531: I saw smoke.

"Okay."

The two Soldiers who could walk tried to find a way to tie themselves with ropes and break off some branches around the cliff.

There had been some old, broken wood here before, and now it came in handy.

"I wonder how the other Comrades-in-arms are doing."

Squad Leader Liu felt incredibly guilty thinking about what had happened these past few days.

If he had been more careful, would he have discovered those enemies earlier, ambushed them, and dealt with all of them?

Now, several Comrades-in-arms were out of contact. The enemy had sent dozens of people. Their six men also wanted to draw the enemy away, giving the other Comrades-in-arms a chance to survive.

Would those Comrades-in-arms be thinking the same way they were?

Those Comrades-in-arms, they must all live in peace.

"Squad Leader, am I going to die?"

Comrade Li woke up and, seeing Squad Leader Liu, asked weakly.

"Die? Nonsense! You will definitely live well. Those enemies have all been killed by us. We are all excellent. Everyone must go back alive..."

Squad Leader Liu said fiercely. He looked up, holding back his tears.

At a time like this, he absolutely couldn't cry.

He tied his leg with cloth, then picked up two wooden sticks nearby. Leaning against the cliff wall, he tried hard to stand up.

His two legs were severely injured, and now they hurt even more.

"Squad Leader."

"Save your strength, don't shout."

Squad Leader Liu limped towards the outside. After two or three steps, he almost fell to the ground, but he desperately steadied himself, and a few seconds later, he continued walking forward.

When Xiao Qian and Xiao Wu climbed up, they saw Squad Leader Liu walking over with two wooden sticks. They hurried forward.

"Squad Leader, why did you come out?"

"Squad Leader, your leg is injured, go back quickly."

Xiao Qian and Xiao Wu were extremely anxious; they almost cried when they saw their Squad Leader's leg.

"I'm much better. You two, get more firewood now and light two fires here. Wet wood is even better. As long as our Comrades-in-arms see the smoke, they will definitely come looking for us."

Squad Leader Liu said to the two Soldiers.

"Yes."

"If it's our Comrades-in-arms who come, that would be even better."

"If it's the enemy, killing one is breaking even, killing two is a profit..."

"Squad Leader is right."

Squad Leader Liu and the two Soldiers were talking when they saw Comrade Xiao climb out.

"Xiao Xiao, what are you doing?"

"Squad Leader, I'm much better. I can pick wild vegetables around this cliff. I can also make fire by rubbing sticks, I can do many things..."

Hearing Xiao Xiao's words, Squad Leader Liu's eyes reddened.

"Get back! You don't need to do anything now. Just wait. Our Comrades-in-arms will definitely come and take us back..."

After Squad Leader Liu finished these words, he silently added in his heart.

Whether we live or die, this time, we've broken even.

"Squad Leader, you're out, I'm not going back."

"Xiao Feng is taking care of Xiao Li, I'm coming out to help now."

Hearing this, Xiao Qian and Xiao Wu tried to hold back their tears, but they couldn't.

All the Comrades-in-arms were injured like this. As long as they could crawl, they crawled out to do their part. The Squad Leader's leg was so severely injured. They lacked medicine and food now, and they didn't know how much longer they could last.

"Let's light fires now, light a few more fires, and make the smoke bigger..."

"Okay."

The few of them got busy, and Xiao Feng also limped out.

"Xiao Li's fever has gone down a bit. Is there anything I can help with?"

"Don't we have ropes? See if we can tie a small rope to a hook, put some meat on it, and throw it into the river below. If we catch fish, we'll have something to eat."

"It's more than ten meters from here to the river surface. We don't know if our rope is long enough."

"Never mind, let's try it first."

"I just cut a bamboo pole. If we tie it to the bamboo pole, it will definitely be long enough."

The few of them immediately got busy.

After throwing the fishhook down, they lay on the ground, looking down.

Others watched vigilantly, listening to the surrounding movements. Although they were injured like this, they still had to be on alert at all times, guarding against another enemy sneak attack.

Xiao Niannian and Lu Jing led the team for another half an hour. She saw a river not far away, surrounded by many cliffs.

She realized that they couldn't walk along the river. The terrain by the river was steep, and if they went to the river and walked along the bank, they might accidentally be swept away by the river water.

It was said that the downstream of this river led to White Elephant.

Xiao Niannian thought of the previous plan to build a hydropower station. For places like White Elephant, a hydropower station should indeed be built.

Xiao Niannian exhaled, her gaze sweeping around. Birds flew by. She looked up at the birds, but from afar, she saw smoke in one area.

"Captain Lu."

Hearing Niannian's words, Lu Jing stopped and immediately ran towards Niannian.

"What's wrong?"

"Look over there!" Xiao Niannian pointed ahead. "There's smoke there."

Lu Jing looked ahead. The front was all forest. At this moment, some dark clouds were drifting across the sky, and the wind was strong. Lu Jing had indeed seen some dark things just now. He was about to take a closer look when he heard Niannian's words.

He picked up his binoculars and looked into the distance.

"It's smoke."

Battalion Commander Wei also picked up his binoculars.

"That's right, it's smoke! They must be sending us a signal, they're still alive."

Almost three days had passed, and they had been searching here for almost a day without any trace of their Comrades-in-arms.

Battalion Commander Wei was incredibly anxious and worried. No matter what, they had to find their teammates. They would not abandon any Comrade-in-arms.

If they encountered the enemy, they would kill them.

Daring to invade their territory and harm their Soldiers, they deserved to die.

Lu Jing gave the binoculars to the other Soldiers. Squad Leader He looked through them and also confirmed that it was a signal smoke.

"Report, Captain Lu, it's confirmed to be smoke. As long as we head in this direction, we will definitely find that place."

"That's great!"

"They must still be alive."

The teammates all cheered up.

Lu Jing and Battalion Commander Wei discussed for a while. They sped up and rushed towards the direction where the smoke appeared.

Xiao Niannian took the binoculars and had also estimated the distance earlier.

That place was about two kilometers from here, but it wasn't a straight line distance from here.

"Quick, speed up!"

Lu Jing led several Soldiers, following Battalion Commander Wei and the others to scout ahead.

Xiao Niannian guessed that these Comrades-in-arms must have fought with the enemy. That direction on the map was not on the patrol route; they must have led the enemy there to save other Comrades-in-arms.