Sometimes, fate is as merciful as an angel, but sometimes it is as fierce as a devil.

On the third day after the first demining, before the blood of the "heroes" in the solemn people faded, the first minesweeping team had an accident.

As a result of a day's clearing of minefield 12, it was found that the situation was much simpler than expected.

The progress of mineclearing in the minefield was twice as fast as expected.

At this rate, Minefield 12 could be completed in four days in no week at all.

So, the team decided to change their plans.

Originally, the temporary camp was set up here because there were three minefields in the vicinity - No. 12, No. 13 and No. 14.

According to the order in the plan, the numbers are from small to large, one by one, and after all are completed, the official acceptance is handed over to the local government.

However, there are more than these three minefields in the plan for the second major demining operation along the entire border.

Team 1 must move on to other areas after clearing the three minefields, completing the clearance of several minefields in that area.

As the Spring Festival approached, the local people were also preparing for the New Year, and a notice came from the headquarters that in order to let the border people have a good year, before the Spring Festival holiday arrived, they should try to clear as many minefields as possible, so as to ensure the safety of border people and trade as much as possible.

Team 1 decided to leave a platoon with the hunter detachment to finish the finishing operations in the No. 1 minefield - after all, although the hunter detachment had been tested by the actual platoon for several days, it was still a little tender in the eyes of other old sappers.

Minefield No. 12 is relatively less difficult to clear, while No. 13 is not.

Minefield No. 13 is actually not far from minefield No. 12, only less than a kilometer.

The minefield is located on a ridge between two mountains, and the first way to go up is to climb a mountain trail.

All the explosives were carried on their backs, and some were carried by rented mules and horses.

The difficulty of demining in the mountains and in the flats is not at the same level.

Fire is carried out with a flamethrower first, so that mines buried at a depth of 10-25 cm will also be exploded.

Flat demining can also use mechanized demining, just like the demining truck modified with a bulldozer that I saw before, which can be used to press and push several times to suppress and blast some deeply buried mines.

This is called double insurance.

Or burn it once and then press it again, and most of the mines in the minefield can be removed.

The rest is manual screening.

Manual demining generally involves clearing the minefield twice, and in alternating ways – where you sweep, the next time someone else sweeps.

Cross each other to avoid omissions.

In the end, the commander leads the team to inspect and accept, and after a strict confirmation procedure, the minefield will be finally determined to be safe, and then handed over to the local government at a later date.

Mountain demining, on the other hand, is of a different nature.

Demining in the mountains, the minefield is on the mountain, the slope is large, there are many stones, there are many trees and shrubs, the terrain is rugged, and the mechanical demining in this kind of place is simply a fool's dream.

Once it is a complex terrain demining, it is generally necessary to carry out a fire attack first, burn the mines on the surface as much as possible, and then the famous "minesweeper" appears.

Minesweeper shells are actually things like water pipes, and in the movie "Heroes' Children" when I was a child, the hero Wang Cheng shouted the slogan "Shoot at me", pulled the blaster and rushed to the enemy.

It is the kind of blasting canister, but it is relatively short, ranging from 30-50 cm, and the tail can be linked, so the scientific name is also called "demining blasting canister".

After passing through the minefield after being scorched by the flamethrower, the deminers enter the minefield and connect the "minesweepers" one by one from a high place, slowly stretch them into the depths of the minefield, and weave them into a large net of Japanese characters.

After the grid is formed, an ignition detonation takes place.

Once the minesweeper detonates in the form of a network, it will detonate most of the mines in the entire area.

Remember, it's just the majority.

Because there will still be fish that slip through the net.

In the cracks of the stones, or in some potholes, where the shock wave did not reach, it lingered.

At this time, it is still necessary for the demining sappers to put on explosion-proof suits and mine-proof shoes to enter the scene, and use tools such as mine-sweeping rakes to clean up little by little like plowing.

Once a fish is found, it is immediately dismantled by hand.

It has to be said that the difficulty of demining in mountainous areas is more than twice as high as that in flat land.

Early in the morning, after the convoy arrived at the No. 12 minefield with the equipment and the demining officers and men, the second and third platoons continued to carry the equipment on their shoulders and set off with the rented mules and horses to head for the No. 13 minefield.

The task of the second and third platoons today is to conduct a preliminary survey of the No. 13 minefield, and then first carry out a fire-breathing treatment, and then blow it up again with a mine-clearing shell.

After this is done, tomorrow we will concentrate the strength of the three platoons and then enter the minefield for manual operations.

Minefield No. 12 has been manually combed and is only being re-examined today to ensure that nothing goes wrong.

Not a single mine should be left in the area cleared by the demining unit, this is a dead order from the command and headquarters.

Infallible.

It's still these four words.

Zhuang Yan and his teammates followed in a row, put on protective clothing, and entered the No. 12 minefield again.

Since the middle of the night last night, it has rained a little.

The air in the mountains is fresh, and when the rain is showered, there is a refreshing fragrance of plants everywhere, which dilutes the smell of gunpowder smoke that was originally left in the minefield.

Everything is going very well.

By noon, when I had withdrawn from the minefield for lunch, most of the No. 12 minefield had been re-examined.

Everyone talked and laughed.

Su Huikai said that the No. 12 minefield has been cleared today, which can be regarded as a great achievement, will the captain add another goat or something to everyone to fight for the tooth sacrifice.

solemnly laughed at Su Huikai, saying that you are a foodie, and you still want to eat when you arrive at the minefield.

Yan Guanguan broke the news, saying that the goat last night was not actually bought by Han Zixuan in the market, but was sold to him by the surrounding border people, because the sheep was not slaughtered, but was killed by a landmine.

The sheep was killed by a villager who had already lost one leg by a landmine, and he was already poor, and it was like cutting meat to raise him to death, so he sat on the side of the road and cried.

Han Zixuan saw it, and only after asking did he understand the reason, thinking that the team just wanted to add vegetables, so it was better to push the boat down the river and buy the sheep of the border people.

Only then did everyone suddenly realize that they generally buy more pigs for vegetables, and it is really rare to buy sheep.

While they were talking, an explosion suddenly came from the mountains in the distance.

Boom –

The spoon that solemnly grilled the rice stopped.

The sound came from Minefield 13.

I thought it was the explosion of a minesweeper.

But listening carefully doesn't feel like that.

Because the detonation of the minesweeper is very loud.

If it was a flamethrower, it would not be right, because I had already seen that it was burning over there once, and thick black smoke was rising.

Others didn't pay much attention.

It is normal for an explosion to be heard in a demining area.

After that sound, there were no further explosions.

When solemnly and a little puzzled, he suddenly heard the walkie-talkie in Yang Daxi's hand rustling.

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The third watch is guaranteed, and the fourth watch is continued! Try to get it done.

Don't talk about it, code words go.

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