Deep in the leafless forest, as the sky gradually grew brighter, Wei Ran was awakened by Zach, who was in charge of the late night watch.
"It's time for us to move on," Zach said, his stomach growling as if joining in the fun.
"Let's go"
Wei Ran stood up half-way with 56 having reinstalled his bayonet, carrying a medical bag and a water bottle with few clean medical instruments left, and walked at the front.
"I can't believe we escaped from the Charlies alive."
Zach, who was walking behind, was fiddling with the half-frame camera originally hanging around Weiran's neck and asked, "Victor, did you take any interesting photos? You might win an award for these photos when you go back.
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"Award-winning?" Wei Ran shook his head, "Let's survive first and then think about these things."
"really"
Zach put down the camera that had been hung around his neck, "I don't know how long we need to go back."
"If we can't find clean water today, we probably won't be able to hold on much longer."
Wei Ran patted the water bottle he was carrying and said, "You can't drink the water here, otherwise we might, no, we would definitely have diarrhea."
Before he finished speaking, the roar of a helicopter could be heard in the distance, and the two of them reacted very quickly and hid in a pile of fallen leaves.
Soon, a Pony reconnaissance helicopter flew over from a distance, brushing the treetops.
The dead branches and leaves used for camouflage on the two men were blown around by the strong wind caused by the roaring propellers.
Fortunately, the helicopter was still some distance away from them, so they were not discovered.
"do not move"
Wei Ran grabbed Zach, who was about to stand up, and scattered some dead branches and leaves on the torn canvas they were wearing.
He had just re-camouflaged himself when a group of spraying helicopters flew overhead in a horizontal line from a higher position.
Holding Zach down again, Wei Ran spread some dead branches and leaves on the two of them and continued to wait patiently. After a moment, two more Cobra gunships flew over their heads.
"Let's go!"
Before Wei Ran finished speaking, he had already lifted up the canvas and draped it over his body, running forward quickly.
On the other hand, Zach had already pressed the shutter button in the air when the spraying helicopters were flying over. At this time, he pressed the shutter button towards the buttocks of the two armed helicopters, and then turned around to pursue Wei Ran.
Go up.
After running for more than an hour without daring to stop, the two of them gradually heard the sound of flowing water.
Following the sound, they changed their direction and soon found a stream running through the forest.
"Don't drink"
Wei Ran grabbed Zach who was about to lie down in the river, squatted down and observed the flowing water, then stood up and said, "Let's walk upstream."
"This creek looks very clean," Zach said after swallowing.
"Let's walk up a bit," Wei Ran insisted, already taking steps.
"Victor, you are too cautious." Zach patted his forehead, "At least let me..."
"Go upstream for a while," Wei Ran said again without any doubt, "or else give me the camera back."
"Okay, okay." Zach raised his hands, "I'm not that thirsty anyway."
"You walk behind me"
Wei Ran was extremely cautious at this time, not only paying attention to whether there was any danger in the place where his feet were about to step, but also observing the surrounding situation.
After walking cautiously upstream for more than half an hour, Zach couldn't help but cover his mouth, then turned his head and began to retching with a "vomit" sound.
At this time, right in front of them, the wreckage of an A1 attack plane with broken wings was lying on the stream. The pilot of this attack plane no longer knew where he had gone, but around the broken fuselage, there were people everywhere.
Lying there were many corpses of guerrillas that had already taken on the appearance of giants.
These corpses were covered with mosquitoes and flies, and several of them were soaking in the stream, attracting small fish and shrimps in the stream to surround them and feast on them.
"vomit--"
Zach spat out the sour water again, and asked with both fear and joy, "Victor, how did you..."
"There's oil shining on the stream"
Wei Ran, who stopped, pointed to the wreckage of the plane, "I guess it's the fuel leaking from its fuel tank."
"These corpses..."
"The pilot should have been taken away"
As Wei Ran spoke, he chose to avoid them cautiously, and while continuing to walk forward in a roundabout way, he reminded, "Don't touch those corpses, there is something wrong with them."
"What's the problem?" Zach asked nervously.
