Demining was too time-consuming, so Wang Xiaoshu asked one of the soldiers to report the current situation.

By the time Deputy Company Commander Zhou arrived with his large troops, they had already detected a safe path. They were small in number and controlled the direction of the horses, so they should be able to pass safely.

Xia Meng looked at the time. It was almost six o'clock in the afternoon and it would get dark soon. They had to leave here immediately and find a safe place to rest.

According to Deputy Company Commander Zhou, if they hurry, they will reach the third destination tomorrow morning, and their mission will be completed.

Wang Xiaoshu walked at the front with a mine detector, and the others followed behind, walking carefully in the minefield.

Ten minutes later, Deputy Company Commander Zhou quietly breathed a sigh of relief and finally... walked out of the minefield!

Everyone couldn't help but have a hint of joy on their faces.

Looking on the low mountain, I saw faint smoke floating in the air not far ahead.

Deputy Company Commander Zhou took a look through the binoculars and said to Wang Xiaoshu,

"There is a village ahead. Let's avoid it. Find a safe place and let everyone rest for a while."

Wang Xiaoshu, "Yes!"

Wang Xiaoshu led Xia Meng and others through the forest quickly to investigate.

After descending the short mountain, they saw a village. Wang Xiaoshu led them around the village without any intention of entering.

The fine tradition of our army is that even enemy civilians cannot harass or kill civilians at will or take away their property.

But when they wanted to bypass the village, they saw a thatched hut at the edge of the village. An elderly woman with white hair, skinny bones, and ragged clothes was sitting in the hut, looking at them with fear in her eyes.

They didn't mean to disturb the old man and wanted to go around. Before leaving, Wang Xiaoshu hesitated, stopped, took out the cake from his messenger bag and put it in front of the old man. He said with a bright smile,

"Mom, let me eat for you!"

Xia Meng and the others also stopped, showing no intention of stopping them.

Xia Meng looked at the old man carefully. The old man looked really pitiful. Not to mention his face was full of wrinkles, and the thin bones on his body were protruding, leaving only a thin layer of skin sticking to it.

Their eyes were timid, their lips were trembling, and there was old dirt on their faces and hands. They couldn't see their original appearance clearly, and they didn't know how long they had been hungry.

Wang Xiaoshu handed the cake to the old man, and the old man stretched out his hand tremblingly to take it. Wang Xiaoshu handed the cake to the old man and left. He turned around and said to Xia Meng and the others,

"I heard from my dad that my grandma died of starvation in the 1960s. When I saw this old man, I couldn't help but think of my grandma. If my grandma was hungry at that time, someone would have handed her a piece of cake. , Come to think of it, my grandma won’t starve to death.”

Everyone was silent.

There was a trace of sadness in Wang Xiaoshu's eyes, but he quickly cheered up and said with a smile, "Let's go, we still have to..."

Before she finished speaking, Xia Meng was suddenly enveloped in a cold and terrifying feeling that made her feel suffocated. At this moment, Xia Meng's body instinctively lay down and at the same time she shouted,

"Get down! Get down!"

"Whizzing!"

But it was too late. After two gunshots, one shot hit the spot where Xia Meng was standing just now, causing a cloud of smoke and dust. Because Xia Meng reacted quickly and dodged, the bullet hit the ground, leaving a deep crater. .

But Wang Xiaoshu, who was still standing just now, suddenly shook his body, and then fell softly to the ground. The smile on his face had not faded, and he had fallen, leaving only a bloody hole between his eyebrows...

Everything happened so fast that there was almost no time to react.

Xia Meng ignored the sadness and immediately raised his gun and started to fight back.

"Whizzing!"

There was no movement on the other side, it seemed that they had withdrawn!

"Little tree! Little tree!" Zhao Dashan half-hugged Wang Xiaoshu, who was lying on the ground, in his arms, his voice choked with sobs, and his tears fell down.

Wang Xiaoshu's face was already covered in blood. The childish face was now lifeless, and the big bright and gentle eyes had become dim.

Although Xia Meng only spent a few days with Wang Xiaoshu, she could feel that this young man, who was not yet twenty years old but only 19 years old, was a very kind and gentle person.

The young man who had just smiled at her, talked to her, and tenderly handed a piece of cake to the enemy's old man had died like this.

Xia Meng couldn't accept it, and unknowingly her eyes were blurred with tears. Xia Meng walked over and took a closer look. Wang Xiaoshu was shot in the head. He was dead and could not be saved.

Xia Meng lowered her eyes, tears rolling down her cheeks, her heart felt like it was being pressed by a heavy boulder, so heavy that she could hardly breathe.

Several other soldiers also shed tears uncontrollably.

Xia Meng gritted his teeth, "Zhao Dashan, you guard the little tree, Sun Shaoping, go back and report to Deputy Company Commander Zhou, and the rest will come with me to catch the murderer!"

"Yes!"

With Wang Xiaoshu gone, Xia Meng naturally began to give orders, and the others were also convinced of Xia Meng.

Xia Meng recalled for a moment the direction and distance from which the hidden gun had been fired, and his eyes slowly moved to the village.

Their location was at the outermost edge of the village, and the direction from which the hidden gunshot was fired was inside the village, and it was also on a high ground.

Xia Meng gritted her teeth, wiped the tears on her face with her sleeves, and led the people into the village with cold eyes.

But what Xia Meng and the others didn't expect was that as soon as they entered the village, a little girl of seven or eight years old who was barefoot, wearing tattered clothes, and dirty, rushed straight towards them.

Xia Meng didn't notice any malice, but instinctively felt that he should avoid it, so he stood on the side of the road, and the other soldiers also gave way.

But they didn't expect that the moment the child ran to them, he suddenly took out a grenade from his clothes. In Xia Meng's shocked eyes, the child innocently pulled the safety catch.

The grenade made a "sizzling" sound instantly, as if the footsteps of the god of death were gradually approaching, and the white smoke emitted was more like the countdown of the god of death.

Without hesitation, Xia Meng took the grenade directly from the child's hand and threw it into the dense forest where there was no one around.

As soon as the grenade hit the ground, it exploded with a bang.

Xia Meng and several soldiers were startled. After confirming that there was no danger, Xia Meng looked at the little girl.

The little girl was so frightened that she cried loudly, as if she had no idea about anything, let alone what she had just taken?

What would happen if the grenade exploded in her hands?

The explosion of the grenade alarmed the villagers. They walked out of their homes one after another, staring at Xia Meng and the others with fear and hatred.

There was also a man who was chattering to Xia Meng and the others. Judging from his tone and demeanor, he should be scolding them.

The man walked up to Xia Meng. After seeing Xia Meng's appearance, he was stunned for a moment, and then he took the little girl away.

Xia Meng and the others wanted to enter the village, but the villagers surrounded them...

Judging from the hostile attitude of the villagers, it seems that they have done something wrong?

Ah...

It was obviously the Yue country that invaded first, killed people across the border, and even drove away the Chinese in the Yue country without any reason and confiscated their property. They were the first provocation.

If you have the guts to provoke a big country, you must be prepared to be beaten.

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