Episode 19 The Eve of the Attack

On May 22nd, tomorrow, he will return to Nanjing with Fourteen Gege.

This afternoon, after arranging all the affairs and making sure that nothing was left out after repeated inspections, he took Fourteen Gege, Wu Yanbin, a few guards, and a dog, and rode a military truck with good off-road performance to the east out of the Dihua base camp, drove along the mountain path for an hour, stopped the car halfway up the mountain, and walked to the shore of Tianchi Lake.

Xiang Xiaoqiang and Fourteen Gege are very fond of the customs of northern Xinjiang, and they are even more nostalgic for Tianshan and Tianchi. Tianshan Tianchi is a long, narrow, secluded lake, surrounded by lofty mountains, with dark green pine forests on the lakeside, and the lake water is so blue that it makes people's hearts move. The white clouds in the sky are reflected on the surface of the lake, and there are occasional swans, geese and other waterfowl swimming on the surface of the lake, and the sound of "quack" echoes between the mountains on all sides, which is really worthy of the name "Swan Lake".

With such lakes and mountains, Xiang Xiaoqiang actually brought fourteen grids to play two or three times between busy military affairs. Every time I came, I sighed as usual:

"Even if you bring the scenery of Switzerland, Norway, Canada, and Alaska, it may not be comparable to our northern frontier!"

This time, he and Fourteen Gege walked hand in hand on the edge of the forest by the lake, watching the guards more than ten meters away setting up tents and preparing bonfires, and looking at the swans flying over the lake, and couldn't help but sigh again.

"Really, even the lakes and mountains of Switzerland, Norway, Canada, and Alaska are pretty much like this! We have to have another castle by the lake, and it's a fairytale wonderland! That will completely overshadow the scenery of foreigners! ”

Fourteen Gege laughed:

"Switzerland, Norway, Canada, Alaska, it's like you've been there. You say, how do you know that those places are not as good as the northern frontier? Have you been there all? ”

Xiang Xiaoqiang also smiled:

"Of course I haven't, but I know."

Fourteen Gege smiled slightly, gently resting his head on his shoulder, and no longer arguing with him. Xiang Xiaoqiang wrapped his arms around the waist of Fourteen Grids, and the two of them lingered, walking slowly by the lake, gently kicking the pebbles under their feet.

Xiang Xiaoqiang smiled secretly in his heart, of course, it is difficult for people at this time to see the scenery around the world with their own eyes. At this time, the visual carriers were still very backward, either black and white photos, or black and white movies, and the effect was very poor. The only color is painting. Or artificially coloring a black-and-white photo. But it all depends on the individual level of the painter. And even if he is a master of realist landscape painting, there are only a few, a dozen, or dozens of works left behind. How can the digital camera + Internet of later generations be so realistic and massive!

He put his arms around Fourteen Gege, sat down on a broken log by the lake, and said with a smile:

"Alas...... It's a pity that I didn't hit a black bear in northern Xinjiang this time. Do you think, go back and make you a coat for the bear that your husband beat with his own hands, then how warm you are! ”

Fourteen Gege laughed and said angrily:

"How can you use bear skin to make an overcoat, so thick, and don't sink me to death!"

"Haha. So what kind of skin do you want. ”

Fourteen Gege laughed:

"I just want your ......"

The two laughed and made a fuss, when suddenly a gunshot rang out, and they turned their heads to see Wu Yanbin putting away his rifle and putting it back on his shoulder, with smoke still coming from the muzzle of the gun. On the surface of the lake, the waterfowl screamed and fled, and a wild goose floated on the water, still fluttering one after another.

Then, Wu Yanbin patted the dog, pointed to the lake, and the wolf dog rushed out like an arrow, and rushed into the lake with a wave of spray, only showing his head, and swam towards the wild goose one by one. Soon, it swam back with geese in its mouth and swam back one by one.

Xiang Xiaoqiang smiled:

"Yan Bin is so skilled, such a long distance, no shotguns, one shot from an ordinary rifle. …… Hehe, in addition to the mutton I brought tonight, there are also roasted geese to eat. ”

Fourteen Gege was very soft-hearted at this time, she frowned, and sighed regretfully:

"Alas...... What a tranquil lake, destroyed by that kid's shot...... Wouldn't it be nice to just eat what we brought? ”

……

Although they had been to Tianchi a few times before, they had never stayed overnight. And tomorrow afternoon is leaving, Xiang Xiaoqiang has a whim, I want to follow the example of foreigners, camp overnight by the lake, and finally feel the charm of the Tianshan Mountains. Once you leave this time, you may not have a chance to come back before you leave this plane.

