Chapter 36: The Iron Gate
The sound was very strange, especially in such an inaccessible place, not like a movement like wind, but some kind of artificially created sound.
Wu Qi was a little surprised at first, but the moment he touched the rifle he was carrying behind him, he suddenly remembered the geographical location he was in. This is the border between China and North Korea that has not yet been demarcated, and the Korean Peninsula is only in a state of armistice rather than the end of the war.
Finally regained the feeling of just arriving in Lao Yeling, Wu Qi felt in his heart that things might not be right, he was likely to encounter something bad, at that time, the most publicized were spies and other enemy special operations, saying that those spies had secret hiding places in hidden places, stealing state military secrets by some means, and waiting for opportunities to carry out sabotage operations, which was the thing Wu Qi had heard the most. Now that I think about it, I really can't say what I encountered, but it's useless to think about it, I can only make a better judgment by going over and seeing with my own eyes what the situation is.
Wu Qi quickly wrapped the scarf, only exposed his eyes, dragged the rifle in front of him, and slowly moved until he walked to the end of the cliff in front of him, he looked nearby, and found that the cliff seemed to naturally form a huge depression, as if it had been blown up, but it was not visible from the side and thought it was coming to an end. And what surprised Wu Qi the most was that in the middle of the cliff that was sunken in, there were actually two large iron gates four or five meters high that were artificially built, all of which were made of metal, which looked extremely abrupt in this place, and it was even more strange.
The sound of metal grinding just now was probably emitted by the opening and closing of these two iron doors, but the outside was flat ground. And there is nothing. Just as Wu Qi wanted to walk over to take a look, he suddenly heard the sound of chain friction, and then a gap opened in the middle of the iron door, and then slowly opened outward.
Seeing this, Wu Qi quickly shrank back, and then clinged to the vertical cliff wall, holding the rifle in front of his chest and breathing a little nervously. But he didn't dare to make too much movement, he listened to a series of noises when the iron door opened, the roar of organic qì, the sound of fine friction of the iron chain, and the metal sound of the huge iron door opening and closing, what made Wu Qi nervous the most was the thing behind the iron door, he couldn't help but poke his head out from behind the cliff, just in time to see something coming out from behind the huge iron door.
It was a number of people in long white cotton jackets, who hurried out from behind the iron gates. And in the end, there was a small truck, all of which were all snowy white, and if they were hidden in the silver-white forest covered by heavy snow, it was really impossible to see, and the strangest thing was that those people were covered with gas masks on their faces, and they seemed to be doing something behind the door, Wu Qi couldn't understand but felt a little dangerous, so he quickly lay on the ground against the cliff wall, and blocked himself with the snowdrift in front of him.
At this time, Wu Qi's mind was spinning rapidly, and he thought about every possibility he could think of. At first, he thought that he was an enemy agent hidden in the deep mountains and old forests, but he immediately denied it. Because this formation is a bit too big, especially the two huge iron doors that can be opened and closed, this is a bit too conspicuous, and it does not conform to the hidden methods of enemy agents in the textbook. And this gate is so big, the place inside must not be small, such a large amount of work can not be completed overnight. They are uniformly dressed and have trucks, could it be their own people? The secret army established by the state is as mysterious as Li Huan's sixteen institutes.
As soon as he thought of these sixteen institutes, Wu Qi was stunned. He pierced his eyes and thought for a long time, then suddenly raised his face and muttered: "Oh, this place is so moving, this can't be the sixteen headquarters, right?" But he himself was not sure, for fear of being discovered, he lightly returned to the icicles of the waterfall, and seeing that no one was following him, he hurriedly ran in the other direction, and the one who ran was called a fast, and he was a little afraid. When he ran, his ears covered by the dogskin hat could only hear his own heavy wheezing and the sound of his heart beating violently, and the rest was muffled by the crunch of stepping on the snow.
The whole Changbai Mountain Pass is divided into four slopes, southeast and northwest, this north slope is within the boundaries of our country, and it is also the easiest place to pass and the best scenery in the whole Changbai Mountain, and it has been changed to the only way for tourists to go up the mountain in the future, but although the north slope is the easiest to climb when Wu Qi went up the mountain, it is also a primitive mountainous area before it has become a scenic spot, and it takes a little effort to climb up.
Wu Qi looked at the direction of the mountain and kept climbing, but he couldn't climb to the top, tired and even coughed and wheezing, grabbed the small tree on the side and knelt in the snow to rest, and the thirst couldn't stand it, so he directly grabbed a mouthful of snow and stuffed it in his mouth, but the roots of his frozen teeth trembled, and the thirst was not relieved but began to be cold from the inside out.
