Chapter 15: The Unknown
Everyone on the combat vehicle packed up their things, completed the security check, and marched to the canteen arranged by the base for dinner. Like all military base canteens, the canteen here is spacious, bright, simple and clean, with rows of tables and stools neatly arranged.
Sit down according to the arranged table number, Wu Tian and Wang Rui brought pots and pots of food, a large pot of rice, a large pot of meat, and a large pot of vegetables, all of which were packed in a large steel basin held by one person, and the portion was very sufficient.
"Wow, it's been a long time since I've eaten anything so good." Zhang Zhong whispered, unceremoniously picked up the dinner plate and filled himself with a full plate of rice.
"It looks like this base doesn't lack anything." Chu Xiang also lowered his voice and said.
"Of course." Wu Tian whispered. Zhang Zhongchu Xiang was not a soldier, and he could speak at the dinner table, but Wu Tian did not dare to violate military regulations, and only dared to whisper two words.
Everyone has not eaten such a good meal for a long time, and they are all reincarnated as starving ghosts, if it is not in the army canteen, everyone does not dare to be presumptuous, and the scene may be more lively than the vegetable market.
"It's been a fucking long time since I've eaten." The knife hand named Li Wusheng shouted quietly, and kept stuffing the vegetables into his mouth, eager to swallow the whole pot.
"Your sister, leave some for us." Liu Ershen, the chariot driver, scolded in a low voice, the meal was not full, and a lot of vegetables were served.
Since the great change, the earth's environment has been unsuitable for growing crops, except for the occasional food that can be eaten in the military's operations, non-military personnel like Chu Xiang Zhang Zhong can only eat the meat of mutant beasts, and sometimes it is good to pick some mushrooms and wild vegetables in the poor countryside, and it is very happy to have food occasionally.
After the great change, there was a lot of grain in the granaries of various places, and if you were not afraid of danger, you would participate in the military's operations or go out to find it yourself, and rice was a relatively easy thing to eat, not as scarce as vegetables.
Gobbling up, eight people, in less than five minutes, wiped out the three major pots of food, all of them were swollen in their stomachs, and Chu Xiang was also full.
After eating, Wu Tian led everyone back to the chariot and waited for the next order.
I stayed in the ice and snow for several days, and I wanted to sleep comfortably in the warm base, and Chu Xiang felt sleepy and dizzy just after eating, and when he returned to the chariot, he went to sleep in the car.
After sleeping for more than half an hour, Wu Tian woke up Chu Xiang, and it turned out that the task had been arranged.
After getting up, Chu Xiang was a little frightened, usually as long as someone approached, he would feel it, but now he even asked someone to wake up, if someone came with bad intentions, a few lives were not enough to die, and he knew that it might be because he absorbed too much resentment, so he quickly cheered up, and kept telling himself in his heart to be vigilant, and used repeated mental hints to strengthen his sense of vigilance.
Not everyone participated in the assigned tasks, only Zhang Zhong, Wang Rui and Chu Xiang were on the list, and the three of them followed Wu Tian for more than ten minutes and came to a conference room, where there were already many people. After the three of them entered, Wu Tian left, did not come in, and his name was not on the task list.
The three of them found a place to sit down casually, and some people came in one after another, Chu Xiang glanced at everyone, and understood that these people were all selected elites, and they were probably going to perform difficult tasks.
Everyone waited quietly, no one spoke, and not long after, a young man with the rank of colonel came into the conference room, and the expressionless colonel glanced at everyone in the conference room, regardless of whether anyone was there or not, he turned on the computer directly, and a map was displayed on the big screen, and the colonel said: "My name is Song Ming, I am the commander of this operation, this is our mission location, this mission level is S-level, the goal is to capture a mutated object, and the staffing is: three tracked infantry fighting vehicles, four snipers, six close combat, and five heavy machine gunners." , a total of 26 operatives, this operation code: ignorance, the specific battle plan is as follows: ........
"You are all veterans, I won't talk nonsense, grab your weapons, and gather in equipment room 178 in twenty minutes." After the plan of action was arranged, the colonel said.
Out of the conference room, Zhang Zhong said: "It seems that this mission is a bit troublesome. ”
"S-class, can you not be troublesome." Wang Rui said with a smile, he didn't care about the upcoming danger, he had experienced a lot of life and death, and he was used to licking blood with a knife, no matter how dangerous the task was, it was just a trivial matter.
"Such a firepower configuration is not something that ordinary things can resist." Chu Xiang frowned.
