Chapter 26: Iron Blooded Military Soul Six

  Yang Xinxin threw the driver's body to the side of the road, started the car, and the jeep let out a loud roar as it suddenly sped away from the position. The enemy machine gunner noticed the unusual movement on the opposite position and four heavy machine guns alternately fired wildly. The bullets pinned the squad members to the ground, unable to lift their heads, and the mud and stones splashing against the steel helmets clanged loudly.

  Lin Ruolan rushed out of the bunker without caring about anything, chasing after the car and shouting loudly: "Yang Xinxin, come back! Come back quickly!"

  Yang Xinxin completely ignored her shouts, the car rushed past the stunned team members and sped towards the dark fort like a whirlwind.

  Lin Ruolan cried out and desperately chased after them from behind, her cries startling Jin Huang and Chen Jianfeng. The two turned their heads back to shout at her: "Get down! Get down quickly!"

  As Lin Ruolan rushed out of the bunker, Mr. Ma also chased after her and suddenly stretched out his hand to press her down on the ground, a string of bullets flew over the two bodies.

  Yang Xinxin gritted her teeth and accelerated continuously, a string of machine gun bullets came towards the jeep, "ding ding dang" hitting the armored car body sparks splashing everywhere.

  "Smoke bombs!" Jin Huan shouted, and more than a dozen smoke bombs flew out of the team members' positions, spewing white smoke. Immediately afterwards, all team members picked up their weapons and frantically fired at the dark fortifications.

  The machine gunner inside the dark fort switched to armor-piercing bullets, ignoring the suppressive fire of the assault team and desperately firing at the jeep. The milky white smoke obscured the shooter's line of sight, and the bullets flew wildly, riddling the vehicle with holes. A string of bullets pierced the front windshield, passing through Yang Xinxin's left chest, and a bright red blood splattered far away.

  Yang Xinxin gritted her teeth, using all her strength to press the accelerator to the floor. The bullet-riddled Jeep continued to speed towards the dark fort. Eighty meters, sixty meters, forty meters, the distance was getting closer and closer. The gas tank had been hit, gasoline leaking out of the bullet holes, igniting the entire vehicle, like a rolling fireball rushing towards the dark fort. Machine gun fire became chaotic, the enemy let out desperate cries, throwing down their guns and retreating into the cave behind the dark fort.

  A loud crash, and the jeep smashed head-on into the side of the mountain.

  Behind him, the voices of his comrades shouting "Jump! Jump!" came, Yang Xinxin barely turned his head towards the direction of the national border, and with his last bit of strength shouted: "Long live the Motherland!" These final words of life, in a shocking color, became an eternal call. This is the song of majestic mountains and rivers written by the Republic's people with blood and life, this is the iron-blooded military soul forged by the Republic's people with strong iron bones!

  High temperatures and large fires detonated the explosives on the vehicle, "Boom!" A deafening explosion shook the earth, flames shot up into the sky, and the dark fort was blown into a massive black hole.

  Lin Ruo Lan knelt on the ground, sobbing softly.

  The intense gunfire stopped, and the team members stood up silently, looking at the explosion core within a hundred meters where there was no one left alive. They looked at the ruins in the smoky air, with only half of the car's rear cover rolling in the air, tears streaming down their faces.

  "To the heroes of the Republic, salute!" With Jin Huang's low shout, all team members stood at attention and gave a solemn military salute to the ruins.

  Finally, Jin Hao took a last look at the black hole and gave a low command: "White Fox, go check the helicopter and prepare the steel wire rope for lifting. Lamp Post, carry Lei Gong and Shan Ying onto the plane, no matter what, we must bring him back to our country. Monkey, Jackal, sweep the battlefield. Leave in five minutes, hurry, their reinforcements will be here soon." He turned around and ran to Lin Ruo Lan's side to help her up, and sincerely said to Mr. Mark: "Thank you! Thank you for saving her!"

