Richest Rag-picker

As Fang Chenyi spoke, Qi Xiaotian immediately gave the order. BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Three massive explosions erupted in quick succession.

Immediately after, the location of the group of men in the distance was engulfed in a flash of fire, sending a cloud of dust and sand billowing into the sky.

At that same moment, all gunfire ceased completely.

The bearded black man rushing toward them heard the commotion. His face instantly darkened, and he roared a curse:

"Those bastards! They actually used RPGs on a few Huaxia People? Damn it! How much more is this going to cost me?!"

His roar left his subordinate beside him completely bewildered. ’RPGs? The patrolmen aren’t equipped with those, are they? The entire mine only has three, and I’m pretty sure they’re all still loaded on the vehicles.’

After a moment’s hesitation, he ventured a helpful reminder:

"Boss, our RPGs are all right here... I don’t think our guys fired those."

At these words, the cursing, bearded leader froze. His eyes followed his subordinate’s pointing finger and, sure enough, landed on the three large wooden crates at their feet.

’That’s right. This stuff is hard to come by; I’ve always kept it under lock and key. So what the hell were those explosions? Could it be that group of Huaxia People actually brought their own?’

As the implications sank in, a cold sweat broke out on the man’s back.

’Looks like this won’t be as easy as I thought. They didn’t come empty-handed!’

’And with the gunfire over there having stopped... my men are probably all dead.’

’The more I think about it, the more likely it seems. If the enemy really has RPGs, my men don’t stand a chance.’

Moreover, from the sound of the explosions, the bearded man could clearly tell that they had fired three rockets at once. In other words, the enemy had at least three launchers!

Growing more alarmed by the second, the bearded man decisively waved his arm and shouted, halting the convoy:

"Stop!! Everyone, fucking stop! Set up a defensive line right here! We’ll wait for them to come to us!"

Under the bearded man’s command, seven or eight vehicles rumbled into position, quickly forming a barricade that completely blocked the only road up the mountain.

He wasn’t an idiot, either. At his direction, his men quickly fanned out, taking positions on all sides. The dark muzzles of their guns were all trained on the mountain road.

’With my men this spread out, even if they have RPGs, they won’t be able to do much damage to us.’

They moved quickly, but by the time everyone was in position, nearly five minutes had passed.

In that time, the three amphibious armored vehicles carrying Fang Chenyi had arrived right in front of them.

But when the three amphibious armored vehicles appeared, all the mine guards, including the bearded man, were utterly dumbfounded. They all swallowed hard, their faces masks of disbelief.

’My God, what the hell are these three giant metal beasts?!’

’Even if we fired all three of our RPGs at once, we probably couldn’t even scratch those things!’

And looking at the three arm-thick cannons mounted on them, the bearded man had to stop himself from cursing out loud.

’My RPGs can’t hurt them, but one shot from those things will definitely wipe out a huge chunk of my men!’

’How are we supposed to fight this? Those damn fools, why didn’t they tell me the enemy was coming in *this*!’

’If I’d known they were coming like this, the boss and I would never have been so reckless!’

’We could have just let them in and poisoned their food!’

But now, the die was cast. He had set up a defensive line across the road; there was no way the enemy didn’t understand his intentions.

’But maybe there’s still a way out of this. What if I go out and say this was all a misunderstanding? I could say we didn’t know it was really the boss, that we thought it was a rival faction trying to impersonate him. There’s a good chance I could smooth this whole thing over.’

The more he considered it, the more sense it made. And so, to show he had no hostile intentions, the bearded man stood up, raising his AK-47 high above his head.

But just as he raised the AK and started to stand, a deafening roar of gunfire, like a string of firecrackers, erupted from his own men.

The next moment, a dense shower of sparks erupted across the hulls of the three oncoming armored vehicles!

As it turned out, his men had misunderstood his action. They thought their leader was signaling the start of the attack.

"HOLY SHIT! WHO THE FUCK TOLD YOU TO OPEN FIRE?! WHO GAVE YOU THE ORDER?!"

But in the hail of bullets, his voice was minuscule. And because he had ordered his men to spread out, no matter how much he screamed, they just assumed he was cursing at the enemy!

Instantly, the firing from his side only grew more frantic.

Seeing this, the bearded man completely lost his mind. ’You brain-dead morons! Didn’t you see their equipment? Didn’t you hear those explosions earlier?!’

’Opening fire now is just suicide!’

The bearded man’s heart pounded with terror. "For fuck’s sake!" he cursed.

Then he hunched over, turned, and started running for his life.

BANG!

A dull thud echoed out. The bearded man felt a heavy impact on his head, and in an instant, his world went black.

Of course, that wasn’t all. A few hundredths of a second after he lost consciousness, a massive fireball engulfed his body.

Watching the scene through the observation port, Fang Chenyi couldn’t help but give Qi Xiaotian a thumbs-up.

"That was a fucking perfect shot! Right on the head!"

That’s right. The shell had slammed directly into the back of the bearded man’s head. It was no exaggeration to say that even if it had been a solid, non-explosive slug, he would have been finished.

Hearing Fang Chenyi’s praise, Qi Xiaotian put on a smug look, but inwardly he was cursing. ’Holy crap, that was a damn lucky shot.’

RUMBLE~

Just then, a violent explosion rocked the vehicle, and Fang Chenyi felt it shudder beneath him.

At the same time, Qi Xiaotian cursed loudly as he frantically adjusted the vehicle’s aim:

"Holy shit, these guys are ruthless! They’re actually using fucking RPGs! This is bad. Even if the armor holds, we’ll definitely take some damage! Brother Fang, should I call for backup?"