Chapter Eighteen Clues

  Wu Bing said to Xiong Shilang: I need to select two people from the ones rescued with you, because they are familiar with the personnel of the headquarters.

  Master Xiong immediately said to Wu Bing: Alright, you can choose whoever you want.

  After getting the approval of Master Xiong, Wu Bing turned his head and continued to say to Captain Wang: As for other team members, they can be 'drawn' from the three companies. In terms of weapons, as long as we have sufficient ammunition, it will be fine.

  Master Xiong asked with some concern: Why must it be two male soldiers? Can't we choose from the male soldiers who were rescued in the past few days?

  Wu Bing replied: The reason why we didn't select many male soldiers is that they have been suffering from malnutrition for a long time, which has led to physical weakness. Although they were rescued and had enough food and clothing, their bodies hadn't fully recovered in the past few days of arduous marching. In the subsequent high-intensity march,

  Their bodies can't withstand such intense consumption. The female warriors of the 'Women's' team had a good rest and recovery after destroying the enemy's material base, and their physical condition is now significantly better than that of these male soldiers.

  Wu Bing explained and then said to Captain Wang: "Captain, if you can prepare tonight, I think we can set off overnight. The sooner we find the headquarters, the less loss they will suffer."

  Alright, I'll have someone prepare the ammunition for you. Once your team members are ready, you can set off immediately tonight, said Captain Wang.

  "Yes," Wu Bing replied.

  The members of the small team were soon selected by Wu Bing, and Wang Tuanzhang and Wu Zhengwei came over to mobilize the team members personally.

  Before departure, Captain Wang handed a letter to Wu Bing and said: After finding the headquarters, hand over this letter to prove your identity, with our signatures and Commander Xiong's signature on it.

  Wu Bing put away the letter and led his teammates to a hearty meal, then set out on their journey to find the headquarters with everyone's expectations.

  After setting out, the small team galloped non-stop through the Qilian Mountains. After daybreak, the team members discovered several more bodies of comrades who had died from freezing and starvation. The team members couldn't bear to leave the martyrs' bodies exposed in the wilderness and wanted to bury them.

  Wu Bing blocked their way and said: Our top priority now is to find the headquarters, only by finding the headquarters can we let more comrades survive. Don't worry, the comrades behind will bury them. In the future, we will definitely fight back, we will definitely avenge them.

  They took revenge.

  The small squad continued to set out with tears, the body of the martyr seemed to indicate the direction for Wu Bing and others to pursue, in order to let more comrades survive, the small squad shuttled back and forth in the Qilian Mountains without stopping.

  After trekking through the jungle for three days and nights, the team members were severely exhausted. Wu Bing planned to let the team members rest in the valley before entering it. However, upon entering the valley, they suddenly saw a dozen or so Red Army soldiers huddled together with their backs against each other, dressed in tattered clothes.

  Traces of trampling. Wu Bing guessed that this was definitely not the camp of a small detachment, but the camp of the headquarters' mobile barracks.

  Looking at the dozen or so soldiers who had died together, Wu Bing couldn't help but sigh: War is cruel, and there is no room for sympathy in its face.

  Wu Bing waved his hand to let the small team members bury these former comrades. When the team members moved these people, Wu Bing found that their bodies were not as stiff and frozen as those previously discovered, but their limbs could still swing with the movement of the team members.

  He hastily stopped the team members from taking their next move, and began to check each of them individually by feeling for a pulse and listening to their heartbeat. When he got to the fifth one, Wu Bing, as usual, put his ear against the person's chest to listen for a heartbeat.

  A faint "thud" sound suddenly excited Wu Bing, who hastily said to the crowd: Quick, this person is still alive. Quickly get a blanket and start a fire. Hurry up and check the remaining people to see if there are any survivors.

  The team members were overjoyed to hear that there were still survivors, and those who started the fire helped rescue people. After some effort, they found two more living comrades and quickly moved them to a spot not far from the bonfire to warm up. Wu Bing then had someone light a few more fires around the three comrades.

  Pile up the fire and warm up the surroundings. Order someone to put a small pot on the fire and simmer hot soup, Wu Bing deliberately put high-calorie compressed food and chocolate in it, and wait for several people to wake up and pour it down their throats.

  It was midnight when someone suddenly shouted: Wake up, wake up!

  As Wu Bing hurried over, a soldier had already picked up the awakened soldier and was holding him in his arms. The soldier being held said: Am I dead?

  Wu Bing hastily said: Comrade, you're not dead, we saved you. Sorry, we came too late.

  Turned around and said: Hurry up and pour the hot soup into him, his body is too weak.

  After feeding hot soup to this awakened warrior, what does he want to say?

  Wu Bing interrupted him and said: You are too weak now, rest for a night first, we can talk about anything tomorrow.

  The warrior was perhaps too tired and fell into a deep sleep after hearing Wu Bing's words.

  Wu Bing told the team members to keep an eye on the fire and not let it go out, ensuring that the three rescued people had enough warmth around them. Two more people woke up one after another and were given hot soup to drink before resting.

  The next morning, three people woke up one after another. The team members immediately served hot porridge to warm them up first. After the three people wolfed down the hot porridge in their own bowls, they stared at the pot on the fire pit with eager eyes.

  Wu Bing said warmly to the three people: You three have been in a state of hunger for too long, you can't eat too much at once, or your body won't be able to handle it.

  Three people looked at the man in front of them who was wearing strange clothes, one of whom asked: Which part are you from? I haven't seen any of you before!

  Wu Bing said to the three people: We are a search team from the 'Women's' Independent Regiment, and we have come to find the headquarters.

  Three people heard this and simultaneously lowered their heads, no longer making any sound.

  Three people did not make a sound, still looking at themselves with suspicious eyes. Wu Bing didn't waste any words and called over a 'female' soldier to explain to the three of them. After the 'female' soldier's patient explanation, the three people finally believed that Wu Bing and others were a search party sent by the Women's Independent Battalion.

  Wu Bing said at this time: I know what you suspect. How did we men become members of the 'Women's' Independent Regiment? It was because we were all rescued by them and temporarily assigned to the 'Women's' Independent Regiment. The cotton-padded jackets we wear are also from those bandits who were captured.

  Besides, if we were really bandits pretending to be soldiers, would we have saved you and taken such good care of you? Who has ever seen a female soldier in a bandit group?

  Wu Bing felt a bit embarrassed looking at the three people and didn't continue speaking. Instead, he asked them: "What's the current situation with the headquarters?"

  One of them said: The headquarters in Shiweng Mountain is divided into three parts, and the Left Branch Team you are chasing after entering the mountain is the reorganized one. The current situation of the entire team is extremely difficult, with a severe shortage of guns, ammunition and food. The soldiers are still wearing

  Wearing single-layer clothes, the wounded had no medicine to treat their injuries and many sacrificed. If you had come a day earlier, you could have merged with the headquarters, unfortunately, you missed it by one day. Now going after them, I think they should be able to catch up.

  Three people will tell the situation one by one to Wu Bing and others, letting Wu Bing clearly know that it is only a day's journey from their headquarters. If they continue to chase, they will meet soon.

  Wu Bing said to everyone: Leave four people behind to take care of them and wait for the main force to gather. The others will continue with me to find the headquarters.