530: Not an inch of our country's territory can be lost.

He wasn't jealous, nor did he walk over immediately; instead, he continued to busy himself.

After a moment, he saw Niannian walking towards him, and he stepped forward.

“What are we eating this morning?”

Hearing Niannian's words, Lu Jing said with a smile.

“Baozi and noodles.”

They brought a lot of flour and rice, as well as some vegetables, but for breakfast, making baozi and noodles is the fastest.

When they trained in the snowy mountains before, they caught some wild yaks and made many jars of beef sauce, which they brought along for this mission.

After breakfast, Xiao Niannian and the Team Members continued their journey.

Lu Jing handed her a wooden stick.

“It will be easier for you to walk if you use this. If you get tired, tell me, and I'll carry your pack.”

Hearing Lu Jing's words, Xiao Niannian nodded.

“Okay.”

Among these people, only Military Doctor Shen knew that Lu Jing and Xiao Niannian were engaged; the others did not know.

But many of the Team Members were secretly guessing whether Captain Lu liked Instructor Xiao.

However, Instructor Xiao's attitude toward Captain Lu was somewhat cold, so Captain Lu would need to work harder if he wanted to pursue Instructor Xiao.

Xiao Niannian took the stick. She saw that it had been well polished, and there wasn't a single splinter when she touched it.

When did he get up to polish this with sandpaper?

Xiao Niannian's gaze toward Lu Jing became even gentler.

Although he usually didn't say sweet nothings, his every action was thoughtful.

“Captain Lu, Captain Gu, we are currently in this location. The Soldiers last communicated with us from this position...”

Battalion Commander Wei, Lu Jing, and Gu Yuan were discussing the situation.

Xiao Niannian stood nearby, listening and looking at the location on the map.

These two locations weren't very far apart, but walking along the mountain roads might take over an hour.

This is still our border line, not disputed territory.

Could it be that the people from White Elephant crossed the border and captured our Soldiers, or did they fire sneak attacks and murder our Soldiers?

If that's the case, none of these enemies should expect to return alive.

Xiao Niannian clenched her hands into fists.

She didn't see many birds here; otherwise, she could have asked a few birds about the situation.

After walking for another hour, two paths appeared before them.

“Captain Lu, Captain Gu, there are two paths here. It's possible they are on one of them. These four Soldiers are veterans with over five years of service, and they've patrolled this line dozens of times. We need to split into two teams to search...”

Hearing Battalion Commander Wei's words, Lu Jing and Gu Yuan discussed the matter for a while.

“Then we'll split into two teams, and contact each other via radio every hour...”

“If suspicious persons are found, contact us immediately via radio.”

After discussing for a while, the group split into two teams.

Xiao Niannian and Lu Jing were in one team, and Big Brother led his own Team Members in the other.

Gu Yuan glanced at his younger sister, then looked at Lu Jing.

Lu Jing understood what he meant and spoke.

“Don't worry, I will protect her. All of you must also return safely.”

“Okay.”

Xiao Niannian looked at Big Brother.

“Big Brother, you must return safely.”

She took a bag of items from her backpack and gave it to Gu Yuan.

“Take these things. Open them later. Many of them are dangerous, and they come with instructions. Destroy the instructions once you've read them...”

Hearing his younger sister's words, Gu Yuan nodded.

“Okay.”

Gu Yuan smiled and waved at his younger sister.

“Hurry and go.”

Xiao Niannian turned and walked toward the team.

Battalion Commander Wei looked at Xiao Niannian. He knew that Captain Gu was Comrade Xiao's Big Brother, but he hadn't expected them to be biological siblings with different surnames.

He thought one took the mother's surname and the other the father's.

But Junior Sister and her Big Brother are really impressive; both siblings are Special Forces Soldiers.

Xiao Niannian followed two veterans forward, listening to the surrounding sounds as she walked.

The Comrade-in-arms responsible for scouting was also walking in the lead.

The closer they got to the location of the incident, the more careful they had to be.

Who knows what dirty tricks those people might use?

A few kilometers from here, on a platform halfway up a cliff, several Soldiers were injured, and there were over a dozen enemy corpses beside them.

“Almost two days have passed now. Our people must have realized we are missing.”

“They will definitely come looking for us.”

“This time, our deaths were worth it—one of us for two of them!”

“We cannot lose even an inch of our nation's territory.”

As the men spoke, they were all covered in scars. Some had their legs bandaged, and there was a lot of blood on the ground.

“We have to figure out a way to climb up.”

“We've spent a whole day trying to figure out how to climb this twenty-meter distance, but we haven't managed it.”

“Now, two have severe leg injuries, and two of you were shot in the waist. Although our hands are injured, our legs can still walk...”

“We don't know if the enemy has reinforcements. We can light a fire now, but if the ones who come down are enemies, we must not let them go...”

“That's right. Even if we die, we have to take them down with us.”

They were ambushed by enemy Soldiers while on patrol.

Not only did they severely wound one of the Soldiers, but they also tried to capture them alive. After fighting the enemies, they killed all dozen or so of them, and a few others fell into the river and were washed away.

“They even brought canned meat.”

“We gathered some wild vegetables and some firewood.”

“Tear off a few pieces of their clothing to use as kindling.”

After a while, the fire was lit. They had spent all night yesterday collecting a large basin of water. They cooked the wild vegetables and rice together.

After the rice and wild vegetables were cooked together, they stirred them with a stick for a while, put them into cans, and handed them to the injured Soldiers.

The injuries of these four Soldiers had been treated, but they were still quite severe.

“Squad Leader Liu, Brother Li, you guys hurry and try some.”

“There is canned meat in here, but the porridge is a bit hot.”

Hearing the words of their two Comrades-in-arms, Squad Leader Liu, Brother Li, and the others were deeply moved.

“Your injuries are minor. Try to find a way to climb up and go to the next patrol point. You'll definitely find our people there, and then they can come back for us...”

“No way. You are currently unable to move easily. If we leave, your situation will be very dangerous.”

“Exactly. We're not leaving. We can stay here and cook something for you.”

After more than a day had passed, they only had a tiny bit of the food they brought left.

“The two of us will eat wild vegetables, and they can have the porridge.”

“This is bad, Brother Li has a fever.”

“Quick, grab some snow and use a cloth to wipe his back and forehead.”

“Force the medicine that was issued earlier down his throat.”

After everyone busied themselves for a while, Comrade Li's high fever finally subsided slightly.

“Light another fire to make the smoke heavier. Our Comrades-in-arms will definitely come looking when they see the smoke.”