"You notice that the Colonel's wording is not, a mutated object, and his description is not a living organism, nor a non-living organism, but an object." Zhang Zhong keenly pointed out the key points.
"In other words, based on the current information, it is not possible to tell what exactly our goal is." Chu Xiangdao.
"Then why don't you investigate it before you act, is it time urgent, or it is impossible to investigate at all." Wang Rui said suspiciously.
"It's possible, but wouldn't it be more interesting?" Zhang Zhong smiled, a hint of excitement on his face.
Back to the chariot, Zhang Zhong took the spear, Wang Rui took the heavy sniper rifle, the others didn't ask much, everyone understood, it is better not to know what should not be known, and said take care, what should you do.
In the equipment room No. 178, everyone arrived one after another, three tracked infantry fighting vehicles were already on standby, and a tall and majestic lieutenant colonel officer was equipping everyone. Each of them was issued with a set of protective equipment, fourteen thermal weapons personnel were fully armed and neatly dressed, Chu Xiang chose not to wear protective equipment, only wore simple communication tools, Zhang Zhong tried it on body armor, and found that it did not affect the use of marksmanship, so he also wore it, and two other melee also wore body armor.
After a while, Song Ming came to the equipment room, he had already changed into a snow camouflage uniform, and there was a long sword hanging on his waist, and he didn't know whether it was for decoration or combat, his expression was cold.
Three infantry chariots, each infantry chariot is assigned two melee, two heavy machine gunners and one heavy sniper, in addition to the equipment on everyone, the car also carries a lot of various equipment, a few steel wire mesh, a large cylinder, and several bundles of wire ropes, and a full cart of ammunition.
After checking the weapons and testing the communications, the soldiers finished the pre-battle preparations as usual, everyone got into the car, Song Ming gave an order, and the team set off.
"Attention units, stay vigilant, and go." Song Ming's voice came from the headset.
The convoy did not leave from the same gate, but from a much smaller gate, and apparently there were several entrances to and from the base. The gate of the base slowly opened, and the snowflakes flew into the base with the wind, and suddenly came from the warm base to the icy and snowy land, and Chu Xiang suddenly couldn't help but sneeze.
"No, that's how you sneeze?" Zhang Zhong looked at Chu Xiang strangely.
"It's kind of weird." Chu Xiang rubbed his brows, he didn't know what was going on, he had been active in the ice and snow all year round, and he had never sneezed from warm to cold countless times, and this situation actually appeared today.
"Is there a woman thinking about you?" Wang Rui said with a smile.
"It's possible, as handsome as I am, I don't know how many women want to give it to me." Chu Xiang said with a somewhat solemn expression, although he was telling a joke, his tone was a little serious.
"It's the first time I've seen someone so thick-skinned." Zhang Zhong said with a smile.
"A gun can't be pierced." Another tall soldier with a heavy machine gun named Li Bin in the same car said.
"Cannons can't be pierced." Wang Rui emphasized.
While joking, several people did not relax their observation of the surrounding situation, remained very vigilant, and entered the battle at any time. The snowflakes rolled up by the chariot fell on everyone one after another, as if they were in a fairy tale world, revealing a sense of slaughter.
The destination is only more than 70 kilometers away from the base, and the straight-line distance may not even be 40 kilometers, and the chariot leaves the base, and begins to go over the mountains and mountains along the mountain path, and the driving route of the chariot has long been planned, and some places that were originally impassable have been repaired, although there are some bumps, it does not affect the driving of the tracked infantry fighting vehicle, which shows the importance attached to this operation.
In the ice and snow, there are very few beasts that are still active, the roar of the chariot alarms the surrounding mutant beasts, some of the mutant beasts who are so hungry that they lose their minds rush to kill, they are all sniped by the snipers on the chariot with accurate marksmanship, and some mutant beasts that want to pursue are hindered by the thick snow and cannot pose a threat to the chariot at all.
Overhead drones detected in real time to ensure the safety of the route, and the combat vehicles traveled according to the predetermined route, all the way unimpeded, and after more than an hour, the three combat vehicles approached the predetermined location.
"Attention units, about to enter the target range, ready for battle." Song Ming's voice came from the headset.
The three chariots came to the side of a valley, after observing, the chariot slowed down and went down to the valley, Chu Xiang observed the surrounding terrain, the two mountains on the left and right sides are towering, the slopes are lined with rocks, the terrain is treacherous, there is also a high mountain in the east direction, the top of the mountain is shrouded in clouds and mist, and the black mountain is like a beast lurking. The direction in which everyone came in was the canyon due west, and there was a small mountain bag in the middle of the valley, and there was a cliff between the hill bag and the mountain to the east, and there was a small stream flowing under the cliff in a temperature of more than 20 degrees below zero.
