In the room on the second floor of Squad Leader Dao's house, a large round table was filled with appetizers and three bottles of Xifeng wine that had already been cooled, as well as various Baiyangdian specialties and other specialties that Wei Ran took out of his bag and placed directly on the table.
Half of Hongta Mountain has been opened.
In the puffs of smoke, in the wine glasses held up again and again, in the doors opened by Wei Ran or Lu Yao raising their cameras again and again, the three people talked over and over again about their experiences on the battlefield and after the war.
They also talked about their respective hardships.
"This...this"
The sharp-tongued squad leader pulled out a glory bullet tied with a red cloth rope from his collar and shook it, "Lu Yao, you, do you still remember? Back then, hiccup - when you were injured, I, I
Pulled off from your neck."
"Still, do you still have it with you?"
Lu Yao drank all the wine in the glass in one gulp, then picked up a smoked loach from Aiyangdian and took a big bite. Then he wiped his greasy hands on his baggy suit pants and said, "Quick, here it is.
Let me see."
Throwing the glory bomb to Lu Yao casually, Squad Leader Dao picked up the wine bottle again and filled it up again for Lu Yao, Wei Ran who was pressing the shutter, and himself.
"Long live the jungle tiger, artillery."
Lu Yao pointed to the words engraved on the glory bomb and said loudly with a smile, "Hey! It's really mine! The words on it are still... I was in the store in front of the regiment department back then. Look for one.
The uncle carved it!"
As he spoke, Lu Yao kissed the grenade hard and spoke more eloquently, "Back then, the old man wanted ten cents per word, but he didn't take my money after the engraving was finished!"
"You can't use this thing"
After pouring the wine, the knife squad leader reached out and took back the glory bullet and hung it around his own neck again, "So you might as well lend it to me. I might still be able to use it."
"I hope you don't need it either."
Lu Yao picked up the wine glass and said, "I, we, yes, we, all of us, I, I, Lu Yao, Wei Ran, Platoon Leader Luo, Hai Dongqing, Dazhai, Hongliang, prepare for war, and Leap Forward, we all, all
I'm waiting for you to bring Xiao Xifeng and Squad Leader Cha back, you, you have to..."
"Plop!" Lu Yao fell to the floor before he could finish his words.
"I'll go with you"
Wei Ran ignored Lu Yao, who was drunk and started talking nonsense. He also picked up the cup and looked at the knife squad leader across the table seriously.
"No, you stay."
The squad leader Dao also picked up the cup, "I will come back every August 1st to have a look, and then I will report to you on my progress."
As he said that, he drank all the wine in the glass, pointed out the window and said, "If you don't dislike that truck, just drive it back. When I bring Cha Yongfang and Xiao Xifeng back, you can return the truck."
Give me."
Before he finished speaking, the knife squad leader picked up a pack of Hongtashan and put it into his pocket. Then he put the paratrooper pot and paratrooper knife brought by Lu Yao into a canvas backpack and said as he walked out, "Okay, I should
Now that we're gone, Qingyan's child will be left in your care."
"Hey you..." In the gradually rising white light, Wei Ran shouted faster, "Be careful of mines! Be careful..."
Watching the increasingly blurry Captain Dao, it seemed that he turned around and waved towards him, but Wei Ran's heart clenched. Before the white light faded, he didn't even know if this meeting meant goodbye forever.
Before the white light faded, he smelled the damp and rotten smell unique to the jungle again.
The not-so-pleasant smell made him tense up subconsciously, but he also breathed a sigh of relief subconsciously.
When he saw everything around him clearly, he found that he was standing directly in front of a bush. He looked at the wild banana forest behind him, and then looked at the faint entrance of the cave behind the bush. Wei Ran had already remembered that this place
It was exactly the same cave he and Captain Dao went into after rescuing the wolf cub Nahan.
Looking down at himself, he was wearing a set of 87-style camouflage, and a canvas satchel hung diagonally on his shoulder. This was not a big satchel, but it was filled with a bottle of Xifeng wine and two pairs of Hongtashan, and there was even a bag.
Monkey Ace tea.
He tried to take out the contents of the metal book. After some attempts, he found that the only thing he could use at this moment was the flashlight he got from the moss battlefield.
Shaking his head helplessly, he gently pushed aside the bushes and walked step by step deeper into the cave by the light of his flashlight.
Along the way, when he returned to the puddle where he had casually dropped two Type 72 anti-infantry mines, he clearly saw two broken bones lying on the edge of the puddle, and the surrounding walls
On it, a skull was painted with white paint, and a warning that was eye-catching like "minefield ahead" was written in Vietnamese.
He stepped forward more cautiously, and after making countless twists and turns in the cave just like before, he finally saw the fork in the road again.
