Chapter 139: Four Crossings of Chishui (2)

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Walking in the deep mountains and old forests was particularly inconvenient, so Captain Ryan had to call for air support, and by the time a Chinook helicopter landed in the clearing, half an hour had already passed, and the troops he called to intercept the raft had not yet arrived at its destination.

The Chinook helicopter flew downstream along the river, over the mountains and mountains, and soon caught up with the raft drifting in the river, but because it was flying in the valley at night and the fog, for safety, it did not dare to fly too low, and the plane could only see about a large figure in the raft.

Captain Ryan was worried that the people in the raft would abandon the raft when they heard the sound of the helicopter, and if they fled into the mountains and forests, they did not know what year and month they would find it. Finally finding a slightly safer open field, he led a dozen team members to rappel down, and then greeted the raft upstream from the shore.

In less than 5 minutes, I saw a dark shadow drifting upstream, which was the raft I was looking for. To Captain Ryan's relief, there were still some figures on the raft, and it seemed that the target was still there.

Captain Ryan's palms moved forward, and the dozen or so team members behind him circled the raft in a fan shape, and two other team members, holding long bamboo poles, stood on the shore, ready to hook the raft to the shore.

The raft was getting closer and closer, only a few tens of meters away, Captain Ryan stood up from the grass suddenly, turned on the bright flashlight and shot at the raft, and shouted in English: "Listen, the people on board, you have been surrounded, immediately dock for inspection!" ”

However, the figure on the raft was still motionless, and there was no sound, but the fog on the river surface was very large, and under the illumination of the strong flashlight, only a hazy figure could be seen dozens of meters away, and Captain Ryan had an ominous premonition in his heart.

Soon, the two team members hooked the raft to the shore, Ryan had not yet walked over with a strong flashlight, and couldn't help but be dumbfounded, on the raft, there was only a pile of straw and three scarecrows, where did the real person go?

He was puzzled, if it was a scarecrow, where did the infrared signature in the infrared image come from? At this moment, there was a sheep cry in the straw pile, a team member used a bamboo pole to pick up the grass pile, and two yellow muntjac were tied to the middle of the grass pile with their feet facing the sky, and the strong infrared signal was actually sent by these two animals!

3 kilometers upstream from Captain Ryan, there is a mountain beam only about 300 meters high, in the dense woods on the mountain beam, there is a group of people lying horizontally, tossing all night, already lying on the grass and sleeping, only a dog, lying next to everyone vigilantly looking in all directions.

The next day, the sun shines three poles, Wang Xiaoyu woke up in a daze, inspected the surrounding terrain, here at the foot of the mountain is the small river that drifted yesterday, on the other side of the mountain beam, there is a small mountain stream in the valley, a dilapidated tile house is located next to the mountain stream, there is a collapsed waterwheel next to the house, it seems that this dilapidated house used to be either a mill or an oil mill.

After running all night, now their stomachs were grumbling with hunger, and they did not dare to make a fire on the mountain for fear of attracting pursuers. Wang Xiaoyu thought that it was reasonable to make a fire in the house for cooking, so he quickly woke up everyone and went straight to the broken house next to the mountain stream.

The flowers bloom and hide twice, each showing a branch.

It is said that two days ago, on the eve of the outbreak of the war, Bai Mei took Xiao Ye under the escort of two Wild Wolf Army soldiers, drove a Toyota pickup truck onto the Xinmu Highway back to Galen City, what she didn't know was that 50 kilometers in front of her, Chen Mazi of the Mercenary Alliance was taking his reconnaissance company to touch Shen Liudu, so when they arrived at Shen Liudu, Shen Liudu had fallen half an hour ago, and Chen Mazi was leading his troops to attack the middle of the mountain.

It had only been more than a day since Bai Mei escaped from the base of the mercenary alliance, and when she saw the people of the mercenary alliance, she was like a frightened bird and did not dare to move forward. When she tried to return to the artillery position where Colonel Horning was located, the road behind her was filled with gunfire, and a small force of mercenary alliances and reinforcements from the Wolf Army exchanged fire. Fortunately, Bai Mei was riding in a civilian pickup, and the armies on both sides did not immediately attack her, and the pickup she was riding in was sandwiched between the two battlefields.

The two soldiers who escorted them gave up the pickup truck and hid in the woods on the side of the road, and Bai Mei dragged Xiaoye to follow closely and hid in the woods on the side of the road together. There was a lot of gunfire in front and back, there were troops fighting and it was impossible to go, and on the right was a big river, the river was wide and the water was so fast that it would definitely not be possible to cross without a ferry. On the left is the remnants of Tailiang Mountain, and the peaks and mountains are stacked on top of each other, and there is no end in sight.

