The scorching sun was like sitting by a fire, and the cheeks were red from the sun, and fine beads of sweat continued to flow down the hair. At noon, the loess on the flat mountain road turned into silty sand, and the plants and trees growing on the mountain withered due to the lack of water in this dry and scorching weather.

A seemingly solid cedar tree was loosened due to the long-term lack of water in the mountain soil, and the soil rolled down the mountain, and the cedar tree was crumbling because it could not withstand gravity. Just as he was about to start, Jiang Hai stretched out a hand and grabbed the person.

The last assessment was even more dangerous and arduous than the previous two, and several students came back tired and lay in the bathroom.

At that time, there was no one in the public bathroom, Liu Heliang put the towel on his shoulder, and said bitterly: "Brother, no matter how hard your life is, you can't collide with the instructor, you are fortunate to have a flesh injury, in case you hurt your bones, don't want to stay here, it doesn't matter, maybe you will have to fall into a disability, what can you do for the rest of your life?"

Liu Heliang put one of his hands on his left shoulder and put him on a chair in the dressroom outside, where Liu Heliang waited for him to speak.

Chen Yeping sat on the bench for a long time, and after taking a bath, his body was much more comfortable, he picked up his towel beside him and wiped the excess water on his face: "It's the instructor who is unreasonable." ”

Liu Heliang replied: "He's an instructor - and a madman." If you don't pass this time, you'll be sent on a mission. He lowered his voice and leaned into Chen Yeping's ear and said, "Let me tell you, I heard that those who were sent out on secret missions in the past were ...... Never came back. ”

Chen Yeping frowned and said, "Really, don't bluff me." ”

As soon as Liu Heliang slapped his thigh and stood up, the towel fell to the ground, he picked it up and hung it on his shoulder and said, "What are you lying to do? Otherwise, why am I working so hard? ”

Chen Yeping felt that his words were not credible: "There are so many living people, no one cares?"

Liu Heliang bent down to take the basin and said, "Believe it or not." He was just about to take a step, Chen Yeping suddenly stopped him, Liu Heliang only said: "What to do?" Chen Yeping raised his head and stretched out his right hand and said, "What else can I do?" "Liu Heliang is the most impatient with his son-in-law's temper - but Chen Yeping is really a veritable young master of the family. Liu Heping stretched out a hand and pulled him up hard.

Zhou Zaimo checked the results of this batch of students in the office, and signed the name of Ying Shuhe. Luo Zhaoshi walked into the office, Zhou Zaimo saluted him, stood in front of the desk and said, "This is the transcript of that batch of students." Luo Zhaoshi glanced at it, nodded, and said, "The overseer will come in a while and show him a look." ”

Just like that, Zhou Zaimo took a moment of silence and said to the report card: "I don't know what the task is this time-" As soon as the words fell, Luo Zhaoshi glanced at him sharply, Zhou Zaimo coughed twice and returned to his position.

In the afternoon, the clouds were covered, the huge military academy was empty, a car drove in, Luo Zhaoshi went up to open the door, Tian Zhaonian wore a tunic this time, and walked all the way to the conference room with a few people.

Until evening, the red sun was rising, and the setting sun was shining into the house. The white walls of the conference room are reflected in golden red. They had just finished the meeting at that time, Tian Zhaonian leaned on the chair and said, "Everyone is tired, let's go eat first." Luo Zhaoshi said to Zhou Zaimo: "Go and inform the canteen to open the meal." ”

Tian Zhaonian rested for one night, originally scheduled to go back the next day, at noon he was changing clothes in the house, someone knocked on the door, the door was very urgent, Tian Zhaonian leisurely tied the wind and discipline button, opened the door leisurely, Ying Shuhe almost rushed into the house. Tian Zhaonian frowned and said, "People in their forties, still so reckless, I'm afraid that the people in the corridor won't hear?"

Ying Shuhe pointed at him and said, "You are the only one living on this floor, who else is there?" Let me ask you, why did you transfer my students without authorization?"

Tian Zhaonian walked to the desk leisurely, buttoned his sleeves, and said, "Didn't you say that everyone in this school is for my use?"

Ying Shuhe was speechless and stepped forward: "I said so, but, but you transferred people away without informing me, and you went with that batch of unqualified students, you say, what do you want to do?"

