Arc of Gunfire

On the way to the home of the herdsman representative, Wang Zhong and his party encountered logistics workers collecting corpses.

The sacrificed Ante Army soldiers were placed on the street, ten centimeters apart, filling the left side of the entire street, while the right side was the vacant car lane.

A GAZ truck and a Stypunkt truck supported by the United States were parked one behind the other, and employees were loading bodies into the truck.

Wang Zhong originally wanted to say, "My soldiers cannot be piled up like salted fish in a can," but he immediately gave up the idea - the trucks had many tasks, and it was barely enough to squeeze out two to collect corpses.

Suddenly, Wang Zhong saw Nellie carrying a basket with a lot of wild flowers in it.

He was shocked, and his first reaction was that Nellie's little boyfriend was dead inside.

Then he saw Nelly pin a small flower on the collar of each fallen soldier.

Wang Zhong patted Gregory on the shoulder and motioned for him to stop.

One of the hired workers noticed him, widened his eyes and wanted to speak.

"Shh." Wang Zhong raised his index finger to signal the employee not to speak.

The car stopped at the corner of the street filled with corpses. Wang Zhong quietly observed the corner of Nellie's eyes from a bird's eye view, only to find that she was not crying, but was just handing out flowers silently.

Although Neli did not cry, this scene was extremely sad, reminding Wang Zhong of the sad folk song "Alyosha".

The song goes: He can no longer give flowers to the girl, it is the girl who gives them to him.

Just as Wang Zhong looked at his little maid and sighed, a group of soldiers nearby sang "I Still Have the Last Grenade" - no, it was "The Last Courage"!

I am the "original author" and I cannot be led astray by others! Even if everyone in Ant calls this song "I Still Have the Last Grenade", I will still call it "The Last Courage" - Wang Zhong thought so.

Nellie looked at the soldiers who interrupted her mourning, and found that these soldiers obviously did it on purpose. They were singing and staring at Nellie.

Wang Zhong also discovered this. Just as he was about to stop the soldiers from teasing his little maid, he saw Nellie stepping forward and pinning a small flower to each of them.

The soldier playing the balalaika said: "I have a sister at home who is about the same age as you."

"General, it's true that he brought such a young girl to the battlefield!"

Nellie: "Watch your mouth, don't talk nonsense and your mouth will be torn apart by the swamp witch."

Wang Zhong's eyes widened. Normally Nellie would not be so venomous. At most, she would look at him with contempt or as if she were looking at a fool.

It seems that Nellie is usually merciful.

The soldiers looked at each other, then laughed and began to joke: "Swamp witch?"

"Will she also summon strange things in the forest?"

"Give women the magic potion that turns heartless men into toads!"

Nelly shook her head, with an expression that said, "If you don't listen to the old man, you will suffer the consequences."

Wang Zhong looked at all this and felt that Nellie was like a mother who couldn't do anything about her naughty children.

At this time, the soldier holding Balalaika said: "When we complained about the general, you got so angry and even brought out the swamp witch to scare us. You must like the general very much, right?"

Wang Zhong coughed: "Andrei, Daka, and Horopakov, don't tease my orderlies, or I'll punish you and Vasily to pick shit together."

When the three soldiers heard their names, they immediately looked over and found that it was Wang Zhong. They quickly stood up straight and wanted to salute, but found that it was difficult to salute with instruments in their hands.

After a while of fussing, they hid the instruments and saluted Wang Zhong.

Wang Zhong waved his hand: "Okay, relax, don't be so formal. Also, saying goodbye to the body is a serious matter, don't be joking."

"Report!" The balalaika musician raised his hand, "We think our comrades are more willing to leave listening to this song."

The Balin player echoed: "They may even have to fight the Proson devil when they get to hell!"

Immediately, the balalaika player kicked the Bahraini player's heel: "Of course our comrades are going to heaven. We can't meet the Prosen Devil!"

Wang Zhong: "No matter what, be serious and send them off for the last time. Of course, I'm not saying that this song is not good, I am saying that you can't pick up girls when you say goodbye. Also, you can't pick up my orderlies at any time!"

The three "musicians" all laughed: "Your orderly is too young, just like our sister!"

"Yes, yes, I was teasing my sister just now!"

"You see, the flowers she gave us are not flowers that older girls would give. These are wild flowers that only little girls give."

Wang Zhong scolded: "Just be content! Okay, let's play some songs to say goodbye to our comrades!"

The three of them looked at each other, then sat back down in perfect harmony and started playing music.

It is a song that Wang Zhong is also very familiar with: "Far Across the River".

When Wang Zhong was a child, he was very impressed by the theme song when he watched the CCTV version of "How Steel Was Tempered".

The most impressive point is that after the climax of the song, victory is about to be won, but the protagonist is sacrificed.

The protagonist fell before dawn, which made Wang Zhong feel extremely regretful.

Although it is still a long time before we defeat Proson, it is more appropriate to use this song to bid farewell to our comrades.

In the midst of sad singing, Neli came to Wang Zhong.

