Wilderness Redemption Tour

Inside the bank lobby, Dutch, John, Javier, and Bill who insisted on staying were still struggling.

John risked his life to stick his head out of the bunker and took a look outside, and shouted a warning: "Dutch, the enemy's firepower is too strong. If we don't retreat, we won't be able to leave!"

"John is right, Dutch." Javier also advised at this time: "There has been no movement in the staff lounge for a long time. Micah and Charles should have successfully gone upstairs."

"Dutch! We can't even fight back now, so let's not fight back!" Bill was as honest as ever, and his plain words hit Dutch right in the chest.

Thinking that his goal had been achieved, Dutch only hesitated for a moment before agreeing with the other three's suggestions. He took out the last two explosives from the sack he had thrown on the ground and threw them to John and Javier, who were closest to him. "If we retreat directly, we will be exposed to the enemy's guns. We will use this to distract their attention. When the explosion sounds, we will rush to the passage to the employee lounge. Whether we can get through depends on luck."

John, who was hiding behind a concrete pillar, picked up the explosives at his feet, glanced at Javier who also picked up the explosives, grinned and said, "Javier, you have to throw it accurately later, don't let it slip out of your hand and hurt yourself again."

Javier muttered something in Mexican dialect and snorted, "You'd better mind your own business."

"Okay, stop arguing and hurry up." At the critical moment, Dutch had to act as a peacemaker.

John and Javier were bickering, but they were actually relaxing and relieving stress. Throwing also requires technical skills, the timing of the shot, the strength of the throw, and the landing point of the explosives are all knowledge. If thrown well, the enemy's vision is blocked and their attention is attracted, so that they can escape; if thrown badly, not only will the ammunition be wasted, but the risk of injury during retreat will also be greatly increased. Braving the hail of bullets, the two men could not observe the situation on the battlefield properly, and basically threw blindly, which made them feel stressed.

John's exposure just now attracted more attention to him and the concrete pillar behind him, and the firepower on Javier's side was much smaller. He turned out to be a blessing in disguise and had time to take a look at the position of the enemy outside the door.

"John, I'm ready, how's your side?"

John shrugged helplessly: "You've seen it all, there's nothing I can do. I can only try my luck."

"Throw it at ten o'clock behind you." Javier pointed him in a general direction. "Light it up. I'll count to 321 and we'll throw it out together."

John nodded, took a deep breath, and lit the fuse with trembling hands. The moment he heard Javier shout 1, he resolutely threw the hissing and smoking explosives in his hand towards the ten o'clock direction.

"Everyone get ready..." Javier began to remind others.

Led by Agent Ross, his second team had slowly advanced to the door of the bank. Just as he ordered his men to prepare to open the door, the team members standing by the window saw the two enemies hiding behind the pillars throwing two smoking explosives at the door at the same time.

"Front door, be careful of explosives!" Several team members shouted to the team one after another.

The Pinkerton detectives were well-trained professionals, and when they heard the word "explosive," the entire team squatted in unison.

“Bang!” “Bang!”

Two explosions sounded one after another, less than a second apart. The smoke and dust raised by the explosions completely enveloped the area from the bank's main entrance to the service desk. The choking smell of gunpowder and the earthy odor of dust instantly filled the bank hall.

"run!"

After the second explosion, Javier shouted and rushed out first.

The smoke and dust from the explosion was mainly concentrated at the bank entrance, which had little effect on the four people in the middle of the hall. When Javier shouted "Run", the other three also moved.

John was the farthest from the staff lounge, but it wasn't that far, only about 30 meters including the distance around the service desk. With his stride, he could reach the threshold of the staff lounge within 20 steps, and it would take less than 10 seconds.

But it was this distance of less than thirty meters that made John unfortunately become the second person of the Van der Linde gang to be captured after Josiah.

Thanks to Javier and John, there was a brief silence in front of the bank. Taking this opportunity, Agent Milton, who was across the street from Ross's team, finally conveyed to Agent Ross what he had always wanted to say.

"Dutch is trying to escape! Hurry in and catch him! It will be hard to catch him once he escapes from the bank!"

Although Agent Ross made many mistakes, he was still a veteran of Pinkerton and his combat skills were quite strong. He advanced slowly just now because he wanted to rely on firepower to trap Dutch in the bank lobby. Although this consumed more ammunition, it could minimize casualties.

But these two sudden explosives brought a turning point to the mission that was originally a sure thing.

In his opinion, the two explosives thrown by the enemy posed no threat at all and were pure sleight of hand. The enemy threw them blindly, without any accuracy or force. In addition, after several rounds of steel storms, the glass on the door and window frames of the bank had disappeared, and the last possibility of a threat to him was strangled in the cradle when the explosives exploded, so the explosion just now could be completely ignored.

But what went wrong was that the Pinkerton detectives were highly militarized and had a keen sense of danger. When someone shouted "Beware of explosives", they almost instinctively squatted collectively, and even he was no exception.

When Agent Ross combined what he had seen and heard with what Agent Milton had said, his mind immediately came to one conclusion - Dutch van der Linde was going to run!

Thinking of this, Ross no longer cared about the casualty rate, he stood up, opened the bank door and rushed in. The team members and subordinates behind him were also not slow, seeing the captain rushing in, these people went in and jumped out of the window, their speed was no slower than their captain.

Ross, who led the charge, was as fast as lightning. This speed was in stark contrast to his muscular body. He looked like he was on an accelerator, and anyone who saw him would be shocked. With this speed, Ross, who passed through the "fog", saw John running around the service desk and towards the employee lounge.