The members of the Lone Wolf Commando Team were cleaning up the battlefield in an orderly manner. Guo Zhan had already gotten someone to inform the local police and the relevant military departments. The corpses of these Japanese people and the rest of the aftermath would naturally be handled by the corresponding departments.
Comrades from the intelligence department were also rushing to the three mountains, mainly to confirm the identities of the Japanese soldiers and to check if there was any useful information on them.
As for negotiating with the Japanese, under normal circumstances, they wouldn't do so.
Moreover, the Japanese wouldn't admit that these people were agents. This was a common practice among the intelligence departments of various countries. When agents were sent abroad to carry out missions, once they were arrested or killed, the country where they were sent would definitely not admit it. At most, they would privately compensate their families.
However, the loss of seven or eight elite agents was not small. The Japanese could only suffer in silence.
Xia Ruofei slowly walked out of the brick kiln. He reached out to take off his helmet and held it in his hand. As he watched his former comrades clean up the battlefield, this familiar scene made him very emotional.
"Do you miss the old days?" Guo Zhan's voice sounded behind Xia Ruofei.
Xia Ruofei turned around and saw Guo Zhan holding a helmet in one hand and a cigarette box in the other. He lightly knocked on the helmet, and half a cigarette jumped out.
Guo Zhan handed the cigarette box to Xia Ruofei. Xia Ruofei took out the cigarette and put it in his mouth. Guo Zhan also had a cigarette in his mouth.
Xia Ruofei took out a lighter and lit Guo Zhan's cigarette first, then his own.
After taking a deep breath, Xia Ruofei exhaled a long breath of smoke, like a heavy sigh.
"Yeah!" Xia Ruofei sighed. "I miss the old barracks, the old brothers, and the battles we fought together …"
"You're quite poetic!" Guo Zhan said with a smile. "Okay, let's not talk nonsense. I just want to ask you, do you want to go back to Lone Wolf? As long as you say the word, I'll take care of the procedures for the second enlistment. "
The ability that Xia Ruofei displayed in this operation made Guo Zhan's eyes light up.
Although it was only a very short battle, Guo Zhan, who was good at grasping details, noticed that Xia Ruofei's abilities did not deteriorate because of his retirement. On the contrary, the current Xia Ruofei seemed to have improved in all aspects compared to the Xia Ruofei who served in Lone Wolf more than a year ago.
This made Guo Zhan feel a sense of appreciation for talent.
He knew Xia Ruofei inside out, and he used to train Xia Ruofei as a backbone. If Xia Ruofei didn't have an incurable disease, he would never let go of such a talent. It was possible for him to continue to be promoted to a senior sergeant.
Now, not only was Xia Ruofei cured, but his abilities were also better than before. Guo Zhan hoped to let Xia Ruofei return to the Lone Wolf Commandos through the second enlistment.
It had to be said that Guo Zhan's suggestion made Xia Ruofei feel a rush of excitement.
He was different from the vast majority of retired soldiers. He was not arranged to retire by the organization because his development was limited, nor was he strongly requesting to leave the team. If not for his illness, he would definitely continue to serve in Lone Wolf.
The seven years in the military were the days that Xia Ruofei missed the most in his life.
However, the thought of going back was just a fleeting thought in his mind. Very soon, he sighed and shook his head.
He definitely couldn't go back now. The Taoyuan Company was getting bigger and bigger, and it was no longer his problem alone. There were over a hundred employees who depended on him for their livelihood. Moreover, he had a divine weapon like the Spiritual Map Scroll. It was inconvenient to use it in the collective living environment of the military camp.
Xia Ruofei smiled bitterly and said, "Wolf King, I can't go back …"
Guo Zhan's expression froze for a moment, and he said, "Why? Don't you like the life in the military camp? With your abilities, I can even guarantee that I'll help you get promoted within two years. This can become a lifelong job. Or are you reluctant to give up the local glory and wealth? "
Xia Ruofei said in a low voice, "Neither … Now that my company is getting bigger and bigger, this is no longer my personal problem. If I leave the company and go back to the army, what will happen to the employees? Besides … there are some other reasons. In short, it's not realistic to go back to the army … "
Guo Zhan was silent for a moment, then nodded and said, "Understood."
Seeing that Xia Ruofei was a little depressed, Guo Zhan gently patted Xia Ruofei on the shoulder and said, "Blood Wolf, different stages of life will experience different scenery. For you, the chapter of Lone Wolf is over. Write a new chapter!"
