Chapter 6: The Face of Savage Mountain
Ahead is a low-lying area, and after the rain has formed a shallow pool of water, which looks calm, and it is likely that a person's feet will never lift it up again. There are too many lessons in this regard www.biquge.info and at the beginning of the troops entering the Savage Mountain, many people were buried in the swamp. Some of the swamps are shallow enough for people to pass through, but there are countless leeches hidden inside. When a person's leg is sunken in and pulled out, three or four leeches will be brought out. The leeches in Savage Mountain are thinner and smaller than ordinary leeches and slightly larger than matchsticks, but they swell to the size of an index finger when they suck blood. When leeches suck human blood, they release a toxin that paralyzes people's nerves and makes them difficult to detect. What's worse is that leeches carry a lot of germs, and they will infect people with germs while sucking blood. After Du Yuming's troops entered the Savage Mountain, dengue fever and malaria epidemics, and countless soldiers were tortured to death by the disease. The survivors were terrified of the swamp and hid as far as they could when marching.
The scrivener looked at the swamp in a daze, and the footprints disappeared here, losing the goal of moving forward. The little monkey and Lu Shuting and the others must have walked around the swamp, but they didn't know whether to go around left or right. Rena hated to open her throat and yell, but she held back, it was easy to attract the attention of her enemies.
According to the time calculation, the person in front will not go too far, and it is too late to catch up now, and it is difficult to say if it is delayed, because you cannot predict what will happen in front of you. Rena looked at the scrivener anxiously, she knew very well the consequences of falling behind, a group of people cooperating with each other might be able to get out of the Savage Mountain, if it was just two people, only death. Left or right, she waited for him to get an idea.
The scrivener stood still, his eyes constantly looking around, oblivious to Rena's anxiety. A large tree caught his attention, it was ordinary, and it was inconspicuous to mingle with the surrounding trees. The only difference is that its trunk is slightly thicker, and there is a knife mark at a height of five feet above the ground, which is just right for a person's eye level and is easy to spot. The scars are very new, and they have only been left for a long time. The scrivener pointed to the right, signaling to go this way.
Rena looked confused, wondering why he was so confident. “way?” Rena wondered.
The scrivener didn't know how to explain because he didn't know English. He knew in his heart that the knife marks were left by the little monkeys, and they were the unique marching code of their 3rd company. Based on the direction of the blade, the scrivener quickly judged the route of the troops in front. He didn't tell Rena about these secrets, one was the language barrier, and the other was the secret between him and the little monkey.
Bypassing the puddle, the scrivener found a few more knife marks, although I didn't see anyone yet, but I didn't panic.
The rain on Savage Mountain came and went as fast as it came, the clouds gradually thinned, and the sun's rays squeezed out of the cracks like a sharp sword. Soon the sword shattered all the clouds, and the sun shone brightly. The warm sunlight shines on my body, but I feel a little cold. Only then did the scrivener realize that the clothes all over his body were soaked, and it was so uncomfortable to stick to his body. Rena is similar, with blonde hair clinging to her back in a dreadlock, and her military uniform clinging to her body, but she outlines the curves of a Western woman very well.
The sun shone on the wet surface, the water vapor steamed, and the jungle was shrouded in a faint mist. However, the fog does not last long and dissipates quickly as the temperature rises. The warm sunlight awakens the insects and animals of the rainforest, and the jungle comes alive. Birds, ants, and insects are busy foraging for food, and there may be fierce predators hidden in the unseen places, and the scrivener has seen wolves with his own eyes after entering Savage Mountain.
The scrivener loaded both guns and handed one to Rena, reminding her that it was not surprising that there were any dangers in the rainforest. The tropical rainforest of Savage Mountain is quite three-dimensional, with towering trees more than ten meters high occupying the uppermost space, and the trunks of the trees are straight, until the range of fifteen meters high, the branches are stretched out, like a giant umbrella. The second layer of space is occupied by trees six or seven meters tall, which are so diverse that monkeys, birds, and small reptiles are clustered here that they form a separate ecosystem. The bottom space is the world of weeds, shrubs and ferns, the height is generally no more than one meter, covering almost the entire ground of the Savage Mountain, and the bottom space is the most inhabited by animals and plants, and it is full of dangers.
Scrivener and Raina weave through waist-high bushes, barely visible underfoot, and defenseless in the event of a venomous snake or predator. After the rain, all the animals began to forage for food, and the danger increased dramatically, and a gun could not solve the problem.
The scrivener motioned for Rena to wait, and he chose a large tree that was relatively easy to climb and climbed up to the second level of the rainforest. Ascending to the heights and looking into the distance, the green sea is endless, shrouded in a faint damp and mysterious, as if there is no boundary, shocking and terrifying.
