Chapter 59: Grouping
I imitated his tone and said, "Immortal Banban, spicy to me." ”
The health soldier's eyes lit up, but when he saw my teasing eyes, he immediately avoided them and pretended to be nonchalant again.
After a hearty meal, by the warm fire, everyone's eyes began to be open. I persevered for a while, but I still fell asleep with my mind relaxed.
This time I didn't sleep long, and I was the first to wake up. It was Xiao Guolin who took care of the fire, and everyone else was asleep in different postures. I really wanted to take this opportunity to ask Xiao Guolin something, but after thinking about it, I gave up. I couldn't be sure if there was anyone who was lying asleep, and my nervousness was high during this time, which caused me to become more and more suspicious, and I didn't know who to believe. I thought it would be better to find a chance to be alone and ask him my doubts.
But I didn't have nothing to do, I set the steel helmet pot up again, pulled a large chunk of the fish's fat layer out of my backpack, and threw it into the steel helmet pot to refine the oil. Although the fat layer of large fish can also be used as fuel directly, raw oil is difficult to ignite, and the amount of oil is also heavy due to the moisture. Considering that the next step of the search is likely to be extremely long, reducing the burden becomes a major issue.
The fat layer soon gives out the unique aroma of fried meat, and the fish oil is slowly fried, and the fat layer shrinks and scorchs. I patiently took out the dry dregs without oil, and then threw the fat layer into the steel helmet pot. The flames of the fire were kept small by me so that they would not ignite the grease in the steel helmet.
Platoon Commander Zhao came down this time and brought a large number of textiles. What I liked the most was the brown and hemp that they had taken out of the sealed cabin seats. These things have a very low ignition point, but the disadvantage is that they have poor burn resistance, and a fire quickly turns to ashes, which is why we don't use this material as a torch when we hunt. But with the addition of grease, this material is too good to make a torch. It is highly absorbent and can burn for a long time without having to make a large torch head. Then there's the fact that it has a low ignition point and can ignite quickly when needed.
As the grease in the steel helmet pot increased, I began to put the brown and hemp into the boiling grease. The oil absorption of hemp silk is very strong, and the high temperature strengthens this property. The hemp threads in the steel helmet pot continued to increase, and when it was full, I served the steel helmet pot and let it cool on its own. Then put another steel helmet on the fire and start refining the second pot of oil. The process was very boring and tedious, and I boiled two pots of grease and soaked a lot of hemp before I started tying the torches.
The hemp silk soaked in grease is tightly wrapped around the end of the torch, and the grease is tightly absorbed by the hemp silk, and it will not flow out because I am tightly wound. I made a total of thirteen torches, but in the end everyone woke up and watched me work in silence. Collective silence and non-intervention.
It wasn't until I tied up the last torch and clapped my hands to indicate that it was done, that Platoon Commander Zhao spoke: "Assign the search personnel." ”
He didn't dwell on the question of whether or not to search for Song Guilong, and it seemed that my insistence had affected him, and he felt that persuasion or orders would not change my decision, so he simply compromised. If the order is invalid, his prestige will not be able to be maintained in front of his soldiers, and of course, in front of me and squad leader Liu, his prestige has been discredited.
For the search personnel on the upper level, he arranged four people. They are Xu Xinming, Xiao Guolin, Cao Mingzhe and a lightly injured fighter. I was surprised that he didn't put himself in the search on the upper floor, because his enthusiasm for finding a way out was much higher than looking for Song Guilong. However, I didn't say anything about it, as long as it didn't affect my plans, it didn't matter who was involved in the search for Song Guilong's team.
On the lower floor, I, squad leader Liu, and Hu Aiguo, the little soldier who was hunting together just now, were in charge of the search. He is responsible for centering the dispatch. Here, the search team on both the upper and lower floors can be contacted at the same time through walkie-talkies.
Xu Xinming and another soldier would not have objections to Platoon Commander Zhao's arrangement, but Xiao Guolin and Cao Mingzhe immediately objected. They made it clear that they wanted to search the lower space.
The most resolute attitude is Cao Mingzhe. It can be seen from his attitude that he has a close relationship with Song Guilong. This time when I encountered an emergency, I meant being trapped in an underground drainage canal, Cao Mingzhe was in a semi-conscious state, and his attitude towards everything was very indifferent, except for the matter against Song Guilong. Including when he came out to look for water at the beginning, he was also brought out at his insistence, I am afraid that his purpose that time was also to find Song Guilong.
Xiao Guolin's reason is very simple, he said one sentence: the archaeological team members can no longer be separated.
Xiao Guolin's words were very calm and light, but they were more powerful than Cao Mingzhe's excited words, and more convincing to Platoon Commander Zhao. Platoon Commander Zhao immediately fell into deep thought.
After a while, Platoon Commander Zhao made a decision and said to Xu Xinming: "You and Meng Fei are searching on the upper layer, and Brother Qiang will give you the sketch and tell you the main direction of the search." Then he turned to squad leader Liu and another soldier and said, "Squad leader Liu, you, Hu Aiguo and I will accompany the archaeological team to search this layer." ”
I was taken aback when I heard this, Platoon Commander Zhao's arrangement has concentrated most of the current forces at this level. This is not in line with Platoon Commander Zhao's original intention, and then the search on this level will still move forward along the cave wall, or along the open shore, and the number of people will not play a big role. Unless it is divided into two groups to search, neither Xiao Guolin nor Platoon Commander Zhao will agree to this, in fact, I am not in favor of separate searches, especially under the premise that there are unknown creatures in the water.
I hesitated and said to Platoon Commander Zhao: "There are not so many people on this floor. ”
Platoon Commander Zhao smiled bitterly, inadvertently glanced at Xiao Guolin and Cao Mingzhe and said, "We not only have to search here, but also ensure that we come back alive, there is a lot of danger in this space, I have to be careful." ”
As soon as I heard it, I knew that he was worried about the safety of Xiao Guolin and Cao Mingzhe. But when I think about it, his worries are not unreasonable, and after my right hand has regained its mobility, I have been able to protect myself and work with my teammates. Xiao Guolin and Cao Mingzhe have no such ability at all, they have not received militarized or paramilitary training, and their physical strength and mobility are also poor. If we encounter the water monsters we encountered, they are completely the ones who need to be protected, which will greatly reduce the combat effectiveness of the search team. In this way, it is logical for Platoon Commander Zhao to increase in.
There were no objections, and the details began. After a while, I began to follow the sketch I had drawn and pointed out to Xu Xinming the passage that might lead in the direction of the Yadan landform. All the compressed food was given to Xu Xinming and to the fighters on the upper floor. We process the fish into dried meat and use it as food. Water, it's no longer a problem, everyone can fill their own marching jugs.
The problem at the moment is bullets. We're running out of bullets.
PS: Second update. I just looked at it, and we still have eighteen votes for the Dream Cup. We have to work hard to get to the semi-finals. There are two more days left this week, and I will insist on two more, and ask my friends to give me strength and strive to enter the pagination click list. Let's work together to make it to the double list, okay?!