Chapter 168: Crossing the Meadow

"Someone triggered a mine, strange, there's a mine buried near here, 235, I guess this is a swamp, you see, it's so deep that it's still mud underneath, why don't we go somewhere else?" Thor said.

"Yes, let's try to change positions." Zhang Wei agreed.

"235, you see there's a sign here, and there's a word written on it." Thor pointed to a wooden plaque and said to Zhang Wei.

Zhang Wei took a closer look, and the wooden sign really had words written on it: revolutionary optimism that is willing to endure hardships and is not afraid of difficulties; the courage to fight, the invincible revolutionary heroism; Focus on truth-seeking, independent innovation and courage; Collectivism that is good at unity and takes into account the overall situation -- the spirit of the Long March.

"After a long time, the instructor wanted us to carry forward the spirit of the Long March, I understood, along the way we crossed the river, flew over the Luding Bridge, climbed the snow-capped mountains, it seems that it is time to cross the grassland, okay, today we will carry forward the spirit of the Long March, and strive to pass this grassland." Zhang Wei said.

"235 Look, there's a sign over there." Thor said, pointing to the opposite side.

"Let's go, go over and have a look." Zhang Wei said and walked over.

I saw that the rules for crossing the grass were written on the sign: 1. The whole journey is 40 kilometers, and the team members must pass within the range of the steel wire mesh; 2. The duration is ten hours, and only those who reach the end point within the specified time are considered to pass, and 3. Those who quit halfway or exceed the specified time are eliminated.

Zhang Wei looked up in the distance, and sure enough, low steel wire nets were installed on the side of the road, it seemed that this was a man-made swamp, specially designed to train the physical strength and endurance of the team members.

"235, there's another one at the end, see what is written?" Thor reminded.

"Oh, this line is a bit small, I'll read it to you, and the start time is based on the sound of the explosion." Zhang Wei whispered.

Dominated by the sound of explosions? Was that the explosion just now?

"It's not good, Thor, hurry up and inform the team to start crossing the grass, we just stepped on the thunder by mistake, and now the timer has begun. Alas, we should have taken a break after climbing the snowy mountains before we could cross the meadows, and it looked like we were going to fight continuously. ”

"Brethren, get into the meadow quickly, and if you don't arrive at the appointed time, you will be eliminated." Thor shouted at everyone.

"What? I've just climbed the snowy mountain and haven't rested for a while before you start crossing the meadow? Even the Red Army must rest? The team members grunted and stood up.

"It's too late to rest, the clock has started, keep up with us." Thor said loudly.

Zhang Wei and Thor walked into the grass hand in hand, they wanted to test everyone, only to see that their bodies slowly sank into the mud, their pants were soon soaked by water, cold, the mud had buried their knees, and their bodies were still sinking, a rotten stench rose from the ground, and the two of them couldn't help pinching their noses.

"It can't really be a swamp, right? Don't be able to get out. Thor made a good posture to pull Zhang Wei so that he wouldn't be trapped.

"Okay, I'm stepping on the hard ground." When Zhang Wei spoke, the mud had buried his buttocks, he pulled out one foot with difficulty, and the moment he pulled out the foot, the silt made a "whirring" sound, and the pulled out leg was full of silt, he tried to take another step forward, and the bottom of the buttocks was buried by the silt again.

Thor also cautiously followed Zhang Wei forward, he was short, the mud was almost buried in his waist, he looked back and saw everyone standing on the shore watching, so he shouted loudly: "Don't hurry down, ten hours to walk forty kilometers, whether we can arrive on time is still unknown." ”

"How do you get through such a deep sludge?" The team members stood on the shore and did not dare to go down, at this time, only heard the gunfire behind the back, the explosion was endless, no, the special forces caught up, hurry up and run, everyone did not care about the depth of the silt, one by one "fluttering" jumped into the silt, like a duck that was driven into the water, dozens of special forces behind have chased to the shore, they wantonly shot at the team members, and from time to time they would throw down a few mines, the thunder exploded in the silt, and the faces of the team members were blown up with mud, you see who runs fast, After a while, they advanced 100 meters, and finally calculated the distance that the special forces threw mines, although walking 40 kilometers in 10 hours is just an abstract number, and from the experience of the previous times, it can be deduced that this task must be very arduous.

Seeing that the special forces were no longer making trouble, Zhang Wei said loudly to everyone: "Let me give you a brief explanation of the rules, this swamp has a distance of forty kilometers, and the time is ten hours, please distribute your physical strength evenly, and remind you not to exceed the steel wire mesh on both sides when you walk, otherwise it will be regarded as a foul." ”

"Ten hours, can't we finish it for so long? It only takes 20 minutes to run a 5-kilometer run, and at that speed, we can reach it in just over two hours. Liu Ci said.

"That's running, now you can run for me." Said the engineer.