"Although these corpses were all shot to death indiscriminately, if you look closely, you will notice that they have all been shot again, between their eyebrows or on the back of their heads. This shows that the person who shot them... I mean, rescued
The pilots, they had enough time to evacuate."
"So?" Zach asked, not knowing why.
"There was enough time to evacuate, but the weapons on these corpses were not taken away, let alone destroyed. This can only mean that this is a trap."
Wei Ran walked cautiously and explained almost confidently, "Either there is a minefield nearby, or there are bombs hidden under the corpses or under the weapons. At the worst, it can pollute the water source."
Hearing this, Zach raised his camera and took a photo, and then asked, "Where should we go next?"
“Of course we go upstream”
Wei Ran replied matter-of-factly, "We have to find a clean water source."
Having said that, after the two of them got around the wreckage of the plane, Wei Ran took off the extra things on his body and handed them to Zach. Then he took out the paratrooper gravity knife from the metal book and removed the 56 and a half triangular spear to serve as a mine detector.
Needle, and carefully touched it back.
Under Zach's nervous gaze, Wei Ran gradually touched the edge of the most "attractive" corpse.
There was an AK47 rifle slung on his shoulder, and there were three extra magazines and a gun oil can stuffed into the Type 56 chest sling that had been soaked with corpse fluid.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! After observing, Wei Ran carefully took off the gun sling that was pressed under the swollen body, then carefully picked up the rifle and put it aside, and then
Then he carefully opened the smelly chest strap and carefully pulled out three magazines and a gun oil can.
Holding these things in his hands, Wei Ran observed for a while and found that he did not touch the more attractive RPG on the corpse not far away. Instead, he cautiously followed his own footsteps and returned to Zach's side step by step.
"let's go"
Wei Ran whispered to Zach to help him get other things, but he stabbed the three-edged gun in his hand into the stream.
"It smells like having slept with a skunk" Zach pinched his nose and gave an accurate description of the weapon Wei Ran picked up.
This gun didn't know how long it had absorbed the essence of the sun and moon from the giant's corpse, and its wooden butt had already been pickled by the corpse's odor.
"Some of them will be useful. Let's go quickly."
Wei Ran said noncommittally and urged Zach to speed up his pace.
They continued to go upstream along the stream. When it was close to noon, although they still could not find the source of the stream, they found a tributary that was less than two fingers wide and eventually merged into the stream.
After walking less than fifty meters along this tributary, the two of them discovered a cave that was not too big. The gurgling trickle flowed out of this stone cave.
"Shh-"
Wei Ran made a silent gesture towards the other party, then put down the AK rifle that he had been carrying all the way, and instead pulled out the Type 54 pistol that Ruan Qingcha had given him.
Picking up a stone casually, Wei Ranmao bent down and touched the edge of the cave. After careful observation, he raised his hand and threw the stone into the cave. At the same time, he also shouted that the stone would become extremely dangerous.
"Fire in the hole!"
There was a banging sound, but there was no other movement in the cave.
Seeing this, Wei Ran breathed a sigh of relief and carefully walked into the cave with his gun raised.
The space inside is not small, not only is it enough for people to stand upright without worrying about bumping their heads, but it is also big enough to park a truck without any problem.
"This place is nice. Let's take a rest here. Zach, you can go pick up some firewood and bring it back."
As Wei Ran spoke, he used his fingers to dig into the spring hole on the rock wall where spring water flows out. This spring hole is a crack in the rock that is no longer than a toothpick and as thick as the head of a chopstick. The cold and thin spring water flows out from it.
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"What are we eating?" Zach asked, putting down what he was holding.
"There are fish in the stream and..."
"No, I'm not hungry!" Zach immediately shook his head in disgust.
"up to you"
Before Wei Ran finished speaking, he had already picked up the smelly AK rifle and three spare magazines, along with the equally smelly gun oil can, and returned to the edge of the stream dozens of meters away.
Pulling the bolt and ejecting the bullet from the chamber, Wei Ran held the bullet and observed it carefully before carefully throwing it into the stream. Then he dug out a handful of fine sand from the bottom of the stream and put the bullet into the stream.
The gun was carefully scrubbed and cleaned.
