Boulders are a rarity in the Gobi Desert, small round scattered stones, everywhere, but huge rocks are rare, the terrain here is either potholes, or small hills are full of buns, not so much mountains as loess mounds.

There are only two places in the world that can talk about the west, one is the United States, and the other is China.

It's definitely a spectacle for people to be seen, but it's a different kind of winter when you're covered in snow.

Just climbed up from a dry waterway, and had to go around a hill-like mound of dirt in front of them, and a road that was not too dangerous had to go around for half a day, but fortunately, this road was safe, at least Xiang Xiaotian and the three of them didn't have to go in fear, and it was not fun to shuttle through the ice and snow with a cold sweat.

"It's almost seven o'clock!" Xiang Xiaotian still didn't forget to take a few steps to look at his watch, at this time he had already taken off his cotton mask, licked his chapped lips, and looked at the sky, Tianshan was no longer without so many stars, with the breeze, only patches of faintly visible light gray clouds!

Li Jun turned around and turned to everyone and said, "Everyone is holding on, let's walk for a while and we will go to a rest point in front of us, where we can replenish our strength." ”

Under the night sky, there is still an endless Gobi desert, the white expanse of the earth, full of large and small yellow mountain bags, a small detachment of fifteen people here is a difficult march, their average age is only in their early twenties, but they are carrying out arduous tasks.

After Li Jun said before, he said to everyone: "Okay! When we arrive, you can feel free to find some rest spots, remember not to run around, and you must report your urine and urine within sight! ”

Li Jun also found a mound of dirt on his own, leaned in, took out the kettle and drank a sip of water, obviously a night's march was not an easy task for him, an eight-year veteran.

Another annoying thing is that when I go out, the kettle is full of boiling water, and at this point, it is almost freezing, but the tension has subsided, and the body still has to replenish a lot of water, and it must be forced to drink.

"Wow!"

The three recruits made a sound at the same time, because it was completely different from the road they had just walked, and at this time there appeared in front of them a riverbed nearly 100 meters deep, dozens of meters wide, and no source in sight, right in front of them, and under their feet was a straight and steep bank, which was no worse than the mountain peak in front.

"Squad leader, this is also quite dangerous, why should we rest here?" Xiang Xiaotian took a few steps back, sat down next to a stone, looked at the front and said with palpitations, obviously this height has really caused a lot of deterrence to him.

"You'll know in a moment, by the way, in the future that you may face a smaller march, each of you may lead a group, and you must not walk under those mounds, and do not go there in the summer to cool off, the soil above them is not strong, and a gust of wind may cause a collapse." Li Jun gave a warning, and then stopped talking, closing his eyes and squinting for a while.

At this time, everyone else also took out their own rations and ate them in twos and threes, and it was nothing more than a few frozen hard steamed buns and pickles from the cooking class, canned food, compressed biscuits and the like, but really in the march, only if you can fill your stomach, it doesn't matter what flavor it is!

Xiang Xiaotian took out the cold water bottle, wanted to drink it several times but didn't dare to bring it to his mouth, looked at the steamed buns in his hand, and a bag of mustard, he desperately wanted to eat, but he didn't know where to put his mouth in his mouth.

This is completely different from what he thought in advance, watching TV, he is also on a mission, but people can still hunt a rabbit in the big forest or something, come to a picnic barbecue, but now, look at these few things in his hand are really crying thoughts, facing everything in front of him, remembering his thoughts before becoming a soldier, what hardship, what tiredness, what crime can be suffered, but as long as you eat well and sleep well, the rest is not a problem, now it is good!

"Ahem!"

Xiang Xiaotian sighed heavily, and finally bit down on the softest part of the steamed bun.

The empty Gobi Desert was already white, and with the light, a few rays of golden sunlight were already shining out from the other end of the riverbed, and gradually the sun crawled out of the east at a speed that seemed to be visible to the naked eye.

"Wow!"

The three of them exclaimed a second time, "That's what it means to rest here!" The squad leader is there for us to watch the sunrise! A private said excitedly.

In fact, at this time, except for the accident of the three privates, the rest of the people had already fallen asleep, and only opened their eyes slightly with the daylight, enjoying the first rays of sunlight.

Li Jun looked at the three recruits who embraced the sun with open arms, smiled and ordered: "Okay, everyone pack up your things, let's set off, and strive to rush to the outpost before noon to have lunch there!" ”

Xiang Xiaotian bent down and picked up a handful of snow and rubbed it a few times on his face like washing his face, so that he could sober up, he had not rested well during the rest time just now, but he came up with the help of the warm sun and sleepiness, and now he is going to set off immediately, and he must cheer himself up!

It was not easy to walk for a few tens of kilometers, but it had only been half of the walk for nearly twelve hours at this time, and there was only one rest during this time, which was a very severe test for each of them.

Li Jun at the forefront is still leading the team, taking every step of his own carefully, not daring to make the slightest mistake.

Towards noon, the exhausted squad was about to finish their patrol mission, and the last riverbed could be seen as soon as they climbed to the top of a small hill.

By this time, there was already one more thing with them on the march, that is, four barbed wire fences neatly tied to the front on the old wooden stakes.

The three of them were once again attracted to this thing, and in order to pass the boredom, one of them actually counted, although he didn't know which one he started counting from.

Xiang Xiaotian thought depressedly: "Wouldn't this be the legendary border line, could it be that we have been guarding a few wires!" ”

At this time, Wu Ying, the deputy squad leader, had already walked beside him: "Don't underestimate this broken wooden stake, they are all our engineering predecessors, digging them out with a shovel, in this kind of situation, the shovel can even make sparks with force, how hard it should be to dig a big pit!" It is also this stake and wire that proves that this is China's territory, a line that no enemy can cross! ”

Xiang Xiaotian looked at the deputy squad leader with a solemn and proud face, and he didn't realize that his belief in himself was firmer.

Looking up, in the distance, a very small looking red flag was fluttering in the wind, everyone knew that it was a five-star red flag, which also meant that the mission was about to be half completed!