The No. 59 outpost patrol team led by Qi Yajun followed the usual patrol route to the depths of the Hukang River valley, followed the choppy river, went upstream, and arrived at the meeting place with the No. 58 outpost patrol team, exchanged patrol records, and the two patrol teams patrolled together to the next location, and the other patrol team at No. 60 post rounded.

After the tripartite exchange of patrol records, the officers and soldiers gathered together, took out their military rations and the wild vegetables picked along the way, stewed them into a pot of fragrant and delicious food, and had a picnic with each other.

After eating a full stomach, taking advantage of the glow of the sunset, they reluctantly said goodbye to each other, and returned to their own posts, this time the patrol mission, even if it was completed smoothly, and then, returned along another route.

One back and forth, it will take a day and a night, of course, Qi Yajun is keen to personally lead the patrol without interruption, in addition to a duty, but also to meet with his military academy classmates and friends Lieutenant Wu Zhiyou, once every two days, he is the sentry commander at the No. 58 outpost, between the two friends, there are endless topics, every time they meet, they make Qi Yajun excited for several days.

The primeval forest next to the river valley, for a few days, soaked up the rain, the wide leaves, were saturated with water vapor, pressed down low, inadvertently touched, the leaves of the rain, sprinkled all over the body, the warriors humorously called it a natural shower, the mountain road by the river, slippery to stand, a little careless. will fall and gnaw on the mud.

A few hours after the patrol set out, it was already about ten o'clock in the morning, and the rain in the sky was still only falling, and the fog was still like a thick cotton wool. Shrouded in the surroundings, the visibility is less than a few meters, such weather, it is easy to get lost, Qi Yajun can only use the compass from time to time to correct the direction.

I looked at my watch. Qi Yajun frowned in annoyance, and secretly pondered in his heart: "In such weather, although the patrol route is the same as usual, the speed is much slower, and it is more than an hour late to arrive at the place where he and Wu Zhiyou turned. He looked at the warriors who were exhausted by this ghost weather, and shook their heads helplessly.

Turning around a small hill without tall shading trees, the surrounding relatively low shrubs make this place not as oppressive as in the forest. Qi Yajun ordered: "Everyone rest for ten minutes, Xiao Zhao'er, immediately contact Commander Wu to inform us of the reason for the delay and the position we are in now!" The first group went out 100 meters to stand on guard. ”

Xiao Zhao, a chubby communications soldier, simply agreed. Put down the walkie-talkie on your shoulder and skillfully turn it on, at that time. The voice of "Didi" sounded, "Outpost Patrol Team 58, here is Outpost Patrol Team 59 calling, please answer when you hear it!" I shouted several times in a row, but I didn't hear a familiar answer in the headphones.

Xiao Zhao put down his headphones. said: "Sentry Chief, I don't know what the reason is. Can't get in touch with Outpost 59 Patrol! ”

Qi Yajun came over, looked at the walkie-talkie with the red light flashing, and asked, "Is the machine malfunctioning or no signal?" ”

Xiao Zhao shook his head and replied: "Sentry chief, there may be two reasons why the machine is not faulty, one is because there is a high mountain blocking it, and the signal cannot be transmitted, and the other is that the other party has not turned on the machine." ”

Qi Yajun wanted to use the radio to contact again, and after thinking about it, there was no need, sooner or later they had to meet, Wu Zhiyou saw that he did not arrive on time, he would definitely wait for him in the same place, it was a big deal to be ridiculed by him, this is a common thing between the two patrols, a well-intentioned joke, can dilute the boring days.

Ten minutes later, the patrol continued to set off, and at about four o'clock in the afternoon, it was close to the place where it met Wu Zhiyou's patrol, and the fog dissipated a lot, but it was still shrouded in the distant mountains and trees, and the rain was still dripping endlessly, and the field of vision was not only not wide, but the visibility was only a few tens of meters away. …,

Qi Yajun walked at the front of the patrol, laboriously crossed a stream, in front of a relatively flat valley, that was the meeting point with Wu Zhiyou's patrol, suddenly, Qi Yajun smelled a faint smell of blood, in the wet air, if there is nothing, but he was still keenly captured.

"Stop!" Qi Yajun made a gesture, the patrol immediately stopped, and immediately took a posture of preparing for battle, from this point of view, the soldiers of the No. 59 outpost were absolutely well-trained, and the three team leaders ran over quickly and asked in a low voice: "Sentry commander, what's the situation?" ”

Qi Yajun didn't look back, looked left and right, and said in a low voice: "I smell blood, this is the place where we meet with the patrol team of Outpost 58, there is a smell of blood, it is definitely not normal!" ”

A second lieutenant team leader said: "Sentry commander, I'll take two fighters and go to reconnoitre!" Qi Yajun nodded, saw the three of them, disappeared into the rain and fog, and the rest of the soldiers were quietly lying on the rain-soaked grass, with guns in their hands aimed ahead.

