304. Over the meadow
A few members of the team who ran in front had just stepped into the grass, and their feet sank in, and before they had time to pull it out, they only heard a muffled sound of "bang", and something exploded under the silt, and suddenly the mud splashed, and the few in front were so frightened that a few rolled and crawled out, good guys! After a long time, there were mines buried under the mud.
Thor walked over and sniffed around, but didn't smell any explosives nearby, so he found a stick and inserted it diagonally into the mud to test the depth of the silt.
Hearing the explosion, Sun Jiashu hurriedly ran over, and when he saw Thor testing the depth of the mud, he asked, "Thor, what happened to the explosion just now?" ”
"Someone triggered a mine, strange, there's a mine buried near here, 235, I guess this is a swamp, you see, it's so deep that it's still mud underneath, why don't we go somewhere else?" Thor said.
"Yes, let's try to change positions." Sun Jiashu agreed.
"235, you see there's a sign here, and there's a word written on it." Thor pointed to a wooden sign and said to Sun Jiashu.
Sun Jiashu took a closer look, and the wooden sign really had words written on it: Revolutionary optimism that is willing to endure hardships and is not afraid of difficulties; the courage to fight, the invincible revolutionary heroism; Focus on truth-seeking, independent innovation and courage; Collectivism that is good at unity and takes into account the overall situation -- the spirit of the Long March.
"After a long time, the instructor wanted us to carry forward the spirit of the Long March, I understood, along the way we crossed the river, flew over the Luding Bridge, climbed the snow-capped mountains, it seems that it is time to cross the grassland, okay, today we will carry forward the spirit of the Long March, and strive to pass this grassland." Sun Jiashu said.
"235 Look, there's a sign over there." Thor said, pointing to the opposite side.
"Let's go, go over and have a look." Sun Jiashu said and walked over, only to see that the sign said the rules of the grassland: 1. The whole journey is 40 kilometers, and the team members must pass within the range of the steel wire mesh; 2。 The duration is ten hours, and only those who reach the end point within the specified time are considered to pass, 3. Those who quit halfway or exceed the specified time will be eliminated. Sun Jiashu looked up in the distance, and sure enough, low steel wire nets were installed on the side of the road, it seemed that this was a man-made swamp, specially designed to train the physical strength and endurance of the team members.
"235, there's another one at the end, see what is written?" Thor reminded.
"Oh, this line is a bit small, I'll read it to you, and the start time is based on the sound of the explosion." Sun Jiashu whispered, subject to the sound of the explosion? Was that the explosion just now? Not good, Thor, hurry up and inform the team to start crossing the meadow, we just stepped on the mine by mistake, and now the timer has begun, alas, we should have taken a break to cross the meadow after climbing the snowy mountain, and it looks like we are going to fight continuously. ”
"Brethren, get into the meadow quickly, and if you don't arrive at the appointed time, you will be eliminated." Thor shouted at everyone.
"What? I've just climbed the snowy mountain and haven't rested for a while before you start crossing the meadow? Even the Red Army must rest? The team members grunted and stood up.
"It's too late to rest, the clock has started, keep up with us." Thor said loudly.
Sun Jiashu and Thor walked into the grass hand in hand, they wanted to test everyone, only to see that their bodies slowly sank into the mud, their pants were soon soaked by water, cold, the mud had buried their knees, and their bodies were still sinking, a rotten stench rose from the ground, and the two of them couldn't help pinching their noses.
"It can't really be a swamp, right? Don't be able to get out. "Thor is ready to pull Sun Jiashu so that he doesn't get trapped.
"Okay, I'm stepping on the hard ground." When Sun Jiashu spoke, the mud had already buried his buttocks, he pulled out one foot with difficulty, and the silt made a "whirring" sound at the moment when he pulled out the foot, and the leg he pulled out was full of silt, he tried to take another step forward, and the bottom of his buttocks was buried by silt again.
