under fire

Chapter 998

Ma Liang's figure slowly disappeared under the cliff.

Due to his arm injury, it was up to the soldiers to pull the rope tied around his waist to lower him down the cliff.

In the dark, the warrior who slipped down the cliff first caught Ma Liang who came down from the cliff.

The soldier helped Ma Liang untie the rope on his body. Ma Liang gasped against the mountain wall, and suddenly asked, "What's your name?"

"Li Laosi"

"I meant your name."

"My first name is Li Lao Si, why, can't I?"

Ma Liang was dumbfounded.

After a while, another fighter slid down.

Ma Liang immediately assigned the soldier a task: "Be alert."

"Yes." The soldier received the order, and disappeared into the darkness without untying the rope on his body.

Soon, the fighters slid down one by one and took up the rope.

For the convenience of movement, in addition to carrying a machine gun, two rifles and a shell gun, all the soldiers in the team wore dry food.

Ma Liang did not order immediate action.

He was waiting until the moon had risen in the sky.

All of them stared with big eyes and looked up at the sky from time to time.

It was almost an hour before the sky began to brighten.

Although the moonlight could not reach the bottom of the cliff, it could already vaguely see the general environment.

Ma Liang didn't wait any longer: "Tonight we will go west along the mountain stream for at least [-] miles! Everyone must hurry up!"

"Yes!"

The foot of the mountain close to the mountain wall is full of thorns and shrubs.

Li Laosi, who was walking in front, swung his big knife and hacked all the way.

Traveling at a slow speed!
There are flashlights in the team, but they must not be used as lighting at this time.

The ground is full of rocks that have been weathered and fallen from the mountain, and people fell down from time to time.

A voice in the team muttered: "Company Commander, there seems to be traces of large wild boar animals walking here!"

The soldiers behind Ma Liang quickly turned on the flashlight wrapped in cloth, and illuminated the messy animal footprints on the ground.

Ma Liang said in a low voice, "This is the animal way that hunters in the mountains often say."

The soldier who received the flashlight almost drooled. "We have a lot of people, if any beasts really appear, it will be a tooth sacrifice."

Ma Liang shook his head: "Be careful, wild boars are in groups, you can't shoot now."

"Company Commander Ma, don't worry, just rely on my big knife, hehe, even if Xiong Xiazi comes, I won't be afraid." Li Laosi, who opened the way ahead and was replaced, didn't care.

The soldier with the flashlight sneered: "Blow it, it's so cold in this mountain, and Xiong Xiazi is still sleeping in the cave."

Li Laosi lowered his voice: "Isn't there a bear on the mountain!"

"What? On the mountain. That's obviously a mule."

"Hehehe..." A muffled laughter drifted into the mountain wind.

The words of the few spoke with ease, and the original nervousness was relieved a lot.

The group dared to speak because they did not go down to the mountain stream at this time, and the rushing sound of the flowing stream covered everything.

After turning several times in a row, footprints appeared on the ground, probably hunters or herbal gatherers had been here before.

The group couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.

Ma Liang raised his hand, and under the light of the flashlight, he looked at the watch given to him by the battalion commander who forced Luo Fugui to bleed profusely: three hours had passed.

It is estimated that at most it only walked two miles!
Even if someone has walked the road, it is still not easy to walk.

Can only continue to use the machete to carve a way through the thorn bushes.

Nothing unusual happened along the way.

Before dark, I had observed the general situation of the mountain stream on the edge of the cliff, and then walked about two miles forward, descended to the mountain stream, climbed up the opposite cliff, and escaped from this dangerous mountainous area from the opposite mountain.

To put it simply, it is to cross the Grand Canyon and leave from the opposite side.

And it was known before that there might be ghosts in the mountain stream.

However, it is impossible for the devils to guard the mountain stream more than ten miles from the west to the east.

The only trouble is that you can't go directly across the mountain stream to the opposite side when you go down the mountain, you have to go around.

The branches scratched the military uniform on his body from time to time, and occasionally the sound of the military uniform being hung up could be heard.

Fortunately, before departure, the battalion commander, who had been watching the mountain for a long time, asked everyone to wear an extra devil uniform.

Marching in the thorns, he only wore the cotton uniform of the Eighth Route Army, which had long been hung as a cloth strip.

The moon slowly turned to the center of the sky.

Finally, the light spilled into the mountain stream.

The marching speed of the team was much faster.

The originally unstable stones at the foot of the mountain were occasionally loosened by stepping on them, dangling and rolling towards the bushes.

Looking up at the moon in the sky, Ma Liang felt a lot more relaxed.

Looking at the cliff that towered into the sky on the opposite side, he asked the warrior behind him, "How far have you traveled?"

The soldier took out the broken shrub branches from his pocket and counted them carefully: "38 walked more than 800 steps. The dd road is not easy to walk. Our steps are small, and we should have walked more than four miles."

