Chapter 833 Natural Labyrinth

Zhang Ran thought for a while, and then said slowly: "With our current numbers, it is extremely dangerous to go to Monrovia, once we are discovered, we will have no way out, and we will only die!" So I think attacking the Reaper camp is our best option at the moment. Once you've successfully assaulted the camp, take the four members of the secret base to Monrovia. ”

A clear plan appeared in front of the team members, and then Zhang Ran continued: "As for Lao Zheng's task, we only have to inquire all the way to get the news. ”

Everyone nodded unanimously, and the team members never questioned Zhang Ran's decision, they knew that all Zhang Ran's decisions were based on the premise of protecting the safety of the team members.

The Sestos River, a river that runs through the whole of Liberia, is flanked on both sides by dense rocky forests, and also has typical mangrove characteristics, mangroves grow in the upper intertidal zone of tropical and subtropical low-energy coasts, and are flooded by periodic tidal waters, and are composed of evergreen shrubs or trees with mangrove plants as the main body. The species that make up it include herbaceous, vine, mangrove. It is a special ecosystem that transitions from land to sea.

The roots of the trees penetrate deep into the freshwater underwater, which is intricately intertwined, and the trunks are immersed directly in the water, making it the preferred place for the Reaper camp due to the sheer size of the Sestos mangrove forests and the complex roads.

Under the leadership of Lin Feng, the members of the Saber Regiment had already come to the Sestos River, and after renting the rafts of local fishermen, the Saber Regiment took advantage of the night to approach a dense mangrove forest, where almost no oars were used to provide power, and it was enough to grab the mangrove trunk next to the boat and move between the trunks.

From time to time, there was a sound of the bottom of the boat colliding and rubbing against the roots, and there was no sign of life on the silent river, Zhang Ran had contacted Bai Ge before, and wanted to use satellite technology to know the bad environment in the camp in advance, but the satellite signal was still not rebuilt, and Zhang Ran could only take the team members to the destination without any help.

Moving between the tree trunks, everyone seems to have lost their way, here is the same environment around, it is easy for people to get lost, even if the professional military personnel come to the mangroves, they must wear advanced positioning and navigation technology, and the signals sent by these things can be easily intercepted, so Zhang Ran and the others did not choose to use such a device.

After all, the Sabre Regiment's biggest bargaining chip is their unknown identity now!

The sky was getting darker, and the dense mangrove trunks and leaves made Zhang Ran see the road ahead, even if he wore night vision devices, he would not be able to continue because the trunks blocked his vision.

Quickly pointed to a tree trunk and whispered to Zhang Ran, "Boss, it seems that we have come full circle here." ”

Zhang Ran looked at the fresh scratches on the trunk of the tree, and was sure that this was the mark that Zhang Ran had left on the trunk two hours ago by using 'pitch black'.

"Well, I didn't expect the environment here to be so complicated, and there are no signs at all!"

The boat walks between the trunks of the trees, with no references around them, and the repetition of the trunks without any features, which is the best interpretation of the natural labyrinth.

Zhang Ran said helplessly to the team members: "Let's stop here today, walking in this special forest at night is not only dangerous, but also may expose your location." ”

In Zhang Ran's opinion, night is the best time to conceal one's actions, and it is also the best time to discover the enemy's camp, after all, the light source in the camp can be seen by the saber regiment from a long distance, but the current environment has no sign of light except for the darkness and woods, Zhang Ran knows that there should be no camp nearby, but due to the special environment, Zhang Ran does not dare to rush forward.

"Let's rest on the boat." 'Night' said as he stood up.

Cold-blooded laughed: "Boy, you're still too tender, do you know the rules of wild rest?" ”

'Dark Night' nodded: "You should never touch the ground again when you sleep at night, but we can only rest on the ship now." ”

Cold-blooded took out the sleeping bag from the backpack, used the dagger to cut off the vines on the trunks of the trees around him, and then divided the vines into two, one tied to one end of the sleeping bag, and the other end was tied to the trunk, and the other side was the same, cold-blooded used the sleeping bag and the trunk vines to form a hammock between the two trunks, and said to the 'dark night' with a cold-blooded smile: "The jungle in Africa is dangerous, even if the most dangerous thing here is not the creatures in the water, but the mosquitoes that breed on the surface of the water, so the sleeping bags must be sealed at night." ”

Dark Night nodded and began to emulate the cold-blooded action, and soon set up a hammock between another tree trunk, and just like that, the members of the Saber Regiment left the water and began to rest. The water in the mangrove forest is so slow that even if the boat is left alone overnight, the current will not let it move far, like stagnant water.

Sleeping in a sleeping bag at night, Lin Feng said, "Boss, what are we going to do tomorrow, we won't continue to walk around here." ”

Zhang Ran: "Where is the 'Grim Reaper' camp?" ”

"Probably south."

