On the fourth day after the interlude troops set off, it was around eight o'clock in the night, in the endless primitive dense forest.
Lao Qian was wrapped in a heat-reflecting cloth and walked with his waist bent, one foot deep and one foot shallow. He held a spoon in his mouth and whistled like a bird as he walked.
Soon, in the dark forest, figures one after another stood up.
These figures were also covered in anti-thermal energy detection cloth, and they were constantly gathering supplies on the ground and carrying them on their backs again.
This kind of anti-heat energy detection cloth is one of the necessary equipment for modern marching troops. It can block the leakage of body heat sources to the greatest extent and prevent it from being detected by detection equipment such as drones.
At the same time, Xing Yao slowly got up from the ground.
A recruit from the security company next to him came over and packed his things for him.
Xing Yao sat weakly on the ground and couldn't help coughing twice.
"Brigadier, medicine."
The recruit handed over antipyretics and painkillers, and Xing Yao took them in his hand, stuffed them into his mouth, drank them with water, and swallowed them in one gulp.
After taking the medicine, Xing Yao turned to Lao Qian and said, "Check the number of people and equipment, and get ready to leave."
Lao Qian was also very weak at this time, but he still looked at Xing Yao with concern and asked, "Can you do it?"
"When you step on a horse, your bones hurt!" Xing Yao waved his hand and said, "But I can still hold on, so go ahead and do your work."
Lao Qian then nodded, whistled rhythmically, and walked away.
Xing Yao stood up slowly while holding on to the tree, shook his head, gritted his teeth and walked forward.
Many soldiers around have packed their things and are ready to set off at any time. But on the dirt road ahead, there are more than twenty soldiers lying next to each other. They are all covered with anti-heat detection cloth, and they seem to be sleeping soundly.
These soldiers were all from the security company around Xing Yao, and most of them were brothers who had been with him for many years.
"I slept so well." Xing Yao walked over, stretched out his legs and kicked one of the middle-aged men: "Old Zhong, let's go!"
Lao Zhong was his guard company commander and had just been promoted by him not long ago.
The person at his feet showed no reaction. Xing Yao was startled for a moment, then bent down again, stretched out his hand to push Lao Zhong's shoulder, and shouted loudly: "Hey, get up!"
Lao Zhong still didn't respond, and everyone else was lying on the ground quietly.
Xing Yao's heart suddenly sank, and he hurriedly lifted off the anti-thermal energy detection cloth covering their bodies.
More than twenty soldiers were lying on the ground, motionless.
Xing Yao noticed something, and with trembling arms, he took out a fluorescent stick from his waist and illuminated the place.
Under the weak fluorescent light, both Lao Zhong and these soldiers were all livid, their clothes were soaked with dew, and they were huddled together.
I don't know when they stopped breathing and their bodies became stiff.
When Xing Yao saw this, his head buzzed, his body lost strength, and he sat down on the ground.
The soldiers who could still move around him walked over silently and looked at him.
Regarding the scene in front of them, everyone looked solemn and silent for a long time.
A medical soldier came over and did a simple examination on these people, then turned to Xing Yao and said: "Report to the brigade commander... it's pneumonia... they were all burned alive..."
Xing Yao tried hard to calm down his emotions, clenched his fists and said: "There is no time to bury them... Wrap them all with cloth... Find a dry place to put them down..."
"yes……"
After saying that, Xing Yao left the place like he was running away, wiping his cheeks with his rough hands as he walked.
Weaving troops, starting from the fourth day, a large number of soldiers fell behind.
Because of the capricious high fever and the extremely harsh natural environment, their bodies were unable to recover and could only rely on their own physical fitness to resist.
Of the nearly 3,000 troops, only more than 2,700 were able to stand up after this night. The remaining soldiers fell forever in the dense forest before they reached their destination.
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Many of them are old brothers who have fought in the People's Army for many years.
Xing Yao's inner emotions were extremely broken, but he could do nothing but lead everyone and continue to move forward.
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On the fourth night of departure, it was around two o'clock in the morning.
The soldiers were silent, wearing anti-thermal energy detection cloths and carrying heavy military supplies, walking in this seemingly endless primeval forest.
Although their emotions were very depressed, their bodies were slightly relieved. They preferred walking to lying on the ground, because it would only bring them some rare heat.
"Boom boom!"
At this moment, the roar of an engine suddenly came from the sky!
Fei Pingsheng, who was sitting in the team, heard the sound and immediately shouted alertly: "It's a reconnaissance plane from Area 1! Blow the whistle to tell everyone to take cover!"
Suddenly there was a sound of bird whistles all around. Without hesitation, all the soldiers immediately lay down on the ground, covered with anti-thermal energy detection cloth, hibernating in place, not daring to move.
The thick dense forest and the mud on your body are the best camouflage!
In fact, in recent days, Fei Pingsheng can clearly feel that the search intensity in this area of District 1 has increased. Within a day, no matter day or night, a search is carried out almost every three or four hours, and everyone has become accustomed to it.
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At the same time, a fighter jet boarded.
The black commander piloting the plane looked downwards, looking at the dense forest, and said to the intercom: "Report to Colonel Richard, this is Air No. 1, and there is no abnormality in the entire range of exploration."
Colonel Richard replied: "Roger! Form the first team in the air, form the second team in the air, attack in stages, conduct fire detection, empty the ammunition you loaded, and then return."
The commander teased and said: "Hey, Colonel, what a beautiful forest this is. It doesn't deserve to be treated like this...!"
Colonel Richard was sitting in the tower, drinking coffee and said: "Bahiacho is hiding in an army of more than 60,000 people, still shivering. If you make him feel insecure, he will greet us fiercely in his heart.
