"Snakes! Snake! There are snakes!! A panicked shout was followed by a dense burst of gunfire in the scorching desert where even armor steel seemed to be able to melt away. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Then everything fell silent again.

In this vast Chihuahuan Desert, which the locals call the Sea of Death, more than 100,000 Ming officers and soldiers are moving towards the rapid front line in the direction of Texas.

However, the harsh natural environment and sudden sandstorms caused some Ming troops to lose their way during the march and lose contact with the larger forces, which was not good news for these small forces.

Cheng Zhiyuan, the second lieutenant platoon commander of the 191st Mechanized Infantry Division of the Ming Army, and about a squad of soldiers around him were such an unlucky unit.

During the march yesterday evening, an incredibly powerful sandstorm suddenly erupted in the desert that had been hot and dead. The officers and soldiers who had not received relevant desert training were immediately panicked. Because the sandstorm was so sudden and violent, many Ming troops were in great confusion with extremely low visibility.

Cheng Zhiyuan and the soldiers of a squad in the truck he was riding in were lost at this time. The driver was frightened, and the wind was blowing wildly on the truck with a large amount of sand and gravel. The wind was so strong that it almost overturned the car. This forced the driver to desperately step on the accelerator and turn left and right to avoid in an attempt to confront the sandstorm.

After nearly an hour of fierce resistance, the sandstorm finally dissipated. However, at this time, the vehicle that Cheng Zhiyuan was riding in had already left the army. Surrounded by huge sand dunes that had completely changed their shape due to the sandstorm, they had lost contact with their large forces.

To make matters worse, a soldier accidentally fell out of the car when the sandstorm hit, and Cheng Zhiyuan did not rush to find the large army after the sky completely darkened, but went to search for the missing soldier.

Perhaps the comradeship in the Ming army and the tradition of not abandoning or giving up their robes are very admirable, but I have to say that Cheng Zhiyuan made a bad choice.

At this time, he should first think about getting in touch with his own troops, so that he can expand the power of the search, and not put himself in danger.

Cheng Zhiyuan is a rookie second lieutenant officer who has just graduated from the military academy not long ago, and this is the first time he has joined the army in the Americas with the army, and he has no formal experience. Although he studied a lot in school, he was not qualified to become a good officer, and he needed to experience the tempering of actual combat. Most of the abilities required by soldiers need to be learned on the battlefield.

As the night passed, the truck had long since broken down, and more than a dozen officers and men had to trek through the desert with their heavy salutes on their backs. The pain is absolutely understandable to those who have not experienced it.

After the cold night passed, the sun rose again. Then in a very short time, the desert was turned into an oven. More than a dozen Ming officers and soldiers were considered to have suffered a serious crime, and then they came out of a sandy area to the Gobi and encountered a poisonous rattlesnake.

At that time, they were about to rest near a pile of rubble, and a thirsty Ming soldier was about to sit down when he saw a long snake writhing in the pile, and he was immediately frightened and screamed.

The frightened Ming army hurriedly fired a random gun, and the snake was broken into rags. The crisis was finally temporarily relieved.

"It's definitely a poisonous snake." A veteran from Shu looked at the head of the snake that was broken, and said, "And it's also highly poisonous." If we are bitten, we will really die, even if the medical staff is useless, their serum will not be able to save the people who have been bitten by poisonous snakes. ”

"You can't stay here." At this time, Cheng Zhiyuan, who had already felt that he had made a reckless judgment, looked at the pile of rocks and ordered loudly: "Maybe there will be poisonous snakes here, let's continue walking." ”

The truck had been abandoned in the desert before, and more than a dozen Ming officers and soldiers had been unable to do so. They relied on their compass and the sun's bearing to determine their approximate position, and then headed southeast. Although they didn't know where the big army was, they knew where they were heading.

"Platoon commander, do you still have water?" A young soldier shook his kettle vigorously and then shouted in a hoarse voice, "I'm so thirsty." ”

"I don't have it anymore." Cheng Zhiyuan, whose lips were blistered from the heat, shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Mine has already been drunk." After a pause, Cheng Zhiyuan turned to look at the other officers and soldiers on the side, and shouted, "Who still has water?" Mix with each other. ”

There were really a few Ming soldiers, and there was still some water in the kettles. After a group of people drank evenly, they all recovered their writing spirit slightly, and then continued to follow Cheng Zhiyuan towards the southeast.

"Platoon commander, when are we going?" A young soldier swallowed hard and asked with some difficulty.