Immediately afterwards, he took off the canvas and laid it aside, disassembled the entire gun, inspected and wiped it part by part, and then assembled it together.
Finally, after scrubbing the three spare magazines, Wei Ran moved a few steps upstream, dug out a handful of sand again, and carefully rubbed the oil on his hands.
By the time he returned to the cave, Zach had picked up more dry firewood.
"These are not enough," Wei Ran said, "go get some more and I'll light the fire."
"You look very experienced," Zach said, turning around and walking out of the cave.
"That's not..."
While Wei Ran was talking, he had already carried a bundle of firewood to the end of the cave, and then took it out of a metal book. He had already filled a wine bottle with high alcohol content in the cowshed camp.
Generously pouring some alcohol on the firewood, Wei Ran put away the flask, pulled out the Type 54 pistol on his back, pulled the sleeve to eject a bullet, and then used the crack in the rock to pull out the bullet head, and went to
Some rags were stuffed inside and pressed into the chamber again.
"Bang"
As he pulled the trigger, the firewood sprinkled with alcohol was successfully ignited by the rag sprayed from the muzzle. Wei Ran also blew the muzzle of the gun with satisfaction, turned around and walked to the edge of the spring.
Picking up the kettle that supports Yue 65, he brushed the cup with the sediment accumulated in the puddle no bigger than a basin under the spring, then poured out the remaining malaria pills and anti-inflammatory drugs in the kettle, and added
Put the sand in and shake vigorously.
By the time Zach carried another bundle of half-dried firewood and got into the cave filled with light smoke, Wei Ran had already boiled water with a washed kettle and set of cups.
Under Zach's puzzled gaze, Wei Ran poured the scalding hot water aside, then refilled it with cold spring water and handed it to Zach.
"Drink, it's clean this time."
As Wei Ran spoke, he had already placed the smelly butt of the AK rifle on the campfire and carefully carbonized it in an attempt to remove the disgusting smell.
"Is there anything to eat?" Zach asked after taking a sip of warm spring water.
"No, aren't you hungry?"
Wei Ran smiled, took the burned AK rifle that was emitting blue smoke, and dipped its butt into the pool under the spring.
"I'm starting to remember those awful compressed biscuits," Zach said and came over, filled a cup with spring water from the kettle's cup and continued to drink.
"How about we catch some fish?"
Wei Ran asked while carefully polishing the carbonized gun butt with the sand at the bottom of the puddle.
"No, I'm not hungry." Zach said firmly.
"Then wait until you are hungry."
As Wei Ran spoke, he tore off a strip from the canvas he was wearing and carefully wrapped it around the butt of the gun.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "You are becoming more and more like a warrior now rather than a photographer or reporter," Zach said helplessly.
Before he finished speaking, the rumbling roar of the helicopter propeller also came from a distance.
"Zach, quickly cover the fire with soil and leave the cave immediately! We will have compressed biscuits to eat soon!" Wei Ran said, already sprinting out of the cave.
"Hey! What are you going to do!"
Zach obviously guessed the answer, but after hesitating for less than two seconds, he immediately ran to the deepest part of the cave, covered the blazing bonfire with the soil prepared by Weiran in advance, and then started talking again
After hesitation, he picked up the Type 56 semi-automatic rifle and ran out of the cave.
Almost immediately, Weiyan also saw two Huey helicopters flying over from a distance.
Fuck! It’s broken!
Wei Ran's heart sank. As early as when he lit the bonfire, he had prepared to attract a helicopter, but he predicted that it would attract a Pony helicopter for low-altitude reconnaissance. With a little strategy, he might be able to shoot down that thing.
But the Hueys were getting closer and closer in the sky, and there were two Hueys!
Wei Ran looked at the AK rifle in his hand with tears in his eyes. This thing really couldn't knock down those two big flies.
As the distance got closer, the machine gun at the door of one of the helicopters opened fire, spraying deadly barrages wantonly near the entrance of the cave, which was still steaming with smoke.
There's no way to fight this...
While Wei Ran hid his figure, he didn't forget to glance in Zach's direction. Fortunately, the guy who was definitely holding a camera to take pictures was far enough away and concealed enough.
