On the winding mountain road after the rain, four off-road jeeps were rolling in mud and traveling in the night.
Lao Jian, who had removed the metal box from his back, was sitting in one of the cars, taking the wounded, trophies and some members of the team to the nearest aid station in the surrounding area, which was also a resource collection point and supply point.
The atmosphere in the car was a little low, because of the impact of the previous battle, and even more because of the brothers who were injured in the battle.
"That thing" is coming more and more often. In the past, the area where their 752 team was stationed could only conduct one or two missions a year at most. But this year, in just the past eight months, they have launched four missions and sacrificed 11 brothers.
This situation does not only occur in the 752 area, I heard that this trend occurs in many places.
This seems to indicate something, as the ancients said, the storm is about to come. It's just that there's no explanation from above yet, so they can only do their part.
"Thank you." Someone in the car said, as if to break the dull atmosphere, he said with a smile: "That kid is quite interesting... When he started saying two and five, did he mean to say hundreds, or did he mean to say hundreds? Thousands, in the last breath I changed my tone and said ten thousand, my heart is not small."
Everyone in the car will laugh heartily. The same goes for Lao Jian.
"Rural boy, this ten thousand yuan... is such a big number. He almost lost his life, but he still dares to ask for it."
"If you want money rather than your life, it's quite honest."
"Yes. But thinking about it again, why on earth is he bargaining with our labor team?"
"He doesn't rely on anything." During the discussion, Lao Jian spoke up and took over the words, "It was because he saw life and death that he used his last courage to gain some support for his family in the future... His family Maybe he was the only child. He thought about death before he wanted to live... That was a good child."
Of course Lao Jian didn't know that the good boy had actually thought about strangling him to death while he was unconscious.
Captain Lao liked the kid, even admired him. Everyone in the car heard it.
"Then, Team Labor, are you really going to help him apply for the special military recruitment subsidy?" The team member driving the car turned back and said curiously: "Our coalition forces themselves don't seem to have this rule, right?"
The Blue Alliance is global in a certain sense. It has the same goals and missions, coordinates operations, and complements each other economically and materially.
Among them, the Chinese sub-Republic has been fully allocated and assisted by the coalition coordinating department because it is responsible for the defense of a large population and vast land.
Therefore, for the coalition forces, money is not a problem, the problem is that there are no such rules and regulations.
"Let's give it a try. When I asked Dake to report on the application procedures for joining the army, I mentioned this incident by the way." Lao Jian smiled and said, "Even if the application fails, I still have some on hand... Anyway, I Those who are alone have nowhere to turn to for money.”
The coalition forces do have salaries or subsidies, and Lao Jian's allowance as the captain of the combat team is not low. However, he no longer has any family members. Over the years, most of his income has been subsidized to brothers around him who need money.
There was a brief silence in the car because this topic was brought up.
However, the fact is that the most important issue before them and the one they need to worry about the most is not these, but the missing source energy block.
As the most important trophy in every operation, the thing that everyone above is staring at like a dog coveting a bone, it should have come from a shuttle aircraft, bigger or smaller, it doesn't matter...
But what happened this time was that it couldn't even find any scum.
"It's not like there's no precedent for this. I've heard that this kind of situation has happened abroad before. The final judgment was that the source energy block was just exhausted."
"That's right. Anyway, no one here will take it. We can't use that thing directly in our hands. If we hand it in for refinement, we can get some rewards back. Who would be so crazy?!"
"The problem is not with us, it's with the superiors. Believe it or not, it's such a coincidence that there isn't even a bit of scum left..."
The car was filled with anxiety and chatter.
"It's okay, we just have a clear conscience." Lao Jian comforted the others and said, "In the worst case, I'll go ask them and write a few more situation reports... At most, I'll be isolated and reviewed for a few days. sky."
He said it in a relaxed way, but isolation and review is actually not an easy word.
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"By the way, what about... what they call the source energy block?"
In the room, Han Qingyu, who had not slept all night, had carefully reviewed his previous encounters and the incredible things he had seen several times, and finally he remembered this detail.