"Continue in this direction, this is the direction in which the large forces are heading." Cheng Zhiyuan, who waved his hand and said that he was not thirsty, said with difficulty, "Brothers, don't worry, I will definitely take everyone out." ”

"That's for sure." The burly machine gunner in the squad smiled and said, "It stands to reason that we haven't deviated too far, and from last night until now, we may be able to see a large force after climbing the next dune." ”

"Old Bear is right." The squad leader He Yu laughed hard twice and shouted: "Brothers, when I return to the company headquarters, I will go to the company commander and ask for a few boxes of Coke to quench everyone's thirst!" ”

"Okay, you old He, it's my time to go to the company commander." Cheng Zhiyuan said with a smile.

"I'm going to drink ten bottles!" A Ming soldier shouted.

"I'm going to have a box!" Immediately, someone shouted.

"I'm going to take a shower with Coke!" The soldier who shouted this was immediately reprimanded. In the current situation of no water, the thirsty officers and soldiers can only relieve their pain in this way. That's right, it's pain.

Thirst is a great pain, a pain as unbearable as hunger. The smoke in their throats was not enough to describe their mood at the moment, it was a feeling of almost complete collapse. If they weren't trained soldiers, they might have fallen in the desert.

Although they were all joking, in fact, everyone was hoping to see their own people after climbing over the next sand dune. Unfortunately, apart from the sand and gravebles and dead grass, vines and dead trees, all you can see is the rolling heat wave.

"No undressing!" After Cheng Zhiyuan, who was dizzy, shook his head vigorously, he saw a Ming officer and soldier in front of him preparing to take off his sweat-soaked clothes, and hurriedly shouted: "Take off your clothes and you will die!" ”

"But platoon commander." The young soldier's lips were already covered with blisters, and he said in a hoarse voice, "I'm really hot." ”

"Good brother!" Cheng Zhiyuan raised his hand and patted him on the shoulder, took the weapon he was carrying and put it on his body, and said with a firm gaze, "Believe me, our troops will definitely not give up on us." Keep at it and I'm sure it won't be long before we can be rescued! ”

A few hours later, the dozen or so Ming officers and soldiers had reached their limit. After gathering under a huge dead tree, Cheng Zhiyuan shot the last distress bullet into the sky with trembling hands.

'Whoosh~~~' The orange distress bomb rushed into the sky with the last hope of the dozen or so Ming officers and soldiers, seeking help from the large army of the Ming army who did not know where.

"Wait." Looking at the distress bomb slowly falling from the sky, Cheng Zhiyuan let out a long sigh and said, "Wait." ”

After more than an hour, the sunset in the distance began to gradually sink in the west. Cheng Zhiyuan and the others, who were already completely exhausted, were about to fall into a semi-comatose state. However, at this time, the dizzy Cheng Zhiyuan heard a strange sound of breaking the air.

struggled to open his eyes, Cheng Zhiyuan's eyes opened wider and wider, and later he actually shed tears!

"Brothers, help is coming!!"

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More than 100 kilometres west of Shaft, in the Chihuahuan Desert, an unusually large camp stands proudly in this desolate desert, a symbol of the power of man's technology to defeat nature.

'Boom boom~~~' Strange sounds came from afar, and several helicopters from the newly equipped army of the Ming army flew in the desert in the distance. These slightly rudimentary-looking helicopters were also developed by Zhang Cheng with huge investment. Although it is still technologically immature in this era, it can already be put into use.

In this era, the armies of various countries were heavily equipped with small-caliber high-level dual-purpose anti-aircraft artillery. This small-caliber artillery is too much of a threat to helicopters operating at low altitudes and without solid armor, which means that Zhang Cheng cannot directly put this new weapon on the battlefield until a greater technological breakthrough is made.

However, although you can't go directly to the battlefield, you can do logistical work. Whether it is transporting supplies for the wounded, or search and rescue, etc., it can play a huge role.

Getting off the helicopter parked on the ground, Cheng Zhiyuan felt that he was completely returning to the world at this moment. Looking at the countless officers and soldiers and various vehicles and materials around, looking at the dense huge tent groups that can barely be seen at a glance, and looking at the countless huge and slender airships in the sky, Cheng Zhiyuan took a deep breath and led his subordinates to a logistics supply point.

"Bring me some cases of Coke!"

A week later, after trekking more than 500 kilometers in the desert, the Daming Surprise Attack Legion finally broke out of the Chihuahuan Desert, which is called the Sea of Death by the locals, and suddenly appeared in the area near Fort Startton, an important logistics supply base for the US military! (To be continued.) )