"Then let's talk about the specific situation first." When I heard Zhang Hou said this, I knew that something ominous had happened. The uneasiness that had filled my heart slowly subsided, and I wanted to put everything aside first.
Everything is clear.
Zhang Houhou and his men walked deep into the forest for less than a day. Then, they found a corpse. The corpse must have been dead for some time. It was buried in the forest and had begun to rot. In such a forest,
Here, if Zhang Houhou and the others hadn't discovered the body, it would have been completely rotten and would have slept here forever, and no one might have discovered it for a hundred years.
There is something ominous about what Zhang Houhou said, which was actually inferred from the anomalies found on the corpse.
It is impossible for people to enter this forest without bringing anything, but everything on this corpse is gone. It is probably in its forties. The specific cause of death is unknown. No injuries were found outside the body. Although the body was
The things that proved his identity disappeared, but Zhang Monkey and the others could still easily identify him. He was not a local. His skin was very white and he was a little fat.
Zhang Houhou had already inquired about the relevant information before coming here. There are many private group tours, but there are relatively few people here because the place is remote, and this area has not been officially developed and is a wild place. It lasted two months.
Among them, only Lei Yingxiong and his group were brought here.
"Boss Wei, I'm thinking that this body should be that of a tourist. We have no basis for it, but it's very possible."
Following Zhang Houhou's words, I immediately figured out that a lone traveler would not come to this forest by himself. If it was really one of the members who came here with Lei Yingxiong and his group, what would happen?
It's a bit unimaginable. The body was buried after a rigorous search. If one person dies among a group of normal travelers, how will the other members react? They will definitely leave here in panic, look for someone or report the crime.
But such a situation did not happen. The dozen travelers, including Lei Yingxiong and Lei Duo, disappeared without a trace, leaving not even a trace.
Under normal circumstances, this would not be possible. It can only be said that these dozen travelers encountered an unknown accident and they had no initiative. After one member died, the rest disappeared completely.
"Do you have any questions about the guide who took the tour group there?" I thought for a while and asked Zhang Houhou. Normally, those foreign travelers are unfamiliar with the place and cannot run around by themselves unless they are led by a guide.
Intentionally luring them in.
But Zhang Houhou said that there were two guides leading the group, which was normal. They had been doing this kind of private tour grouping work for several years, and nothing had ever happened to them. Zhang Houhou had investigated the backgrounds of these two people, and they were ordinary people. And
Until now, there has been no news from the two guides. It is possible that they had an accident with the travelers.
"Boss Wei, there's nothing we can do." Zhang Houhou, probably also having a headache about the current situation, said to me helplessly: "We can only waste our time here. We'll try our best to find them. I don't have enough manpower, so we'll get more from Changsha."
Call a group of people over."
"Wait, I'll go over and take a look." I couldn't stay calmly after knowing this situation. After all, one was my fiancée and the other was my future father-in-law.
"Boss Wei, do you think you should talk to the master and ask him to help?" Zhang Houhou discussed with me, because there are few useful men under him, and it is okay to do business, but once we have to explore in an unknown environment
Unknown about the situation, he seemed nervous. Zhang Houhou had always admired the mustache, and now he wanted me to pull the mustache over.
It turns out that it’s not just me, other people may also have that strong idea that as long as the mustache is there, it will make people feel at ease.
"I'll go over and take a look first."
After hanging up the phone, I sat in silence for a long time. More than a dozen people, including two guides who were familiar with the environment, just disappeared out of thin air? What happened?
I urged the guys below to be more agile, and then hurriedly embarked on the trip the next day. Zhang Houhou went to pick us up in person. After the two parties met, he explained the situation here in detail, and I asked him to take me to the place where the accident happened immediately.
Go to location.
This is the first time I have seen such a vast forest. Compared with the old old forest in Kaiyang before, it seems to be more energetic and the vegetation is unimaginably lush. But at the same time, it seems deeper, as if it is an endless deep sea.
.The forest was so green that it formed a large blanket-like layer of vegetation on the surface, covering the mountains and rivers.
"Boss Wei, this place is too big." Zhang Houhou stood aside and pointed forward, saying: "If you enter the forest from here and keep walking, you will reach Myanmar."
"Come in." I glanced at it for a few times, then turned to Zhang Houhou and said, "Let the guy find the guide."
While waiting for the guide, Zhang Houhou showed me around. If we go in this direction, we will reach Myitkyina in eastern Myanmar. This boundless forest is a restricted area. Because it maintains a high degree of original ecology, it is difficult for people to enter after entering.
