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This local dialect couldn't possibly be hidden from those around me, unless I dragged A San deep into the passage for a private conversation. However, I needed to inform Jack and Liu Squad Leader about some information, and I didn't have time to go back and report to them individually.
I estimated that I would soon have to run, leaving no time to sift through information before passing it on to Jack and Liu Squad Leader.
"Brother Gang is alive. I heard at least three different voices, no, they were shouting. It’s chaotic over there; judging by their tone and voices, they are in a relatively large space. It’s definitely not a passage like ours.
There’s a lot of confusion and intense gunfire; I can definitely hear the sound of a Six-Barrel Gatling Gun. They must have encountered everyone else. Otherwise, they wouldn’t be using the Six-Barrel Gatling Gun.
Maybe it’s too far away; their voices are quite muffled, with an empty feeling that’s different from what I’ve heard before."
"Can you tell who it is and what trouble they’re in?" I asked anxiously.
"I can only recognize Brother Gang's voice; he speaks the most frequently and has a distinct tone. I'm not familiar with the other voices, so I can't identify them. But I do know that someone over there has died."
"At least it's fortunate that only one person has died," I sighed.
"No, I don’t know how many people have died over there; I only know that one of the deceased is Secretary Chen. Brother Gang called his name like this: 'Secretary Chen, what happened? Damn it, he died as soon as he came down. What bad luck.'"
I broke out in a sweat at that moment. That was indeed Fatty ’s tone; he didn’t care much for Secretary Chen either.
However, I immediately felt there was a flaw in A San's words. "Didn’t you say you couldn’t hear their conversation clearly? How come you understood Fatty ’s words so well?"
"I heard that when we were outside; once we entered this tunnel, the sounds became unclear."
Upon hearing this, I felt uneasy. If this passage had the effect of blocking sound, we could lose contact with Fatty ’s group at any moment.
I had no idea where they had landed. But their situation was definitely not the same as ours; their landing point must be quite far off. They weren’t facing Giant Mosquitoes over there.
If we lost contact, we might never see them again!
I paced back and forth, feeling like an ant on a hot skillet, my mind racing but failing to come up with a solution. The crucial information I had received from Xiao Guolin and Cao Mingzhe was lacking any description of Dam, making it impossible for me to locate Fatty and his group.
"Is that thing still in Fatty's hands?" I asked A San in a way only he and Jack could understand.
"Yes, Da Zhang is carrying the box. I heard Fatty urging him to keep up."
I let out a quiet sigh of relief. Losing that thing would have been a major headache.
"Alright. You're not going to die anytime soon. Your legs aren't broken; it's not a bone issue, so you should be able to walk. Running might be a bit difficult, though."
Jack finished operating on Liu Squad Leader, wiped his hands, and walked over to another severely injured soldier sitting on the ground.
I shook my head, ending my conversation with A San, and followed Jack toward the soldier.
Jack checked him quickly and said, "He's not in immediate danger, but he can't be carried. It's best to make a stretcher to carry him."
It turned out there were issues with his sternum or lungs.
"We've prepared a stretcher."
One of the soldiers took out several steel pipes from his backpack and connected them to assemble a makeshift stretcher.
The fire at the cave entrance flared up again, and the soldier on guard looked anxiously at me. He had only a few incendiary grenades left; if we wasted any more time, we wouldn't have enough time to escape.
Jack exchanged glances with me and shook his head. "There's no time; we can't perform surgery on him. We need to get rid of the bugs first."
Outside the cave entrance, the Mosquitoes were trying to rush in, igniting with crackling sounds. This group of Giant Mosquitoes was waiting for the flames to die down.
I sighed, knowing there was no time for anything else but to move forward.
“A San, lead the way in front. Liu Squad Leader, arrange for a soldier and a lightly injured person to bring up the rear. One principle: don’t let the mosquitoes catch up. The stretcher team and European…” At this point, Jack had already shouldered the European. “Alright, and Jack is carrying the European in the middle. Let’s go!”
“Brother Qiang, I’m seriously injured here,” Liu Squad Leader protested when he realized he hadn’t been counted among the seriously injured.
I was puzzled; didn’t he know how much I was annoyed by him?
“Don’t start. If your bones aren’t broken, what’s so serious about your injuries? Light injuries don’t keep you off the front lines. Doesn’t a soldier have that much awareness?”
“My back counts as a serious injury.”
“That’s just a surface wound. Stay back.”
“Fine, Zhang’s got you there.”
Liu Squad Leader grumbled as he arranged his people.
Hakka Man A-Yong was quite self-aware; he took a torch and went to the back to cover us. He knew I was equally annoyed with him for sticking around when I wasn’t in a good mood.
“Let’s go!” I nodded to A San and led the way deeper into the cave.
The One-Eyed Beast Flashlight that Fatty prepared for me seemed to be an improved model, with greater brightness and a longer range. It was also larger, about seven or eight centimeters in diameter, making it awkward to hold in my mouth. With its all-metal casing, it could serve as a weapon due to its hardness and weight.
A San and I didn’t take torches; we handed them over to those behind us. We only needed illumination; the One-Eyed Beast Flashlight was enough for us, while Liu Squad Leader and his group at the rear needed fire more.
The light from the One-Eyed Beast Flashlight was as straight as the Metal Passage itself. The width and height of the Metal Passage were not large; I could easily reach the top by jumping. It was less than four meters wide. The One-Eyed Beast Flashlight illuminated the entire Metal Passage clearly without needing to widen its beam.
The ground was as smooth as a mirror, and if it weren't for the oxidized layer on its surface, it would surely reflect like a polished surface, making it very slippery. There was no anti-slip design at all, which made me doubt the purpose of this passage; such a smooth surface didn't seem suitable for human traffic.
If this were a water inlet, I would find it even harder to believe. Who in their right mind would spend so much to construct a water inlet like this?
However, I didn't have much time to ponder this matter. Before long, I heard a commotion behind me, primarily the shouts and curses of Liu Squad Leader.
From the sounds, it seemed that those at the back had retreated deeper into the cave, meaning the entrance had already been compromised.
Sure enough, moments later, a soldier ran up to me. "Captain Zhang, Lieutenant Liu asked me to tell you that we will intercept the bugs in segments from behind. He wants those in front to speed up."
Captain? If Liu Squad Leader were here, I would definitely kick him.
No need to ask; this was his way of appointing me in the heat of battle. The question was whether he had the authority to assign me this role and if I should accept it. If we made it out alive, this could become his justification for betraying me. The narrative would surely twist; it wouldn't be his appointment but rather my usurpation.
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