[June 8, rain]
[The rainy weather that lasted for a month destroyed the roads, and supplies to the rear were intermittent. The baggage rations had been reduced to a very dangerous level. Ten and a half years ago, the division commander ordered the soldiers' daily rations to be reduced to 500 grams. Well, One can of vegetables per person per day. I haven’t had any oil star in my mouth for several days, not to mention the big-headed soldiers? It is conceivable that morale is very low, and the soldiers do not understand why they have to go south to fight the civil war. For me, I would rather die fighting the Russians than pointing my gun at my colleagues. What will I gain if I win? Glory? No, there were no heroes in the civil war. This was not a counterinsurgency, but a power play by the princes. 】
Gu Hongdie licked her lips when she saw this, put her tongue behind her teeth, and squeezed her gums. This slightly irritating feeling was very similar to the line of words she just saw. A lieutenant colonel in the frontier army more than a hundred years ago clearly understood the essence of the war he was waging and was very confused by it. This easily reminded her of the democratic movement that was going on at that time, which was surging among the people. However, in order to ensure the so-called ideological purity of the soldiers, the military strictly controlled the flow of any form of democratic ideas into the army, although it still instilled in them the traditional concept of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism. Imperial soldiers, but what is a king and what is a country? Just like that sentence, love the motherland as much as the motherland loves you. In the past, those who said these words would have received a whip from the sergeant major.
Gu Hongdie continued to read.
[June 15, overcast]
[Something happened. A camp roar broke out in the 2nd Brigade. I had no choice but to lead my troops to suppress it. At that time, many veterans burned the fence and scattered. I don’t want to describe my good comrades as deserters. After all, everyone knows us. We can't eat enough simply because the prince doesn't want us to eat enough! The border fortress has enough food to feed 200,000 people for five years. Even if it's by mules, it's time to deliver it! I guess I will be ordered to hunt them down tonight...]
Gu Hongdie glanced at the guard next to her.
Most of the subsequent texts are in the form of diaries. The lieutenant colonel should have bound the diaries directly and sent them home, otherwise such documents should be filed in the military archives.
To Gu Hongdie's expectation, the lieutenant colonel left with his troops before nightfall. Under the pretext of pursuit, he plunged into the wild forest of Tong'an Mountain, trying to escape from the division and return. The border fortress where he was supposed to be.
Is this another kind of devotion to duty? Gu Hongdie thought.
The longer Lieutenant Colonel Shen stayed in the deserted forest, the more dangerous his situation became. Although the division did not send troops to pursue him, his small unit was also disorganized. They encountered Xia Xue, a rare sight in decades, and immediately lost their way in In this green hell.
Further back, the Lieutenant Colonel's records became more and more scrawled, but Gu Hongdie had great confidence in him. Without him, if no one found him, Gu Hongdie would not be able to read this book.
[July 3, snow]
[The unique silence of Tongan Mountain overwhelmed me. There were less than 80 people left in my company. Hunting barely supported us. We were lucky enough to find a large cave during the blizzard, which was enough to support us. , the cave seems to be a snake nest, and everyone can survive by eating these four-legged snakes. Naturally, this hole gave me an ominous premonition, and even the most courageous veterans did not dare to go further inside. Mao Zai, who was born in the mountains, said that this is the place where dragons transform into dragons. I laughed at that time and retorted, where does the water come from? However, these four-legged snakes do look weird. 】
Gu Hongdie flipped through more than a dozen pages in succession. The seemingly empty pages had all been cut out, and the cuts were very neat. She briefly thought about the experience of this remnant army. She encountered an ancient beast wave in the cave and ran away hastily. In the end, the lieutenant colonel successfully escaped and tried every means to send back this collection of letters. After sending It was screened out by the correspondence inspection, leaving some less sensitive parts.
This is very common. Correspondence inspection has never disappeared, even in the most lax times, it is necessary to screen, let alone mid-level and senior officers who have defected in the past.
[I, I, I think, yes, yes, the nightmare will never go away. I have always dreamed of that city. I know it is there. I will find a way to go back and bring my brothers home. Ah, I It’s time to go home, I am a subject of the emperor, I am a descendant of the dragon, I believe...the great and glorious white dragon...]
At this point, Gu Hongdie could no longer distinguish the handwriting, and was scribbling as if she was suffering from mental illness.
poor guy. Gu Hongdie muttered. She didn't have time to think about it. These words were just a form of entertainment at best. She quickly cleared her mind and fell asleep within a minute.
The next day, the team continued to proofread the mission location. They used the highest-level pre-war military maps to compare with the latest survey maps. A group of small white dragons previously sent to Tong'an Ridge successfully reconnoitred the Mercy Ridge line. The report showed that All the deformed species gathered there have left with the released pheromones, and the mob groups that have always been there have also moved away.
Is this a special kind of grass that lives in water? Gu Hongdie thought that in most of the eradication records, the mob often appeared together with the deformed species. The opposite could also be said, whose herd was whose, or in other words, simply coexisted?
