The sky was dark and windy, and I couldn't tell the time at all. I could only vaguely tell that it was daytime.

The dam-breaking commando team has arrived at Beitabang, lying quietly on the earth slope outside the stone dam, silently observing the movements above and below the dam.

It is different from the previous scouting by hundreds of households. Because of the flood, Kunshan County has significantly strengthened the force of patrolling the dike. The patrol team will pass this section of the river dike once about half an hour.

The centurion waited patiently for the dike patrol to go away, then waved his hand behind him. A dozen soldiers with iron picks on their waists, iron pickaxes on their backs, and sledgehammers in their hands... fully armed, they bent over and moved towards the southern dike.

Another six soldiers were divided into two groups, each moving two miles to the east, west and north, lying in wait.

In such severe weather, this warning distance is sufficient.

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The captain followed behind and touched it.

Standing on the newly built embankment, he had to admit that although it looked a bit shoddy, anyone who saw the embankment built by the people of Kunshan in just one month would be shocked, extremely shocked.

"It's a pity that Wu will destroy this miracle with his own hands." The pleasure of becoming the villain who destroyed hope made Wu Baihu tremble with excitement.

But Captain Wu was not a rookie who was on a mission for the first time. He forced himself to calm down and silently went over the action steps again.

'Tear down the foundation in half an hour, then lie down under the embankment and hide in the mud. After the embankment patrol team passes by, dig a hole in the embankment within half an hour, and then retreat eastward along the embankment. You can avoid the patrol team and leave Kunshan safely!'

"Perfect!" Captain Wu was confident in his heart, and he took small steps down the steep slope to the inside of the stone embankment.

But he saw that all his men looked confused.

"What's wrong?"

"Boss, this is different from what we practiced." The sergeant pointed to the rough surface of the embankment and said, "There is no place to put the drill."

Before coming, they practiced on a rocky pond outside Huating County.

Other people's stone ponds are made of neatly stacked stone slabs and secured with iron bars.

Just insert the chisel into the gap of the iron hoop and hit it twice with a hammer to separate it from the stone...

"Let me see."

The captain pushed aside his men who were blocking the way and looked carefully at the embankment. Although it was uneven, it was seamless. The stones of different shapes seemed to have grown naturally in the embankment, with no seams or hoops.

No wonder his subordinates are at a loss as to what to do.

"Nothing is better, which only means that they were in a hurry to build it and didn't have time to drill holes and put on hoops." The captain pointed to the rough mortar area on the embankment that was washed dark gray by rain. He sneered and said, "They have only built this embankment for less than half a month, it is not solid at all, if you don't believe me, try it and drill it!"

"The boss knows what he's doing!"

"Master Baihu is wise!" The soldiers flattered him one after another. Then they made way for a big and strong man to dig.

The sturdy man put the iron rod on the mortar, then swung the hammer slightly and smashed it down with a bang.

Looking at the embankment again, it was almost unscathed, with only a white spot.

"Have you eaten enough? Push harder!" The captain shouted amidst the low laughter.

"I'm afraid it'll make too much noise." The big guy said embarrassedly.

"What are you afraid of? In this horrible weather, no one will hear you even if you make a lot of noise!" The captain said angrily, "Push harder!"

"Hmm!" The big guy spat into his palm, then gathered his energy, swung his arm, and hammered hard.

There was another bang, and this time even sparks flew!

The big guy moved his numb arms and stared at the embankment with wide eyes, but almost popped his eyes out.

The blow he had struck with all his might only created a dent the size of a fingernail.

“How…how is this possible!”

The big guy looked at the dent, then looked at his hands, and stood there, looking as if he had seen a ghost.

Captain Wu also looked incredulous.

"Is this thing harder than stone?"

"No, it should have hit the stone. Hit it somewhere else!" Fortunately, Captain Wu quickly came to his senses and pointed at the embankment and said angrily: "What are you all standing there for? Hit them all for me. I don't believe they are all so hard!"

The soldiers woke up as if from a dream, and quickly took out their picks and started hammering away with all their might.

When they stopped, they saw only a few spots on the embankment, and there was still no break or even crack.

It can be said that 'the operation is as fierce as a tiger, but when you look closely, you are stuck in the same place!'

"What the hell!"

"This thing is really harder than stone!" The big guy pointed the iron chisel at a piece of rough stone exposed outside and hammered it hard, immediately breaking off a piece the size of a wine cup.

"Hiss..." After a burst of gasps, the soldiers looked helplessly at the captain.

"Boss, what should we do?"

"What should we do? Just let it go!" Bai Hu wiped the rain off his face and said ferociously, "Smash it to death! If you can't break it open, I won't go back!"

"Oh..." The soldiers had no choice but to bite the bullet and continue smashing.

Ding ding dong! Ding ding dong!

~~

After a long journey, Mi Wa and his deputy captain Goudan finally arrived at the levee.

"Yes, captain, can we start catching mice?" Goudan was panting, covered in mud from head to toe, only his eyeballs were still white.

"Are you stupid? Can a mouse get through a stone embankment?" Miwa rolled his eyes at him, pointed his finger outside the embankment and said, "You have to get on the earthen embankment outside."

"Ah, we have to go." Goudan's eyes immediately filled with tears.

"Go, go, go." Mi Wa pulled and dragged his deputy captain onto the embankment.

“What do you do?!”

Who knew he was so unlucky that he was stopped as soon as he went up.

The two children looked back and saw that it was the dike patrol team coming.

"No, nothing, I came to see my dad." After all, children need to see the world. Miwa has become a little clever boy.

The patrol team came over while they were talking. Seeing that they were two mud monkeys, they started to tease them and said, "Look, which one of us is your father?"

"Neither." Miwa said angrily, "You bully me, I'll tell my dad."

"Hurry up and get down. Children are not allowed to go up the embankment, otherwise you will be arrested." The little leader glared at the two children and drove them down the embankment.

"Don't come up here again. If you don't go home in such a heavy rain, your mother will blame your father." The dike patrol team warned the two children and then walked away laughing.

"What should I do, Miwa?" Goudan was so sad. After going through so much trouble to finally reach the embankment, he was driven back again.

"Call the captain." Miwa glared at him.

"Captain." Goudan was obedient.

"Don't be afraid. Wait until they are far away, then we can go up." Miwa pointed at the patrol team whose figures could no longer be seen and said, "Look, we can't see them clearly from this close, so why should we be afraid?"

After that, he took Goudan up the stone embankment again. As expected, the patrol team didn't notice them at all and let them climb onto the embankment.

"Little mouse, here I come!" The two children excitedly rushed to the earthen embankment ten feet away.

p.s. My eyes are getting better. Today, I don't feel any pain or itching, but they are still red. I know everyone is anxious to read the next chapter, so I'll start coding it now.