Chapter 423: Chapter 423 Burial (Extra Monthly Ticket) Chapter 423: Chapter 423 Burial (Extra Monthly Ticket) Guard duty had been arranged.
An Zhiyuan and Hu Biao were on the first shift, all the team members now needed to rest, the rain outside was getting heavier, but it was unknown when it would stop.
He wore a raincoat, the gun hidden inside, the karst cave extended forward into a narrow passageway which one could traverse, though not far, only about ten meters.
Bai Xiao, the medic, was originally scheduled to rest.
She simply couldn’t sleep.
She was well aware that they were trapped halfway close to the enemy, any slight sound might bring an attack from the opponent.
She put on a raincoat and crawled out.
She stood at the entrance of the cave to breathe some fresh air.
Hu Biao saw Bai Xiao come out and moved behind the rocks outside, very tactfully avoiding being a third wheel.
The team leader’s wife was right there; if the couple wanted to say some private words, his presence would be inappropriate.
Bai Xiao hadn’t even started speaking when suddenly she heard a cannon blast.
Before she could understand what was happening, An Zhiyuan had hurled himself at her, and both of them tumbled down the steep slope directly into the passageway.
Immediately after, they felt rocks and chunks of mud pelting down on them like raindrops, the quantity was so massive that it almost leveled the area they were at.
Just as she thought to shake off the debris and stand up, she heard the second and third artillery sounds.
This sudden turn of events baffled Bai Xiao.
She bit her finger forcefully to slowly come to her senses.
“Have the enemies spotted us?” Bai Xiao had to shout, feeling she couldn’t even hear her own voice.
“I don’t know; stay here and don’t move. There’s a large rock here that will protect us from the falling shells. I will go check on everyone else,” An Zhiyuan felt responsible.
Bai Xiao was actually trembling with fright, but she knew she had to let go of An Zhiyuan; at this moment Captain An wasn’t hers alone, but everyone’s.
“Hu Biao! Hu Biao!” An Zhiyuan called out.
“Captain, I’m fine, there are lots of rocks here, I’ve found a place to hide,”
Hu Biao had been blown between a pile of rocks by the artillery! Fortunately, they were rounded rocks, or else who knows how severely he might have been injured.
Now, all he could hear was buzzing, unclear of any other sound.
Just after saying this, another artillery shell flew over.
An Zhiyuan ducked his head to the ground.
Looking up, he saw the roof of the karst cave had been demolished.
At that moment, the rain intensified, turning muddy with the recent shelling. The rainwater mixed with mud flowed continuously downward along the slope; technically, he was now lying in a mudflow.
He kept observing the enemy’s movements across, but the heavy rain made it impossible to see anything beyond 50 meters; he could only see through the rain curtain that the cave entrance had been completely blocked by rocks. Initially, he hadn’t realized the gravity of the situation, thinking the entrance was merely obscured by flying branches or stones. It seemed everything blocking could be pushed aside with some effort.
But when he crawled closer, he realized the entrance was buried under gravel. If it were larger rocks, they might be easier to move, but with these small stones, clearing them would be very difficult. The biggest problem was that the artillery had blasted open the rocks above.
Rainwater mixed into mud slid through the crevices directly into the cave nonstop, gushing continuously.
The people inside were completely buried.
If the rocks were not cleared quickly, the people inside would likely face grim prospects.