"It's Old Luo …" Guo Zhan's voice was extremely low.
Xia Ruofei's mind exploded. He felt like he was in a trance. He could not believe his ears at all.
There were a few officers and men in the Lone Wolf Commandos with the surname Luo, but there was only one who was called "Old Luo".
That was the sergeant major of the Lone Wolf Commandos, Luo Zhicheng.
This veteran who was affectionately called "Old Luo" by the officers and men was the most senior member of the Lone Wolf Commandos. Even the Wolf King Guo Zhan was once a soldier under him.
Old Luo was once Guo Zhan's recruit squad leader. After Guo Zhan was promoted, he was promoted to the position of captain of the Lone Wolf Commandos due to his outstanding ability. Old Luo, on the other hand, was unable to be promoted due to his educational background and other factors. Now, he was already a second-grade sergeant major, which was equivalent to a sixth-grade sergeant before the ranking reform.
The Lone Wolf Commandos had welcomed batches of new recruits and sent away batches of veterans over the years. However, Old Luo had always been a member of the Lone Wolf Commandos.
From a soldier to a squad leader to an acting platoon leader to a sergeant major, he had become a living specimen of the Lone Wolf Commandos. He was also the one with the highest prestige in Lone Wolf other than Guo Zhan. Even the officers respectfully called him "Squad Leader Luo".
In fact, although Old Luo had always treated him as a normal soldier, Guo Zhan still respected the person who guided him when he first joined the army.
For more than twenty years, Old Luo had experienced countless large and small missions. He had also risked his life countless times. He had five gunshot wounds on his body and had been awarded second-class merits many times. It could be said that he was an honorable person and was a true "soldier king".
As the sergeant major of the Lone Wolf Commandos, Old Luo was the one who organized and implemented the devil's training for the new recruits every year. Xia Ruofei was no exception.
During the training, Old Luo was like the incarnation of the devil. All the new members trained to the brink of death. Whether it was the officers or the soldiers, they all respected and feared Old Luo.
Xia Ruofei still remembered what Old Luo said in the training camp. "The more ruthless I am to you now, the more you will thank me in the future! Because when you are on the battlefield, the enemy will not be merciful to you! "
In fact, apart from training, Old Luo was like an honest elder. He always had a smile on his face and took care of everyone.
Xia Ruofei would never forget how many times in the dead of night, Old Luo would come in with a flashlight covered with a red cloth to check the rooms. Then, he would tuck in the blankets for everyone one by one.
Xia Ruofei would never forget the first time he participated in an actual battle. When the gunshot rang out, it was as if all the blood in his body froze and his mind went completely blank. It was Old Luo who was by his side, constantly encouraging him until he bravely fired his first shot. Throughout the mission, Old Luo kept a close distance from Xia Ruofei. It was this big brother who was protecting his new comrade.
Old Luo was still able to serve in the top special warfare unit at the "old age" of forty years old, and he was in a very good state. Whether it was physical fitness, tactics, shooting, or other special warfare professional assessments, many young men could not compare with him.
The team's twenty-kilometer armed cross-country record was still held by Old Luo when he was young. No one could break it.
After Xia Ruofei learned that a comrade had sacrificed himself in this mission, many possible people appeared in his mind. However, he never thought that the one who sacrificed himself would be Old Luo.
This old sergeant major who taught him special warfare skills step by step, this honest elder who was both a teacher and a friend, his voice, smile, and every little thing that happened to him in the past few years suddenly flooded Xia Ruofei's mind.
His eyes turned red in an instant. It wasn't tears — the Lone Wolf Commandos had always shed blood and sweat, not tears — but boundless murderous intent.
Xia Ruofei took a few deep breaths and then asked in a hoarse voice, "Where is the old squad leader now?"
Guo Zhan slightly raised his head and looked at the night sky. It was as if he could see the old Captain Luo smiling at the two of them from the sky. He said in a low voice, "Follow me …"
The two of them silently returned to the building. Guo Zhan came to a window next to the stairs. A doctor on duty was sitting upright. When he saw Guo Zhan, he immediately stood up and saluted.
Guo Zhan nodded slightly and said, "We're going to see our comrade who sacrificed himself. Please contact him."
"Okay, please wait a moment!" The doctor on duty picked up the phone on the table and dialed a number. After a few words, he called a nurse and said to her, "Take these two to the morgue on the first basement floor. I've already arranged it!"
"Okay!"
Xia Ruofei and Guo Zhan took the elevator to the first basement floor under the nurse's lead.
As soon as they stepped out of the elevator, everyone felt a special cold aura. Although they were indoors, there was an illusion of a chilly wind blowing on their faces. Even the nurse working in this building could not help but tremble slightly.