And now everyone has no idea where they belong to, Zhang Ran said slowly: "Rest, we will figure out a way after dawn tomorrow." ”

After a night's rest, the Saber Regiment, which had already packed their sleeping bags and returned to the ship, began to figure out how to determine the direction around them now.

The water surface of the mangrove forest is only one meter deep from the bottom of the water, which is also the characteristic of the mangrove forest, Zhang Ran stepped on the soft and soft sand, used a slender branch to insert it upright in the water, pulled out the fiber long thread from the combat uniform, tied one end to the branch, and tied a leaf at the other end, the leaf stayed quietly on the water surface, and then Zhang Ran returned to the boat, and the team members asked suspiciously: "Boss, what are you doing here?" Worship the god of the river? ”

Kuaishou smiled: "Hehe, do you say that the river god here is Chinese or foreign." ”

Zhang Ran punched Kuaishou in the chest: "What do you mean that the river god here speaks fluent English?" ”

"And what are you doing here?"

Zhang Ran slowly explained: "On the surface, this place looks like a pool of stagnant water, but in fact, the water here is extremely slow, and after fifteen minutes, the leaves will change their current position due to the weak flow, and the position of the leaves after moving is the north. ”

In the Northern Hemisphere, the current flows from north to south, while in the current position of the Sabre Regiment, the flow of water is from south to north, so the last direction in which the leaves stay is north.

'Dark Night' looked at Zhang Ran in surprise: "Boss, when did you learn this hand?" ”

"This is what I learned when I used to study with Lao Zheng, and this is also the basic wilderness survival tutorial for the field army to determine your own position. If it weren't for this situation, I would have almost forgotten that there is such a way to judge our direction. ”

After fifteen minutes of waiting, the Sabre Regiment found that the route they had taken was completely reversed, which meant that after entering the mangrove forest, the Saber Regiment had been circling in place and had not gone deep into the mangrove forest at all.

Looking at the leaves that had re-oriented, Lin Feng asked, "Boss, according to the direction in which the leaves stay, we should go here." Lin Feng looked at the entire mangrove forest in front of him, and there was no road to pass through it at all. It's like a wall that surrounds the city with tree trunks.

Kuaishou: "I really want to know how the people in the Reaper camp got into the innermost part and how they got out of the camp to carry out their missions. ”

Zhang Ran said slowly: "Now is not the time to study these, let's find a way forward first." ”

Everyone began to drive the boat on the re-chosen road, and finally Zhang Ran decided to use the 'pitch black' to directly cut off the tree trunk to move deeper, Zhang Ran, who was holding the 'pitch black' in the bow of the boat, had already cut off the mangrove trunk I don't know how many, and the residual sawdust floating on the water behind him was already everywhere, and the sky darkened as promised, and Zhang Ran still didn't find out after a busy day. On the trail of the Grim Reaper's camp, on the boat, Kuaishou replaced Zhang Ran's work and continued to open the road, and the team members grabbed the trunk next to the boat to maintain the speed of progress, while eating the food in their hands.

Kuaishou: "M, these mangroves are endless, when will it be the head if it goes on like this?" ”

Zhang Ran: "I believe it's coming soon, this mangrove forest is already large, and it is estimated that we will find them after a whole day's progress." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, after Kuaishou cut off a tree trunk, he saw a faint light from the gap in the mangrove forest, and Kuaishou immediately lowered his voice and said to the team members behind him: "Brothers, I found it!" ”

Everyone dropped the food in their hands, jumped into the water one after another, and stood at the gap to observe the light source, because the light in the gap was too small, except for a point of light, it was almost impossible to see anything, but Zhang Ran was very sure that this was the location of the 'Grim Reaper' camp, after all, no locals would work here at this time!

Zhang Ran said with a smile: "Abandon the boat, start hiking or swimming over now, you can't cut down tree trunks anymore, if the movement of cutting trees is discovered, we will be finished." ”

The crowd began to struggle through the narrow gaps in the trunk of the trees, and the members of the saber team dived to the bottom of the water without access and drilled through the gaps in the roots of the trees, and in this way they approached the light source target little by little.

In front of the mangrove trunk on the last floor, Zhang Ran could clearly see a camp from where he stood.

The camp as a whole is built on empty barrels, countless empty barrels build the foundation of the camp floating on the water, the entire camp ground is built with mangrove mosaics, the camp is surrounded by an open water, and on one side of the camp, there are five combat speedboats parked, and not far from the speedboat is a wide channel, the channel extends to the outside of the mangroves, leading to the main channel of the Sestos River.

In the camp, since the entire camp is built on the water, there is no large weapons and equipment, and the combat vehicles obviously have no way to use them in this environment. The mercenaries were resting in the camp, with only a few mercenaries guarding the only way to enter the camp at speedboat, and in their opinion, even if they did, they would only come through the only road they had built, and the natural mangrove labyrinth around it was enough to deal with most of the enemies.

It is with this mentality that the Saber Regiment has now penetrated deep into the hinterland, and although it took three full days to pass through the mangroves, the situation at this time seems to be completely worth it.