Chapter 15 Unknown Land
Everyone on the combat vehicle packed up their things, completed the security inspection, and lined up to the canteen arranged by the base to have dinner. Like all the canteens of the military base, the canteen here is also spacious and bright, simple and clean, with rows of tables and stools neatly arranged.
Sitting down according to the arranged table number, Wu Tian and Wang Rui brought basins of food, one large basin of rice, one large basin of meat, and one large basin of vegetables. They were all packed with steel basins that were large with one person, and the portion was very sufficient.
"Wow, I haven't eaten such a good meal in a long time." Zhang Zhong whispered, and took the plate without hesitation and filled himself with a full plate of rice.
"It seems that this base is not short of anything." Chu Xiang also lowered his voice.
"Of course." Wu Tian whispered. Zhang Zhongchu Xiang was not a soldier and could speak at the dinner table, but Wu Tian did not dare to violate military rules and only dared to say two words in a low voice.
Everyone hadn't eaten such a good meal for a long time. They all turned into starving ghosts and were reincarnated. If they weren't in the military canteen, everyone wouldn't dare to be presumptuous, and the scene might be more lively than the vegetable market.
"It's been a long time since I've eaten vegetables." The knife hand named Li Wusheng whispered, keeping stuffing the vegetables into his mouth, wishing he could swallow the whole pot.
"Your sister, leave some for us." Liu Ershen, the driver of the chariot, cursed in a low voice, and there was not enough rice to serve a lot of vegetables.
Since the great changes, the earth's environment has become unsuitable for growing crops. In addition to occasionally being able to eat vegetables during military operations, non-military personnel like Chu Xiang Zhang Zhong can only eat the meat of mutant beasts. Sometimes it would be great to pick mushrooms and wild vegetables in remote areas. It is very happy to have food occasionally.
After the great changes, there were a lot of grain stored in granaries in various places. If you were not afraid of danger, you would participate in military operations or go out to find it yourself. Rice is a relatively easy thing to eat, and it is not as scarce as vegetables.
Eight people ate their food in less than five minutes, and they all swelled up their stomachs. Chu Xiang also ate eight points full.
After dinner, Wu Tian took everyone back to the chariot and waited for the next order.
I stayed in the snow for several days, and I felt comfortable in the warm base. I felt sleepy as soon as I had enough food. Chu Xiang felt dizzy and his head was dizzy. When I returned to the chariot, I went to the car to sleep.
After sleeping for more than half an hour, Wu Tian woke up Chu Xiang. It turned out that the task had been arranged.
After getting up, Chu Xiang was a little scared. He usually felt as long as someone approached him. Now he actually asked someone to wake up. If someone came with malicious intentions, his life would not be enough to die. He knew that it might be because he absorbed too much resentment. He quickly cheered up and kept telling himself to be vigilant, and used repeated hints to strengthen his sense of vigilance.
Not everyone participated in the task arranged. There were only Zhang Zhong, Wang Rui and Chu Xiang on the list. The three followed Wu Tian for more than ten minutes and came to a conference room. There were already many people in the conference room. After the three of them entered, Wu Tian left, and there was no name on the task list.
The three of them found a seat to sit down, and some people came in one after another. Chu Xiang glanced at everyone and realized that these people were selected elites and probably to perform difficult tasks.
Everyone was waiting quietly, no one spoke. Not long after, a young man with the rank of colonel came into the conference room. The expressionless colonel glanced at the everyone in the conference room. Regardless of whether the people were there or not, he turned on the computer and a map was displayed on the big screen. The colonel said: "My name is Song Ming, and he is the commander of this operation. This is our mission location. The mission level is S level. The goal is to capture a mutant object. The personnel are equipped with three crawler infantry fighting vehicles, four snipers, six melee combat personnel, five heavy machine gunners, a total of twenty-six people. The code name of this operation is: Wuming, and the specific combat plan is as follows:...
"You are all veterans, I won't say nonsense. Take your weapons and gather in the Equipment Room No. 178 in twenty minutes." After the action plan was arranged, the colonel said.
After leaving the conference room, Zhang Zhong said: "It seems that this mission is a bit troublesome."
"S-level, how can I not be troublesome?" Wang Rui smiled. He was not concerned about the dangers in the future. He experienced more life and death and was used to licking blood from the knife. No matter how dangerous the task was, it was just a trivial matter.
"This kind of firepower configuration is not something that ordinary people can withstand." Chu Xiang frowned.
"You noticed that the Colonel's wording was not a mutated object, his description was not an organism, nor a non-organism, but an object." Zhang Zhong pointed out the key points keenly.
