Chapter 125 News of Su Meng
The smoke from the mountaintop rose straight up into the sky with the wind.
It was as terrifying as a volcano about to erupt.
Upon receiving the report, the Southeast Military Region immediately reported it to Division Commander Tang.
Commander Tang stood in front of the map and studied it carefully for a long time. Suddenly, he clapped his hands together and said, "Go find Huo Zhenhua quickly. Maybe he has news about Su Meng."
They searched Peach Blossom Island thoroughly but couldn't find a soul, which meant they had left the island.
However, there was no trace of Su Meng in the coastal cities either.
The vast sea is dotted with islands, and it is impractical to check them one by one.
They could only keep a close eye on some unusual islands or question ships coming from different islands.
Commander Tang stared at a point on the map, his gaze lingering for a long time.
"A volcano has never been found here before, so that's a distress signal. Maybe it's that clever Su Meng!"
The moment Huo Zhenhua burst through the door, upon hearing Commander Tang's words, he charged forward like a cannonball, completely disregarding his image.
His voice was hoarse and his expression urgent, "Where? What's wrong?"
Commander Tang turned around and coldly rebuked, "Calm down! Will panicking solve the problem?"
"Look here, they said they detected thick smoke rising, like a volcanic eruption."
Huo Zhenhua stepped forward to examine it, frowning and pondering: "But this area is not an earthquake zone, nor is it a volcanic area."
It's Su Meng!
It must be Su Meng who called for help!
"Commander Tang, please grant me permission to go."
His voice was loud and clear, sweeping away the sorrow and gloom he had felt when he first arrived; he was radiant and excited.
"Sir, please approve!"
He wished he could fly there immediately and bring Su Meng back.
After learning that Su Meng and Liu Sheng had both disappeared, Huo Zhenhua quickly investigated Liu Sheng's actions over the years.
He's a very contradictory person.
Every unauthorized action treads the line between law and organizational principles, yet each time all losses are mitigated in time.
Upon careful consideration, each instance showed that the good deeds outweighed the bad ones.
He couldn't understand Liu Sheng's motives for doing this.
However, they dared not place their hopes for Su Meng's safety on someone as contradictory as him.
"Sir, I remember that archipelago is uninhabited, but in recent years there have been occasional smuggling ships and ships from other countries passing by. It's dangerous!"
Huo Zhenhua's fingers, hanging by his side, curled up as he looked anxiously at Commander Tang, his toes pointed upwards, as if he were about to turn and leave at any moment.
Commander Tang waved his hand and said, "Look at you, you monkey! Go on!"
Upon hearing the order, Huo Zhenhua spun around on his toes and strode away.
As soon as I reached the door, I ran out.
"Xie Mian, there might be news about Xiao Meng. I'm leaving now!" As he was leaving the office building, he ran into Xie Mian, who was striding towards him, and excitedly called out.
Xie Mian clutched his aching ribs, his pale face, which had been covered in sweat all night, turned to surprise and delight. The words he wanted to say were stuck in his throat, and tears welled up in his eyes.
He hurriedly followed Huo Zhenhua's steps.
Huo Zhenhua scolded her, "You just wait at home, I will definitely bring Xiaomeng back safe and sound."
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Liu Sheng truly lived up to his reputation as a soldier.
Su Meng glanced back at the ship that was about to dock, but Liu Sheng had already disappeared from sight.
After looking around without finding anything, she simply found a large rock and hid there.
Five minutes later, the R country's ship stopped at the original spot.
They looked up at the thick smoke on the mountaintop and discussed it for a while, then the group of six men, carrying guns, disembarked from the boat.
Suddenly, Liu Sheng appeared behind her, his eyes fixed intently on the ship in the distance, his voice impassioned: "Let's hijack that ship."
Su Meng turned around abruptly, looking at him in astonishment, "Are you serious? They all have guns."
As she spoke, she weighed the gun in her hand, "We only have these two."