Thor also cautiously followed Sun Jiashu, he was short, and the mud was about to bury his waist, he looked back and saw that everyone was standing on the shore watching, so he shouted loudly: "Don't hurry down, ten hours to walk forty kilometers, whether we can arrive on time is still unknown." ”
"How do you get through such a deep sludge?" The team members stood on the shore and did not dare to go down, at this time, only heard the gunfire behind the back, the explosion was endless, no, the special forces caught up, run quickly, everyone did not care about whether the mud was deep or not, one by one "fluttering" jumped into the silt, like ducks that were driven into the water, dozens of special forces behind have chased to the shore, they wantonly shot at the team members, and from time to time they would throw down a few grenades, the grenades exploded in the mud, and the faces of the team members were blown up with mud, you see who ran fastAfter a while, they advanced 100 meters, and finally calculated the distance at which the special forces threw grenades, although walking 40 kilometers in ten hours is just an abstract number, and it can be deduced from the experience of the previous times that this task must be very difficult.
Seeing that the special forces were no longer making trouble, Sun Jiashu said loudly to everyone: "Let me briefly explain the rules to you, this swamp has a distance of forty kilometers and a time of ten hours, please distribute your physical strength evenly, and remind you that you should not exceed the steel wire mesh on both sides when you walk, otherwise it will be regarded as a foul." ”
"Ten hours, can't we finish it for so long? It only takes 20 minutes to run a 5-kilometer run, and at that speed, we can reach it in just over two hours. Gao Tianci said.
"That's running, now you can run for me." Said the engineer.
"I'll show you." Gao Tianci ran as he spoke, however, the resistance of the silt was too great, and he couldn't take a step at all, strange, how could he run when the special forces were chasing him just now? Why can't you run now? If he can't run, he can walk, so he has to honestly pull out his feet and walk step by step.
"You're running?" The engineer laughed at Gao Tianci and said.
"Don't run, or walk fast, believe it or not? It won't take me more than five hours to get out. Although Gao Tianci is honest, he refuses to admit defeat.
Everyone walked in pairs to help each other forward, so that they could borrow each other's strength, walked for about half a minute, and looked back, the shore was already blurred when they came. Sun Jiashu said to Thor: "Thor, you are still exploring the road in front, and I will go to the back to cheer everyone up." ”
"Okay, everyone follow me and try to reach the finish line early." Thor said with a wave behind him.
Sun Jiashu slowed down, just now a burst of jerk, sweating on his body, in the mud, you just can't make it out of the strength, he turned his head to look at the barbed wire on both sides, only to see that the stake blocking the barbed wire was written on 400M, and then look carefully, it turned out that there will be a pile every certain distance, with numbers written on it, it seems that it has walked four hundred meters, and it will take at least more than nine hours to go to the end at this speed, and a slight delay on the way will exceed the time, But who can guarantee that they have the physical strength to walk all the way through the mud?
"Comrades, shall I recite to you the "Long March" written by Chairman Mao during the Long March?" Sun Jiashu said.
"Okay." Everyone replied in unison.
"The Red Army is not afraid of difficult expeditions, and thousands of rivers and mountains are just waiting for leisure. The five ridges are soaring and the waves are thin, and the Wumeng is majestic and walks the mud pills. The golden sand water beats the clouds and cliffs warm, and the Dadu Bridge is cold. I like the snow of Minshan Mountain for thousands of miles, and the three armies are happy after the end. Sun Jiashu learned from Chairman Mao's movements in the movie and recited in a subdued manner, and as soon as his voice fell, everyone applauded.
"Okay -- we must learn from the Red Army of those years and strive to get out of this swamp." Everyone was full of energy when they heard this, and they couldn't help but speed up their pace.
It's another slam walk, everyone is so tired that the whole body is sweating, and the mud on the face is also washed away by sweat, from last night to now, everyone has not eaten anything, and the stomach has long been "gurgling" and calling, and then it stopped screaming, because the belly has been attached to the belly. After walking for about two hours, I can't see the intersection when I came, even the whole snow-capped mountain is blurred, look at the numbers on the piles on both sides, I only walked more than 8,000 meters, and now the team members are feeling dizzy and weak one by one, and a few are about to be unable to keep up.