Mother of all. Would your mother like to be greeted?”
"This damn warlord, he can actually order us, this is ridiculous...!"
Although he complained like this, the black commander still issued an order to his air force: "Attention all units, open the weapons delivery bay and conduct fire detection in sections!"
"receive!"
"Boohoo!"
More than twenty planes suddenly dived towards the ground, and dense air-dropped incendiary bombs fell from the sky like dumplings.
Fei Pingsheng, who was lying on the ground, heard the sound, raised his head suddenly, and shouted to the surroundings: "Quick! Everyone put on the anti-heat detection cloth! Disperse immediately, they dropped the bomb!"
As soon as he finished speaking, incendiary bombs fell on the ground.
"boom!"
"Hoo ho!"
Countless sparks flew around, and blazing flames instantly burst into flames, burning the entire dense forest!
Half of the sky was burned red, and a large number of soldiers immediately fled around.
"Ah!"
But there were also many soldiers who were ignited by the flames without warning! They wailed, fell to the ground and rolled over.
Because of the burning flames, their temperatures were covered by heat and were not exposed to the enemy aircraft's thermal energy detectors.
For a time, the dense forest was filled with the sound of burning fire, the sound of falling trees, and the wails of soldiers.
In the sky, the black commander looked at the dense forest below that was constantly being engulfed by flames, shook his head and said: "I don't know what Bahia Joe thinks, let us execute this order! God testifies, only monkeys will live in this world.
This kind of place!! This is a forbidden area for humans!"
After saying that, he continued to give the order: "Attention all units, sprinkle nerve gas bombs again!"
"receive!"
"Bang bang bang!"
More than 20 planes dived again, dropping large amounts of poison gas bombs.
Purple poisonous gas accompanied the fire and continued to spread around. For a time, the dense forest was wrapped in flames and poisonous gas, and large areas were destroyed instantly.
There are as many as a dozen fires with a diameter of about one kilometer, distributed in the mountains.
Fortunately, they carried out fire detection strikes without fixed targets, so many soldiers hiding in the dense forest escaped.
Everyone couldn't fight back, let alone hug the fire. They could only flee in all directions like animals.
There were also some people who were unable to dodge and failed to escape the circle of death, and fell wailing in the dense forest...
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After two or three hours, the flames gradually extinguished and the poisonous gas slowly dissipated.
The originally dense forest was burned to the ground, leaving a large number of animal carcasses on the ground, as well as the remains of many soldiers, all with black smoke rising.
These soldiers were in various poses, and there was no doubt that they experienced extreme pain before their deaths.
In a dense forest that was not affected by the disaster, a large number of soldiers who had survived the disaster were hiding here to make repairs. Xing Yao and Lao Qian were ordering each unit to quickly count the battle damage.
Soon, the two of them came to Fei Pingsheng. Xing Yao squatted on the ground and said with a livid face: "Report to the Chief of General Staff... My fourth battalion suffered the heaviest losses. Two companies were covered in the fire detection area.
More than 100 people were lost. Other units totaled more than 200 people. Altogether, the total was 365 people... At the same time, the artillery equipment carried by the 2nd Battalion and 1st Company fell into the fire detection area.
Can’t get it back.”
"boom!"
When Fei Pingsheng heard this, he couldn't control his emotions. He punched the tree trunk next to him, looked at the sky, and cursed with red eyes: "Fuck me!"
Lao Qian also tried hard to control his emotions and said softly: "Chief of General Staff, they have been detecting very frequently in the past two days. Could it be that our movements have been noticed?"
Fei Pingsheng turned his head and glanced at him, thought for a moment and said: "Impossible. If they had detected it, they wouldn't have had so many planes come over to cover it with probing fire. I estimate that the intensity of our frontline attacks has dropped recently.
, causing them uneasiness. Next, we will try our best to move towards the edge of the planned route. At the same time, we must speed up, otherwise we will definitely not be able to withstand this kind of attack once every two days."
Lao Qian nodded.
At this time, everyone's emotions were a little depressed and everyone was silent. Xing Yao also had red eyes and lowered his head.
Fei Pingsheng gritted his teeth, stretched out his hand, pointed in the direction of the goal that was out of reach, and said to Xing Yao: "We have already come this far. The way back may be more dangerous than the way forward, and it may be necessary.
Go through everything again! There is no other way now but to bite the bullet, keep moving forward, and reach the target location!"
After hearing this, Xing Yao slowly raised his head, looked at Lao Fei, and then patted his cheek hard: "I understand, I'll gather the troops and continue setting off."
Soon, the entire team set off again, blocked by the enemy and the natural environment.
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At the same time, the frontline command position of the Lao-Mexican coalition forces was established.
In these four days, Su Tianyu has laid out all the forward attack plans. Now, everything is ready, except for Fei Shengsheng and his teammate Feng!
However, during this period of time, he did not receive any news from Fei Pingsheng. Su Tianyu also knew that the air force in the first area had increased its investigation efforts, so Fei Pingsheng might be worried that the communication signal would be detected, so he temporarily cut off the communication signal.
Contacted.
At this moment, Su Tianyu didn't know where Fei Pingsheng and the others were now.
In this situation, his inner suffering cannot be expressed in words.
"Dip Lingling!"
While waiting anxiously, a phone suddenly rang in the camp.
Su Tianyu immediately picked up the phone and asked, "Hello?"
Xin Xiaodong's voice came from the microphone: "Report! All our troops have issued orders! Can the war start as planned?"
Su Tianyu's eyes fell on the map of the Lao Mo area in front of him. He was silent for a while and then said, "Wait a moment."