Cassia sped up and caught up. After about ten minutes, the traces of the march had become obvious and could be seen clearly even under a heavy snowstorm. Continuing to walk, Cassia mentally estimated herself and the team based on the changes in these traces.
When it felt like it was already very close, the trace left the river at the foot of the mountain and entered the woods. The sky became very dark at this time, and the team was probably about to take a rest. Under the heavy snowstorm,
The temperature at night will drop several degrees again. If the team in front is really a volcanic base, their outdoor cold-proof clothing cannot withstand such low temperatures well, and they need to find a windproof place to burn solid fuel for heating to survive the coldest part of the night.
Time.
At this time, Cassia climbed up the ancient tree standing next to her. With her eyes wide open, Cassia followed the traces and looked among the overlapping woods. There were indeed shadows of a group of people. They found a stepped piece of wood in the woods.
The terrain has been prepared as a place to spend the night. People like black spots are going up and down there, probably clearing the snow in that area and setting up defense work.
Cassia carefully swung from the ancient branch. After a few minutes, he finally saw the faces and equipment marks of those people clearly. After confirming that they were his team, he followed the bird call that the captain had originally told him.
The sequence of sounds sends signals to the team in the limelight. It’s a blizzard now, so paying attention to the sounds doesn’t mean much anymore.
But even with the sound of birds chirping, the attitude shown by this team is not gentle. It is the third team. It is neither a firepower team nor a search team. It is more suitable to be regarded as a transit and support team. Only the remaining
There were eight people left, and they seemed particularly lonely in the woods in the blizzard weather. Everyone's face looked tired from traveling for a long time.
After confirming the signal, Cassia came down from the ancient tree and was immediately pointed at by several guns. However, there was no hostility from the guns. Some people did not even pull down the safety bolt. Then he exchanged words with the captain of the third team.
Code word, I felt completely at ease now.
"There was a brief communication two days ago. Colonel Barron contacted us. Each team suffered more or less losses, and several teams were completely wiped out by the enemy." The captain said.
It was already evening, and nine people were sitting around a makeshift stone bonfire, burning solid fuel to keep warm. There was no suitable position, and the top of the flame was barely blocked by something to prevent the fire from shining too much.
Go out. In this way, a temporary resting place has been built. In terms of other details, the team has no mood or energy to pay attention to them.
An iron container was used to boil water on the campfire, and some pieces of meat from an unknown animal were cooked in it to make a tasteless broth. Apart from the high-energy food that was brought with it, it was the thing that made people feel the heat the most. After cooking for a long time, Cassia felt this way. Before the broth was completely cooked, he and the captain talked a lot, exchanging intelligence with each other, and summarizing some of the information that could be known now.
"We are indeed gathering towards Xuefeng. According to the order given by Major Barron, the enemy's airship is very likely to be there. The teams that can still be contacted are rushing there." The two talked.
After a long time, the captain sighed and said, and at the same time stirred the broth in the small iron pot-like container with a spoon. Only then did Cassia see clearly what it was. It was a cannon shell shell with the model mark already corroded.
, after simple processing, it turned into such a small pot.
"I picked it up on the road. At that time, we were going to bury the bodies of our teammates. When we were digging a hole, we dug this thing out on the surface of the shallow soil, so we took it with us. The enemy we encountered a few days ago was where the team became
Like this. Fortunately, we occupied a good position at that time, and our team members also went through several days of training. The combat effectiveness was not what the enemy expected. They were well prepared and attacked. We fought for a long time and wiped out the enemy.
In the end, there are only eight left on our side." The captain couldn't help but sigh after saying this, "A person's power is limited after all. Whenever he participates in any mission, he can always realize this deeply.
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The broth in the cartridge case had been boiling for a while, and a fragrance filled the air. It barely spilled a little near the campfire, and was ruthlessly blown away by the wind.
"For your portion, bring something to fill it up. It's so cold, it's very comfortable to drink." The captain was serving broth to a few other ordinary veterans. After finishing it, he wanted to give some to Cassia, but there were still two or three people left in it.
, "It's not easy to find these little animals in this kind of weather. After that, they won't be around anymore."
Cassia shook her head and glanced at the captain with a smile. Only then did the captain understand.
"I was also wondering how you escaped the enemy attack. It seems to be what I thought. According to theory, if the captain who is the captain of a team is dead, just like me." The captain smiled boastfully.
Laughing, "Then the others don't have much chance of surviving."
The broth was quickly distributed. Of course, until the end, the captain, like Cassia, did not drink it. However, he later took some clean snow and boiled hot water and drank some of it.
The night passed quietly, with nothing but the cold wind blowing around.
The next day we set off at around 5 a.m., because the wind finally stopped and the weather was suitable for traveling. The bite wound on Cassia's arm was completely healed. He and the captain together took on most of the team's duties.
With the heavy load, the speed of the journey has increased a lot.
At about 2:00 noon, the Xuefeng Mountain had become huge in their eyes. In another day or so, they would be able to reach the foot of the Xuefeng Mountain. For more than half an hour after that, they also saw another sight on a mountainside.
A team taking a break.
Soon after, an integrated team discussed the route and officially moved cautiously towards the snow peak. It could be said to be a collection of three teams, but the number of people was only twenty.
Heavy snow blocked the mountains, and although the wind stopped, the team was quickly swallowed up by the snow-white scenery.
"About this time tomorrow, we can walk to Xuefeng." Someone in the team said.
"Not necessarily." Some people are worried, "If the enemy's airship is parked there, the chance of us encountering the enemy will become very high. And if our whereabouts are exposed before encountering the enemy, the enemy will
It is also possible for airships to launch carpet bombings. Regardless of the power of the aerial bombs, just the smallest caliber artillery shells loaded on them can bomb out a large crater of more than ten meters with one shot. We simply cannot do that kind of attack.
If you can't dodge, one shot can turn the entire team into minced meat."