Chapter 616 Why the Traitor?

Xiwen was one of the actors who participated in the filming of "The Brave Man".

They had been through a lot together back then, so Wen Ni had a pretty deep impression of them!

But now is not the time to reminisce about the past.

"Liu Shuzheng, I'm not some senior you're talking about." Wen Ni turned around, raised a torch, and carefully illuminated her face. "Look closely, who am I?"

"you……"

Liu Shu squinted as the firelight stung his eyes, then glanced around at his 357th Company brothers sitting around the fire, secretly looking back at them!

He then came to his senses, his gaze blank. "Wen... Wen Ni? How could I... I'm not dead?"

"If you die, what's the point of us sitting here?" Wen Ni raised an eyebrow and pointed at him with her index finger. "Don't talk about death, it's bad luck!"

"Yes, yes, yes..."

The tears on Liu Shuzheng's face instantly turned into tears of joy. After a while, he suddenly remembered something and asked hesitantly, "Wen Ni, aren't you from our 83rd Army Special Forces? How come... you came with the 85th Group Army?"

"It's a long story. Due to some unforeseen circumstances, I couldn't go on the combat mission with Captain Lu and the others." Wen Ni pondered for a moment, then stared intently at Liu Shuzheng. "What's the specific situation on the northern front right now? Where is Commander Qin's main force? Why is it only your 357th Company left guarding this place?"

“We were ordered to hide on this hilltop, ready to join other companies to encircle and annihilate a column of the Burmese and the Mi Kingdom. But as soon as we settled in, our communications were suddenly cut off, and several other companies also suddenly lost contact.”

Without any orders, all they could do was follow their superiors' initial instructions and hold the mountain to the death.

There's a mole inside.

Three words, cold and aloof.

Wen Ni turned her head slightly and saw Lu Jinye walking over. He was only wearing a military green shirt, his long legs wrapped in combat trousers, and a military jacket casually draped over his broad shoulders.

From the day he left the capital, a look of weariness and worry lingered in his eyes for a long time!

"A mole?" Wen Ni and Liu Shuzheng said almost in unison, with a hint of surprise!

"Um."

Lu Jinye nodded heavily.

He stepped aside, and behind him, soldiers escorted two disheveled, bruised and battered Chinese officers who were hurrying over!

Wen Ni frowned and stood up.

Liu Shu, who had been lying weak and listless on the straw mat, suddenly sat up! He swayed and only managed to stand up with the help of his brothers!

He walked step by step toward the two officers with their heads bowed, his eyes filled with growing astonishment and sorrow.

"Second Company Commander, Cui Qi? And Staff Officer Wang Zi?"

Every word was trembling.

Cui Qi and Wang Zi, with their heads bowed, didn't dare to look up, but their bodies trembled!

The air was silent.

The surviving soldiers of the 357th Company who were with Liu Shuzheng also stood up and glared angrily at him!

"After defeating the fourth brigade of the Burmese Northern Army, Liang He led his men to capture the two traitors who had not managed to retreat with the Burmese. In addition, my men found two other companies on the west side of the foot of the mountain... and all of their bodies."

Lu Jinye paused slightly at this point.

Because he saw Liu Shu's body trembling violently, and he also saw the blood and tears filling the eyes of the surviving soldiers!

But some things need not be hidden.

“Two companies, four hundred and seventeen men.” Lu Jinye’s voice was deep and resonant, like a muffled bell echoing in everyone’s ears. “More than half of them were shot in the back, their hearts pierced by bullets!”

"What!"

Wen Ni's eyes widened!

Incredulous gazes suddenly turned to the two traitors with their heads down, and for a moment, all that remained was astonishment and burning resentment!

More than 400 people, nearly half of whom were shot in the back! That says it all.

The fallen heroes could never have imagined that their vow to serve their country with utmost loyalty would end in betrayal by their own people, dying without a fight! What a tragic injustice!

Wen Ni could no longer tolerate it, and without much hesitation, she stepped forward!

She shoved aside a soldier who was holding the Second Company Commander Cui Qi, then punched Cui Qi in the face, making him stagger backward. She then kicked him in the stomach!

Those two blows were not light. The pain made Cui Qi bend over and kneel on the ground with a thud.

The next second, her slender right leg stepped on Cui Qi's left shoulder with such force that you could even hear the faint cracking of bones coming from Cui Qi's shoulder!

"Why did you betray your country?" The girl's voice was colder than the night.

"Well……"

Cui Qi groaned, his shoulder collapsing as he could no longer support himself.

Wang Zi, who was being held down by another soldier, was so frightened by the scene that she dared not look at it a second time, fearing that she would also be affected by the young female officer's anger!

"Who do you think you are...?"

Cui Qi struggled to lift his swollen eyelids, only managing to utter half a sentence.

A silver-black pistol was pressed against his forehead.

The owner of the pistol had white knuckles and a cold, handsome face that was almost bloodless. It was Lu Jinye, who was standing shoulder to shoulder with Wen Ni!

Lu Jinye coldly lowered his eyes, repeating Wen Ni's words, but with an arrogant and domineering air, as if delivering a divine punishment: "Before sending you to the Yellow Springs, I'll give you one last chance to plead your case. What exactly is the reason for your betrayal?!"

"Cui Qi, even now, you still won't confess?" Liu Shuzheng, still reeling from a severe blow, took a long time to catch his breath before staggering to Cui Qi's side. "How can you face the old company commander who entrusted the Second Company to you? How can you face the brothers who risked their lives with you?!"

"Oh……"

Cui Qi, who had been silent all along, finally raised his head.

His mouth was bleeding, and he looked like a ferocious beast that had just devoured its own kind and was satiated with its hunger!

"Liu Shuzheng, who am I? I'm just a tiny member of this vast multitude. I can't change anything, and what do other people's lives have to do with me? Why... do I have to be worthy of them?"

"How could you say such a thing? You scoundrel! You beast!" Liu Shuzheng was so angry that his vision blurred. He pointed at Cui Qi's nose and said, "Since you chose to become a soldier and stand here, you should know that you are no longer yourself! Your responsibilities and burdens are only for the country and the people! A soldier's unyielding backbone is to support this land, never to break his own bones in the face of a great enemy and sell out his country for personal gain!"

Liu Shuzheng's eyes were bloodshot as he repeatedly stabbed himself in the heart!

His comrades behind him clenched their fists tightly, their eyes bloodshot, wishing they could tear Cui Qi to pieces!

"Don't try to blackmail me with your so-called morality, and don't put me in such a noble position! I'm just an ordinary person, an ordinary person who wants to reunite with his wife and children!" Cui Qi roared almost frantically. "What backbone, what shield? If you want to be one, then be one! I want to go home, let me go home!"

“It’s an insult, an irony, for you to wear these clothes! You coward, you wimp!” Liu Shu was equally furious. If it weren’t for the soldiers holding him back, he might have immediately stepped forward and torn Cui Qi’s clothes to shreds.

"Company Commander Cui... tell Company Commander Liu, tell Company Commander Liu the truth..." Wang Zi, the accomplice chief of staff who was being held down, finally stopped hiding and spoke in a slightly softer voice, as if he had something to hide.