Now that the goal has been achieved, Yang Luo will not ask about the terrorist elements again, lest the other party suspect it. Instead, he slowly turned his body, looked at the river in front of him, and said, "Old man, this is the famous Panjshir River." Then he sighed, "The water of this river is really clear, because of the economic development of our country, the pollution is very serious, and it is rare to see such a clear river." ”

The old man laughed proudly, the laughter was very loud, if you didn't see the old man's appearance, you really can't imagine that such a loud laughter came from an old man in his sixties.

"The Panjshir River is the best source of water in Afghanistan." As he spoke, he pointed to the embankments on both sides of the river, as well as the farmland in the distance, "Speaking of this river, I really thank you for your selfless help. In the sixties and seventies, when I was still a teenager, the Afghan people built a dam and canal on the Panjshir River with the help of Chinese engineers and technicians, and completed the water conservancy and irrigation project. This is a very successful project, which has nourished about 25,000 hectares of land. Nearly 10,000 hectares of wasteland, which was once a camel's thorn, has been converted into farmland or vineyards, but ......"

The old man's expression darkened when he said this, "It's just that years of war have left a lot of the surrounding farmland barren, but the channel is still very intact." ”

Yang Luo looked up at the lower reaches of the Panjshir River, where huge cement and stone slabs were neatly aligned, and the river water was flowing slowly along the channel. There were houses in the area, but they were all in ruins.

"What's that?" Yang Luo asked, pointing to the ruins downstream.

The old man looked over and said, "That's the vineyard, and when the grapes were ripe, our town was very lively, and vendors from all over the country came here to buy them. Because the water here is good, the grapes are sweet and delicious. It's just that now the vineyards are full of mines, and no one dares to take half a step. Every year, the vine fends on its own, leaving only a stout rhizome due to the lack of supports. ”

Yang Luo said with emotion: "Several ruined and dry wells have always been people's homes. ”

The old man looked at Yang Luo suspiciously: "What did you say?" ”

Yang Luo smiled: "It's nothing, old man, we're leaving, I'll see you again in the future!" ”

The old man asked, "Where are you going?" ”

Yang Luo said: "We are going to Badakhshan Province!" ”

The old man nodded: "There are mines everywhere here, don't run around." Because it's not the guns that are really scary in this place, it's all kinds of powerful mines and unstoppable roadside bombs. ”

"Thank you!" Yang Luo thanked him, then said goodbye to the old man, walked back to the car and shouted, "Get in the car, let's go!" ”

The madman drove the car and was the first to cross the iron-paved bridge, and Li Tao and the others followed and passed smoothly. After crossing the river, you will truly enter the Panjshir Valley. With a slight sway, the convoy drove along the narrow and dilapidated roads of what was known as the Valley of Death. The terrain is getting higher and higher, Yang Luo took a look at the multi-functional military watch, at this time the altitude is 1,400 meters, and now it is completely dark.

Yang Luo said: "Crazy, find a place to eat and rest." ”

At this time, the road began to become stable, and the car was not so shaky, and after a short time, a flat gravel beach appeared in front of it, and the madman stopped the car, and everyone pushed the car door and got out of the car, surrounded by wilderness, which seemed very empty.

It was very cold at night in the Panjshir Valley, Yang Luo wrapped his collar and said with a sigh: "Everyone eat something, rest for a while before leaving." ”

Long Xin and Xu Hang found the field dry food and distributed it to everyone, Yang Luo took a bite of the dry food, looked around, and then looked up at a towering mountain peak that emitted bright light in the distance and said, "That peak should be the Hindu Kush Mountain." ”

Everyone gathered around Yang Luo, looking at the snow-capped mountains that were close in front of them but far away in the sky, Li Tao said: "Yes, Maihe Sumu Aishan arrived two days ago, but they can't enter the valley, so they can only go up the mountain in the southeast. And we are up the mountain in the northeast, much closer than them, and should be in time. ”

Yang Luo knocked his head and said softly: "We haven't been here before, but looking at the marks on the map, the mountains in the southeast are relatively gentle, and there are ice cliffs nearly four hundred meters high in the northeast, and it is not so easy to go up." ”

"Do your best and let your destiny be!" Xu Hang threw away the packaging of the field dry food, wiped the corners of his mouth with his hand, picked up the water bottle and took a sip, "Have you eaten it all?" As he spoke, he looked at the three women, the ghost fox, the blood angel, and the red leaf.

Momiji grinned: "I'm full!" Then he hugged his hands to his chest and shivered, "Oh, this hellish place, it's so cold." After saying that, he got into the car, and then the blood angel also got into the car.

The ghost fox opened the water bottle and took a sip, then handed it to Yang Luo: "Drink some water, I'll get in the car first." ”

Yang Luo took it, watched the ghost fox get into the car, and said, "Let's go!" ”

The convoy was on the road again, and the speed was very slow as the road conditions became more and more difficult to walk. And the more roads like this, the more energy the driver has. Anyway, there are no people in the car who can't drive, and they will be replaced in almost two or three hours, and everyone can get enough rest time.

The car swayed, and everyone was drowsy. I don't know how long it took for a glimmer of light to appear in the east.

