Chapter Twenty-Three: The Cry of the Canyon
As soon as the people of the scientific expedition team heard that the vanguard had encountered wolves, they all gathered around curiously and asked the second master and the comrades in the two units about the situation.
Before the second master set off, he was still majestic and high-spirited, and he wilted like an old hen at this time, saying that he was mother, and he had not touched the road in the mountain, and we met the wolves, and all the green eyes came out of the forest, and the flashlight swept away, and the thief was bright! My special mother thought that who hung colorful lanterns, but the head wolf howled, and all the deflated beasts on the mountain surrounded us, thanks to the second master, I ran fast, otherwise the Red Army team would not be able to reach northern Shaanxi smoothly.
The journey is dangerous, there is no need to elaborate, Professor Yang listened to it, found me alone, and asked if there were really wolves in the mountains behind Niuzigou?
I said that there is, but in recent years, the county has been engaged in development, and there is a logging yard in the mountains, so it stands to reason that such a large-scale wolf pack is rare, but this possibility cannot be ruled out.
Professor Yang's brows furrowed deeply, and he looked at Zhong Quan and the two soldiers with guns, saying that most of the scientific expedition team were non-combatants, and when they met wolf cubs, they only had to fill their bellies.
As soon as I heard this, I shook my head and said Professor Yang, you don't know, the waterway of the Turbulent Wind Slope is long and narrow, and it is in the rising water season recently, and the fat man and I ventured in to get a corpse last time, and almost didn't leave my life, and the risk of walking the waterway is no worse than the mountain road!
Professor Yang said you wait first, I'll call people for a meeting.
A group of comrades of the scientific expedition team were reconvened to sit by the fire, and there were two roads into the mountains, one waterway and one dry road, there was no other choice, but the risks of both roads were particularly large, there would be wild beasts in the mountains, and if you walked the waterway, you had to face the torrent of the Jiandao Gorge, and if you accidentally fell into the water, you would be a corpse when you picked it up, so everyone quarreled and had no clue.
In the end, the second master found me and said that you know the way in, right?
I grew up here, so I naturally know how to go to the Troubled Wind Slope, and I nodded and said You can think about it, do you really want to take the people of the scientific expedition team to the waterway and cross the Troubled Wind Slope? It was not much easier than the Red Army's crossing of Chishui.
The second master squeezed his eyebrows and whispered that there must be risks, didn't the leaders above talk about the mobilization meeting last night? The team of the dry revolution and the cause of life can't be afraid of bloodshed and sacrifice, anyway, it's other people's blood that is shed, what do you think about doing so much Mozi (what)?
This old ruffian almost choked me with his words, saying Second Master, you are black enough!
The second master smiled, "I reminded the surnamed Yang, who made him brave the rain of bullets and bullets?" This old boy is not afraid of death in pursuit of the truth, tomorrow you lead the way, I will accompany you to press the formation, and we will break into the waterway! ”
I still didn't dare to agree, so I said Second Master, is there a big tomb under the Turbulent Wind Slope, no one knows, when my grandfather opened the mountain, wasn't he also flooded in the end? The coffin that I salvaged with the fat man happened to be shit, and it is entirely possible that the coffin was washed down from above, how can you be sure that the entrance must be on the turbulent wind slope?
What the second master means is that the specific situation inside must be known after he goes into the water to see it, and he will get the tiger if he doesn't enter the tiger's den.
I suspect that the second master is cheating, I remember the words of this old ruffian in the labor camp, why is this enthusiastic?
Before I could figure it out, the second master had already turned back to look for Professor Yang, and the two old men entered the room and muttered for a while, not knowing what they were talking about.
A simple rest, as soon as the morning dawned the team set sail, there were only two broken boats in the backwater bay, which could not fit so many people, before the departure, everyone took the mountain machete into the back mountain, cut out a lot of wood, two female comrades were responsible for chopping off the branches, tied together with nylon ropes, and connected the boat with iron cables, and made three small rafts.
I was worried that the draft of the raft behind me would be too heavy, and it would be easy to turn over the river during the journey, so Zhong Quan tried the strength of the raft and told me that it was no problem, and with two broken wooden boats, these people would be enough.
He has been on the battlefield and has rich experience in fighting and surviving in various environments, and with his affirmation, Professor Yang let everyone relax, saying that this dragon lord may not be able to make any waves on the turbulent slope!
When we got into the water, Ge Zhuang and I sat on the first boat to open the way, Da Jinlian and the second master were responsible for us at the helm, and on the second boat sat Professor Yang and two small soldiers of the army, and the remaining two members of the scientific expedition team were in charge of a raft, and they all tied the equipment to enter the mountain.
The rafts of the river are connected by steel ropes, and in order to prevent the waterway from bumping and shaking people into the water, each person has a rope around his waist and is attached to the bow of the boat.
Flowing through the backwater bay, in front of the narrow and tortuous turbulent wind mouth, Ge Zhuang and I both have palpitations, rowing is particularly careful, for fear of hitting the bottom of the reef halfway, the big gold chain while paddling, while probing the brain to look ahead,
"Brother, how does this canyon look like a blade? Walking here, I feel like I have a knife around my neck, and I can't stand it horizontally! ”
The second master glared at him and told this old boy not to talk nonsense, just row.
The boat has a deep draft, and today I was lucky to catch up with the calm waves in the canyon, but the sharpened stone wall is still like a sharp sword, piercing through the hearts of everyone, and the indescribable depressing atmosphere. The stone wall of the canyon is scattered, the stone wall is densely covered with cyan vines, the teeth and claws are like a wild python pan mountain, the raised mountain stone wolf teeth are hideous, and the place where it passes, it is like a ghost maze city.
Not long after the wind rose in the canyon, a layer of faint white mist floated out, this hazy mist locked the surface of the river, along with the ups and downs of the waterway slowly unfolded, the rocks on the top of the mountain protruded, there was a "whirring" wind hiss, the fog became heavier and heavier, and gradually made people uneasy.
The big gold chain suddenly shuddered, rubbed me hard with his elbow, and said, "Brother, this place is very evil, have you heard anyone singing inside?"
I said don't talk nonsense, disturb the morale of the army, beware of Professor Yang tying you to the bottom of the river with a stone first, how can anyone sing on this waterway?
The big gold chain said listen carefully, there is really a woman singing, haven't you heard?
I was stunned for a moment, and glanced at Ge Zhuang, who walked over gently and said, "Little pumpkin, I seem to have heard ......."
I said don't talk about it, where did the women come from to sing mountain songs, aren't the villagers in Niuzigou evacuated?
The thick fog rolled deeply, lingering around the heart of the river and blocking it into a white gauze tent, and the sight was foggy, before Ge Zhuang and I could find out where this "singing" came from, I heard someone in the team crying, the noise made me upset, and said loudly to the back of the team,
"This is not going to the battlefield, why are you crying?"
"Ah, who's crying?" Professor Yang on the second boat was very close to me, and when he heard this, he turned around and said to the two female comrades on the small raft, "Chen Yun, Xiaoyue, are you two crying?" ”
"No, Professor Yang, who is crying?"
I couldn't see it very clearly in the thick fog, Chen Yun and Xiaoyue should have stood up, and I could vaguely see Chen Yun crossing his waist and saying, don't you look down on lesbians, what if it's a gay man crying?
"You're not crying?" My face changed, and the cry in the canyon was shrill and thin, sounding like a woman's.
The female comrades in the scientific expedition team are only Chen Yun and Xiaoyue, if it weren't for them, who would it be?