1979: My fiancée is a goddess

Chapter 247 The journey is difficult, but there is no danger.

"Beep——"

The eagle spread its huge wings and circled in the air.

A bright yellow bird's beak opened very conspicuously, and a long and loud cry was uttered, spreading from all sides with sharp waves.

The sky behind him was gloomy and dark. The lead-gray clouds that blocked the sunlight were rimmed with a layer of gold and seemed so heavy that they seemed to be falling into the mountains that stretched for thousands of miles.

In his sharp dark eyes, the pristine mountain forest a thousand meters below was shrouded in thick white miasma.

Carried by the mountain wind, it surges in the mountain stream like a miasma river.

The deep mountains, old forests, fast-flowing streams, and the roars of tigers and bears that occasionally echo through the forests are terrifying.

On the vegetation-covered mountainside, a long, winding prey was swaying under the lush green vegetation and gray-black rocks, attracting the eagle's attention.

"Shhh-"

The eagle folded its wings and fell rapidly. The strong wind vibrated its wings, making a harsh sound.

Soon, the distance between the two was rapidly shortened, and the blurry creature appeared clearly in front of them.

It turned out to be a group of fully armed humans, leading mules loaded with large amounts of supplies, walking along a rugged and narrow mountain path covered with dense unknown plants.

"Everyone, be careful, watch your step, it's okay to go slow."

Cheng Kaiyan walked in the middle, keeping an eye on all directions and keeping an eye on all sides, while also reminding everyone calmly.

Ever since he set foot on this mountain road, he has been on 120% alert.

Everything is for the sake of life safety.

This hidden and rugged mountain road was built by nearby mountain people over decades. Later, soldiers arrived and reinforced and maintained it, making it a top-secret route for delivering supplies to the front line.

On the left is a hillside with a slope of 40 to 60 degrees, and on the right is a bottomless cliff.

If you are not careful, you will definitely die if you slip and fall, and you may even hurt the people walking behind you.

Cheng Kaiyan looked to the front and saw several fully armed soldiers holding machetes and sticks walking carefully at the front of the team, clearing a relatively safe route for the team.

With the movement of his hands, weeds, thorny vines, and small branches along the way fell down one after another.

Then he was swept aside by the soldiers behind him and fell from the air.

"I see. I'm so tired. Can we take a break? It's so hot and tiring."

When Wang Anyi heard Cheng Kaiyan's reminder, she couldn't help but speak out the complaints she had been holding back for a long time.

The other two lesbians also complained.

In this material transportation mission, these writers are actually not much different from a burden.

Therefore, after coming out of the military camp in the morning, everyone followed the transport team without stopping.

But they are delicate city girls and cannot compare with the soldiers who are regularly trained.

After more than an hour's long journey, my waist and legs were sore and my limbs were weak.

Even Wang Anyi had blisters on the soles of her feet.

"It's time to rest. We set out at seven, and it's almost nine now."

Jiang Zilong followed behind the team, breathing heavily, and said something rarely.

The soldier who was leading the mule frowned subconsciously and wanted to say something, but when he thought that they were just writers collecting folk songs, he remained silent.

The leader was a stern-looking middle-aged man named Hong Jianguo, 35 years old, with a strong and tall build. After hearing everyone's opinions, he thought for a moment and said, "Since everyone is tired, let's take a rest under the big tree in front for half an hour. But I still want to remind everyone that if it rains later, this road will be even more difficult to walk on."

After Hong Jianguo finished speaking, he looked at Cheng Kaiyan. Before the trip, his leader told him that if he had any issues, he could discuss them with Cheng, the deputy leader of the field research team.

At first, Hong Jianguo didn't take it seriously, but later he learned that this man had served in the army and was even familiar with the geographical environment near Laoshan, and he immediately changed his mind.

"Then let's take a break. The rain is likely to be quite heavy. Everyone should take out their raincoats and put them on, just in case."

Cheng Kaiyan nodded in response, seeming to agree.

So the writers who were collecting folk songs all smiled, and even the soldiers breathed a sigh of relief.

It’s not that they are not tired, but they are afraid that the rain will delay the mission.

Everyone looked at the big bluestone under a big tree not far away, and they felt happy and their steps became lighter.

Arrived under the tree.

Cheng Kaiyan took a look and found that it was a big green pine, more than ten meters high, growing on a large bluestone on the edge of the cliff. The overgrown roots and trunks were entangled with the bluestone, forming a large platform over the years.

But there was not enough space under the tree for so many people, so everyone dispersed.

Without caring about their image, everyone just sat on the ground.

A few pretty female comrades sat on a small rock protruding from the large bluestone, rubbing their sore legs and feet and chatting in low voices.