However, Xia Ruofei and Guo Zhan did not feel uncomfortable at all. They had been through mountains of corpses and seas of blood. They were used to life and death. They were not afraid of fierce enemies, so how could they be afraid of corpses?
The nurse led the two of them forward along the cold corridor. In the empty corridor, everyone's footsteps were particularly loud. At the end of the corridor, there was an iron door that opened on both sides. Under the dim yellow light, they could see three red words above the iron door — Morgue.
The nurse pressed a button in front of the iron door. The door of a room next to the iron door opened, and two security guards on duty came out.
The security guards who dared to be on duty in such a place were very brave. Xia Ruofei glanced at them. The two of them seemed to be playing cards in the room. The TV was also on, and there was a drama playing.
The nurse said, "Doctor Lin just called. These two want to see the body that was sent here today."
One of the security guards with a dark face smiled and said, "Okay, leave it to us!"
Hearing this, the nurse immediately left as if she was running away. Earlier, at least she had Xia Ruofei and Guo Zhan with her. Now that she had to walk through this cold corridor alone, she wondered if she would be so scared that her legs would tremble.
The other security guard looked at Guo Zhan and Xia Ruofei and went straight back into the room. The security guard with a dark face pressed his fingerprint on the access control system next to the iron door and opened the door of the morgue.
The light in the morgue was very dim. Rows of body storage cabinets were arranged against the wall. Each cabinet had a blue number. Although the exhaust fan was slowly turning, there was still an unpleasant smell.
The security guard with a dark face had worked in such an environment for many years. He had long lost his fear. He led the two of them to a body storage cabinet marked No. 23. He looked up at Guo Zhan.
Guo Zhan nodded slightly, so the security guard opened the cabinet.
A gust of cold air came out. Xia Ruofei vaguely saw a person lying quietly in the body storage cabinet.
He took two steps forward. Although he already knew about the death of the old Captain Luo, when he saw the body of the old Captain Luo, he still felt like his heart had been stabbed. He could not help but bite his lower lip, the muscles on his face trembling slightly.
The old Captain Luo's face was very peaceful. His eyes were closed, and his face was resolute.
There were some white hairs on his temples, and fine wrinkles on his forehead. There was no trace of blood on his face. He just lay quietly in the cold body storage cabinet.
The body had been disinfected, beautified, and so on. It was impossible to tell where the fatal wound was.
Guo Zhan also stared at the body of the old Captain Luo and said softly, "I should have been the one lying here. At the last moment, the old squad leader stood in front of me. He was shot three times, and one of the bullets hit his heart …"
Guo Zhan's voice was trembling. Xia Ruofei finally understood why the Wolf King, whose heart was as hard as iron, had such a big emotional fluctuation today.
An old squad leader who had led him when he was a recruit, a comrade-in-arms who had gone through fire and water with him for more than ten or twenty years, and an older brother who did not hesitate to take a bullet for him, had sacrificed himself in front of him. Guo Zhan's mental state was already very strong.
Xia Ruofei bit his lower lip and silently looked at the body of the old Captain Luo. His expression seemed very calm, but his slightly trembling body exposed the extreme fluctuations in his heart.
After a long while, Xia Ruofei nodded slightly to the security guard. Then, he took one last look at the old Captain Luo, turned around, and walked out of the morgue.
Behind him came the sound of the sliding track of the body storage cabinet. He knew that the old Captain Luo would fall into the dark environment again.
Just now, Xia Ruofei had a strong impulse to take out the solution of the spirit heart flower petal from his bag and pour it into the old Captain Luo's mouth. He still couldn't believe it, or rather, he couldn't accept the fact that the old Captain Luo had died.
But in the end, his reason prevailed over his impulse.
He knew that the dead couldn't be brought back. No matter how magical the solution of the spirit heart flower was, it couldn't save a dead person.
After Xia Ruofei left the morgue, he walked forward step by step. Guo Zhan also silently followed behind Xia Ruofei without saying a word.
The two walked into the elevator. When the red numbers on the elevator began to change, Xia Ruofei suddenly said, "Wolf King, I want to know the whole story! Who did it? "
Guo Zhan said calmly, "Blood Wolf, you know the rules. I don't need to repeat them, right?"
From the moment Xia Ruofei completed the retirement procedures, he was no longer a member of the Huaxia army. He had become a local citizen. The missions of the Lone Wolf Commandos were all highly confidential and difficult. Xia Ruofei naturally had no right to know what had happened.
Xia Ruofei suddenly turned around and stared at Guo Zhan with his blood-red eyes. He said stubbornly, "Wolf King, I didn't mean to violate the confidentiality rules. You just need to tell me who killed the old Captain Luo. Leave the rest to me!"
A trace of warmth flashed across Guo Zhan's cold face, but soon he shook his head firmly and said, "I don't have the authority. I'm sorry!"
