in2ebook Chapter 363 Escaping for One's Life!
Chapter 363 Escaping for One's Life!
"Bah bah bah!"
Zhang Haiyang suddenly spat out the mud mixture in his mouth. He had just been tackled by Yuemin and was caught off guard, so he swallowed a mouthful of mud. The mud, mixed with the smell of blood and gunpowder, made him gag, and the muscles on his face contorted.
But he couldn't care less at that moment, and shouted at the top of his lungs amidst the deafening explosion:
"Yuemin, if we don't get out of here now, this little embankment won't protect us. We'll all be dead here, blown to bits!"
A series of explosions erupted within a dozen meters of them, the scorching blasts carrying debris and broken branches whooshing past overhead. Anyone who dared to peek out and be hit would be instantly killed in the head.
The entire earth shook like a sieve; people couldn't even stand, let alone run, as if they had experienced a magnitude 7 or 8 earthquake.
The squad members clung tightly to their machine guns, burying their faces in the mud to avoid the incoming shrapnel.
Ning Wei, pressed close to the ground, keenly observed the patterns in the shell impact points.
Zhong Yuemin's face was also covered in mud and someone's blood. His lips were tightly pressed together, his eyes fixed on his watch, listening intently to the whistling sound of shells flying overhead.
Zhang Haiyang, who was standing to one side, tried to look up to observe the situation ahead, but Zhong Yuemin, without saying a word, pressed him back down. His voice, hoarse, rang out between the explosions:
"Don't move, lie still. Going out now will just make you a sitting duck and you'll die even faster. The artillery fire has intervals, wait for it to extend!"
Although his voice was a little hoarse, it carried an undeniable calmness. In this desperate situation, as the squad leader, he needed to be calm enough to reassure his team members.
Zhang Haiyang cursed, but still obediently lay back down, lowering his body as much as possible.
Those few dozen seconds felt like an eternity; for them, it was pure torture.
However, this ordeal was worthwhile; soon, an opportunity arose.
Sure enough, the earth-shattering explosion was followed by a brief, almost imperceptible pause!
The artillery fire is spreading deeper into the territory!
"Now, let's go!"
Zhong Yuemin keenly sensed it, and his body sprang up from the ground like a spring.
A furious roar!
Having discerned the direction and rhythm of the artillery fire, he grabbed a corner of the bedsheet wrapped around Mei Ronglan.
Almost simultaneously with his movement, Ning Wei on the other side also instinctively grabbed the other corner of the bed sheet.
Without a word, the two dragged their heavy "trophies" and shot off the embankment like arrows, running frantically towards the flank where the artillery fire was relatively sparse.
"Keep up, quick!"
Zhang Haiyang yelled at Man Tun and the other team members, then struggled to his feet, picked up his gun with his uninjured hand, and staggered after them. Man Tun picked up his machine gun, retreating while vigilantly scanning for any remaining enemy soldiers, providing cover for the squad members.
Although they were already exhausted, they still moved at top speed, their survival instincts squeezing out the last bit of potential from their bodies.
The small team had barely advanced fifty meters when the area where they had been hiding was once again precisely covered by a new round of artillery fire.
This time, we weren't so lucky.
The small earthen mound was instantly blasted away, leaving behind a huge crater.
"Hold!"
Zhang Haiyang glanced back and broke out in a cold sweat. If he had been even a fraction of a second later, all his brothers would have been finished.
"Don't look back, run!"
Zhong Yuemin roared without turning his head, his feet never stopping, shrapnel and scorching air whizzing past them.
Several times, the blast waves nearly knocked them over; the air was whistling past their ears, and they felt the debris whizzing past their scalps—it was a close call.
My lungs were throbbing with excruciating pain, like they were about to explode. My body was completely enveloped in thick, sticky mud, and my legs felt as heavy as lead.
But they dared not stop, nor could they stop; behind them lay a sea of fire, a deathly inferno, while ahead lay the only hope for survival.