Chapter 670: Zhao Yimeng: Can You Truly Understand the Road I’ve Traveled? (Part 6)

Soon enough, it kept coming.

Nearer now, the bunker occasionally spewing tongues of fire, edging ever closer to us…

By this time, it was already midnight, the gunfire on the mountain, though audible, was sporadic at best; the forest once again returned to silence.

Wang Wenxi and I lay in a ditch not far from the bunker, awaiting the signal.

Wang Wenxi, he’s quite the chatterbox!

A big chatterbox!

After my words and actions were approved by him that day, he just let himself go.

He looked at the moonlit night, chuckled, and then quietly asked me:

“Guidance Officer, tell me, what would you be thinking about at a time like this?”

“Me? What could I be thinking about?”

Out of the blue, he blurted out: “Aren’t you thinking about your wife?”

“In times like this, who could be thinking about her?”

“Ah, in times like this, it’s exactly when you need to relax. Trust me. But seriously, is your wife pretty? She must be very graceful.”

“She’s alright, she’s alright…”

“Sigh, honestly, I’m quite envious of you, Guidance Officer. Your aura tells me your family isn’t ordinary, your wife must be a proper lady, unlike mine—you know, I married a police officer, she’s quite the firecracker, oh my!”

Silence engulfed us once again.

After a while, he started talking to himself:

“My young son must be nine years old now, looks exactly like me. His birthday is on the eighth next month, I really want to give him a proper celebration…”

We began to close our eyes and rest, waiting for the opportunity to arrive.

Midnight.

“Ring ring ring…”

A phone ringing pierced through the night, followed by chirping bird calls.

The opportunity had come!

This phone call was the moment we’d been waiting for!

In an instant, my exhaustion vanished.

Wang Wenxi jumped up from the trench, with “Xiaobeiping” right on his heels.

With the firepower covering us from behind, the artillery platoon quickly took the advantageous terrain.

The enemy also reacted, the bunkers on both sides shooting out fire dragons, spraying in all directions.

“Fire!”

I was tasked with attracting the enemy fire, lying behind the machine gun, frantically shooting ahead, firing every bullet.

While Wang Wenxi and “Xiaobeijing” stealthily made their way right underneath the enemy bunkers.

Truly, right underneath!

Their position was less than thirty meters from the bunker.

Soon, with a loud “boom,” these enemy bunkers turned into fireworks.

With this key position cleared, we charged forward like madmen.

Even remaining enemies trying to resist were swiftly shot dead by us.

Of course, unless they were badly injured, those spewing incomprehensible gibberish were all treated as stubborn resisters and killed without mercy!

Our battle was fought beautifully, and it took about ten minutes all in all.

Liang Erxi finally broke into a smile, patting “Xiaobeiping” on the shoulder: “True to your Beiping roots! Well done! After this fight, I’ll make sure you’re rewarded!”

Then he promptly urged everyone to prepare for the emergency.

“Quickly clear the battlefield, enter the trenches, prepare for enemy counter-charges!”

At that moment, I was still basking in the joy of victory, unaware that war had officially commenced from this moment.

And it was only after this tank battle, that we learned this hilltop had not only a reinforced company but also enemy headquarters on the summit, with large-caliber artillery.

The enemy counterattack arrived swiftly.

Countless shells rained down on this high ground, the deafening booms filled the air.

Dense smoke shrouded the entire area, obscuring vision completely.

Flying dirt, stones, even body parts, scattered like confetti everywhere…

After the shelling, the enemy launched a frenzied attack toward the hill.

The first few assaults we barely suppressed, but at a cost.

Seven comrades dead, nine comrades wounded…

As the enemy launched another furious counterattack, we went berserk too.

Wang Wenxi and I embraced a light machine gun each, furiously shooting down the mountain.

Soon our barrels turned red-hot, forcing us to stop firing.

“Grenades, quick! Grab more!”

Perhaps we were lucky, as I managed to resolve the enemy on this battlefield swiftly.

Above the trenches, weapons and equipment lay discarded everywhere, boxes upon boxes.

The Chinese characters above were particularly glaring, all made by us.

“Twist off the caps, all of them!” Wang Wenxi, like a war god, frantically tossing them.

With someone boosting morale like him, even a coward wouldn’t dare to be cowardly at this moment!

At times like this, rather than living in fear, why not die gloriously!

Even if it means your own death, take a few down with you!

It’s not in vain coming to this world!

With Wang Wenxi and I working together, grenades stopped the enemy with terrifying effect, giving our warriors a chance to catch their breath, to throw away the almost molten gun barrels and switch to new ones.

Bullets swarmed around us like locusts, nearly burying the trench in flying soil.

During this time, more comrades fell to the ground.

War!

This is war!

Before our position lay the bodies of enemies crisscrossed, eventually we repelled the enemy’s counterattack again.

And the enemy atop the summit also ceased the shelling, silence returned once more to the land.