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Chapter 497-498: Savage Mountain (1 & 2)

Just after six o'clock the next day, Zhuang Rui got up from the bed, walked out of the wooden house, and was immediately attracted by the scenery outside. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

At the foot of the mountain, there was a white mist everywhere, shrouding the whole Savage Mountain in the morning mist, and the milky white fog was flowing and receding, and through the gaps in the clouds, the dark blue peaks and trees were faintly visible.

After about ten minutes, the fog gradually dissipated, the sky was blue, and you could see the undulating Savage Mountain, the rugged mountain road, the mountain was covered with clouds and mist, and it seemed so mysterious and unpredictable.

Some of the people in the mine guard team had already gotten up to make breakfast, and the smoke from the cooking stove was intertwined with the fog that had not yet dissipated, which was very much the atmosphere of rural life.

"What's the matter, brother, you can't go deep into the Savage Mountain, just look at the periphery to see if there are any animals fighting......"

When Zhuang Rui was looking at Savage Mountain, Hu Rong walked to his side and saw Zhuang Rui wearing a camouflage uniform and a pair of high-top field boots under his feet, where he didn't know Zhuang Rui's thoughts.

Hu Rong's eyes were full of bloodshots, he almost didn't sleep all night yesterday, his mood was extremely complicated, with Zhuang Rui's promised capital injection, the pressure on his body was reduced a lot, but at the same time, it pressed a big stone in his heart, in case it was really a waste mine, it would hurt Zhuang Rui.

"Don't worry, Brother Hu, let's take a turn around the periphery, just get over the gun addiction, it's illegal to hold a gun in China......"

Zhuang Rui said incorrectly, after he returned to the wooden house last night, he chatted with Peng Fei again, knowing that now is the best time to enter the mountains, if the rainy season comes, then he will not be able to walk in the mountains at all.

And now is the time when the temperature in Myanmar is the lowest, like some tropical venomous snakes, although they do not need to hibernate, but the time of activity will be greatly reduced, and when they are not attacked, they will not take the initiative to attack humans.

"Okay, I have the bullets here, I promise that you don't want to fight anymore, and go to eat and ...... first"

Hu Rong patted Zhuang Rui on the shoulder and pulled him to have breakfast together, Peng Fei was already waiting there, and when he saw Zhuang Rui coming over, he took a bowl of porridge and handed it to Zhuang Rui.

The next dish is pickled radish strips, Zhuang Rui often ate this thing when he was a child, that will come to winter, radish and cabbage are basically the only dishes in the family, Zhuang mother will cut the radish into strips, pickle them with salt, and then dry them in the sun, chew them in the mouth and crunchy.

After drinking three bowls of porridge and eating two hemp balls, Zhuang Rui stopped, which was also what Peng Fei specially explained to him, he must eat and drink enough, because there are many uncertain factors after entering the mountain, and they may not be able to go as smoothly as they think, and maintaining physical strength is a basic condition for surviving in the forest.

"Brother, since you don't let Zhu Fanpo accompany you, let a few of them follow you......"

After breakfast, Hu Rong was ready to go up the mountain, but before going up the mountain, he had to arrange Zhuang Rui's hunting, if Zhuang Rui and Peng Fei were allowed to go alone, then he would definitely not be at ease.

"Boss Zhuang, I haven't hunted for a long time......"

"Cooking Woman" looked at Zhuang Rui with a resentful face, the fingers of her right hand were placed as orchid fingers, and she nodded at Zhuang Rui, which frightened Zhuang Rui and hurriedly took a few steps back, almost not spitting out the rice he had just eaten.

"What's wrong......"

Zhuang Rui scolded in his heart, he wanted to pay this person and let him go back to Thailand to cut it off.

"His name is Zhang **, he is our Chinese, you call your brother, listen to him more, this forest is not a joke, how many people have gone in and have not come out again......"

Hu Rong introduced a burly man in a dark green camouflage uniform to Zhuang Rui, who knew that this person was the captain of the mine protection team, and he had a few words with him when he was drinking yesterday, and he was a master with three wives.

"Dajun, I can hand over Zhuang Rui to you, I must ensure the safety of the two of them, if something happens, I will settle accounts with you......"

Hu Rong turned around and explained to Zhang **, in fact, he knew that there was no danger in playing some small animals on the periphery, otherwise he would not agree to Zhuang Rui's request.

"Brother Hu, don't worry, I've been in this savage mountain several times, and it's okay to walk around outside......"

Zhang ** patted his chest and agreed, although he didn't know Zhuang Rui's exact identity, but from Hu Rong's attitude towards Zhuang Rui and the two professors, Zhang ** could also see that Zhuang Rui should be his own person.

"Okay, bring something to eat, if you can't come back at noon, don't be hungry, we'll go to the mine first......"