That night, the temperature on the mountain plummeted, falling below freezing, and snow began to fall. The group, who had been dressed in single clothes when they went up the mountain in the afternoon, were now wrapped in thick coats and blankets, sitting around the campfire, snotting and shivering to roast mutton and geese.

This is really wearing a cotton jacket in the morning and yarn in the afternoon, and eating watermelon around the stove. Fortunately, I had plenty of clothes to bring with me, the tent was thick, and the sleeping bags were warm. Xiang Xiaoqiang scolded himself in his heart for his bad idea of camping, and even regretted his intestines. But he didn't want to admit it, but on the surface he was still talking and laughing, snorting, sneezing, his voice trembling, and telling jokes to everyone. And everyone listened tremblingly while nibbling on the hot mutton and pouring soju.

"Say ......" Xiang Xiaoqiang turned the iron chisel of roast mutton, snorted and smiled, "Say...... Hitler and Stalin once had a meeting in Geneva, and the two were chatting with each other to see whose bodyguard was the most loyal to them. Stalin proposed that each of them order his bodyguards to jump from the window of the ten-story hotel to see whose orders worked. Hitler agreed.

"Hitler was so competitive that he first called in his bodyguards, pointed to the window and said, 'Hans, I order you to jump from here.'" Hans was immediately frightened and wept bitterly, clung to Hitler's thighs and pleaded: 'Führer, you can't do this!' I still have a wife and children! Hitler was moved, felt sorry for him, patted him on the shoulder, and let him out.

"Then it's time for Stalin. Stalin called his bodyguard in, pointed to the window and said; 'Ivan, jump down from here. Ivan didn't say a word, pushed open the window and was about to jump. Hitler grabbed him and shouted: 'You fool, this is ten floors, you will die if you jump!' Ivan scolded, "Let me go, damn it, I still have a wife and children!" ’”

Everyone burst into laughter. Wu Yanbin smiled:

"My lord, Hitler and Stalin are mortal enemies, how can they sit together in a meeting!"

One of the guards laughed:

"Isn't that a joke, and it's not true?"

Xiang Xiaoqiang smiled:

"What's impossible about that. There are enough interests to do. If Hitler proposes to divide Poland with the Soviet Union in the future, you see if they can sit together. Hehe, don't talk about sitting together at that time, it's possible to drink and worship the handle! Aha! ”

……

The snow became heavier and heavier, and the ground and trees gradually turned white. It is still a dozen kilometers from the main peak, Bogda, and several kilometers from the daytime snow line. But tonight, the snow line of Bogda Peak is slowly extending downward, and it has already covered the Tianchi area.

In the dense forest more than ten meters away from the campfire camp, there were two black shadows, lurking motionless in the bushes. The two men wore white camouflage cloaks, held guns, and wore fur hats on their heads, with a small red star on them.

One of the younger asked in a low voice in Russian:

"What are they talking about?"

The other, with an ugly face, also whispered in Russian:

“…… It seems to be ...... It's like slandering...... This...... Comrade Stalin ......"

"Slander Comrade Stalin? How is it slandered? ”

They said...... To say that Comrade Stalin and the fascist leader Hitler were ...... It's a good brother......"

The young man clenched the gun tightly in his hand, anger in his eyes, and stared at the bright campfire in the distance.

"Hey, I said," the older man who knew Chinese chuckled, "Andrea, don't be angry! The attack began a few hours later, and we will keep an eye on it until the time comes, and we will capture the man and the woman alive first! Go back to Moscow and tell Comrade Stalin to take a good look at this guy! Hey, how did you say then? Comrade Stalin will definitely pat us on the shoulder and say with a smile: Hey, good Andrea! Hey, good Vasily! And then pin the medal to our chest with your own hands...... Tsk, how beautiful that must be......"

"Well, hmph, it's quite beautiful," Andrea glanced at him and said angrily, "That person is the big leader of the Ming bandit army, and that woman is his wife, how can it be so easy to catch...... According to me, let's go over with a grenade now and reimburse them all...... We're going to freeze here until the morning......"

Vasily still laughed quietly:

"My little Andrea, don't be angry! You see, we're scouts, what's the matter...... You're still a Siberian! ”