It was late afternoon and cold and windy when Amelia Bright arrived at Hounslow Military District.
The sound of training on the training ground was as surging and fervent as ever.
Not seeing anything different from before, she thought for a moment that Adjutant Xun on the phone was telling a joke.
It was not until we walked to the small courtyard of Farren Austin in the military district, the table in the middle of the living room, with the white porcelain vase, the white porcelain vase leaning against the black and white photo of Danna Keller, with black cloth strips falling on both sides, all the Blue Eagle team members were there, each with red eyes and different looks.
“Ma’am.”
Adjutant Xun, standing closest to the door, saw Amelia Bright and immediately wiped her tears and greeted her.
Amelia Bright felt as if her legs weighed a thousand pounds and couldn’t walk to the middle of the living room, asking in a daze.
“Where’s Danna Keller?”
Adjutant Xun’s eyes fell on the white porcelain jars on that table, and his voice was hushed
“The day of the battle, the enemy finally set fire to the mountain in order to escape, at that time Danna Keller has probably been sacrificed, calling her, we were too late to put out the mountain fire, and finally found Danna Keller when it was already … too hot over in Southeast Asia, so we could only on the spot after processing to bring back.”
The words ‘disposed of in situ’ were said so heavily that Amelia Bright’s eyes seemed to see the tragic state of the scene before her eyes, and she forced her heart to suppress the knife-like grief and asked, “Where’s Farren?”
The Blue Eagle crew is all here except for Farren Austin and Calla Moon.
Adjutant Xun frowned.
“The vice captain was injured and the captain is in the hospital with her.”
“Yes? How badly wounded? Can’t live?”
Amelia Bright’s tone was extraordinarily cold, and a cold glint had appeared in her eyes.
This comment, however, seemed to poke at the hearts of the other Blue Eagle players, and first Beacher Oak stood up, displeased, and said
“Sister-in-law, it’s not right for you to talk like that, we all feel bad about Danna Keller’s sacrifice, but the vice captain was wounded to save the captain, how can you talk like that?”
Amelia Bright looked at the black and white photo in front of her without looking away, her eyes red.
“I think anyone can tell which is more important, injury or sacrifice.”
“That’s what she deserved, too.”
Beacher Oak face suddenly with a sulk, annoyed, “Danna Keller collaborators have long betrayed …”
“Beacher Oak!”
Adjutant Xun’s voice chided him abruptly, “Shut up.”
The words ‘collaboration’ and ‘betrayal’ however, had fallen on Amelia Bright’s ears and she jerked her head around, staring dead-on at Beacher Oak and asking, “What did you say? ”
“Ma’am, it’s nothing, ignore Beacher Oak, this mission failed, we are not happy, called you because Danna Keller also no family, and you were the best, so I thought I would let you see the last look, by the way some relics to give you.”
Adjutant Xun held out a small cardboard box and placed it next to Danna Keller’s ashes.
“That’s all. I looked and I think there’s something in there for you from Danna Keller.”
At that, Amelia Bright clenched her fingers for a long time before opening the box.
In the box, in addition to a uniform and medals for formal occasions, are some odds and ends, there are unused cosmetics she bought for Danna Keller before, a wig she bought for Danna Keller because her hair was too short, a development schedule for IM, and a letter.
Blue Eagle this mission before leaving, Farren Austin had given her a last word, Danna Keller also, but she did not have relatives and no good friends, so her last words left in the military quarters, dark yellow kraft paper envelope, the letter paper looks very new.
Danna Keller’s handwriting is not good-looking, but it is neat, and every word is written clearly, stroke by stroke.
“When you read this letter, the possibility of my sacrifice has basically reached 100 percent, because there is no family, nor is there a close friend, so this letter thought for a long time do not know who to write to see, whoever, Adjutant Xun said, sooner or later, people always have to explain the afterlife… …”
Seeing the beginning, Amelia Bright’s nose was sore and tears had fallen, but the letter paper seemed to reflect Danna Keller’s indifferent and serious face when it came to anything.
“I hope you who see the letter do not feel bad for me, we must be ready to sacrifice at any time, I am honored that I can sacrifice on the battlefield, which is the highest glory, the only thing I feel sorry for is Sister Amelia, I am grateful to Sister Amelia for letting me experience a different life, if I had met you earlier, perhaps it would have been better, I could have been distracted Help you …”
“Madam, don’t feel too bad.” Adjutant Xun handed over tissues from the sidelines.
How can it not be sad?
Amelia Bright asked, sobbing and trying to hold back the great ups and downs inside her.
“What day is the farewell party and funeral?”
Adjutant Xun looked a little unnatural and didn’t say anything for a long time, and Blue Eagle’s team members were looking at each other, one of them sighing for a long time.
“What’s wrong?” Amelia Bright realized something was wrong.
“There will be no farewell party or funeral,” Adjutant Xun frowned, his voice small, “The chief has made arrangements to buy a cemetery in Taiping Mountain and will send Danna Keller’s ashes there this evening, no funeral is planned. ”
“Why is it at Pacific Hill?”
Amelia Bright was amazed, “She is a martyr, she died for her country, shouldn’t she be buried in Hounslow Martyrs Cemetery?” Don’t the soldiers of Hounslow Military District want to observe the ceremony?”
She was not one to count such mundane rituals, but these treatments were not excessive; it was the glory that Danna Keller had earned for fighting for her country in the Hounslow theater of war, something that every martyr who dies for his country has.
So when she heard Adjutant Xun say there would be no funeral, she couldn’t believe her ears.
The house was dead silent inside.
Amelia Bright realized something was wrong, her eyes swept over an impatient Beacher Oak, suddenly remembering what he had just said, and questioned
“What the hell is going on?”
Beacher Oak is also anxious temper, heard the words simply picked out, Adjutant Xun did not even stop.
“Danna Keller is a traitor, rebellious and collaborating with the enemy during the battle, causing our battle plan to be clearly known by the other side, if it is not the vice captain and the captain to save the day and quickly adjust the plan, we are going to be wiped out this time, no one can return.”
“What did you say?”
The look on Amelia Bright’s face was more than just shock.
“That’s impossible, you guys are talking nonsense, it’s slander.”
“I slander?” Beacher Oak slammed down the holster he was wiping in his hand and huffed
“Sister-in-law, speak with your conscience, is it the truth as seen by those of us who saw it with our own eyes, or is it the truth as known by those of you who stay in Hounslow with no clothes or food? If I tell you that it was Danna Keller who gave the captain a shot from behind when combat was critical, do you still believe she is innocent?”
“Beacher Oak!” Adjutant Xun’s scolding voice almost lifted the roof off the room as he gave Beacher Oak a cold glare, “Shut your mouth, what did the chief say before he went to the hospital that you forgot?”
Amelia Bright was disoriented, holding the corner of the table, barely able to stand, her mind a mess.
Danna Keller gave Farren Austin a shot? How is that possible?