Chapter Seventeen: The Wind Rises and Clouds Gather

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  To ensure that the secret of the fourth-level septic tank was not discovered, Bao Yulin could only walk towards Wu Honglian, he couldn't let Wu Honglian get close to the septic tank.

  Wu Hongying originally wanted to walk forward and take a look at what Bao Yulin had been beaten into by his own people. Unexpectedly, before she could get close, Bao Yulin had already crawled out of the septic tank. This was nothing much, but unexpectedly, Bao Yulin walked over with a whole body of sewage water. Wu Hongying was after all a woman, and no matter what, she couldn't accept these things. She hastily retreated several steps and made way for him.

  "Bao Yulin, what's going on?" Wu Hongyuan hastily asked, unwilling to let Bao Yulin get close to her.

  Bao Yulin originally only wanted to stop Wu Hongyuan from coming over, and didn't even have time to think about how to stop Wu Hongyuan from approaching the septic tank. As a result, when he saw Wu Hongyuan's appearance, he understood that his current state was not something everyone could accept. This time, it actually made him come up with a good idea.

  "Report, due to the septic tank not being deep enough and having not been cleaned for many years, it now needs to be cleaned. We need some tools!" Bao Yulin said in a serious tone, with an air of discontent.

  Wu Hongyan naturally heard the tone of Bao Yulin's speech, obviously being fooled by someone else and feeling very uncomfortable, wanting to take revenge through his own hands. Cleaning the septic tank means that the workers have to stand in the septic tank all day for operation, and there is only one toilet in the entire prisoner-of-war camp. In other words, unless the prisoners do not need to defecate, these people will have to work in the sewage water. It seems that Bao Yulin has made up his mind to fool Zhang Xihang and his men. This situation is actually good news for the managers of the prisoner-of-war camp, indicating a higher degree of differentiation among the prisoners and cracks between them. Even if nothing else, these few Chinese soldiers with the most influence in the prisoner-of-war camp are always covered in stench, and their comrades will naturally avoid them. Even without considering these issues, from Bao Yulin's perspective, he has thoroughly offended the highest leader of the Chinese side in the prisoner-of-war camp this time, and there will be no good days for him when exchanging prisoners in the future. Because his body has already been branded with the mark of a traitor and a rebel.

  "What tools do you need? I'll take you there right now." Wu Hongyuan covered her nose and continuously backed away several steps, she really didn't want Bao Yulin to get close to her.

  Bao Yulin's mind was racing at this time, and when he said these words, he hadn't even thought clearly about what to say. Now that it has come to this, he must say something, fortunately, what he said earlier was okay, the septic tank is not deep enough, plus cleaning, the best tool of course is a shovel. The shovel can clean the septic tank and also has another function, which is to dig holes!

  Watching Wu Honglian retreat three times, Bao Yulin felt that it was worth taking a risk! Usually, the management of tools in the prisoner-of-war camp is very strict. The number of tools taken out must be returned. Even if the tool is damaged, the "body" must be brought back without leaving any residue. This is all the experience of many years of struggle. However, Bao Yulin felt that this time was worth trying. The most crucial thing here is the smell on his body!

  "I took a look just now, and because it's not deep enough, the septic tank often overflows. But if we dig the septic tank a bit deeper, this problem should be solved. Also, many years of accumulated residue need to be cleaned up, so we'll need several iron shovels." Bao Yulin was betting that Wu Hongying wouldn't dare to go to the men's toilet and take a look, let alone the septic tank. He bet that Wu Hongying thought he wanted revenge on his comrades, intentionally making them stand in the sewage to dig the septic tank, which is something ordinary people can't tolerate.

  "Alright, you come with me to get the tools!" Wu Hongxian couldn't take it anymore. He didn't need to watch the infighting between a few Chinese prisoners of war in such an environment and conditions. Bao Yulin won the first round!

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  The Vietnamese guard in charge of the tool room looked at Wu Honglian leading Bao Yulin to get tools from a distance. He originally wanted to follow the rules and check, but when Bao Yulin approached, his body odor was unbearable. Seeing Wu Honglian standing far away, he didn't care about anything else, and hastily sent Bao Yulin into the tool room to fetch the tools by himself, and Bao Yulin had no choice but to obey the order.

  Before long, Bao Yulin came out with several iron shovels: "Report, received 5 iron shovels, please check!" These report words were stipulated and must be followed in peacetime.

  The Vietnamese guard in charge of the tool room covered his nose, gesturing to Bao Yulin with a look of disgust: "Go away, go away, hurry up and get out!" As he spoke, he wrote on the register: "Bao Yulin cleaned the septic tank, received 5 iron shovels."