"Let's work hard, and when we are halfway there, I'll invite you to eat fish." Sun Jiashu encouraged everyone to say.
"235, where are the fish in the mud, you're not fooling us, are you?" Gao Tianci said.
"I'm not going to fool everyone, as long as I can walk halfway, I can eat fish." Sun Jiashu said.
"Hurry up, everyone, there is fish to eat in front, let's hurry up." Gao Tianci sped up and overtook the front, and several team members also sped up under his influence.
It was getting dark, and there was a mist all around the prairie, which meant that for the next few hours, everyone was going to march at night, and now, the legs of the team members had become like soft noodles, and every time they lifted their legs, they had to use their hands to help them climb out, and everyone became robots, walking with difficulty in the swamp.
"Platoon leader, I'm so hungry, why don't you eat my fish?" Zhang Ershun said Sun Jiashu.
Sun Jiashu put a finger to his mouth and reminded Zhang Ershun to whisper: "Wait a while, the journey is still far away, we have to think about it." ”
"Platoon commander, when do you say you're going?" Zhang Ershun asked.
"I don't know, I guess it's going to be soon." Sun Jiashu pulled out his foot with difficulty and said.
"Platoon commander, can I take it out and smell it?"
"Smell it, don't drip saliva on it." Sun Jiashu said with a smile.
"I'll cover my mouth and look at it." Zhang Ershun said.
"235, didn't you say that there was fish to eat? Where? Gao Tianci asked.
"It's less than half now, and it will naturally be there then." Sun Jiashu said.
"But I'm too hungry to walk." Gao Tianci said.
"Hold on, it's almost halfway there."
"Oops, whoever gives me something to eat now, I'll buy him a sports car when he goes out." Gao Tianci said to himself.
"Chen Shimei, do you speak seriously?" Said the engineer.
"Don't you believe what I'm saying? If you don't have anything to eat, don't mess with me. Gao Tianci glanced at the engineer and said.
"Look at this." The engineer said as he showed his head at the compressed biscuit.
"Hey, you kid have military food?" Gao Tianci said in amazement.
"Shhhhh Said the engineer.
"Give me food, I see the promise being kept."
"I said Chen Shimei, it's useless if I want a sports car, I want ......"
"Tell me what you want?"
"You promised to buy me a computer yet." Said the engineer.
"Let's buy it together when the time comes."
"You don't have to buy that, I heard that there is a new laptop now, the size of a book, you can carry it with you, you can buy me a notebook." Said the engineer.
"Engineer, you're making a fortune." Gao Tianci said viciously.
"I won't force you, you won't buy me for others."
"Good, good, deal." Gao Tianci finally gave in.
"Here you go." The engineer broke half of it and handed it to Gao Tianci.
"Why do you give half of it?"
"That's all right, can I not leave some left? If I'm starving, who do you buy a notebook for? The engineer said.
The moon rose, the bright moonlight shone down quietly, the team members were covered with sweat on their faces, and were shining brightly by the moonlight, the temperature was getting lower and lower, the surface of the silt became a little hard due to freezing, the resistance increased, and the team members' action speed was slower, at this speed, even if it was dawn, it would not come to an end, Sun Jiashu was anxious, he didn't have any good way at this time, and now he was hungry and weak, so he should stop and replenish his physical strength.
"Comrades, stop for a moment and start eating fish now." Sun Jiashu greeted everyone and said.
"Where? Where is it? "When I heard that there was fish to eat, everyone was amazed.
"Zhang Ershun, take a bite of your fish and pass it backwards, and mine will pass it forward." Sun Jiashu said to Zhang Ershun.
"Yes." Zhang Ershun took a bite of the fish that had been in his mouth, and then passed it to a member of the team behind.
