I don't know when dense layers of raindrops began to fall in the sky, hitting the bulletproof helmets of the fighters, making a crackling sound.

"Squadron leader, although my legs can't move, I have no problem operating the thirty-millimeter cannon of an infantry fighting vehicle. ”

"I only hurt one eye, and I can participate in the battle at all, and I ask to join the fighting unit. ”

"Squadron leader, let me go, although I can only move with one hand, I can still carry ammunition. ”

"Squadron Leader ......"

Looking at the group of soldiers who were covered in bandages and even in wheelchairs, walking out one by one, shouting to join the combat unit, Zhao Liying's beautiful eyes were covered with a layer of mist.

Are they stupid? Don't know that this is likely to be a dead end with no return? No! They just don't want to watch their comrades-in-arms and their brothers die in the rain of bullets while they are watching and waiting from the safety of the rear!

Zhao Yongqi, who had been silent for a long time, finally raised his steps, and walked to the wounded soldiers who were full of anticipation step by step, staring into their eyes for a long time in the increasingly dense rain, and said: "There are no tactics, there are too many enemies, the only thing we can do is to barely cover the battle line, what does this mean, do you know?"

"Isn't it just playing with life, when are we going to attack without playing with life?" said a soldier with bandages around his eyes with a faint smile, as if discussing where to go.

"Squadron leader, let's watch from behind, it's better to shoot us here! We will definitely not drag you back, let us go!"

"It would be nice to have one more cannon that can fire!Squadron Leader~~"

Zhao Yongqi, who had been silent for a long time, glanced at those soldiers one by one with complicated eyes for a long time, and finally said in a deep voice: "The wounded soldiers return to the team, receive combat equipment, and join the combat unit!"

"Yes!" After the neat military salute, the soldiers, who were holding each other, walked in the direction of the munitions depot.

At this time, the platoon commander of the guard platoon came over and said in a deep voice: "Squadron leader, although we are not as good as you, let's join the combat unit." ”

"Nonsense!" Zhao Yongqi shouted with a frown, "Your responsibility is to surround the non-combatants. Do you want to see that on the way to retreat, if they encounter a small force of the enemy, they will be greatly reduced or even annihilated without even the strength to resist? I tell you, it is your duty to send them to safety. And the only mission! Remember, if one of them loses a hair, I will come back and skin you! Now, carry out the order!"

"Yes!" the guard platoon commander raised his arm helplessly.

Seeing that the soldiers had already moved, all the infantry fighting vehicles that could still be used in the barracks were loaded with ammunition and supplies and parked on the barracks road, except for two for the guard platoon. The medical team's three heavily armored field medical vehicles were now non-combatant vehicles, at least protecting them from light fire.

Before pedaling, looking at Zhao Yongqi who was commanding Ruoding in the rain curtain for a long time, Zhao Liying's small body finally moved a few steps forward, silently walked behind him, a pair of small hands stretched out to pull his sleeves, and stood quietly behind him.

"Promise me to come back safely, okay?" After a long time, a slightly choked voice came out of the charming red lips and entered Zhao Yongqi's ears through the rain curtain.

After hesitating for a few seconds, Zhao Yongqi, who turned around, raised his hand and hugged the small body that was soaked in the rain, and whispered against her mantis: "Okay." ”

Reaching out to hug the tiger's waist, holding back the sound of crying, the swaying shoulders were tightly pressed against the black body armor, as if he wanted to feel the body temperature through it.

……

Twenty-two infantry fighting vehicles, twelve lightly armored off-road vehicles, carrying more than seventy soldiers through the rain curtain, marched towards an unknown fate. Standing in front of the medical vehicle, every non-combatant raised his arm at this moment and saw them off with his most standard military salute.

Although I don't know how many people can return safely in the cruel battle, everyone hopes from the bottom of their hearts at this moment that these iron warriors who regard death as if they were home, and whose chests are full of fierce loyalty to the motherland and compatriots, can return safely and unscathed!

……

An hour later, the evacuated medical team arrived at the 508 Frontier Regiment in Kashgar and joined up with a platoon of guards who had stayed behind. Another five hours later, the hurrying Dragon Sword 1st, 3rd, and 2nd Squadrons arrived. There was even the direct commander of the Dragon Sword, an old general who was nearly fifty years old.

The veteran general asked all the members of the Dragon Sword to come to their aid, and the members of the medical team unanimously asked to accompany them. Considering the possibility of casualties among the troops, the veteran general agreed to the request.

An hour after the departure of the troops, the radio received instructions from the higher authorities that the 705th Armored Regiment forcibly marched to the battlefield ahead of schedule at the cost of nearly half of the tanks breaking down, and the fighting near the national border had now ended, and more than 1,200 armed men of the X Commando had been wiped out.

After receiving this news, the advancing Dragon Sword reinforcements returned to the base camp under the orders of the old general. And at this moment, it is already three o'clock in the morning.

When military vehicles, infantry fighting vehicles, and lightly armored vehicles drove into the barracks, not a single soldier went to the barracks to rest. They waited quietly in front of the camp road, staring in only one direction - the direction in which their comrades had returned.

The heavy rain was still falling densely and layer by layer, and the dense rain curtain masked the sound and even blocked the view, but no one was holding an umbrella, just standing so quietly in the ice and rain, even if it was the general who was over half a hundred years old.

Time passed minute by minute, and Zhao Liying, who was soaking wet, had her little hands always held in front of her chest, her big bright eyes were full of worry and prayer, and her red lips were slightly open and closed, as if she was sending blessings again and again.

"It's coming!"

When the lights were turned on in the dark rain in the distance, the soldiers were refreshed, their muscles tensed, and their standing posture became more erect. They should pay the highest respect to their comrades-in-arms with their most standard military posture.

One, two...... Three!

Only three infantry fighting vehicles rushed into the barracks.

Of the 22 infantry fighting vehicles and 12 light armored vehicles at the time of the sortie, only three returned! The blackened marks on the body and the dents that had been punched by machine gun bullets seemed to show that this unit had gone through something.

Zhao Liying, who covered her small mouth, tried her best to keep herself calm, but the heart in her chest was beating faster and faster.

The infantry fighting vehicle stopped, the doors opened, and ......