"I'll show you." Liu Ci ran as he spoke, however, the resistance of the mud was too great, and he couldn't take a step at all, strange, how could he run when the special forces were chasing him just now? Why can't you run now? If he can't run, he can walk, so he has to honestly pull out his feet and walk step by step.

"You're running?" The engineer laughed at Liu Ci and said.

"Don't run, or walk fast, believe it or not? It won't take me more than five hours to get out. Although Liu Ci is honest, he refuses to admit defeat.

Everyone walked in pairs to help each other forward, so that they could borrow each other's strength, walked for about half a minute, and looked back, the shore was already blurred when they came. Zhang Wei said to Thor: "Thor, you are still exploring the way ahead, and I will go to the back to cheer everyone up." ”

"Okay, everyone follow me and try to reach the finish line early." Thor said with a wave behind him.

Zhang Wei slowed down, just now he walked violently, his body was sweating, in the mud, you just can't make it out of the strength, he turned his head to look at the barbed wire on both sides, only to see that the pile blocking the barbed wire was written on 400M, and then look carefully, it turned out that there will be a pile every certain distance, with numbers written on it, it seems that it has walked 400 meters, and it will go down at this speed, at least more than nine hours to the end, and a slight delay on the way will exceed the time, But who can guarantee that they have the physical strength to walk all the way through the mud?

"Comrades, shall I recite to you the "Long March" written by Chairman Mao during the Long March?" Zhang Wei said.

"Okay." Everyone replied in unison.

"The Red Army is not afraid of difficult expeditions, and thousands of rivers and mountains are just waiting for leisure. The five ridges are soaring and the waves are thin, and the Wumeng is majestic and walks the mud pills. The golden sand water beats the clouds and cliffs warm, and the Dadu Bridge is cold. I like the snow of Minshan Mountain for thousands of miles, and the three armies are happy after the end. Zhang Wei learned from Chairman Mao's movements in the movie and recited in a subdued manner, and as soon as his voice fell, everyone applauded.

"Okay -- we must learn from the Red Army of those years and strive to get out of this swamp." Everyone was full of energy when they heard this, and they couldn't help but speed up their pace.

It's another slam walk, everyone is so tired that the whole body is sweating, and the mud on the face is also washed away by sweat, from last night to now, everyone has not eaten anything, and the stomach has long been "gurgling" and calling, and then it stopped screaming, because the belly has been attached to the belly. After walking for about two hours, I can't see the intersection when I came, even the whole snow-capped mountain is blurred, look at the numbers on the piles on both sides, I only walked more than 8,000 meters, and now the team members are feeling dizzy and weak one by one, and a few are about to be unable to keep up.

"Let's work hard, and when we are halfway there, I'll invite you to eat fish." Zhang Wei encouraged everyone to say.

"235, where are the fish in the mud, you're not fooling us, are you?" Liu Ci said.

"I'm not going to fool everyone, as long as I can walk halfway, I can eat fish." Zhang Wei said.

"Hurry up, everyone, there is fish to eat in front, let's hurry up." Liu Ci sped up to the front, and several team members also sped up under his influence.

It was getting dark, and there was a mist all around the prairie, which meant that for the next few hours, everyone was going to march at night, and now, the legs of the team members had become like soft noodles, and every time they lifted their legs, they had to use their hands to help them climb out, and everyone became robots, walking with difficulty in the swamp.

"Platoon leader, I'm so hungry, why don't you eat my fish?" Zhang Shundi Zhang Wei said.

Zhang Wei put a finger to his mouth and reminded Zhang Shun to whisper: "Wait a while, the distance is still far away, we have to think about it." ”

"Platoon commander, when do you say you're going?" Zhang Shun asked.

"I don't know, I guess it's going to be soon." Zhang Wei pulled out his foot with difficulty and said.

"Platoon commander, can I take it out and smell it?"

"Smell it, don't drip saliva on it." Zhang Wei said with a smile.

"I'll cover my mouth and look at it." Zhang Shun said.

"235, didn't you say that there was fish to eat? Where? Liu Ci asked.

"It's less than half now, and it will naturally be there then." Zhang Wei said.

"But I'm too hungry to walk." Liu Ci said.

"Hold on, it's almost halfway there."

"Oops, whoever gives me something to eat now, I'll buy him a sports car when he goes out." Liu Ci said to himself.

"Chen Shimei, do you speak seriously?" Said the engineer.

"Don't you believe what I'm saying? If you don't have anything to eat, don't mess with me. Liu Ci glanced at the engineer and said.

"Look at this." The engineer said as he showed his head at the compressed biscuit.

"Hey, you kid have military food?" Liu Ci said in surprise.

"Shhhhh Said the engineer.

"Give me food, I see the promise being kept."

"I said Chen Shimei, it's useless if I want a sports car, I want ......"