"It's dawn!" Xu Hang, who was driving, shouted boredly, Yang Luo and the madman opened their eyes, stretched at the same time, and then looked out the window. The Hindu Kush Snow Mountains are already in sight, and there is a very large clearing under the Snow Mountain, which is full of steel waste.

The road was getting narrower and narrower, and after less than ten minutes of driving on the gravel road, the car saw a 155 mm gun collapsed on the side of the road, the muzzle of the gun buried deep in the earth, and on the left side of the road still stood a 10-meter-high iron sentry tower, which seemed to indicate that this was the first guard of the Soviet army many years ago. When the car turned onto a small dirt slope, a huge military oil tank appeared on the side of the road, which was obviously used by the Soviet army to transport oil back then.

Because of the poor self-defense ability of the tanker trucks, they became the focus of the guerrillas' attacks, and the further they went, the more wreckage of the tanker trucks and artillery remained. After walking for another half an hour, they finally arrived at the foot of the snowy mountain, and after the car stopped, everyone got out of the car, and in front of them was a huge field, which was full of the wreckage of the tank. It was all Soviet T-62 and T-72 main battle tanks that had been blown up. And right in front of them, a huge oil tank was densely covered with bullet holes, and some of the tanks still had traces of burning.

Although the war was gone, in this scarred land, Yang Luo and the others seemed to be able to smell the thick smell of gunsmoke, hear the gunfire and cannon, and the tragic roar.

"What a terrible war was here!" Yang Luo had no experience in large group operations, but as a soldier, and a professional soldier who often went to the battlefield, they could imagine the tragedy of the war.

Ivan silently boarded a T-72 tank, which had been blown to pieces inside, except for the barrel intact. In the rear of the tank, where the engine was originally mounted, there were many barbed wire, on which were also hung canned boxes.

Ivan took off the canned food box, his hands trembling a little, such a situation is unimaginable for a soldier, especially a professional soldier. However, this also shows that the large emotional fluctuations in his heart at this time.

"This was used as a warning to prevent the guerrillas from sneak attacks at night when the Soviet army was camping."

Yang Luo jumped onto a nearby T-62 tank with its turret completely overturned, and then looked inside the tank, which was littered with many machine-gun bullet casings, as if to describe the Soviet tank crews still using machine gun fire in the last moments of the Afghan resistance rushing in...... And many more armored and military vehicles were beaten so badly that they could not even be seen as they were.

At this time, Ivan jumped into another tank, and then wiped the metal plate in front of the car with both hands, wiping off the thick dust, revealing the numbers carved with a saber.

Ivan looked at the numbers for a moment, then let out a long breath, "This should be a hero tank, and these numbers are the numbers that destroy the enemy's firepower points." ”

Yang Luo smiled: "Ivan, I didn't think you were still a person who likes to be sad." ”

Ivan also smiled: "My uncle died here, in fact, I have always wanted to come here to see, but I didn't have the opportunity." Now that it's finally here, it's the fulfillment of my little wish. ”

Yang Luo jumped out of the tank, patted the iron plate that was already full of rust, kicked up a puff of dust, and then looked at a warning sign with a minefield written on a stone on the side of the road, and said with a smile: "This place has always maintained the original appearance of the battlefield, maybe in a few decades, when Afghanistan calms down the chaos, this place will become a tourist attraction." ”

Ivan pointed to the purple hill under the snowy mountain and said, "See that hill?" The mausoleum of Massoud, the former leader of the Northern Alliance, known as the Lion of Panjshir, should be there.

Yang Luo looked over, the mausoleum is backed by the snow-capped Hindu Kush Snow Mountain, and the clear river water is winding down, and the surrounding scenery is quiet and deep.

Yang Luo clapped his hands and shouted, "Okay, don't look at it, everyone hurry up and fill your stomach, let's continue walking." ”

The Hindu Kush mountain range, which is about 1,600 kilometers long. With an average altitude of about 5,000 meters above sea level, the highest peak, Tirichmir, is about 7,700 meters above sea level, and is the watershed between the Indus River, which originates in the southwest of the Tibetan Plateau, and the Amu Darya River, which originates in the Pamir Plateau.

After filling their stomachs as fast as they could, they set out on the road again, and after walking for about 500 meters, a fork in the road. One road leads directly to passes in other regions, and the other leads to the Hindu Kush Snow Mountain. Looking up at the bottom of the mountain, the whole road is winding and hanging on the cliff, which is terrifying to look at.

The madman hit the steering wheel, and the off-road vehicle drove up the mountain road. The road is quite narrow, the car walks close to the mountain, and the outside tire is less than a meter to the cliff.

"Damn, what kind of road is this?" The madman scolded, holding the steering wheel with both hands, staring inside with his eyes in front of him, his body tense.

Yang Luo took a cigarette in his mouth and tilted his head to look outside: "It's good to have a road, I guess, there is a military station halfway up the mountain, which should be the way for the Soviet army to transport supplies back then." Otherwise, there is no need to carve out such a path here. ”

Time passed little by little, the convoy drove slowly on the steep winding mountain road, and after more than three hours, the sun had risen high, but they could feel the temperature dropping in the car. And where the mountain protrudes, there is already white snow.

Yang Luo took a look at the multi-functional military watch, the altitude had reached more than 3,400 meters, and after driving for more than half an hour, the mountain was already covered with snow, and when he arrived here, the road was cut off, and the car could no longer drive up.