I haven’t seen it in a few years. In the direction of the fork in the road leading to Wolf Zai Nahan’s village, there are all kinds of discarded landmines everywhere. Some of them are made in China, some are made in the Soviet Union, and some are more difficult to imitate by oneself, and even
The filial piety left by Americans back then.
Obviously, these mines are more useful than any warning signs. No one in their right mind would want to come here, especially since the tunnel leading to the village is equipped with a locked iron gate.
Aiming the beam of the flashlight at the vaguely visible footprints on both sides of the iron fence door, Wei Ran thought for a moment, then stepped more cautiously towards the other direction of the fork in the road. At the same time, he also secretly expected to see someone in this place.
What to encounter in the direction.
During the slightly long lonely march, Wei Ran carefully looked at everything in the cave. The stalactites and puddles where he had placed the directional mines back then were still clear. The directional mines he had placed inside were also taken out and tied with wires.
On a particularly conspicuous stalactite pillar.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Fortunately, this directional mine is not only not equipped with a trip wire, but it is not even equipped with a detonator. This is a scary decoration.
Continuing to walk forward, when he came to the dry floating soil again, he found that there was a table made of wooden boards.
On this table, there are various landmines that are either covered in rust or covered in mud, but without exception, they have all been cleared of potential safety hazards.
Continuing to walk forward, when he was about to get out of the narrow hole, he discovered that there were many beehives placed against the rock wall in the cave, which was reinforced with wooden boards and log pillars.
And at the edge of the hole that only allowed one person to pass sideways, not only was a monkey tied with an iron chain, but in the monkey's arms, he was actually holding a calico puppy. At this time, it was using a dirty
I'm feeding this little puppy with a bottle of milk.
This black-haired monkey is quite humane. Although it does not recognize Wei Ran, it took the initiative to move its buttocks back to get out of the hole. It even stretched out the bottle in its hand towards Wei Ran, as if asking him if he wanted it.
Take a bite.
Helplessly waving his hand to reject the monkey spirit, Wei Ran stepped sideways out of the narrow hole, and then saw a stilted building made of wooden boards and thatch less than five meters away in front of him.
There is a fence around the open space between the stilted building and the entrance of the cave. However, there are no chickens, ducks or geese raised in this open space. Instead, they only grow some common vegetables.
Passing through the vegetable field, he saw from a distance that in the stilted building with windows on all sides, the knife squad leader who seemed to be a few years older was mending something.
However, the way he was dressed at this time made Wei Ran feel sour in his heart.
This barefooted veteran was wearing black clothes and black trousers that are common in rural areas. At his neck, a red cloth rope with a glory bomb could be vaguely seen.
By the window not far from Wei Ran, on a clothes rack sitting on a bamboo pole, hung the Black Panther Operation vest that Lu Yao gave to Captain Dao, with the words "Defend Southern Xinjiang" written in black paint on the back waist.
, and an 81-bar rifle.
The butt of the rifle was wrapped with a large five-leaf camouflage cloth strip. This was nothing, but the tactical vest was particularly scary.
Each of the four magazine pockets on its chest is stuffed with a magazine full of bullets. Among the eight small pockets directly below the magazine pocket, the four on the left are each stuffed with bullets that I don’t know where they came from.
American M67 oval grenade, the four on the right are each stuffed with a Type 72 anti-infantry mine.
Do you think this is the end? At best, this can only be regarded as an abundance of martial virtue. The real horror lies behind.
Stuffed in the glove bag on the left side of the magazine pouch is a spool of nylon spool, which is nothing. But stuffed in the glove bag on the right side of the magazine pouch is a pulse detonator!
The key thing that makes Wei Ran feel crazy is that the detonation line of this hand-pressed pulse detonator extends into the bag at the back of the vest that is supposed to be used to store the radio.
The protruding outline of the contents of the bag directly hinted that a Type 66 directional mine with "This is facing the enemy" written on it was stuffed inside!
This directional mine is not a glory bomb, but it is far better than a glory bomb. It is almost foreseeable that as long as he puts on this vest and turns around when necessary, this will be an oversized bomb that can pull everyone together to "glorify"
Glory bomb!
"who!"
Just when Wei Ran was stunned looking at the vest in the room, the knife squad leader who was sewing something also noticed Wei Ran, and with an increasingly unspeakable roar, he reached out and pulled out a piece of fabric from the pile of fabrics at his side.
A Type 54 pistol was pointed at the dazed fool outside the window.
"Wei Ran?! Why are you here?! Come on, come on! Come in!"
Squad Leader Dao was stunned when he saw Wei Ran. When he came to his senses, he immediately changed into Chinese, put down his pistol, stood up and ran out of the cabin.
"Let's see you, what are you busy with?" Wei Ran came back to his senses and asked with a smile. At the same time, he also took steps and walked up the steps into the stilted wooden house.
