Chapter 676: Is Selling Instant Noodles at Low Prices Illegal? Facing Legal Liability?! (Part 3)

“Afterwards, the remaining veterans pulled out nine enemy corpses from the cave. Good heavens, all killed by the grenades thrown by the commander!”

“Alright, alright, no need to go into detail about me.”

With a dull voice, Zhao Yimeng said: “Compared to Liang Erxi, Wang Wenxi, Xiaobeiping, and Xiaojin, what am I?”

“I am nothing but a coward carried to the battlefield by the commander and comrades!”

After pausing for a moment, Zhao Yimeng continued: “However, what affects me even more is what happened after the war ended, let me continue the story.”

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Our second company fought just this one battle in the war.

At that time, with blood boiling, I went into the enemy’s den clutching grenades.

The inside of the cave was pitch-black, and I couldn’t see anything.

I walked forward relying on instinct, not knowing how long I had been walking when I felt some movement ahead.

The enemy also heard my footsteps, and immediately there was a burst of gunfire. Luckily, none of it hit me.

I pulled the pin on the grenade and threw it straight out.

Then, I was knocked out by the shock, unaware of what happened.

The acting vice company commander, like clearing out a rat’s nest, annihilated the remaining twenty-something enemies, and we secured the final victory in this battle.

I was first sent to a field hospital, and later transferred to a domestic hospital.

I was only knocked out by the shockwave, so my injuries weren’t severe.

After about a week and a half, I recovered and was discharged.

When the troops returned home, flowers and applause paved our way.

Though I should have been happy, thinking of the heroes who sacrificed themselves from our company weighed heavy on my heart.

Very quickly, the troop began the commendation process.

The army reported to the military district, awarding our second company the honorary title of “Model Penetration Company.”

Following the decision of the second company’s military party committee, titles of combat heroes were respectively awarded to Liang Erxi, Wang Wenxi, and the unknown Xiaobeiping.

There was no dispute within the regiment about comrades Liang Erxi and Xiaobeiping.

But regarding Wang Wenxi, no matter how much our company’s party branch insisted, the regiment wouldn’t even approve a third-class merit!

After the commendation activities concluded, the next step was the handling of posthumous affairs for the martyrs.

During this war, our second company suffered the greatest casualties, so the regiment dispatched a special team to assist us with this task.

This post-war task was extremely smooth.

The martyrs’ families understood deeply, knowing their loved ones had sacrificed for the country; each and every one was a heroic figure, with none raising excessive demands.

They were more concerned about how their loved ones had died on the battlefield, and if they had fought valiantly.

As the instructor, I personally shared my experiences and feelings with them, and presented them with their loved ones’ military medals as martyrs.

But facing Wang Wenxi’s wife and his two children, I was at a loss.

I narrated Wang Wenxi’s glorious deeds to his widow and children.

I recounted how he led the vanguard platoon to clear the way for the second company, how he blew up the enemy bunkers, and eliminated the enemy on the nameless height.

Of course, regarding Wang Wenxi’s sacrifice, I didn’t mention that he died while harvesting sugar cane, only that he accidentally stepped on a landmine while looking for a water source…

When Wang Wenxi’s widow looked at me with teary eyes, I couldn’t say anything.

All the martyrs’ families received a military medal, except for her…

I held my first-class merit medal in both hands and gave it to her:

“Sister-in-law, this is the first-class merit medal from our second company for the martyr Wang Wenxi.”

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Kangle couldn’t help but ask: “The company isn’t authorized to award first-class merits, and they look different. Won’t she see through it?”

Zhao Yimeng smiled wryly:

“She’s a police officer; military and police share duties, how could she not understand.”

“She simply took the medal and silently wrapped it up, then left the company with her young children without a word.”