After more than ten minutes of hard work, the three of them ran back, and the team leader nervously reported: "Sentry chief, there should have been a battle in the valley ahead, but no corpses and wounded were found, and no blood was found on the ground, I picked this up." After speaking, he handed a few bullet casings in his hand to Qi Yajun.

Qi Yajun took a closer look at the bullet casing, he found that this was not the cartridge casing of the standard bullet equipped by the division troops, but a gun fired from an unknown model, he believed in the judgment of the team leader, at the place where he met Wu Zhiyou, there was a battle, but nothing was found at the scene except for a few bullet casings, which is not normal in itself?

Qi Yajun ordered Xiao Zhao'er: "Turn on the walkie-talkie and contact the patrol team of Outpost 58!" Xiao Zhao called for a while, but still didn't get a response from the other party, it was abnormal, with his understanding of Wu Zhiyou, his patrol team, there was no reason not to turn on the machine, could it be the same as himself, because of the bad weather, delayed time?

Or is it longer than your own delay, and you haven't come back yet? But what happened to the battle? The three team leaders looked at him and asked, "Sentry Chief, what now?" ”

Qi Yajun thought for a moment and ordered: "Each formation of a battle formation is dispersed, the first group serves as the spearhead, the communication group is at the back of the team, once an emergency occurs, immediately report the situation on the scene directly to the Border Garrison Command Operations Department, each group is fifty meters apart, search forward!" ”

Qi Yajun's military quality is quite outstanding, he faced the unknown situation, the method he adopted was definitely the most correct, the top soldier group began to search and advance, the other groups, in turn, cautiously followed, Xiao Zhao and another signal soldier, retreated to the back of the team.

The 1st Lambgar Garrison Brigade of the British Army in India is one of the Anglo-Indian troops that entered the Hukang River Valley in advance, as a local garrison force mixed with British and Indians, its combat effectiveness is not as strong as the main force of the British army, but if it is about subtropical jungle operations, all of them are old fritters, therefore, Alexander, the commander-in-chief of the British and Indian Army, will send a local garrison force to serve as the important task of the avant-garde.

The reason is very simple, after being stationed in one place for a long time, they will naturally be familiar with the local terrain conditions, and in addition, there are more than one-third of the indigenous Indian soldiers in the army, and the Hukang River Valley is close to the subtropical jungle in India, which is similar to their back garden.

1st Battalion Commander John? Major Williams, extremely uncomfortable lying behind the wet rocks, just two hours ago, the first battalion of more than 500 people, under the cover of fog, with a sudden attack, killed more than 40 people of a Chinese border patrol team, although the battle was short, but in Williams's memory, this was the closest he came to death. …,

Although the more than 40 Chinese soldiers were attacked by surprise and more than half of them were killed at once, the remaining Chinese soldiers reacted first-class, and at the same time as their comrades fell, the submachine guns in their hands spewed out tongues of fire, and moreover, they fought to the death and did not retreat, and after more than 30 minutes of firefighting, their own battalion was killed more than 60 people.

If the bullet is half a centimeter lower, Mr. Major's head will burst like a rotten watermelon, but although he was not frightened, Williams was still very proud, if it were not for his own order, light and heavy machine guns concentrated fire, first kill the Chinese signal corps, I am afraid that at this moment, the news has flown back to the Chinese command headquarters.

Then, General Alexander's plan to surprise troops out of the Hukang Valley would have gone bankrupt, and originally, according to Williams's idea, after taking out the Chinese patrol, he continued to advance, but his deputy battalion commander, Major Vajpaka, a bear-like Indian, brutally stopped the major's order.

In the words of this guy, this is just a patrol of the Chinese, there should be a second, this is their rendezvous point, Vajpaca patrolled, seen many times, at this point, Williams has no say, who knows, the river of the Hukang Valley, in which direction does it flow?

The drudgery of leading the team to patrol the primeval forest, the major never did, it was a natural errand for Indians, the major only needed to hang out with the plump Indian hostess in the tavern of Ramga, and Vajpaka did it, and now, this bear-like guy who was covered with the smell of curry and sweat was lying next to him, and the unpleasant body odor smoked so aristocratic Williams almost vomited!

From the bottom of his heart, Williams has never looked down on his deputy battalion commander, this has nothing to do with the size of the ability, but with the origin and race, he was just about to impatiently reprimand Vajpaca and stay away from himself, suddenly, Vajpaca's bulging eyes, a cold light flashed, stretched out his hairy palm, and made a silent gesture!

(To be continued)