At the door of death, what we have to consider is not the emptiness of life, but its importance - Socrates.
The summer mountain wind is not as cold as the biting, but it is still cold. There should be a crescent moon in the sky, but it is not visible. The dark clouds in the sky reveal a dim light, which is of no use to the darkness in the mountains.
Indistinctly, a team marched in the dark night, marched in the dark mountain wind, and marched in the danger of the dark mountain wind.
The team of more than 60 people stretched to about 40 to 50 meters. They panted tiredly and did not speak. They held a long rope in their hands and forced the rope to connect the entire team, heading north step by step.
After turning around a cliff, a black figure at the head of the team stopped their progress.
In the dark night, the team had no way to send forward soldiers. Because of his stop, the whole team slowly stopped. He looked at the darkness behind him: "Captain Hu, there seems to be a fire ahead!"
"I saw it." Hu Yi said in a cold voice.
"Can you... lend me your telescope?" the leader of the team, Liujin Squad Leader, asked worriedly in the dark.
On the top of Huyi Bend Mountain in the distance, there seemed to be a little firelight, which was not very clear. It was shrouded in mountain fog. People were in the mountain stream. They couldn't see the top on both sides. They were sandwiched between two cliffs. Looking around, it was all dark. Darkness surrounds.
Hu Yi didn't say anything. He took out the telescope from his bag and handed it to him. In the darkness where he couldn't see his fingers, he touched Liu Jin's back and was quickly pulled away.
Hu Yi didn't like the darkness, but unfortunately, he had to march in the darkness countless times, forcing him to adapt to the darkness, adapt to marching in the dark, and adapt to the dangers of marching in the dark.
As time goes by, only in the dark night can I feel calm, like a fish in water, and it gradually becomes a habit.
Before departure, the division did not give him a combat order. This person could not play any role at all. The leaders were ready to face the cruel reality. They just wanted to know how cruel it was. The division did not give him any greater hope. Even for their reconnaissance, there was no hope.
Although Hu Yi hated the Japanese very much and hated such tasks even more. He was used to the dark night, but he still hated the dark night in his heart.
Many times, Su Qing's cold smile was his destination. He knew clearly that it was an extravagant hope, but he still held on to a trace of fantasy.
I thought of Zhou Wanping's unobstructed smile, her satin-like body, and the smile on her face in the darkness. No one could see it. Her breathing became a little rough. I was walking in the darkness like this. Maybe, maybe someone was thinking about me. Concerned, who knows?
They all have ideals, but I don't seem to have any. I just want to live, live simply. Their ideals are great, and maybe they have infected me.
The mission this time is reconnaissance, but if we really encounter the Eighth Route Army being swept away and pursued by the Japanese, should we take action?
I don’t know what the bright light in the distance is. Naturally, it is unlikely that there will be a mountain fire in the mountains in summer, so it must be someone. But in the dark night, if you dare to light a strange fire in such a place, it must be impossible. In the Eighth Route Army, no one would be stupid enough to do this, which clearly exposes the target's death-seeking behavior, so there is only one possibility left: the Japanese.
A rough review shows that it has been half a month since I entered the mountain. It is strange that all the people who entered the mountain this time were Japs. There was not a single security force, not even a single one! Except for the group he led, they were still members of the security army half a month ago. They should now be regarded as the Eighth Route Army.
When I went into the mountain, I originally wanted to go to the division to see that silly woman, but I didn't expect that I missed her on the way. I was a little annoyed, why would she be transferred to another regiment, and it was a supplementary regiment. Isn't the independent regiment even more lacking? Manpower?
I got all this information from Political Commissar Ding. Meixian’s intelligence system...is it my turn to worry about these things?
Why do you think of her again?
Come to your senses quickly.
The fact that the Japs are still here shows that there is still an Eighth Route Army in the mountains, otherwise the Japs would not stay here.
Click - a crisp metallic sound. He took out the pocket watch from his pocket out of habit and opened the case.
In the darkness, I couldn't see clearly, oh, I probably couldn't see it. I could only feel the coldness in my palms and the clear rhythm of the subtle clicks.
"Fox, do you want to turn on the flashlight?" A childish voice said.
The girl, who had been standing in the mountain breeze for a long time and had been impatient for a long time, finally heard the sound of the pocket watch being opened, and immediately couldn't help but ask.
But no answer was heard, and then there was a sound: "Damn mule, it's so hard for you to hold a flashlight..."
"Grandma, wait a moment and cover yourself with a cloth..."
A ray of light lit up in the darkness.
Following closely behind were two guides.
One of them was the girl from the guerrilla team. I couldn't help but be surprised. This team was really amazing. It even had such advanced high-tech things!
I have walked a long way, and I just pointed out the way to go. Almost two hours ago, I passed the fork in the road leading to the headquarters.
To this day, I am still thinking, isn't the secret service company elite? The one at the front seems to be the squad leader of the secret service company. Why would he listen to the orders of the company commander surnamed Hu from the Independent Regiment? Huli? Captain Hu’s name is Hu Li?
I often report on my work, and of course I know that in the Eighth Route Army, there is a unit called the Independent Company. It is a unit that does not even have a designation. To put it bluntly, it is a unit that the father does not love and the mother does not love.
There is obviously only one platoon of people, and a company commander has been trained. It seems that he has small feet and big shoes. Isn't he just trying to find out the news? I have told him everything I know, so why do I need such a person? Are you going to fight? Are you just recruiting people like this for fun?
While I was thinking, there was another snapping sound from the front, as if the pocket watch case was closing, and then a voice came: "Squad leader Wang, what do you think the fire on the hill is about?"
Regarding this knowingly asked question, Squad Leader Liujin obviously gave it some thought: "I...can't be sure. Maybe the fire left behind by the Japs has not been extinguished after they left. Maybe there are still Japs on the mountain, but I'm sure it's impossible." They are our people."
"How far is the distance?" Hu Yi asked again, his voice clearly changed to address the girl leading the way.
The girl was making estimates in the dark. She didn’t know the location of the fire in the distance. Only the devil knew where it was. She didn’t know where it was. She couldn’t even calculate the distance. When she touched another person next to her, that person didn’t respond. , embarrassed and did not answer.
There was silence, and the girl was about to say she didn't know.
"Estimated, almost five miles..." Someone answered, but it was a childish voice.
"Uh, you? Based on what judgment?" Hu Yi was a little surprised: What is this girl doing?
"My guess."
...
Hu Yi, with a black line on his face, stopped asking questions, and didn't expect anyone to reply. He put his pocket watch into his pocket. Just now, under the weak flashlight light, he saw the time on the dial, which was two eleven in the morning.
"Go to a high mountain in front and rest. Chen Chong will be on guard... and set off after dawn."
Hu Yi's consideration was very simple. Based on his own feeling, the fire should not be too far away. The fire was on the cliff. On the way, the girl who led the way said that the height of the cliff was never less than 100 meters. It was almost Vertical, it is impossible to attack at night.
It is better to wait until dawn, even if it is a difficult mountain road, it will not be more than two hours away at most. There is no need to really rush at night, the weather is not very good, and if it rains, you have to prevent flash floods.
"Send a report to the division, use commonly used place names as code words, and invent codes. The political commissar is in the division, so he will definitely understand."