The report card was placed on the desk, Tian Zhaonian stuffed it into his briefcase, and after everything was cleaned up, he turned around and patted Ying Shuhe's shoulder and comforted: "Each does his job." You do what you do as an instructor, and they have what they have to do as students. ”

Ying Shuhe took a sip, he was really angry, spit on the stars, and said: "Who knows what you let that group of people go out for, and they won't come back?" Old thing, I don't know you yet?" Tian Zhaonian closed his eyes, but he was not angry, wiped the saliva on his face with his hand, and only said for a while: "Lao Ying, it's been more than ten years, why hasn't your temper changed?" Or, I'll treat you to a big meal another day?"

Ying Shuhe said: "I don't rarely eat those foreign things!"

Tian Zhaonian picked up his briefcase and walked to the door, and it happened that Zhou Zaimo came upstairs to call him and said, "Overseer, the car is downstairs, why don't you eat before leaving?"

Tian Zhaonian waved his hand at him and said, "No—but, please invite the colonel to have a good meal." ”

Zhou Zai didn't understand the meaning of this sentence, Tian Zhaonian had already walked downstairs. Seeing that Ying Shuhe was still in the room, and he didn't know why, he suddenly kicked a chair next to him and pulled his front buttons roughly. Zhou Zaimo stood outside and saw Ying Shuhe "going crazy", and secretly gasped, and was stunned for a long time and didn't dare to call him.

Suddenly, he heard the sound of the car driving away downstairs, Ying Shuhe walked to the window and looked out, and said, "Prepare a car for me." ”

Zhou Zaimo didn't hear it and asked, "What did you say?"

Ying Shuhe shouted angrily: "I said let you go and drive me a car!

Zhou Zaimo was shocked, because he had seen Ying Shuhe's terrifying appearance of being on fire, he nodded and said, "Okay, good ......" and ran downstairs.

In the dark confined space, more than a dozen people sat side by side in the back of a truck, and no one spoke as the car swayed from side to side. I don't know what the situation is outside, but I estimate that it has been about four or five hours since I got in the car at noon.

After a long ride, someone asked, "Is there any water?" ”

I don't know who groped for a kettle in the gray space, so he said in the direction of the person, "Give." ”

The grunt of water in his throat caused the rest of the people to say, "Give me some." ”

In the next moment, the truck stopped, the canopy was lifted, and the afterglow of the setting sun poured in, making them unaccustomed to the light for a moment.

The car was parked on the empty yellow sand road, and three black cars were parked just in front of it. When they got out of the car, they had already changed into civilian clothes in the car, and a dozen people divided into three teams and got into three cars.

When they entered the city, the curtain fell, there was not a single star in the blue sky, the street lamps were lonely and on, and the sparse people walked on the road, and the rows of lights emanated from the glass windows, illuminating the deep brick road. Farther and farther away, as the figure declined, a Western-style red brick house was located in the suburbs, cars were parked outside the gate, and several uniformed sentries stood at the door with a spear hanging on their right shoulder, but they were all foreign hair. The building was majestic and solemn, and there was only a fountain pool in the courtyard, and a medium-sized dog with long fur and dark hair, with a red collar around its neck and no leash, dragging a tail around the fountain pool.

The first floor is dark, and there is a light behind the west curtain on the second floor, a figure flashes past, the small window next to it lights up, and the black figure is behind the white curtain, but the back is a woman's figure, picking up earrings in the mirror in front of the wall.

The three of them hid in a small room on the second floor of the small building next to the villa, which was completely dark, and they relied on the street lamp downstairs to ease their vision.

Zhou Zhou Dong was a little tired from watching the situation in the villa opposite, and suddenly leaned his back against the wall and said in a deep voice, "When are we going to wait? What if that target doesn't come out tonight?"

Jiang Hai said: "You don't have any patience at all?

Weekend host: "This is a boring errand, you might as well let me go back and run 80 laps." ”

Jiang Hai's gaze never left the house, and he sneered: "Those who fail the assessment, do you still want to go back if you can't complete this mission?"

Zhou Zhoudong suddenly put his hands on his waist, and unconsciously raised his voice and said, "Aren't you also failing?"