Liu Sheng's gaze swept over the gun, his right hand casually slipping behind his back as he sighed helplessly, "Then what do you suggest we do? Surrender?"
Su Meng seemed to have thought of something. Her eyes darted around, and with a flick of her wrist, an unknown pill appeared in her palm. She sneered, "What do you think about using poison?"
She turned and stared at Liu Sheng, her eyes filled with a stark warning.
Liu Sheng's lips twitched, he turned his head away, and said in a muffled voice, "I'll go and see."
Su Meng is right. They only have two people and two guns. They have no chance of winning in a head-on confrontation. The only option is to defeat them one by one.
His greatest strength is individual combat, and he is not afraid of a six-person team at all.
But they forgot that they hadn't slept all night and had just endured the torment of poison.
Su Meng watched his nimble, leaping figure disappear into the distance, her delicate brows furrowed.
Given his abilities and skills, she couldn't possibly have succeeded in a sneak attack on the ship. What was he thinking?
Filled with questions, she cautiously made her way towards the ship, preparing to store it in her spatial storage.
However, just as she approached the ship, a gunshot suddenly rang out from the mountaintop.
Immediately afterwards, they saw the branches swaying in the woods in the distance, and occasionally saw figures suddenly leaping out from the woods and heading down the mountain.
Su Meng's heart tightened, and she turned around and fired at the Japanese man standing on the plank.
After the fierce battle with the Japanese outside Luo Village, Su Meng was always concerned about improving her combat skills, and she would practice shooting with guns in her space whenever she had free time.
Nowadays, I wouldn't say I'm a 100% hit rater, but I'm no longer the novice who only managed to hit one shot out of several attempts by sheer luck.
"Bang bang bang!"
She fired three shots, hitting two Japanese men.
Therefore, her location was also exposed.
The R-country people on the ship immediately retaliated and ran towards her.
Four people ran out of the ship one after another, chattering away as they surrounded her.
Su Meng smiled slightly and waved her hand to put away the ship.
Then he crushed the pill in his hand and ran into the mountains.
She saw Liu Sheng, who was unarmed, being chased and killed.
He instinctively ran in the direction Liu Sheng had fled.
She wanted to give Liu Sheng a gun, but she didn't want him to be killed by the R countrymen.
She couldn't tell whether she believed Liu Sheng was innocent or genuinely didn't want her compatriots to be bullied.
Carrying two guns, she used the newly made poison and her familiarity with the terrain to narrowly evade the enemy's attacks.
Finally, after circling the island and shaking off her pursuers, she found Liu Sheng, who was being beaten up.
At this moment, he was covered in blood, holding a long wooden stick, and fighting three Japanese men at close range.
Su Meng didn't know why the Japanese people had discarded their pistols and were instead fighting Liu Sheng with daggers and bayonets.
They mocked Liu Sheng as they ganged up on him, laughing and hurling insults at him, displaying arrogance and taunts.
They could have given Liu Sheng a quick death, but they deliberately missed the mark and then laughed heartily.
Su Meng's eyes stung with tears. She lay behind the rocks and, with all the focus she had, fired her gun.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
He fired three shots in quick succession.
It was incredibly accurate, hitting the target every time.
Liu Sheng clutched his bleeding waist, grinned, and looked at the spot where Su Meng's head had emerged, so shocked he forgot to breathe.
He never expected Su Meng to come and save him.
His original plan was to lure the Japanese away, defeat them one by one, and then seize the ship to make amends.
However, he overestimated his abilities and was exposed after assassinating one enemy.
Then, they began their desperate escape.
Try to escape in the opposite direction from Su Meng.
Even though he silently appeared behind Su Meng when the ship docked, intending to kill her and sneak onto the R country ship to smuggle himself out.
But reason prevailed, and he stopped in time, preparing to kill the Japanese.
At the critical moment of life and death, Su Meng descended like a goddess and saved him.
He looked at Su Meng gratefully, and just as he was about to say something, he saw a gun pointed at Su Meng.
His pupils contracted sharply, and he raised his hand to fire a shot.
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