Hu Rong didn't have the heart to accompany Zhuang Rui to hunt and play, he also had to take the two professors to continue to explore the jade veins, hoping to find the veins and get out of the current predicament.

"Mr. Zhuang, you have these two guns, as well as this bullet belt, and you can also put them on your back, I will teach you how to use them first......"

After Hu Rong left, Zhang ** took two new AK47 submachine guns and two heavy army-green bullet belts, and handed them to Zhuang Rui and Peng Fei.

"Brother Zhang, just call me Zhuang Rui, we are all our own people, don't be so angry, I will make this gun, I have played ...... before"

After Zhuang Rui took the gun, he skillfully withdrew the magazine, pulled the bolt of the gun and checked the gun, and Zhang ** was stunned for a moment, but he knew that there were not many people in China who could play with guns.

"Cheng, then I'll call you Brother Zhuang, you two wait first, I'm going to explain ......"

Zhang ** is the captain of the mine protection team, this day out, to arrange the safety work, although the security in Myanmar is good, but it is in a city where there is no conflict of interest, in this kind of wild ravine, it is difficult to say.

"Brother Zhuang, if you can't make it, you can't give me two magazines......"

Peng Fei skillfully carried the bullet belt on his back, although this is an AK47 submachine gun, but this bullet belt is the bullet belt of the domestic Bayi gun, and a total of six bullet clips can be inserted.

Now in these two bullet belts, there are four magazines filled with thirty bullets, and the weight is not light, and it only feels heavy when hung on the chest.

"It's okay, it's okay ......"

After Zhuang Rui put the bullet belt on his back, he jumped a few times in place, and it didn't affect his activities, in fact, in terms of physical fitness, he was probably stronger than Peng Fei, after all, when Zhuang Rui was often fine, he used aura to help him comb his body, which was all a massage, and the feeling of aura entering the body was very comfortable.

Counting the magazines carried by the submachine gun itself, there are a total of five magazines and 150 rounds of 7.62 mm bullets, Hu Rong's shot is very generous, according to his thoughts, these bullets are enough for Zhuang Rui to be addicted to guns.

"Brother Zhuang, let's go, if we can hit another big guy today, we will have a good mouth......"

After Zhang ** finished explaining his work, he brought four people over, and the other mine guards all looked at them with envy, you know, it is a good errand to go into the mountains to hunt, and it is much more comfortable than the boring guards here.

"Brother Zhang, I'll carry this thing......"

Peng Fei saw Zhang ** carrying a bag in his hand, knowing that it contained food and water, he stepped forward and snatched the bag in his hand.

"No, no, you're a guest, hey, little brother, can you do it?"

Zhang ** was about to excuse himself, Peng Fei had already snatched the bag, Zhang ** couldn't help glaring at a few of his subordinates, he didn't have any eyesight at all, how could he let the guests carry things.

However, after some pushing, the bag was still on Peng Fei's body, and a group of five people walked along the foot of the mine towards the Savage Mountain in the north.

As the old saying goes, Wangshan runs a dead horse, Zhuang Rui didn't have this kind of experience before, but now he feels it, standing in the camp and looking at Savage Mountain, it seems to be in front of him, but this time, he walked for nearly an hour before he came to the edge of Savage Mountain.

And the road taken in this hour was only four or five miles away, and this was still without going up the mountain, and everyone quickened their pace.

Peng Fei's face also became solemn at this time, and he found that his previous calculation was a little wrong.

According to Peng Fei's calculations, there is still a distance of about 20 kilometers from here to the location of the treasure, and for him alone, Peng Fei is absolutely sure that he can make a round trip within four or five hours, but with Zhuang Rui, I am afraid that it is a single trip, and it may not be possible to reach it in four or five hours.

"Brother Zhuang, if you can't go, don't go, I'll sneak over and take a look myself......"

Peng Fei gave Zhuang Rui a look, and the two hung at the back of the line.

"What's wrong? Didn't we say we'd find a time to get rid of them?"

Everyone has curiosity, coupled with the submachine gun in his hand and the five magazines full of bullets at this moment, Zhuang Rui is full of self-confidence, and he is not afraid of being besieged by steppe wolves again.

In the morning, Zhuang Rui had already discussed with Peng Fei, after entering the jungle, he would find an opportunity to get rid of the people who followed them, Zhuang Rui also knew in his heart that Hu Rong would not let the two of them enter the Savage Mountain, the legend here is not so beautiful.

"Brother Zhuang, from here, there is a distance of almost forty kilometers back and forth, even if I am alone, I am afraid it will take more than half a day, if you follow, then ......"

Peng Fei didn't continue, but Zhuang Rui also understood the meaning of his words, this is because he is afraid that he will not be able to keep up with him, he is being underestimated?

Zhuang Rui smiled and waved his hand, and said, "It's okay, your brother Zhuang used to be a long-distance runner, and the distance of thirty or forty kilometers is not a problem......

