At the top of the mountain, between several long hills, a large canyon is formed that is almost perpendicular to the border line. The canyon is about one or two hundred meters deep, and at one end it is connected to the Suleyman Mountains, which ride on the border line. The natural world is magical, as if a sharp axe was used to cut a chasm at the top of the Suleymani Mountains.

At the other end of the canyon, you follow the summit of Khyber Mountain, first towards the valley of the Caola River basin, and then along the Khyber Mountain, which is several kilometers long in the middle of several mountains.

This gorge is hidden by many mountains, and is flanked by pine, cypress, and dwarf cypress coniferous forests, and the bottom is covered with thick snow. As long as the Mi-24P climbs over the border mountains and enters this hidden valley, it can follow the valley and bypass the positions of the air defense battalion deployed in the Caola River valley.

The Khyber Mountains were originally a wall that clings to the western side of the Pass Gorge, stretching from the border to Fort Jamrud at the southern entrance to the Pass Gorge. This peculiar mountain canyon has become an excellent diving channel for the Mi-24P. As soon as you leave this valley, you will already be several kilometers deep into the territory of the Halal Country, and you can then pounce down from any position on Khyber Mountain at will, and attack any target in the canyon who wants to attack.

The two anti-aircraft battalions living in the Khyber Pass Gorge and in the Chola River basin were equipped with pinprick hand-held missiles with a range of about 5,000 meters. However, because the Mi-24P flies close to the ridge and flies at an altitude of two or three thousand meters above sea level, it is difficult to detect, and even if it is found, the straight-line distance is more than 1,500 meters, and it is impossible to carry out effective sniping at it.

This wonderful mountain valley has become a white snow valley after heavy snowfall.

The wind is very strong in the valley, with five or six on the top of the mountain and eight to nine in the valley. This made Lin Tao's team members extremely puzzled, the canyon was less than 200 meters wide, but it was two or three hundred meters deep. The cold wind runs from north to south, and it is like an airplane wind tunnel, and the helicopter must fly with precision. If you're not careful, you'll lose control and crash under the influence of the wind, what a deep driving skill.

The members of the team who can fly helicopters are incredible. Khatib and Sabusiddin and the others opened their mouths in astonishment, and everyone was poured a mouthful of cold wind and snow, and their teeth ached from the cold.

At this moment, the sharp soldier Lin Zhumin suddenly discovered the danger and issued a warning signal.

At this moment, the team was crouching on the top of the mountain on the left side of the canyon. Through the lenses of the dark-colored goggles, as far as the eye can see, the north wind carries the snow and mist, whistling and rushing away, and the sky and the earth are white.

"Second child, all pay attention to concealment, at the bottom of the canyon, at 12 o'clock, someone is stationed!" Lin Zhumin lay on top of the snow and said calmly but surely.

Lin Zhumin's words were not loud, but they were like a thunderclap, which shocked everyone.

"Watch for secrecy!" Lin Tao quickly ordered, and the team all lay on the snow and began to search for the enemy's hidden stronghold discovered by Lin Zhumin in the mountain stream. Lin Tao was in the telescope and finally found the target.

About a few hundred meters away from them, about three or four kilometers away from the border, in the canyon, above the white snow, a pile of dark colors was clearly exposed. If you look closely, it was a pile of things that had just been thrown out of the snow, like short broken firewood. But it can never be firewood, and no one is willing to throw away firewood in the mountains in winter.

"That's right, it's animal bones!" Sabusidin affirmed.

Lin Tao was shocked, this was clearly a tactical group guarding the helicopter passage.

Dog's day, it's so ruthless, it's completely unexpected. This is the snow wolf territory mentioned by Elder Nur Khan, which is the top of a large mountain that cannot be survived by humans, and it has been completely closed off, and it is necessary to send a special tactical team to guard this attack channel. If it weren't for Lin Zhumin's careful observation, if they didn't throw the beast bones out of the snow room, the team would break into it by mistake, and the consequences would be unimaginable!

In the past, he fought with Yu Songyuan, and all the problems were left to Yu Songyuan to think about, and Yu Songyuan took the big ideas. The team members only need to provide supplementary advice, improve the battle plan, and resolutely implement it. But now, with himself taking the lead, Lin Tao feels that the heavy responsibility is on his shoulders, and he is struggling and frightened step by step.

"Captain Lin, there won't be many of them, it is recommended to deal with them quietly at night!" Major Khatib suggested through a headset.

"Okay, hide on the spot, strengthen observation, and kill them at night!" Lin Tao made up his mind.

Sabusidin quickly chose a suitable rock for camping in the leeward place, quickly cut out a large snow nest, and rolled out several large snowballs, stacked on the edge of the upwind rock, and after a while, the wind blew into a hard snow wall. Then I folded a few large branches and spread them on the snow wall, and then covered them with small branches, and a semi-underground snow hut was made.

Finally, in the middle of the igloo, the snow is dug up, the rocks are exposed, and a bonfire is lit on it.

Lin Zhumin lay on the edge of the cliff to observe, and the rest of the people hid in the snow nest to avoid the wind.

The crowd gathered around the campfire, roasted hot dry food that had been frozen into iron lumps, and began to eat. Lin Zhumin lay on the tuyere and observed for a while, his body was almost frozen. Lin Tao ordered him to retreat to the nest of the earth, and Khatib took over the observation and monitoring.