After hiding for an hour, the gunfire in front of and behind the road gradually stopped, and from the woods a small team could be seen searching in the direction of her pickup truck, and after a short time they would find that there was no one on the car, and then search the mountain, and they would inevitably be caught. In desperation, the two soldiers could only take Bai Mei and Xiaoye to the depths of the dense forest.

They only climbed a small hill, saw that the search team had reached their pickup truck, found that there was no one in the car, and followed the traces of the weeds in the woods trampled by people, and went up the mountain to search. Bai Mei and his party were like frightened birds, drilling deeper into the dense forest. It's just that in this inaccessible primeval forest, where the four of them passed, there would always be traces of broken branches or trampled weeds, how could it be so easy to get rid of the pursuers?

In this way, they fled all the way in front, and the people behind chased them all the way, and a whole night passed before they gradually got rid of the pursuers behind. It's just a night of running into a deserted road in the dense forest, and they are people who have lost their way, and they don't know where they are now? The sky was clear, hungry and tired, the four of them sat in the grass, I thought it would only take more than two hours to return to Galen City, and there was no food and water prepared in the car, or Xiaoye brought some biscuits as snacks, so that everyone could eat something indiscriminately and rest in clothes.

The four of them were so hungry that they could not find any food in their pockets, so they ran into the mountain stream and filled their stomachs with water, and the two soldiers walked as if they had half a bucket of water in their stomachs. Afraid of attracting pursuers and not daring to shoot and hunt, the people who had drunk enough water had to go down the mountain stream, hoping to touch a village and get something to eat. After walking for more than two hours, it was almost dark, and I was fortunate to meet a family in the mountains, a courtyard with three or five huts, and all kinds of animal skins and mountain goods were hung on the courtyard walls, and most of the owners were hunters.

Bai Mei stepped forward and patted the wooden door, but no one answered, so she pushed it with her hand, but the wooden door was tied up inside and couldn't be opened. She bent down and looked in through the crack in the door, only to see a woman in her 30s, holding a hunting fork behind the door, staring nervously at the wooden door, beside her, standing an 8~9-year-old boy, holding a broom in his hand and trembling slightly. Bai Mei opened her mouth and said, "Sister-in-law, we are passing by, just coming to the door to beg for water." ”

The woman replied: "There is a well under the stone steps at the door, go drink it yourself, I warn you, don't play tricks, my man is coming back soon, he is the best hunter in marksmanship!." ”

Bai Mei felt that the woman was too nervous, and said, "Sister-in-law, we haven't eaten for a day and a night, can you give us something to eat?" We give money. ”

The woman said, "We don't have anything to eat here, don't try to trick me into opening the door!" ”

The soldier next to him was already hungry and couldn't stand it, and said impatiently: "Old lady, if you don't open the door again, I'll kick the door!" ”

The woman's voice came from the house: "Dead deserter, dog robber, just went to the old house yesterday to rob, and today came to rob my house, if you break in, I will fight with you!" ”

Hearing the woman say this, Bai Mei guessed that she might be afraid of being robbed, and she was extremely emotional, and if she broke in, she might have an accident. "Sister-in-law, then we won't go in, but I'm really hungry, how much does a hare you do under the eaves? Would you like to sell two to us? ”

When the woman saw that the people outside did not break in, and that she had to pay for the rabbits, and it seemed that she was indeed not with the gang of deserters who had robbed things, she was a little relieved, and replied, "Whatever you want!" ”

When Bai Mei heard this, she stuffed two hundred yuan from the crack in the door and said, "Then I'll take two rabbits and do it." ”

A reply came from inside the door: "Whatever you want!" ”

Bai Mei picked up two dried rabbits, handed them to Xiao Ye to hold, and said to the two soldiers, "Let's go!" After saying that, he went south.

A pair of small black eyes flashed through the crack in the door, and when they walked out of the tree ten meters, they came back and said to the woman, "Mother, they are really gone!" Apparently the woman did not expect to send these men away so easily, and hesitated for a moment, stepped on a wooden ladder and looked at the wall, and saw that the two women and the two soldiers were not looking back, and they were indeed different from the stragglers. After thinking about it, he leaned on the side of the fence and shouted, "Don't go south, it's not safe in the woods ahead!" ”

Bai Mei stopped and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

The woman said, "There is a gang of stragglers, who do not know where they came, who rob things and kill people." ”

When Bai Mei heard this, she stopped and looked at the two soldiers, their faces were frightened, and they obviously didn't want to go. She had no choice but to ask again, "Sister-in-law, how can I get out of the road to Galen City?" ”

The woman said, "To the east, over the mountain beam, there will be a road." ”

Bai Mei said: "Thank you, sister-in-law, we are indeed hungry, can we go to your house to cook a meal?" ”

The woman said, "My man is not at home, it is inconvenient, there is an oil mill two miles to the east, and you can rest there when you go." ”

Helplessly, Bai Mei and the four dragged their tired bodies to the east.

