Jagged Changjin Lake: Kill the enemy and become stronger

Chapter 210 The Battle Has Begun

Hearing Qiao Lin's words at this moment, Zhang Xiaoshan ran over in a hurry, squatted down and began to help Yang Zhengkai without saying a word.

Soon, both of their shoes were tied up.

"The ankle is hurting."

Jin Xihua tiptoed, feeling uncomfortable.

"Just get used to it. The snow ahead is too thick, and it's easy to fall into your shoes. When the snow melts, it's easy to frostbite your feet."

Zhang Xiaoshan explained with a silly smile.

Then the soldiers took out the white cloth sheet, draped it over the top of the head, and tied the two corners on the chin, and the camouflage was done.

In the snow field, white is undoubtedly the best protective color. If you lie on the snow covered with a white sheet, it is difficult to be found even if it is only a few meters away.

The soldiers are currently located more than 70 kilometers south of the [-]th parallel, which was previously occupied by the enemy.

But with the start of the third battle, the enemy army retreated in an all-round way, and it was relatively safe.

But there are exceptions to everything, and Qiao Lin doesn't want to cause danger to the troops because of a little negligence.

"Huang Dachuan!"

After making preparations, Qiaolin began to assign tasks.

"To!"

Huang Dachuan immediately stepped out.

"You lead the reconnaissance squadron and explore the way ahead with Lei Gong."

"Yes!"

"Yu Congrong!"

"To!"

"Take the assault squadron to cover the left and right flanks!"

"Yes!"

"Liu Chuang!"

"To!"

"Take the rear of the fire squadron!"

"Yes!"

"Zhang Xiaoshan!"

"To!"

"Lead the demolition squadron to assist the logistics support squadron to transport ammunition!"

"Yes!"

... ...

With one order after another, each soldier had a task and entered their respective positions in an orderly manner.

Everyone understands that although the gunfire has not yet sounded, the battle has already begun at this moment.

Sometimes eyes can be deceiving too.

This snow field looks endless, and it even gives people the illusion that they will never go out.

But in fact, you will find out after you really start to do it. Many difficulties are often imagined by people.

After walking for two hours, an oncoming mountain stopped in front of everyone, and the snowfield ended here.

"After passing this mountain, we will travel another [-] kilometers to the south, and we will enter Qingchuan."

Lei Gong has already calculated the remaining distance based on the coordinates on the map.

"Rest in place for 10 minutes and prepare to climb the mountain."

Qiao Lin glanced at the time, and then ordered to rest.

"Commander Qiao, there is something I don't understand."

Yang Zhengkai, who was silent all the way, stepped forward and said.

"You say."

Qiao Lin nodded, unscrewed the kettle, and handed it to Yang Zhengkai.

After walking for more than three hours, Yang Zhengkai was already thirsty. He took Qiao Lin's water bottle, raised his neck and poured two big gulps, wiped his mouth and said, "Why don't we take the road instead of going over the mountain?"

After speaking, he pointed to a road stretching southward at the foot of the mountain.

"this..."

Qiao Lin rubbed the tip of his nose, not knowing how to explain it.

The purpose of climbing the mountain is to go south, but the road also goes south. It seems that it is more reasonable to take the road.

Moreover, the road surface is not smooth, it is full of dense footprints, and there are traces of wheels crushing it. It is obvious at a glance that a large army has passed by.

"Shouldn't taking the road be more labor-saving and time-saving?"

Seeing that Qiao Lin didn't speak, Yang Zhengkai asked again.

"Let me tell you this, we are different from the combat troops. We are not going to fight on the front line, so we don't have to follow other people's routes. We have places we want to go."

Jolin casually found an excuse to prevaricate.

It wasn't that he didn't want to tell Yang Zhengkai the truth, it was mainly because too few people knew the true purpose of this mission, and even if he explained it, Yang Zhengkai might not understand it.

While speaking, the 10-minute rest time had come. Qiao Lin shouted and set off. The troops crossed the road at the foot of the mountain and began to climb to the top of the mountain.

For soldiers, there is no difference between climbing a mountain and taking a road. Anyway, they all walk forward on two feet.

Jin Xihua grew up in the countryside, and her physical strength is not bad. Apart from her slow speed, there is nothing wrong with her.