  The tool room was outside the gate of the prisoner-of-war camp, all for the convenience of management and to prevent loopholes. Wu Honglian escorted Bao Yulin to pick up tools, of course, he had to escort him back to work. As for what Bao Yulin was holding in his hand, it was just a few iron shovels, and she didn't think there was anything wrong with that. Originally, the person managing the tool room would check and register them, so there wouldn't be any problems here. When the time came, they would collect them back according to the registered quantity.

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  After Baoyu Lin was taken into the prisoner-of-war camp, Wu Hongyuan followed far behind, she really couldn't stand the smell on Baoyu Lin's body. The smell was too unbearable.

  "Zhang Xihang, you and Lu Kai clean up the fourth-level septic tank. The first-level septic tank is not deep enough and needs to be deepened." Bao Yulin returned to the edge of the septic tank and shouted loudly. He couldn't say it clearly because in everyone's eyes he was a traitor, a Han traitor, a national thief, and no one would trust him. If he said it out loud, they would definitely think he was playing some kind of trick and might even report him. So the hole in the fourth-level septic tank would be wasted.

  This is an opportunity, Bao Yulin cannot let it go to waste in his own hands.

  Zhang Xihang and Lu Kai were surprised, for such a long time, Bao Yulin had hardly said anything, and generally speaking, Zhang Xihang was the one who made the decisions. Today he asked to clean the toilet was already unexpected, now he actually started assigning tasks, this is really incomprehensible. However, no matter what, according to Vietnamese management regulations, Bao Yulin has the right to assign tasks, no matter how they deal with him behind his back, on the surface, they still have to show respect for him, otherwise, it's not certain who will suffer in the end.

  Looking at Zhang Xihang and Lu Kai coming out of the first-level septic tank, Bao Yulin handed over the iron shovel in his hand: "Take it, 5 iron shovels." When Bao Yulin mentioned the quantity, he intentionally emphasized it, and handed over the iron shovel in his hand to Zhang Xihang: "You and Lu Kai are responsible for cleaning up the last septic tank, Wang Xiaodong and the other two are responsible for the first and second ones. I'll take a look at the situation of the third septic tank!" In the morning, Zhang Xihang's arranged work was adjusted once, following Bao Yulin's method, he basically had nothing to do.

  Wu Hongyuan looked and listened from a distance, after Bao Yulin finished arranging his work, she turned around and left, regardless of what he did, it was just dogs biting each other, whatever they wanted to do!

  Zhang Xihang was distributing tools when Bao Yulin lay down on the grass in the distance again. First, he couldn't work today, and most importantly, no one trusted him. Rather than this, he might as well sleep. But at this time, he basically couldn't sleep. If he hadn't discovered the fourth-level septic tank, Bao Yulin might have been able to sleep, but now he couldn't sleep. He had to help keep watch.

  When Zhang Xihang received the tools handed over by Bao Yulin, he was still surprised and couldn't understand Bao Yulin's tone. However, when he distributed the tools, he found that there were 6 iron shovels in total! What's going on? Looking at Bao Yulin lying far away, Zhang Xihang followed Lu Kai into the fourth-level septic tank with a hint of doubt.

  After going down to the septic tank, Zhang Xihang and Lu Kai understood why Bao Yulin would clearly mention the 5 iron shovels.

  "Deputy Commander Zhang, what do you think Bao Yulin is trying to do? Is he trying to curry favor with us?" Lu Kai had dug a tunnel for a while, the tunnel was quite deep, already over ten meters, and the distance from above had exceeded the range of the barbed wire fence. However, if there were any movements, the guards in the watchtower would still discover it, this wasn't a safe enough distance yet!

  "There's something fishy about his business, but anyway, it's right that he's in charge of managing us Chinese prisoners with the Vietnamese people. We need to be on guard." Zhang Xihang discussed with Lu Kai in the latrine. They had to come up with a plan as soon as possible, opportunities weren't available every day.

  "This is true, you say he can issue anti-war declarations, what else can't he do? Who knows if this is one of his tricks." People in that era were highly vigilant and aware.

  "Let's put that aside for now, we need to observe first. But there is one thing, Bao Yulin just mentioned the number of iron hoes in front of Wu Honglian, which means there is an unregistered iron hoe. We can set it aside for now, if he doesn't reveal anything, we can take advantage of this loophole." Zhang Xihang quickly analyzed the pros and cons of the situation and made corresponding arrangements.

  Lu Kai thought for a moment: "Do you think Bao Yulin didn't see this hole at all? Or did he not understand the structure of the septic tank and thought it was just a drainage ditch leading outside?"

  Zhang Xihang smiled wryly: "You're really something, thinking of such a big drainage ditch? Even if there was one, how would you explain the shovel? Forget it, let's not worry about that for now. Let's just pretend we didn't discover this and get out of here first. Leave the shovel in the septic tank, and we'll see what happens later!"

