In the narrow strip of land between the Kunar River and the border line, the 154th Independent Detachment, the 334th Independent Detachment and a Government Infantry Regiment are conducting carpet searches. There is only one way for the "Ghost" team to evade the search, and that is to cross the Kunar River and enter the Great Snow Mountain. Then, wait for the opportunity to cross the border and flee back to the land of Halal.

Both the "wild man" and the "scorpion" held the same judgment, and they quickly decided to enter the vast snow-capped mountains from the Malawal Glacier Canyon, about ten kilometers away from Asadabad, to actively search for the "ghost" of China.

The Marawar Glacier Valley, commonly known as the Valley of Death. Even the fierce local Pashtun hunters are talking about this canyon.

The Grand Canyon, which originates in the snowy mountains in the middle of the Hindu Kush Mountains, descends from the Snowy Mountains to the Kunar River Valley, and then continues north to the border area between Pakistan and Afghanistan. The section from the Daisetsuzan Mountains to the Kunar River Valley, due to the high terrain, has a large amount of water from May and June every year, and it will rush into the Kunar River.

From May and June to November, the canyon is often plagued by torrential floods. The flood poured down from the high mountains, faster and faster, with a loud rumbling and thunderous sound, and with a devastating force, sweeping and destroying all living beings in its path, until it swept into the Kunar River. Whether it is an animal or a person, once they strayed into the canyon and encountered a large flash flood, there is only one dead end.

And during the annual mountain closure season, this canyon is even more terrifying.

The cold monsoon in the north and the warm and humid air currents in the southern foothills of the Hindu Kuji Mountains will meet here unexpectedly. Therefore, it is famous for its snow nest. The continuous snowfall and the alternating influence of the warm and humid air flow from the south have formed extremely terrifying seasonal glaciers, ice Osaka, and ice fields. The entire canyon is difficult to walk, and thousands of animals will fall off the glacier and become victims.

Due to the alternation of sunlight and extremely cold monsoons, a unique ice and snow landscape has been formed in the canyon. Facing the Great Snow Mountain, most of the canyon is flanked by high ice walls and ice cliffs. Under the ice cliffs on the left side of the canyon, there are ice Osaka, ice fields, and ice walls that stretch endlessly, and people can barely walk with difficulty. However, under the ice wall on the right side of the canyon, there is a rift valley and glacier that is tens of meters deep and nearly 100 meters deep.

"Savages" and "Scorpions" have worked in the Kabul government army for several years, so they naturally know how powerful this valley of death is. They judged that the opponent was China's "ghost" and would not care about Death Canyon. If they're going to go down, they're sure to take an unexpected downhill pass, and Death Valley couldn't be better.

They didn't hesitate, and one night, the two entered the valley of death together......

The "Plateau Wolf Resistance" took refuge in the cave for nearly 20 days, and the wind and snow were still very strong, but the great cold snap showed no signs of abating. The Hindu Kush snowy mountains were firmly clasped by heavy dark clouds, like the bottom of a pot. The cold wind carries the blizzard endlessly, and the harsh winter is boundless and endless, making people shudder even in the cave and feel hopeful.

Yu Songyuan and Liu Guodong were quite surprised that after the Mi-24P bombarded the Snow Mountain, the 334th Independent Detachment did not send a single soldier into the Snow Mountain to reconnoiter and verify. Perhaps, they thought that humans could not survive above the snow line, and that China's "ghosts" would not enter this desperate situation on their own. Perhaps, they chose to block the border and wait for the rabbits, and did not want to go to the snowy mountains to find a "needle" in the haystack in the harsh winter season.

In fact, what Yu Songyuan and Liu Guodong didn't know was that it was an order from GRU and the 40th Army that allowed them to survive on the snowy mountain for more than 20 days. Both the GRU and the 40th Army judged that if the "ghosts" fled into the snowy mountains, it was only a stopgap measure, and they would always have to flee back to the border. And a tight closure of the border can put the "ghost" in a desperate situation, which is the best choice.

But Yu Songyuan still didn't want to wait any longer, he was not superstitious, he believed in his battlefield feelings and judgments. He estimated that according to Spateznaz's fighting style of not admitting defeat, after confirming that there was no trace of them in the border area, the detachments would definitely search the mountains on this side of the river. And if they can't find it below the snow line, they will try to search for it.

An infantry regiment can explore the narrow stretch of land from the Kunar River to the border, in only half a month to twenty days. Half a month to 20 days later, it should be the time point when they shift the search direction and search area.

He was determined to take a risk and descend the mountain to reconnoiter the whereabouts of Spetsnaz and the situation in the Kunar Valley. So, he took Thomas, along the top of the mountain and valley, prepared to take a shortcut, and used three days to sneak directly into the Kunar River to reconnoitre.

It was the time when the Great Cold Snap was raging, and the weather was freezing cold. Descending from the snow-capped mountains, day and night, only the howling cold wind, carrying the snowflakes, wrapped them all the way, and galloped away.

Although Thomas has lived alone in the mountains for more than two years, he is still very strict and meticulous in implementing Yu Songyuan's rules. He always adhered to his position as a top soldier, and always walked twenty or thirty meters in front of Yu Songyuan.