The survival rate will be greatly reduced. In the past, there were many people selling jade from Myanmar, but no one would pass through here.
"Boss Wei, do you think we can do it?" Zhang Houhou said a little uneasy: "No one who walks jade dares to pass here."
"It has to be okay even if it doesn't work."
I squinted at Zhang Hou, and that look made him feel scared. He quickly explained to me that he was absolutely loyal to Lei Yingxiong and had no intention of trapping Lei Yingxiong here and then take over himself.
The guide was finally found. He was a thirty-six-year-old Han man named Geng Changgen. Anyone who dared to be a guide here was very courageous. However, after Geng Changgen saw our formation, he felt a little uncomfortable. He couldn't figure it out.
What do we do?
"Have you agreed on the price? Take us into this forest."
"Boss, that's not what you said before." Geng Changgen immediately wanted to back out.
"Tell him." Zhang Houhou was a little impatient, because Geng Changgen looked very embarrassed, but gave people an air of taking advantage of the opportunity to blackmail him. Zhang Houhou threw a bunch of banknotes at him, and Geng Changgen hurriedly caught it and pinched it.
Seeing the thickness of the note, his expression suddenly changed again.
But he still had his own bottom line. He said he could only take us about a two-day journey because he had never walked the rest of the way. If we persisted, he would rather not earn the money.
Moreover, he told Zhang Houhou and me in a low voice that going in for two days had already violated his grandfather's taboo. If the family knew about it, his grandfather would break his legs.
"Boss." Geng Changgen stuffed the banknotes tightly on his body, then turned to look at the forest and said to us: "This forest can eat people."
"How to say?"
"Boss, I'm not trying to scare you. You are outsiders and don't know about this forest. If you knew, you might not want to enter the forest so much."
Geng Changgen talked about some things here, specifically about his grandfather's past.
His grandfather had served in the army in the past, but he had never fought in a serious battle. When Geng Changgen heard his grandfather talk about these things, it had been a long time since the incident happened, but the old man clearly remembered the process before and after.
The unit he was in was the Engineer Battalion of the New 30th Division of the **. They entered this forest leading to Myanmar because China and the United States were preparing to jointly conduct the Battle of Myitkyina. The initial battle plan was formulated by the Chinese, and they planned to encircle it on both sides.
, attacked Myitkyina simultaneously from western Yunnan and southern Myanmar. The New 30th Division was the main force in this battle. In order to maintain the smoothness and speed of the march, the engineer battalion entered here before the combat troops advanced and cleared all obstacles along the way.
Make a way.
Geng Changgen's grandfather was serving in the engineering camp at the time. Just when the engineering camp was about to enter here, he suddenly fell ill with malaria. It was so severe that he was almost dehydrated. Looking at his miserable condition when he fell ill, other people showed signs of malaria.
Sympathy, but afterwards, Geng Changgen's grandfather felt that it was actually them who should be sympathized with.
At that time, the death order was issued, and no delay in the mission was allowed. The sick and wounded were left behind. However, the engineer battalion had been on standby before, so the entire battalion only had one injured number, Grandpa Geng Changgen. After he was left behind, the troops
March forward. The engineer battalion is not full, but has nearly 300 men.
After these nearly 300 people entered here, they failed to complete their mission because they all disappeared, or disappeared. The superiors were so anxious that they prepared to let the 88th Regiment make their way there by themselves. However, at this time, the United States made a temporary adjustment
The battle plan abandoned this march route.
Afterwards, the Battle of Myitkyina was victorious (it was said to be a victory, but in fact it only drove the Japanese away from Myitkyina, because the number of casualties of the Sino-US coalition forces was about twice that of the Japanese), and the engineer battalion that disappeared deep in the dense forest reappeared.
It attracted the attention of the above, but after a series of searches, they did not get any results.
The thing is very strange. In this dense forest, even if all the three hundred people in the team died, they would not leave any traces. But the fact is that the entire engineer battalion disappeared without a trace. It was extremely thorough, not only the personnel
Gone, their weapons, equipment, and supplies all seemed to have evaporated.
As the only survivor of this engineering camp, Geng Changgen's grandfather felt that he had survived the catastrophe. As for the disappearing engineering camp, it was gradually forgotten by the world. Although a series of searches and investigations, there was no final result, and there was no final result.
No one knows where they went or what happened to them.
"Boss, so I can only take you two days' journey."
Geng Changgen's narration undoubtedly touched my nerves. Is there any connection between the disappearing engineering camp and the disappearing travelers? What happened between them?