  Originally, the fourth-level septic tank didn't have much to do with it. Throughout the day, Zhang Xihang and a few others did not follow Bao Yulin's arrangement, but instead emptied the first-level septic tank with all their might and expanded and deepened it greatly.

  For a whole day, except for eating, Bao Yulin lay on the distant grass all the time, looking very leisurely. This situation lasted until dinner time in the evening.

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  On March 16th, during dinner that evening, unexpectedly, Bao Yulin's anti-war declaration was not broadcast again. Instead, it was replaced by Ruan Yuanjia's speech. In the speech, Ruan Yuanjia repeatedly said that the Chinese army had been defeated and forced to withdraw from Vietnam, and that justice was invincible. According to Ruan Yuanjia, this victory was not only a victory in the Vietnam War but also a political victory for Vietnam. China's invasion of Vietnam was widely condemned by the international community, and documents passed by the United Nations with a majority vote showed that most countries in the world supported economic and military sanctions against China. The Soviet Union even stationed millions of troops on China's northeastern border, preparing to attack China and liberate the Chinese people after pinning down the main force in Vietnam. Additionally, there was another piece of news: a new batch of prisoners of war would be arriving at the prisoner-of-war camp, and it was hoped that they would follow discipline and not cause any problems at this critical moment.

  This news is not good for all the prisoners of war. Everyone had hoped that the Chinese People's Liberation Army would quickly capture Hanoi, so everyone could be liberated. But now this situation has become a problem. No one expected that the Liberation Army would retreat at this time.

  Zhang Xihang felt a lot more at ease when he heard the news, because this could very well explain why Bao Yulin had acted in such a way today. It was clear that he had already learned about the news through his Vietnamese master beforehand. According to international law, exchanging prisoners of war became inevitable after the end of the war, and he himself was one of them. Obviously, under current circumstances, the Vietnamese did not want to keep him in Vietnam either, meaning he would also appear on the list for prisoner exchange. He had seen this point clearly and hoped that by making some meritorious performances, these people could speak well of him afterwards, which is why he acted as he did today.

  But Zhang Xihang couldn't understand one thing, if Bao Yulin knew he was going to exchange prisoners of war, wasn't it a bit unreasonable for him to do so? If these people didn't care about him at all and just waited to be exchanged back, wouldn't everything he did be in vain? If that's the case, maybe Lu Kai is right, perhaps Bao Yulin really didn't see or understand the structure of the septic tank, thinking it was just a ditch.

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  That night, Zhang Xihang and Lu Kai called Wang Xiaodong after everyone had fallen asleep. They went to the toilet together to discuss what to do next. Zhang Xihang expressed his doubts, and they had to decide whether to wait for a prisoner exchange or escape from the POW camp.

  Regarding the exchange of prisoners of war, Chinese soldiers are not familiar with it because China has never publicized such things. The most critical thing is that returning home as a prisoner of war means that for the rest of their lives they will be unable to hold their heads up high. However, relatively speaking, this would be much safer. But if they escape from the prison camp and return home, the situation would become different, and they would become heroes who fought against the enemy. They would be rewarded for their meritorious service, and this experience would become a proud capital for them in the future!

  "Lu Kai, I've been thinking that if there's a chance, we should get everyone prepared and try to escape. We don't know how long it'll take for the prisoner exchange, and even if we do go back, our comrades' future will be much better, but the danger is also great. Our troops have retreated, so there won't be anyone to meet us, and this road is very long, we don't even know if we can make it back. I think we should discuss this with everyone." Zhang Xihang must consider the safety of more people's lives.

  "What's good about this? Who wants to go back with the reputation of a prisoner of war? I'm not willing! I want to walk back home with my head held high!" Lu Kai certainly didn't want to become one of the exchanged prisoners of war.

  "Let's put this matter aside for now and find an opportunity to discuss it with everyone later. It must be agreed upon by everyone. Besides, Ruan Yuanjia said that there will be more prisoners of war coming in the next two days, we need to get some information from them, if we escape from the prisoner-of-war camp, we have to take them with us!"

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  Two people hid in the toilet to discuss, Wang Xiaodong stood at the edge of the toilet door staring at the movement outside. Because of Bao Yulin's presence, it was no longer safe to talk in the dormitory, so whenever there was something, the two leaders could only hide in the toilet to talk. Wang Xiaodong naturally became the best sentry.

  That night, the two of them discussed many topics, including Bao Yulin. However, no matter what, one thing was clear: the situation with Bao Yulin was still unclear, and they had to be careful to guard against him. Especially in recent days, they needed to pay attention to observe what he was up to. The septic tank issue should not be touched for now, lest it was a trap set by the enemy. This did not rule out the possibility that Bao Yulin wanted to harm people through this means.

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