Xia Ruofei nodded heavily and said, "Yes! Captain, no matter where I am, I will always be Lone Wolf's soldier! When needed, I am willing to go to war for the country at any time! Still the same sentence … "
Xia Ruofei looked at Guo Zhan at this time. The two looked at each other and smiled, then said in unison, "If there is a war, we will definitely return!"
The two gently hammered their chests, and then two hard fists collided together.
…
Soon, a large number of police and military vehicles arrived at the scene. All kinds of vehicles were parked on the motorized road, and the cars that arrived later even stopped on National Highway 218.
Xiayang Village, which was usually quiet, had suddenly become lively.
However, the army had already implemented control at the scene. There were sentries every three steps and five steps, separating the villagers who were watching the fun from the scene.
Guo Zhan briefly reported the situation, and after a brief handover, he quietly left the scene with the members of the Lone Wolf Commando Team.
Professor Liang Qiming was sent to the military hospital for treatment.
A whole battalion of troops was used to escort Professor Liang Qiming, and after Professor Liang arrived at the hospital, the entire floor was under control. It could be said that even a fly couldn't fly in.
Professor Liang suffered superficial injuries, plus some shock, so his mental state was relatively weak. After bandaging his wounds at the Southeast Military General Hospital, he was hospitalized for two days for observation.
While Professor Liang was hospitalized, Guo Zhan and Xia Ruofei came to his ward to visit and talked behind closed doors for more than an hour.
Xia Ruofei was the person that Professor Liang wanted to see. At that critical moment, it was Xia Ruofei who shot and killed the vicious Japanese. It could be said that he was Liang Qiming's savior.
Guo Zhan was there for official business.
After coming out of Professor Liang Qiming's ward, Guo Zhan took Xia Ruofei and the members of the Lone Wolf Commando Team to Sanshan University's library.
Liang Qiming hid a USB flash drive that recorded the core data of the experiment here.
A day or two before Guo Zhan and the others arrived, Professor Liang Qiming already had a premonition of danger. He decisively copied the core data of the experiment to the USB flash drive, and then physically destroyed the hard drive of the laboratory computer.
This USB flash drive was placed at the bottom of a bookshelf in the university library, and it was tightly taped to the bottom of the partition.
The library of Sanshan University had a vast collection of books. The library had several floors and countless identical bookshelves. Even if the Japanese knew where the USB flash drive was, without the specific location provided by Liang Qiming, they would not be able to find it in a short period of time.
Guo Zhan and the others successfully retrieved this precious USB flash drive. The data inside was likely to play a vital role in improving the overall performance of Huaxia's weapons and equipment.
After asking for Professor Liang Qiming's opinion, two days later, Guo Zhan led the team to escort Professor Liang and the experimental data to Beijing.
There, Professor Liang would be properly accommodated, and his experiments would continue in the impregnable military secret research institute.
Xia Ruofei did not participate in this mission, but his temporary recall was not over yet.
Xia Ruofei only rested on the farm for two days.
Two days later, Guo Zhan, who had completed the mission, brought the entire team back to Sanshan City.
After Xia Ruofei received the notice, he left the farm again and went to the Sanshan General Hospital of the Southeast Military Region to meet up with Guo Zhan and the others.
Xia Ruofei still had one last mission to complete – escort the old Captain Luo back to the army.
…
In a secret camp in a mountainous area of Sunan Province, the atmosphere was solemn.
The training ground, which was usually buzzing with activity, was extremely quiet today. The soldiers, who had been crawling and rolling in the mud all day long, had changed into neat uniforms, with a white flower pinned to their chest and a black gauze hanging from their sleeves. They were lined up neatly on the training ground.
They all had sorrowful expressions, but they were standing straight.
The troops were lined up horizontally and vertically. Every soldier was like a pine tree that stood straight and upright.
At the back of the formation, there was a banner with white words on a black background. It said: The loyal souls of the special warfare warriors have returned, the heroic spirit of the brave warriors lives forever.
At the front of the formation, there were two people who were particularly eye-catching.
They were the wife and daughter of the old Captain Luo.
The wife of the old Captain Luo was about thirty-five or thirty-six years old. She was wearing a black shirt and black pants, and her eyes were red and swollen from crying.
His daughter was only six or seven years old, not yet at the age where she was fully sensible. The old Captain Luo had been busy with combat preparations and training in the army, so he had postponed his wedding many times. After he got married, he had been apart for a long time, so he had a child very late.
Four female officers who had been temporarily transferred from other units stood on both sides of the old Captain Luo's family. However, the old Captain Luo's wife did not need their support. She stood quietly, as straight as the soldiers, and looked at the sky in the south.