Zhuang Rui is not bragging, when he was in college, his best time in the five-kilometer run was 18 minutes and 22 seconds.

At that time, his eyes had not yet changed, and now that he had aura in his body, he could recover from fatigue at any time, and Zhuang Rui didn't even pay attention to the distance of forty kilometers back and forth.

"Brother Zhuang, it's not like that, it's hard to run on this mountain road, and the speed can't be improved, even if it's me, it's good to be able to walk five kilometers an hour......"

Peng Fei scratched his head a little, he thought that this trip was too simple, and he also made a common sense mistake, the distance of the scale on the map is very different from the reality, especially in the mountainous environment.

In the past, the Kuomintang always lost battles, and many of them were due to this, and that bald Chiang often did such things, sitting in the war room himself, pointing fingers at the map, and exhausting his troops.

It's just that Jiang didn't know that the straight-line distance on the map, in reality, there may be some mountains or rivers and streams, which are all obstacles to the rapid progress of the troops.

Including during the Huaihai Campaign, if Jiang did not blow up the Huayuankou and cause the Yellow River to divert the Yellow River, it would not be so easy for the PLA to encircle and annihilate the fully mechanized Huang Baitao and Huang Wei Corps, and these are obviously not shown on the map.

Zhuang Rui was also a little stunned by Peng Fei's words, he was not afraid of physical exertion, because it could be replenished with aura, but walking five kilometers in an hour was a bit too slow, so even if there was nothing else, it would take eight hours to go back and forth.

If he really disappeared for eight hours in this Savage Mountain, I am afraid that Hu Rong would definitely organize someone to search the mountain, thinking of this, Zhuang Rui couldn't help but scratch his head a little.

"Brother Zhuang, this is going into the mountain, you two follow closely, don't load the bullet, the muzzle of the gun is down, I will greet you when you encounter the prey......"

Zhang ** looked back and saw that Zhuang Rui and the others were already twenty or thirty meters behind, and couldn't help but shake their heads, the body of the people in this city just couldn't do it, and they couldn't hold it after walking a few kilometers.

"Brother Zhang, I know......" Zhuang Rui replied from afar.

"If you rush over now, you should be able to come back in the evening, I'm sorry Brother Hu......"

Zhuang Rui looked at his watch, it was not yet 8 o'clock, he made up his mind in his heart, and whispered to Peng Fei: "Let's leave now, and strive to come back before dark......"

Although Peng Fei had the intention not to take Zhuang Rui there, but seeing that he had made up his mind, there was nothing he could do, so he nodded at the moment and said, "Brother Zhuang, let's talk ugly in front, if you can't keep up with my footsteps, then let's turn back, and I'll go alone at night......"

"Okay, that's it!"

Zhuang Rui nodded and agreed, and then hurried to the back of Zhang ** and the others.

At this time, the six of them had already entered the forest, and the dense tropical jungle broad-leaved trees blocked most of the light from the sky, and as long as the sparse sunlight penetrated the branches, the stars shone on the ground.

There was also a thick layer of fallen leaves and rotten branches on the ground, and it was not very strong to step on it, and there was a "rustling" sound.

The forest is very quiet, except for the footsteps and conversations of a few people, there is no other sound, Zhang ** is very familiar with this place, and now the place where Zhuang Rui and others are taken is actually a small road, in fact, it is not a road, but they often walk during this time.

After walking through the tall forest for more than half an hour, Zhang ** stopped and said: "Let's go northwest, there is a col in front of us, it is estimated that there will be some animals in it, and the wild boar yesterday was hit there......"

"Brother Zhang, Brother Zhang, you go over first, I really can't hold it anymore, I have to sit down and rest......"

Zhuang Rui and Peng Fei made a panting appearance, the posture was about to be out of breath, Zhang ** glanced back, and couldn't help frowning, just walked a little more, it became like this.

However, Zhang ** also knew that he was playing with Zhuang Rui on this trip, and said at the moment: "Why don't we all rest, and then go over later, it's a pity, in the morning, the animal's reaction is relatively slow, and I'm afraid I'll ......run away if it's late."

Zhang ...... Brother Zhang, I'm ...... We're fine, just ...... It's just a little tired, just sit here and take a break, you don't care about us, go and guard the mountain pass first, what if the animals run away......"

Zhuang Rui held on to a big tree with his hand, and said breathlessly, while waving his hand impatiently, signaling Zhang ** to rush over first, making a look of being afraid that he would not be able to hit the prey.

"This ...... This is not good, if something happens, then Brother Hu will not spare my ......"

Zhang ** is a man with a hearty personality, where can he guess Zhuang Rui's current thoughts, although he has been moved by Zhuang Rui in his heart, but he has not forgotten the task of this trip, and after thinking about it for a while, he decided to wait for Zhuang Rui to go together.

