single team

Chapter 59

Chen Xuefeng got out of the way, Shao Fei rushed up with the accelerator pedal, Jipla made a gray dust line, and went straight to the heavy truck where Xiao Muting was.

Xiao Muting leaned wearily against the side of the car, his camouflage was already dirty, and he was playing with an unlit cigarette with his right hand.Shao Fei slammed the car door, Xiao Muting seemed to know that he would come, seeing him jumping off the jeep three steps and two steps towards him, there was no surprise on his face, he reached out to hold him when he was about to rush into his arms His arm, softly said: "Slow down, I'm all panting."

Shao Fei was indeed panting, and panting so badly, his lungs were like a broken bellows, making dry and hoarse breathing sounds one after another.

It came too fast, and my heart was also anxious, Shao Fei couldn't speak for the time being, he could only stare at Xiao Muting with his red eyes, and turned his supported forearm, and grabbed Xiao Muting's upper arm instead, grasping too tightly. so tight that the pale knuckles appear.

Xiao Muting let him hold it, but half-closed his eyes to hide the pity in his eyes.

After Shao Fei breathed a sigh of relief, fear and panic welled up in his head, and he didn't feel that his hand was much heavier. He restrained Xiao Muting and pushed back, with a crying voice: "Captain! What are you doing? What if the bomb explodes?" ?”

Xiao Muting slammed into the car with his back, frowned slightly, but still did not break free, indulged Shao Fei's offense, and sighed: "Someone has to dismantle the detonating device."

"Does that person have to be you?" Shao Fei grabbed his two arms and roared loudly, but his eyes were like a puppy who almost couldn't find its owner.

When he met this gaze, Xiao Muting's heart softened. He drew out his right hand, stroked Shao Fei's hair, then went down, clasped the back of Shao Fei's neck, and pressed him to his shoulder, feeling the tenderness in his arms. The person was trembling, so his right hand had to continue downward, patting Shao Fei's back lightly.

There was a strong smell of gunpowder smoke on Xiao Muting's body, as well as a very faint smell of sweat. Shao Fei buried his head, took a deep breath, and his heartbeat gradually calmed down.

After standing quietly for a while, Xiao Muting said: "That person must be me."

Shao Fei tensed his back, raised his head and looked at Xiao Muting puzzledly, "Why? You are the chief! Why must it be you? I can also defuse bombs, I..."

"Because I am more experienced than any of you. Bomb disposal is a technical job, and it is a job where experience is paramount." Xiao Muting no longer has the murderous look that Shao Fei saw before, with gentle eyes and a voice. It was so heavy that it seemed to sink to the bottom of Shao Fei's heart, "Let me dismantle the detonator, the chance of success is the greatest."

"But it's not impossible to fail, is it?"

Xiao Muting slightly hooked the corners of his lips, "Yes."

"You drove the van so far so that you wouldn't hurt us or the outpost after you failed, right?"

"Correct."

Shao Fei inhaled forcefully, grabbed Xiao Muting's epaulettes: "You are the chief!"

Xiao Muting covered the back of his hand, took it off slowly, and said in a deep voice: "Shao Fei, you remember, when you go out on a mission, there is no leader or soldier. We are all the same fighters, and the lives of fighters do not depend on you. The military rank is divided into high and low, and when performing any side mission, the consideration should be who is more likely to succeed, not who can die and who cannot die. Do you understand?"

Shao Fei pursed his lips.He understands, understands everything, but when he learned that Xiao Muting drove the truck out to dismantle the bomb, he couldn't help thinking: Why the captain?How can it be the captain?

After Xiao Muting finished speaking, he paused, and a few seconds later, he patted Shao Fei's arm with a slightly relaxed smile, and raised his chin towards the jeep: "Are you here to pick me up?"

Shao Fei was startled, "Ah", and looked at Xiao Muting somewhat helplessly.

Xiao Muting walked straight towards the jeep, pulled away the co-pilot's book, and put one hand on the door, "Come on, brother troops are here."

Shao Fei looked in the direction of the outpost, and saw several jeeps coming, followed by two fire trucks.

He opened the door of the driver's seat, and was about to start it, but Xiao Muting said: "No hurry, wait a little longer, we will leave when they arrive."

Shao Fei looked back at the heavy truck beside him, only to realize that he was impatient again.

The car was quiet for a while, Xiao Muting asked, "Why hasn't the wound been treated yet?"

Shao Fei touched his right rib, and suddenly thought of Xu Fei who was taken away by the ambulance, and his heart was full of unspeakable pain.

Xiao Muting half turned his body, "Let me see."

Shao Fei clutched his tactical vest and said in a low voice, "It's not serious, it's just a little bit of skin damage, just go back and apply some medicine."

Speaking of the latter, his voice trembled without warning, and the pain and sadness of watching his comrades almost swallowed their last breath came again—this short half-day, just a short half-day, and some people will feel it again. He couldn’t wake up either; he was fortunately not seriously injured in the hail of bullets, but his skin was scratched by the bullets, but the after-effects were still extremely strong, and Xu Fei was hit by so many bullets, hurting his internal organs, his muscles and bones... …

How scared was Xu Fei when he was hit?How painful was Xu Fei when the blood flowed out of his body?

Shao Fei covered his face, tears fell down again, he couldn't help it.

Xiao Muting patted him on the back, his eyes were far away, as if he saw himself who hugged his dead comrade back for the first time many years ago.