Cheng Kaiyan leaned against the dripping wet rock behind him, pulling out the leaves of an unknown plant from the cracks and drinking water from a military canteen.

The dry mouth feels comfortable immediately after being moistened by the clear mountain spring water.

After drinking the water, he closed his eyes and rested, fanning himself with his collar.

In this humid and hot weather, not only my back, but even my pants were soaked.

Ten minutes later, both my mental state and physical strength were replenished.

Cheng Kaiyan took out a map from his small bag and determined everyone's location. He outlined the starting point and destination on the map and simply figured out a route.

They are now on a mountain with an altitude of more than 800 meters. After crossing the mountain, there is a big river before their destination. After crossing a primeval forest that stretches for several miles, they will reach the canyon where the 8th and 9th Infantry Companies are stationed.

The most dangerous thing here is the mountain, followed by the primeval forest. Crossing the river is the easiest.

"How long will it take us to get there?"

Ye Xin, Jiang Zilong, Zhu Sujin and team leader Hong Jianguo saw him looking at the map, walked towards him and asked casually.

"Based on our current walking speed, we can arrive at around 4 or 5 pm, but if it rains, it may take 6 or 7 pm."

Cheng Kaiyan thought for a moment and explained, "Looking at the weather, it's going to rain today, and it will be even more dangerous if it rains.

Because it is difficult to stop the rain, the rain in the subtropical rainforest lasts for several weeks, or at least four or five days.

Natural disasters such as flash floods, landslides, and mud-rock flows can occur at any time.”

"Hiss! I finally understand the difficulties and dangers of the southern frontier."

Ye Kun laughed hard and said with emotion.

The harshness of the environment here is probably comparable to the extremely cold weather during the Korean War decades ago.

After all, this is the place where even the Americans were defeated. The elusive Vietnamese monkeys in this vast primeval forest tortured the arrogant American soldiers.

"If it's raining heavily, it's best not to move. The roads are slippery and accidents can easily happen."

Jiang Zilong said seriously.

"We have walked this road many times. If it rains, we will walk a distance and go to the other side of the mountain. I know there is a big cave there where we can hide. We will set off again when the rain stops."

Hong Jianguo smiled.

His calmness made everyone feel more at ease.

Yes, they have walked this road countless times.

"Everyone, eat some dry food, drink some water, and finally rest for ten minutes."

Team leader Hong Jianguo remembered something and reminded everyone.

Then, several people started to make follow-up arrangements. With the detailed plan, everyone felt a lot more relaxed.

Not long after, a shrill scream rang in my ears.

Everyone looked at him.

I saw three female comrades sitting on the bluestone to rest with their bare feet on.

A long snake, as thick as two fingers, jumped out from the bottom of the bluestone. Its scales were colorful, and just one look at it made people feel nauseous and dizzy.

Perhaps it was the shrill screams of the three people that attracted the attention of the poisonous snake. Soon the snake attached itself to the instep of one of the lesbians, gently spitting out its soft scarlet tongue, with two forked parts covered with transparent liquid.

"Poisonous snake! Don't move." Cheng Kaiyan immediately concluded that this was a highly poisonous snake.

Nature is so magical. The more beautiful a creature looks, the more dangerous it is.

The three people sitting on the bluestone were so frightened that they dared not move. When they heard Cheng Kaiyan's words, they turned pale with fright.

Tears welled up in Wang Anyi's eyes.

"Don't move, don't move, everyone spread out, don't get close."

Hong Jianguo warned with a very serious expression, then immediately took the long stick from the soldier beside him and stretched it to the feet of the female comrade who was targeted by the snake.

He gently reached his ankle and waited quietly for the venomous snake to crawl over.

Everyone realized what he was doing.

The female comrade held her breath, frightened by the cold and slippery touch on the back of her feet. She dared not move and could only pray in her heart.

Just as the snake's head touched the tip of the stick, Hong Jianguo manipulated the stick and moved it slightly.

Sure enough, the next second the snake's head shot out in the air and bit the stick.

Hong Jianguo pulled him away from the female comrade, and then another soldier quickly swung his knife.

Swish.

Blood splattered everywhere, the triangular snake's head bit the stick tightly, and the colorful snake body was still rolling and twisting on the ground, which was disgusting.

The next moment, the three female comrades didn't care about being barefoot and quickly ran away.

"Snakes are most likely to be found in shady places like this. Next time you encounter a snake, remember not to move and wait quietly for it to leave.

It is still a bit risky to take the initiative this time, but there are too many of us, and if we invade its territory, it will not leave.

Also, don’t take off your shoes in the wild next time.”