Xia Ruofei's eyes showed his unwillingness. He punched the elevator wall fiercely. The elevator shook for a while, and a clear fist-shaped dent appeared on the aluminum alloy elevator wall.
Guo Zhan sighed and said, "Blood Wolf, this time you were able to come in time and pull Jin back from the gates of hell. You've done enough and good enough! It's up to us, Lone Wolf, to finish the rest … "
"Ding!"
The elevator reached the sixth floor.
The two walked out of the elevator. Xia Ruofei grabbed Guo Zhan and said, "Wolf King, remember that I was …"
His voice was a little loud in a hurry. The two nurses leaned over and looked over. Xia Ruofei swallowed the rest of his words.
He took Guo Zhan to the balcony where the two of them had just smoked. Then he lowered his voice a little and continued, "Wolf King, do you remember the oath I made when I said goodbye to Army Flag a year ago?"
Guo Zhan said without hesitation, "Of course, if there is a war, I will return!"
This was the oath that every veteran would make when they left the military camp that they loved. They would not fall behind when they left the army and would not fade away when they retired. If the motherland needed them, as long as they were called, they would be duty-bound to put on the uniform again and set foot on the battlefield without hesitation!
Xia Ruofei said without hesitation, "Yes! If there is a war, I will return! Now, I solemnly apply to the organization to recall me back to Lone Wolf until the completion of this mission! "
Guo Zhan was finally a little moved. He looked deeply at Xia Ruofei and asked, "Xiao Xia, are you sure? I can tell you clearly that this mission is very dangerous. Your life may be in danger at any time! "
Guo Zhan changed the way he was used to calling Xia Ruofei "Xiao Xia". This was to remind him that he was now a local citizen, and there was no need to put himself in such a dangerous situation.
Xia Ruofei straightened his chest without hesitation and said, "Wolf King, I will always be Blood Wolf of the Lone Wolf Commandos! The organization can strictly review my experience in the past year, and they can also conduct a professional assessment. I will prove that I am fully capable of participating in this mission! "
Guo Zhan fell into deep thought. After a long while, he raised his head. His eyes were very bright under the night sky. He patted Xia Ruofei's shoulder heavily and said, "Brother! Welcome back to the team! "
Xia Ruofei suddenly raised his head and looked at Guo Zhan. He asked excitedly, "You agree?"
Guo Zhan nodded and said, "I can't think of a reason to refuse. But according to the rules, I have to report to the higher-ups for this kind of temporary recall, and I have to go through the relevant procedures. Of course, special cases are handled specially in emergency situations. There should be a result soon. "
Xia Ruofei nodded heavily and secretly clenched his fists.
The sacrifice of the old Captain Luo had deeply stimulated Xia Ruofei. His heart was full of the flame of revenge. If it weren't for this, Xia Ruofei wouldn't have been so eager to return to the team to participate in this mission.
The obsession in his mind now was to avenge the old Captain Luo.
That night, Xia Ruofei didn't go back. He stayed in the hospital for the night. Guo Zhan opened a ward on the sixth floor, and the two of them just happened to have one bed each.
That night, Guo Zhan used a confidential mobile phone to make many calls, urgently coordinating the recall of Xia Ruofei.
Early the next morning, Niu Tao rushed to the hospital and handed a thin document to Guo Zhan.
After Guo Zhan glanced at it, a smile finally appeared on his cold face. He reached out to Xia Ruofei and said, "Blood Wolf, now I can finally say this to you with certainty. Welcome back to the team!"
After shaking hands with Xia Ruofei, Guo Zhan handed the document to Xia Ruofei.
Xia Ruofei took it in his hand and saw the words written on it.
Taoyuan Company:
Your company's employee, Xia Ruofei, was originally a corporal in the Southeast Theater of Operations. According to the relevant provisions of the National Defense Law and the military notice, this comrade is now ordered to return to the army to perform the task. Performing the national defense obligations according to the law is a sacred duty given by the national law. No unit or individual can obstruct it. We hope that your company will support and cooperate.
At the end, the signature was "Southeast Military Region".
Xia Ruofei also showed a knowing smile. He carefully folded the document and put it in his bag.
The Taoyuan Company was opened by himself, so naturally, he didn't need to take this document back to ask for leave.
He only needed to call back and tell the company's management. Of course, he also needed to find other reasons to tell his girlfriend, Ling Qingxue, Huzi's mother, and Lin Qiao so that they wouldn't worry.
However, this document legally confirmed the fact that Xia Ruofei was recalled by the original army to perform the task, so Xia Ruofei's participation in this task was legally justified.
Xia Ruofei looked at Guo Zhan and said, "Wolf King, can you tell me now?"
Niu Tao immediately said, "You guys talk. I'll go find out about Jin's situation!"
After that, he immediately left the room and closed the door from the outside.
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