District 9

In the no-man's land on the north side of the border, Qin Yu and his guards fled through the wilderness for nearly half an hour before arriving at an area called Holy Water Lake.

Before the Christian era, this place was the only water source in the nearby Gobi Desert. It was surrounded by mountains and the roads were difficult to navigate. However, after the Era, this water source was completely frozen, and most of the ice on the lake was buried in the snow, with only a small part leaking to the outside.

On the left side of the Holy Water Lake, Qin Yu ordered everyone to assemble and said to the guard captain: "You can't run anymore. The sound of reconnaissance planes flying over your head is all over, which means that the enemy has locked up our At the landing site, it is estimated that their army troops will soon move in to search."

"Yes." The guard captain nodded in agreement: "We dare not turn on the communication equipment now for fear of being scanned for signals. If we are waiting for support, the best way is to hide. The area here is vast and there are few of us. If the field is hidden, delaying it for a certain period of time is not a problem.”

"Don't leave the Holy Water Lake, we will hide here." Qin Yu lowered his head and glanced at his watch: "Wait for three hours."

"Yes!" After the guard captain nodded, he immediately said to everyone: "Enter the mountain range on the left, dig a snow cave to insulate, hurry!"

The order was given, and everyone rushed directly to the mountains on the left.

…

On the Tongmenghui side, the closest unit to the border is the 935th Division. The division commander is a fierce general who has followed Gu Taixian for many years. His name is Li Yongnan. He made many military exploits during the Civil War in the Eighth District. After one leg was injured by a bomb, the doctor advised him several times. He tried to amputate his legs, but he was rejected by all of them. He would rather use crutches than cut off the injured leg which had many sequelae, so insiders nicknamed him General Iron Crutch.

After the 935th Division received the order, Li Yongnan's reaction was also extremely decisive. He asked all the remaining combat troops, except the logistics units, to enter the border area. The total strength was about 9,000 people.

After the main force entered the border, they found the landing place of Qin Yu and others and began to search the periphery.

In the war room of the division headquarters, Li Yongnan leaned on crutches, stared at the map and asked: "Has the military intelligence department of the headquarters given us a precise search range?"

"No." The chief of staff immediately replied: "The military intelligence unit of our headquarters only captured the approximate location of their parachute jump, and thus gave a range area, which is the circle I just drew on the map. But the specific It’s hard to judge the location because Qin Yu has given up using any communication equipment. We can’t find the signal, so we can’t pinpoint their range of activities. And the radiation range of this skydiving is also relatively large. Where are they going? We don’t know if the edge has landed.”

"How long has it been since it was determined that they had parachuted?"

"It's almost an hour." The chief of staff replied.

Li Yongnan looked at the map and asked: "How long will it take for the troops of the Northwest Advance Army and the Lin Department to reach this no-man's land?"

"The latest is only three hours."

"...!" Li Yongnan frowned and thought for a long time, then immediately pointed to the map of the no-man's land and said: "Your staff, immediately use Qin Yu's parachute point as the center, calculate the area around them that they may reach, and plan This area is divided into small areas, and specific search areas are assigned to the forward search forces one by one. They cannot have cars, and they can only run on two legs at most, so the range they can run out must be limited."

"Correct." The chief of staff nodded.

"At the same time, we ordered the reconnaissance aircraft that cooperated with the search to conduct scanning and search only within a precise range, and use the fastest speed to determine Qin Yu's location." Li Yongnan shouted with his hands behind his back.

"clear!"

…

In fact, Li Yongnan's arrest plan is quite reliable. If he follows this idea to arrest Qin Yu, the latter can only delay time, but it will be too difficult to escape completely. Because this place has advantages and disadvantages. On the one hand, it has complex terrain and rare human habitation, which is suitable for some covert military activities; but on the other hand, there is no living area around it, and it is impossible to run with two legs. He can't survive planes and armored vehicles, so it's almost impossible to pretend to be an ordinary citizen and sneak out of the blockade area.

However, it is not easy for eight or nine thousand people to find dozens of veterans with strong anti-reconnaissance capabilities within a few hundred kilometers within a few hours.

After the large forces of the 935th Division were deployed, they quickly radiated around the landing site of Qin Yu and others, and they also cooperated with reconnaissance aircraft in the air to specifically scan and search the mountainous areas.

At this time, the two directly affiliated regiments that set off from the rear of the Northwest Advanced Army Headquarters had already taken a military transport plane and took a detour to approach this no-man's land.

How far can it be from the old triangle and the northwest advance army station in the center of the fifth district to the border? Even if it takes a detour, it will only be 1,400 to 500 kilometers at most, and for a military transport aircraft, this will only take nearly two hours of flight time at most.

However, the transport planes of the Northwest Advance Army did not dare to get too close at this moment. The border was close to Hucha and Qufu, because there were air defense regiments there. If they got too close, they might be shot down from the air in minutes.

In desperation, the two men directly under the regiment could only parachute on the northern side of the no-man's land.

After all the three thousand troops came down, they immediately rushed towards the Holy Water Lake.

This news quickly spread to the 935th Division Headquarters. After listening to the report, Li Yongnan immediately asked: "Are they heading towards the Holy Water Lake?"

"Yes." The chief of staff nodded: "This shows that Qin Yu is likely to be in this position."

"Immediately order the combat troops nearby to gather all their strength towards the Holy Water Lake." Li Yongnan frowned and said, "Move quickly!"

In another hour and a half, the two regiments of the Northwest Advance Army were already very close to the Holy Water Lake area, and there were small-scale troops that were already engaged with the other party's search force.

As soon as the gunfire rang out, Qin Yu knew that reinforcements were coming, but in order to guard against the possibility of deceptive firing, he immediately ordered the communication team, temporarily assembled the equipment, and asked Gu Yan whether the northwest advance army had arrived at the response location. .

Gu Yan quickly gave a conclusive reply, and then Qin Yu and others stopped hiding and rushed directly to the area where the two directly affiliated regiments were located.

At the same time, Gu Yan contacted the Northwest Advance Army Headquarters in Yanbei and directly ordered: "The supporting fighters that have taken off from Fei Lei Shen Airport, rush into the Holy Water Lake, block the enemy's advance, and cover Commander Qin's smooth withdrawal. Get out, quickly!”

Half an hour later.

Ten fighter jets coming from the northwest border took the lead in exchanging fire with the 935th Division. At the same time, two regiments of the Northwest Advance Army also mindlessly advanced into the Holy Water Lake area.

A fierce battle broke out between the two sides. Qin Yu took advantage of the chaos and relied on the cover of air troops and ground troops to escape from the side of the mountains in embarrassment to the troops sent by Gu Yan.

When fleeing, although Qin Yu and others tried their best to avoid encountering each other, they still encountered two small groups of enemy troops. The two sides exchanged fire. Five of Qin Yu's guards were killed and three injured...