Chapter 167: Han Suijing didn’t hear it?

Seeing two figures rushing into the office, Duan Yanzhi continued talking on the phone.

“…How many days have you been in Heshuo? Those bastards over there are scared to death when they know that you are the one to deal with them personally this time?” Duan Yan was leaning sideways in his chair, his rough voice unable to suppress the tone, which was somewhat sarcastic.

When he saw his young wife rushing into the office with a panicked look on her face, his eyes narrowed.

"Give them two more days. If I still haven't seen the letter of surrender in two days, these iron lumps of mine will cross the snow-capped mountains and drive straight into the northwest border..." Han Suijing's usual steady and sonorous voice came from the other side of the phone.

The four towns of Heshuo border on two neighboring countries. With Han Suijing's keen sense of smell, he had already detected the collusion between the two sides.

At this moment, he stood straight in front of the command post of the majestic armored corps in Kun District.

Han Suijing scanned his best armorers, and looking at the majestic and domineering army green iron lumps in front of him, the bloody man said in a firm voice: "This time, I want these iron lumps to flatten the mountains and rivers over there."

"Humph! When will you stop bragging? Show off to me again!" Duan Yanzhi sneered and looked at his wife again. Although he didn't know what she wanted to do, he always hated people nagging him when he was on the phone. He moved the receiver away and asked, "What are you doing?"

Don't think that just because I cooked two delicious meals for him, he would come and scold me.

"We want to call the army!" Wang Ziru was only concerned about the safety of her adopted son who was staying in the army.

She turned around and looked at the man. At this moment, the leader was on the phone, and Zhai Ximo certainly didn't dare to ask him to take the phone for a while.

Moreover, this was during the most tense wartime.

Finally, Wang Ziru listened for a while and found that the commander's call did not seem urgent, but more like a long phone conversation.

She leaned forward, resting her hands on the desk, and couldn't help but ask, "Commander! Can we make a phone call first?"

"Do you understand the rules of the army?" Duan Yanzhi had never met such a presumptuous and impolite female soldier before, and he scolded her in a rough voice: "Didn't you see me answering the phone?"

He stared at the young wife with a pair of cold and unruly eyes, who wanted to snatch the microphone from his hand, and his fingers drummed on the table.

"This is a military unit. Phones are military equipment and are used for military purposes. They are not something that you soldiers can use at will. Do you understand?"

Wang Ziru's face darkened. The man named Duan was so ruthless that he didn't show any mercy at all.

His face flushed with anxiety, his dark, bright eyes filled with tears, and he whispered, "I, we have something urgent!"

"You have an urgent matter? More urgent than the army's business?" Duan Yanzhi's eyes were extremely cold.

He never allowed any female soldier to act unruly in front of him!

The man on the other end vaguely heard the female soldier's quiet request and said, "We'll talk tonight."

"What do you mean we'll talk about it tonight? Have you finished your report? Are you itching for me to go to Heshuo to deal with you now?!" Duan Yanzhi was already overwhelmed by the border conflict, and the call was interrupted before he could finish speaking?

That's not his style.

He knows,

After the conflict broke out, all the artillery and tank armored units of the 13th Army in Kun District were ready to rush to the front line.

Han Suijing was given the most advanced equipment at the time, and he wanted to see a beautiful result.

Before he could continue yelling, the person on the other end of the line had already hung up and a busy tone rang in his ears.

"Commander! Please, you've finished your call, right?" Wang Ziru mustered up the courage to beg again. She also heard the busy tone and realized that the person who called her had hung up.

The atmosphere in the office was quite strange.

Zhai Ximo was even more worried about his children and elder brother who stayed in the army. He blamed himself for not remembering to call back and make arrangements after arriving at the army these few days.

When he learned of his wife's behavior, he not only interrupted the commander's call, but was also forced to terminate the call.

"Report to the commander! My son is left alone in the army..."

Before he finished speaking, he saw Duan Yanzhi's tall figure suddenly stand up.

"Is she your wife?" Duan Yanzhi asked, glancing at Zhai Ximo.

"Yes!" Zhai Ximo, who had only been promoted to deputy regiment commander for three months, had not had the opportunity to meet such a top leader, but he also knew that the couple had caused a lot of trouble for the commander. Duan Yanzhi picked up the cigarette box, took out a cigarette, and lit it with a "click".

I was just about to teach this couple a lesson.

"I have to call the army right away. Commander, you may not know that we followed the army to Baiteng Town the night we arrived! Now, the child and his uncle are staying in the army's family compound. They are unfamiliar with the place, have no stove, and don't even have a grain of food at home."

After a pause, Wang Ziru burst into tears and choked up, "Will they starve to death?"

"You'll starve to death if you don't eat two meals? Is your son that vulnerable to hunger?" Duan Yanzhi held a cigarette between his fingers and snorted coldly, "Our soldiers risked being discovered by the enemy to conduct reconnaissance. They didn't even have a sip of water for days and nights, but they didn't starve to death, did they?"