Wang Zhong: "When did you pick the flowers?"

"Just now, you were fighting, and I had nothing to do, so I was picking flowers." Nellie turned to look at the corpses on the street, biting her lip, "That's all I can do, cook, keep everyone fed, and then wear clothes for them. On the flowers.”

Wang Zhong put his big hand on Neli's head, pressed her boat-shaped hat into his palm, and rubbed it hard: "You did a good job. Keep going, the soldiers will like it. We still have important things to do. Let me send the soldiers off well."

Nelly nodded.

Wang Zhong took back his hand and motioned for Gregory to drive.

So the convoy drove away quickly.

Nellie held the flower basket and watched Wang Zhong leave. Then she took off the boat-shaped hat that had been crumpled down with her hands, and carefully returned it to its normal state.

The three young men playing music just finished playing the last note when the motorcade disappeared at the corner of the street.

The balalaika musician took a deep breath and turned to look at his companion: "The general really knows what our names are! I have never spoken to him before!"

The Bahrain player also said excitedly: "The legend is actually true! He really knows all of our names! No one who died in the general's army will be anonymous!"

"I thought it was the military priests who were deceiving people! It's actually true!"

Neli looked back at the three of them: "Do you know my name?"

The three of them looked at each other.

The first one said: "The general's maid!"

Nelly shook her head.

The second: "The general's sister!"

Shake his head.

The third one: "The general's duty! Service! Soldiers! This is absolutely correct."

Nellie: "I asked about my name, not my identity!"

This time it was the three of them's turn to shake their heads.

Neli ignored them and continued to give flowers to the fallen soldiers.

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Wang Zhong's motorcade stopped in front of a three-story building.

The neighborhood where the building is located suffered less damage, and a bakery was even open for business! Several soldiers from Melania's People's Army were in front of the bakery, trying to buy bread in Melania's language.

Wang Zhong patted Vasily on the shoulder and pointed to Melania. Vasily understood, jumped out of the car before it stopped, and ran to help translate.

Wang Zhongze got out of the car under the guidance of the local guide.

The guide said: "I won't go in. We old settlers will see herdsmen like hares meeting eagles in the fields. After all, when I was a child, most of the herdsmen were part-time bandits! Until the end of the civil war, They all work part-time as bandits. Sometimes they come to sell various livestock products, and sometimes they come to hunt the autumn wind!"

Wang Zhong nodded: "Thank you, uncle."

Then he came to the door himself and knocked on the wooden door.

He had used a plug-in to confirm that there were no enemies in the house.

After knocking on the door twice, the door finally opened a crack. A young man in his early twenties looked Wang Zhong up and down, then pulled the latch on the door and opened the door completely.

"Come in, General," he said.

Wang Zhong: "I'm looking for a herdsman representative, are you the one?"

"Yes, I am. What's wrong? How can I help you?"

Wang Zhong: "Are you familiar with the grassland?"

The young man shook his head: "I was only ten years old when I came to settle in the city."

Wang Zhong raised his eyebrows: "The guide just told me that your family moved into the city only five years ago due to policy changes. Does that mean you are only fifteen years old?"

He looked at the young man's height of almost two meters and his body of tendons, and secretly exclaimed: Are you really fifteen years old?

Young man: "Yeah, I just look more mature."

Wang Zhong: "Okay, that's not important. If you are not familiar with the grassland, are you familiar with the grassland? This is very important. We have to fight against the Prosen devils and need people who are familiar with the grassland conditions."

Young man: "Then you have to ask my father."

"Where is he?"

"it's here!"

An impatient voice came from above everyone's heads.

Wang Zhong looked up and saw a sturdy middle-aged man standing on the stairs leading to the second floor.

Wang Zhong: "Can you tell us——"

"I can't!" The uncle instantly rejected Wang Zhong.

Wang Zhong: "We need to resist the Prosen devils!"

"When the Prossen people occupied this place, they didn't do anything to us." The uncle said.

Wang Zhong: "The Pulosen will turn us all into slaves!"

The uncle snorted and crossed his arms: "I am His Majesty the Tsar's grassland inspector! I am only responsible to His Majesty the Tsar! As long as there is no order from His Majesty the Tsar, no one can order me!"

Wang Zhong pulled out his pistol and pointed it at the uncle's head: "You are committing treason!"

"Is it treason to be loyal to the Tsar? I think you are the treasonous one!"

Good guy, he is worthy of being a gangster during the civil war.

Wang Zhong saw that the other party did not accept this trick, and immediately had new ideas.

He put away his pistol and said to the uncle: "You want His Majesty the Tsar's authorization, right? OK, I'll call Yebao and ask her to give you the authorization in person! Come to the headquarters!"

Uncle: "What if I don't go?"

Wang Zhong: "That means refusing to accept the orders of His Majesty the Tsar, which is treason!"

The uncle thought for a while and waved his hand: "Lead the way. If you lie to me later and you are not His Majesty the Tsar, I will not tell you a word!"