Chapter 231: Boundary Monument
The gradual arrival of the night is like a leakage of sand, and every minute and second is reminding us of the time of departure. According to common sense, this is just a routine mission execution, if you really want to say anything different, that is, this time it is only a small team of us in the real sense of the same independent mission in this no-man's land, and the rest, in the past when we accept the mission, there is really no difference, but, as time approaches minute by minute, I always have a not very good premonition in my heart, and I always feel that something will happen, but if you let me tell me the reason, I really can't say it, but this feeling is not fleeting, but getting stronger and stronger, which makes me feel uneasy in my heart.
I looked at the team members who were checking the weapons and ammunition over and over again, I knew that everyone's attention was now on the mission that was about to set off, and the uneasiness in my heart was only the feeling in my heart, I thought about it for a long time, but I still couldn't find any reason and reason, and there was no evidence to prove this uneasy feeling, so I still chose to shut up, like them, I checked my weapons and ammunition by myself, and made a little joke with everyone from time to time. I buried this uneasy feeling deep in my heart. After all, we are about to set off, and no matter what I say, our mission must continue on time, and even if I say it, it will only become a burden in everyone's hearts.
The sky was getting dark, and after the 12 members of our "Warrior Squad" checked their weapons and equipment for the last time, and verified their ammunition, they quietly walked out of the back door of the camp of this border armed police force, without alarming anyone or letting anyone find out.
I know that such a mission, in addition to the significance of the mission itself, is also a test of our "Warrior Squad's" independent combat ability and ability to carry out the mission, and at the same time, it is also a test of every member of our "Warrior Squad".
In this way, our "Warrior Squad" began this border operation in the real sense.
According to the words of the officers and soldiers of the armed police force stationed here, this jungle and the border line here is the safest and quietest border line on the entire northwest border, compared to other places, drug trafficking, border crossing, and even armed activities here can be said to be basically none, here, the only threat to people may be the beasts in the jungle, in addition, is the natural ecology between the jungle, and there is really nothing else.
We chose to start our border operation here, to a certain extent, but also to make this operation quiet, so as not to cause some unnecessary political activities, so, from the beginning of our entry into this border jungle, we actively chose to fight as silently as possible for all possible battles, and all our guns were equipped with silencers.
As the officers and soldiers of the local border armed police force said, this piece of the border is really quiet, we walked along the border line in the jungle for several hours, not to mention what criminals, even on the border line we walked, except for the traces left by animals walking across the border, there is no trace of human crossing, which makes the uneasy feeling in my heart finally calm down a little, but that uneasiness is still very obvious. It really didn't come for a reason, I couldn't find any basis, no matter how I told myself, it was difficult to be completely and truly difficult to calm down, and I also knew that I was not afraid of war, nor was I afraid of the hardships of the task.
"The reconnaissance team reports that a boundary pillar has been found ahead." Our squad is acting collectively, and even the reconnaissance team that goes out of the front is only less than 100 meters away from us, but even at such a distance, we are still on radio all the time, after all, we are now carrying out a mission on our home field, and the advanced equipment that can be used must be used.
"Command team received! The reconnaissance team is on standby, and we will be there in a moment! "The report of the reconnaissance team, through the headset, each of our team members listened to it very clearly, and after the command team replied, the rest of our team members immediately began to move towards the position of the reconnaissance team.
A boundary marker, or boundary stone, is a boundary marker used to identify the location and course of boundaries between one region and another, such as national, provincial, state, municipal, and even farm and community boundaries. Boundary pillars are particularly useful when there is a change in direction of the boundary between two areas, as they can be used as markers to indicate the direction of the boundary. A boundary marker can also be used as a marker on a straight border that only indicates the location of the border, and as a stone marker for the boundary marker. The boundary monument of our country is one of the demarcation marks of our national and administrative boundaries. Boundary monuments are often made of stone, wood, cement and other materials into rectangular shapes. The names of adjacent countries or administrative organizations and pillar numbers are engraved or written on both sides of the boundary pillars, and are erected at specific places on the boundary line in accordance with the relevant boundary documents. Our boundary monuments are like guards standing on the border line, guarding the border line of the country.
And at this moment, when the twelve members of our "Warrior Squad" all moved to the side of the guards on the boundary line, I saw that he was still covered with thorns and vines, and when I saw this scene, all of us began to understand in our hearts, this is not the first boundary monument we have seen, but this is the first such boundary monument we have seen along the way, it is obvious that this is indeed a place lacking jurisdiction, otherwise, according to the habits of our armed police force, The boundary monument must be repainted regularly, but for some unknown reason, the boundary monument here is now overgrown with plants, and the color of the words on it has almost dropped.
In fact, before we set off again, the head of the superior had already expected this scene, so we brought pens and lacquer with us. After we removed the plants from the boundary monument, the members of the command team took pens and lacquer from their backpacks, and after a while, they began to make up the lacquer on the text engraved with the name of the country and the number of the boundary monument. After making up for it, I took out the map again, marked the location of this place on the map, and then took a group photo with our "Warrior Squad".
Perhaps, in that border operation, it was really the time when our "Warrior Squad" took the most group photos, and our batch of "Warrior Squad" really didn't take a few group photos since its establishment to our gradual departure, and what has been on my desk to this day is the group photo we took during that border operation, at that time, we were all wearing neat equipment, painted camouflage on our faces, and carrying the national flag, it was really a time that could not be returned.
After we finished touching up the paint, marking, and taking a group photo, we took a short break and prepared to start moving towards the location of the next boundary monument, however, just when we had not walked out a few steps, a member of the reconnaissance team was suddenly stunned, and then stood there and did not dare to move. In the countless previous jungle trainings, we have already honed a great tacit understanding.
There can only be one reason for such an action of the members of the reconnaissance team - stepping on a mine!
"Prepare for demining, and evacuate the rest to a safe distance! Be vigilant! The members of the command group did not hesitate and immediately gave the order. After hearing the order, except for the member of the reconnaissance team who stepped on the mine and an EOD man, the other members of the team evacuated from the distance outside the blast radius of the conventional mine according to the footprints they had just walked, and began to guard the surroundings and the area around the demining place with their guns. Of course, this is also one of the contents of the jungle combat we have trained before, but we didn't expect that we would actually use it in this mission, and we did it so early.
I saw that the team member in charge of EOD was lying at the feet of the member of the reconnaissance team, first gently inserting a bayonet into the ground around the feet of the member of the reconnaissance team, and then gently digging open the circle of soil with his hands, and began to carefully observe the mine under the feet of the reconnaissance team, while the member of the reconnaissance team who stepped on the mine was still standing in place, not daring to make any movement.
After looking at it for a while, the team member in charge of EOD took out a pair of pliers, pinned the firing pin of the mine, and cut it directly with a pair of pliers, which is not like eliminating the bomb, subtracting a certain line, what is needed is to solve the trigger device of the mine, and the mine in front of him is obviously a product of the last century, the whole mine is set up very simply, and the detonating device and the trigger device are also very distinct, so for an EOD with modern combat capabilities, it is easy to dismantle.
However, the mine was dismantled, but the appearance of this mine really put our entire "Warrior Squad" on a high alert, after all, the mines on the border can never only be seen by you, but also by you.