Ma Liang raised his hand again, and the soldier next to him quickly turned on the flashlight. Ma Liang looked at his watch, it was eleven o'clock!
It's been four hours.

He let out a long breath, and the time it took to get down from the cliff was faster than expected.

The devil's target is the Ninth Battalion. No matter how powerful he is, it is impossible to deploy troops on the barren and inhabited cliffs opposite.

As long as you turn up the opposite cliff and enter the mountain before dawn, there is basically no problem in completing the task.

Feeling a lot more relaxed in my heart, I touched my water bottle and said, "Take a break, come here and drink some water."

When marching at night, everyone must drink up a pot of water together because of the sound of the waterproof pot, and then fill the pot with spring water from the mountain stream.

Since the Eighth Route Army launched new life activities, few people drink unboiled water unless there are special circumstances.

Soon the team set off again.

This time is to cross the mountain stream that must be guarded by devils.

The terrain is getting lower and lower, and the sound of running water in the mountain stream can already be heard.

There should be villages in the valley. There are more footprints on the small roads, and the roads are getting better and better. It is much faster than using a machete to clear the way in the bushes.

I have known for a long time that there are devils outflanking from the mountain stream, but I don't know where the outflanking devils are.

There is simply no more way now.

Sometimes, in order to save time, even if you know there are many dangers, you have to take risks.

The two soldiers quickly changed into the clothes of ordinary people, and they acted as pioneers to explore the way.

There was no gap in the sound of the rushing water, which perfectly covered the sound of the two men's footsteps heading north.

In the quiet environment, apart from the sound of running water, there are almost no other sounds.

The air over the river was moist with mist.

The mountains and rivers are rushing and freezing cold, and there is no way to get out of the water.

The two came to the river to observe for a while, and walked west along the river bank for a certain distance.
The two soldiers suddenly fell to the ground.

There seemed to be a muffled low growl on the other side of the river.
"There's a dog!" The two people at the front immediately hid behind the rocks by the river and retreated quickly.

Ma Liang frowned: "What's going on?"

"Things are not quite right. There shouldn't be wild dogs in this big night. There are people on the other side of the river."

"I'll go across the river to have a look." Li Laosi, who was carrying a big knife, immediately volunteered to ask for a job.

"Wait, it's probably a devil with a dog." Ma Liang's voice was inaudible.

"If the running water didn't cover up our footsteps, the dog would have barked long ago."

"Go downstream." Ma Liang didn't hesitate because time wasted.

Not long after, more than a dozen black shadows walked downstream for nearly a mile, dragging the rope and staggeringly jumping into the cold stream. Amidst the splashing sound, the water poured into the shoes and soaked the clothes. Get across the river as quickly as possible.

M fell down in the cold river and was pulled up by his comrades beside him before walking, fell down again, and got up again.

A low whining dog barking sounded in the empty mountain stream, followed by a group of figures looming on the south bank of the river that had just passed.

No one in the search team made a sound.

Li Laosi suddenly said: "Commander Ma, I think that dog must have something on its mouth, or it should have barked long ago."

A soldier was a little nervous: "Time is running out, immediately detour and leave the river bank"

Ma Liang shook his head: "Don't move, they are on the other side of the river, they can't find us, besides, how can they know who we are in the middle of the night?"

Li Laosi suddenly said: "They must have covered the dog's mouth with a cage, which shows that they are also afraid of being exposed, otherwise, I will kill this group of people."

Ma Liang took a deep breath: "Do you think devils are so easy to deal with?"

"They haven't found anyone now, so they have to go back, right? I'll go to ambush him on the way back, kill the guy at the back, and wipe his neck one by one from the back to the front!"

Ma Liang turned around: "Our task now is to leave here and go up to the opposite cliff."

"The devil must know that we have crossed the river now. What if he sends people to search for us? It's hard to say whether we can escape in the ditch, let alone the cliff on the opposite side. If we kill them, it will be done once and for all." Li Laosi immediately objected to Ma Liang's words. Opinion.

I didn't expect that this person would turn against him, but the possibility of what he said was very high. Ma Liang was helpless: "Then tell me, how do you do it?"

"They're definitely going back. I'm following the north bank and sneaking on their way back. Hey, this black light is playing sneak attacks. I've never been afraid of anyone if I fight alone."

The soldier next to him asked curiously: "Are you stronger than Li Laosan?"

Li Laosi froze for a moment: "Hey, isn't he not here right now?"

"But the enemy has a dog?"

"In a while, I'll go and hide by the stone in the water, even if he has wolves, it's useless!"

Ma Liang searched carefully for a while, and felt that the plan was feasible, but he was a little worried about Li Laosi's bragging skills: "All right, but you must be careful."

(End of this chapter)