In 1959, what's wrong with me pedaling a tricycle?

Ten soldiers were left to escort the prisoners back, while Wang Xingguo and his men drove to the temporary military camp where the enemy troops had invaded our territory.

Wu Dajiang asked, puzzled, "Sir, what's so great about this broken statue? We don't believe in these things."

Wang Xingguo said with a smile, "Old Wu, are you stupid? Don't you know their statues and sacrificial items are made of gold?"

Wu Dajiang and the soldiers in the vehicle were stunned.

Wang Xingguo continued, "That's why Damir didn't dare take us there. If his people found out, he'd be dead even if he was released. With so many people in their army, these statues must have been quite large. The larger they are, the more gold they represent. Fighting them wouldn't do us any good. We need to bring back this stuff that can be used as foreign exchange."

After driving for three hours, we arrived at the enemy's temporary military camp, which had been taken over by our soldiers and was guarding several hundred surrendered enemy prisoners.

However, the hiding place was not here; the enemy officers were quite cunning and hid the items outside the military camp.

Wang Xingguo was of a high rank, so his arrival made Company Commander Guo mistakenly think that he had come to receive and guard prisoners of war, and he ran over to see Wang Xingguo with great joy on his face.

When he learned that they hadn't come to receive prisoners of war, Company Commander Guo was extremely frustrated.

After all, every soldier wants to make a name for himself, especially when the battle is going so smoothly. He also wants to lead his company to charge into battle on the front lines!

One by one, the gold artifacts were taken out of the underground chamber, their golden light dazzling in the sunlight.

There are nineteen golden statues of varying sizes, each with a pure gold base, sets of gold bowls, plates, cups, and lamps for sacrificial purposes, and several leather pouches filled with gold coins printed with all sorts of random patterns.

Wang Xingguo sent someone to the enemy's temporary camp to get a scale, and began to weigh and register each item. After weighing, the total weight was a staggering 1,600 kilograms, and the items also contained a lot of various gemstones.

Wu Dajiang clicked his tongue in amazement and said, "Goodness, are these people out of their minds? Invading our territory with so much gold, what are they thinking?"

Wang Xingguo happily explained to everyone, "That's how people in their country are. They all believe in various religions, so even soldiers fighting in wars will carry out religious rituals."

This is a brigade-level military camp. I estimate that if it were a regimental-level camp, there wouldn't be so many statues and gold artifacts.

Everyone happily loaded the goods onto the truck, covered the gold with something, and put the stone slab at the entrance of the simple secret room back on.

Not only had they achieved a great victory, but they had also acquired such a large quantity of gold. Everyone happily drove back to camp.

Wang Xingguo needs to quickly transport this batch of goods back to Beijing; they desperately need the foreign exchange to buy the equipment they urgently require.

The next day, the convoy set off back to Daheyan.

Wang Xingguo and his team's battle achievements and spoils have been registered and a telegram has been sent. The military region has also ordered Wang Xingguo and his team to escort the spoils back to Beijing.

The main issue is that these items are within our territory; if they were on their territory, it would be difficult to retrieve them.

Who knows what they were thinking? They invaded while carrying this batch of sacrificial items. It's a wonder they dug a secret chamber to hide them after realizing they were no match for them.

It's as if they have a chance to enter our territory again in the future. I really don't understand their thought process.

When Wang Xingguo returned to Beijing, it was already 4 p.m. on November 20. After handing over his belongings to the waiting staff for confirmation, Director Ma approved Wang Xingguo for a ten-day leave.

There is no need to transport large quantities of supplies to the front lines now, because the second counterattack launched on the 16th has been going too smoothly.

Li Zhong arrived at the oil transportation department and said happily, "You did a great job this time, kid. You not only took down two enemies, but also brought back such a big surprise."

Wang Xingguo chuckled and said, "What could I do? They insisted on coming to me. You have no idea how tired I was. I had finally managed to transport the supplies over so many days, and after only a few hours of sleep, I had to get up and grab my gun to fight again."

Li Zhong was still a bit confused. He said to Wang Xingguo, "What are these people thinking? We just can't figure out why they would transport so much gold to the troops, especially troops that are invading our territory. It's really incomprehensible what they're thinking."

It's not hard to understand, Wang Xingguo said, suppressing a laugh. "Grandpa Li, I think you can't use normal thinking to consider the other side. You have to understand that they think their army is invincible, that one of their soldiers can take on three of ours, so they never considered the possibility of their invasion failing, and they never even considered the possibility of not being able to bring anything back."

Li Zhong suddenly realized, slapped his thigh and said, "That's it! After the first counterattack, we proposed peace talks, but the enemy not only refused but also wanted to mobilize a large army to continue fighting. Yesterday, our army sent back a battle report that we had already wiped out the enemy's 4th Division. I don't know what they're thinking. They have to fight to be quiet. Why are they so eager to be beaten?"

What can you do? They just think they're invincible and only behave when they get a beating...

And since they won but didn't colonize them, the other side felt they had won...

Li Zhong came here to distribute rewards to Wang Xingguo and his group.

The ministry rewarded Wang Xingguo with various receipts, many of which were rare. However, other merit awards would not be issued to him until the military had completed its tallying.

Li Zhong estimated that Wang Xingguo could at least get a second-class merit award for himself and a third-class merit award for the collective, but he still suffered from the disadvantage of working in logistics, and his joining the gold mine could not be publicized.

If he were a member of the front-line assault force, and the enemy was not routed, but the spoils were captured during the battle, he might be awarded a first-class merit.

However, a second-class merit is still quite good. At least Li Zhong is very satisfied with Wang Xingguo, and the old leader is also very satisfied and pleased with his performance.

Even Li Enze's opinion of Wang Xingguo has changed a lot. At least he went to the battlefield to kill the enemy and brought back foreign exchange and supplies worth at least two million US dollars. So he didn't disgrace Sister Yongzhen.

Wang Xingguo took a change of clothes to take a bath, rubbed the mud off each other, rinsed off and changed into clean clothes. He went to the warehouse to retrieve his bicycle and rode home.

He was away on a business trip for a month and missed his wife and children terribly, wishing he could fly back to see them.

When he returned to the gate of the compound, Wang Xingning had just come back from grocery shopping. Upon seeing Wang Xingguo, he happily exclaimed, "Second Brother! You're back!"

Wang Xingguo stopped his bicycle, smiled, and nodded, saying, "You're back. What groceries did you buy today?"

Wang Xingning said happily, "I'm lucky today. I found some yellow croaker, so I bought one and a block of tofu. I plan to cook the tofu and fish stew for dinner tonight."