"In other words, based on the current information, we cannot judge what our goal is." Chu Xiang said.
"Then why don't you take action after you have a clear investigation? Is it time urgent or is it impossible to investigate at all?" Wang Rui said in confusion.
"It's possible, but isn't this more interesting?" Zhang Zhong smiled, with a hint of excitement on his face.
When he returned to the chariot, Zhang Zhong took the spear and Wang Rui took the heavy sniper rifle. The others didn't ask much. Everyone understood that it would be best not to know what they shouldn't know. He said, take care of himself and then go what he should do.
In the equipment room No. 178, everyone arrived one after another. Three crawler infantry fighting vehicles were on standby. A tall and majestic lieutenant colonel officer was equiping everyone with equipment. Each of them was given a set of protective equipment, fourteen heat weapon personnel were fully armed and dressed neatly. Chu Xiang chose not to wear protective equipment, and only wore simple communication tools. Zhang Zhong tried it in a bulletproof vest, but found that it did not affect the use of gunshots, so he also wore it. Two other close combatants also wore bulletproof vests.
After a while, Song Ming came to the equipment room and had already changed into a snow camouflage uniform. There was a long sword hanging on his waist. I don’t know if it was for decoration or combat, and his expression was cold.
There were three infantry fighting vehicles, each of which was assigned two close combat, two heavy machine gunners and one heavy sniper. In addition to the equipment on everyone, the car also brought a lot of various equipment, several steel wire mesh, a large cylinder, several bundles of steel wire ropes, and a full car of ammunition.
Check the weapons and test the communications. The soldiers made preparations before the war as usual. Everyone got on the car. Song Ming gave the order and the team set off.
"All units should be careful, keep alert and set off." Song Ming's voice came from the headset.
The convoy did not leave the gate when he was there, but another much smaller door. Obviously, the base has several entrances to enter and exit. The base gate slowly opened, and snowflakes flew into the base with the wind, and suddenly came from the warm base to the snowy sky and snow. Chu Xiang couldn't help but sneeze.
"No way, I'll sneeze like this?" Zhang Zhong looked at Chu Xiang strangely.
"A little strange." Chu Xiang rubbed his brows, not knowing what was going on. He has been active in the snow and ice all year round, from warm to cold countless times, and has never sneezed. This situation happened today.
"Is there a woman thinking of you?" Wang Rui said with a smile.
"It's possible that, as handsome as me, I don't know how many women want to throw themselves into their arms." Chu Xiang said with a bit serious expression. Although he was telling a joke, his tone was a bit serious.
"The first time I saw someone with such a thick-skinned face." Zhang Zhong said with a smile.
"Even the gun can't be penetrated." Another tall warrior named Li Bin in the same car, holding a heavy machine gun, said.
"Even cannons can't be penetrated." Wang Rui emphasized.
While joking, the few people did not relax their observation of the surrounding situation, remained very alert and entered the battle at any time. The snowflakes rolled up by the squadrilateral chariots fell on everyone, as if they were in a fairy tale world, exuding a drifting and murderous intention.
The destination is only more than 70 kilometers away from the base, and the straight line distance may not be even forty kilometers. After the chariot leaves the base, it begins to cross mountains and ridges along the mountain roads. The chariot's driving route has been planned long ago, and some places that were originally impossible to pass have been repaired. Although it is a bit bumpy, it does not affect the driving of tracked infantry fighting vehicles. It can be seen that I attach importance to this operation.
In the snow and ice, there were few wild beasts still moving. The roar of the chariot alarmed the mutant beasts around. Some mutant beasts that were so hungry that they lost their minds rushed over, and were all killed by the snipers in the car with accurate gunshots. Some mutant beasts that wanted to pursue could not pose a threat to the chariot due to the thick snow.
The overhead drone detects real-time to ensure the safety of the route. The tanks travel according to the scheduled route and the road is smooth. After more than an hour, three tanks approach the predetermined location.
"All units are paying attention, they are about to enter the target range and prepare for battle." Song Ming's voice came from the headset.
Three chariots came to a valley. After observing, the chariot slowed down toward the valley. Chu Xiang observed the surrounding terrain. Two hills on both sides were towering, with rocks on the hillsides standing on the hillside. The terrain was dangerous. There was also a high mountain in the east. The top of the mountain was covered with clouds and mist, and the black mountain was like a beast lying dormant. The direction everyone came in was a canyon in the west. There was a small hill in the middle of the valley. There was a cliff between the hill and the hill in the east. Under the temperature of more than 20 degrees below zero, a stream was actually flowing under the cliff.
