The soldiers were hesitant, wavering, perhaps even afraid. The crushing defeat on the Songhu Battlefield had cast a heavy, suffocating shadow over their hearts. Yet, as Lin Feng had said, they had to keep moving, to keep pushing forward and look it straight in the eye.
One by one, the number of soldiers joining the five-kilometer forced march grew. What started as small groups of two or three suddenly swelled into a massive column of over a thousand men. As the saying goes, people follow a lead; seeing the soldiers of the Special Operations Regiment moving steadily not far ahead, those following behind began to mimic them.
At a glance, the formation of the Special Operations Regiment was remarkably disciplined. They marched in files of three, with twelve men to a squad, moving with impeccable order. The soldiers trailing behind began to adopt the same formations.
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