Hong Jianguo lit a cigarette, stepped on the snake's head and crushed it hard, exhaled smoke from his mouth, and comforted the female comrade.

"Hoohoo...thank you."

After experiencing this, no one had the heart to rest. They put on their raincoats and set off immediately.

This was equivalent to a lunch break, so everyone crossed the mountain at one o'clock and walked down the mountain.

On the way, we encountered the cave that Hong Jianguo mentioned.

Halfway down the mountain, it started to rain heavily.

Everyone had no choice but to turn back.

……

"It's a karst cave. There seems to be an undercurrent underground."

Cheng Kaiyan leaned on the stone pillar at the entrance of the cave and looked out. Outside the cave entrance, there was a heavy curtain of water, forming a water gate. The whole world was shrouded in hazy water vapor.

This cave is a standard karst cave, with stalactites of various sizes growing all around it.

At this moment, the scout who had entered the cave to investigate the situation ran out with a serious and nervous expression.

"Report! There are signs of survival here in recent times."

"Is this what we left last time?"

"No."

"Everyone, pack up and cheer up. There may be enemies nearby. We may have to leave early."

Hong Jianguo immediately took a deep puff of his cigarette and gave the order in a deep voice.

Although he really wanted to set up an ambush, their current mission was to transport supplies, and there were also writers collecting folk songs in the team, so they absolutely could not take any risks.

"Yes!"

So everyone packed up their things and left immediately in the rain.

The raindrops hit the plastic raincoat in lines, making a bang bang bang sound, and the whole world became quiet.

Simple raincoats were no match for this kind of rain. Within half an hour, almost everyone in the team was soaked through.

The rain soaked all the mule's hair, but fortunately the supply box was covered with waterproof cloth in advance.

The road was slippery all the way down the mountain.

Ye Xindu almost slipped and fell off the cliff. Fortunately, Cheng Kaiyan grabbed his arm and pulled him up, scaring him so much that he broke out in a cold sweat.

Meanwhile, everyone left not long ago.

Three or five thin figures carrying guns walked into the cave.

As soon as the leading man entered the cave, he sniffed and then sniffed around in the cave like a hyena.

Finally, he picked up a handkerchief in the corner and said confidently, "Someone has been here! From the opposite side!"

"Go back and report! There is a secret route here."

"Yes!"

……

On the other side, Cheng Kaiyan and others came down the mountain, and everyone crossed the river in one go.

There was an iron chain bridge across the turbulent river, and everyone crossed it safely.

But in the primeval forest, the road is flat, but the dangers are endless.

There are bottomless pools, devouring swamps, poisonous branches, and all kinds of poisonous insects.

In addition, many people in the team had their cheeks and arms scratched by sharp and poisonous tree branches, some soldiers were red and swollen all over due to being sucked by mosquitoes, some had their legs clinging to and their blood greedily sucked by dozens of leeches, and there was even a mule that unfortunately fell into a swamp and died.

Finally, everyone arrived at the company camp before dark.

"Phew! We're finally here!"

Cheng Kaiyan and others looked at the camp with smoke rising from the distance and finally breathed a sigh of relief, as if a huge weight had fallen from their hearts.

At this time, the company's sentry also noticed them and sneaked over in the rain with a small group of soldiers.

"So it's you, please come in, if you don't come, we will run out of food."

After confirming their identities again and again, they learned that they were people transporting supplies and collecting materials for the front line, and only then were they allowed to enter the simple camp.

Cheng Kaiyan glanced over and saw that the camp was located at the foot of a small hill less than a hundred meters high.

There is a canyon one kilometer ahead.

Several trenches were dug in front of the canyon, and defensive fortifications were also built inside the canyon based on the terrain.

With a hill behind and a canyon in front, it is indeed a good place that is easy to defend but difficult to attack.

Even if they broke through the canyon, they could rely on the fortifications on the hill and fight from a high position.

However, in the canyon, there were occasional sounds of gunfire and horns.

Are we still fighting now?

"At three o'clock in the afternoon, the enemy began to charge in the rain."

The accompanying clerk saw his confusion and explained with a serious face.

When everyone heard this, they suddenly became nervous, and some people became excited.

"Let's go, the kitchen staff is preparing dinner. After dinner, our two company commanders will come down from the front line."

It got dark at night.

The two company commanders came back and warmly welcomed Cheng Kaiyan and other eight writers who came to visit the front line. They said that everyone could go to the front line to take a look tomorrow and set off for return the day after tomorrow.

After Cheng Kaiyan and others had their fill, they were arranged into simple marching tents.

He lay on the wet ground, looking at the leaking tent, feeling empty inside.

I always feel like I've forgotten something.

(End of this chapter)