Archaeological Notes

Chapter 20 Landmines (1)
The violent sound almost pierced the eardrums, and I froze for a few seconds, and when I slowed down and got up, my ears were full of humming.Five meters behind me, a big hole was blown out, and a guy named "Duck" fell in a pool of blood.

Everyone hurriedly gathered around and found that the situation had reached an irreversible situation. One of the team was a team doctor, and rushed over to help stop the bleeding.I just took one look and felt that this person was dying. His left leg was blown off from the root of his thigh, hurting an artery, and the blood was dripping all over the ground.The whole person twitched non-stop, and several people couldn't hold him down. His mouth was full of blood bubbles, and only the breath could not come in.

After rescuing him for a while, the guy named "Dragon Duck" finally died.A few other people in the team were also scratched by shrapnel, but they were not serious. My palms were full of sweat. It was their own people who got into trouble.

There was not much sadness on Dabeitou's face, but he gave me a strange look, which made me feel uncomfortable.Only then did I suddenly understand why they had to be taken into the valley, because the valley was full of landmines.These landmines, I think, may have been buried by the Japanese devils during the Anti-Japanese War. During the bandit suppression process, they were used to prevent the bandits from escaping from the valley.I know that although it has been so many years, the chance of stepping on a landmine and exploding is not completely absent, otherwise the Sino-Vietnamese border would not have sent engineers to clear the mines when the border was drawn in recent years.Coupled with the low temperature climate in this valley all year round, it can be seen that this thing may still be triggered and cause an explosion.

The death of "duck" did not bring much negative emotion to the team, and those who licked blood on the knife edge were very open.The big-backed head ordered his men to bury the body, and several of them took out engineering shovels from their bags, trying to save trouble and expand the bomb crater, and after digging a cigarette, they suddenly heard one of them shout: "Brother! There are holes."

I hurried over to take a look, and sure enough, as the guy said, there was a washbasin-sized hole under the crater, and the freshly dug mud was falling down.It is not difficult to imagine that there is a space below, but I don't know how.

This time, the crowd didn't even bury the corpse, they were all guessing where the bottom led. Some people even suggested not to go forward at all, maybe the underground could lead directly to the ancient tomb below Buddha Ridge.Da Beitou waved his hands after hearing this, thinking it was wrong, then turned around and stared at me and asked, "What did your elder brother tell you?"

As soon as I thought about it, I thought it would be better to continue to prevaricate, otherwise, if they knew that I was pretending to understand in a muddleheaded way, causing one of the team to die so worthlessly, this group of people might tear me apart.I just nodded and said, "He told me that if you walk along the central axis of the valley, you will be able to reach the end of the valley, and then you will be able to enter the ancient tomb. You believe me, and you will not go wrong if you follow me in a straight line. of."

That big backed head seemed to see that I was honest, not like someone who would lie, so let me believe it.The hole that was blown up just now was just their wishful thinking, who knows where it leads down there.Several people buried the "duck"'s body in another place, lit a few cigarettes in front of the grave, and then continued to pack up and set off again. What made me complain was that this time the big back let me walk in the front , I took a few steps cautiously and looked back. They have all behaved now, and they followed the footprints I left one by one, not daring to go beyond half a step. ,

Now I finally understand why the words Liu Maodi gave me were engraved on the bottom of the lunch box. When I looked around, the bottom of the valley was covered with thick snow, making it impossible to see through the "hand of death" buried inside. I have learned what it means to make a wrong step and lose everything. If I can't get it right, I will account for all my hundreds of pounds here.Along the way, I walked extremely carefully, taking each step firmly, and only after I felt that there was nothing wrong with the soles of my feet did I dare to take the second step.

But sometimes this person, the more you worry about it, it will favor you. After walking for tens of meters in deep water, my heart skipped a beat, my whole body broke out in cold sweat, and I began to tremble uncontrollably.I gritted my teeth and tried my best to stay calm, and the sound of the rattling from my right foot put me on the verge of collapse.

"What's wrong?" The people behind urged me to continue walking.