Jiang Hai had nothing to say for a while. In the darkness, a man paced two steps in the room and walked up to them, and first said to Jiang Hai: "Jiang Hai, you have a knee injury, come with me." ”

Jiang Hai said lightly: "No, I can." As soon as his refusal fell, the gun on his right shoulder was lifted, and he felt his whole body loosen, Chen Yeping squeezed to his side, and only said: "You fell because you saved me when you were climbing, so you were judged unqualified by the instructor." Anyway, it's me who is dragging you down. ”

Jiang Hai sighed and said, "But you are the team leader, and you are here to command us." ”

In the dark, Chen Yeping showed a mouthful of white teeth, and he showed a smile. But Jiang Hai couldn't see it, and listened to him say in a relaxed tone: "We are now tied to a rope, what team leader is not a team leader, I was also assigned here, everyone is a brother, and brothers have to take care of each other." ”

Jiang Hai's heart warmed, he and Chen Yeping met and made friends on the first day of entering the school, and they have been together for so long, and they are all called brothers.

On the weekend, Dongdong turned sideways to observe the situation of the building, and suddenly asked, "Team leader, why did you come here with us if you didn't fail the assessment?"

Chen Ye said calmly and silently: "How do I know, nine times out of ten, it is our good instructor who is behind the ghost-" He couldn't help but feel gnashing his teeth between his teeth.

Shi Wei saw a tree in the carved iron fence with leaves like pearls and flowers swaying between the wind, the leaves rustled and swayed, and the fat black dog dragged his long tail to the courtyard wall, looking down and sniffing something.

Jiang Hai saw that all the lights on the first floor were lit, and a person in uniform who seemed to be a housekeeper opened the door, and the lights at the gate were also lit up in an instant. Jiang Hai said softly nervously, "It's out." What is our mission?"

Because Chen Yeping was the team leader, he was only told about the task of this team, and now that the target was in front, he said the task of this group: "Shoot, cause a commotion among the sentinels outside, and then retreat." ”

Zhou Zhou Dong wondered: "What? It's so simple? What do the second and third groups do?"

Chen Yeping looked at the building and replied, "I don't know." ”

Suddenly, out of nowhere, there was a train whistle, five seconds later, the train gradually moved away, the yard was suddenly bright, the housekeeper came out again, a black car drove in outside, the housekeeper went up to open the door, at the same time, a pair of men and women came out of it, the man in a suit with a beard is a foreigner, the woman is on his left side, millimeters away, the black gun hole is slightly shifting, in the line of sight, they have two steps down the rock, seeing that they are about to enter the car, the rear lights of the car are lit with white lights.

The windless wind blew in the small crack in the window, and Chen Ye said in a deep voice: "Prepare, retreat-" The foreign man held the roof of the car for the woman, and the gentleman invited her into the car.

"One, two......" The sudden and short gunshot, pierced a hole in a tree that had just fallen, followed by a fierce explosion, the tire on the right side of the rear wheel of the car was deflated, and the civil strife was caused for a while, and the sentry outside heard the gunshots and poured in, and the foreign man was instantly guarded. Just as they closed the window and put away their guns, suddenly a long and sharp alarm sounded, and the siren on the station shot a red laser, and the red light turned to this room, and happened to shoot into Chen Yeping's eyes, and when he opened them again, his eyelids jumped uncontrollably.

The black dog ran and howled, the most sensitive of animals, and it seemed to sniff out something, and just beside the tree it was looking up at the carved fence.

They don't know what the tasks of the second and third groups are, they only know that the tasks of their group have been successfully completed. They hurried downstairs, and for a brief moment the sound of the sirens outside was disturbing like the hoarse crows of the twilight, and the windows frequently shone red.

They walked quickly through an alley that was dark and incomprehensible, but there was a jumble of footsteps. Chen Yeping followed the instructions given to him by the officer, bypassed several lanes and crossed a street where there were receiving vehicles. As he remembers, it wasn't anything to him, but when the three of them crossed the road, the annoying sirens of the villa didn't stop, and suddenly the gunshots were messy, and then two different gunshots were heard in all directions, which was really intricately intertwined. For some reason, Chen Yeping's heart began to beat violently, and his throat was dry as if it was about to smoke. Probably he's never had a moment of urgency.

They retreated quickly, and no one followed, and the three of them tried to find the answering car as quickly as possible. The officer told him that the car would stop at the corner of No. 31 Yuzhong Road. There was a bronze plaque nailed to the colorful wall, which was Yuzhong Road, and they tried to walk as far back as possible, when the street was dim and there were usually only one or two street lamps, and there were people in their hurry, and there was no one on the street.

They ran to the door number showing No. 31, and the moment they turned into the corner of the alley, Chen Yeping's whole person paused, and a gust of wind rushed towards them, swishing through the clothes of the three people.