Wearing this special battle uniform, parting from life and death is commonplace, and those who just looked forward to the future together may become cold corpses in the next hour.

But even so, no one will get used to this distinction.

The departure of one comrade in arms is painful, and the departure of ten comrades in arms is ten times more painful.

Shao Fei lay prone on the steering wheel, his shoulders twitching.Xiao Muting kept pressing his left hand on his right shoulder, "Has Xu Fei been taken away?"

Shao Fei raised his head, tears streaming down his face, "Do you know him?"

"Well, when we entered the outpost, I saw Zhang Hai and the others carried him out." Xiao Muting pondered for a moment: "It seems that the injury is not serious."

Shao Fei's heart skipped a beat, and he looked at Xiao Muting in surprise.

Xu Fei was only a conscript of the frontier defense force, and the captain actually knew him. Not only did he know him, but he could tell at a glance that the "blood man" was Xu Fei.

Xiao Muting withdrew his hand, "You are often with him, I have seen him."

Shao Fei's fingers trembled.

"Go and see him later." Xiao Muting said, "You are his comrade-in-arms, you have to accompany him."

Shao Fei wiped his tears vigorously, choked with sobs and said, "When the doctor came to pick him up, he had an ugly expression, he might..."

"If you can't save him, you can say goodbye to him face to face and send him off for the last time." Xiao Muting said.

"I..." Shao Fei breathed heavily, "I..."

"When saying goodbye to comrades and brothers, you must not back down." Xiao Muting turned his head slightly, "If you are worried that you can't hold on, then I will go with you."

The armed police commando came, and Xiao Muting got out of the car to hand over the truck to them. Shao Fei sat in the car dumbly, staring at the steering wheel in a daze.

When I was in the Falcon Camp, I was always looking forward to the early mission. Now that I have experienced so much suddenly, my body can still bear it, but my spirit can no longer bear it.

When he thought that Xu Fei might have passed away, and what he saw after rushing away was a white cloth covered in blood, he felt as if a thousand arrows were piercing his heart.

Soon, Xiao Muting returned to the car and asked, "Can I still drive?"

Shao Fei gritted his teeth and nodded: "Yes."

No one spoke on the road, and when they returned to the outpost, all the work of the special forces had been taken over by the armed police commandos. Xiao Muting asked the team members to get in the car and was about to return to the station, and went to the side alone to inquire about the situation of the wounded.

Except for Xu Fei, the other three border guards were out of danger. When talking about Xu Fei, the military doctor sighed deeply, "Chief, we did our best."

Xiao Muting asked Shao Fei, Xiang Cong, and Zhang Hai to take the same car with him and drive directly to the hospital where Xu Fei was.

When several people arrived, Xu Fei had just been pushed out of the operating room.Shao Fei couldn't see his face, because the hospital bed was covered with a white cloth, which made an undulating human figure.

Zhang Hai immediately fell to his knees, crying loudly.Xiang Cong stood aside speechless, expressionless, as if he was frozen, but his fists were already clenched, and veins burst out on his arms.

Shao Fei couldn't move, only tears fell down in big drops.His heart ached like it was being crushed, and he refused to believe that Xu Fei left just like that.

He didn't know if Xu Fei woke up after being carried into the ambulance, if not, then the last words Xu Fei said were "I'm in pain".

A trembling, choking, helpless sound - "I hurt".

Shao Fei raised his head and let the tears flow.

Xiao Muting said softly: "Go and say goodbye to him, say goodbye to your comrades..."

The three stood by the hospital bed, the white cloth was lifted, and the handsome soldier who refused to take off his hat in the past was gone, lying silently, with blood stains on his thinning hair, and eyes with silkworms and double eyelids It was tightly closed, and both lips were bitten, showing that the walk was not peaceful.

Shao Fei lowered his head and sobbed, his grief was like a pair of powerful hands pinching his neck, making him almost suffocate.

Xiao Muting stood beside him with a solemn expression, then raised his right arm to give a military salute to the deceased.

A few seconds later, Shao Fei also raised his arm, followed by Xiang Cong and Zhang Hai.

Until many years later, Shao Fei still remembered that when he faced the death of his comrades for the first time, it was Xiao Muting who accompanied him and taught him to respect life, face pain directly, and not fall down even though he was sad.

Due to unexpected circumstances, the Second Squadron did not leave as scheduled.A week later, Xiao Muting received the order to lead the team back.During this week, the No. [-] Squadron temporarily assumed the task of guarding the border. Shao Fei had a lot to say to Xiao Muting, but he couldn't find a chance.Fortunately, he was not in a hurry to confide in his heart, the grief needed time to heal, and those words could not be said clearly in a hurry, leaving a busy blank was not a bad thing for him.

When I came here, I took the car of the auto soldiers. Now the convoy has already returned to Chengdu, and the plateau has been covered with snow.Before leaving, the special forces once again mourned the sacrifice of the four border guards, and then drove down to the garrison at 4 meters, where they took a helicopter to the airport, and when they returned to Chengdu, it was night again.

This time I stayed in the agency's guest house, even the rooms were the same.

Xiao Muting put down his luggage and looked at the bed next to the door - last time Shao Fei found a lame reason and occupied that bed, and now he probably won't come again.

Xiao Muting sighed, thinking that after returning to Falcon, he would "drive" Shao Fei back to the Second Squadron. At that time, Shao Fei would definitely show a disappointed expression, suddenly feel distressed, and his heart would suddenly hurt, as if he was reluctant to let go.