By the river, Yang Chengwu rolled up his sleeves and exposed his arms. Then he stretched his entire arm into the river and felt the temperature of the river water.
The water in the river was not too cold, which made him feel a little relieved. Then he trotted to the place where six companies crossed the river to personally check the water flow and the strength of the ropes. Finally, he stayed at the crossing point of one company for ten minutes, calculating After checking the speed of crossing the river for a moment, he took a deep breath and said, "Looking at the speed of crossing the river, it should be fine, but it still worries me today!"
Ji Ting also said worriedly, "Yeah, it's best not to rain this time. The day before yesterday, when the reconnaissance company was gathering information, there was a heavy rain, and a family's half-year-old child was washed away by the rising river. It is said that the child The water properties are pretty good, but fire and water are ruthless, and when caught in a flood, no matter how good the water properties are, it will be useless.”
"Boom~" A muffled thunder sounded from the sky, accompanied by a faint flash of thunder.
"It's thundering. Looking at how dull the sky is, it will rain in less than half an hour." Yang Chengwu raised his head and glanced at the thunder in the distance and said to Ji Ting, "You separate from me and go stare at these soldiers. . I'm afraid they will make some mistakes when they are young and impatient."
"Yes!" Ji Ting saluted and then led the guards to carry out the order.
An hour has passed, and one-third of the overall progress of crossing the river has been completed. Calculating the time, it should be completed before dawn. However, at this time, heavy raindrops fell from the sky, pattering on the body, which made people feel uncomfortable. A moment of refreshing.
The rain is getting heavier and heavier, and the sound of falling on the ground is getting denser and denser.
It was so quiet that even though they were not far away, they couldn't hear what the other party was saying.
Yang Chengwu's guard handed over a bamboo hat, "Commander, put it on!"
Yang Chengwu pushed it with his hand, "If I don't take it with me, my vision is not good, but with this I can't see even more clearly."
Because of the sound of rain, the guard didn't hear clearly what Yang Chengwu said, but he knew from Yang Chengwu's actions that Yang Chengwu didn't want to wear it. He wanted to say something else, but he found that Yang Chengwu had already shortened his body, one foot deep and one foot shallow. We headed towards a river crossing point.
Downstream of Futuo River, in a place where the river is slightly narrower, Li Si and Lian Wushang were packing tools on a fishing boat.
Tools include fishing nets and hooks and lasso.
The reason why they came here was because Xu San mentioned in his communication with Li Si a few days ago that he hoped that if Li Si had time, he would go to Hongzidian to send some ferries to the third group. If he couldn't get the ferries, he would Respond downstream.
Xu San said this because the battle at the Jingjing Coal Mine was a very important battle in the Hundred Regiment War. At the beginning of the battle, the Third Regiment suffered non-combat casualties of dozens of people due to the lack of ferry boats. Regarding these, the information only mentioned it briefly, so in the end Xu San could only give a rough location.
Li Si and Lian Wushuang are now working as undercover agents in Heifeng Village and are living a good life.
The two of them were people in the world before joining the revolution, and they can be regarded as acting in their true colors when they arrive at Heifeng Village.
With his kung fu, Lian Wushang easily obtained the position of third leader, while Li Si acted as the dog-headed strategist.
Although they have not been in the team for a long time, the two of them are still highly regarded based on their performance, so the two of them went down the mountain this time without making the boss suspicious. What's more, Lian Wushang's ambush on Yamamoto some time ago was still small. A sum was seized.
"Old Li, why did the leader of the group give us such an inexplicable task again?" Lian Wushang said while sitting in the window shed, looking at the dark river.
"Why are you asking so many questions? Just do it if you ask us to do it. And why is this so baffling? This time we are going to point it out."
"It's a pity that we didn't get a big ship. Otherwise, we could have gone directly to meet the Third Regiment. That's the main force. I really want to see it." Lian Wushuang said.
"The fighting power of the Independent Regiment is not bad. Don't we often deal with them? Besides, I heard from comrades that this time the Third Regiment crossed the river secretly, and it was against the rules for us to go there rashly." Li Si said, putting on his raincoat. , walked out of the boat shed, felt the power of the heavy rain, and then got back in, "Comrades in the group are very good at predicting things. They said there would be heavy rain today, and indeed there was a heavy rain."
"Actually, as long as you are familiar with hydrological and astronomical phenomena, you can still predict the weather a few days in advance. When I was studying in the mountains, I had an uncle who could predict the weather with accuracy."
"It's easy for you to say, or you can predict one."
"Then I'll give it a try!" Lian Wushuang said and walked out wearing a raincoat. Then he stood on the bow of the boat and said, "This rain will stop in less than a quarter of an hour!"
After hearing Lian Wushang's words, Li Si smiled, "Anyone with some common sense would know that such a heavy rain will not last long."
While the two people were talking, the rain became lighter, from the original heavy rain to a gentle drizzle.
Listening to the sound of rain outside, Xiao Li Si blew out the kerosene lamp in the boat canopy and walked out without putting on a raincoat. "Close your eyes and rest, let your eyes adapt to the darkness, otherwise it will be difficult to see anything unusual in such a wide river." easy."
"Isn't it you? You have trained your eyes, can you still use me?" Although Lian Wushang said so, he still obeyed Li Si's instructions and closed his eyes.
The rain gradually stopped, but the boat shook even more violently.
Li Si opened his eyes, "The water level has risen and the waves are getting bigger. I hope the comrades crossing the river upstream will be okay."
Lian Wushang also opened his eyes and felt the violent shaking of the hull. "With such a big wave, the comrades upstream are short of ferries."
"Please keep an eye on it, there are still more than two hours until dawn."
Lian Wushang did not reply, but stood firmly on the bow of the boat, focusing on the movement on the river.
Upstream, the overall task of crossing the river for the third regiment has been halfway completed. Although the heavy rain just now affected the progress a little, there were no mistakes or accidents under the supervision of Ji Ting and Yang Chengwu.
Moving in the heavy rain is quite exhausting. After Ji Ting made a rounds, he found a stone and sat down. After taking a few breaths, he took a dry towel from the guard and wiped it. After drying his hands, he took out the walkie-talkie from the sheepskin bag he carried with him and called Xiao Shang, the deputy captain on the other side, to ask about the situation there.
The walkie-talkie is afraid of water, which is clearly stated in the instruction manual, so after it rained, San Tuan stopped using it. Now that the rain has stopped, Ji Ting dared to use it.
The communication was very brief. Xiao Shang ended the communication after reporting the results, but the walkie-talkie was not turned off, and the communication was kept open at all times. (End of chapter)
