Before dawn, we walked through this inaccessible jungle and found a village at the foot of the hillside, probably the first in the southern part of North Kivu, but it was still not spared the ravages of the fighting, and everywhere we saw the ruins, blood and smoke craters, countless bullet casings scattered on the ground, and bombed-out houses all around.

I stood on the hillside a hundred meters away and looked at it with a telescope for a long time, but there was no corpse or a living person.

"Where are all the people here?" I asked casually.

"If you run away, if you die, if you're buried alive, whatever, genocide is a common occurrence in Africa." The monkey shrugged, already familiar with the sights.

"Further on is the rebel blockade, and we have to pass through three blockade lines in a row to reach the rear of the rebels." After speaking, the captain stuffed the electronic map into his backpack, turned his head and waved at us: "Okay guys, the time to test us has come, come out!" ”

Under the captain's order, we continued to advance to the northeast, the scorching sun was overhead, we walked through the jungle with a high temperature of forty degrees, our underwear was soaked with sweat, although we had long been used to it, but the wet feeling was still quite uncomfortable, in addition to being careful of the rebels along the way, we must also be careful of large beasts that may appear at any time, this is not the tropical rainforest of Southeast Asia, the land of Africa is a paradise for beasts.

It's just that this place has just been devastated by the war, and many fierce beasts have been scared away, and there are no man-eating beasts along the way.

After five hours of continuous marching, we carried a weight of fifty kilograms on our backs, and the physical exertion was not small, and at this time, it was noon, the sun was baking the earth like a stimulant, and just as I was about to stop to drink saliva, the forward in front suddenly raised his hand and made a gesture to stop advancing.

I immediately flashed under a tree, and in an instant I assumed a fighting stance, and the captain bent down to the striker and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

The striker picked up a shell case from the ground, pointed to the ground, and said, "We've entered the enemy's blockade area, and a patrol has just walked through here!" ”

The captain looked in the direction of the striker's finger, and there was a row of shallow footprints on the road, which had not yet been buried, indicating that he had just left.

"You go to the front and take a look, the others are hiding on the spot!" The captain lowered his voice.

The striker nodded, got up and burrowed into the nearby woods, and disappeared into the forest with a few flickers in the direction of the path.

The three of us found a big tree to hide behind, and took advantage of the short break to eat something to replenish my strength, and I climbed to the middle of the tree and sat on the branch, and swallowed the compressed biscuits and water while being on guard.

Ten minutes later, the striker emerged from the woods, ran up to the monkey and snatched the energy rod and water bottle from his hand, and ate it heavily.

When he had finished eating, the captain asked, "Are there any rebels now?" ”

"There is a small village and town a kilometer away, it is an outpost of the rebels, the situation in the rear is not clear, it is estimated that the military camp should not be far from the outpost, the specific number is unknown, there are at least hundreds of rebels, there are two patrols on the periphery, each team of ten people, there is an armored car and two heavy machine gun positions at the entrance of the village, and there is a tower behind the entrance of the village, with snipers on it!"

The striker briefly reported the situation detected, the enemy's position was a bit large, it was just a sentinel battle, and there were armored vehicles, which was really beyond our expectations.

"Do you want to them?" The monkey rubbed his hands together and looked eager to try.

"Are you crazy? There are only four of us, and we have to kill hundreds of rebels with armored vehicles, and there is no way to send them to death! The striker threw the kettle to the monkey and rolled his eyes.

"What do you think, Captain?" I sat down on a tree and looked down and asked.

"This is the only way to the rear, if you go around it, it will take at least two more days, and there are two blockades behind, the situation over there is not known, maybe there are more garrisons than here, we don't have much time to delay, it seems that it is indeed necessary to pull out this outpost!"

The captain took the map and carefully proofread the path in the rear, after this town we will enter the inner 6 area, and then pass through the two blockade lines behind to enter the rear of the rebels, and when we really enter the rear, the danger is relatively small.

"Plan well, it's not without chance!" I jumped down from the tree and patted the striker on the shoulder.

"I think it's too dangerous, it's not our job, but if you want to do it, I'm happy to accompany you!" The striker shrugged, he felt that it was a bit redundant and there was no need to risk it.

"Did you think of a way?" The monkey asked with a wink at me.

I curled the corners of my mouth into a sinister smile and turned my head to look at the captain, who nodded at me, and it seemed that we wanted to go together.

After resting for half an hour, we quietly touched the outside of the village and town, hiding behind a dirt slope 300 meters away, and observing the situation inside.

At this time, a platoon of soldiers escorted a dozen civilians out of the village and took them to a big tree fifty meters away, and at this time I appeared, and there were more than a dozen people hanging from the big tree.

It seems that these are the prisoners of the government army who did not have time to retreat when the villages and towns were captured, and they were basically dried by people, and a swarm of flies buzzed around them, and it seemed that they had been dead for at least half a month.

The civilians were escorted under the tree, a total of fifteen men and women, including an elderly child, when the rebels pulled over a man, pointed to the dead bodies in the tree, and asked something, the man kept shaking his head, his face full of fear.

The rebel looked angry, picked up the butt of his rifle and smashed it on the man's head, and the man was lying on the ground, blood running down his forehead, and the child was crying in fright when he saw this.

The rebels dragged the boy out again, drew a large saber, pointed the tip of the knife at the child, and yelled at the man again.

The man's face changed dramatically, and he struggled to get up and grabbed the rebel's leg and begged for mercy, but it was all in vain, and the bastard raised his saber and cut the child's head mercilessly, and the child flew out without even a scream.

Blood gushed out from the neck cavity, splashing blood more than half a meter high, the weak body fell to the ground softly, and the other people around him knelt on the ground and screamed in fright.

"What the hell, this brute!" I clenched my fists tightly and cursed through gritted teeth.

"There's something more brute than that, you haven't seen it yet!" The monkey sneered beside him.

When the man saw this scene, he suddenly roared angrily and opened his big mouth and bit the rebel's leg, the rebel screamed in pain and pulled back his leg suddenly, blood came out instantly, and the flesh on the leg was bitten off by the man, and at the same time, the sturdy military uniform also took away the man's full mouth of teeth.

The rebel screamed in pain, picked up the saber in his hand and stabbed the man in the heart, then pulled it out sharply, and with a wave of his hand, he cut off his head.

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