Headed towards Xiao Wang Zhuang at 02:00

  At 6:00 in the morning, the seven of them had all gathered together. There was not a hint of fatigue on anyone's face, as if last night's heavy drinking had never happened at all, and they were all refreshed and spirited.

  "Yesterday afternoon, we received an order from the headquarters, and today we will go to Xiaohezhuang to replace the third company. In other words, from now on, all of you who are stationed here will be entering the battlefield, and you must be ready for battle at any time. From now on, personnel will not leave their guns behind, waiting for orders to fight at any moment. Do you understand?!" Gao Jiancheng was dressed in military uniform, with a majestic demeanor.

  "I understand!"

  "Alright, next your instructor Wang will explain the things you need to pay attention to along the way." As Gao Jiancheng's voice fell, Wang Wei, dressed in combat gear, walked to the front.

  "First, no loud noises are allowed; second, no open flames are allowed; third, no approaching personnel is allowed; fourth, all personnel have live ammunition and are forbidden to fire without orders. Also, during rest and meals, all personnel must be in combat alert status in units of ten people, and be prepared to respond to sudden situations within a one-kilometer radius at any time. Did you hear that?"

  "Got it!"

  Wang Wei looked at Gao Jiancheng, and Gao Jiancheng nodded at him. "Let's go!"

  "Lao Gao, what about those two kids? Just letting them go like this, won't they be in danger?"

  "Let nature take its course."

  "Not you, aren't you a clever person? How can you have no way out? What if something happens to these two children, what would we say?"

  "I've checked it out, from here all the way to Xiao Wang Zhuang is safe, there won't be any danger."

  "So this..."

  "Don't worry, I've arranged for the two of them to be together. The young master from the Situ family is a bit clever, and Old Zhao's kid is also very steady. With the two of them together, they won't suffer too much," Gao Jiancheng glanced at the team that had already fallen behind, "Come on, let's hurry up, or we'll be left behind by the new recruits, how embarrassing."

  Wang Wei took a look at the crowd running in the distance, sighed, and quickly ran a few steps to catch up with Gao Jiancheng.

  "Advance two kilometers and set up camp on the spot." The messenger brought back a good news from the front, everyone made their last effort to run towards the two-kilometer point.

  Zhao Guoding crawled on the ground like a dog, unwilling to get up. From 5 o'clock this morning, after eating two steamed buns, a bowl of porridge and an egg, he had been marching continuously until noon when he rested for half an hour by a small stream, simply taking a couple of mouthfuls before setting off again. Adding the final sprint of two kilometers, they had been on the move for nearly fourteen hours, draining Zhao Guoding's last ounce of energy. He felt as though his head had barely touched the ground before he fell asleep.

  "Who told you to disperse? Who said it's dismissed? Ah? Everyone, stand up!" Gao Jiancheng saw the people of the 7th company crawling on the ground and immediately got angry.

  "Have you guys surveyed the terrain? Are you all clear about the surrounding environment? Have you set up sentry posts?" Gao Jiancheng looked around, but no one stood up to answer his question. Occasionally, there were still snoring sounds coming over.

  "Damn it, are these turtle sons going to die?" As he spoke, Gao Jiancheng pulled out the pistol on his waist and fired two shots, making a loud noise, and these people came to their senses.

  A hand stretched out and took the gun away, "Gao Jiancheng, what are you yelling about?" Gao Jiancheng was just about to say which bastard dared to take his gun, but found it was Wang Wei and swallowed his words back.

  "Haven't you seen they're all asleep? Let them rest, we still have a long way to go tomorrow."

  "Not you, look at them, they don't even have a single guard post, how can I not be angry?"

  "Who says they don't have guards?" Wang Wei casually pointed to two places, and from the ground, two heads popped out, saluted Gao Jiancheng, and then continued to hide. If you didn't look carefully, you really wouldn't notice that there were people there.

  "These little rabbits have a pretty high concealment ability." Gao Jiancheng took a look and laughed, then pulled Wang Wei to study the map.

  "At our current marching speed, we should be able to reach Xiao Wang Zhuang by tomorrow afternoon." Wang Wei said, looking at the map in the light of a match.

  "Yes, let's hurry up and get there, once we arrive, we can have a good rest." Gao Jiancheng looked at the soldiers lying down beside him. "Then we'll carefully study the terrain of Xiao Wang Zhuang and the surrounding situation. Suddenly being ordered to take over the defense of three brigades must mean something big has happened, otherwise they wouldn't even transfer soldiers who are currently in training."

  "Yes, I also feel quite strange. It's said that you were given a year to train and without special orders, you shouldn't be able to return to the front line, but Xiao Wang Zhuang is only 15 kilometers away from the front line, it's possible to enter combat at any time."

  "Lao Wang, aren't you the captain of the Special Task Force? Haven't you received any news? Tell me."

  "Me?" Wang Wei pointed at himself. "The Special Task Force is officially known as the Special Operations Brigade, and it's not an intelligence agency. Where am I supposed to go to gather information for you?"

  "Whatever, I don't want to think about it anymore, can't rely on you anyway. Going to sleep."

  "Alas, what does this mean?" Wang Wei was about to retort a couple of sentences when Gao Jiancheng turned over and went to sleep.

  Nothing happened overnight, and Zhao Guo-zheng set off early towards Xiao Wang Zhuang.

  A dusty procession finally arrived at the entrance of Xiaowang Village. Everyone let out a sigh of relief when they reached their destination.

  "Stay where you are and don't move, I'm going in with Officer Wang. Maintain discipline, did you hear?". When they arrived at the entrance of Xiaowang Village, Gao Jiancheng took off his hat, dusted it off, and instructed his men. "Don't touch anything here, including water and food."

  "Yes, Commander." Although tired, his voice was still loud and clear. Gao Jiancheng nodded in satisfaction and walked into the village with Wang Wei.

  "Guo Dongge, this is Xiao Wang Zhuang, it's not that great, huh? Not even as good as our village." Dog Wa looked around while talking to Zhao Guodong.

  "It's also weird, Gao Lianchang said that this place is already very close to the front line, why didn't we see a single bullet shell fall here?" Zhao Guodong searched the ground for half a day but found nothing.

  "Hey, look at them, they're all wearing uniforms." Dogwa saw the clothes of several patrolling soldiers walking by and then looked at his own clothes, which were not only dirty but also full of patches. He felt very unbalanced in his heart. "Let's take a look at ourselves, we're all soldiers, why is there such a big difference?"

  "Others will have these things later," said Gao Lianchang. Mao San, who was standing nearby, overheard the conversation and chimed in, "But for now, we really do look quite shabby."

  "Alright, let's just ignore it and pretend we didn't see anything, close our eyes and go to sleep."

  "Platoon leader said rest in place, didn't say sleep."

  "Even the squad leader didn't say we can't sleep." Zhao Guotang pulled down his hat brim and simply ignored the two of them.

  At this time, those patrolling soldiers walked towards the place where Zhao Guo and others were resting.