In the not-so-dense woods, a soldier from the 2nd Battalion was searching and conducting reconnaissance. His squad was not fully equipped with weapons, so he could only follow the main force and conduct an investigation in the forest near the landing point.
The purpose of their investigation was to find the local aborigines and the dispersed Mirage soldiers, and capture these prisoners to prevent them from posing a threat to the landing troops.
"Why are we so unlucky? Others go directly to make contributions, but we are lucky enough to be here looking for rabbits in the forest..." Carrying a pistol, the soldier pushed aside the leaves in front of him and complained to his companions.
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"Who says it's not the case!" Another soldier following him cut off the branches blocking the road with the dagger in his hand, with the same look of disgust on his face.
There was no way, they were all well-trained elite soldiers. Instead of competing with the enemy on the battlefield, it was simply a shame to come to such an inaccessible place to find people.
"Deep in the mountains and forests, how long have we been walking since we came out of that ruined village?" asked the soldier holding a pistol as he continued to walk forward.
The soldier wielding the dagger lowered his head and looked at the watch on his wrist. He raised his head and continued walking forward. He replied: "More than 20 minutes... not too far..."
As he spoke, his feet were empty, and he was so frightened that he quickly reached out to grab something around him. As a result, the branch he grabbed could not bear his weight and broke.
As a result, he suddenly fell into a deep pit, and his whole body fell into a state of confusion.
"I X!" He cursed subconsciously, and then suddenly saw that his face was right on the face of a corpse.
This corpse has been lying here for a long time. It is covered with maggots, the flesh has rotted, and the bones are exposed, which makes people feel sick.
He wanted to get up, but his hands pressed on the completely rotten minced meat. The sticky and greasy feeling, coupled with the smell that rushed into his nasal cavity, almost made him choke to death without taking a breath.
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Countless flies flew up in confusion due to the sudden disturbance, and the buzzing sound like a bomber passing through the border seemed to make the whole world come alive.
Resisting the disgusting touch, the soldier pressed his hands on the bones to push his body up, and then reluctantly retreated to a slightly cleaner corner.
Only then did he have the intention to observe everything around him. This sight made his hair stand on end, and he even couldn't help but exclaim.
There were at least a hundred rotting and stinking corpses in the large pit in front of them, many of which had been chewed into bones by wild beasts.
Some of the white ribs with carrion have been broken, and some corpses are relatively well preserved, but they are rotten and smelly and look like zombies.
At a glance, everywhere you can see are corpses, including the corpses of men, women, children, and old people.
The tangled hair swayed in the wind along with the flying flies, irritating the soldiers of the Tang Group who fell into the pit to the point of wishing for death.
There wasn't much in his stomach, but it couldn't stop twitching and rolling. In the end, he couldn't hold back his body's reaction, and vomited out the water and biscuits in his stomach, along with the gastric juice, and sprayed it on a dog that had been chewed by an animal.
It was bruised on my arms.
"Ugh..." He couldn't stop vomiting, and suddenly a hand stretched out from behind and pressed on his shoulder.
In an instant, his hair stood on end, and his whole body's muscles tensed up. He turned around suddenly, no longer caring about vomiting, and screamed hysterically as a reflex: "Ah! What is that!"
The comrade who was almost scratched by the dagger in his hand took a dangerous step back, and then quickly said: "It's me! It's me!"
He had just seen his comrades fall into the pit, and he also saw corpses stacked below and mosquitoes flying around.
He went into the pit in order to save people, but he didn't expect that the smell down there was really making life worse than death.
Moreover, looking at the corpses at the bottom of the pit from above was completely different from coming down to experience the mountain of corpses and sea of blood up close, so he felt a little regretful after coming down.
"We have to get out of here!" The soldier who came down behind covered his mouth and nose and narrowed his eyes. As he spoke, he used his arm holding the pistol to shoo away the flies that had gathered.
"Who are they... and why did they die here?" The soldier holding the dagger asked, ignoring the disgusting liquid on his body and looking at the densely packed corpses in front of him.
"I don't know either! However, I think... it's best to tell the battalion commander... or regiment commander... what happened here as soon as possible..." After driving away the flies, the soldier holding the pistol covered his nose and said vaguely.
His training allowed him to feedback problems that he could not handle to senior commanders as quickly as possible when his brain was confused.
"What you said makes sense...we...have to get out of here..." Looking at the corpse at his feet, the soldier holding the dagger agreed with his partner's opinion.
He also wanted to leave here as soon as possible, and if possible, never come back in this life - this place made his hair stand on end, made him nervous, and made him feel uncomfortable.
In fact, looking at these rotten and softened pieces of meat, he suspected that some terrifying monster would rush out and kill him at any time...
So he escaped without looking back, and together with his companions, they returned along the original path, and soon returned to the place where they started.
The ruins of the village discovered by the 1st Battalion Commander have now become the headquarters of the 2nd Battalion. A field hospital has also been established here, where previously injured sailors and other wounded people have been placed.
"Where is the battalion commander?" As soon as they returned to the ruins, the two men couldn't wait to ask the sentry in charge. The sentry was startled by the state of the two men and immediately took them to the battalion headquarters.
As soon as they saw the 2nd Battalion Commander, the two soldiers responsible for the search reported what they saw and heard, and then the atmosphere in the entire 2nd Battalion became strange.
The commander of the 2nd Battalion immediately reported the matter to the regiment headquarters. The commander of the 1st Regiment realized that the matter was of great importance and immediately took the guards, a squad of soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, escorting medics and nurses to the place where the body was found.
Hearing someone describe a corpse and actually seeing a corpse are two different things. When the 1st regiment leader saw these rotting corpses, he couldn't help but ran to the side and vomited for a long time.
Everyone who saw all this felt like their stomachs were churning, and some young soldiers even turned around directly, not wanting to take another look.
"Looking at the clothes, most of them should be civilians... There are also some wearing military uniforms, soldiers of the Zheng Kingdom..." The military doctor wearing a mask walked back to the 1st regiment commander and reported his preliminary examination results.
"How... did they die?" Captain 1 opened his mouth, smelled the disgusting smell, and felt like he was going to vomit.
"It's hard to say...needs to be carefully examined...there are so many corpses, some of which have been destroyed by wild beasts. I can't say what can be found specifically." The doctor seemed to be talking about an ordinary job.
"I'm waiting for the results here!" Leader 1 felt that he had begun to adapt to this taste and the picture in front of him: "Give me the results as soon as possible!"
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I'm in a bad mood today, so I'm short on words. I'm sorry. When I was writing certain paragraphs, I couldn't help but get involved in certain things, and my mood became very low.