  Five Apaches were damaged by stray bullets, two of them were shot down, and one was hit by a falling rock that destroyed its rotor blades, unable to take off. Only two are available, the team members breathed a sigh of relief.

  Jin Huang settled Lin Ruolan and Mr. Ma on one of the helicopters, Long Fei had already hung the steel wire rope, the helicopter was hovering above the wreckage, Ma Ping and Cheng Xiaopeng were holding onto the steel wire rope to bind it to the wreckage.

  Xu Mingliang wiped away his tears and went to move Lei Meng. Suddenly, Lei Meng moved slightly, and Xu Mingliang exclaimed with joy: "Hunting leopard, Old Lei is still alive! Old Lei, wake up! We're going home!" Lei Meng moved slightly again, and a large amount of fresh blood gushed out of his mouth.

  Xu Mingliang hastily grabbed the first-aid kit, tore open Lei Meng's shirt, bandaged his wound, and tears fell onto Lei Meng's face, which was blackened by smoke.

  Ma Ping and Cheng Xiaopeng dropped the steel wire rope and rushed over to surround Lei Meng, calling out to him non-stop. Jin Huan carefully examined Lei Meng's wound, "Quickly, lift him onto the plane, we must get him to the hospital as soon as possible."

  The team members hastily lifted Lei Meng and sent him into the plane. Xu Mingliang rushed to see Lin Jie, who had been shot in the abdomen by a bullet-proof vest. The wound was very deep, and the bullet head was still inside. Lin Jie temporarily fainted. He beckoned to Cheng Xiaopeng, and the two of them carefully lifted Lin Jie onto the plane, where he lay side by side with Lei Meng on the cabin floor.

  Jin Hao looked at Chen Jianfeng's wounded leg and asked in a low voice, "How are you? Can you fly?"

  "Can." Chen Jianfeng looked at him in confusion: "I can't fly, and you're still here."

  Jin Huang glanced at the ammunition depot, his eyes unfathomable, "I can't go with you."

  Chen Jianfeng grasped his arm and said angrily: "What are you going to do again?"

  Jin Hao held his hand, still calm and determined, "Listen to me, someone must stay behind, their reinforcements will arrive soon, there are plenty of portable anti-aircraft missiles here, I want to stay here and catch them off guard, to buy time for you. Then we'll also blow up the ammunition depot."

  "You can get off the plane."

  "The effective distance of the detonator is only 2,800 meters. If it's detonated on an airplane, with so much explosives in the ammunition depot, it will blow up the plane together."

  "Then I'll stay!"

  "What nonsense, your leg has been injured twice in a row, isn't staying here sending yourself to death?" Jin Huan glanced at the team members staring at them and interrupted Chen Jianfeng's words: "I'm extremely familiar with this forest, more so than my own home, don't worry, I won't die! Stop hesitating, Leigong's injury can't be delayed."

  "Leopard, you must come back alive!" Chen Jianfeng tightly grasped Jin Hao's large hand.

  Cheng Xiaopeng shouted from a distance: "Leopard, Hawk, the steel wire rope is ready!"

  "Everyone on the plane!" Jin Huan shouted to his teammates, continuing: "After I hold them off here, I'll retreat in the direction of the national border. Don't come to pick me up. We've killed so many government soldiers, we can't let D country get a handle on it, nor can we provoke a conflict between the two countries. The location where Leng Jian sacrificed is already marked on the map. After you land safely, you must send someone to bring him back home." Jin Huan pushed Chen Jianfeng: "Hurry up and board the plane, prepare for takeoff."

  Chen Jianfeng took two difficult steps forward, and Jin Huan suddenly grabbed his hand, with a serious look in his eyes that he had never seen before: "If... if I don't come back, take care of her!"

  Chen Jianfeng was furious and shouted in a low voice: "Take care of your own woman yourself!"

  Jin Hao smiled wryly and gave him a hard pat on the shoulder, pushing him towards the plane: "Get on the plane, everyone is waiting for you!"

