The mountains of the South are nothing short of magical in December.
It was still chilly and shivering at night, but by about ten o'clock in the morning, the sun had already warmed up a bit.
In the woods, when the sun shines, the rain that fell last night evaporates, and people walking on it feel like they are in a sauna.
The most terrible thing is not the steam coming from the bottom up, but the little bugs in the jungle that are as silent and ubiquitous as stealth fighter jets.
This little bug is about the size of a sesame seed and doesn't seem to have much lethality, but once it flies into your neck or onto your arm, it will bite you hard and make you extremely itchy.
The dead branches and debris falling on the body and face through the bushes are also annoying. The sweat is mixed with these things, making the body sticky and itchy. It feels like you are rolling in muddy water. I'll jump into a pile of sawdust and roll around, and then I'll scatter a handful of fleas on you and feel as uncomfortable.
No one likes this kind of place.
Li Zheng felt extremely uncomfortable.
His shoes were wet. He had stepped on the mud while running through the siege last night. Later, he went to the mountain stream to replenish water and washed the combat boots. They were clean, but after walking all night, the dew would have been there. The uppers of my shoes were wet, and my pants were completely soaked and stuck to my thighs.
The mountain road is not easy to walk, and it is difficult to go fast at night. During the day, I am afraid of encountering the blue army, so I keep my speed low.
Starting today, Hou Jun will serve as the vanguard at the front.
Because they had to lead the way, read maps, and check the azimuth and direction, Li Zheng and the others, who had never studied military topography, could not help at all.
Last night, the recruits were all ambitious and wanted to infiltrate the blue command post and behead the enemy commander, but now, most of the energy in everyone's chest has been worn away.
Walking in the deep mountains and old forests, enjoying the free "sauna", he was sweating profusely and mosquitoes were raging. The most terrifying thing was standing in the mountains. Li Zheng felt that he couldn't even figure out the direction. If Hou Jun hadn't been there, he might not have been able to figure out the direction. It is difficult to get out of this mountain forest, let alone a stupid beheading operation.
The further they walked, the more Li Zheng was in awe of veteran Hou Jun.
Engaging in the military is definitely not just physical work. Intelligence, physical strength, adaptability, tolerance, and stress resistance are a complex. Without any of them, you cannot become a good soldier.
Suddenly, the team stopped suddenly.
Li Zheng, who was in charge of the rear, saw Fatty Wei in front raising his right fist.
This is a signal for everyone to stop.
Then Fatty Wei squatted down, and Li Zheng quickly squatted down as well.
These are all agreed upon.
It means there is trouble ahead.
Li Zheng's heart was suddenly lifted into the air again.
Walking up to this point last night, I was exhausted, and I was already drowsy. But doing this made me suddenly come to my senses, and my nerves collapsed into a straight line.
Not long after, I saw Hou Jun running back from the front.
"hidden!"
While giving the order at the lowest decibel level, he pointed to the trees at the foot of the hillside next to him.
Now, everyone is on a hillside, next to it is a slope, and there are dense bushes and woods under the slope.
It was too late to think too much, an order was an order.
Li Zheng quickly slid down the slope, slipped into a bush, and got into it.
When Hou Jun left, he did not forget to look at the ground and made sure that no obvious traces were left before going down the slope.
The team quickly disappeared down the hillside.
Li Zheng, Hou Jun and Zhang Jian were all hiding behind the same bush, observing the movement above through the gaps in the leaves.
He looked around, suddenly feeling a little scared.
There were thick grass everywhere and vines hanging across his head. The ground was covered with thick leaves and dead branches that exuded a rotten smell.
His pores stood up inexplicably, and he felt as if a poisonous snake would suddenly jump out of nowhere and take a bite out of him.
When he raised his head, he broke into a cold sweat again.
There was a large spider web less than 30 centimeters above my head. Lying on the web was a strange spider with yellow and black patterns on its body, colorful and long body. Its long legs were draped on the web. It looked amazing. It feels disgusting, and I don’t know if it’s poisonous...
hold back...
hold back...
He kept warning himself.
A soldier cannot scream in fear at the sight of a spider.
The special forces on TV even dare to eat snakes...
Xu Xian is a scholar...
Suddenly, rustling footsteps sounded on the hillside, and then several soldiers wearing the armbands of the Air Assault Brigade walked past the place where they were marching.
Zhang Jian was very excited and pointed his gun at the three air assault brigade soldiers.
"Platoon commander, kill them..."
He seemed very excited.
The enemy is right in front of you and can be killed by raising your hand.
And there were only three of them, so my side had the advantage, not to mention that they were in the open and I was in the dark, so I could easily capture them.
Unexpectedly, Hou Jun glared at him fiercely and pressed his hand heavily on the barrel of his gun, signaling him not to move.
Zhang Jianda was puzzled.
