The gray streamlined Federation fighter roared through the airspace above the small courtyard, tearing through countless rain threads, completing a chic tumbling operation at high altitude, and flying away at high speed, like a gray harrier tearing away the clouds.
Because of the deep penetration of the two sides in the southwest theater, the gray harrier fighter plane disappeared and never returned, and there was no routine confirmation of the results of the battle, in fact, all six ground-to-ground missiles under the wing hit that small courtyard, what else needs to be confirmed The vegetable leaves that were being moistened by the raindrops dried up in an instant and then disappeared, the small building overturned and was immediately blown into countless pieces of whistling rubble, and the red brick wall around the periphery was even more shocked by the huge force of the explosion on the wet mud floor, soft as water-soaked biscuit pieces, confirming the terrifying effect of the previous attack, within an area of hundreds of square meters, probably even the voles underground were all dead.
In the dense mountain forest hundreds of meters behind the side of the small courtyard, everyone was prostrate behind the wet green hill, staring at the burning ruins of the small courtyard with round eyes, feeling the hot air that was still scorching so far away, and their complexions couldn't help but change drastically, and they were collectively silent for a long time.
I don't know who broke the suffocating atmosphere at this time, and muttered: "Mixed with two graphite fiber beam incendiary bombs, it's so fucking ruthless." ” On the stretcher behind the crowd, Dongfang Yu pressed the muddy soil with his right hand, barely supported his body, his eyes became a little hollow, but he still scolded in a low voice: "Don't believe that imperial person, this must be a mistake, yes, it must be a mistake." ” Except for Paul exchanging a mocking smile with the other Imperial captive, none of the Federation soldiers who were still in a strong shock paid any attention to Dongfang Yu, and no one was in the mood to argue with him about anything, facts speak louder than words, cold facts speak louder than any trust.
Xu Le took off the leaf that was attached to his face, his eyebrows furrowed slightly, and he found that the equipment in the marching backpack did not respond, which meant that the contact with the extraatmospheric spacecraft was cut off again.
Xiong Linquan silently looked at the flames that were still sticking out their tongues in the heavy rain, and said to Zhu'er who was lying beside him: "Look at the signal strength, after the continuous duration exceeds the predetermined value, reconnect with the previous communication channel, and tell the base that we have been attacked by a federal gray Harrier fighter plane, and ask what happened." ” Zhu'er looked at him in surprise, and found that Xiong Linquan was not talking angrily, and subconsciously looked at Xu Le, and found that the head had remained silent, and couldn't help but rub his curly hair vigorously in annoyance, and began to find the signal channel through the filtering equipment according to his instructions.
Xiong Linquan explained to the team members with an expressionless face, and also explained to Xu Le: "That's our own troops, we must make the final confirmation." ” "It's passed, but" Zhu'er took off the Houyuan earphones, with a hint of grief and indignation, looked at Xiong Linquan and Xu Le, and said, "There is no response, and the frequency band of the base has entered a state of silence." ” He should be responsible for answering or rescuing his own base communications, and at this time he entered an eerie state of silence, and the people behind the mountains and forests knew what it meant.
As if infected by the silence in the communication system, the people lying on the ground in the rain also fell into a dead silence, and Dongfang Yu finally slowly closed his mouth.
Xu Le squinted his eyes, looked at the movement in the fields in the rain, got up from the wetland, took three deep breaths, frowned tightly in one place, and muttered, "I'm ticking you and him." ” Monkey, a former member of the seventh group, has been in charge of the surveillance post in the tree house, he finally left the small courtyard, and was shocked by the fighter plane, he has been paying attention to Xu Le, after hearing this sentence, he explained in a low voice to the soldier next to him: "The leader usually doesn't like to swear much, but sometimes he can't help it, so he likes to engage in this kind of automatic silence, which means: I'll you." ” The fighter, who had just joined NTR for half a year, was stunned and said, "This is really dirty." ” "So it's not that we have to silence it, but we also had this habit in the old seven group, and no one has used it for the past two years, but now the head is not back, and it is estimated that you have to pick it up again, I see that you are usually quite honest and responsible, and you must pay attention to learning in this area in the future, so as not to fall behind."
The members of the seventh group, nicknamed Monkey, are called Jin Ruse, from Linhai Prefecture, and his parents are powerful people in the university town, and his family history is elegant, but he has been mixed with the seven groups on the front line for many years, and he has already become a rude man full of tricks and dirty words.
Like Jin Ruse, like Zhu'er Mountain Cannon, these seven groups of veterans, although they are angry and sad that the federal military not only gave up on themselves, but also murdered themselves, but they are not nervous, let alone despair, the tradition of the seven groups has always been to allow anger and not to despair, not to mention that now they have returned to their heads, no matter how stormy the road ahead is, they dare to break through Just as Jin Ruse was translating his boss's swear words to the latecomer, Xiong Linquan stood up with a heavy gun and said in a deep voice: "Cut off all communication channels and take off your friend or foe discernment." ” Everyone did not hesitate to take off the metal buckle in the belt, and simply destroyed it to the extreme, Dongfang Yu on the stretcher was silent for a moment, and with trembling hands, he felt out the identifier in the stretcher compartment and threw it out.