"The goal must be there." Chu Xiang pointed to the cliff and said.
"The yang on the back gathers yin, and the cold water on the cliff is probably a bad place." Zhang Zhong said with a serious expression.
"Look at this small mountain bag, what does it look like?" Chu Xiang pointed at the front again and said.
After being stunned, Zhang Zhong suddenly blurted out: "Grave."
The terrain here is exactly the shape of a standard tomb. The cliffs on three sides are like grave walls, and the grave in the middle. The place where everyone comes in is the grave.
"The shape of a dead land is not frozen cold water, the mouth of the poisonous dragon, and the place of great danger." Zhang Zhong said solemnly.
"That cave entrance is our goal." Wang Rui pointed to the dark cave road under the cliff, and the cliff was like a tombstone stuck behind the grave.
"There is not a mutant beast in this valley." Heavy machine gunner Li Bin suddenly said.
"The place where even mutant beasts avoid it seems to be worthy of the difficulty of this S-level mission." Another machine gunner Chen Dehong grinned.
While the few people were talking, the chariots drove up the hills in the valley, lined up to the cliff on the east side, and pointed directly at the hole on the cliff.
"Machine gunner, sniper, set firepower points, targets, caves in front of them." Song Ming ordered.
Everyone got out of the car and set up positions, leaving only the driver and gunner on the car.
According to the scheduled plan, everyone set up three crossed firepower points on the mountain bag, and the heavy sniper placed shooting positions on the roof of the car. Everyone was a veteran, and the position was soon set up.
"All firepower units should pay attention, keep alert and hang the network."
The reservation of the net-update personnel are four melee masters. Several of them have already taken out the wire mesh and stood by. Chu Xiang said, "The target is unknown at the moment. I don't know whether the target will launch an attack, so we have to cover the hole with the fastest way." Chu Xiang said to Li Gui who used a knife: "You and I climbed to the top of the cliff, one of them grabbed a corner, threw the net down, and the two of them pulled the two corners below, and then set the net."
The three nodded. Liu Quan's weapon was an iron rod, obviously a power type, and he was wearing a bulletproof vest. His flexibility was definitely worse. Zhang Zhong used a big gun, and Li Gui with a knife must be more flexible than them, so Chu Xiang asked Li Gui to climb to the top of the cliff with him.
Although the plan had been made according to the terrain of the cave, Chu Xiang still emphasized the process again. When making the plan, he did not see the terrain of the entire valley, but only saw the pictures of the cave, which made Chu Xiang's judgment a little wrong.
The plan was determined. Chu Xiang and Liu Quan walked from the left, Zhang Zhong and Li Gui approached the cliff from the right. Due to the thick snow, the four of them did not dare to walk fast. They carefully poked the ground with their weapons and walked forward carefully. After a while, they arrived at the stream.
The stream was gurgling, and the water flow was clear. The snowflakes falling into the stream melted quickly, but no heat was rising, and no water plants were seen in the stream. It was very strange. Chu Xiang stirred the stream with a knife, but there was still no change. After the scabbard left the water, the water traces on it quickly freeze.
Chu Xiang made a leap gesture, signaling Zhang Zhong and the others to jump over the stream and not to touch the water. Jumping over the stream about one meter wide, Chu Xiang carried the steel wire mesh rolled into bundles and jumped to half the height of the cliff. He grabbed a raised stone with his right hand, supported his feet on the stone wall, and then went up three meters like a monkey. He used the same trick again and then reached the top of the cliff.
Li Gui used his hands and feet on the other side and instantly reached the top of the cliff. The two approached the entrance of the hole, pulled the steel wire mesh, threw it away, and the steel wire mesh spread out. Zhang Zhong and Liu Quan pulled the two corners below, and the three of them smashed the steel drill at the four corners of the wire mesh into the ground with an iron hammer. Chu Xiang grabbed the steel drill and pressed it hard, and the steel drill penetrated into the stone, and then pressed the steel drill connected to the wire rope on the entrance.
It took less than ten seconds for the four of them to cast the net to be arranged.
This is a simple and practical hunting trap. If the things in the hole are rushed out, the steel brazing fixed to the four corners of the steel wire mesh is pulled up, and the wire ropes strung on all sides of the steel mesh are tightened, and the things in the net will be tied up.
The four of them returned to the hill and Song Ming said: "All units should be careful and prepare for battle."
"Teel the enemy." Song Ming then ordered.
Chapter completed!