Two miles later, beside the mountain stream, there is really a broken oil mill, the oil mill is quite large, there are four houses, the largest one is the oil mill, the tile surface has broken a few holes, the wooden oil fryer has not yet fallen apart, the top is boxy and a platform, like the moon six pig iron rolling wheels quietly parked in the circular groove, but the wood is full of white mold, and there are a few spider webs knotted on it. There is a kitchen and two bedrooms, except for some musty smell, and the cleaning is also habitable.

It was getting late, and the group couldn't walk anymore, so after a little cleaning, they made rabbit meat in the kitchen to eat their fill, and then slept until dawn.

The next morning, Bai Mei was woken up by a loud noise, shouting, and many women crying. Bai Mei was taken aback, quickly got up, leaned against the window and looked out, only to see that outside on the hillside, dozens of armed men escorted a group of people down the mountain road, those armed men all covered their faces in turbans, armed with rifles, and shouted at the detained civilians from time to time.

She couldn't help frowning when she looked at the civilians again, who were fifteen or sixteen-year-old female students in school uniforms, mostly black girls, but also a few light-skinned people, and two older women, like teachers, more than 30 people in total. Some of the girls' clothes were torn, some of their shoes were off, and the militants next to them kept pushing them to go faster. Their hands were trapped by ropes, and they were joined one by one. There were seven or eight of these girls crying and crying, and most of them looked dumb and bowed their heads and hurried away.

Bai Mei immediately understood that these were the militants who kidnapped the girls' school, and the rich families ransomed the children back, and some girls' families could not raise money, so they would be escorted by the militants to the base deep in the jungle and become the playthings of the militants. This kind of thing has happened in several countries in Africa, but I didn't expect to encounter it.

She hurriedly woke up Xiao Ye, and ran next door to wake up the two soldiers, who knew that the door of the two soldiers was wide open, the room was empty, and the two soldiers were gone. Bai Mei was in a hurry, the two bodyguards were missing at the critical moment, she and Xiao Ye were two young women, and they would be kidnapped by those militants together and ask for ransom. Xiao Ye was also stunned by the situation in front of him, and kept muttering, "What should I do?" What to do? ”

Bai Mei is older after all, and she has been a supervisor in the casino for many years, so she has seen more. She hurriedly took out a piece of paper, wrote a phone number, and pressed it under the bed with tiles. Then she grabbed Xiaoye and quietly retreated out of the door, she wanted to hide in the mango pile by the mountain stream.

As soon as she stepped out of the oil mill door, Bai Mei screamed in fright, turned around and ran back, and closed the broken wooden door with a "bang".

Outside the door, several armed men were outflanking, and when they saw two young women, they shouted excitedly, and they shouted a few words in what language, and when they saw that the people in the room did not reply, they cautiously walked over, and then dragged out two shivering women under the dilapidated oil press.

The two soldiers escorting Bai Mei were hiding in the thatched pile on the hillside at the moment, they got up a little earlier than Bai Mei, and wanted to climb to the mountain beam to inspect the terrain, but they did not expect to encounter a large number of armed men, and the two hid in the grass and did not dare to move. They could see clearly what was happening in the oil mill through the cracks in the grass, and they were anxious and afraid, and they didn't dare to go out and fight hard.

Even they didn't dare to go back to the army, they didn't know how Colonel Jiaoling would punish them, and they were even more afraid that Commander Bai would take their lives if he found out. After the militants escorted Bai Mei and the two away, the young soldier said, "The troops can't go back, the colonel will kill us." We can't go back home, and Chief Bai won't let us go. ”

The older soldier said, "Are we going to go up the mountain with them to be militants?" When he died, the family did not dare to come to collect the body. ”

The young soldier said, "Then what do you say to do?" ”

The older soldier said: "We can't win when we encounter a strong enemy on the road, and it is understandable to lose people, but it is a crime on top of a crime to abscond, and it will not work." Now, we are following the militants all the way, while looking for an opportunity to report to the colonel, asking him to send troops to rescue the hostages, not only to rescue Miss Bai, but also to rescue more than 30 kidnapped female students, a great achievement! ”

The young soldier said, "That makes sense, let's follow quietly." ”

So, the two quietly followed the militants.

Half an hour later, this oil mill ushered in a group of people, three men and two women with a dog, it was Wang Xiaoyu and them.

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