Although before embarking on the mission to Shennongjia, the higher-ups had already mentioned the danger of the task, that they might encounter enemies that they simply could not deal with, and everyone should be prepared for a one-way trip—that is, to be ready to die—when they saw so many comrades fall, the surviving members of the military squad were still in great sorrow, unable to accept that the companions who had been alive just yesterday were now separated by life and death.
From the Red Wall, planes were dispatched to carry away the bodies of the fallen comrades, and the others followed back to Yanjing. Initially, Tang Ye had told Wang Jianjia to go back as well, but Wang Jianjia wanted to stay with Tang Ye. Unable to persuade her otherwise, Tang Ye let her stay by his side.