  Chen Jianfeng slowly sat into the cockpit, his face flushed with hot tears streaming down. He reached out to wipe them away, only realizing then that he was crying uncontrollably. Gritting his teeth fiercely, he stretched out his hand towards the control stick, and the propeller began to rotate from slow to fast, finally spinning at high speed. The whirlwind stirred up by the rotor dispersed the smoke.

  The wreckage emitted a piercing metallic scraping sound as it slowly left the ground. The instrument panel displayed a load of 3.2 tons, and Long Fei let out a sigh of relief, giving Jin Huang a thumbs up as he steadily piloted the helicopter upwards.

  "White Fox, watch your altitude. Don't let the wreckage get caught in the trees." The calm voice of Jin Hwan came through the headset.

  "Got it! You guys hurry up and board the plane, the enemy is approaching!"

  The helicopter carrying the team members has taken off and is hovering two meters above the ground. Jin Huan waves his hand at Chen Jianfeng, who is staring at him from the cockpit, and runs back a dozen steps. The team members are stunned, "What's going on? Why isn't Leopard coming up?" "Hawk, what's going on? Does Leopard still have a mission?"

  Lin Ruolan crawled out of the cabin with her hands and feet, shouting: "Jin Huan, hurry up and get on the plane, let's go home together!"

  Jin Huang ignored her call, his deep facial features expressionless, his black pupils locked onto hers as if to carve her into his brain. In everyone's earpiece came his calm voice: "My comrades, may the winds be at your back! I must stay here to block the enemy reinforcements and buy time for your safe retreat."

  "Cheetah, I'm staying with you!" Mingliang yelled as he jumped off the plane.

  "Get back!" Jin Hwang said sternly: "Everyone listen, on this road we will definitely encounter enemy harassment, and we need your firepower cover. If the wreckage cannot be transported back, we are the sinners of the country! Remember at all times, you are soldiers! There is no right to do as one pleases!"

  "Leopard, I'm staying behind, you take the plane!" Long Fei attempted to turn back.

  "Obey orders! No one is allowed to come down! Hawk, take off immediately!" Jin Huan suddenly turned his back and no longer looked at his comrades, "Go, go quickly!"

  Chen Jianfeng steeled himself and pushed the throttle forward, "Bai Hu, obey orders! Don't add unnecessary sacrifices!"

  "Hey!" The sound of Long Fei heavily punching the dashboard came from the headphones.

  The plane was rising higher and higher, already at a height of six stories from the ground. Lin Ruolan stood stupidly beside the cabin door, staring blankly as Jin Huan's back grew smaller and smaller in the distance. Her heart was filled with a scorching heat, her mind overflowing with turbulent passion. Fear, reluctance, confusion, hesitation... countless emotions intertwined, like colors bleeding into each other, ultimately converging into a simple yet irreversible decision: at this critical moment of life and death, she would share his fate.

  She couldn't control herself, she simply couldn't calm down, tightly biting her teeth, not thinking at all about whether jumping from this height would kill her or not. She made a mighty leap downwards. At the critical moment in life, taking such a leap of faith might just lead you to find the happiness and joy you've been dreaming of.

  "Lin's advisor!" Cheng Xiaopeng and Ma Ping, who were sitting next to her, shouted in unison, hastily stretching out their hands to pull her back, but Lin Ruolan had already fallen straight down to the ground.

  The cry came from the headphones, startling Jin Huan who was facing away from the plane. He quickly turned his head and saw Lin Ruolan rapidly falling from high altitude. Without hesitation, he sprinted towards her direction of fall, and just as he was about to catch her, he made a desperate lunge forward, pushing her body horizontally with all his might, converting the downward force into a horizontal movement, thus avoiding the inevitable fracture of both legs when she hit the ground.

  Lin Ruo Lan's body fell into a bush, the soft twigs supporting her body, and she miraculously escaped unscathed.