"No, Commander, you can't compare a child with an adult." Wang Ziru raised her hand to wipe away her tears, feeling resentful and angry. "Let's call the army and ask a soldier to go to the family compound and help us see what's going on with the child."

Duan Yan looked at his young wife coldly, "Isn't it just two meals that you haven't eaten? Why are you so anxious? Is it more urgent than national affairs?"

"The child was already malnourished. In the past few years, my mother-in-law kept the money his father sent home from me without letting me know. So I was worried that the child couldn't handle it. He didn't have a single grain of rice for several days. I don't know how hungry he was."

Wang Ziru burst into tears on the spot.

There was such a big commotion outside that Song Ling also ran out to eavesdrop. Just looking at Commander Duan's face, she couldn't help but feel scared.

But this woman, Wang Ziru, dared to cry in front of the commander!

Song Ling eavesdropped for a while, then hurried to the ward to tell Li Juan and others what was happening outside.

"That woman is quite domineering! I thought her family lived a good life, but they are still oppressed by her mother-in-law." Li Juan finally regained some mental balance.

Now the women had something to gossip about, so they got together with Li Juan and started chatting.

"Don't you think it's strange?" Song Ling thought about it and felt that something was wrong. "With Wang Ziru's scheming mind, she didn't know about the money a man sent home once, and she doesn't know about it every time?"

"She is stupid." Li Juan sneered.

In the central hall of the residence, several figures walked away silently.

The soldiers working in the nearby offices, including Adjutant Wang, all heard Wang Ziru's crying, and they couldn't help but feel sympathy for her situation.

Duan Yanzhi stared gloomily at the young wife wiping her tears, and without saying anything else, he grabbed the cigarettes and lighter on the table and strode out.

Under the watchful eyes of the soldiers standing guard at the gate, the commander got into the jeep and left.

Xu Changhe came out of the house next door and watched the military jeep slowly drive towards a quiet alley in the town. He breathed a sigh of relief, "Finally I can take a breath."

But Zhai Ximo knew very well that the army’s phone was not something that anyone could use at will to make a call.

"Wait for me." Zhai Ximo heard Xu Changhe's voice outside, gently pressed his wife's shoulders, and his thin figure quickly disappeared outside the door.

When he saw Xu Changhe, Zhai Ximo stood at attention and saluted. "Reporting to the commander, I need to call the troops and settle the children at home."

"You two just made such a big fuss, and you still don't give up?" Xu Changhe grabbed a handful of hair irritably. He didn't hear a word of what he had just said about the situation of the troops.

Didn’t I tell him everything? Cheng Xueru took the eldest son of the Zhai family to the town to buy a stove.

Xu Changhe waved his hand and sighed, "Why don't you make the call quickly? To cut a long story short, don't occupy the phone line. If you miss an important call, even I will be punished."

"yes!"

After all, they had fought together through life and death, and Xu Changhe knew these soldiers under his command.

He also came from a poor peasant family. He served in the army for many years and was promoted to his current position because of his own military achievements. He is usually more humane to the soldiers under his command.

As long as we can give the young cadres a little convenience, we will not deliberately make things difficult for them.

Zhai Ximo returned to the office and called the regiment office. However, the call rang for nearly half a minute, but no one answered.

"Does your regiment have any other phone numbers? I remember that there were a few clerks when I was interviewed that night. You call them and ask them to go to our house to take a look at the children. If they need to buy anything, ask them to help take eldest brother to buy it." Wang Ziru's throat was tight, and her lips trembled slightly when she spoke in a hurry. When she was anxious, her mind was in a mess.

If the child died of hunger at home, who would she turn to for justice?

"The comrade on duty may have gone downstairs to handle some work. No one in the office answered the call. Let's wait a few more minutes." Zhai Ximo's hands were shaking when he hung up the receiver.

Half a minute later, Zhai Ximo called the regiment headquarters again.

This time, the call went through.

"Hello! Is this Mr. Liu? I'm Zhai Ximo..." Zhai Ximo had just greeted his colleague when the microphone was snatched away by his wife.

Wang Ziru's voice was a little hoarse as she trembled, and tears fell down in large drops.

Holding the microphone, she almost knelt down to beg for mercy, and tearfully asked Secretary Liu to go to the family compound to check on her child.

"Comrade Ziru, don't worry. I will take care of this matter immediately. You can just focus on your work on the battlefield!"

"Go to the family compound and find them now."

"Okay! Don't worry, I'll call you back after I understand the situation clearly..." Manager Liu also knew the seriousness of the matter. Both the husband and wife went to the battlefield, and the only ones at home were the child who had just returned from his hometown and the child's uncle.

In a place like a military family compound, neighbors are not very welcoming to each other, and most of the time, those women are warm on the outside but cold on the inside.

He said a few words of comfort and then hurried downstairs to the courtyard.