Chapter 129: Crossing the River and Suodu
I bypassed Zhai Meng and walked in front, and Zhai Meng stood in place for a long time before silently following us.
Now in my heart, what surrounds me is the dark river that is getting clearer and clearer, and having a dark river means having a scattered riverbed, that is to say, a certain distance in the upper reaches of the dark river may be the shallowest part of the Nu River!
I'm itching to confirm my idea now, and I don't know exactly why I'm doing it.
I just heard a myriad of voices in my heart saying to me: Go try, go try.
What if you try it? I don't seem to care so much about our victory, but once I join it, I become a part of forgetting to die! Well, I need to admit that I am a contradiction between myself and myself.
But I also knew in my heart that even if this dark river could really help us cross the Nu River, it would only cross no more than fifty people at most.
Because there were too many people, not only could Suodu not be able to withstand too many people, but once he caught up with the blind fire of the Japanese machine guns, no one could run away from a string of grasshoppers in the river, and they were either killed by bullets or washed away by the river to feed the fish.
But first of all, I want to confirm whether this dark river can become a secret road to the foot of Moyunling Mountain!
I selected a few soldiers in the company who were good at water, and after nightfall, I led them again to the woods by the Nu River.
I had the soldiers tied with thick ropes around their waists to prevent them from being swept away by the river after entering the water. Then I quietly led the people to the river beach, found the location of the dark river according to the signs marked during the day, and I estimated the distance, and then let them go into the water to cross the river in turn.
"Don't worry, we'll drag you up when there's danger." I whispered to comfort these frightened Qiuba.
Although they have good water quality, they must not have experienced such a turbulent current, and it seems that this section of the river will be washed away by the rapids as soon as it is launched.
A chubby soldier seriously tied the rope to his waist, Wang Sibao teased him, and said: "Winter melon, you are so fat, will you float up in the Nu River?" β
Winter melon smiled innocently and did not speak.
There was no sound on the quiet surface of the river except the sound of the water, and a few Qiu Ba tentatively descended into the water.
The river water in May is still very cold, but fortunately the weather is sunny in these days, and the sun shines on the Nujiang River water is still a little warm, otherwise these people will enter the water, I am afraid that the water temperature will be too low cramps or other discomfort.
Even so, these Qiu Ba were still shivering with cold, Tan Weimin cheered them up on the shore, and said in a low voice: "You just don't get used to the water temperature now, and after a while, when you get used to the temperature in the water, you won't feel so cold!" β
Ani guarded the other side with a sniper rifle, and whispered to Tan Weimin: "Fake foreign devils, if you talk like this, they will definitely scold you more than a dozen times in their stomachs." β
"Why?"
"Because you don't have a backache when you stand and talk!"
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The soldiers in the water were getting deeper and deeper, and I watched with wide eyes as they were almost a third of the way through, and the water was already above their shoulders.
A soldier suddenly fell into a position and was swept away by the river in an instant, and I hurriedly commanded: "Pull it back, quickly!" β
More than 20 people on the shore quickly pulled the rope together, and soon pulled the soldier ashore, and the rest of the soldiers in the water, seeing that the people who were washed away by the water were all rescued by us in a moment, they all had no worries, and swam more fearlessly into the river.
I sent six or seven soldiers, and I only hoped that one of them would make it across the Nu River. They all had long ropes tied around their waists, and as long as the passers-by tied the ropes to the trees on the opposite bank, and the relatively shallow water level here, they could build an easy rope crossing.
With a plop, another Qiu Ba was swept away by the river.
"Pull, pull back!" The men on the shore dragged back a frightened fellow.
I called the two soldiers who had been dragged back to my side and asked, "How deep can you go?" β
"It's about a person tall, but if you can't step on the bottom, your body can't stand steadily."
I think this is similar to my inference, the upper reaches of this dark river are indeed the shallowest section of the Nu River, and the deepest part is just enough to submerge people, as long as you hold your breath and walk through the deepest part of that section, you are already half the battle.
Because there is no place to borrow strength, it is naturally not easy to stand firm under your feet, and the water of the Nu River is turbulent, and it will definitely not work with physical control alone.
Thump! Another Qiu Ba was washed into the river.
In the end, only the winter melon was left to hold on, he had crossed the center of the Nu River, and we watched from the shore as the river slowly submerged him.
Ani said suspiciously: "Was it washed away by the river?" β
Tan Weimin also said: "Pull it back, if you don't pull it, this person won't be able to live." β
I counted silently in my heart, and when I counted for almost three minutes, I was also a little panicked, and I was just about to give the order to pull the winter melon back, when suddenly the top of the winter melon's brain appeared in the river.
The winter melon went higher and higher at the bottom of the river, and after more than an hour, the winter melon finally waded wet to the opposite bank.
The more than hour-long trek in the water, battling rapids and fear, is not only physically exhausting, but also psychologically exhausting. The winter melon was lying on the river beach on the other side like a mess of mud, snorting and panting, and couldn't move when tired.
Wang Sibao cursed in a low voice on the east bank: "Dead winter melon, stand up quickly, let the little devil find out in a while, and you will become a dead winter melon!" β
I said, "It's better to let him rest a little longer, otherwise he won't have the energy to come back." β
After about a quarter of an hour, the winter melon slowly stood up, looked east and west, selected a tall pine tree closest to the shore, untied the rope on his body, wrapped it around a few times, and tied it tightly to the bottom of the big tree's roots.
I hurriedly commanded the men on the east bank, saying, "Straighten the rope and tie it to the tree." β
The winter melon tied the rope over there, and carefully found some branches and grass, camouflaged the rope nearby, and then returned to the riverside to build the rope by himself, and slowly walked to the east bank with the support of the rope.
I called over to Wang Sibao and asked, "What rank is this fat man now?" β
Wang Sibao replied: "Winter melon is now a senior soldier. β
Me: "How can such a careful soldier be just a senior soldier, not to mention that he has made such a big contribution and has been promoted, sergeant squad leader!" All the soldiers who went into the water today were promoted to one level on the ground! β
When the river was crossed, it was slow, but when it came back, there was a rope crossing, and the winter melon only took about forty minutes to return to the east bank.
When they all retreated to a safe place, I ordered: "Zhai Meng! You take a squad to guard this rope crossing, and as soon as someone on the other side approaches the rope crossing, immediately open fire! β
I'm not sure what I'm going to do with the ropeway, but I already have a vague idea in my mind.
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