After leaving the military headquarters, I rushed to the company, and as soon as I entered the company headquarters command room, I saw Zhao Jinfu arranging manpower with the instructor.

Zhao Jinfu is two years older than me, he is thirty this year, he is very strong, one meter eight tall, with a Chinese face, and he usually does not laugh, but he is quite a bit of a momentum that is not angry and arrogant.

He and I are both from Tianjin, but my home is in the city, and his home is in Wuqing County, Tianjin. Although we are separated by dozens of kilometers, we are absolute homecomings here. After so many years, the relationship between the two of us is the best, and he treats me like a brother.

Unlike me, a bachelor who plays singles, Zhao Jinfu has already married and his children are five years old. His lover also takes special care of me, and every time he sends something good to Lao Zhao, he will inevitably have a share of me.

Seeing that I was sitting on the side silently, Zhao Jinfu threw a cigarette to me while talking to the instructor.

As soon as I took two puffs, Zhao Jinfu finished talking to the instructor, and the instructor said hello to me with a smile and went out to make arrangements. I just said hello to Zhao Jinfu and said, "Lao Zhao, this time we have a chance to go on a mission together!" ”

Zhao Jin helped himself to light a cigarette and said jokingly: "I don't want to take a cultural soldier like you out on a mission, sitting in the office every day, can you do this trekking through mountains and rivers?" ”

Because I came out of the military academy, my rank was higher than him, and I used to show off in front of him. And this guy ridiculed me in turn, saying that I was a cultural soldier who couldn't even fire a gun and sat in the office all day watching the computer and drinking tea.

I don't like to hear this the most, so I snorted and punched him, scolding, "Would you say anything else?" I'm also a person who has excelled in every assessment of martial arts and shooting, and I don't accept our comparisons. ”

Zhao Jinfu smiled and ignored me, handed me a military tablet, and said: "The mission situation is written on it, you can see for yourself, ask me if you don't know anything." ”

I turned on my computer, and it recorded a general description of the disappearance of the passenger by the police department.

There are six missing people, five travelers and a guide, who had set out from the town of Katama eight days earlier and entered the primeval forest. According to the investigation and understanding of the local public security organs, this group of people once claimed to be here for tourism, and the place they were going to was the Obeying Orders Lake.

I was just halfway through it when Zhao Jin helped me over and handed me a set of field uniforms and other supporting equipment. At this time, I remembered Uncle Song's instructions, and immediately said to Zhao Jinfu: "That's right, the chief asked us to bring weapons." ”

Zhao Jinfu wondered and asked, "Isn't it just to go to the forest to find someone?" Why are you still allowed to bring weapons? ”

I got up and changed my clothes and said, "You know better than I do there, there are a lot of beasts and so on. We didn't know how many days we would have to stay, and our superiors also let us take precautions. ”

Zhao Jinfu nodded and said, "That's the same." I think this mission is quite strange, and I can bring my weapons with me, and I can feel more at ease. ”

I heard Zhao Jinfu say this, and asked him puzzled: "What's wrong?" ”

Twisting the cigarette butt into the ashtray, Zhao Jinfucai said: "You think, although the mountain road there is not easy to walk, but there is no rain in the mountains during this time, so the possibility that the climate causes them to lose their way does not exist." In addition, they went into the mountains with guides. Until now, we haven't heard of anything about getting lost with a guide, have we? ”

I thought for a moment and said, "It really didn't happen!" ”

"That's it." Zhao Jinfu added: "So I can't rule out the possibility of other situations in this group of tourists." This place is close to the border, and maybe there are some outlaws hiding in this group of people, and they want to take the opportunity to cross the border, so something happened. ”

While the two of us were talking, the instructor walked in and told Zhao Jinfu that the selected fighters had been assembled. Zhao Jinfu nodded, and said to the instructor that this time with me, he didn't have to go. The instructor smiled and said to me, then this mission will be hard for me. I'm busy saying don't be polite, I'm also here to learn from Company Commander Zhao.

Zhao Jinfu waved to me, I took the tablet and followed him out of the room, only to see sixty mighty warriors standing neatly on the field outside the door.

