"The squad of border guards scouts assured the chief that the task will be resolutely completed!" Zhang Xingwu turned around and saluted.

"The assault platoon assures the commander that it will resolutely complete the task!" The assault platoon commander also turned around and saluted.

With his head and waist straightened, he returned the salute and replied, "Yes!" ”

Everyone looked at each other.

He is really completely confused, and he should not shout "yes" like a small soldier when he receives a task, he should say with confidence that he wishes his comrades a successful completion of the task and a successful and triumphant return.

The head wiped the sweat from his forehead, waved his hand, and everyone set off.

Out of the cave, there was fog outside. More than fifty people walked through the thick fog of the dark night.

All of them were wearing stab-proof shoes, which were very heavy. I didn't dare to widen the distance at night, for fear of getting lost. In order not to fall behind on the night march, just now everyone sprinkled a little or a few points of phosphorescent powder on the back of their steel helmets, and then pulled a thin rope on each person's backpack and was led by the people behind.

This is the painful lesson of the past, and the local method has the effect of the local method.

The path led by the militia guide was hardly a road, up the mountain and down the ravine, and sometimes it was impossible to walk at all in the dense bamboo forest. The march was unbelievably slow, and after half an hour it had walked less than a kilometer.

Take the lead and go ahead with the militia. The march was too slow, and it was not possible to go on like this, but the places where it could be quickly traveled were mined by both the enemy and us, and it was easy to be ambushed, exposing the target of the march.

There is still a distance of nearly three kilometers, and everyone is already soaked. The weight was heavy, and they were all panting, and the guide was anxious.

After arriving at a mountain range, the guide stopped and whispered to Captain Zhang, who had caught up, "Your chief has stuck too much time and is not enough!" I tried to get him a little more than two hours, but he didn't listen, and if we went on like this, we couldn't get there on time. ”

Of course, Zhang Xingwu knew this, and asked, "Is there any remedy?" ”

The militia guide said, "You should know that if we continue like this, then the infantry and artillery will not be able to coordinate together, and it will be very difficult to take that mountain." We had to take Route 3 instead, passing through a village below and passing from there to buy time. ”

He was right, but Zhang Xingwu made a mistake.

Moving forward and asking about the situation, it turned out that there were only a few families in the village, and they should have moved away early, and the enemy did not have many troops stationed on weekdays, so I don't know what will happen.

"If you take this village, or quietly hit the front of this village, it will only take twenty minutes to reach your destination by a small road." The guide was quite sure.

Willing to take that risk moving forward. After asking for instructions, the captain decided to let Ge Xiaoming bring a squad of people to touch him first.

"The fog seems to be lifting. Everyone should take advantage of the opportunity and act quickly. Commando, go down one more squad to strengthen them! Others rest in place! Be vigilant. Captain Zhang issued the order softly.

The militiaman wanted to lead the way, but stopped the advance: "You show us the direction, and we will go down." ”

The militiaman said: "Don't worry, I have fought no less battles than your captain, and I am no less experienced than him." ”

Moving forward or not letting go, he said: "We don't know how to go the rest of the way, your task is too important!" Don't take risks lightly. ”

The captain also said, "That's right! You give them direction. Listen, according to what he said, the village is in this direction, everyone go down from the left hand side, move fast! ”

At this time, the intercomitant suddenly shouted: "Captain! NEW INSTRUCTIONS! The rescue target has broken through and is retreating to Route 3! Let's hurry up and open the road, there are many chasing soldiers. ”

Zhang Xingwu was taken aback and said, "Route No. 3? Isn't that the village below? The enemy situation is unknown, move forward, act now! ”

"Assault group, follow me." Moving forward, he burrowed into a forest of thorny bamboos below.

The descent is very steep, the bamboo forest is very dense, and everyone gets into it, almost riding the bamboo to slide down. After a few minutes, he was the first to get out of the bamboo forest, to the edge of a valley, and to step on a bare boulder.

After the fog cleared, the light was much better, and the mountain wind blew up at night, and the cold swished. As soon as he came out of the forest, he immediately swept his surroundings with a telescope. The night vision binoculars are blurry and you can't see anything special. Standing on the boulder like this, there is a mountain two zhang away from the opposite side, and the road into the village should be below.

When everyone arrived, he moved forward and whispered to the assault squad leader: "I have observed, the front is very empty, it should be a basin." You touch the cliff from this side and follow the side of the mountain, and you go down from the top to control the entrance in front of you, and remember not to shoot unless you have to. Let's go down to the village, and when we hear three toads, you tell the people above to come down. ”

Moving forward, still on the spot, Ge Xiaoming led the assault team down the cliff nearly two zhang high and came into contact with the ground. The valley below was about two or three feet wide, with a path in the middle, and thick grass growing on either side, and some bushes. If you don't make a noise, you have to follow the path in the middle, but this path has been deserted for a long time, and it is obvious that there are very few people walking.

Ge Xiaoming looked around, and there was a road behind him, zigzag, and there was no one anywhere he could see.

The fog between heaven and earth had cleared for a while, and a few sparse stars seemed to appear in the night sky. The boulder on the right was abrupt, and the figure on the cliff on the left was his own, and with a wave of his hand, he took the two of them to the village.

Due to the poor observation and vision, the three of them bent on their waists, held guns, opened their eyes wide, and pricked up their ears to be on high alert. At this time, Xiang Qianqian and Li Guoshi were still guarding it, and suddenly heard a vague sound of "sizzling" from the direction of the village in front of him. The two were startled, and hurriedly motioned for Li Guoshi to move forward, ready to shoot the first shot.

After a few seconds, the footsteps were heard more clearly, as if there were two or three people. The commandos who passed by on the cliff here heard it, and the assault squad leader made a gesture behind him to stop advancing and bow down and stealth.

Glancing forward, I was nervous, could it be that the enemy defenders had discovered something? He hurriedly stepped onto another boulder in front of him, kneeling and leaning over to scan with a sniper rifle.

The entrance to the village in front of him was empty, and in the grass, he saw a figure shaking about a hundred meters away. It must have been the village's sentry that noticed something and came to check on the movement. But it could also be just a routine patrol that didn't notice anything.

It's not good, the team led by Ge Xiaoming below has already gone up, and obviously no enemy situation has been found. If you don't get rid of them quickly, you will most likely get the first shot. He switched to a whispering submachine gun on his shoulder, and at the same time learned to "quack" two tree frogs in the mountains.