"Three hours to prepare, count the weapons and dry food on you, and set off in three hours!"
Seeing that no one objected, Fang Zhan ordered decisively.
"Captain, I..." Just as everyone was busy preparing, Peng Zheng beside Yan Wei suddenly raised his hand and said. Everyone turned their eyes to him, and Peng Zheng immediately hesitated to say the second half of the sentence.
Swallowed it.
"I have something to say, a manly man, why are you hesitant to speak? Also, don't talk to me from now on. You are a soldier, and soldiers should speak standard Mandarin." Seeing Peng Zheng speak, Fang Zhan immediately added.
"I, I want Xiaoqi to help me inform our company commander and tell him that the squad leader and I are here with you and that we are not deserters." After hearing Fang Zhan's words, Peng Zheng immediately summoned up the courage to say.
"The order is approved. Okay, let's get ready." After nodding in agreement with Peng Zheng's request, Fang Zhan grabbed Staff Li's arm and pulled him into the cave. Soon, the sound of hurried conversations began to emerge from the cave.
came from the depths of the room. Although the conversation between the two could not be heard clearly due to echo interference, everyone felt from the conversation that the two were arguing fiercely about something at the moment.
The captain's orders were quickly executed, and the quantities of weapons and dry food were also counted one by one. After several previous battles, everyone's weapons and equipment were consumed a lot. On average, they could not even reach half of the base ammunition.
arrive.
Just when Xiaoqi had a grimace and was about to go to the captain to report, Fang Zhan and Staff Officer Li came over one after another.
"Captain, the food and drink can be dealt with, but the ammunition is not enough? What should I do?" Xiao Qi immediately complained as he walked quickly to Fang Zhan.
"Is it enough to kill an enemy?" Fang Zhan said angrily after hearing his words.
"Enough, enough..." Xiaoqi replied in a low voice after hearing the captain's question.
"Enough, let's set off if we have enough. Kill one and you will earn one. Kill two and earn one." With a wave of anger, Fang Zhan strode to the front of the team and walked back to the jungle where everyone had tried every means to escape.
The feeling of returning to the jungle is not good, especially when you know that there are dozens or hundreds of times more enemies waiting for you, this feeling is like committing suicide.
Along the way, there was not much conversation among the people. Except for reminding each other when necessary and exchanging intelligence when observing the surroundings, silence has always shrouded the team.
To be honest, Yan Wei felt a little awkward about this mission that suddenly came to him. Although it cannot be said that the headquarters was too demanding, it was definitely uncomfortable to let a small team like them, who had run out of ammunition and food, return to danger.
Irresponsible approach.
However, although Yan Wei thought so in his heart, he did not show it. Especially when he saw Lao Deng walking calmly beside him, he immediately dismissed the thought without a trace.
A soldier's bounden duty is to obey orders. There is no room for bargaining before orders. Especially when he saw Lao Deng's calm demeanor, Yan Wei felt that his thoughts were a bit selfish.
Underfoot, the dry branches made a slight cracking sound due to trampling, and it sounded rhythmically. The only thing that reflected this sound was the heart beating at the same rhythm in the chest. The long and monotonous march did not reduce the tension in everyone's hearts.
On the contrary, as the branches and leaves above their heads grew lush, everyone's mood gradually became depressed.
"Bang!" An untimely gunshot suddenly rang out, like a spark bursting into a powder keg, instantly igniting the suppressed emotions. Upon hearing the gunshot, everyone hid neatly, and then raised their weapons to attack
Aiming at the sound of gunshots.
Soon, a figure appeared in the jungle not far ahead and ran towards the crowd quickly.
"Stop, don't move." In a hurry, everyone quickly completed the preparations for shooting and pointed their guns at the intruder.
"Don't shoot. I was entrusted to send a message. You are the squadron, right? One of your intelligence officers was injured in the front. He asked me to bring a message to you. Don't pick him up. There may be an ambush.
"Hearing the shout, the visitor immediately stopped and stood in the distance and shouted.
"Who are you?" Fang Zhan asked loudly, waving his hand to stop others who were about to shoot.
"Descendants of overseas Chinese, come from our father's generation." Hearing Fang Zhan's question, the other party replied without hesitation.
"..." The sudden change caused everyone to fall silent immediately. It seemed that no one had expected such a thing to happen. After looking at each other, Staff Officer Li and Fang Zhan nodded tacitly!
"Raise your hands high and come over slowly." Fang Zhan raised the rifle in his hand and ordered loudly. After hearing his order, the other party hesitated for a moment, then slowly raised his hands and came over here.
As the person came closer, his appearance gradually became clearer.
The person who came was a man in his forties or fifties, with dark skin and a taller figure than the Japanese.