Jiang Hai frowned and said, "What's the situation?"

He asked Chen Yeping, Chen Yeping's mind was blank at this time, and there was a buzzing sound, he blinked his eyes twice, but the empty alley in front of him, the moonlight fell on a wall in the southeast - he has lived for twenty years, and he has never been as panicked, panicked, and feared as he is now. He also wanted to ask what was going on?

Zhou Zhoudong suddenly understood something, punched the wall, and scolded angrily: "We were tricked, we can't go back this time." ”

The distant sound of gunfire reached their ears. The chill was like a bullet piercing their bodies, and the small sound of gunfire was amplified several times.

On the weekend, Dong and Jiang Hai invariably reached into their waists and took out the pistol issued by the officer, Chen Yeping took off the long gun he was carrying on his shoulder, and quickly pulled the bolt - because they all heard the sound of footsteps and the faint panicked lights.

Jiang Hai's mind was calm at this time, and he listened carefully to the direction of the footsteps, and said to them: "Quickly retreat." ”

They ran to the end of the alley and turned to the left, their footsteps as soft as they could, but they found the group of sentinels in the street, and the sentries rushed to the ground, clinging to the wall, waiting for people to pass before they looked out. Jiang Hai was injured in the knee, Chen Yeping hit the head, and then he said: "We are going to cross that street, just now I heard the train whistle, there are soldiers in the North District at the train station, and that group of foreign soldiers should not shoot there." ”

Zhou Zhoudong gasped and said: "I'm not going, have you ever heard that every unqualified student in the North District will send them out to do tasks to make up for their credits, but no one can go back...... I didn't believe it before, but now I do...... The train station is under the jurisdiction of the North District, and I'm afraid I'll die if I go—"

Chen Yeping frowned unconsciously when he heard Zhou Zhoudong's words, and he felt uneasy in his heart, it was the kind of anxiety that was cold behind his back to his chest, but now that he was in a difficult situation, he couldn't think too much, and at this time, Jiang Hai glanced at Zhou Zhoudong, who was sweating in his head. His knees were bent, but his eyes were very firm, and he said, "You are the team leader, I listen to you, I will go with you." ”

Chen Yeping looked at Jiang Hai, and Jiang Hai's eyes were full of trust in him. Seeing that they were determined to "die", Zhou Dong said: "Anyway, I won't go with you, and it will be easier for me to avoid those foreign soldiers alone." ”

Chen Yeping had no choice but to nod and tell him: "Then you have to be careful, we will come back to you when it is safe." ”

Zhou Zhou Dong walked back alone with a gun, looking at his back, Chen Yeping turned back to Jiang Hai and said, "Are you okay?"

Jiang Hai gave him an affirmative answer, they took a few steps forward with light steps, seeing that the street was empty, there was no abnormality in the front and back, left and right, Chen Yeping made a gesture, he put the gun down obliquely, and crossed the not narrow road, Jiang Hai followed closely behind, he clenched the pistol, just when they thought they had arrived smoothly, there was a sudden gunshot on the left, and there were people with searchlights like sparks, and they straightened the barrel of the gun and shot at the mouth of the alley.

Jiang Hai looked at that direction and hesitated for a moment, and said, "Weekend East ......" His questioning eyes fell on Chen Yeping, Chen Yeping's hands holding the gun were like stiff stones, he was stunned suddenly, and at the same time, a group of foreign soldiers in their rear found them, and the searchlight was like an incandescent lamp that shook their eyes, and that moment was a moment of life and death, as if all the training they received in the military academy was for this moment.

Jiang Hai reacted quickly, raised his hand holding the gun and fired a shot at the person at the front, hitting the chest, and the person fell. While he pulled Chen Yeping into the alley, countless bullets were hit on the wall.

They turned a hall, and there was another group of foreign soldiers with guns on the opposite side, and they turned and ran, and the bullets passed them.

In the distance, they heard the sound of a whistle in the distance, and the rising steam swirled in the air, and they knew that they were close, and the soldiers in the northern district would definitely follow the sound when they heard the gunshot, but they still did not have a chance to catch their breath, and ran in the direction of the train station.

I don't know how many soldiers followed, but the dark alleys became open, the moonlight sprinkled on the ground, and the sound of heavy boots and clothes rubbing against them was like dozens of wild horses, and every second and every minute made the backs of the two of them tighten and cool.

