Chapter 5 Who Are You

  He crawled into the horse cart and Long Fei soon fell asleep. Suddenly, he returned to his familiar Mongolian grassland. At the age of 18, he enlisted in the army and was assigned to a mechanized infantry company under the Shenyang Military Region. On the first day of joining the company, he had a fight with the squad leader. Just because the squad leader asked him to fold blankets. This matter reached the regimental headquarters. The regimental commander listened and found that a new recruit had broken the rib of an old soldier from the reconnaissance company, but instead of criticizing him, he smiled at Long Fei and said: "Hmm! Our soldiers in the Tiger Regiment are supposed to be like this. We don't bully others, but if someone wants to bully us, we'll beat them hard! You're not bad, have you practiced before?"

  "Reporting to the team leader, before joining the army, I was a member of the school's sanda team and won the championship in the provincial youth competition!"

  "I told you! At such a young age, having skills like that, want to join our Red Third Company?"

  The Red Third Company has existed since the Red Army era, experienced the Long March and the Eight-Year War of Resistance, participated in the Liaoshen, Pingjin, and Huaihai campaigns, fought from Northeast China to Hainan Island, and after liberation, was ordered to enter Korea for combat. In the 1970s, they also fought against the Vietnamese in the jungle. The most tragic time was when only three people were left in the entire company, but the unit number remained. The Red Third Company has a great reputation in the Central Military Commission, and the current vice chairman is from the Red Third Company. In the honor room of the Red Third Company, there is a whole house full of silk flags and certificates. The regiment commander standing in front of Long Fei used to be the company commander of the Red Third Company.

  Of course, the Red Three Company's training is also the most rigorous and strict in the whole army. All training is twice as much as other companies, and everyone in the company is a first-class shooter and a master of hand-to-hand combat. Although they are located inland, what makes other companies envy is that the Red Three Company has three months every year to parachute to the seaside and practice naval skills, which is unique in the entire PLA system.

  Long Fei, this stubborn head, was severely taught a lesson in the first class of Red Third Company and was beaten by an old soldier until his mouth was bleeding. Captain Meng Gang not only didn't intervene but also told Long Fei with a tone close to ridicule: "If you have the ability, beat him until his mouth is bleeding too; if you don't have the ability, then obediently let him beat you. In the future, stop bothering me with such trivial matters!"

  After that, Long Fei trained hard in secret. In just half a year, he was able to walk horizontally across the entire Red Third Company. With this phrase on his lips, Long Fei frequently stirred up trouble, and whenever the company commander tried to talk to him about it, he would retort with those very words. Meng Gang was at his wit's end, and could only go seek out the battalion commander, who chuckled and said: "You're the one who taught him that phrase, and now he's using it against you - what can you say?"

  With the support of the team leader, Long Fei became even more reckless. In a military exercise, Long Fei single-handedly charged into the "enemy" command center wrapped in steel armor and captured the highest commander of the opposing side. He was favored by the "enemy" army commander and managed to get his own armored group army through soft and hard efforts. Another year passed, and during the special forces selection, Long Fei entered the special forces with no suspense as the first place in the entire military region, becoming a junior officer.

  I still remember that morning, the urgent alarm woke up the special forces soldiers from their dreams. As usual, everyone thought it was just another drill. But looking at the live ammunition issued to them, everyone shut up. They were all real bullets, and the golden bullet heads explained everything. After boarding the military vehicle, the battalion commander assigned the task: "A group of terrorists attempted to cross the border into our country, the armed police have intercepted them, but the other side's firepower is too strong, so the military district decided we would go, no need for me to say more, you all understand what to do! There is only one situation where we cannot complete the task, that is if we all die in battle. But I think there is no unit that can make us all die in battle yet, so it must be completed!"

  They got off the car in a small hill near the border on the vast grassland. Long Fei's action team was the vanguard, responsible for opening the way at the front of the troops. The wounded armed police were carried down one by one along the way, making these hot-blooded young people's eyes all red. Behind a cliff, Long Fei stopped his footsteps. Below was where the terrorists were entrenched, relying on favorable terrain and strong firepower to defend their position.

  "What the hell is this terrain, surrounded by mountains on all sides, with only two exits in front and back, and that side is already foreign territory! These people are really cunning!" Long Fei took out his binoculars to carefully search for any hidden corners where enemies could be hiding. Suddenly, he saw two people wearing windbreakers walking back and forth on the mountain cliff opposite him. They should be hikers, just strolling around here.

  "Dragon Fly put down the binoculars and said in a low voice into the earpiece: 'Zero One, Zero One, Wild Wolf reporting. There are two donkey friends on the opposite mountain. Please dispatch rescue personnel immediately, over!'"

  A loud curse suddenly burst out of the intercom, followed by: "These dead cops can't even surround a mountain, go back and see how I deal with them. No one is in my hands, you guys go, must ensure two people are safe, over!"

  The people in the squad looked at each other. The "medicine box" medic said: "What's going on, have we become wet nurses?"

