OBS Chapter 364 Escape!
Chapter 364 Escape!
I don't know how long I ran, maybe only a few minutes, or maybe more than half an hour. In this race against death, there's no concept of time. It wasn't just that I used up all my strength; it felt like I was exhausting all the energy I had in my entire life.
Only after rushing into a relatively dense jungle that had not been completely destroyed by artillery fire did the suffocating explosions and scorching heat waves behind them subside slightly.
"Stop...stop for a moment...no, I can't take it anymore...rest, catch your breath..."
Zhang Haiyang was the first to give way, slipping against the tree trunk and falling to the ground. His mouth was wide open, and he gasped for breath like a fish out of water. The sling on his injured arm was long gone; he had no idea where he'd lost it.
He was slumped over, panting heavily.
Everyone else had reached their limit and collapsed to the ground. The machine gun clattered to the ground beside them. Mantun ripped off the gauze on his back, which was already soaked with mud and blood, revealing the chapped wound underneath. There was no point in bandaging it now; he could only gasp for breath.
Zhong Yuemin and Ning Wei were barely able to stand, but they weren't in much better shape. This rapid running had deprived their brains of oxygen; their faces were ashen, and they leaned against a tree, their chests heaving violently.
The members were speechless; they couldn't utter a word. In the slightly quiet atmosphere, only the sound of their breathing could be heard.
After resting for a while, I caught my breath.
Zhong Yuemin went over and pulled back the bedsheets that were thrown on the ground to check if there was anything wrong with the goods. The bastard was still unconscious, completely unharmed. He thought, "That dog's got a lucky life."
Zhang Haiyang wiped the mud from his eyes and subconsciously looked back at the area they had just fled from—Highland 142, Eagle Beak Rock.
Upon seeing this, he froze, even his breathing slowed down.
“I…fuck…”
Everyone else followed his gaze and gasped in shock, their eyes filled with disbelief.
The once steep, densely forested, and mist-shrouded mountain now appeared to have been cleaved in two by an invisible giant axe, all vegetation and topsoil stripped away, leaving only bare, dark rock.
Against the backdrop of lingering smoke and scattered flames, it formed an extremely jarring contrast with the surrounding still-surviving, lush green mountains, resembling a "Mediterranean" with a large bald patch shaved off its lush head!
"This...how many shells were used..."
Wang Tiezhu muttered, his honest face filled with horror, "They actually leveled a mountain!"
Zhong Yuemin took a deep breath and immediately gave orders to the communications officer in charge of the radio station:
"Quickly, send a message to command, reporting my squad's location and informing them... Target 'Old Turtle' has been successfully captured. Repeat, 'Old Turtle' has been captured!"
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Meanwhile, at the rear command post.
Reconnaissance regiment commander Liu Yonghua paced back and forth in the command post like a restless, trapped beast.
The shelling had been going on for over half an hour, but the "Mountain Eagle" squad, which had been sent to carry out that crazy mission, had been out of contact since their last brief confirmation of position before the shelling began!
The only sound coming from the radio was static.
"How is it? Still can't get in touch?"
Every few minutes, Liu Yonghua would rush to the communications station to ask, only to be met with a helpless shake of the head from the communications officer.
"Commander, don't worry, Captain Zhong and his team are experienced; they're probably just keeping quiet temporarily..."
An advisor tried to comfort him.
"fart!"
Liu Yonghua immediately swore, his eyes bloodshot.
"That's the area under artillery fire, the core of the enemy division headquarters. They're trying to capture their division commander there. They've been shelling for half an hour now."
Tell me, how can I remain silent?! Are you buried under artillery fire? Or are you entangled with the enemy and can't escape?