Because Jin Jiagang knew that even if he became a non-commissioned officer, he would only stay in the army for a few more years, and eventually he would have to go back to his hometown and return to the life of facing the loess with his back to the sky. But if he can be promoted to become an officer, it will be completely different, which is undoubtedly the temptation of carp jumping over the dragon gate for him.

If it is in Regiment A of the 91st Division, even if it is the king of soldiers, it is not easy to be promoted, you must know that there is only one cadre quota for each regiment every year. Originally, he didn't have much expectations, but when he had the opportunity to participate in the military region scout competition, he rekindled the ideal fire in his heart. Because he heard Xia Junhao say that the number of cadres in the special brigade every year is more than ten times that of ordinary troops, so he wants to become a special soldier.

"Die before dark to get to position 3." Jin Jiagang reminded and encouraged himself over and over again in his heart. His dullness made him dare not take a detour, he could only go over the mountains and mountains, the physical exertion was too great for him to use his hands and feet when he went up the mountain, and when he went down the mountain, he even rolled and climbed, his pale face was full of exhaustion, and he didn't know how many times he fell down along the way.

Climbing a high mountain again, sitting on a large rock, gasping for breath, he touched his calf and found that it was a little swollen and unconscious. The sun had already set in the west, and he had to get down before it got dark, otherwise he would have to spend the night on the mountain, and the main thing was that he hadn't found spot 3 yet. He quickly recalculated, determined the direction, and found that he was not far from the target, only 3 kilometers left, and it was almost enough to descend the mountain. This discovery made Jin Jiagang, who had exhausted his energy, unexpectedly give birth to some strength, drank a sip of water, endured the pain of his whole body and got up and hurried down the mountain.

Jin Jiagang ignored a problem, with his current physical state, the sky was gradually darkening again, he was not familiar with the terrain at all, the most important thing was that he still wanted to go faster, and he didn't even take the safer 'S' route, and went down as straight as possible, so it was too dangerous to go down the mountain. So, halfway through, he fell seven times, and there were abrasions on his hands, knees, elbows, and even his face, but fortunately they were all skin injuries.

It's getting darker and darker, but fortunately we are finally about to reach the bottom of the mountain, and according to the distance calculated before, it is okay now

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In order to find the iron card at the No. 3 point, Jin Jia just breathed a sigh of relief, the inertia of going down the mountain made him step out, the light was too dark, and there was a big natural pit under the weeds under his feet, he didn't see clearly, a stumbling fell directly to the ground, and slipped into the pit, Jin Jia just desperately grabbed the weeds and branches next to him, but he was too heavy, and the plant he grabbed was directly broken, but it also achieved the purpose of slowing down, bang He fell at the bottom of the pit, his head hit a stone, Jin Jia just secretly screamed bad, his eyes were dark, Passed out directly.

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Xia Junhao didn't waste much time on the road, it was only about 6 o'clock in the afternoon when he arrived at his No. 3 point, and there was still 1 hour before it was dark, he used this hour to find a pheasant's nest, took out five eggs, and found a cave, and blocked most of the cave with stones to ensure that no beasts would get in, ate the eggs raw, took out the sleeping bag in the backpack and went into a deep sleep.

Unlike Jin Jiagang, who fainted directly when it was dark, and unlike Xia Junhao, who found a good place and fell asleep early, most of the officers and soldiers who participated in the test found out that the alternative test had begun after dark.

Like Niu Zhiyuan, most of the officers and soldiers who participated in the test that night experienced loneliness and panic in the face of endless darkness under hunger and exhaustion. No matter how 'cowhide' they were in the original army, it was the first time they had spent the night alone in the deep mountains and forests, and this kind of torture was the first time they had experienced.

In the dark night, in the barren mountains and dense forests, everything they saw and heard was involuntarily made up by their brains into all kinds of fierce beasts, poisonous snakes, and even the most terrifying things such as demons and monsters.

Sometimes, a howl of wind would cause a soldier to stand up and prick up his ears to watch all the sounds around him. The cry of some kind of beast will make the officers and soldiers stare at a certain place for a long time with military spurs and flare guns, ready to fight with an unknown enemy.

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When a beam of sunlight shone into the hole through the small hole left by Xia Junhao, a chill woke up Xia Junhao in his sleep, he opened his eyes suddenly, and then made a sound

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Screaming.

A grayish-white python with black spots wrapped around his sleeping bag, its head less than three inches from his head.

Perhaps it was because of the sudden movement of Xia Junhao, who had been motionless before, that also woke up the snake, and the snake's head was raised violently and pounced on Xia Junhao.

Xia Junhao was frightened, there was no way to make a big move in the sleeping bag, it was difficult to dodge, he pulled out his right hand violently, grabbed the snake's neck before the snake head pounced on his face, and pinched the snake head tightly, and at this time the snake head was less than an inch away from his face, and he could even clearly see the two fangs in the snake's mouth and the pair of cold earthy yellow eyes. No matter how the snake head struggles, he doesn't dare to let go, because letting go of the snake head means that he will inevitably be bitten by a python, and he knows that it must be a poisonous snake when he looks like this python.

How long this python is, Xia Junhao didn't know because he was lying down, but soon he understood that this python would never be too short, and it must be very thick, because the moment he grabbed the snake's head, he felt that the sleeping bag was tightened from the outside by a strong force, and as time went by, it became tighter and tighter, and he was about to lose his breath.

Xia Junhao never thought that a python could have so much strength when entangled, because his left hand couldn't be pulled out of the sleeping bag now, and as time went by, his whole body began to ache, and his chest gradually felt suffocated.

Xia Junhao knew that if he didn't take effective countermeasures, he would be strangled to death by the poisonous snake, and he also tried to pinch the snake's neck hard, but it was useless, his body was strangled tighter and tighter.

Xia Junhao's face was hideous, let out an angry roar, leaning the snake's neck to his mouth, and at the same time he tried hard to raise his head, opened his mouth, and bit the snake's neck fiercely, no matter how the snake's head struggled, he didn't let go. A fishy liquid flowed into his mouth, cool without the slightest heat,

Xia Junhao knew that it was time to grab his life, and in the end there were only two results. One is that he sucks up the blood of this python before he is strangled to death. The other is that the python strangled him before he sucked his blood to death. So he sucked desperately, sucking the python's blood into his mouth hard, even if his stomach began to swell, he didn't dare to relax and stop.

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