"It's raw fish." The team member took a bite and said that although he had eaten raw fish for the first time, it was so fishy that it was hard to swallow, but now he couldn't control it so much, and he swallowed it after a few chews.
The two fish were quickly eaten by dozens of team members, Gao Tianci walked at the back, and when the fish reached him, there was only one fish tail left, and he said pitifully: "Is this what people eat?" ”
"You don't eat it for me." The engineer reached for it.
"I want to be beautiful, I'm going to chew and eat slowly, alas, I want to sleep for a while now." Gao Tianci lay down as he spoke, and then slowly pulled out his feet, because the surface layer was already frozen, and Gao Tianci lay on it and did not sink.
"Okay, let's hurry up after everyone eats, or we won't be able to reach the finish line in time." Hearing Sun Jiashu's greeting, everyone began to move forward with difficulty again.
"235, wait a while, let me sleep on my stomach for a while." Gao Tianci shouted at Sun Jiashu.
"Pilot, how can you sleep in the mud? Hurry up. ”
"Don't you see I'm not sleeping?" Gao Tianci said lazily.
Sun Jiashu looked at it, and sure enough, he saw Gao Tianci lying on the mud, could he do light work? So he asked, "Pilot, how did you lie on it?" ”
"There's nothing you can do? That's how it lies on it. Gao Tianci said.
Sun Jiashu learned from Gao Tianci and lay down, sure enough, he didn't sink, he felt a burst of joy in his heart, he said loudly to the team members in front: "Now that the ground is frozen, everyone can lie on the swamp, and we will start to crawl forward." ”
The team members in front of them all lay down when they heard the shout, and when they saw that they couldn't sink, they all crawled forward with their abdomen against the ground, because the ground in front of them was harder, and there was no problem at all when climbing, why didn't they think of this method before? Climbing is at least three or four times faster than walking, and this time the team members have confidence and quickly climb forward.
"Pilot, you've done a great job today." Sun Jiashu said to Gao Tianci.
"235, Chen Shimei slept on her stomach until she made a meritorious service, it's not fair." Said the engineer.
"That's when I slept to the point, and I you off." Gao Tianci climbed and said.
Creeping forward is not a problem for everyone, in the past, walking in the mud is weak legs, now climb with your hands just let your legs rest, because there is still silt below, if you stay too long, it is easy to fall in, the faster you climb, the less easy it is for the body to fall in, everyone is full of strength to climb, we don't know how long we climbed, one by one climbed so that the arms are soft, no one knows how far away, at this time, the sky is also bright, the pile on the side of the road is also seen clearly, it is hard to imagine, Everyone had been walking and crawling in the swamp all night.
Sun Jiashu looked at the pile on the side of the road once and felt a joy in his heart, he straightened his head and said loudly: "Everyone work harder, now we have walked 39 kilometers, there is only less than one kilometer left, everyone climb to their heart's content, let's compare, see who climbs to the end first." ”
As soon as everyone heard that there was less than a kilometer left, they suddenly had confidence, and they got up one by one, the end point was already able to see, several special forces with guns and stopwatches looked at everyone, it can be seen from their surprised expressions that they were able to reach the end point within the specified time, Thor was the first to climb up, he wanted to stand up after climbing up, but felt weak, so he had to turn over and lie down and close his eyes, five minutes later, the second place also climbed up, he learned the appearance of Thor next to Thor and fell asleep, Immediately afterwards, one after another team members climbed up, just like a turtle that lays eggs from the sea to the beach to lay eggs, when they climb up, find a gap that can plug their bodies, or crawl or fall asleep with their eyes closed, at this time they are really tired, sleepy, cold and hungry, their bodies are exhausted to the limit, even if they lie on the ground, they can also fall asleep.
The special forces on the shore turned a blind eye to them, they would not pity you at all, but counted the number of people who climbed up one by one, and when all the team members climbed up, they took submachine guns and fought at the sleeping team members, and the crisp gunshots of "Da Da Da" crossed the silent morning sky, and the birds in the trees flew in all directions in shock.