The only one who was holding back was Yang Zhengkai, a doctor with superb medical skills, his control over his legs was obviously not as good as his proficiency in scalpels.

The mountains in the wild are not like tourist attractions. Usually, there are no roads. Even if there are, they are just small paths stepped on by local farmers to chop firewood and plant the land.

And now that the mountain is covered by heavy snow, all places where one can set foot are covered in snow, and it is not easy to climb up.

After climbing less than 50 meters, Yang Zhengkai fell down three times. Once, if the soldier next to him hadn't caught him quickly, he might have fallen straight away.

The reconnaissance squadron in charge of opening the way ahead was almost halfway up the mountain, but Yang Zhengkai was still struggling at the foot of the mountain. The speed of the team's advance was severely slowed down, and they were forced to stop several times to wait for him to climb up.

Qiao Lin was disturbed by this situation for a while, looking for Yang Zhengkai's speed, let alone crossing this mountain before noon, whether he can cross this mountain is a problem.

"Liu Chuang, your fire squadron will send several soldiers to carry Doctor Yang on their backs in turn."

Qiao Lin stood halfway up the mountain and shouted down.

"Don't memorize it, I can do it."

Yang Zhengkai was very stubborn. He felt that he was not a wounded person, and being carried up the mountain was despising him, and he didn't want to be underestimated.

"What can you do? Didn't you see that the soldiers in front have been waiting for you for a long time? Don't maintain the so-called self-esteem at this time, delay the speed of travel, can you take responsibility? Train with everyone."

Qiao Lin got angry at Yang Zhengkai in a rare way. He has always respected this middle-aged doctor, but this time, he didn't want to take into account the so-called politeness and be polite to him.

Yang Zhengkai's face turned red immediately. It was really embarrassing to be reprimanded in front of so many people. He felt that all his pride was crushed by Qiao Lin at this moment.

He opened his mouth to argue, but he didn't say a word. He could only let the soldier next to him pick him up and climb up the mountain.

"Doctor Yang, don't worry about the company commander. He is also in a hurry. We are on a mission like this. Time is more important than anything else. A delay may affect the final result."

The soldier who carried Yang Zhengkai on his back was still worried that he would lose face, so he patiently enlightened him.

After solving Yang Zhengkai's problem, the speed of travel immediately increased.

At about eleven o'clock, the troops successfully climbed to the top of the mountain.

"Thank you, I can go down the mountain by myself, so I don't need you to carry it."

Yang Zhengkai blushed and thanked the soldiers who carried him up the mountain, and after he finished speaking, he took a furtive glance at Qiao Lin.

For some reason, he suddenly felt a little afraid to face this young man, lacking confidence.

Qiao Lin and Lei Gong stood side by side, facing south, discussing something in a low voice.

Separated by a mountain, the scenery on the north and south sides is completely different.

On the north side are wilderness areas such as mountains, forests and snow fields that the soldiers walked through.

The south side looks more prosperous, with not only neatly distributed fields, but also many farmhouses.

Looking farther away, except for the continuous undulating mountains on the east side, the north is almost all plains.

It is conceivable that before the war broke out, it must have been a scene where the people lived and worked in peace and contentment.

"The place where the houses are denser should be Qingchuan City."

Lei Gong pointed to a dense black shadow in front of him and said.

Chapter 210 Using Hypotheses to Infer

Although it is still [-] kilometers away from Qingchuan, the view is relatively wider if you stand high.

"The place where the People's Army of the Peninsula was killed is in Qingchuan, which is also the northernmost stronghold of the enemy. Now I am very confused, should I go directly through Qingchuan City, or should I go around from the side?"

Qiao Lin looked troubled, and this question began to bother him since he climbed to the top of the mountain and saw the layout of Qingchuan.

The enemy's main force must be stationed in Qingchuan City, there is no doubt about this.

But what is uncertain is whether the missing [-] People's Army soldiers were also there.

Entering rashly will inevitably lead to the enemy's siege.

It's fine if the search target is inside, but if it's not there, it's tantamount to letting the soldiers go in and take risks for nothing.

In fact, Qiao Lin didn't have many clues, and the boss only gave him a general direction, nothing else.

I don't even know the specific situation of the [-] People's Army soldiers, whether they were captured or trapped, or that the army has been disbanded.