Ruth hovered in the sky, closely monitoring everything around her in the night sky. Anna walked ahead of Thomas, looking like a hunter with a hound, who hunted at night.

When they descended to an altitude of 4,000 meters, it was daytime, and they rested in the alpine meadows at the top of the mountain.

In this small hilltop plain, half-human tall artemisia grass, thatch, and oak trees have been burned, and the ice field is black. The snow on the ground is more than ten centimeters thick, a few wild sheep, goats, argali, etc., are quietly eating the dead grass and grass roots that have not been burned in the snow, and the two eagles in the sky are waiting for each other, and a common hunting operation in nature seems to be about to begin.

Thomas's desire to protect him suddenly became so protective that he put his finger to his mouth and gave a flicker. Ruth suddenly swooped down on the two eagles hovering in the sky, and the two eagles who were on standby were caught off guard and quickly dodged and fled.

"Thomas, can you call them over?" Yu Songyuan asked, pointing to the flock of sheep in the distance.

"Of course you can!" Thomas said, "woo" and "bleat" a few times.

More than two dozen plateau wild sheep really walked towards them, standing in front of them like a group of routed soldiers. In particular, several lactating ewes with fattened milk stood at the front of the queue, quietly watching Thomas, waiting for further instructions. Anna rounded the flock majestically.

Thomas screamed again, and the sheep returned to the meadow to continue looking for grass roots to eat.

Yu Songyuan smiled dumbly, these sheep mothers thought they needed to feed again. The one who is close to the ink is black, and it is not false at all. Living with animals for a long time, people will also become real animals.

The two of them walked hard and secretly for three more days before they reached the Kunar River. Unexpectedly, the wind under the mountain was lighter, but the snow was bigger, and the swan flakes and snowflakes fell, and the sky and the earth were white. But the temperature is more than twice as high as in the mountains, minus 14 degrees Celsius. Along the way, Ruth, who flew in the sky, did not find any danger.

What was particularly incomprehensible to Yu Song was that from the snow-capped mountains all the way down to the banks of the Kunar River, not a single soldier was found, let alone a signal observation sensor. This is obviously a bit unconventional, is Spatesnaz really focusing all his attention on the border area?

At night, they walked along the Kunar River towards the city of Asadabad. Before dawn, the two quietly sneaked to the hillside outside the city, and Yu Songyuan established a secret observation position under a large rock. Anna crouched beside Thomas, who was not a military dog and did not have the military qualities of a small landowner. Ruth flew in the sky, spreading her large one-meter-long wings and circling quietly.

The city of Asadabad is actually just a town with a population of 10,000 people.

The two watched for an entire afternoon, with snowflakes drifting endlessly in the sky, and not a single pedestrian on the street. The city is home to a regiment of the Kabul government army and more than 600 independent special forces detachments of the 334th Special Forces. On the airstrip next to the city, in the tarmac made of tents, there are more than a dozen helicopters, including Mi-24P and Mi-8.

In the barracks next to it, a company of the Kabul government army was stationed at the Gongwei airport. On the top of the hill on the other side of the river, there was a fortress-like outpost with an extremely open view, controlling several surrounding hills, river valleys and valleys, and the valleys on both sides of the city and the river were almost all within the control of his 120-mm heavy guns.

The city was built at the bend of the river channel, where the river formed a large arc and the Kunar River flowed around the city. The highway is close to the edge of the city, and the searchlights on the four cannon towers sweep the streets and highways from time to time. Every half hour, a squad of soldiers patrols the streets of the city. The whole small city is well guarded, and there is not the slightest flaw to be found.

Yu Songyuan and Thomas observed for another night, and basically mastered their patrol rules.

"Captain, it would be great if you could grab a helicopter." Thomas said wistfully, staring at the empty airport.

Yu Songyuan ignored him, he didn't have this "self-confidence" or "Lang Man". There is a battalion of infantry stationed at the airfield, and with the military qualities and physical conditions of the "Plateau Wolf Resistance", it is simply impossible to seize the helicopter.

The hard day passed again, and for a whole night, they lurked here silently. In the early hours of the morning, a group of tall soldiers, dressed in white cloaks and carrying rifles in their arms, walked from the upper reaches of the Kunar River to the town of Asadabad. Yu Songyuan clearly saw that there were 21 of them, and this was a complete squad of Spetsnaz special fighters.

He understood in an instant that the team sent by the 334th separate special forces detachment of Spetsnaz crossed the Kunar River and returned to Asababad after blocking the border without seeing their shadows.

Instead of taking a helicopter, they deliberately chose to walk, precisely to conceal their whereabouts. All this proved his judgment, and if they could not be searched in the border area, they would soon begin to search the snow-capped mountains on the other side of the Kuna River.

Hidden in the snowy mountains of the plateau of the Shanren Islamic Republic, it is relatively safe. Because, the mechanized army could not enter the mountains to search and suppress. However, if it were a small unit of the 334th separate special forces detachment in Spetsnaz, the situation would not be the same. Yu Songyuan never wanted to take the initiative to fight with Spetsnaz in the territory of the Shanren Islamic Republic. He was tasked with protecting China's national assets within the borders of its friendly neighbor, the Halal country.

Without the slightest hesitation, he quickly made a bold decision, ready to fight another time difference and jump out of the encirclement.