There was no sadness on the child's face. Perhaps she did not know what her father's sacrifice meant, nor did she know the true meaning of death. Perhaps in her opinion, this was just to bring her father home.
However, the daughter of the old Captain Luo was not like her peers, who would mischievously move and run around. She also stood quietly beside her mother, imitating the posture of the People's Liberation Army uncle and standing at attention.
This child, who had the blood of the best soldiers flowing in her body, was born with the temperament of a soldier.
After a long time.
The roar of an engine came from afar, and a small black dot appeared in the sky in the south.
Soon, a camouflaged transport helicopter slowly appeared in everyone's field of vision.
The helicopter did not land directly, but slowly circled around the barracks. This was to let the old Captain Luo take one last look at the barracks he had dedicated his life to.
Finally, the helicopter landed steadily on the training ground that the old Captain Luo had stepped on countless times.
After the engine was turned off, the military band played a soothing and low "Song of Yearning."
The cabin door slowly opened, and several soldiers came forward to escort Jin Gang, who was lying on a stretcher, off the helicopter.
Then, Guo Zhan held the portrait of the old Captain Luo and walked out of the helicopter from the tail of the fuselage with a solemn expression.
Following closely behind was Xia Ruofei and the other eight people. They carried the coffin of the old Captain Luo with heavy steps.
There were no ceremonial soldiers at the scene. The last journey of the old Captain Luo was to be sent off by these brothers who had gone through fire and water with him on the battlefield.
Xia Ruofei and the others did not change into military uniforms. Instead, they wore the forest camouflage that still had the smoke of the battlefield from a few days ago. They also wore their full clothing.
This symbolized that the old Captain Luo still maintained the posture of a fighter.
There was still a short ceremony to be completed. Guo Zhan and Xia Ruofei placed the coffin and portrait of the old Captain Luo and stood on both sides to guard the coffin of the squad leader. Two soldiers came forward to offer a wreath.
At this time, Xia Ruofei walked out of the formation and hung an ordinary bullet bag on the wreath.
This bullet bag contained the hair of a Japanese soldier.
From the moment he learned that the old Captain Luo had died, Xia Ruofei vowed to use the enemy's head as a sacrifice to this respectable old squad leader.
In the end, he also played a crucial role in that battle and personally killed four Japanese soldiers, including the commander of this operation, Inoue Toshihiko.
However, the military discipline did not allow him to really cut off the heads of the Japanese soldiers, so Xia Ruofei could only use the hair of the Japanese soldiers as a sacrifice to the old Captain Luo.
The mellow sound of the mournful music gradually weakened.
Guo Zhan took a step forward, then turned back and shouted, "Gather!"
Including Xia Ruofei, all the commandos who participated in this battle immediately lined up next to the coffin of the old Captain Luo. Even Jin Gang, who was on the stretcher, sat up straight.
"Next, roll call!" Guo Zhan's eyes were red as he shouted, "Xia Ruofei!"
"Present!" Xia Ruofei puffed out his chest and shouted at attention.
"Jin Gang!"
"Present!"
"Tian Feilong!"
"Present!"
…
All the participating commandos were called. Finally, Guo Zhan used all his strength to shout, "Luo Zhicheng!"
"Present!"
This "present" was louder than all the previous voices because it was shouted by all the participating commandos, including Xia Ruofei.
"Present!"
All the officers and soldiers of the Lone Wolf Commandos shouted in unison again.
"Present!"
All the officers and soldiers who participated in today's ceremony, from the general to the soldiers, and even the family members of the old Captain Luo shouted in unison.
Three "present" sounds, each louder than the last, finally resounding through the clouds.
The muscles on Guo Zhan's face twitched. He gritted his teeth and gave the order again, "At ease! Attention! "
Guo Zhan turned around and ran seven steps forward. Then, he stood at attention and saluted the lieutenant general in front of him.
This lieutenant general was the chief of staff of the Southeast Military Region, Qin Hongwei. This time, he was entrusted by the chief of the military region to come and welcome the old Captain Luo home.
After Lieutenant General Qin Hongwei returned the salute, Guo Zhan reported loudly, "Comrade Chief of Staff, Lone Wolf Commandos Mission Team 615 has returned from a mission. 15 people should be here. Please give your orders! Lone Wolf Commandos Captain Guo Zhan! "
Qin Hongwei glanced at the troops and said, "At ease!"
"Yes!"
Guo Zhan saluted, and Qin Hongwei saluted back.
Then, Guo Zhan ran back to the front of the formation and gave the order, "At ease!"
Then, he ran back to the front of the formation and quickly took a rest position.
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