That train had just passed. They ran to the platform, the empty passenger area, the empty benches, and there was no one in sight. Chen Yeping was shocked by the situation in front of him, as if his reckless momentum had formed a fog, or a trap laid by him.

The foreign soldiers came quickly, and a foreigner shouted something loudly, and countless ghosts were reflected on the ground sprinkled with moonlight. The sound of the gun being loaded was like a cannon to the ear. Jiang Hai's usual calm style also became a move at this time, and he said: "I'll lure them away, you hide." Chen Yeping suddenly glanced at him and said, "I have good marksmanship, you stay here, I'll lure them away." Jiang Hai's voice was fierce, and he said to him: "How many of them don't know, don't go crazy, this is not a training camp!" Chen Yeping said in a deep voice: "Then don't you also go to death?" Jiang Hai was about to say something, and a soldier's figure had already appeared.

Chen Yeping didn't say a word, he was aiming at the person's life, he fired several more shots, but there were twenty or thirty people who followed behind. They resisted stubbornly, Jiang Hai's bullets had run out, and he squatted in a corner. Chen Yeping checked the bullets, there were only five left, his head was against the cold wall, a bead of sweat seeped out of his hair, and he only felt a slight chill on the side of his face.

Jiang Hai, who was hiding behind a wooden box, glanced at him at this time, he immediately understood, saw the right time, and fired five shots in a row. Jiang Hai quickly knocked down a soldier, snatched the spear and rolled on the ground twice, when the foreign soldiers reacted, Jiang Hai killed the three people in front of him, and passed a spear on the ground to Chen Yeping.

More than 30 foreign soldiers shot at them, Jiang Hai obviously began to exhaust his physical strength, he squatted and leaned his head against the wall, because there were not many bullets, Chen Yeping had to shoot a soldier every time he fired, Jiang Hai said dejectedly next to him: "If I can get out alive this time, I can't let go of the person who let us carry out the mission." He raised his gun and killed a soldier who was about to shoot him.

The gunfire at the station was intermittent, and suddenly there was a roar on the railroad tracks, and a faint light in the distance drove in, which was tantamount to a savior for Chen Yeping and Jiang Hai.

Jiang Hai's knees began to bleed, he almost tried his best to support his body, Chen Yeping began to retreat to his side, those soldiers seemed to gradually become thin, only a few people held guns in the open, but they didn't dare to shoot.

The two of them glanced at each other, but Chen Yeping saw that Jiang Hai's face was pale and looked extremely weak, and sure enough, he saw Jiang Hai's injured knee bleeding, and he showed guilty and worried eyes, all of which were seen by Jiang Hai, Jiang Hai said, "Don't worry." As he spoke, he pulled the bolt again.

Unable to feel the wind and the temperature of the night, the train was like a winding snake heading towards them. They began to walk out, and at that moment, the soldiers who were lurking in the hiding place stood up, and the muzzles of the guns were all aimed at them like black holes, Chen Yeping raised his spear and aimed at them - the whistle of the train was in his ears, and two lights illuminated the dark tracks, but he didn't know that a car was speeding and stopping in the opposite direction, followed by a short but continuous gunshot, and the soldiers behind them fell one by one.

When Chen Yeping's gun was only one bullet left, he aimed at the soldier closest to him, and then he noticed the person who shot the soldier in the back, and he couldn't help frowning, because he was very puzzled why he was there.

Ying Shuhe was wearing a black trench coat, and although he couldn't see clearly at night, they still remembered the face of the instructor who usually trained him harshly. With a gun in one hand, he came from behind and shot at the soldiers, who did not expect such a person to suddenly appear from the shadows. They hadn't seen Ying Shuhe's marksmanship before, he shot quickly and accurately, the two guns were easy in his hands, seeing the soldiers fall one after another, they breathed a sigh of relief, Chen Yeping was about to relax, and was about to walk over, suddenly Jiang Hai shouted "Be careful!" behind him.

A bullet struck the oncoming train, which suddenly slowed down and slowed down. With a bang, Jiang Hai received a momentum, the pain was accompanied by blurred vision, and he didn't know that blood was flowing from his forehead. Only Chen Yeping fired several shots at the soldiers who pounced on him in a frenzied manner, until there were no bullets. There was the rattle of the train in the interval, and everything he saw in his only consciousness, his lips were open, Ying Shuhe stepped forward, tested Jiang Hai's snort, and then looked back at him and said, "Are you hurt?"

After Ying Shuhe's words fell, Chen Yeping fell to the ground.