"Brother Zhang, we two big men with guns, what are we afraid of here, besides, it's not far from outside, and there are no animals, you guys hurry up, in case the animals run out, we will come for nothing today......"

Zhuang Rui saw that Zhang ** refused to leave, he was really anxious, it was already 8 o'clock, and if he didn't transfer them away, I was afraid that today's treasure hunt trip would really be ruined.

"That'...... Well, it's about two miles northwest from here, and you can see the col......"

Zhang ** also wants to block a few big guys, and improve the food for the brothers at night, they dare not enter the depths of this savage mountain, and usually go to the mountain col to block the prey, where there is a water source, and it is usually a place where animals gather.

Seeing Zhuang Rui waving the gun in his hand, Zhang ** thought that nothing should happen, fierce beasts such as tigers and black bears could not be seen at the edge of the forest, and shouted to a person behind him at the moment: "Ma Liu, you stay, you know that place, and you will bring Brother Zhuang and them over later......"

"Brother Jun, it's not very far, it's not an hour's road, you don't need to leave anyone, right?"

After Ma Liu heard Zhang **'s words, he said reluctantly, men, they always have an unusual interest in hunting, and Ma Liu is naturally no exception.

Zhang ** glared at Ma Liu, and said angrily: "Don't listen to the call, do you?

"I didn't ...... No, how can you, Brother Jun, go first......"

As soon as Zhang ** said this, Ma Liu hurriedly waved his hand, but there was still some reluctance on his face.

"Brother Zhuang, come over when you're rested......"

Zhang ** said hello to Zhuang Rui and Peng Fei, and rushed to the col where the other three people were hunting, in his opinion, with a gun in hand, there would be almost no danger in this jungle, and there were not many snakes in this marginal area.

"Brother Ma, what kind of animals are there in that col?"

Zhuang Rui didn't pant so much, took out a pack of cigarettes, and gave Ma Liu one.

"That's not for sure, last time I met two wild boars, ran away with one, and like a black bear sometimes runs there to drink water, by the way, once I saw a tiger, but we rushed to the place, the tiger ran away, it's a pity......"

Ma Liu: They have been stationed here for almost half a year, and they often hunt on the edge of Savage Mountain, and they have been to that mountain col many times, and now they are like a treasure.

When Ma Liu talked about the tiger, he still had a look of remorse on his face, you know, if a tiger skin is sold on the Sino-Burmese border, it will be worth tens of thousands of RMB, of course, this is only the price offered to them by Chinese merchants.

"Alas, it's all because the two of us are not in good health, and we can't breathe when we run this section, so let's do it, Brother Ma, you can also go over, let's rest for a while and pass......" Zhuang Rui is now in a hurry to break this person away.

"That's not good, if you get lost, Brother Jun will pick my skin......"

Ma Liu shook his head again and again, Zhang **'s prestige in this group of Chinese mine guards is still quite high.

"Brother Ma, don't you look down on the two of us? We both have guns in our hands, and we can still get lost, so let's make a mark on the trees every four or five trees, so that we don't know......"

Zhuang Rui quickly used his brain, helping Ma Liu find an excuse, as for whether Brother Jun would pick off his skin, he couldn't care about it so much now, but after the two of them ran away, Ma Liu's reprimand was inevitable.

"That's right......"

Ma Liu's eyes lit up when he heard this, he picked up the thorn and cut it at a tree, and saw a mark and white juice on the trunk, turned his head and said to Zhuang Rui: "Mr. Zhuang, you can find it according to this mark later, in fact, it's okay if you don't make a mark, just ...... in the northwest direction."

Ma Liu, this person is a bit rough and brainy, entering this forest full of towering trees, not an old horse or a specially trained person, the ghost knows which direction the northwest is, just to find the sun to identify the direction, that is to find a sparsely wooded hillside.

"Mr. Zhuang, hurry up......" Ma Liu chased after Zhang ** and the others, and shouted to Zhuang Rui at the same time, his hands were not idle, and he slashed at the trees along the way with a military thorn.

"Got it, don't worry, I'll shoot if something happens......"

Zhuang Rui replied loudly, his body had already stood up, and Peng Fei beside him had already taken out his knife and used the compass on the handle to identify the direction.

"Brother Zhuang, our direction is due north, go here......"

After Peng Fei recognized the direction, his body had already rushed out first, like a nimble ape, and ran out of more than 20 meters in an instant.

"Hey, you'd better slow down......"

Zhuang Rui didn't know that Peng Fei just wanted him to retreat because he couldn't keep up, so he hurriedly followed behind and chased after him.

"Ma Liu, why are you here? Brother Zhuang and the two of them?"

Ma Liu ran after him for nearly 20 minutes before catching up with Zhang ** and others.