Both men chose to take the initiative, and both seem to have chosen to search counterclockwise.

Cheng Cai was as familiar with the terrain along the way as possible, while Xiao Chen was doing tactical evasion all the way. Far from getting closer, the distance between the two people was a little widened because of this, and it was a full hour before Xiao Chen found a new rut mark.

It is not a violation to look for traces of the other person through tire marks.

Even in the course of actual combat, troop maneuvers will also leave traces.

Nor is it possible for an experienced scout to wipe out all traces during a rapid march.

Xiao Chen can find the car print that sent Chengcai, and Chengcai can do the same. It's nothing more than the direction that the two people choose is different, and luck is on Xiao Chen's side.

Cruising near the ruts, Xiao Chen began to track carefully.

For an hour, if Chengcai really wants to run all the time, there is no point in trying to circle his range of motion. This area with a diameter of 10 kilometers can run to the end no matter which direction you are successful.

Through the direction of movement after getting off the car, and some traces that can be found, judge Chengcai's intentions.

This is Xiao Chen's purpose.

If Chengcai had been staying where he was, Xiao Chen would naturally not have to work so hard to continue to look for it.

The place where Chengcai got off the bus was a flat land about 100 meters wide.

Assuming that there was a sniper staring at this place five hundred meters away, Xiao Chen thought about it and felt that the best way was not to be demanding to get close to investigate, bypass this flat land, and detour between the continuous slopes not far away.

The muzzle velocity of the bullet of the 85 sniper is more than 800 meters, and as long as it is locked, it is a matter of a blink of an eye.

Xiao Chen didn't feel that he could play with a sniper rifle on a flat ground without obstacles through tactical evasion. It's not a game, it's a battle.

Without any hesitation at all, Xiao Chen directly secretly bypassed this area with his inner thoughts, although it took nearly seven hundred meters more, it was worth it.

This is the key suspect area where Chengcai is hiding, and Xiao Chen's every move is more careful.

Good physical fitness supported him to come to a deep ditch, and more than an hour of high-intensity exercise made Xiao Chen feel a little unbearable. He decided to take advantage of the fact that his current position was still safe and make an energy replenishment first.

In this grassland, there are many wild grasses, among which the most common edible plants have been carefully studied by Xiao Chen as early as during the recruit company.

Although he avoided possible threats along the way, Xiao Chen was not idle in his hands. Grass that has not yet bloomed, wild alfalfa tips, endive leaves, nettles...... In Xiao Chen's pocket, there was a full pocket.

He didn't pick and choose, just wiped the soil on these plants with his hands, and Xiao Chen threw them directly into his mouth, carefully experiencing the unique flavor of these foods.

Both weeds and nettles are rich in starch, while alfalfa tips and endive leaves are rich in protein, fat, and vitamins. This bag of food, in an extremely difficult environment, is completely enough for Xiao Chen's energy replenishment for a day.

The slight sweetness of the nettle and the bitterness of the endive leaves are mixed together to create an indescribable taste.

But Xiao Chen enjoyed it.

In a sense, he has been able to leave behind some of his habits and accept this hard life. When the ideal shines into reality, there will always be some difficulties to overcome, and the most difficult thing is often the things that are frequently encountered in daily life and have been accustomed to forgetting.

After eating, there was an indescribable smell of grass in my mouth.

But Xiao Chen had no intention of continuing the search.

Physical fitness needs to be restored, and the sun is already big enough at this time to continue running like this, and the loss of salt and water will cause a rapid decline in physical fitness. Once he encounters Chengcai at that time, Xiao Chen is not completely sure of winning.

The sun in the north is especially cool when it doesn't shine on you.

It just so happens that this deep trench can be easily trimmed with the help of a sapper shovel to create a hiding place similar to a cat's ear hole.

This cat, that's three hours.

For three hours, Cheng Cai searched for the direction from seven to eleven o'clock in the fifth class of the Red Third Company.

But nothing was found.

Cheng knew that Xiao Chen was most likely in the other side of the area that he had not looked for.

But by this moment he was already slightly tired.

He had eaten, but he couldn't stand the noon sun for three hours. The loss of physical energy is not at all something that can be replenished by the little he eats, not to mention the salt excreted with sweat.

It's not so easy to replenish, and a lack of salt will definitely cause exhaustion.

Chengcai regretted a little, why did he want to find Xiao Chen so eagerly, and then kill him.

If I had been able to rest for an hour under the rock I had passed by at the beginning under the scorching sun, I wouldn't be like this.

But it's not too late to make amends. According to experience, in another hour and a half, the sun will not be so tormented, and I will find a place to rest now, and after an hour and a half, the strong feeling of exhaustion will subside.

It's a pity that what Cheng Cai didn't know was that after Xiao Chen rested for three more hours than him, he had already started to act again at this moment.

Grass has the ability to repair, so there are no obvious footprints of success left on the grassland.

But a heavily armed adult, weighing at least 80 kilograms or more, no matter how strong his recovery ability is, he will not be able to recover in just over three hours in such hot weather.

The traces that should be there can still be seen on closer inspection.

The footprints of Chengcai that Xiao Chen found were not very large at first, but the footprints were already very blurry and almost unrecognizable, so Xiao Chen concluded that it was at least more than two hours.

Xiao Chen's speed is very fast.

He found that Chengcai's search method seemed to be somewhat similar to his own, but Chengcai was far less cautious than himself.

The grass under the footprints only had traces of being trampled, but it was not crushed, indicating that Chengcai's observation angle did not exceed 230 degrees. To put it bluntly, Chengcai has at least not made a detour in this part of the journey.

Since he found that Chengcai had no possibility of copying his own back road, Xiao Chen naturally had to chase after him.

The conscious pursuit was naturally much faster, and looking at the more and more clear traces, the corners of Xiao Chen's mouth showed a confident smile.

Of course, there is growing confidence and vigilance. Although there are fewer tactical evasion actions, there is no law in the speed of running, and Chengcai is also afraid of his own yin, and the route he chooses is very ingenious.

Xiao Chen only needs to master the speed of his own travel, which is enough to protect himself.

In the distance, Bai Tiejun began to complain:

"What is Lao Xiao doing, how do you run like a rabbit. Where did you just hide in the shade in the ditch? ”

Wu Liuyi glared at him angrily: "Shut up, that guy from Chengcai may be nearby." If you don't want Xiao Chen to be exposed, give me a closer look. ”