Why don't you take action?
What a great time!
But I didn’t dare to ask, and I couldn’t ask, for fear of being exposed.
A group of people watched helplessly as three air assault brigade soldiers wandered past.
Obviously, these are soldiers responsible for ground search.
Although the Menghu regiment was completely wiped out, there were still a few things that slipped through the net even though it was said to be a total wipeout.
This road is one of the paths leading to the Juelang Valley. It is not difficult for the people of the Air Assault Brigade to follow this road all the way to Niutou Ridge to screen.
When the others were far away, Zhang Jian asked Hou Jun: "Platoon commander, why don't you kill them? It can be considered as destroying the enemy's strength!"
He said the same thing, and it sounded reasonable.
Several other recruits nearby seemed to agree with Zhang Jian's statement, and they all looked at their platoon leader Hou Juntou inquiringly.
Looking at Hou Jun's expression, Li Zheng understood why Hou Jun wanted to stop Zhang Jian from acting rashly.
"Zhang Jian, we are here to behead people, not here to kill the enemy."
Zhang Jian said unconvinced: "What are you afraid of? Even if they heard the gunshots, we would have escaped long ago when they got here. They won't find us until they find us!"
Hou Jun glared at him again: "That's not a small tone!"
He pointed to the direction in which the air raiders left and said: "Do you think they are all idiots? Even if you can kill a few of them in a sneak attack here, even if you can withdraw immediately, do you think others will not search this area on a large scale? ? How fast are we traveling? It’s less than five kilometers an hour. People’s helicopters fly over our heads for several kilometers. Are you fighting with them? Are you stupid? Do you think you are being asked to be Rambo now? "
When the other recruits heard this, they felt that the platoon leader seemed to be right, so they nodded one after another.
"A little impatience will ruin a big plan!" Hou Jun said: "If you become a commander in the future, don't just do whatever you want. When you see the enemy, you will pounce on it like a prostitute meeting your mother-in-law. First, understand what your combat intentions and purposes are. You can’t make unnecessary small fights, otherwise you’re picking sesame seeds and losing the watermelon. That’s what fools do!”
After some rebuke, Zhang Jian's face turned red.
Not to mention, did Zhang Jian ever take a non-commissioned officer seriously before joining the army?
Now that he has joined the army and is a soldier himself, in the hands of Hou Jun, he is really like a piece of dough, which has been kneaded to the point where he has no temper at all.
It was okay to bluff other comrades with my modest military skills, but in front of the veteran Youzi Houjun, he was like a college student compared to a child in a kindergarten.
"Let's go!"
After confirming safety, Hou Jun took the lead and stood up.
"Keep on going."
"Platoon commander, can you take a break..."
The pretty boy Jiang Xuan bared his teeth and walked up to Hou Jun with a pained look on his face.
"My feet hurt so much..."
Hou Jun looked at Jiang Xuan and pointed to the ground: "Sit down."
Jiang Xuan took off his backpack and sat on it.
"That foot?"
"Right foot."
Hou Jun took off his right combat boot and pulled off his half-wet, half-wet sock.
Li Zheng suddenly felt a strong and pungent smell entering his nostrils. It felt like a tube of fermented shit was squeezed into his nostrils.
He couldn't help but cover his mouth and nose, and subconsciously took two steps back.
Others nearby had the same reaction.
But Hou Jun seemed to have lost his sense of smell. He took the pretty boy Jiang Xuan's feet and turned them over to take a look.
Li Zheng was startled at this sight.
A big blood blister appeared on the sole of Jiang Xuan's foot. It was really a blood blister. It was red and full of blood and was as big as a watch dial.
"It's a small matter." Hou Jun said calmly: "Just get the blood out of it."
Jiang Xuan's teeth chattered after hearing this.
He is really afraid of pain.
But the platoon leader said he wanted to break it, so he had to break it even if he didn't.
Hou Jun turned to Li Zheng and said, "Hurry up and take out your sewing kit."
Li Zheng quickly put down his backpack, found a sewing kit inside and handed it over.
Hou Jun took out a needle and threaded a thread of about 20cm. He looked up at Jiang Xuan and said, "It doesn't hurt. Don't look like you are dying! When I was a new recruit, I had several blisters all over my feet. It’s not a big deal if the old one is not good but the new one comes again.”
After saying that, he poked the needle into the blood blister.
The blood inside suddenly surged out.
Li Zheng, who had been staring at the blood bubbles without blinking, couldn't help but frown, as the needle seemed to be stuck in his foot.
Hou Jun skillfully inserted the needle through the other end of the blood bubble.
As a result, the round blood bubble suddenly deflated.
Hou Jun squeezed out the blood inside, pulled out the needle, and left the thread in the blood bubble, with both ends exposed.
"Okay!" he said, "It's okay! Keep moving forward, we still have a long way to go!"