Seeing the two helicopters flying overhead, Wei Ran couldn't help but raise the rifle in his hand, guarding against the machine guns on the two helicopters pointing at him.
However, before the two helicopters flew far, Wei Ran, who had been holding his gun, clearly saw two almost crisscrossing barrages suddenly shot out in the dense forest not far away!
Amidst the deafening short bursts of gunfire, thick smoke suddenly erupted from the two helicopters. After a while, the fuselage also swayed and plunged into the dense forest with all the leaves!
"boom!"
Wei Ran's heart dropped at the sound of two falling to the ground immediately. However, Zach, who had been changing the film just now, was running towards him and asked in surprise, "Victor."
!You shot down those two planes? Just with the gun in your hand?"
"Is your brain full of expired developer?"
Wei Ran ran towards the cave and cursed angrily, "Hurry up and get your things, we have to leave here immediately!"
Hearing this, Zach immediately realized something was wrong and followed Wei Ran into the cave.
Wei Ran filled the kettle with water as quickly as possible, and Wei Ran poured another large cup. Then the two of them didn't dare to delay at all, so they took the not too many things and left the cave again.
"Where are we going?" Zach asked slightly panicked.
"In that direction"
Wei Ran raised his hand and pointed in the direction that was almost perpendicular to the stream, and at the same time quickened his pace.
"boom!"
However, at this moment, along with a sudden gunshot, he felt a heat in his calf, followed by his feet going soft, and he fell under a dead tree.
"Victor!"
Zack immediately stopped and rushed over while exclaiming.
"Get down!"
"boom!"
Amid Wei Ran's shouting, the moment the second gunshot rang out, Zach's cheek was also scratched with a thin scar by the bullet.
"Get down!"
Wei Ran shouted a second time, and at the same time grabbed Zach's belt and pulled him to the ground.
"boom!"
As Zach screamed, at the same time as the third gunshot, a bullet hit between his legs, almost in line with his knees.
"Don't shoot!"
Zach yelled, and without thinking, he used his body to block Wei Ran who was shot in the calf. At the same time, he threw away the semi-automatic rifle in his hand, took out the press pass in his pocket and raised it high.
At the same time, as if by accident, he scattered the press credentials belonging to Li Youfu and himself behind him next to Wei Ran.
"We are CBS's frontline reporters and we surrender!"
After Zach yelled, he lowered his voice and said, "Quick, hide Troyer's press pass! Then throw your weapons out!"
Hearing this, Wei Ran, who had most of his body blocked by Zach, immediately realized something. He didn't even care about his bleeding calf, and took out the British army kettle with Coke from the metal book as quickly as possible, and then put Li Youfu's
The press pass, along with the malaria medicine and anti-inflammatory medicine previously hidden in the Vietnam Aid 65 kettle, were all stuffed into the canvas kettle cover.
Fortunately, despite stuffing so many things, the kettle was still successfully put back into the metal book.
"Hurry up and raise your hands!"
Zach, who raised his hands in the air, reminded Wei Ran in a low voice, and shouted again and again, "We are CBS's frontline reporters, we surrender! We demand to be treated as prisoners of war! We are CBS's frontline reporters,
We surrender! We demand to be treated as prisoners of war! We are Colombia..."
"boom!"
With another gunshot, the butt of the semi-automatic rifle that Zach had thrown out was hit by a bullet. Wei Ran immediately realized that this time they might have encountered an experienced veteran.
Without hesitation at all, he immediately grabbed the barrel of the AK rifle and slowly threw it one meter away. Then he pulled out the Type 54 pistol from his waist, also held the sleeve, raised it and threw it away.
Soon, a thin boy wearing black clothes, black trousers and a bamboo hat walked out from a distance. He walked up to the two of them without fear. After observing, he first picked up what Wei Ran had thrown before.
The AK and 54 pistols were loaded into the backpack behind him, and then he pointed at the camera around Zach's neck.