After examining it, Zhao Jinfu ordered everyone to run forward and reach the gunhouse.

I thought I would be like all the soldiers, but when I received the weapon, I found out that Zhao Jinfu only assigned me a 92 pistol and four full magazines. And the others are all Type 95 automatic rifles, plus 92 pistols.

I took advantage of the opportunity for the soldiers to go out and get into the car, grabbed Zhao Jinfu and asked him what he meant by this, why did he only give me a pistol?

Zhao Jinfu said: "You don't always touch the gun, you can't use a high-power automatic rifle for the time being, just take 92 to get familiar with it!" ”

I thought to myself, what the hell is this, even if I have less chance of touching the gun than them, but it won't even be able to use the 95 automatic rifle, right? I immediately disagreed, and asked Zhao Jinfu to immediately get me an automatic rifle.

Zhao Jinfu's face turned straight and said: "Obey the arrangement, otherwise you won't even have 92!" ”

He is now my superior, and his words are orders, which I must obey. In desperation, I had to pretend to be indignant and said: "Okay, you old Zhao, you wait, I will sue my sister-in-law when I turn around, and ask her to send me all the good things you give you next time." ”

Outside, three trucks were parked, and an off-road military jeep, and the fighters had boarded the trucks and stood by. Zhao Jinfu and I jumped onto the jeep, and under Zhao Jinfu's order, the four cars set off in the direction of Gaoligong Mountain.

When I set off, I glanced at my watch, and the speed and efficiency of the soldiers were fast, and it took only ten minutes from the time I received the mission order to the time we set off now.

On the way, I took my tablet and continued to learn about the specifics of this disappearance.

The five tourists had arrived in Pianma nine days earlier in the afternoon and had since stayed in a guest house in the town. When they checked in, they made it clear that they wanted to stay here for a week.

Travelers like them who traveled all over the world saw a lot of people in the guest house, and they didn't take it seriously at the time, so they arranged a room for them.

The five men rested for the night, and the next morning told the service staff that they were going to the lake for sightseeing, and that they had already found a guide.

Seeing this, I said to Zhao Jinfu, who was sitting in the front co-pilot: "Something is wrong here!" You see, the five of them had arrived in Pianma in the afternoon nine days earlier, and according to the waiter at the guest house, they had never left their rooms since they checked in, except for dinner in the dining hall, and no one had seen any of them leave the guest house. ”

I pointed to another record and continued: "If you look at this record again, the next morning, the five people set off directly to say that they were going to see the lake for sightseeing, and they also said that they had found a guide. But they hadn't been out of the guest house since they got there, so where did they have time to find a guide? Could there be something wrong here? ”

Zhao Jinfu thought for a moment after hearing this, and said: "Maybe they contacted them in advance before they came, or maybe they had friends who came before, hired a certain guide, and introduced them directly when they came, or maybe a travel agency directly recommended them." In short, there are all kinds of possibilities, which is not a doubt. ”

I thought that what Zhao Jinfu said made sense, so I continued to look down.

It takes at least two days and one night to set off from Pianma Town to Obey the Lake, and then come back from the Obey Lake. In other words, if these people leave early in the morning, they will not be able to return until the afternoon of the next day, or even dusk, which is the common round-trip time for all tourists who go to the lake.

And if the locals are guides, they also follow this timeline. Because the guide also has his own livelihood, the things that take tourists are to do it in their busy time and earn some extra money. I will never delay too much of my time because of these things, after all, I still have my wife and children to take care of.

However, the day after the group left, they did not return to the guest house. At that time, the service staff thought that maybe they had gone to other places to play after they came back, and this situation had often happened before, so they didn't take it seriously.

Four days have passed, and the group of passengers still hasn't returned, and the service staff is a little uneasy. The point is that the service staff doesn't know who the guide they are looking for is, and there is no way to go to the guide's home to ask.

However, over the years, there has not been a case of missing tourists, so the staff of the guest house still have a fluke mentality, thinking that it may be that this group of tourists is greedy for fun and goes down the scenic spot. Maybe wait a week and they'll be back to check out or renew their lease.