Chapter 404: I'll say they're coming
In the camp, Liu Heiwa and her companion Zhang Huaian hurriedly ate something and talked about what happened on the road.
"That's a miserable one!"
As soon as she spoke, Heiwa sighed, "We went all the way west, and we didn't see a figure for two days, and the morning before yesterday, we didn't go far before we saw a pile of white bone ......."
As she spoke, Heiwa's voice trembled a little, "That's all human skeletons!" And they fell into the mire, and some of them had some flesh left, and they were crawling with locusts...... We're all used to seeing dead people, but there are still a lot of brothers who have painted it! ”
"yes!"
Zhang Huai'an nodded, and his voice was full of sadness, "When a soldier goes to the battlefield, he dies and dies, but he dies ......."
As he spoke, Zhang Huai'an's voice choked, "What's it...... What's the matter......"
"Alas......"
Heiwa let out a long sigh, took the words, and continued, "At the beginning, the brothers used the rain cloth to collect all the white bones and were ready to bring them back for cremation, but ...... The further you go, the more you go, and you can't end it at all! Later, I had to receive a buried ......"
Li Siwei felt a little suffocated, and hurriedly waved his hand to interrupt Heiwa, opened his mouth with difficulty, and moved away from the topic, "That'...... How did you get the news? ”
"Oh,"
Speaking of the point, Heiwa hurriedly perked up, "We followed the white bones all the way to the south, first met some brothers who were separated from the army, and didn't inquire about anything, the night before yesterday, we were all asleep in the camp, and suddenly heard a gunshot, we were awakened, and hurriedly ran over to see the ......"
As she spoke, Heiwa shook her head, her voice became heavy, "On a slope more than a mile away from our camp, more than thirty friendly soldiers were crying around the fire, and there was a stretcher in front of them, and on the stretcher lay their deputy captain, and he had shot the gun just now...... He smashed his own head......"
"He hurt his leg,"
Zhang Huaian added in a whisper on the side, with respect in his voice, "He doesn't want to drag down his brothers, so he ......"
The brothers listened silently, but their eyes were shining with water.
"Later, I found out when I asked,"
"They are the same troops that escorted the wounded of our regiment...... Seven or eight days ago, they left those brothers on the road......"
When the brothers heard this, they all looked at Heiwa, and there was a little more anger in their eyes.
"That's no way around it!"
Heiwa hurriedly explained, "You think, they didn't bring those brothers...... It's all like that, even if you take those brothers with you...... No one can get out! ”
"Heiwa is right,"
Li Siwei sighed softly, "That's also something that can't be helped!" ”
As he spoke, Li Siwei asked again, "Did they leave rations for the brothers?" ”
"Stay! Stayed ......"
Heiwa nodded again and again, "I heard that we were going to pick up people, so they went with them...... Counting it, we have already contained more than 300 people, so Battalion Commander Lu asked us to come back and report the news. ”
"Good!"
Li Siwei nodded hurriedly, "In this way, you guys have a good night's rest and rush back early tomorrow morning!" Well...... After they pick them up, turn around and go east, drill into the mountains, and then go north along the edge of the mountains, and I'll take my brothers to pick them up! ”
"Yes,"
Heiwa and Zhang Huai'an hurriedly got up, "Let's go ...... now"
"No hurry,"
Li Siwei hurriedly waved his hand, "You guys have a good night's rest first, and then go when it's dawn, as long as you catch up before they turn around and head north!" ”
It can be slow, but not messy!
Liu Heiwa and Zhang Huai'an were anxious, and Li Siwei was even more anxious, but in the face of this dangerous swamp, he could only suppress the anxiety in his heart, and could only pray that the brothers who were left behind could support him for a while longer.
However, the medical troops accompanying them have been walking north for seven or eight days, how long can they hold on?
Sitting silently by the campfire, Li Siwei took out the cigarette that had been smoked for most of the time and put it on the flame...... The heart is cold, only smoke can warm it.
In the dimly lit dense forest, deep in the swamp full of muddy puddles, Huang Hua was rushing south with his brothers, but the ubiquitous mud was tirelessly delaying the pace of the brothers.
"Whew...... Whoop......"
Heavy wheezing echoed in the dense forest.
"Dog...... Rotten ...... of Dog Day Muddy puddle,"
Sun Dali scolded in annoyance, but he was panting, "Early...... If you had known, you would have ...... It's time to get around the mountains! ”
"Where do you know so much?"
