Chapter Forty-Six

  The weight he had to bear with his hands was basically over 150 kilograms, and he had to slide down for tens of meters. Those who have not experienced this may not understand or imagine it. It's equivalent to carrying a 100-kilogram person and doing two hundred push-ups in a row. Moreover, there is a certain degree of danger, if you can't hold on, you might fall from a height of tens of meters.

  But in the end it was all right, everyone was alive and they brought the three hostages back to headquarters. When Colonel saw them return to headquarters with scars all over their bodies.

  His heart was deeply shocked, everyone's body was covered in bloodstains, yet they still couldn't hide the aura of dominance on them. He was a commander, and even in Pakistan, this war-torn country, he could hardly find soldiers with such an aura of dominance. This kind of aura was what a commander most hoped to see.

  He personally arranged for them to be admitted to the best hospital in Pakistan. The Pakistani doctors were also shocked. Baza, who had been practicing medicine for many years, had never seen such a wounded soldier. When he examined Yuan Shuai, as soon as he took off his clothes and saw the wounds on his body, he found that there were dozens of leeches as thick as pens in his blood vessels. The experienced old doctor's hands began to tremble slightly, was this still human? How much suffering must he have endured? When the leeches moved in his blood vessels, his whole body felt unbearably itchy. Normally, a person would scratch their entire body bloody with just one leech in their blood vessels. Yet this young warrior had dozens of them and could still continue to fight until victory was won.

  Looking at Li Nan again, he was stabbed in the abdomen and back, and even his intestines were flowing out, but he still managed to hold on until all the hostages were rescued.

  Wang Can and Wang Yuanjian were still bleeding from their bodies but insisted that the doctor save their comrades first.

  In my opinion, among all the countries that have received aid from China, Pakistan is the most grateful. The hospital has done its best to treat them, so their injuries are healing quickly.

  After several months, their injuries had healed a lot. The strong are indeed strong, and their injuries recover faster than others. This was said by Dr. Bazaar from Pakistan.

  In Pakistan, they were treated much better than at home. They could drink liquor by the bowlful in hospitals and eat lamb legs by the mouthful. Because they told doctors that drinking was their "good medicine" for recovering physically. This pleased those little nurses who brought them delicious food every day to get close to them.

  But this fairy tale life didn't last for many days, Pakistani journalists somehow found out they were recovering here. After a series of vague and misleading reports, various organizations and schools came to offer condolences. In front of so many people, they still had to maintain the image of Chinese citizens. The flowers sent every day could have opened up a flower shop. According to Zhang Qipeng's words, it would be better if they had sent a few more bottles of wine instead, which was said in jest.

  In three months' time they had fully recovered.

  A new task is waiting for them, the "Jihadist Army" has entered the desert on the China-Pakistan border to prevent them from joining forces with the "East Turkistan" separatists in Xinjiang. The Chinese side requires the Pakistani military to eliminate them within Pakistan's borders.

  The anti-terrorist command center's sand table has already set up a basic map of the desert. Red and green flags have been inserted.

  The operations staff officer was talking about his battle plan with great eloquence. After finishing, the colonel asked for opinions from General Yuan and others. General Yuan had felt that his battle plan was just an armchair strategy from the very beginning. Because the flags inserted on the map were of no use, as the desert was different from ordinary areas, it was a place with strong fluidity. The original terrain features would change once the wind blew. However, it was not good to directly deny their battle plan, so he could only say it in a euphemistic way.

  "Commander, your battle plan is nearly flawless, but I have two suggestions."

  "I've come to hear your opinions." The Colonel said politely.

  "From the contact with them in the past few days, I think that the "Zealot Army" is still a relatively tight organization. They are different from ordinary troops. Their mobility is more flexible than regular troops. Also, since they chose this desert route, they must be very familiar with the terrain there."

  "Secondly, the geographical characteristics of the desert are also different from other terrains. Its fluidity is very strong. A gust of wind can change its original shape. So we will be more dependent on high-tech instruments, and our speed of action will slow down. That would be even more unfavorable for our actions."

  "So I suggest that our small team goes in to scout and locate first, then your army's main force can carry out the plan according to what this commander said. What is the commander's opinion?"

  "Your suggestion is good, but won't it be a bit too dangerous for a small team to infiltrate deeply alone?"

  "Sir, war will always be dangerous."

  "I believe in your abilities, so I'll send some of our special forces to accompany you on a deeper reconnaissance mission, just in case there's any danger, we'll have more power."

  "Yes, Commander, when do we act?"

  "Tomorrow, your codename is 'Snow Leopard'. (The Snow Leopard is a very famous animal in Pakistan, with strong survival abilities and ferocity)."

  The commander sent 20 Pakistani special forces soldiers to fight with them.

  Pakistan's desert climate is very unique, it is a tropical desert climate. The highest temperature during the day can reach 50 degrees, and at night it can drop to minus 30 degrees. So this has a great impact on human physical consumption.

  The desert sunset in Pakistan is spectacular. Moreover, it has a big difference with other places' sunset, that is, it is very peculiar. The upper half of the moon is white and the lower half is red, while the sky it reflects is the upper half is red and the lower half is yellowish brown. From afar, the white moon and the red sunset form a striking contrast, while the yellowish-brown ground sets off the red moon in a particularly enchanting way.

  However, at this time they seemed to have no mood to appreciate the scenery, and were looking for a hidden place. Having walked for a day, they should have already entered the activity range of the Qiancheng Army, so they had to find a safe place to hide.

  They found a relatively low-lying terrain. General Yuan ordered everyone to cover themselves with sand. This can keep warm and hide at the same time. Four posts, each person stood for one hour.

  Dawn was approaching, and battle was also not far from them.