Field airfield.

With a dull roar, a gray-painted transport plane landed, its tires grinding against its green smoke and slowing down on the wide, hard runway.

Taking a deep breath, Ling Hao puffed up his chest slightly.

Today is destined to be a special day, the bodies of Gao Lin, Jiang Feng, He Kai and other three comrades-in-arms will be airlifted back to the mother island from the war zone.

The transport plane slowly stopped, and as soon as the rear hatch opened, the transportation of the remains began.

Under the black and shiny leather shoes, straight clothes, and large-brimmed hats, there is a solemn expression.

Put on your white gloves and turn around to stand still.

"Salute!"

Squad leader Tang Bin gave an order, and the four Ling Hao, who carried the coffin, stood on both sides of the coffin and gave a military salute.

The bright red flag was covered on the coffin, and after Tang Bin solemnly saluted, he ordered loudly: "The ceremony is over!" ”

As soon as the words fell, the 9-person standard mechanized infantry squad in a neat formation not far away immediately pulled the bolt in unison and aimed the assault rifle at the sky.

Bang!

The first gunshot rang out, and Ling Hao and the four of them bowed to their knees.

Bang!

The second gunshot rang out, and the four of them lifted the coffin together, accompanied by the gunshots, and carried the coffin into the cargo hold of the transport plane with steady steps, and then the second and third coffins.

After the sharp knife class, other classes also began to bid farewell to their comrades-in-arms one after another, and the atmosphere was solemn and sad.

The first transport plane was quickly prepared, slowly slid into the runway, roared and accelerated, and soon raised its nose and soared into the blue sky.

Tang Bin Ling Hao and the other five people stood solemnly in a row, saluting the transport plane in the distance, and behind them, the other platoons did the same.

When the transport plane completely turned into a small dot and finally disappeared into the blue sky, it was time to say goodbye.

"Squad leader, I'm ......" Wang Dong, who has always been unsmiling, is particularly difficult to say at this moment.

"You're going to leave the army, no one will stop you!"

Guo Rui took off his big-brimmed hat, said coldly, and then dragged Liao Yuanhang to pick up the air package.

Luo Wei couldn't stop it if he wanted to, so he glanced at Wang Dong and hurriedly chased after him.

Only Ling Hao and Tang Bin were left, Wang Dong's nervous mood seemed to be a little better, his teeth bit his lips, his fists clenched tightly, and finally burst out of a sentence.

"I'm sorry!"

Apologizing, Wang Dong bowed deeply, full of all the guilt and sadness.

Ling Hao was silent, Wang Dong was supplemented into the sharp knife squad with Jiang Feng, Gao Lin, and He Kai, and he was originally transferred from the domestic active field army, so he was not a 'recruit'.

But it is obvious that Wang Dong has a very heavy ideological baggage, in the face of danger and danger, he is not as brave as the three people who have been sacrificed, he is afraid of death, so he has to choose to leave gloomily.

It's not so much psychological fear as it is escape.

In the eyes of others, Wang Dong's behavior was undoubtedly equivalent to desertion, but Ling Hao didn't feel that there was anything shameful about it, Wang Dong shouldn't be laughed at, he just had his own choice.

As a squad leader, it is not the first time to send away the sacrificed comrades, Tang Bin's endurance is not too bad, so he smiled faintly, patted Wang Dong's shoulder, and comforted: "It's okay, after you go back, remember to honor your parents and live well!" ”

"Squad leader!"

Wang Dong's head was buried deeper, holding Tang Bin's shoulders, tears streaming down.

"Stand up, it's a man, don't be like a!"

With a scolding, Wang Dong finally reluctantly stood up straight, Tang Bin stretched out his hand to sort out Wang Dong's clothes and hats with a solemn expression, and said kindly: "Remember, the Sharp Knife Company has never deserted, not in the past, not now, and not in the future!" ”

"Yes!"

Wang Dong choked back tears, responded loudly, and after saluting with a very standard upright, he picked up the backpack on the ground and went straight to a transport plane ready to go in the distance.

From beginning to end, Ling Hao stood aside and was silent.

Since joining the sharp knife class, it is not the first time to witness death and feel goodbye, but when I saw Tang Bin looking at Wang Dong in the distance, the sadness in his expression, Ling Hao's words came to his lips, but he was swallowed back hard.

"Let's go, we should go back too!"

Tang Bin sighed, straightened his spine and walked in front, after taking a few steps, he noticed that Ling Hao had not followed, and when he looked back, Ling Hao was still standing in place, looking at him with complicated eyes.

Suddenly!

A huge sense of loss suddenly struck, Tang Bin's heart seemed to have suffered a fierce impact, and he had a premonition.

"You ......" Tang Bin's expression was tense, and he felt that his heart was suddenly very heavy.

Ling Hao said indifferently: "I'm sorry squad leader, I'm going to leave too!" ”

"Oh, really?" Tang Bin replied in surprise, squeezed out a bitter smile, and asked rhetorically with great incomprehension: "What are you doing?" You, you can't be afraid, you're on the battlefield ......"

"Squad leader!"

Ling Hao stopped Tang Bin with a shout, interrupted his thoughts, and approached him to explain: "I won't take off my military uniform, I'm just changing troops!" ”

"What do you mean? You put it clearly, what does it mean to change troops? ”

Tang Bin didn't know what Ling Hao was talking about, and he seemed very excited and extremely incomprehensible.

At this time, Zhang Yongqiang happened to pass by in an off-road vehicle, and when he saw Ling Hao and Tang Bin's strange expressions, he braked sharply and stopped.

"What are you two rubbing, hurry up and get in the car and take you somewhere!"