Coo-goo-goo...... A few cuckoo calls echoed in the air, euphemistic. In fact, there is no cuckoo at all in Savage Mountain, it is a contact signal for the little monkey, and he is calling for companions. The scrivener slid down the tree quickly, carrying Rena all the way, the cry was clear, and the distance was not very far. The scrivener shoved his fingers into his mouth as he ran, and blew a few loud whistles. The cuckoo's calls became more frequent, urgently calling for its lost companions.
In a relatively open area, the troops were finally found. Little Monkey, Lu Shuting, Zhao Yunlai, Gong Daniu, and Kong Zhaoqiang were all there, and several people were lying naked, and their clothes were all hanging on the branches to dry. When the little monkey saw the scrivener appear, he ran up excitedly and shouted to the company commander. He was small, covered in mud and grass clippings, and looked more like a monkey.
"Company commander, are you here......" The little monkey choked up, but he didn't see it for a while, and he interpreted it as a parting of life and death.
"Alright, get out." The scrivener did not respond to the little monkey's parting of life and death.
Zhao Yunlai also came over to say hello, Kong Zhaoqiang sat up and nodded, which can be regarded as a greeting. Only Lu Shuting lay still and glanced at the scrivener a few times with his eyes. Gong Daniu wanted to sit up, but when he saw that Lu Shuting didn't move, he simply didn't move.
The little monkey chopped a few branches and helped the scrivener take off his clothes to dry. The sun is abundant and will dry out quickly. The most embarrassing thing is Rena, who is already very awkward in the face of several bodies, and she must not expose her body again. However, the clothes on his body were completely soaked, and it was very uncomfortable to stick to the skin, and the wounds were also prone to infection. Rena tries to stay away from the crowd and sits alone under a small tree to rest. She chose to endure and let her wet clothes stick to her skin.
The scrivener disassembled the Garand rifle in his hand and gently wiped it with a strip of cloth, the action was very serious, and every part was wiped clean. The Garand M1 rifle is a new type of equipment for the US military, which is not only powerful, but also very conducive to disassembly and cleaning. Although the gun in the scrivener box is often blistered in the rain, due to the proper maintenance, every part is as shiny as new.
Every part exudes a metallic sheen, and the scrivener reassembles the gun and tries it back and forth, and it feels good. He looked up at the sky and said to everyone, "It's almost time, let's keep going." ”
The crowd began to silently get dressed and organize their gear. This time, the division of labor is clearer, the little monkey is exploring the way in front, Gong Daniu is dragging behind, and the rest are in the middle. The distance of each exploration is 150 meters to 200 meters, and the little monkey first climbs the big tree to observe the movement, and then sends a secret signal to the troops behind, and then the people behind follow. Then the little monkey leans out a hundred or two hundred meters forward, and so on.
The afternoon is the hottest time of the day, the branches and leaves of the trees overhead cover the sky, and the ground is steaming with moisture, which is blocked by the leaves during the rise and difficult to spread, making the whole forest like a big steamer. Everyone was cautious for fear of being bitten by leeches. From time to time, the scrivener is proofread with a compass and generally goes in a west-southerly direction. The town of Modi is in that direction, but the specific location is unknown, so you can only take one step at a time to find it slowly.
Cuckoo ...... A few more bird calls. The scrivener stopped abruptly and waved his hand to signal everyone to stay out and hide in place. The little monkey sent a code, and there was a situation ahead. Trees shade the sky, countless vines and plants are entwined vertically and horizontally, and the line of sight penetration is less than 50 meters, and you don't even think about the situation beyond 100 meters.
The scrivener doesn't know why the little monkey is alerting him to danger, but he has absolute trust in him, and there must be something important and unpredictable. Several people found cover and scattered and hidden, closely watching the movement ahead. It's quiet in the rainforest, and it's frighteningly quiet. The little monkey didn't give another code. The scrivener is becoming more and more worried, is he in danger?
The scrivener made a gesture to Lu Shuting, signaling others to hide on the spot, and he went over to take a look. Lu Shuting did not express his position, which is usually considered to be tacit.
Just as the scrivener was about to get up, there was a sudden commotion in front of it, which was the sound of human bodies rubbing leaves. I thought it was the little monkey who came back, but I quickly denied it. Ahead is clearly not one person, but a group of people. The sound of a person rubbing against a leaf is easy to distinguish. There is no need to explain in the scrivener, all the muzzles are pointed forward.
The first to appear was a Japanese soldier, carrying a bayonet, and because the weather was so hot, his clothes were only symbolically draped over his body. This was followed by the second and third...... The scrivener box counted silently, a total of 18. Everyone had a weapon in their hands, mostly a saka-style rifle, and two machine guns. The Japanese soldier at the back held a captive, dark-skinned, disheveled shawl, dressed in tattered linen clothes, typical of the natives.