I raised my hand to signal them to stay away from me as much as possible, and my voice was a little trembling: "I...fuck stepped on a landmine!"

As soon as I said this, the people behind were immediately dumbfounded. They had seen the power of the thing under my feet just now, and they backed away in unison before waiting for Dabeitou to command.One of them turned his head back and said: "Brother, this kid may not know anything, let's go with him stupidly, if we move forward, we might all be over! Let's retreat?"

Now the big backed head gave up completely, nodded, and the group began to gradually move away from me.I noticed that Brother Liu Maodi gave me a meaningful look, maybe telling me to ask for blessings, so I turned around and followed the big back.When they made up their minds to retreat, I finally understood what it means to be in a cold world. Although I was unwilling in every possible way, I couldn't stop them.The current me is useless to them, and there is no point in taking a few lives for me.

Everyone retreated far away and returned to the place where they set off just now. I watched helplessly. After discussing with each other, they went down one by one from the big hole that was blown out.

I stood in the ice and snow, not daring to move. The north wind was raging. Half an hour passed, and my whole body was numb from the cold. Afterwards, I didn’t feel anything at all. I just felt like an ice sculpture.With thousands of people disappearing in all directions, it would be foolish to ask someone to rescue me. I finally realized that if I want to survive, I have to save myself.

Gritting his teeth, he took off his gloves and began to scrape the knee-high snow along his calves. His hands were frozen into claws, and he continued digging with his mouth closed.Once this person encounters a life-threatening situation, he doesn't care about anything. I dug desperately for half an hour before I finally saw the thing I was stepping on.

At first, it was something like a round iron plate. When I continued to dig down, I found that it was a rusty pot-shaped object with iron bumps all over it.To me, it seems to be one of the most common T-shaped landmines, mainly used for anti-infantry.

The teachers in the university did not teach us how to defuse bombs, so I could only use a stupid method to expand the soil around the mine under my feet as much as possible.After touching his body, fortunately, there was a dagger pinned to his waist, so he took it off and inserted it slowly into the sole of the shoe. This step alone was already profusely sweating.The next thing I realized was that my whole body was about to boil, so I calmed down and prepared to move my feet away.

But I don't know if it was because of standing in the snow for a long time, or because of my nervousness. As soon as my right foot left the rusty landmine, my left foot went limp, and I collapsed in the snow, but the knife failed. Press the iron button on the mine.

I yelled in fright, closed my eyes hastily, buried my face in the snow with my head in my hands, my mind went blank.But a few seconds later, except for the whistling wind in my ears, the surroundings were quiet, except for the beating of my heart, where was the sound of an explosion?

I understood it all at once, and I was so happy that I struggled to get up, sat on the snow, gasping for breath, and my heartbeat could not calm down for a long time.At the same time, he secretly rejoiced that he was lucky enough to step on a "blind thunder", unlike the buddy who nodded his back just now.After I survived the catastrophe, I sat for more than ten minutes before I calmed down and began to think about what to do next.

Because I was asked to lead the way at the beginning, and their equipment was always carried by their people, now those people are honest and rude, regardless of my life or death, they also laughed at all the things in my travel bag.Out of Daxing'an Mountains, the road back to the ghost village would take at least two days and two nights. I went back in such a clean way, and appointed a dead end.There is only one choice before me, and that is to go down the earth hole that was blown out just now, and follow those people. What they know, besides, they can wait and see what happens to find out what they are looking for in that ancient tomb.

After drawing up a plan for the next step, I went back the same way and retreated to the hole that was blasted by the mine.The soil hole has been enlarged by them, and it is not a problem for a person of medium size to go down. I stared blankly at the entrance of the hole, the bottom was dark, and I couldn't see what was inside.

I inserted the dagger back into my waist, hinting to myself, to embolden myself.Then he went down to the pit, supported the bottom of the pit with both hands, and slowly sank his body down. Unexpectedly, at this moment, his arms suddenly loosened, the pit completely collapsed, and the whole person fell into the pit unexpectedly. inside.

(End of this chapter)