afterglow

Chapter 16 It's Lucky
Looking at the crumbling steel cable suspension bridge, Zhou Changfeng couldn't help sighing, fortunately, these guys didn't use heavy explosives during the blasting, and none of the two steel pillars at the bridge head on the opposite side were blown off.

"Sir, we store spare steel cables here for the convenience of emergency repairs in such situations." The defending second lieutenant pointed back at a nearby shed.

It was not completely damaged, and with ready-made materials, the engineers and soldiers could rush to repair it in about half a day.

"Let's wait for the engineering battalion of the large army to repair it, we have to continue on our way." After Zhou Changfeng finished speaking, he asked again: "Are there any casualties?"

Xue Can replied immediately: "There were no casualties."

After a while, the specific losses of both sides were also counted. A total of 15 special agents came to attack the Nu River cable suspension bridge, a total of four Englishmen and eleven Han Chinese.

The Ming army guarding the bridge killed 16 people and injured 11 people. The casualties were mainly concentrated in the two squads on the east bank that were suddenly attacked at night.

Thoughtful Xue Can fiddled with an MP28 submachine gun, and picked up a Winchester M1907, "Damn, automatic guns, portable machine guns, shotguns, grenades, and explosives are all available, these guys Really prepared."

"This is the most critical part of the Sichuan-Tibet line. Once we succeed, the supply delivery will be interrupted for a few days, and the main force of our brigade will also be blocked on the other side." Zhou Changfeng glanced sideways at the stone tablet next to the bridge head on the west bank. It seems to remind the hardships of building this bridge.

He turned his head and seriously reprimanded the second lieutenant of the defenders: "You have lost even your basic vigilance. It's been a long time in peace? Landmines should be placed on the periphery of such key strongholds during wartime, and at least two mines should be arranged at the same time. Swimming whistle. Fortunately, these guys didn't succeed, otherwise you will be shot for such dereliction of duty."

The latter knew that he had really taken it lightly, so he could only honestly bow his head and admit his mistake at this moment.

After a while, Shuling really didn't expect that she would see Zhou Changfeng again in this form. The soldier who escorted her kicked her ankle and knelt on the ground.

The expressionless Zhou Changfeng said in a cold voice: "I said 'goodbye' before I left. I never expected to meet again in just a few days."

Shu Ling, who was covered in dust and blood, was in a panic. She hesitated to speak, and it took a while before she managed to say, "You were suspicious then, right?"

"To be honest, your performance is a bit crude, and it's not difficult to detect." Zhou Changfeng changed the subject and said calmly, "Why do you want to collude with the enemy and treason?"

"I did not cooperate with the enemy, I have already become a British citizen."

"Interesting, then you don't know what price you have to pay for your crime?"

"Hanging... Hanging." The pale-faced Shuling spat out two words.

"That's too troublesome. It's so convenient and easy to shoot, right?" Zhou Changfeng replied half-jokingly.

He turned his gaze and waved his hand to order, "Get in the car and get ready to go. This woman will be kept and handed over to the military police of the large army for interrogation."

"Don't, don't... don't, you... you take me away."

"Oh why?"

"They're going to kill me."

Zhou Changfeng felt a little funny, he pulled out his own gun and shook it, "It's as if I won't shoot you."

Shuling's eyes suddenly dimmed.

At this time, someone came to ask for instructions and asked the seriously injured British female agent what to do.

Two shell fragments were shot in each of the chest and abdomen, and the left arm was almost broken by a machine gun bullet. The blood loss and open pneumothorax put the "Mrs. Hoffman"'s life at risk.

"If it's rescue, how confident are you?" Zhou Changfeng asked the military doctor sergeant beside him.

"The conditions here are limited, I guess... [-]%." The latter is not too sure.

"One percent? Uh...then there's no need to waste it, give her an injection of pain relief, and then forget about it."

"Yes."

The ten wounded defenders also needed treatment, so Zhou Changfeng assigned a military doctor sergeant and three medical soldiers to stay behind.

The others turned the car around on the spot, got in the car and set off, and before leaving, they also picked up Shuling, in addition to some documents and materials and small short-wave radios in the cars they parked a few miles away on the east bank. .

After meeting with the convoy parked more than ten miles away, Zhou Changfeng ordered her to be tied up and stuffed into the trunk of his car, and then the convoy set off again.

He knocked on the trunk, and said lightly: "I gave you a chance to redeem your sins. After that, it's up to you whether you can seize the opportunity to save your life."

Sending disinformation to mislead the British about their deployment?Although I don't know the success rate, it's worth a try, since it costs zero.

The addition of a living trophy added a lot of fun to the boring march that followed. Zhou Changfeng learned that Shuling's real name was Liu Wanyun, a family of officials. About 20 years ago, because her grandfather took the wrong side in the Ming Dynasty's political confrontation He joined the team and was persecuted and suppressed by people from other factions, so he had to flee to England with his family.

The contrast between her affluent childhood and her troubled girlhood was huge, and the seeds of hatred were planted because of this; and MI[-] started with this, gradually turning her hatred of a certain faction into hatred of Daming , and finally trained him to be a spy.

However, after the passionate and easily deceived age, Liu Wanyun, who is rich in experience, has gradually seen it as she grows older. She also knows that it is very naive to expand the object of hatred, but she has never had the courage To apply for resignation and return to normal life.

When the car was parked to rest, Liu Wanyun was temporarily released and untied, and Xiao Li kept pointing the gun at her vigilantly.

She sighed: "After so many years of meticulous work, I have no strengths, and I still dare not make up my mind to live an ordinary life."

Zhou Changfeng, who was leaning on the car door, kept a safe distance from her, and jokingly said, "You said it as if you were very good at being a spy. At that time, I asked the inspection department to find people from other factories as soon as I got back, but those guys were perfunctory." otherwise, there would be no such thing as today.”

"In the past seven years, I have contacted at least thirty or forty officers, and they have never been exposed. Only you are the exception."

"Oh, then...maybe I'm lucky."

Liu Wanyun shook her head slightly, stared into his eyes and said word by word: "No, according to my intuition...the difference between you and them is really not small."

Hearing this, Zhou Changfeng's gaze was a little erratic, and he was silent for a few seconds before replying vaguely: "The world is full of wonders, and it's normal to have a few strange ones."

Seeing that he was unwilling to respond positively, Liu Wanyun also tactfully stopped the topic.

After a while, when everyone started to eat lunch, she suddenly asked again: "What do you think of the news of success on the front line now?"

Zhou Changfeng, who was scooping up canned meat with an iron spoon, replied casually: "You can't speak from my set. As for the impression, I'm very happy."

"Don't you regret that you lost the opportunity to make contributions?" Liu Wanyun felt that he was completely different from those young military officers who wanted to kill the enemy and serve the country and make a name for themselves.

"It's just a small scene that I missed, no regrets."

Liu Wanyun's question made Zhou Changfeng startled, he answered it casually, and then fell into deep thought.

To be honest, although he has been traveling for several days, he still feels that he has not fully adapted to the new world and new identity, especially some key issues make him very entangled - his previous outlook on life, values, pursuits, beliefs, etc. Shouldn't it change?
This state of confusion made him especially lack a sense of belonging, and as a result, he has been unable to get too excited about the current things.

In any case, the most important thing is to find the value of life——What exactly are you here for?

A few days ago, I was either too busy or dizzy due to altitude sickness, so I had no time to think about it, but now it is different.

(End of this chapter)