Chapter 618 Infected Soldiers

"What's wrong, Wen Ni?"

Liu Shuzheng also stopped in his tracks. Hearing Wen Ni's murmur, he couldn't help but turn around and meet Wen Ni's thoughtful and complicated face.

He was puzzled, missed her figure, and followed her gaze to see the name engraved on the wooden tablet beside him, and was also stunned.

"You...know Zhang Wei?"

"..."

Wen Ni didn't come to her senses or say anything.

At this moment, countless voices were intertwining and questioning in her mind!

It's a coincidence of names, it must be a coincidence of names, otherwise how could this be? It can't be what she saw!

They refuse to believe it, they don't want to believe it.

She tried to back away, to escape, but her legs were numb and she couldn't move an inch.

Liu Shu was unaware of the inside story, and even less aware of the turmoil churning in Wen Ni's heart at that moment.

Seeing that Wen Ni remained silent, he stopped asking questions. He simply lowered his eyes, silently squatted down, took out a worn-out cigarette from his pocket, lit it with trembling hands, and stuck it in front of Zhang Wei's grave.

My eyes are fixed on the grave, but my thoughts drift back to my homeland.

“In this battle, the old company commanders of the 351st Company and our 357th Company have all died in action. Zhang Wei and I were only recently promoted to the position of company commander on short notice…” Liu Shuzheng’s voice was low and full of hidden pain. “Before this ambush, he told me that he could go home to see his children after we won the battle!”

He smiled as he said this, a smile so bitter it brought tears to one's eyes.

Upon hearing him say this, Wen Ni's heart, which had been hesitant to make a decision, suddenly sank!

"I'm asking you, is Zhang Wei's wife serving in the 85th Group Army?"

"right."

"..." Wen Ni's throat felt dry.

"Speaking of which, Wen Ni, you came with the 85th Group Army this time, so you should have met Zhang Wei's wife. She is a nurse accompanying the army."

Liu Shu continued speaking to himself, his tone growing increasingly somber.

"Zhang Wei and his wife had a very good relationship, and they had twins under the age of three. The war was almost over, but who would have thought that Zhang Wei would... that such a tragedy would happen to him! It's all those damned war criminals! Devils!"

Hearing this, Wen Ni was now 100% certain that this Company Commander Zhang Wei was the Zhang Wei she was looking for.

It seemed that Liu Shuzheng noticed Wen Ni's unusual mood.

He straightened up, his face unconsciously becoming somewhat serious!

"Have you seen Zhang Wei's wife? How is she now? She couldn't possibly not know about the annihilation of the entire 351st Company, so why..."

"Because she is dead."

The voice, neither too loud nor too soft, made Liu Shuzheng's words catch in his throat!

After a long pause, he finally found his voice, "What? What did you say?"

“I said, she’s dead, Zhang Wei’s wife is dead.”

"No, impossible!"

Liu Shuzheng's face turned pale, then he smiled and shook his head and waved his hands repeatedly.

“Wen Ni, you must be mistaken! Zhang Wei’s wife is a nurse. She only stays at the rear of the troops to take care of the wounded. She almost never has any safety issues, and she certainly wouldn’t go to the front lines for no reason! How could she be dead? You must have mistaken her for someone else. Let me tell you, Zhang Wei’s wife is very beautiful. When she smiles…”

“She has two small dimples on her cheeks when she smiles, and they’re always so bright!” Wen Ni continued, looking at Liu Shuzheng’s increasingly pale face. “I wish I had mistaken her for someone else.”

"Do you know her name?" Liu Shuzheng was still trying to make one last attempt.

"Beautiful Vortex".

"..."

Liu Shuzheng fell silent, but suddenly looked down at the deathly quiet tomb in front of him!

What happened? Why?

"Meixuan's medical team was surrounded in Fuping along with our Fifth Brigade. During the retreat, in order to help us escape safely, she was shot several times and finally detonated all the grenades on her body to block the enemy's path for us!"

When Wen Ni recalled the scene, she still couldn't help but feel a heart-wrenching pain. She closed her eyes slightly to hide the crimson in them.

"She risked her life to open up a path to survival for us."

Such a beautiful and pure person, yet in the end, not even a complete corpse was left behind!

And now, Wen Ni has met the husband that Mei Xuan has been longing for every day!

Yet, it has been reduced to a handful of yellow earth.

If they had arrived sooner to provide support, would everything have been different? Wen Ni felt regret and self-blame, yet she felt so powerless!

"How could this be? How could it be?"

Liu Shuzheng felt this was too cruel, and he kept shaking his head.

Zhang Wei sacrificed his life, and so did Mei Xuan. A loving couple, dying for the same beliefs in this foreign land! Leaving behind two children, two innocent children…

"If it weren't for those beasts in Burma, there wouldn't be this war! If it weren't for them, if it weren't for them! So many soldiers, so many families, how could they have been torn apart!"

Hatred, resentment, and anger intertwined.

Liu Shuzheng's eyes were bloodshot, and he roared in suppressed rage!

Wen Ni also felt an unprecedented sense of powerlessness.

She witnessed too many tragedies along the way, but could only watch helplessly; she was powerless to stop them. In the face of war, her power was utterly insignificant!

A mixture of grief and indignation lingered around the graves halfway up the mountain, howling along with the wind.

Suddenly, they heard anxious shouts from behind them!

Wen Ni and Liu Shu turned around at the same time. Before they could even hide the sadness on their faces, they quickened their pace and rushed toward the source of the sound!

"What happened? Is there an enemy attack?"

"No, no!"

The soldier, breathing heavily, pointed anxiously behind him and said, "We've found wounded soldiers from a unit under the 83rd Army ten miles ahead!"

"How many people are there? Which unit of the 83rd Army are they from?" Wen Ni rushed forward, her steps never stopping as she followed the direction the soldier was pointing.

"We don't know which department they're from! There are only two of them, but they're not fully conscious, and they seem to be sick! We didn't dare get close and rushed back to report!" the soldier anxiously reminded them.

Infected with disease?

Upon hearing this, everyone's expression changed, and they began to have a bad feeling.

"I'll go check the scene first. You go back and find the army commander and have him send a medical vehicle!" Wen Ni instructed the other soldiers. "Make sure to bring several sets of protective face shields and isolation gloves!"

"Ah, okay!"

The soldier obediently followed orders and turned to find the army commander.

"Wen Ni, get in the car!" Liu Shuzheng arrived in a military vehicle at that moment.

As soon as the car slowed down to the side, Wen Ni opened the car door, took Liu Shu's outstretched hand, and got into the car with the help of it.

With a throttle acceleration, the military vehicle sped down the mountain road!

The entire mountain and even the surrounding area for miles around are currently occupied by the 85th Group Army, so it is safe for the time being and there will be no large-scale enemy attack.

Wen Ni and Liu Shu drove smoothly all the way to their destination!

From afar, you could see two soldiers lying on the verge of death in the roadside bushes.

As they approached, the military vehicle suddenly braked, leaving a long, dark line of tire tracks on the ground.

Wearing a gas mask and combat gloves, the slender young woman, Wen Ni, was the first to open the car door and get out. After cautiously looking around, she walked step by step toward the two people!