Huang Hua's breath was still steady, but his voice was full of sighs, "I knew that Lao Tzu shouldn't have come to Myanmar...... Fuck, what happened? ”
"Really...... That's the truth! ”
Sun Dali was stunned and agreed, "Dog-day foreigners, put ...... Miserable old men...... In the future, Lao Tzu will ...... again See them again...... Gotta stay away! ”
"That's it...... It's ......"
The brothers chimed in, "We are...... I'm here to help them...... The war came, but they ...... It's good...... Slap your ass and walk ......"
"Bang...... Rumble ......"
Before the words fell, the sound of explosion and thunder suddenly rang out, and the brothers were angry and angry again.
"Hurry up...... Look! ”
At this moment, a brother shouted in surprise, "Ahead...... It looks like a hillside in front of you...... It's a hillside! ”
Those who have never been to a swamp naturally find it difficult to understand the excitement of those who have trekked in the swamp for five or six days when they see the hillside again.
Huang Hua hurriedly looked up, and saw a low hillside more than ten meters away, but it stretched on both sides, and he couldn't see the end at a glance, and he suddenly lifted his spirits, "It's a hillside, a very big hillside...... Dog's day, the ladies are finally going out! ”
"Bang Bang Bang ......"
As soon as Huang Hua's words fell, the heavy rain was already pouring down, but Huang Hua didn't care so much, as soon as he tore off the rain cloth hanging on his backpack, he put it on, turned around and walked to the back team, "Lao Tzu went to tell the brothers in the back ......"
"Company Commander, Company Commander......"
As soon as Huang Hua took a few steps, he heard Liu Heiwa's familiar voice from the back team, and he was immediately in good spirits, and hurriedly quickened his pace, "Heiwa......"
"Company Commander,"
Liu Heiwa was draped in a rain cloth, stumbled up, and reported with relief, "The head of the regiment asked us to ......pick up people and drill into the mountains."
"How can it be so fast?"
Huang Hua smiled and looked at Liu Heiwa, who was covered in mud, "It's you...... Why did you catch up so quickly? ”
"Huh,"
Liu Heiwa smiled, but she was full of exhaustion, "We were afraid that we wouldn't be able to catch up, so we didn't dare to rest along the way...... Huai'an can't even walk, and he's still lying behind! ”
"Turtle's,"
Huang Hua hurriedly went up to help him, turned around and went to the front again, "Go to the front hillside to rest first...... We might be about to get out there! ”
"Holy shit!"
Liu Heiwa suddenly perked up, "It's finally time to go out......
With hope, there is spirit, there is strength.
In a short time, the rear team chased after each other, and they all drilled up the hillside, and hurriedly set up camp.
The piles of camps gradually burned out, and the camp slowly fell silent.
In the temporary headquarters, the generals listened to the orders brought back by Liu Heiwa and Zhang Huai'an, and Lu Quanyou nodded hurriedly, "That's fine!" If I really get back from this quagmire, I'm afraid it will take seven or eight days! ”
"yes!"
The generals echoed one after another, with a face full of fear, "I am afraid that I have only walked less than 20 miles every day this way......"
The brothers of the 66th Regiment are all able to run, but after a few days in this swamp, they are also a little empty.
Representatives of several units that were contained along the way also came to attend the meeting, and when they heard this, they shook their heads again and again, "That quagmire must not go back......
"But ......"
An ensign was a little worried, "It's good not to walk in the swamp, but it's not easy to walk in the mountains!" Especially those valleys......"
"Second Lieutenant Liu,"
Lu Quanyou smiled and interrupted him, "Are you worried about the flash flood?" ”
"Uh...... Right! ”
Second Lieutenant Liu was stunned for a moment, and nodded hurriedly, "We were separated from ......the other brothers because of a sudden flash flood."
"Don't worry!"
Sun Dali, who was on the side, smiled and patted Second Lieutenant Liu's shoulder, "We are afraid of rotten quagmires, but we are not afraid of flash floods!" ”
"That's it!"
The generals of the 1st Battalion and the Special Service Company chimed in, "We came all the way from the east, and the mountains there are not bigger than the mountains here?" Where is the flash flood not worse than the flash flood here? ”
"Uh......"
Second Lieutenant Liu was stunned for a moment, his face full of doubts, "You guys...... How? ”
Representatives of other ministries were also full of doubts.
