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"Eavesdropping on your superiors' reports is against Corps regulations."
"I promise there won't be a next time."
Zhang Mu did draft this rule, but it only applies to special departments of the machine. And if you take it seriously, the captain who knew that the content of the conversation should not be leaked but still contacted the rear in front of his subordinates would have a greater responsibility.
Therefore, the captain was just joking.
Ignoring this matter, perhaps the captain wanted to relieve his inner depression, so he slowed down a little and started chatting with his teammates.
"Look at your silly and happy face, aren't you afraid?"
"We are definitely afraid of something. Our rifles can't reach the flying dragons, but they can drop fireballs from the sky to bomb us. If a fight breaks out, we're just waiting to die.
It's just... besides fear, I'm also somewhat envious."
"Ok?"
“Flying in the sky, so cool!”
The captain imagined himself standing on the back of a flying dragon and flying in the sky, and smiled: "It's pretty cool, if I can fly one day...
So what does cool mean?"
"It's a catchphrase of the instructor from the Third Army. The specific meaning... well, I don't really understand it. Anyway, the instructor always says this when he expresses excitement."
"Hehe, I guess..."
"Drip-"
The captain's walkie-talkie on his chest rang, he raised his hand and ordered the whole team to stop advancing, and then the call was connected.
"This is the commando team."
"what?"
"Stay where you are?"
"Yes!"
After hanging up the call, the team member who was eavesdropping on the side immediately asked, "Are you not going forward, Captain?"
"Well, command has ordered us to stay where we are."
The team member wanted to ask more questions, but the captain interrupted him with a wave of his hand: "Set up the camp, and be careful to stay hidden."
"Yes!"
It was getting dark and they were in enemy territory, so the team members didn't dare to waste time and acted quickly.
The commandos kept advancing along the mountains. Thanks to this, they would save the effort of looking for another place and could go directly into the mountains without worrying about being discovered.
Because they were carrying out an assault mission, which required speed, the team members' limited carrying capacity was all used for weapons and equipment, and it was naturally impossible for them to carry outdoor living equipment such as tents.
In addition, they were now deep in enemy territory, with enemies possibly appearing around them at any time. The supply team could not deliver supplies in a timely manner as before, so the team members had to figure out a solution on their own.
The captain walked in the forest for a while and ordered the team members to disperse and look for suitable caves nearby.
The command center did not tell them how long the standby time would be, nor did they say what the standby was for. If it was just a few days, then they could sleep in the open air and eat, drink and eat. But if it was ten days or half a month, then the ordinary team members would not be able to handle it physically.
The captain gave this order just to be on the safe side.
They had a topographic map of the nearby area, but it was obviously impossible for the map to mark even the unnamed caves, so the commandos could only search blindly and take their chances.
Perhaps it was because Lake was abandoned by the gods, and luck also left him, and Lake's soldiers were also affected.
A group of soldiers searched for a long time, but as the sun set, they still couldn't find a cave, no matter how small it was.
Unless it is absolutely necessary, it is definitely a good idea to rest outdoors at night.
The commandos are equipped with guns and are not afraid of ordinary wild beasts and low-level monsters, but this is the coalition’s territory and the sound of gunfire will definitely attract the enemy.
In desperation, the captain found a hillside that looked relatively soft and ordered his team members to pick up their shovels and dig holes on the spot.
Although they were all ordinary people, they could still persevere through the night. The team members were divided into two groups and took turns working all night to dig out a cave that could accommodate about dozens of people.
The captain took advantage of the dim light to observe the tired expressions of his team members and ordered everyone except those on guard to rest.
The captain serves as the first soldier to stand guard.
After a few days, they finally dug out a cave that was big enough for all the team members to lie down and sleep, although they could only sleep side by side.
While the captain ordered the soldiers to reinforce the cave, he was thankful that no orders came from the rear so that the digging was not in vain.
It's another early morning.
The captain who had just relieved his shift sat on the top of the cave entrance and looked into the distance. The noise of knocking on wood continued to come from the cave entrance below him.
