Wang Husheng caught Ye Yuan's glance and walked straight over to him, saying in a low voice:
"He Jun sacrificed himself to protect Scorpion and Falcon!"
With just that one sentence from Wang Husheng, Ye Yuan could roughly picture what had happened.
Two snipers up in the trees.
Without anyone covering them, they would have been sitting ducks.
It seemed He Jun had been shot dead while covering their retreat.
That was why Ma Hua was so distraught now.
Yu Hongbo stepped forward and gently patted Ma Hua on the shoulder.
Like a child who had made a mistake, Ma Hua buried himself in Yu Hongbo's arms and burst into tears.
"Old Squad Leader! When I saw He Jun's mother crying just now, I wished I'd been the one who died instead.
I couldn't bring myself to go down there. I just didn't know how to face Auntie!"
Ma Hua's crying brought tears to several team members' eyes.
Yu Hongbo gently patted Ma Hua and comforted him.
"It's not your fault! Even without He Jun, Li Jun or Wang Jun would have had to do it!
Do you still remember our slogan?
A sniper is always the last one to fall!
He Jun merely did what he was supposed to do. It had nothing to do with you!"
"No! If it had been me before this, I wouldn't have been this useless!
At the very least, I could have taken out a few of them before they got close.
Then He Jun might have been able to make a tactical withdrawal. I missed two shots, and that's what led to this mess!"
Ma Hua roared, as if that were the only way he could release the suffocating pressure in his heart.
"Ma Hua! I don't understand your line of work!