Jungle.

The forest is damp all year round, and the fog spreads and spreads and transpires. In the depths covered by the branches and leaves, there is not a trace of light seeping out. Ancient fir and cypress, standing one by one, their trunks covered with impermeable green fern moss.

Here, all the sounds are instantly swallowed up by the breath of the forest, quickly and mercilessly.

Nature is like this, if there is a change, it must be artificial.

On the steep mountain road, four people and two mules walked cautiously. Although it is called a mountain road, it is actually just a narrow road where grass grows relatively sparsely, and this is the road that officers and soldiers of all generations have walked on with their feet.

It was almost dusk when Ye Song and Dou Miao arrived here, and after resting for the night in the border guard regiment here, they set off in the early morning of the next day with the team carrying supplies for the front post.

Surrounded by the Himalayas on three sides and the Brahmaputra River, this "holy land" longed for by countless "travelers" makes it an isolated "snowy island".

Night Pine and Doumiao were shocked when they first came here. The mountains and mountains, the towering snow-capped mountains that stand in the distant sky, all this seems so solemn and mysterious.

Actually, it's nice to be able to come here and enjoy the scenery...... This idea was abandoned when it was time to transport supplies up the mountain.

As dawn approached, the sky took on a lonely and heavy gray-blue against the rolling hills. These verdant mountains are shrouded in clouds and mist all year round, and the clouds linger thickly.

However, Ye Song and Dou Miao did not have the slightest mood to enjoy the scenery, and walked for nearly two hours without seeing the shadow of the outpost.

"How far is Old Soldier Yang?" Dou Miao asked bitterly.

"It's early, at the current progress, we can arrive in the afternoon, even if it's fast?"

"Afternoon?" Ye Song looked at his watch, it was only nine o'clock in the morning, which meant that he would have to walk for at least five hours. Night Pine is not afraid to go the long way, but the problem is that this road is too difficult to walk, right?

The veteran Yang who led the way smiled: "What? Some of them are worried, although the road we are taking now is also very difficult, but compared to the patrol road, it is already easy to walk. ”

Ye Song was a little speechless, what were the roads they were walking just now? Not to mention the steepness and unevenness, the geological layers here are very unstable, and landslides and mudslides are very frequent. The stone that had just slipped suddenly almost smashed the bean seedlings into the turbulent Brahmaputra River below the cliff. And what is this leech mountain, the leeches here are too rampant, right? Soon after I came in, I was bitten and scarred. This kind of road is still relatively good?

Ye Song looked at the mule beside him, because he continued to walk on this uneven mountain road, the skin on his back was worn off.

Veteran Yang said as he walked: "I haven't even been to the county seat here in the five years since I joined the army, but I am very familiar with several supply roads leading to different outpost platoons. ”

"Let's just talk about the road we are walking on now, and see if there is a broken tree at the corner ahead, which was cut by a veteran who was discharged from the army last year during his last patrol; The open space in front of us used to be a resting place for the transport mule and horse teams......"

"Huh? Veteran, how can there be a pile of stones here? Doumiao pointed to the gray-black stone pile in front of her.

Veteran Yang pursed his lips and sighed, "That's where my old squad leader died." When I was a private, our group was patrolled by an old squad leader. At that time, there was a sudden landslide, and the old squad leader pushed his comrades in front of him away, but he was hit by a flying stone. ”

"Alas! He was only 26 years old at the time, and it was his last patrol before he was discharged from the army, and he was supposed to return to his parents after his mission, but he stayed on this patrol road forever. When we dug him out of the mud, his body was badly deformed by the stone. ”

Ye Song and Dou Miao walked over silently and saluted in front of the stone pile.

life, dedicated youth to this land; Die, condensed with blood into a handful of dirt on the border line. There is no sign of a hero here, but every piece of hot land here is mixed with the blood and loyal soul of a seven-foot man.

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"Ye Song, I think your master just wants to kill us, and if you say that you will arrive at the outpost and report it, you will complete the task, why do you let us follow us on a patrol road?" The bean seedling leaned on a branch.

"You ask me, who do I ask? Oops, Dou Miao, there's a snake behind you! Ye Song exclaimed.

Doumiao jumped up, and when he saw the snake rushing towards him with its mouth open, a veteran of the outpost behind Doumiao quickly hooked the snake with a branch and threw it into the woods.

The veteran reminded: "Be careful, the snakes here are all highly venomous. More than 30 years ago, a soldier was attacked by three poisonous snakes while on patrol and died on the spot. ”

Doumiao was sweating profusely and couldn't help but feel glad that she was still alive.

The team leader said: "The road into here is called the 'Life and Death Jungle Road' by those 'travelers' who explore on foot because of its difficulty and frequent casualties. However, the patrol road of our garrison troops was more difficult than the road when we entered, and few people except the officers and men of our troops set foot in it, so it was even less known to the outside world. In fact, this patrol road is the real 'jungle road of life and death'. ”

Ye Song swallowed his saliva, full of respect for these border guards, and the rest of the journey made him personally understand why this is a "jungle road of life and death".

Who would have thought that the turbulent water flow was also a patrol road, the comrades-in-arms only waded through the water with a rope, and did not expect that the cliff side broken road foothold was only a fallen dead tree, and did not expect to cross the deep pit in the forest can only step on three hanging logs, the most surprising thing is that the jungle patrol has a section of the road is horizontal climbing, and under the rock is the turbulent river.

Ye Song felt that every time he walked this patrol road, it was like special operations training, which was a test of the body and will of the officers and men, and even more a test of the lives of the officers and soldiers!

"Whew!"

Ye Song breathed a sigh of relief, walking on the knife-backed mountain with a cliff on one side and a steep slope on the other side was really exciting!

The squad leader walked in front and said very easily: "It's relatively easy to patrol in this season, but the difficulties encountered are just leeches, poisonous bees, poisonous snakes or something in the forest, or a flash flood or mudslide, we can still successfully dodge." But winter is different, when it can be described as walking on thin ice in the true sense of the word, and if you are not careful, you will roll down the cliff, and it will definitely be ten deaths. ”

Ye Song was silent for a moment and asked, "Aren't you afraid of death if it's so dangerous?" ”

"Hahaha!"

The leader of the team laughed and said: "Death can't scare us garrison soldiers. Do you know that in the past 50 years, 30 officers and soldiers have died in the garrison, and most of them have died on the patrol road, and most of them have not had time to get married and have children. But so what? To serve the country is to defend this land without fear of life and death! ”

Ye Song looked at the back of the squad leader and felt a strong impact in his heart, and he could see their firm steps on this patrol road, and they watered this Tibetan "lotus" with their lives!