, panting heavily.
Ding Jiu's shoulder was already soaked with blood. His face was pale, and he was covered in sweat.
Li Tie, beside him, also had blood soaking his calf. He was leaning against the right side of the car, holding a pistol, and returning fire.
Bang, bang, bang!
Amidst the gunshots, several people on the opposite side were hit and fell to the ground.
However, Li Tie and the others found it strange. Why did the opposite side, with so many people, even if not everyone had a gun, still have dozens of people with guns?
Their firing frequency was not high, as if, as if they were reluctant to use bullets.
Li Hang looked around and saw that they were surrounded by their people in front and behind.
There were dense crowds of people, at least several hundred.
To open fire without a word, damn lunatics.
Vehicles were still continuously appearing from behind, more and more cars, blocking them completely from front to back.
The people on the opposite side seemed to have them cornered.
They stopped firing, only surrounding them.
Li Hang and the others also stopped firing, so as not to provoke them.
Li Tie felt a bit of despair. It seemed they wouldn't be able to return to the base.
Ding Jiu, panting, said, "Li Tie, look to our right. Let's go to that house. Otherwise, we'll be live targets later."
Li Tie suddenly looked to his right.
That's right, although they couldn't return to the base now, they could hide in the house next to the National Highway.
Next to the National Highway, there were often houses built right beside it.
This three-story white house had a farmland behind it. It was a pity there weren't many trees here, otherwise they could have escaped directly.
But now, if they were to run directly towards the farmland, without any cover, they might be shot dead before they could escape.
This white house? Perhaps they could hide inside and resist.
Li Tie quickly said, "Hang Zi, let's go into this house. Let's take shelter for a bit."
Li Hang nodded, looked at Da Pao in the other car a few meters away, and said, "Pao Ge, let's go into this house."
Then he said to Lai Dongsheng, "Uncle Lai, later you help Brother Tie inside."
He then looked at Ding Jiu and said, "Uncle Ding, are you okay?"
Ding Jiu took two breaths and said, "No problem."
Li Hang nodded and said, "Alright, later, as soon as I throw a grenade, you run. Pao Ge and I will cover you."
"Cough, cough, alright."
Hua Chuanlong, hiding behind a vehicle, shouted at them through a megaphone, "Don't resist! I just want to ask you one thing: Have you heard of this person, Hua Chuanxiong?"
Li Hang, who was taking out a grenade, froze at the words, and Ding Jiu and the others beside him also froze.
Damn it, as expected, they were not good news. So they were from Safe City.
Li Hang was also a rather reckless person, naturally bold. He pulled the pin, and the grenade paused in his hand.
One second.
Two seconds.
"Throw it!" Li Tie watched from the side, anxious to death.
These two seconds made Ding Jiu and Li Tie, who were beside him, quite nervous. 'Damn, he's too reckless.'
The total detonation time for the grenade was only 3.5 seconds, and it still needed one second to fly through the air after being thrown.
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Hang threw the grenade with force in the direction where Hua Chuanlong had just spoken.
And over there, Hua Chuanlong, who had just finished speaking and waited a moment without hearing a reply, was growing impatient.
Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly heard a warning.
Boom!
The right side of the car exploded with a roar.
The vehicle's glass shattered everywhere, and the two people in front of him were directly pierced by the flying glass shards, bleeding all over.
Hua Chuanlong felt a lingering fear, 'Fortunately, I was hiding behind.'
But in the next second, he was instantly enraged.
Damn it, they refuse a toast and drink a forfeit!
He roared, "Kill them all! Damn it, just leave one alive!"
At the same time as the explosion,
The sound of the explosion attracted the attention of the people in the convoy behind.
Lai Dongsheng helped Li Tie, and they quickly ran towards the white house nearby. Ding Jiu, clutching his shoulder, followed closely.
Li Hang and Da Pao exchanged glances, understanding each other's thoughts.
Each took out another grenade, waited for a second, and then threw them behind them.
Boom! Boom! Two loud bangs.
Then they held their submachine guns and retreated while fighting.
The equipment Li Hang and the others possessed was indeed much better than that of their opponents.
Not only did they wear bulletproof vests, but they also had at least 6 magazines as standard. This trip was not far from the base, so they didn't wear helmets or bring many bullets.
For example, when they went to He Park before, each person's standard equipment was 12 magazines, with 30 full rounds in each magazine.
That was roughly 360 rounds of ammunition.
Hua Chuanlong and his group, however, had only managed to get thirty-odd guns by scavenging several police stations near Safe City.
They had not received any ammunition resupply, and their current bullet count was almost depleted, which was why they didn't dare to expend them recklessly earlier.
But this also gave Li Hang and the others a glimmer of hope.
At this moment,
Two grenades exploded, one on the left and one on the right.
Li Hang and Da Pao quickly got up.
They ran backward, where Ding Jiu and the others were already almost inside the white house.
As soon as Li Hang and Da Pao got up, they fired wildly, their firepower actually overwhelming these people.
The two fought and retreated.
Suddenly, a bullet flew over and hit Li Hang in the chest.
Li Hang grunted, and the inertia of the bullet directly pushed him to the ground.