This season in Changbai Mountain is very cold, people are exposed to the outdoors for a long time, even if they wear very thick clothes, they can't withstand it for a long time, the cold will first paralyze the limbs, and then gradually drop the body temperature, and eventually may be frozen to death on the summit of this peak at an altitude of more than 2,000 meters.
But at that time, people's willpower was really not to be underestimated, and the so-called spiritual power refreshed the limits of human beings again and again. From the beginning of the Korean battlefield, the volunteers in the low temperature of minus 40 degrees, took off their shoes and rolled up their trouser legs and crossed the river barefoot, to the other side of the river as if there was no one else, and then put on their shoes and continue to march, which made the US soldiers who were scouting in the distance dumbfounded, and there was once a rumor in the United Nations army that Chinese soldiers were not afraid of cold and would not die, which greatly hit the morale of the United Nations army for a while, which was a good thing for us. But whether it's cold or not only we know, the toes and ears of the people who came back are frozen countless times, this kind of iron willpower makes Wu Qi particularly admired, and he also intends to resist.
The process of the toes falling off from being frozen to feeling it didn't feel at all, because the nerves were frozen and necrotic, and it might hurt to scratch the heart and scratch the liver afterwards. Wu Qi wanted to move his toes as he walked, but the only part he could feel was his heels, which hurt like being pricked by needles. He has been walking in the primeval forest for a day, and he has slept in the woods at night, he has never been serious about heating at all, and the foot of the fire he lit can't be roasted, and it has been cold, but he is so numb that he has no sense, which is not a good thing, Wu Qi has been on duty here for a year and a half, of course he knows it.
But Wu Qi didn't know where the outpost to deliver the letter was, because he had never been to the top of Changbai Mountain, let alone the small outpost, it was estimated that he had to walk along the edge of the Tianchi in the mountain pass to find the place, but when the foot was pulled out of the shoe at that time, it was estimated that only half of it was left, and the half was frozen with the shoe. Wu Qi squatted down a little nervously and pressed the upper with his hand, but the foot inside didn't feel anything pressing, Wu Qi thought to himself, his foot was going to be frozen, he had to find a place to warm his feet quickly, otherwise he would be disabled in the future, which couldn't be done.
But in the surrounding barren mountains and mountains, there are only endless steep slopes, and he can't even see a tree hole, and he wants to put his feet in his pocket when he is cold. As he was grinning, he suddenly smelled a burnt smell of burning wood in the air, as if it had been carried by the wind from afar. Wu Qi climbed up a steep slope with difficulty, and before he could get up, he suddenly heard someone shouting at him overhead: "Don't move!" Who? ”
Wu Qi was thrilled when he heard this, but he immediately reacted, and looked up with a side face, and there was a soldier squatting on the side of the dirt slope three or four meters above his head, and he was still squatting with a gun in his hand aimed at Wu Qi. Seeing this, Wu Qi didn't move, so he shouted loudly directly: "Comrade himself!" I'm from the communications squad of the Nanling garrison, I'm here to deliver a message to you, don't shoot! ”
"What? Where are you? The warrior above didn't seem to hear clearly.
Wu Qi lay on the ground panting, and it took him half a day to catch that breath, and he waved his hand to the people above and shouted: "My own people, I am a communication soldier, I came to deliver a letter to you, my feet are frozen and unconscious, help!" ”
This time, the soldier understood what was going on, and after carefully observing Wu Qi's clothing and the bag and rifle he was carrying, he realized that it was his own person, and quickly raised the muzzle of the gun and slid down the snow slope, and ran to Wu Qi's side in a few steps, but he was still more vigilant and did not directly contact him, but stood still and asked, "What letter are you here to deliver?" ”
Wu Qi, how did he know what the content of this letter was, and the communication squad leader didn't explain anything before leaving, but just said that the comparative secrets could not be sent by telegram, and there was no telegraph machine in the outpost, and they couldn't receive it, so in short, they had to be sent, and Wu Qi sent it like this. He was thirsty, tired and cold at this time, and he was more worried that his toes were going to freeze, so he reached into his backpack with his backhand and wanted to take out the letter, but the soldier stepped back vigilantly and raised the muzzle of a rifle slightly, Wu Qi hurriedly gasped and said, "Comrade, don't be nervous, I'll bring you the letter." Saying this, he took out a few bundled letters and handed them over, and the soldier also took them, but when he saw the words written on the envelope, he paused for a moment, seemed to remember something, put the gun behind his back, stood up straight, saluted Wu Qi and said, "Comrade, you have worked hard!" ”
Wu Qi exhaled heavily, thinking in his heart: "It's a fucking place!" (To be continued......)