Western Frontier Defense Line, Southern Sector.
The three iron-gray Dragon Tooth Forts stand at the forefront of the former trench area like prehistoric behemoths lurking in the darkness.
The wall of gray fog that stretched from sky to earth had been dispersed five kilometers away by the fourth circle of Dragon Fang Castle. It had completely merged into the night, and its boundaries could no longer be distinguished by the naked eye.
All around, there was only deathly silence.
......
Li Wei stood at the forefront of the fortifications, with her back to the fortress and facing the darkness.
The wind was so strong that her untied black hair fluttered wildly.
She raised her left arm, and a faint green light shone from her military watch.
【22:05:13】
There is still one hour, fifty-four minutes and forty-seven seconds left before the recapture operation is launched.
Major Chen Jianwen, who had previously lectured Li Wei, stood beside her, holding a military tablet in his hand and leaning sideways to display the battlefield map.
"Colonel, let's do one last mission confirmation."
Chen Jianwen's finger drew a straight red line on the map.
"All explosives in the original delay zone have been remotely detonated, and the route is safe."
"Here is where we are now."
His finger stopped at a light spot on the map, then slid to the upper left.
"You will be traveling along this line in a moment, approximately thirty degrees west of due north, a straight-line distance of five kilometers."
“Once you reach your destination, your watch will alert you and we will keep you informed.”
"However, the battlefield environment is complex. If extreme situations arise, we will use flares to mark your location."
He tapped the screen, and the image of the "target point" marked in red was enlarged.
"After you arrive, on the fifth lap, the first set of Dragon Fang Castles will begin to rise from underground. It will take approximately twenty minutes for them to completely rise above the ground and be secured."
"In past battles, these twenty minutes are when the Abyss Monsters react most intensely and attack most fiercely."
"Your mission is to eliminate all threats within a 500-meter radius, centered around the rear fort."
"Until the resonance device inside the fortress is fully activated, and... our engineering corps completes the construction of the auxiliary fortifications."
"It is estimated that we will need to hold on for three to four hours."
The tablet image shrank again, and Chen Jianwen slid his finger, and another red arc extended from the "target point" to the west.
"Once the first set of Dragon Fang Forts is stabilized, you must immediately follow this route and reach Point Two."
"The distance is still five kilometers, and then repeat the entire process above."
Li Wei looked quietly at the flashing blue map, with no expression on her face, and light and shadow flowed in her sparkling almond eyes.
"What if the forts we built earlier can't hold up after I leave?"
Chen Jianwen turned off the tablet and straightened his back. "Colonel, please trust us!"
Li Wei stared at him for a long time, letting the wind whistle in her ears.
After half a minute, she nodded and said, "I understand."
Chen Jianwen smiled and suddenly took half a step back.
"stand at attention!"
His command was short and powerful, like a thunderclap.
Behind the two men, more than a dozen staff officers and guards slammed their boots together, making a crisp sound.
"salute!"
More than a dozen arms were raised in unison and stopped in front of the eyebrows.
Li Wei slowly turned around and faced them.
She raised her right hand and placed it against her temple. Her movements were quick and decisive, without any hesitation.
......
When she lowered her arms, she suddenly felt a strange chill on her cheeks.
Then, I felt a chill on my forehead.
She raised her head subconsciously.
In the pitch-black sky where one cannot see one's hand in front of one's face, at some point, tiny white crystals began to float down.
They swirled in the air and floated down slowly.
Is it snowing?
【It’s only the end of September, right?】
"This is what snow in Xinjiang looks like," Chen Jianwen, who also lowered his arms, said softly, "Speaking of which, it's still a bit late this year."
Li Wei opened her palm and let a snowflake fall on it.
When the snowflakes came into contact with the warmth of her palms, they quickly melted and turned into small stains of water.
"Just think of it as..."
She paused, thinking about the good days after the war, and there was a hint of anticipation in her voice.
"Auspicious snow indicates a good harvest."
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In the office of the 19th Army's temporary command headquarters, Qin Lan held a nearly burnt-out cigarette between her fingers, but forgot to smoke it.
The ash accumulated into a long piece, and finally it could not bear its own weight, broke, and scattered on the floor.
She once asked Li Wei to help keep an eye on Tang Dou, Su Meng and Lin Wanrou in the name of the 19th Army.
Half an hour ago, a staff officer delivered a message.
These three members of the Seventh Team, as well as many soldiers who had just recovered from their injuries, were uniformly deployed to various armies that were seriously short of accompanying soldiers.
The three of them went to the 52nd Army Group and will join the troops in the upcoming recapture campaign.
Do you want the commander's help?
Qin Lan was conflicted and hesitant, and finally shook her head with a wry smile.
She took a breath, put out the cigarette, slowly stood up, took a last look at Li Wei's bedroom, and then walked back to her own compartment.
Qin Lan quickly packed her backpack, put on her armor, looked in the mirror and whistled.
Then she returned to her office, tore a piece of white paper from the drawer, wrote a line of words, and then carefully placed it under the ashtray.
After doing all this, she threw her backpack onto her back, walked out of the office without looking back, walked out of the small building, and headed towards the Defense Force's liaison office at the 19th Army.
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