Cham Islands, also known as Cùlao Chàm (Vietnamese: Cùlao Chàm), Cham Bu Lao Mountain, Cham Lao Mountain, Cham Bi Luo, Jianbi Luo, etc.

It is an archipelago in central Vietnam, 15°57′02"N 108°40′55"E.

It consists of seven small islands, including Hòn Lao (Champa Island), Hòn Dài, Hòn M?, Hòn Kh ocirc; m?), faint (Hòn Kh& ocirc; con), 愛叶 (Hòn Lá), 昏大 (Hòn Tai), 昏翁 (Hòn & Ocirc; ng) and other islands, with a total area of 15.35 square kilometers (5.8 square miles), of which 532 hectares are virgin forest areas.

The largest island, Champa Island, is circular in shape and covers an area of 13.17 square kilometers with two peaks, the highest elevation in the middle is 517 meters (1,696 feet) and the highest elevation in the western end is 326 meters (1,070 feet).

There are two small fishing villages on the island, but at this time the fishing villages were occupied by the US military, which stockpiled a large amount of food, weapons and ammunition, and medicines, and like many PLA troops, many US troops also developed malaria, schistosomiasis, filariasis, ink fever, trypanosomiasis, leprosy, tuberculosis, dengue fever, yellow fever, Ebola hemorrhagic fever and other diseases.

Before leaving, Li Yunlong said to Xingtian in a complicated mood: "Mom, I always feel like forcing you, this is also something that can't be helped, you understand?" ”

Xing Tian shook his head: "Division commander, don't say that, the 38th Army created me, and I should do it!" ”

When Li Yunlong heard Xingtian say this, he immediately patted Xingtian's arm and said, "Haha, you kid, Lao Tzu didn't misread you, when you come back, I'll have a good drink with you!" ”

Xing Tian said confidently: "Rest assured, teacher, I will live up to expectations!" ”

Li Yunlong: "Go!" ”

After Xing Tian straightened his chest and saluted Li Yunlong and a few people behind him, he turned his head to his death squad and said, "Let's go!" ”

The size of the death squad is just one hundred people, and the other is the lone wolf squad, all of which are involved except Gao Bao, who have to set off to the beach to find the Viet Cong intelligence officers, and then get the equipment they need from there.

The death squad was led by a company commander named Yang Jinxian, and from the beginning of the departure, Xingtian saw that Yang Jinxian and below were all generous to death, and the team was very dull, Xingtian said to Yang Jinxian: "Do you think we are going to death this time?" ”

Yang Jinxian replied very honestly: "Yes, I personally didn't expect to come back alive." ”

Xingtian: "Is it so unconfident, or is there no confidence in me?" ”

Yang Jin paused for a moment, obviously he didn't have much confidence in himself and Xingtian: "I don't know, I only know that there are a lot of American troops on the island, and we ...... Battalion Commander Wei, you may not know what those sick soldiers are like now, I have decided, even if I die, I will get medicine for them! ”

Xing Tian cupped his forehead: "Then have you ever thought that if they all think like you, how many people will survive?" No one survived, how do we get the medicine back? ”

Yang Jinxian was stunned: "This ....."

Xing Tian turned his head back to look at the long line and said: "Look at their appearance, just like you, I'm really afraid that you went to that island just to fight hard, I want to explain to you the nature of this mission, I didn't pull you out to let you die, you have to remember this, in addition, when I get to the beach, I will make the next plan, if it goes well, all you have to be responsible for is to leave the island with the medicine on your back, so as not to fight to the death with the enemy, do you understand what I said?" ”

Yang Jin straightened his chest first: "Yes!" I see! ”

From the upright face of the company commander, Xing Tian still couldn't see any joy, he still thought that it was impossible to come back alive this time.

Xing Tian saw that the persuasion had no effect, so he let him go, after all, he didn't dare to guarantee 100% that he would come back alive this time.

After half a day on the road, in the evening more than 100 people arrived at the coast occupied by the North Vietnamese army, and they will set off from this crescent-like coast and swim to Cham Island, a total distance of more than 40 kilometers.

Compared to infiltrating the shipport, it is farther from here, and it is more convenient to equip and obtain something.

After arriving at the beach and meeting the North Vietnamese intelligence officers, they successfully got the equipment they needed, a hundred sets of underwater breathing apparatus!

There were also waterproof bags for medicine, and twenty-five dustpan boats, which were not very large, like a hat that floated upside down on the water, and could carry five or six people in it.

Using this kind of ship without a motor to sneak attack an island hoarded by heavy US troops, anyone who sees it has to shake their heads, this is to die!

However, such ships also have advantages, the targets are small, and it is difficult to be detected by the enemy in the dark.

After getting the equipment prepared for them, Xingtian gathered the people together and began to talk about his plan: "I think everyone knows that this mission is very dangerous, we must plan in advance, I have two sets of plans, now I will tell you the first plan, that is, what to do when the enemy does not find out." ”

"First of all, if everything goes well, after we sneak into Cham Island to find the medicine of the US military, we will use the diving equipment we got to leave Cham Island and gather here....."

Everyone listened carefully to Xingtian's first plan, and then someone asked, "What about being discovered?" ”

Xing Tian's face turned cold when he heard it: "If you are discovered, it is very simple, build a defense on the spot and kill the defenders on the island!" ”

This plan made everyone silent for a while, and they still went to die......

After talking to everyone, Xingtian ordered people to put all the equipment in the extra boat, and the group hurriedly went into the water, and they had to act quickly, because they had to rush to Cham Island in the early morning, and they had seven or eight hours to hurry, which meant that they had to row more than 40 kilometers by boat in eight hours.

The equipment is not good, and the means of transportation are still so backward, even Xingtian can only sigh when he sees it.

It is a joke to row 40 kilometers in eight hours with this kind of broken boat, and according to 40 kilometers, you have to row 5 kilometers per hour, that is, 5,000 meters! 83 meters per minute!

This distance is not difficult when there is a motor, but if you want to use people to paddle, it can only be hehe.

The intelligence officer gave the equipment to Xingtian and left without any apologies!

Everyone had to go into the water, racing against time to paddle to Cham Island, a hundred *** for paddling, the speed was quite fast at the beginning, the more you went to the back, the slower the speed!

In the slightly surging sea, a row of small round boats connected by ropes gradually slowed down, and Xingtian stood on the front boat, looking at the endless sea and put away the compass.

He turned around and said, "Take a break!" God doesn't help today, it's against the wind! ”

Less than ten kilometers have been rowed, and everyone is already sweating, and the ambition before the departure is almost exhausted.

After all, there is one less Gao Baoguo, and this team is like a source of strength.

If Gao Baoguo were here, there would definitely be a voice complaining: "Is this all you need?" ”

Even animals don't help here, people are not machines, they will always get tired.

After Xing Tian ordered everyone to rest, he looked at his watch, the ten-kilometer journey took two hours, in this way, there is no guarantee that they will arrive at Cham Island within eight hours, and even if they do, they will need to leave some time to recover their strength, so they will probably not be able to reach Cham Island today.

(End of chapter)