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Just then, a series of footsteps suddenly came from the corridor outside the window, approaching from a distance. The footsteps were extremely fast, carrying a sense of urgency.

Immediately afterwards, "Bang! Bang! Bang!" The thin wooden door of the dormitory was pounded loudly with a fist.

A frantic, breathless shout came from outside the door from the regimental communications officer: "Battalion Commander Lu! Battalion Commander Lu, are you asleep? The regimental headquarters just received an extremely urgent telegram! Orders from higher command: you must immediately assemble in the regimental headquarters conference room! There is an urgent combat mission!"

Lu Baizhou's smug thoughts of revolving around Qiao Xinxin were instantly shattered by the several urgent bangings on the door.

As a special forces soldier who has been carrying out dangerous missions on the front line for many years, his body has developed a conditioned reflex. Almost at the same second that the communications officer shouted the words "emergency combat mission," Lu Baizhou was like a fully drawn bow suddenly released, and his whole body "jumped" up from the hard bed.

Without the slightest sign of fatigue or hesitation, he moved with lightning speed. He grabbed the dark green military jacket hanging on the hanger, and as he walked out, he deftly put it on, his hands moving quickly to fasten the top button tightly at the chest.

He strode out of the dormitory, flung open the door, and said in a deep voice to the communications officer outside, "Let's go!" Then, he strode off like a gust of wind towards the regimental headquarters building.

The meeting room at the regimental headquarters was brightly lit, as bright as day.

Several commanders and staff officers stood around a large conference table. Several staff officers were gathered around a huge, unrolled military topographic map, their brows furrowed, discussing something in hushed and rapid voices; the atmosphere was extremely tense.

The brigade commander saw Lu Baizhou stride in, exuding a chilling aura. Without a word of pleasantries, he pointed emphatically to a spot on the map on the table with the red and blue pencil he was holding, and said in a cold, hard voice, "Baizhou, come and take a look. We just received an urgent report from the southwestern border outpost that an unidentified group of foreign armed personnel has crossed the border under cover of darkness and infiltrated our side!"

The brigade commander paused, his eyes fixed intently on the map, and continued, "According to the intelligence we have so far, this group is extremely dangerous. They are currently hiding in a deep forest near an old border village. There are about twenty of them, and they are not only fully equipped, but they are also very likely carrying heavy firepower such as heavy machine guns and explosives. Their purpose in infiltrating here is unknown, but they definitely pose a huge threat to the safety of our border residents."

The brigade commander looked up at Lu Baizhou and issued a death order: "Our superiors have ordered us to immediately organize our most elite assault force, set off tonight, and head to that area. Under no circumstances should we be allowed to escape; you must understand, we must completely annihilate this group of militants before dawn tomorrow!"

Lu Baizhou strode to the table, lowered his head, and his sharp eyes quickly scanned the red and blue lines and contour lines marked on the map. His brain was like a sophisticated computer, and within seconds he rapidly estimated the actual distance from the base to the target area, the road conditions, and the complex terrain of the target area.

After reading it, he raised his head, straightened his body, and without any hesitation, uttered four words in a loud and firm voice: "I'll lead the team!"

The brigade commander looked at him and nodded approvingly. He trusted Lu Baizhou most in this kind of tough battle. The regimental commander decisively gave the order: "Good! Go back to your battalion immediately and personally select twenty of your strongest individual combat soldiers! Go to the armory to equip them with a full set of night combat gear and sufficient ammunition. The military trucks to pick them up are already waiting outside the parade ground with fires burning. I'm only giving you fifteen minutes to prepare. Fifteen minutes later, depart on time!"

"Yes, sir! Mission accomplished!"

Lu Baizhou put his feet together, gave a standard military salute, then turned around and strode quickly out of the conference room.

Back at the camp, Lu Baizhou strode towards the armory, his sharp eyes scanning the parade ground. He immediately spotted Xiao Zhao, the guard on duty at the company headquarters, and called out, "Xiao Zhao! Come here!"

Upon hearing the battalion commander's shout, Xiao Zhao quickly ran over, stopped, and saluted: "Regimental Commander, what are your instructions?"

Lu Baizhou stopped and looked at Xiao Zhao, his tone becoming very serious. He quickly instructed, "Xiao Zhao, drop everything you're doing and go to the family compound at the back right now. Hurry up!"

"Go find Comrade Qiao Xinxin, knock on her door, and tell her in person that I've received an urgent combat mission and will be leading a team out immediately. This mission will take us deep into the mountains, and it may take several days before I return."

Lu Baizhou paused, a hint of tenderness flashing in his eyes, and emphasized, "You must pass this message on to her: tell her not to worry, to stay home and do what she needs to do, and to wait for me to come back. As soon as I finish my mission, I'll go see her immediately! Do you understand?"

Although the guard, Xiao Zhao, was young, he knew that the regimental commander was worried about his wife. He immediately straightened his back and answered loudly, "Yes, sir! Don't worry, commander, I promise to deliver the message word for word!"

After explaining this matter that was most concerning to him, Lu Baizhou didn't waste a second longer. He turned around and strode towards the equipment room to select personnel and weapons.

Fifteen minutes later, everything was ready.

"boom--!"

With a deafening roar of its engine, a six-wheeled military truck covered with a heavy green canvas tarpaulin drove out of the camp gate amidst a pungent exhaust fumes.

The headlights tore through the thick darkness, and the truck, like a steel behemoth, quickly disappeared into the vast night, speeding towards the border.

On the other side, after receiving the order, guard Xiao Zhao dared not delay for the slightest.

He jogged through the gate of the residential compound, panting as he climbed the stairs to the front of the Bai family's house.

"Knock knock knock!" Xiao Zhao raised his hand and knocked hard on the door.

After a while, the door creaked open.

Bai Zhengyuan opened the door.

Although his leg injury had healed considerably, it was not yet fully recovered, and he was standing inside the doorway, leaning on a wooden crutch.

Bai Zhengyuan saw Xiao Zhao standing outside the door, covered in sweat. He raised a surprised eyebrow and asked, "Xiao Zhao? What brings you here in the middle of the night? What happened?"