A stiff military boot crushes a piece of metal that represents the status of a federal soldier.
Xiong Linquan slowly retracted his right foot, let the rain hit his expressionless cheek, looked at everyone and said in a deep voice: "From now on, we will be a real lone army. ” "We will have no base, no rear, we will fight alone in a foreign land, everyone will be our enemy, we will no longer have any more tasks, the only task is to live."
"We have to live, get back to base alive, no, come back to the Federation alive, poke this bullshit out of the asshole, stab the big guys who ordered the warplanes to bomb us out of their assholes, and rip off their eggs by the way, that's my order."
The soldiers in the rain stood straight, whether they were the members of the first seven groups or the veterans of the NTR, their faces were expressionless, silent and resolute, without any bloody oath, but they were full of strong will, and even Paul and the other imperial prisoners could feel a certain heat in the wind and rain.
Xu Le leaned on a green tree, looking at the burly figure of Xiong Linquan in the rain, he couldn't help but show a smile of emotion, the reckless and aggressive subordinate has now grown into an excellent commander, but he had to interrupt the opponent's extremely beautiful combat mobilization, and said: "The Federation's follow-up response is not so fast, and the second wave of attacks should not come soon, but I think the previous explosion was not small, and there should be Imperial troops coming to watch, so let's go."
Xiong Linquan looked back at him, and after a moment of silence, he suddenly asked, "Boss, where are we going?"
Finally hearing the long-lost title from his mouth, Xu Le lost his mind for a moment, scratched his wet hair with a smile, and replied softly: "If you are not afraid of being sold by us, then I suggest walking a little way to the place with the most people in the empire first." ” The warriors in the rain all laughed.
In the evening, the lone army, consisting of six lightly wounded, one seriously wounded on a stretcher, five healthy Union soldiers, two Imperial prisoners, and a certain Imperial prince, quietly arrived at an abandoned graphite mine under the cover of bleak twilight and rain.
Xu Le was very familiar with this kind of abandoned mine pit, and was very good at using this kind of terrain to fight, so after a brief discussion, the team chose this place as a temporary camp for the night.
An observation post was arranged in the valley behind the side, and Xu Le carried the modified gun and vigilantly patrolled for a week, making sure that the camp was temporarily safe, and then relaxed a little, returned to the dark tunnel, and finally had a chance to talk to Paul.
The joy of reunion after a long absence and Paul's confusion about his identity did not need to be described too much, and Xu Le did not tell him the bad news that Aunt Susan was seriously ill, but only smiled and comforted the young man that he would definitely let him leave this devouring horror planet alive.
Paul had been captive for two months, his body was a little weak, and he gradually fell asleep in the excitement, nervousness, and confusion, Xu Le quietly looked at his still young face, zipped his sleeping bag for him, and walked out.
It had rained for a whole day, and the clouds in the sky were still as thick as lead clouds, and I don't know how many electronic turbulence rolled and struggled between those clouds, and the bright full moon on the horizon only came out for a very short time, and it was swallowed up in an instant, and the pit fell into darkness.
In the dark, Xiong Linquan touched it, took out a cigarette and tore it in half, half of it was handed to Xu Le, half of it was stuffed into his mouth, mixed with saliva and began to chew it raw.
"I'm not as addicted to smoking as I used to be, probably because I haven't been on the battlefield for a long time."
Xu Le gently rubbed the tobacco with his fingertips, and said with a smile: "I don't know if Lao Bai has successfully quit smoking." ” "His child should be almost three years old, I heard that he is a girl."
Xiong Linquan said.
"The girl is good, as delicate as him, she will definitely be popular when she grows up."
Xu Le paused slightly, and suddenly asked, "How many people do we have left?"
Xiong Linquan was silent for a long time and replied, "Thirty-seven." ” Xu Le looked at the occasional cannon fire under the night dome in the distance, frowned and said: "Back then, there were 5460, there were a total of one hundred and thirty-seven of us, and now there is only a fraction left."
"I'm talking about people who are still in the army, after you ran away, some guys chose to retire like Lao Bai, Liu Jiao retired two years ago, and now he drives a taxi in the capital, and his income is good, but when he heard him say that he always has abdominal cramps on rainy days, and the steering wheel is unstable."
"Do you remember the opening in his stomach back then, he always complained in his letters that it was the sequelae left by the injury, I don't understand, there are no joints in the stomach, can I still have rheumatism joints and stomach."
Xiong Linquan scolded with a smile, and spat out the tobacco saliva in his mouth.
Xu Le squinted his eyes and sighed: "It's good to be discharged from the army, at least I'm still alive." ” Xiong Linquan only said that some people were discharged from the army, but he refused to say how many people were discharged, and he understood what it meant that those guys in the seventh group back then, many of whom left forever because of this war.
He stuffed the tobacco into his mouth and chewed slowly, feeling more and more bitter and numb.
To be continued: