Chapter Thirty-Eight: The First Strike

  "Hey Wei, when can we use this wind turbine? I'm getting impatient." Before he knew it, mid-September had passed and Yang Wei still hadn't mustered up the courage to cross the border to look for the propeller he needed.

  At this time, Xia Xue couldn't wait any longer. Her marksmanship had also improved significantly, and her physical strength had increased substantially. This was mainly due to eating a lot of dried meat with her companions, which naturally included dried tiger meat. It's unknown whether this was the result of Yang Wei's mental influence or if the dried meat really had an effect on Xia Xue. At this point, Xia Xue's physique could be said to be no weaker than that of an adult, and she could even march over 200 miles in full armor without feeling anything. However, her physical strength was still no match for that of her companions.

  After being in contact with his little friends for so long, Yang Wei could naturally guess that when he first crossed over, his little friends had taken up a lot of the spotlight. Xia Xue hadn't taken up much of the spotlight, but Xia Xue was also good, this nutrition was sufficient, and her physique was much better, even the tiger's meat had some effect.

  "Xia Xue, do you know why we're training so hard?" "Why? Isn't it just for fun?" "Hehe, you're wrong. I'm actually going to find that propeller, but where can we find this propeller? You know our neighboring country Beichao is at war, right."

  "Yes, I knew that. And I also know that in the past few days, the Americans have landed on some island, and this has been widely discussed in our compound. Even Uncle Li and Uncle Wang are actively applying to go to war. Although it's said that they haven't gone yet, but I heard it will be soon. So you're saying that the propeller is going to be taken there?" Xia Xue suddenly realized after speaking a lot, that Yang Wei actually wanted to cross the border to find materials.

  "I had this idea, how about it, isn't it possible?" "It's not that it's impossible, but we're all kids, and no one will approve of us going." Xia Xue started to worry, but she wasn't worried about the so-called danger, rather she was worried that no one would approve of them going.

  "This is us, the Little Devil Team. We make our own decisions, and you're the captain and commander-in-chief. Are you not going to approve of us going?"

  "What? Are you going to leave me at home and go by yourselves? That won't do, I want to go too. Otherwise, I'll tell my uncle, and then none of us will be able to go."

  "Alright, we'll take you with us, but once we're there, you'd better listen to me. You should know that I'm the frontline commander, and your orders are only effective if they're relayed from HQ back home."

  "Alright, alright, I'll listen to you, everyone will listen to you," During Yang Wei's conversation with Xia Xue, the other little friends were also listening. When they heard that they would be crossing the border afterwards, their eyes suddenly widened, it seemed that they were also very excited in their hearts. This was going to war, which was the most urgent thought for children, afraid, afraid and still called children.

  "Little Li, what about those kids? I haven't seen them for two days." "Reporting to the minister, it seems that those kids have gone to practice again. They told me before they left, but I couldn't follow them."

  Xiao Li bowed and said, "Alright, I was just asking. This is the nth time they've gone out in these few months." It turned out that Yang Wei had used the excuse of pulling exercises to go out several times before, just to make them not suspect crossing the border.

  And the first time, they went out with great fanfare, naturally not returning at night, Uncle Xia was anxious to death, and many people were sent to search for them. As a result, they were found in a nearby wilderness, sleeping inside their tent, and doing it in a very realistic way. Later, when they came out, Uncle Xia didn't have any suspicions, only asking with concern.

  But where were Yang Wei and his men at this time?

  "Who's there?" Suddenly, under Xia Xue's feet was a withered branch. Although Yang Wei and the others didn't understand this language, they could guess that it was an inquiry, but whether they would respond or not was uncertain. They fell silent, no one moving, and slowly the inquiring person also walked away. This was near a military camp of the Northern Dynasty, and Yang Wei and the others were passing by from here. Although they knew there were soldiers nearby, they had to pass through this place; otherwise, walking from afar might cause even more commotion. In these two days, they had already encountered many such incidents.

  For the past two days, Yang Wei and his group have been traveling at night and hiding during the day. They passed through some difficult road sections smoothly, but on some relatively flat road sections, they often encountered Northern Dynasty troops. At this time, some of them were already panicked, having failed and with the so-called multi-national forces having already crossed over to the north of the 38th parallel.

  It wasn't like the previous period, they were so spirited and arrogant, almost driving the Southern army and even the president into the sea. The Americans didn't gain anything from them either. But as soon as they landed, they retreated like a tide, on the verge of being beaten back to the northern border.

  "Go." The night was very dark, otherwise the sentry wouldn't have been unable to see Yang Wei and the others. That rustling sound of the branch might have made the sentry think it was just a branch falling from the tree.

  "Wei Zi, is everything okay? Shall we head back?" Xia Xue started to retreat, "Head back? No way, we've come all this way. How can we go back now? We should find what we need soon."

  At this time, Yang Wei's heart was also very excited, he had actually participated in this war, and had even arrived many days earlier than the large army at home, however they had come secretly, this could only be fantasized about in his mind.

  And the other little friends naturally took Yang Wei as their leader. Whatever Yang Wei said, they would follow suit and do it too. They were at an age where they didn't know what fear was.

  Although they occasionally encountered the army, their physical condition and the fact that many of the troops here suffered from night blindness at this time made it easy for them to slip through, with few instances of gunfire breaking out. After all, this was not a war zone yet, but perhaps in a few days, this place would become one too.