The weather was so hot that my linen shirt felt wet against my body after only taking a few steps.
The humidity in the mountains is very heavy, thick fog rolls in, and the hot wind carries raindrops.
There was nothing but gray in the distance, and the whine of a bobcat could be heard dozens of feet away, but could not be heard.
After entering Mount Gandaur, I discovered that the road here is far less easy to walk than the forest farm. To be precise, there is no road at all.
The team at the front used a hatchet to cut through the bushes and weeds in front of them, in order to open a way for the large troops behind.
Entering the rolling mountains, the ridges are high and steep, with sudden breaks in some places, and below is a rugged abyss. Both sides are covered with shrubs, thatch, thorns and vines intertwined with each other, making it airtight.
Sometimes when you encounter a cliff, you have to advance along the mountain road under the rock wall. There is a cliff on the inside and a deep valley on the outside. The narrow road is full of soldiers from the heavy armored infantry regiment. Everyone is crowded together, unable to move forward, and there is nothing they can do.
Back up.
The mountain road is much more difficult to walk than previously expected. It is actually relatively easy for a five-person scout team to pass through this cliff. However, once the large army is crowded here, even if the people in front walk slowly, they will pass to the cliff.
Later, there will be a period of blockage.
Red Socks took off the water bottle from his waist, took a sip, handed it to He Boqiang in front of him, and said, "Save your drink. I don't know how long we have to wait on this plank road. The weather is so humid."
, I’m still terribly thirsty.”
He Boqiang patted the copper kettle on his waist, indicating that there was still a lot inside.
He Boqiang cut off a section of moso bamboo from the side of the cliff, and cut it into a smooth bamboo stick in a few simple strokes, and propped it up under the tent bag carried by Red Socks. In this way, Red Socks did not have to unload the heavy package.
You need to lean your body against the cliff and rest comfortably for a while with the support of bamboo sticks.
In this way, even if the team moves forward immediately, there is no need to make preparations for carrying them, and they can just pat their butts and continue moving forward.
"You still have many ideas!" Red Socks praised He Boqiang.
He Boqiang walked to the edge of the cliff and saw dense forests growing out of the steep slope at his feet. If he accidentally slipped and fell, he would not fall to his death, but those dead branches of vines covered with thorns would trap people in the dense forest.
It is definitely not easy to climb up from below.
The road underfoot was very muddy. The soldiers in front trampled down the weeds and the muddy water seeped out. When one stepped on them, the water between the grass roots would flood the uppers of the shoes.
This time, half of the soldiers of the second team were carrying hatchets, and the other half were carrying logging axes. Everyone needed to carve a forest road for the cavalry to pass on the gentle mountainous land.
A sound of horse bells came from the mist, and soon Baron Sidney came up from behind on horseback. The soldiers pressed their bodies against the cliff one after another, making way for Baron Sidney to pass by. He was going to
Go ahead and see what exactly happened.
Not long after, the count's order came from the front, and the infantry regiment camped where they were for the night.
There is no space to set up tents on the narrow mountain road. Fortunately, due to the crazy hunting of red-eyed hyenas some time ago, Surdak distributed a sleeping bag with a dog skin mattress to each soldier of the second team. This kind of hyena leather is extremely waterproof.
It is so strong that even if it is paved on a mountain road where water can come out of your feet, the entire inside of it will not get damp.
Red Socks unloaded the large backpack behind him, then spread out the sleeping bag on the mountain path that was only a few feet wide, and tied the rope on the sleeping bag to the tree vines protruding from the cliff to prevent him from turning over in his sleep.
, it will roll down the cliff.
The soldiers from other teams looked at the dog-skin sleeping bags of the second team with envy.
He Boqiang didn't sleep well at all at night. He suffered from insomnia all night. He finally felt a little sleepy. As soon as he fell asleep, he was woken up by red socks. He looked at the sky full of stars with a confused look on his face.
"The order came from the front, be ready to go at any time..." Red Socks explained to He Boqiang
Surdak distributed a piece of toasted wheat cake to each soldier in the team, filled his stomach with cold water from the kettle, and that was considered breakfast.
When it was just dawn, the soldiers of the second team were already on their way.
When passing through a narrow mountain road, we found obvious signs of fighting. The smell of blood in the air had not yet dissipated. We could not see the casualties of the infantry regiment soldiers, but there were three quilts hanging on the canopy on one side of the deep stream.
The corpses of evil ghosts with their heads chopped off and skinned, the purple blood on their bodies had dried up, and their bodies were covered with scars. It is unknown how much the team in front spent to kill these three evil ghosts.
After walking out of this dangerous road, the team plunged into the endless green sea forest, where there were all kinds of poisonous insects, pythons and poisonous plants. The best way to resist these poisonous insects was to be fully armed from head to toe.
The bearded Kagel caught a giant python. The python's body was chopped into three parts by him with an axe. The head part still continued to attack Kagel. In the end, Augustus took advantage of the opportunity.
The giant python didn't pay attention and penetrated the giant python's head with the Paglio spear, nailing it firmly to the ground, which finally ended the battle.
So this giant python, which was more than five meters long and as thick as an arm, naturally became the dinner of the second team.
He Boqiang could see the majestic Moyun Ridge in the distance, which is the highest peak in the eastern mountainous area of the Gandaer Mountains.
The evil ghosts built their stronghold on this mountain peak because they wanted to use the dangerous terrain here to survive the weak period smoothly. They were just waiting for the evil ghost gates in the mountain to open one after another, and the evil ghosts would continue to enter.
Moyun Ridge, and built a defensive stronghold here, which was like driving a nail firmly into the western defense line of Duke Newman's Army.
If there is no way to eliminate the evil ghost army on Moyun Ridge, then the various armies of the Bena Army in the western defense zone of Handanar County will be firmly nailed to the defense line.
The 57th Heavy Armored Infantry Regiment walked in the mountain forest for three consecutive days before finally reaching the edge of the area responsible for opening up the forest road.
According to Count Mond Goss's plan, the five brigades in the 57th Regiment will be separated, and each brigade will be responsible for the task of opening a forest road.
The Fourth Battalion was assigned to the area closest to Moyunling. It is said that there are often ghost scout teams there, and it is the most dangerous mission among all infantry brigade.
Baron Sidney was riding on Gubo's horse. Even when he led the fourth group to leave the main force, he always held his chin up proudly. It looked like he didn't take the evil spirits on Moyun Ridge seriously at all with his aura...
The veterans of the Fourth Brigade followed the Baron with gloomy faces and walked toward Moyun Ridge in the distance.