Chapter 337 - 0337 Anbang Establishes the Nation 1_1
At the same time, Lu Jiang led a team to exterminate a group of foreign militants intent on encroaching on national territory.
After a fierce fight, our side suffered thirteen casualties, eliminated over a hundred of the opposing force, dismantled one of their armed strongholds, captured their leader, and confiscated a large amount of supplies for our own use.
Only after tending to the aftermath of the death of comrades, could the lean and dark-skinned Lu Jiang catch his breath.
Anyone, burying their comrades with their own hands would feel terrible.
Unable to take their ashes home, they were all buried where they fell, within the border line, according to their wishes, laying there eternally guarding the country’s territory.
Lu Jiang didn’t put his hat back on once he took it off. His face was blackened with dirt, grimy beyond recognition. Bare-chested, with a bandage faintly stained with blood wrapped around his left shoulder, he sat in front of a tent with a straw in his mouth, quietly listening to training slogans echoing from the camp and gazing toward his hometown.
"What’s on your mind? Old Lu, you homesick?" A comrade who came to sit beside him offered him a porcelain jar of water.
Though they had captured supplies which included alcohol, they dared not drink. Consuming alcohol could cause lapses in judgement and they had an important duty to shoulder. They couldn’t afford to risk it.