"The target must be there." Chu Xiang pointed to the cliff road.
"Backed by the sun and gathering yin, the cliff is cold and cold, I'm afraid this place is a fierce place." Zhang Zhong said with a solemn face.
"Look at this little mountain bag, what does it look like?" Chu Xiang pointed to the front again.
Stunned, Zhang Zhong suddenly blurted out: "Grave." ”
The topography of this place is in the shape of a standard tomb, with three cliffs like tomb walls, the middle of the tomb, and the place where everyone comes in is the tomb entrance.
"The shape of the dead land, the cold water that does not freeze, the mouth of the poisonous dragon, the place of great evil." Zhang Zhong said solemnly.
"That hole is our goal." Wang Rui pointed to the dark cave road under the cliff, which was like a tombstone stuck behind the grave.
"There isn't a single mutant beast in this valley." Heavy machine gunner Li Bin said suddenly.
"Even the place where mutant beasts avoid it seems to be worthy of the difficulty of this S-level mission." Another machine gunner, Chen Dehong, grinned.
As they spoke, the chariot drove up the hill in the valley and lined up against the cliff to the east, with the muzzles of the guns pointing straight to the hole in the cliff.
"Machine gunners, snipers, set fire points, targets, caves directly ahead." Song Ming ordered.
Everyone got out of the car and set up positions, leaving only the driver and gunner in the car.
According to the predetermined plan, everyone set up three crossed firing points on the mountain bag, and the heavy snipers placed firing positions on the roof of the car.
"Attention to all firepower units, stay vigilant, and hang up nets."
The scheduled personnel to hang the net are four melee masters, and several of them have already taken out the steel wire net and are on standby, Chu Xiang said: "At present, the target is unknown, and I don't know if the target will attack, so we have to use the fastest way to cover the hole." Chu Xiang said to Li Gui, who was using a knife: "I climbed to the top of the cliff with you, one person grabbed one corner, threw the net down, and the two of them pulled the two corners below, and then set the net." ”
The three of them nodded, Liu Quan's weapon was an iron rod, which was obviously a strength type, and he was also wearing body armor, and his flexibility was definitely worse, Zhang Zhong was using a big gun, and Li Gui, who used a knife, must be more flexible than them, so Chu Xiang asked Li Gui to climb to the top of the cliff with him.
Although he had already made a plan according to the terrain of the cave, Chu Xiang still emphasized the process again. When he made the plan, he didn't see the terrain of the entire valley, only the picture of the cave, which made Chu Xiang's judgment a little wrong.
The plan was determined, Chu Xiang and Liu Quan walked from the left, Zhang Zhong and Li Gui approached the cliff from the right, because the snow was very thick, the four of them did not dare to go fast, carefully poked the ground with their weapons, walked forward cautiously, and arrived at the creek after a while.
The brook was bubbling and the water was clear, and the snowflakes that fell into the stream melted quickly, but there was no heat rising or any aquatic plants in the stream, which was very strange. Chu Xiang stirred it down in the stream with a knife, but there was still no change, and after the scabbard left the water, the water traces on it quickly froze.
Chu Xiang made a leap gesture and motioned for Zhang Zhong and the two to jump over the stream and not touch the water. Jumping over a stream more than one meter wide, Chu Xiang carried a bundle of steel wire nets, jumped over, and reached half the height of the cliff, grabbed a raised stone with his right hand, supported his feet on the stone wall, and went up another three meters like an ape.
Over there, Li Gui used his hands and feet together, and instantly went up to the top of the cliff. The two approached the entrance of the hole, pulled the steel wire mesh, threw it down, the steel wire mesh spread out, Zhang Zhong and Liu Quan pulled the two corners below, and the three of them smashed the steel drill carried by the four corners of the steel wire mesh into the ground with a hammer, Chu Xiang grabbed the steel drill and pressed it hard, and the steel drill was submerged in the stone, and then pressed the steel drill connected to the wire rope on the top of the hole.
From the time the net was cast to the time it was arranged, it took less than ten seconds for the four of them to complete it.
This is a simple and practical trap that binds the contents of the net if the contents of the hole are rushed out, the steel drills that hold the wire mesh at the four corners are pulled up, and the wire ropes that hold the wire mesh on all four sides are tightened, and the contents of the net will be tied.
The four of them returned to the hill, and Song Ming said: "Attention all units, prepare for battle." ”
"Tempting the enemy." Song Ming then ordered.