The winter days are short, but the team on the top of the mountain feels that the days are extraordinarily long. The difficult day finally passed, and the team was preparing to move when a faint sound of AKS-74 assault rifle fire could be heard faintly in the canyon.

Lin Zhumin stepped forward to observe for a while, and judged, "Second brother, these dogs are hiding in the snow cave and shooting out. If I'm right, they're fighting wolves. The bones they threw out during the day should be wolf bones. ”

When Lin Tao heard this, he also lay on the cliff wall and observed for a while, but at this time, there was no movement at all. These men hid in the snow caves at night and did not come out, and the wolves came to harass them, so they hunted. Lin Tao figured it out and made up his mind, "Battle formation, enter the canyon!" If you encounter a pack of wolves, kill them with a crossbow! ”

After Lin Zhumin and Lana Sharp, Sabusiddin and Razak broke off, the team clinged to the mountain in the bitter cold, slowly sliding through the gap between the trees and the bottom of the canyon. The wolves have retreated, and the squad is unaffected.

It's not easy to go up the mountain, and it's even harder to go down. It took more than two hours for the team to finally enter the valley floor silently. Many sections of the road are slid down by holding on to the ropes placed by Lana. Rana retracted the rope and, together with Lim Pillar Min, stepped on knee-deep snow and made a difficult march towards the igloo.

Although the location here is a few hundred meters lower, because it is a wind alley, the cold wind is greater than the mountain top, and the temperature is lower. And you must be very careful to avoid falling into the snow trap.

Dark clouds obscured the moon, and the bottom of the canyon was covered with low trees, and the snow on the ground gave off a faint white light, and visibility was not great. The snow has buried deep pits, fissures, and rifts in the valley floor, and if you accidentally fall into it, your life can be dangerous.

To make matters worse, the bottom of the canyon has been covered with mines. From time to time, Lim and Rana had to crouch down to clear the mines to ensure the safety of the team.

Rana, a native of the Islamic Republic of the Mountain People, has a wealth of experience in highland life. He quietly sharpened a long wooden stick with a knife, held a small mine detector, and walked in front of Lin Zhumin to explore the way. After walking about seven or eight hundred meters, Rana stopped and lay down under the snow.

"Captain Lin, I see. They built a snow fort, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack. It's still a dense minefield, and I'm clearing mines. Plus, there are a lot of skeletons here! Rana reported.

Lin Tao was shocked, he was about to exercise over. Lin Zhumin blocked him and quietly moved to Rana to help Rana clear the mines.

What is buried here is the 03М-72 anti-infantry jumping mine. It is a variant of the Soviet-made 03М mine family, developed in the seventies. Its general design is the same as that of the earlier 03М mines, but the radius of destruction is significantly increased, reaching 25-30 meters.

Rana used a small mine detector to measure the position from time to time, and the two carefully removed the mine fuse.

It took nearly three hours for Lin Zhumin and Lana to clear a passage before Lin Tao moved up to inspect the skeleton.

It turned out that when Rana was exploring the path, he used a wooden stick to pull out hard objects, and when he looked closely, they were all fresh skeletons. The flesh on the corpse had been gnawed away by the wolf, and there was a bronze medal under the neck of the skeleton, Rana looked at it with his hand and covered the flashlight, and whispered, "It's the reconnaissance team of the air defense battalion, there are twenty or thirty people, and they are all ambushed by the people in the snow hut in the same place!" ”

It seems that the army also anticipated the holes in the defense of the hilltop and constantly sent scouts. But most of them strayed into a minefield and were attacked and killed by agents hiding in the igloo.

Lin Tao and Lin Zhumin's hearts were extremely heavy, and Lin Zhumin quietly comforted Lana and said, "Don't worry, brother, we will avenge them!" ”

Rana took cover, Lin Zhumin came forward to observe, first amazed, and then dumbfounded.

These dogs built huts out of snowballs, then melted the snow and poured water on top of the huts, freezing layer by layer, harder than stone. This craft is much more advanced than the snow nest of Sabusidin. It's enough to deal with the wolves. Buried by heavy snow, it is still very hidden. No wonder more than one reconnaissance squad in the army fell for their tricks.

But there was only one door to enter and exit the hut, and the snow covered the mountain, and they relied too much on the cover of the minefield, and they did not even think of guarding against the close attack of men.

"Second child, I'm laughing to death, it is recommended to close the door and beat the dog!" After Lin Zhumin reported, he also playfully suggested in the headset.

Lin Tao ordered, "Prepare a few wooden sticks, use glare bullets and smoke pipes, and play dead dog days." Ask to catch it alive! ”

Razak and Sabusidin quickly sharpened two teacup-thick sticks and more than a meter long with sharp daggers, and Lin Zhumin and Rana already understood Lin Tao's intentions. Rana and Lin Zhumin held wooden sticks and quietly crawled over, Lin Zhumin covered with guns, Rana sneaked to the entrance of the cave, the cave was full of bonfires, and the people inside could be heard chatting in Pashto, and the smell of roasted wolf meat wafted out of the house.

Lin Zhumin threw a Soviet-style "saber" blinding bomb into it, and it exploded with a "boom". The hut is only more than 20 square meters, and the high-intensity and intense flash of more than 10 million candles makes the eyes of everyone inside quickly blind, and painful screams and cries come from the house. Someone reacted and began to shoot blindly at the door with a pistol.

Hearing what sounded like there were three or four people, Lana threw a cigarette pipe down the ground.