On his body, his sweat-soaked undershirt and trousers hung with thorns showed that he had just experienced a long journey. On his exposed ankles, several fresh wounds were flowing with blood.
Seeing the person coming, Staff Officer Li smiled kindly, and then waved his hands to the people behind him. Seeing this, everyone put down their weapons and watched the person with vigilance.
"How did you find us?" Staff Li took off the water bottle and handed it over. Staff Li asked the other party with a smile. While he was asking, Fang Zhan sneaked up behind the other party and quickly walked towards him.
Fang Zhan ran away.
"That person of yours told me. He didn't tell me the specific location. He only told me to look here. Go quickly. Otherwise, my wife and children will be dead." After hearing Staff Li's inquiry, the visitor immediately said sadly.
begged.
"No one is following." Before Staff Li could ask any questions, Fang Zhan appeared behind the visitor again, shook his head at Staff Li, and said.
"Tell me more specifically." Nodding silently, Staff Officer Li pulled the other party to sit down and then asked.
"The night before yesterday, I was working at home when a man suddenly broke in and forced me, my wife and children back into the house with a weapon, and then asked us to tie ourselves up with each other. He threatened me and made me listen to him.
He ordered me to kill my wife if I didn’t, and also asked me to keep moving in this direction, saying that I could meet someone who could help him.”
The man sat on the ground with a sad expression and muttered.
"Did he ask you to bring anything?" After hearing the other party's answer, Staff Officer Li asked.
"No, but he did carry a rectangular iron box with him, and he held it in his arms like a treasure." After hearing Staff Li's inquiry, the other party recalled.
"Oh, okay then, it's time for us to leave. Where is your village?" After hearing the other party's answer, Staff Officer Li nodded with satisfaction, then stood up and asked.
"Twenty kilometers ahead. Oh, what are you doing?" The other party who was about to stand up with Staff Li was suddenly pushed back to the ground by Fang Zhan. Just when he was surprised by the sudden change, he suddenly
A pistol was pressed against the back of his head.
"Admit that you are an agent. If you were not, I might feel a little guilty." Hearing the other party's question, Fang Zhan nodded slowly and then pulled the trigger.
"Bang!" The gunshot sounded——
Against the backdrop of the mottled light spots in the jungle, the red and white brains looked indescribably weird, and the pungent smell of blood completely disrupted the fragrant and elegant breeze in the forest.
The corpse was twisted at an unusually strange angle, and the blown skull was nakedly exposed to the air. The non-dead nerves were constantly driving the limbs to tremble. It looked as terrible as a centipede that had been smashed half to death.
terror.
Yan Wei had killed people before, and he thought he was not afraid of killing people, but when he saw Fang Zhan taking action so suddenly and easily ending a life, he couldn't adapt at all. Not only him, but also everyone around him, whether it was Monkey or Xiao Qi,
His face instantly turned pale. Although Da Chui tried to remain calm, his expression was very unnatural. Only Lao Deng, as if nothing was wrong, squinted his eyes and looked at the body, then looked at the others, and then sat down, instinctively
He reached into his pocket and picked up a cigarette.
"Why, why did you kill him?" After hesitating, Yan Wei asked stutteringly.
"He might be an agent." Staff Officer Li glanced at Yan Wei and replied succinctly.
"What if it wasn't?" Yan Wei asked urgently. At least he saw no traces of agents on the deceased.
"Then I will feel guilty," Fang Zhan said.
"If our man really threatens his family and asks him to deliver the message, then under the threat of the enemy, he may leak our whereabouts. Of course, this possibility is based on the premise that he is an innocent civilian. But I
I’m afraid it’s not that simple to suspect him!”
Staff Officer Li answered Yan Wei's questions in detail.
"This guy is an agent." Just when Yan Wei's eyes were locked with Staff Li's, Lao Deng, who was sitting on the ground, suddenly said.
"Looking at the index finger of his left hand, there are traces of deliberate rubbing. Although it is not clear, you can see if you look carefully. I am afraid it was specially modified to cover up the calluses worn by the trigger. There is also a trace on his right face. This
It's the result of being stuck on the butt of a gun for a long time." Lao Deng briefly analyzed while flipping the man's jaw that only had half of his head.
"This is not good news." After hearing Lao Deng's analysis, Staff Officer Li did not become relaxed. After he looked away from Yan Wei, he said in a low voice.
"How did the enemy know that we were here? How could the enemy assign manpower to deceive us in advance? I'm afraid these are all issues we need to consider now." After squatting down and carefully watching the doubts pointed out by Lao Deng, Staff Li said to himself
Said to himself.
"I'm afraid no matter whether the enemy knows our whereabouts or not, we can't stay here any longer!"