"It's for you! It's yours from now on!" Zach took off the camera and handed it to the other person without thinking.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! After taking the camera and looking at it, the child hung it around his neck, then raised his hand to signal the two of them to stand up, and then
He tore off the canvas from Wei Ran's body, took off their pants, and motioned for them to take off their clothes.
“Do as he says”
Zach reminded him in a low voice and took off his gray-red prison uniform obediently. Seeing this, Wei Ran also took off his prison uniform, stood shirtless and raised his hands.
After a while, an old man who looked to be in his forties or fifties came over holding a French mas36 rifle.
Behind him were two young girls holding SKS or 56 and a half, and three young men holding AKs, French submachine guns, or carrying RPGs.
The old guy took the AK handed over by the kid, looked at it, and handed it to a girl behind him. The latter immediately happily handed the SKS she originally used to the kid in front of the old guy, and replaced it with
New weapons with more firepower.
Immediately afterwards, the old man waved his hand without saying a word, and immediately, the young man behind him pointed his weapon at Wei Ran and Wei Ran.
I can't resist this...
Wei Ran, who could only stand up with Zac's support, muttered secretly and wisely did not take out the pistol from the metal book and make a desperate move.
At the same time, one of the young men carrying the RPG immediately took out two pairs of handcuffs from the child's backpack and cuffed them to Wei Ran and Zac with their hands behind their backs. At the same time, he also took the handcuffs off Zac's hands with extra caution.
He brought the gold ring to his mouth, bit it, and then handed it to the old guy.
"Take them away, we need to get out of here as soon as possible."
The old guy gave instructions in a hoarse Yueyang dialect, and the other two young men beside him immediately came over. One dragged Zach, and the other took out a roll of old gauze that had been washed countless times to help burn the towel.
He strangled the wound on his calf, and then he and his companion carrying the RPG carried him up.
But the old man took the 54 pistol handed by the child, took a look at it, and then walked behind with the other two girls and the half-year-old child.
Judging from their cautious looks, Wei Ran was almost sure that if he made any unusual move, the old guy would probably shoot directly without caring about his own people.
Not long after letting the group of people escort them forward, Weiyan and Zach also saw one of the crashed helicopters, and even clearly saw the clear "T" mark on the helicopter's door.
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"It's the T team from the bullpen camp!" Wei Ran and Zach both saw the surprise in each other's eyes.
Soon, a few more young men joined them carrying a black soldier on wooden sticks.
"It's you! You are actually still alive!" The black soldier immediately exclaimed when he saw Wei Ran and Zach!
"Robert! You're not dead!"
Wei Ran also exclaimed. This guy happened to be Robert, the communications soldier of Team T. He clearly remembered that he fired a grenade at the armored vehicle where this guy was hiding, but it didn't even kill him?
"Of course I... snap!"
Before Robert could even finish his words, he was slapped hard in the mouth by the person carrying him, and immediately after, the barrel of a submachine gun was pressed against his throat.
Upon seeing this, Wei Ran immediately closed his mouth, and Robert, who had originally planned to struggle and resist, immediately widened his eyes with fear.
As the team advanced, another American soldier was soon joined, carried by a wooden stick and a sail hammock.
This time it was still a member of the T team, the helicopter pilot who sent them to the Hambang camp to have fun!
As expected, the pilot immediately exclaimed when he saw Wei Ran and Zach, and before he could finish asking his doubts, he let out a loud mouth.
Before they could get far, another group of guerrillas came over. These people used wooden poles to carry various disassembled parts of a Soviet-made ZPU-1 single-barreled anti-aircraft machine gun called a "package air defense system."
parts as well as several heavy ammo boxes.
He was almost certain that the two Hueys just now were easily shot down by these 14.5-caliber gadgets. He was even more certain that these people were busy setting up new helicopter traps, and they might soon shoot them down.
More helicopters, more helicopter crews captured.
Just when he was stunned, the old guy also spoke in Yuehe dialect, "Send all the sparrows caught this time to the prisoner of war camp. If the person with the injured calf is not in good health and can't survive on the ship, ask for the information in time."
Then kill him."
"yes!"
One of the young female guerrillas responded crisply in the Yue language. When Wei Ran opened his mouth to say something, he saw the long-lost white light.
