The next night, just as darkness fell, we crawled towards the plains led by Xu Feng.
This was our first operation, and Commander Chu hadn't assigned many men, perhaps intending to send some to scout ahead. However, for some reason, this glorious task once again fell to our battalion.
Although it was a battalion, it only had a little over a hundred men. Because the task of building fortifications right under the enemy's nose was of utmost importance—if the puppet troops discovered it, all our efforts would be in vain—only veteran soldiers were brought along; the new recruits remained in the forest for basic military training. Since Zhao Yongxin's injuries hadn't fully healed, he was left in the forest to watch over the new recruits.
The hundred-plus men slowly crawled out of the forest,