  "Cut the crap, execute the command!" Long Fei glared at "Medicine Box": "'Leng Zi' and 'Cannon Hand' provide cover, 'Medicine Box' and 'Cannon Shell' keep watch, Xiao Hu follow me!" The sniper and firepower team immediately took up their positions, cocking their guns and loading bullets. The medic and demolition expert respectively occupied advantageous positions to keep watch all around. Long Fei led Xiao Hu, who had just joined the special forces, to sneak past the ravine and move towards the opposite mountain slope.

  Suddenly, two guys with their faces painted with oil paint and their bodies covered in spikes like hedgehogs, jumped out of the bushes, scaring two donkey friends. One of them shouted: "Ghost..."

  This shout immediately attracted a string of bullets. The small trees and vines were cut off by the sweeping bullets. Long Fei made a flying tackle, knocking down the donkey friend who wanted to escape. When the gunfire stopped, another donkey friend was riddled with bullet holes all over his body, and blood was slowly flowing out of his body. Long Fei felt that he was holding a soft and fluffy thing in his hand. He hastily lowered his head. His own hand was grasping the chest of the person in his arms.

  "Is it a girl?" Long Fei hastily stood up: "Sorry, sorry! We can't stay here for long, let's hurry and leave!"

  "Brother......!" The girl in his arms saw the donkey friend lying in a pool of blood and rushed over frantically.

  "Whoosh!" A sharp whistling sound tore through the air, flying towards them. Xiaohu shouted: "Captain, hurry up, they have cannons!" Before he finished speaking, a rocket shell exploded above their heads. The shattered leaves and branches fell down, hitting Longfei's back with a loud crackle. Longfei didn't care about his torn back, grabbed the still crying girl and rushed into the woods.

  The girl turned her head, and her sharp gaze pierced into Long Fei's heart like a knife. Another rocket shot, judging from the sound, the target was still them. Long Fei didn't have time to think much, he exerted his strength and lifted the girl onto his shoulder, just as he turned around, he felt his feet loosen, and his entire body fell towards the cliff. He grabbed a small tree beside him with one hand, and tightly grasped the girl's wrist with the other. The two of them were suspended in mid-air.

  Xiao Hu wanted to rush up to help, but was driven back by a burst of gunfire. Long Fei said to the girl, "Don't let go! Climb up with all your might!"

  Bullets were flying wildly around them and above their heads. Long Fei felt a numbness in his arm, knowing he had been grazed by an AK-47 bullet. The girl didn't climb up, instead she glared at Long Fei with anger, her eyes seeming to want to kill him as she stared fiercely at him, slowly releasing her grip.

  "Don't let go!" Long Fei snapped awake with a start.

  "Big brother, what's wrong?" In front of me again appeared the face of "Luó Wán". With a smile on his face, holding a pancake roll in his hand, he smiled and said: "Want to eat? This was given to us by the shop owner, it's free."

  Long Fei moved his body, stiff and painful. He subconsciously touched his wound, took the rice ball dish handed over by "Lu Wan", and ate half of it in one bite: "Where did this come from?"

  "We're almost at the Great Wall, once we pass it, we'll be in Maiyi, that means we've entered the pass." "Rokumaru" said with a smile, rushing towards Long Fei. Long Fei smiled strangely.

  "What's so funny?"

  "Kamamaru" shook his head. Ryūhi sighed: "It's been a whole day and night, I still don't know what your name is?"

  "My name is Wang Wei, and this is our elder sister, Wang..."

  "Don't say it!" Wang Wei's words were cut off halfway by that Wang sister. However, Long Fei still vaguely heard a word "Qiang". Long Fei rolled his eyes at Wang Qiang and smiled at Wang Wei: "My surname is Long, my name is Long Fei, from Shaanxi!"

  "Shaanxi?" Wang Wei obviously didn't know where Shaanxi was.

  Long Fei shook his head and smiled bitterly: "It's just the west of Shan County, now it should be called Chang'an, yes, about Chang'an!"

  "Oh......!" Wang Wei smiled and nodded: "Ah, no wonder I thought big brother's words sounded strange when he spoke!"

  Long Fei spoke standard Mandarin, which had nothing to do with Shaanxi dialect. Wang Wei didn't notice and thought Shaanxi dialect was just like Mandarin. Long Fei continued to ask: "What did you go to Luoyang for?"

  Wang Wei was about to speak, but was shut down by a glance from Wang Qian. Long Fei saw it clearly and sighed: "What a beautiful woman, yet she has such a temper! She'll definitely be left on the shelf in the future, what a pity!"

  Wang Wei covered his mouth and smiled secretly. Wang Qiang glared at Long Fei: "Who can't get married? Looking at you, you're already in your twenties, but you don't have a family or a wife. It's definitely because no woman likes you!"

  "You're wrong!" Long Fei said: "To be honest with you, I have a fiancée at home, and this time when I go back, we'll get married, the certificate is already issued!"

  Wang Jian's face slightly changed, and she glanced at Long Fei before turning her head away and stopping talking. Wang Wei found it strange, as according to his older sister's temperament, she had never been afraid of anyone during a quarrel, but today she unexpectedly gave up, which was unprecedented. He looked at Long Fei with a puzzled expression, then leaned over to look at Wang Jian. There was no anger on Wang Jian's face, and she seemed somewhat lost.

  "Sister, what's wrong with you? Is something uncomfortable?"

  Wang Qian shook her head and said softly, "It's okay, you eat yours!"