The company commander gave an order, but the two did not dare to disobey, and as soon as they slipped through the smoke, the two of them rushed into the car and sat down in danger and did not dare to squeak.

There was nothing to say all the way, but Zhang Yongqiang drove the car directly to the battlefield.

After the fierce battle, the engineering troops, which had rushed to build airports, wharves, warehouses, and other infrastructure, dispatched a large number of engineering vehicles overnight to clean up the battlefield.

Under the blue sky, the flat coastal fields seemed to be ploughed all over again, and the huge carcasses of the sea lizards were gone, but the soil was still stained with dried blood, showing how crazy and tragic the bloody battle with the sea lizard trolls was.

Lighting a cigarette, Zhang Yongqiang frowned and took a sharp puff, feeling the blowing of the hunting sea breeze, thinking about the pain, and suddenly laughing.

"What were you two arguing about?" Zhang Yongqiang suddenly turned around and asked.

Ling Hao and the two of them, who were standing nearby, stood as tall as a javelin, and when they heard the question, Tang Bin immediately replied loudly like a primary school student making a small report: "Report to the company commander, Ling Hao said he was leaving!" ”

"Really?"

Tang Bin's unexpected company commander's anger did not appear, on the contrary, Zhang Yongqiang's expression was very cold, as if he had known about this matter for a long time.

"Do you really want to stay here? Aren't you afraid of death at all? ”

Ling Hao nodded without thinking, but Tang Bin was confused, and he didn't know what the two of them were talking about.

"Company commander, you, what the hell are you talking about, what do you mean?"

Zhang Yongqiang smiled faintly, looked into the distance, and sighed: "It's time to withdraw the army!" ”

"Huh?" Tang Bin was dumbfounded, and asked in surprise: "For what, do you want to give back the land you have worked so hard to occupy to the monster?" ”

"For what? Hmph, then I ask you, where is this? Is this our territory? Are there our people here......"

Zhang Yongqiang asked a lot of questions in a row, but Tang Bin was speechless.

It is true that this is a different time and space plane, and this is one of the four continents known as the 'Savage Wasteland', and it is the scope of the Huaxia Legion's expansion potential.

"What is the primary mission of the army? It is to defend the territorial and sovereign integrity of the country, but what are we doing now? ”

Zhang Yongqiang didn't say any more, but it was enough for Tang Bin to understand why he wanted to withdraw the army and why he should withdraw the army.

The armed forces are not the exclusive property of private individuals, but belong to the state and the people.

The high military expenditure and heavy losses, these two items alone are enough to make the four major army corps criticized, and the government will also face a flood of doubts and protests.

Within three months, the first batch of troops will begin to withdraw within three months at the latest, and most of the combat strength will be withdrawn to the country within one year.

Although Ling Hao didn't say a word, Zhang Yongqiang had already guessed that this was the result, he had his own channels to get some news, and even he knew that a new form of combat troops was being prepared.

In this way, it was not difficult for him to guess that Ling Hao was going to leave the Sharp Knife Company to go to the experimental troops, so that he could stay and continue the battle.

In the future, the first criterion for all personnel in this alternate space-time plane, whether they are scientific researchers or combatants, is to be voluntary, and to stay in the alien space-time that is full of dangers and challenges.

On the way to the loop, Tang Bin and Ling Hao were silent.

Zhang Yongqiang said everything that should be said and what should not be said for Ling Hao, and the rest can only rely on Tang Bin to think by himself.

To stay, or to leave?

For Ling Hao, he is eager to fight and become a strong man, so the Sharp Knife Company cannot stay, because more than half of the losses have been lost, and the General Headquarters has approved the First Division of the Infantry to withdraw the report on the rest and recuperation of the reconnaissance battalion, and for a long time in the future, not only the Sharp Knife Company, but also the task of the entire division reconnaissance battalion is to restore combat strength.

Replenishing a large amount of fresh blood will take a long time to reshape its combat effectiveness, but by that time, I am afraid that the entire Mecha Division has already received an order to withdraw to the country, and in the future, the mission of the entire Mecha Division will be to defend the country at home, not to fight monsters in another plane of time and space.

In this way, the only way to continue fighting the monsters is to leave the Sharp Knife Company.

But what Tang Bin thought in his heart, Ling Hao didn't know.

Back in the camp, the atmosphere in the board room of the sharp knife squad was very strange.

Wang Dong has already left, and Ling Hao is also leaving, but Tang Bin officially stated his position, he will never leave the Sharp Knife Company, because he has been officially promoted to second lieutenant platoon commander, and Luo Wei is also the new squad leader of the Sharp Knife Squad in the future, and it is impossible for them to leave the current unit.

And the gunners Guo Rui and Liao Yuanhang, who will go to the National Defense Military University of Science and Technology to study mechanical and medical majors, got a belated admission letter.

"Brothers, alas, I really didn't expect that the battle in the early morning would become our most bloody side by side, I, Guo Rui, am deeply honored!"

When Guo Rui was about to leave, he still inevitably had to say a few more words, and the others didn't say much, just stretched out their fists and gathered together, and then shouted in unison.

"Sharp Knife Class!!"

"Victory!"

The voice is deafening and murderous, making people involuntarily recall the battles and laughter of the past and present.

After laughter, it is parting.

Guo Rui and Liao Yuanhang flew away from a transport plane of the Air Force, Tang Bin and Luo Wei went to the company headquarters for a meeting, only Ling Hao was left silent with a large handful of energy crystals that were given back, and the brothers still thought that this was an ordinary crystal stone, so they gave it to Ling Hao as the most powerful gift.

It's also good that the energy crystal hides too many secrets, and if they are involved, it will do more harm than good.