Mercenary’s War

Chapter 2395 - 2371: Mechanic

Gao Yang kept watching the prisoner, but the prisoner in the darkness couldn’t see Gao Yang. Looking at the expression on the prisoner’s face, Gao Yang found it very interesting.

Gao Yang turned on the flashlight, and the bright beam shone directly on the prisoner’s face. The prisoner immediately raised his hand to block his eyes and said, very uneasily, "I really don’t understand..."

"You understand tank engines, but don’t understand self-propelled artillery engines—is that what you mean?"

Faced with Gao Yang’s questioning, the prisoner was silent for a moment before finally speaking in a helpless and panicked voice, "I just casually mentioned it; it was really just a casual comment."

Gao Yang sneered a few times. It was at this moment that Frey hurriedly ran over, shouting, "Boss, I brought the artillery men here. There’s a self-propelled artillery company. Those artillery pieces belong to them!"

With the real artillerymen present, Gao Yang ignored the prisoner and loudly said, "Whoever is the driver of the self-propelled artillery, step forward. Just drive the artillery out, and nothing will happen! Otherwise, you’ll be in trouble!"

A soldier who looked like he was just dragged out from a bed fearfully said, "I’m the deputy company commander. We don’t have a driver. Our company commander and all the drivers were taken away yesterday, along with the heads of each artillery. We don’t know where they’ve gone."

Gao Yang took a breath and helplessly said, "The company commander and artillery heads aren’t here? What about your superior? Who here has the highest rank, and where is he?"

"Our battalion commander left yesterday after receiving orders and left together. All levels of main officers of our artillery battalion are gone; otherwise, you could ask the tank battalion personnel, maybe they know."

The deputy company commander looked scared, but he offered a target to divert attention. However, before Gao Yang could look over, a prisoner sitting beside him loudly said, "Our company commander isn’t here, hasn’t been here for days, and we don’t know what to do!"

With all levels of main officers not present, it seemed reasonable because if all levels of main officers were present, these guys wouldn’t just sit around doing nothing and get captured.

Gao Yang, a bit impatient, said, "I don’t care where your superiors went. Right now, I just want to know who among you can start these self-propelled artillery. You! You’re the deputy company commander; you must be able to drive the artillery vehicle. Go start that artillery vehicle for me, quickly!"

The deputy company commander reluctantly climbed onto the self-propelled artillery where Eileen was, then Eileen followed him into the driver’s cabin. After a moment, the self-propelled artillery shook a few times but still couldn’t start.

The deputy company commander stuck his head out again, with a troubled face, saying, "It won’t start."

Gao Yang became somewhat anxious as he didn’t feel secure without getting these self-propelled artillery out, which made him uneasy. And now, he finally realized the source of his unease.

"Do you guys not feel scared unless a few people are killed?"

As Gao Yang spoke, he drew his pistol, and just as he was about to scare someone by shooting, Jansen excitedly said, "Boss, Wild Duck is coming with people."

A group of people hurriedly came, and from afar, Rebrov shouted, "Boss, I’m here, where are the artillery? Let me take a look."

Rebrov stood in front of Gao Yang and, after stopping, immediately shouted, "Haha, they’re all here! Great!"

Gao Yang unenthusiastically said, "Don’t be too happy. The engine won’t start. I think these self-propelled artillery have been sabotaged. You guys should be able to fix it, right?"

Rebrov was immediately stunned and said, "Sabotaged? That’s really troublesome. I studied combat. I also know how to command self-propelled artillery, but I haven’t learned how to repair vehicles, Boss!"

After rushing his words, Rebrov spoke to the dozen artillerymen he brought with him, "Who knows self-propelled artillery? Quickly check what’s wrong!"

A soldier raised his hand and loudly said, "I’ve always operated self-propelled artillery. Let me give it a try."

The soldier climbed into the driver’s cabin and then came back out, looking frustrated, and said, "I might need to open the engine compartment to have a look, but I’m not very familiar with this artillery, but these engines are pretty similar, I might be able to manage it, but I need some helpers."

"No, we don’t have that much time!"

Interrupting Rebrov and his subordinate’s conversation, Gao Yang pointed at a prisoner who had just spoken and said, "You, come out and tell me your name!"

The prisoner that Gao Yang illuminated with the flashlight stood up.

The prisoner being illuminated was extremely uneasy. He wanted to block the blinding light but dared not, nor did he dare turn away or close his eyes, so he could only squint and say, "My name is Masyev."

Masyev was about one meter seventy tall, looked to be about fifty years old, with both hands tightly clasped together, head bowed, and his voice somewhat trembling as he spoke.

Gao Yang walked up to Masyev and loudly said, "Show your hands."

Masyev slowly extended both his hands. The crevices of his nails were covered with stains left by the engine oil, and even the lines on his palms had black marks that couldn’t be washed away.

Gao Yang was clear in his mind, and he smiled, saying, "Masyev, I know you’re a mechanic, whether you fix tanks or whatever, right now! Go fix those artillery until they’re operable."

Masyev dared not withdraw his hands, only bowed his head and said, "I, I’m not too familiar, I don’t know if I can do it, but I don’t think I can, I..."

"You see, you come see."

Gao Yang embraced Masyev’s shoulder, pointed his gun at the artillery company deputy commander’s head, and loudly said, "If you can’t fix it, I’ll blow his head off first."

The deputy company commander instinctively tried to shrink his head into the driver’s cabin, but Eileen pulled him, leaving him unable to move, with a look of terror and helplessness as he was being pointed at by a gun.

"Or, I kill him, him, or him."

Gao Yang pointed the gun at the tank soldier, randomly picking a few people, then forcefully pulled Masyev, smiled, and said, "You know I’m not the type to just talk casually, don’t you? I also know you can definitely fix those self-propelled artillery, so while I’m in a good mood, hurry and fix them."

Masyev hesitated for a moment, then nodded his head and urgently said, "I’ll fix them right away, right away!"

Masyev swiftly ran to a self-propelled artillery and shouted to the artillery company personnel, "Quickly, help me open the engine compartment cover. Someone disconnected the U-shaped pipe connecting to the intake valve. Just need to screw it back, and there won’t be any problems. Hurry up and help."

Rebrov was momentarily stunned, then loudly said, "What if the U-shaped pipe has been taken away?"

Masyev still had a troubled face but was extremely confident as he loudly said, "It’s not completely removed, otherwise the sound would be different. It’ll only take us a few minutes, no problem."