A team member came over and sat cross-legged.
The captain had an impression of him as one of the two soldiers who made the mistake.
"What's up?"
He shook his head: "I changed my job."
"Then let's go take a break."
"Not tired."
The captain seemed to be worried and fell silent. The team members asked themselves casually, but also seemed to be asking him: "What are we waiting for?"
"The command center has their own arrangements."
The team member touched the back of his head and said with great trepidation: "Captain, did you see the fire rising into the sky in the distance a few nights ago?"
How could I not see it?
The captain's eyes turned gloomy.
Although I didn't go to the scene to investigate, I knew with my toes that it was a city attacked by a flying dragon.
That city was originally their mission, but now the mission was automatically completed and they no longer had to risk their lives to attack the city. The captain should be happy, but he couldn't be happy in his heart.
Through the blazing flames that night, he seemed to see his own fate before his eyes - being burned by the dragon's flames.
The scene was so real that it made the skin feel as if it was being burned by dragon flames.
He held his arms with both hands and rubbed them up and down, but no matter how hard he tried, the captain's heart palpitations could not be relieved.
"It's okay. In war, there will always be casualties," the team member comforted.
"I'm not afraid."
"I know." said the team member.
This was not a hypocritical statement to save the captain's face, but a sincere one. The team members knew that the captain had the opportunity to withdraw to the rear, but he refused.
The captain opened his mouth and hesitated to speak. After a long pause, he said:
"When I was in the army training, the instructor always said that there is a country and a home. There is no country without a home.
I didn’t quite understand it at the time, but now… I think I understand a little bit.”
"is it?"
"Ah."
"Can you tell me more about it?"
The captain was silent for a moment, then said, "I..."
His words were interrupted by a faint roar coming from a distance.
The two were shocked and looked at each other. The captain entered the cave and ordered everyone to be silent, then led several team members to run to higher places.
When they reached the top of the mountain, the captain climbed up a tree, poked his head out from the dense canopy, and looked for support.
The team members on the ground could only see the captain's legs standing on the branches, and they were a little anxious: "Captain, is it an enemy?"
"Should, no."
The captain turned his head back and looked at the team members below: "We are them."
"Roar--"
There was a sudden roar from the sky, and the captain staggered and almost fell off the branch.
Flying dragon!
He was a little nervous, so he parted the branches above his head to carefully peek at the dragon cavalry regiment gliding in the sky with its wings spread.
After watching for a while, cold sweat suddenly broke out on his forehead.
Oh no! The flying dragon has lowered its altitude. Our team is marching in the wilderness and will be attacked!
He immediately used the walkie-talkie to contact the rear, while looking at which legion Lake was heading, wanting to shout to remind them to take cover.
But it was obvious that his shouting could not be transmitted at all at this distance, so he did not do anything in vain and desperately pressed the talk button on the walkie-talkie.
However, after a while, his fingers, which had been moving wildly with force, slowly stopped.
The captain looked confused.
They... should have seen the dragon cavalry, but why do they seem... not panicked at all?
…………
high altitude.
More than 300 flying dragons parade under the leadership of the head dragon.
The cavalry commander standing on the back of the dragon looked down at the earth, his gloomy expression telling of his terrible mood.
Damn it…where did the little mouse go that day?
A few days ago, he easily destroyed a legion of several thousand people, but immediately after that, his team members told him that there seemed to be an ambush of a thousand-man team around the battlefield.
The cavalry commander felt embarrassed that he had been so careless.
His subordinates tried to smooth things over for him, saying that the team was composed entirely of ordinary people and it was normal to be ignored.
However, this excuse made him even more embarrassed.
The subordinates don’t know the king’s orders, doesn’t he know?
Destroy all movable creatures in sight.
Although he was the one who was responsible for the massacre, the commander of the cavalry corps blamed a group of innocent people for "disobeying the king's order" and angrily stated that he would use the most cruel means to slaughter those rats who dared to play tricks on him.