"Isn't it just the Army Day?"
Squad Leader Dao asked Wei Ran to sit down, and while pouring honey water and fruit for him, he did not forget to explain, "I am planning to go back soon, and I am busy preparing for Qing Yan, Lu Ming, and your children.
Where’s the gift?”
"this?"
As Wei Ran spoke, he had already picked up a bunny hat. One side of this bunny hat had a large five-leaf camouflage pattern, and the other side had a tiger-striped camouflage pattern from the Harder Monkey.
Even the pendant on the hat lanyard is made of shell casings from Type 64 submachine gun bullets. Obviously, the ingenious but inarticulate Captain Dao put a lot of thought into this inconspicuous little gift.
"right"
The squad leader took out a pack of Hongtashan and handed one to Wei Ran. He then ordered it and said with some anxiety, "I don't know if those children like it..."
"I like it. How could I not like it? I want a piece of it."
Wei Ran smiled and asked, "Old squad leader, am I worthy of this gift?"
"You are not a child anymore"
Squad Leader Dao shook his head dumbfounded and asked, "Lu Yao and the others didn't follow, did they? You didn't tell them the address here, did you?"
"No," Wei Ran replied, putting down the bunny hat in his hand.
Hearing this, Squad Leader Dao breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good, don't let them know, otherwise they will all come. Although the war is over in this ghost place, it is not much better than when the war was fought, especially the mountains and plains.
I can’t even dig out the landmines.”
"Are you still afraid of them coming?" Wei Ran walked to the powerful clothes hanger and picked up the Bayi Bar and asked deliberately.
"Why aren't you afraid?"
The squad leader Dao replied matter-of-factly, "They all have families and businesses now, so they shouldn't take risks here. That includes you, you shouldn't come."
"I'm here anyway"
As he spoke, Wei Ran hung the Bayi bar that he suspected to have left in the cave back on the hanger, and then took off his shoulder bag and handed it to the other party, "I even brought you a gift, how can you chase me away?"
Walk?"
"I guess I can't drive you away, but you, a great photographer, came at the right time."
As the squad leader said, he rummaged through the box and found a Zhujiang brand camera and handed it over, "I just bought the camera and film last month. Originally, I planned to take a picture of myself and myself. Now that you are here,
Just take a picture for me."
"Now?"
Wei Ran asked with some reluctance. He knew that when he pressed the shutter, he and Squad Leader Dao might never have the chance to meet again.
He also knows that even if he reminds Squad Leader Dao of what will happen, it will not change his decision, nor will it change the history that has already happened.
"Now," Squad Leader Dao said with a smile, "Do you still remember that wolf cub back then?"
"Nahan?"
"Now his name is Zha Xifeng, the name I gave him."
The squad leader Dao smiled and said, "He is my adopted son, barely. He will come over to learn Chinese and mine clearance with me later. I don't want him to see the clothes I wear when taking pictures."
Hearing this, Wei Ran was stunned, and finally nodded and picked up the Zhujiang camera produced by Huaxia, and asked while playing with it, "Where to shoot?"
"Just at the door." Squad Leader Dao pointed outside, "I'll change my clothes first."
"You haven't found them yet?" Wei Ran paused for less than half a second and then added, "Do you want to continue looking?"
“Not found yet”
As the squad leader spoke, he opened a rattan box and took out a neatly stacked set of five-leaf camouflage and a pair of clean Jiefang shoes. He put them on his body and replied matter-of-factly, "Back then,
The mission given to me by Platoon Leader Luo is to take everyone back. Cha Yongfang and Xiao Xifeng haven't gone back yet, so the mission has not been completed."
"I..."
"If I don't find them, I won't be able to sleep well."
After speaking, the squad leader smiled to himself, "Maybe the devil is stunned, just like the inner demons mentioned in martial arts novels. Wei Ran, I have to find them. If I can't find them, I will die without peace of mind. I
, I can’t explain to Platoon Leader Luo when I go down.”
Hearing this, Wei Ran sighed silently, and waited for the other party to put on the five-leaf camouflage and Jiefang shoes, and then put on the vest with abundant wood, put on the mask, and picked up the Bayi Bar.
.
"Wearing a mask to shoot?" Wei Ran asked as he followed the other person out.
"We agreed at the beginning that we would take photos showing our faces when we get back,"
The leader of the knife squad chose a position with the mountains as the background. After standing still, he stood at attention with his chest raised and his head raised in a standard manner. He shouted to himself, "The sharp knife squad protects the country! Stand at attention!"
"Snapped!"
The only one left, the lone sword squad leader, still made a passionate gun salute.
Staring blankly at the resolute eyes on the masked face, Wei Ran gritted his teeth and pressed the shutter button towards the other person. Then he also stood at attention, and in the white light that swept in, he returned a solemn military salute to the other person.