One thing Gu Hongdie can confirm is that within the range of activities of the deformed species, there will never be other deformed species. A very typical choice of the lesser of two evils?
Then Gu Hongdie thought of the mountain god's cave mentioned in the lieutenant colonel's letter home last night.
She could only lament that the years are worth remembering because civilization is to the years.
While checking the location and completing the materials, all the troops assembled for this "clearance" operation finally arrived. The best secret is not always hidden behind the scenes, but rather unexpected, so the team announced to the outside world that it was a survey team assigned to carefully measure the terrain and landforms along the way. I couldn't find a more perfect excuse than this. The team's staffing and equipment met the survey requirements.
The team lines up at the base assembly area. Gu Hongdie coldly observed the many troops they came to, including infantry, cavalry, and chasseurs. Considering the possible attack on the bunker, the team also deliberately detained a combat engineer company that was originally going to be transferred to the Yanqi front line. Although this company Companies are filled with new recruits, but again are more valuable than regular infantry.
Of course, Gu Hongdie could ignore the pre-departure instructions. She took out her tablet and started sketching the typical characteristics of different arms with a stylus. After all, it was not every day that she had the opportunity to see the arms gathered together.
The first is the infantry, all wearing large eight-leaf jungle camouflage uniforms. The marching backpacks are so heavy and huge that they are just at the limit of the soldiers' endurance. Wear-resistant high-top military boots and the famous iron waist gas mask. Everything is in the standard Renaissance Army infantry style. One interesting thing is that the infantry do not use the 1981-type caseless rifles. This golden and precious thing with extremely fierce firepower has a shortcoming: its durability is relatively low. After all, it was originally designed and finalized for the National Defense Forces who were pursuing firepower at that time. No one expected that it would encounter such a harsh environment after it was put into service, so that it was not as affordable as the older 1975-style bullpup rifle.
Half of the infantry were equipped with Type 75 rifles, and the other half were equipped with brand-new Type 83 rifles. Compared with the former, the biggest feature of the Type 83 is that it adopts the hybrid automatic principle of gas guide and short barrel recoil. It can be said that this is both a rifle and a general-purpose machine gun. The application of new technology and composite materials makes the Type 83 more accurate. , rate of fire, and power to achieve an ideal balance. Although the Type 75 is extremely sturdy, its backward design concept makes it lack scalability, cannot be mounted on the guide rail, and the burst accuracy is not high enough. In addition, the recoil is quite large, making it difficult for recruits to use, and the steel and wood structure is too heavy.
The Type 80 is very good, but two shortcomings are enough to make the military tired. The 4.7 mm caseless ammunition is not universal. It is a waste of resources to set up a separate production line. There are too many parts, which makes maintenance difficult. Soldiers who have graduated from middle school may not be able to fully learn it. Maintenance Manual.
The Type 83 can quickly transform into a rifle or a machine gun by switching between standard and heavy barrels, and an opening and closing tripod. It is compatible with standard 30-round magazines and 75-round drum magazines. Its excellent ergonomics and lightweight materials make infantrymen fond of it.
The cavalry are not riding tall horses, but relatively short Pengu horses. The cavalry is rarely used in the jungle. This cavalry of only fifty people is considered a logistics team, taking care of hundreds of mules and horses for the entire army. It is impossible for mechanical troops to enter the complex Tong'an Mountains, and a thousand-man troops would be the limit.
The biggest difference between the cavalry and the infantry is the brimmed steel helmets and military caps. Most of them use Type 75 improved carbines. Splashing automatic fire on a high-speed horseback is a waste of bullets. Experienced cavalry are used to burst shooting.
Both of these are the most common types of soldiers, and the long-established Chasseur looks sloppy. This group of tough-minded soldiers who are very good at tracking hunters across mountains and rivers wear camouflage uniforms with nets, and all wear masks, with only one pair of eyes exposed. Their weapons are by no means uniformly configured. In addition to the uniform caliber of bullets, the Jaegers will choose their own weapons according to their team and even personal preferences. Generally speaking, hunters mostly hunt on their own in squads, and they are highly mobile. A squad is a special operations team. The high command responded to almost every request of the hunters. The most elite hunters are qualified to assemble exoskeletons, and Gu Hongdie saw three proud hunters wearing "Phoenix" exoskeletons with eyes on their foreheads.
Finally, there is the combat engineer. They usually dress like ordinary infantrymen, but it can be seen that their backpacks are special engineer backpacks, which can be loaded with various demolition tools and explosives at any time. They have many gadgets. Gu Hongdie saw many weapons hanging on the waist of a certain squad leader, including engineering shovels, bayonets, firearm components, fuses, grenades, etc.
The team was sandwiched in the safest middle of the team. Gu Hongdie walked out of the base along the truck she came in. Through the gap in the car curtain, she looked at the sun slowly rising towards the center. She looked towards the light, but could not see clearly. The face of a person outside the car. The only difference from when she came was that she was surrounded by soldiers, but this did not bring her a sense of security.
She knew very well that compared to the power of the thing she was pursuing, ten thousand soldiers would not be able to match it.