"No hurry,"
Lu Quanyou smiled, "Soon, you will see ......"
Out of the swamp is the hilly area, and the torrents rag between the valleys, like tigers blocking the way.
But how will the soldiers stop?
When the first suspension bridge was erected, Ensign Liu and others understood it, but they also beat their legs and paused, and were annoyed, "I knew that it could be done like this...... We won't have to work so hard and suffer so many sins......"
Suspension bridges were erected and dismantled, and the procession continued to move closer to its destination.
In the rolling hills of the southwestern Hukang River Valley, flash floods are still raging, and the high and low mountains have been divided into isolated islands.
On one of the isolated islands, a faint blue smoke rose through the thick foliage, and there was a campsite beneath the thick vegetation.
Thirty or fifty shelters were scattered around the camp, and there were bonfires burning under each canopy, but the campfires were too faint to illuminate the gloomy forest.
Next to a fire, Li Sanguang sat under the roots of a tree, his eyes slightly closed, and there were several brothers sitting around, all silently looking at the bonfire, and the atmosphere was a little silent.
"Platoon Commander,"
A brother suddenly turned his head to look at Li Sanguang, there was a glimmer of light in his dim eyes, and his voice was hoarse, "It's been more than ten days, the head of the regiment...... Will it come? ”
Several other brothers also looked at Li Sanguang, and there was a faint glint in their eyes.
"Why not?"
Li San's eyes widened, and his voice was weak, "It's just...... It rained so hard and for so long that the flash flood blocked the road...... That's why they didn't come so quickly! ”
"But ......"
Yang Hong's eyes darkened, "Our food has been eaten, and everything that can be burned is almost burned, and the brothers are also ...... It's been so much...... Captain, if they don't come again......"
"They're coming!"
Li Sanguang hurriedly interrupted him, and there seemed to be a little more strength in his voice, "They will definitely come!" We're going to hold on...... Be sure to hold on until they come! We've waited so long and can't just give up......"
"Bang...... Rumble ......"
Before Li Sanguang's words fell, he heard a loud noise faintly, like a thunderbolt.
"Alas...... It's going to rain again,"
Hearing the sound, a brother sighed softly, his voice full of desperation, "This dog's rain...... I'm afraid it won't stop! ”
"Let's go down...... Let's go,"
One of the brothers scolded angrily, "Oh my God, you'd better not stop ......"
"Platoon Commander, Platoon Commander ......"
Before he could scold, a brother limped towards the shelter, his body shaking, but his voice was full of excitement, "Someone is on the opposite mountain...... The stones came over...... We ...... Do we hear that? ”
"Throwing stones ......"
Li Sanguang was stunned, and looked at the visitor with a puzzled face, "Hao Gang, you said, that voice just now was ...... Someone throwing stones? ”
"Yes!"
Hao Gang nodded hurriedly, "On the northern slope, I can hear it clearly...... 'pop...... Whoa...... Boom...... Boom, ......boom, 'The sound is the same as I heard it when I was a child! ”
"Turtle's,"
A brother looked at Hao Gang and scolded with a smile, "When you were a child, you also saw people throw stones into the mountains and forests?" ”
"It's not!"
Hao Gang hurriedly shook his head, "I've seen the collapse of the mountain...... The sound of the stone falling into the forest below......"
"Let's go,"
Hearing Hao Gang say this, Li Sanguang and the others were a little convinced, and they struggled to stand up, and they helped each other to walk outside the shelter, "Go and see ......"
So, Li Sanguang and a few lightly wounded people who could barely move slowly went to the north slope.
"Hey...... Hey......"
didn't go far, Li Sanguang and the others vaguely heard the sound of a horn in front of them, and they were all in good spirits and quickened their pace.
Someone's coming!
Someone's coming!
"The zipline is tied...... The zipline is tied up ......"
After a while, a high-pitched roar sounded from the front, "The brother in the back can come over...... The brother in the back can come over......"
Hearing the roar, Li Sanguang and the others all froze, looking at the direction of the sound in a daze, their bodies trembled, and their voices trembled, "Huang ...... Huang Lian Chang, is Huang Lian Chang......"
"Puff ......"
Li Sanguang sat down on the ground and muttered to himself, "I'll just say they're back, I'll say they're back......"
As he spoke, Li Sanguang was already in tears.