He clearly saw that thing and was even hit by it.
Normally, after hitting me, it should have landed in a pit, but they dug that pit so many times...so it couldn't really be still on me, right? In the belt?
As soon as he got up from the bed, Han Qingyu checked his belt, clothes, pants... Finally, he simply took off all his clothes, lifted up his clothes and shook them off again and again.
But no, there was still no trace of that thing.
However, after taking off his clothes, Han Qingyu accidentally discovered that the edge of his heart was slightly red, while the main part was dark, like the dirt rubbed on coal. About the shape and size of a leech.
I wiped it with the pad of my thumb...and found that it couldn't be wiped off.
The mark seemed to be embedded in the skin. So, could it be that the metal piece is hot? It doesn't get hot when touched, but it actually hurts people? But it doesn't hurt, I don't feel anything at all... How can this be true?
It would be better to say that I bumped on the ground before, got bruises, and was too nervous to notice the pain, which is probably more likely.
With his head in chaos all night, Han Qingyu couldn't think of anything clearly.
"Clang, click, click..."
A slight collision came from outside the house. It was the sound of the water tank lid moving and the iron ladle shaking. Han Qingyu had been familiar with it for many years.
The sky outside the window was still only gray, and my parents had already gotten up again. Carrying water, making breakfast, feeding pigs, then going up the mountain or going to the fields... Ordinary days are like this, year after year, day after day.
"I just took a look and the lights in Aoko's room were on."
"Well, I'm afraid I feel bad, so I didn't sleep all night."
"Yes, but we don't know how to persuade him."
"Sigh... I feel uncomfortable watching this."
The conversation between parents and parents was not very clear. Han Qingyu listened quietly and listened. His mind was spinning, and he seemed to suddenly be able to imagine some scenarios that might happen in the future:
[When the news of his sacrifice suddenly came, in this ordinary family; when the parents were gray-haired and there was no one to live under...]
After coming back last night, Han Qingyu remained tight-lipped and didn't mention anything to his parents. He didn't know how to mention it, and he didn't dare to mention it at all.
However, he has to leave eventually, and there is only one day left.
Although he has firmly believed that he will try his best to survive and strive to return home one day to fulfill his filial piety, the reality is that Han Qingyu still has to consider first: if he suddenly dies one day, leaving behind his parents... …
Thinking about what he should do in the last little time and what else he could do, Han Qingyu got dressed and opened the door, walked to the kitchen, stood in front of his parents, and smiled innocently at their concerned eyes.
"Why are you up so early, Qingzi?" Mom asked with concern, hiding her worry.
"I...Dad, Mom, I want to leave early and go to the county."
Mom: "What are you going to do?"
"Go..." Han Qingyu already had a preset in his mind and said directly without thinking: "I suddenly remembered last night that Wen Jifei seemed to have said before that his family has military connections, so I wanted to ask him to help find out. Is there any way to find a way... Dad, Mom, I have thought about it, and I still want to be a soldier."
"Ah?! Really?!" When the simple parents heard the news, they almost jumped for joy.
Han Youshan and Zhang Jiexia had always been familiar with Wen Jifei, their son's best friend for four years in high school. They didn't have the slightest doubt when they heard this, and they immediately became excited.
"Well, he said that, so I wanted to go find out as soon as possible... Judging from his tone at that time, maybe the matter can really be solved."
Naturally, Han Qingyu didn't mind being a little more certain about what was certain.
Seeing the surprise in his parents' eyes, he felt happy. In any case, there is finally something that can make parents temporarily relieved, happy and proud.
In fact, Han Qingyu was indeed planning to find Wen Jifei, but it was not for the sake of trusting the relationship, but for entrusting a matter to the best brother in his life. He had already thought about what he was going to say when they met:
[I'm going to serve as a soldier. Going to the border will be risky. I'm thinking so wildly, I'm afraid that if it's such an unlucky chance, one day in the future, I will suddenly disappear... Isn't this just a contingency? If there is such a contingency, if you have time and ability in the future, please remember to help me. Take care of your home. 】
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