Chapter 1 17 Degrees North 2. Survival drill
Big Mouth is an unlucky man, at least that thinks.
For example, when fighting with the enemy, he was already a company commander, and was ordered to lead his troops to infiltrate and block the enemy. He arrived at the blocking point at the specified time. Seeing the enemy retreating, he ordered the deputy company commander to defend the position, and he took two soldiers to go up. As a result, the retreating enemy was blasted and a bunch of prisoners were captured. However, the platoon led by the deputy company commander could not stop the enemy who were trying to escape like ants on the mountain. He was furious, and without waiting for orders, he took the initiative to lead the entire company to launch a pursuit. As a result, he captured more than 400 prisoners in one company and became a famous "prisoner-catching hero", but he himself was punished and his position was transferred with the deputy company commander. He became the deputy company commander, and the deputy company commander became the company commander . Do you think he is unlucky to be a hero?
Now he was unlucky again. When he was dropped from the helicopter, a branch hit the bag where he put his compass and broke it. Without the compass, he became a blind man in this tropical jungle.
Now he has two options: one is to declare himself a failure in surviving in the jungle; the other is to wander around in the jungle. Of course, this option theoretically includes two options: wandering to death, and wandering out of the jungle. However, wandering to death is the easiest, while wandering out requires a miracle.
Who is Da Zui? He is the kind of person who is always proud of being a Chinese soldier. He is not afraid of sacrifice! Because it was cloudy, Da Zui wandered in the jungle for a day, but he turned a circle and returned to the same place. Wild beasts, hunger and fatigue attacked him at the same time. Just when his nerves began to numb, he was amused by the wild boar that was staring at him fiercely.
He opened his tired eyes alertly, and his hungry stomach even stopped cramping. He liked to face the vicious enemy. He slowly leaned against a big tree, and pointed the submachine gun at the wild boar's mouth.
Leaning against the tree saved him a lot of energy and also gave him a shield to dodge. He was absolutely confident in his marksmanship, which he had acquired at the cost of his life in the war - once he locked onto the target, he would never let it escape.
The wild boar stared at him with wide eyes. The law of the jungle is simple: when encountering an animal that does not run away but confronts them, they usually choose to confront it instead of rashly launching an attack.
Da Zui's relaxation gave him plenty of time to observe the wild boar. He even figured out that the wild boar was also observing him.
As time went on, the wild boar began to show some irritability, and its wide-open eyes seemed a little impatient.
"Damn it!" Big Mouth cursed, "If you want to die, come up here like a coward. If you don't get out of here, I'll take care of you!"
Of course the wild boar didn't understand human language, but it seemed to sense Big Mouth's recklessness, so when the roar of an elephant was heard in the distance, followed by the heavy footsteps of an elephant, it squinted its eyes tiredly and slipped away dejectedly.
Big Mouth put away his gun and leaned against a tree tiredly. It was getting darker and darker, so he struggled to get up and lit a fire.
At this moment, an elephant was getting closer and closer. It was a wounded elephant, bleeding from its wounds, and its body was so weak that it didn't even want to move.
Big Mouth walked over, intending to taste the elephant meat, but he suddenly found that the elephant's belly was very big, and he felt with his hand that there was a life moving in the elephant's belly, just like his son moving in his wife's belly.
So he changed his mind, took out the hemostatic medicine, started to stop the bleeding, and fetched water, boiled it, scalded the cut bark, and bandaged the elephant's wound. Then he poured the cooled water into the elephant's mouth. He didn't stop until the elephant cried softly and drank some himself.
Then he killed a small animal he could not name, roasted it and ate it, then he built a fire around himself and the elephant and fell asleep.
He was startled when he woke up because it was already daybreak and a huge creature was standing in front of him, staring at him. However, he soon saw that it was also an elephant, but not the one from last night. It was bigger.
Seeing that he was awake, the elephant let out a cry, and the wind brought by the cry made the surrounding grass and trees sway. Then he found that there were more than a dozen unknown small animals that he had eaten last night, which were knocked unconscious. The elephant called again, and counted with its long trunk like a person bowing, and then rolled up the small animals one by one and put them in front of its big mouth.
Big Mouth laughed immediately: "Haha, you came to thank me."
The elephant nodded his trunk a few times, turned around and walked away with heavy steps. The big mouth simply ate the "gift" sent by the elephant and roasted the leftovers and took them with him.
The sun came out at this time, and the fiery red sunlight ignited his hope. He determined the direction according to the sun and began his efforts to move towards the camp on a new day.
There are no roads in the jungle at all. What annoys Big Mouth the most is the soft roads created by the grass roots and tree bark in the jungle for many years, which makes people have no place to use their strength. This greatly reduces the forward speed of Big Mouth, the attacking warrior.
When he stopped at noon, his whole body was soaked with sweat. Da Zui only rested for half an hour before he set out again. When the sun set, he built a stove under a huge rock and began to collect dry firewood, preparing to continue his journey at night with the moon as the direction.
What he didn't expect was that just as it got dark, a strange chirping sound came, and the sound became louder and louder, waking up Big Mouth. He stood up and found that under the light of the fire, many small animals, the same small animals he ate, gathered around him in a circle, with pairs of small eyes flashing, looking particularly ferocious under the light of the fire.
Big Mouth was stunned for a moment, then jumped onto the stone. The small animals rushed over even faster. He quickly climbed up a tree. The animals surrounded the tree and made loud noises together. Big Mouth was really at a loss for a moment, so he had to sit on the tree and watch his fire getting smaller and smaller because he had no more firewood. He didn't know what would happen when the fire went out and it was pitch black.
However, he did not shoot or use grenades, because he had a kind of awe for these weak animals. They were weak, but when they were hurt, they could organize themselves and challenge the enemy.
So, Big Mouth started chopping branches, peeling bark, and weaving ropes. He decided to swing from the tree and break out of the encirclement.
The first one to return to the camp was the water snake. The water snake was not called that for nothing. He boasted that he was born by the water. Even though he couldn't walk, he could already play water fights with fishes in the water.
However, everyone knows that he achieved his success by relying on his swimming ability.
This guy and a comrade went to catch the "tongue", but they were discovered and surrounded by the enemy. His comrade was shot to death, and he jumped into the river that came down from the snowy mountain. The enemy searched for a long time but could not find any trace of him. They naturally thought that he was drowned, and they swaggered back to the camp with their guns slung across their shoulders.
This pissed off Shuishe. His fallen comrades had joined the army with him, and had been in the reconnaissance company with him. They had fought and drunk together for several years. In the blink of an eye, they were killed by the enemy. How could he let them go ? He climbed ashore, warmed his whole body in the sun, and shot the enemy sentry to death. When the enemy came out, he hid in the river again. After a while, he dragged a lone enemy soldier into the river. In this way, he shot and killed the enemy sentries one by one. In the second half of the night, he untied the enemy's barbed wire, sneaked in, and threw grenades randomly.
By the time the attacking troops launched their attack, the enemy soldiers in the camp had already fled under the torture of Shui She. He was alone there, holding the body of his comrade and crying bitterly! The attacking company commander was so angry that he kept complaining: "You reconnaissance company members are too selfish. You didn't even leave me a sip of soup!" Of course, Shui She went back and caught a cold in the river, so he had to stay in the hospital for a whole month.
This time he was lucky, when the plane dropped him into the jungle, it happened to land beside a river. He jumped into the river, swam downstream, and was the first to get out of the jungle.
The tiger shouted, "Hey, you are exaggerating!"
The water snake shook its head and said, "I'm lucky!"
The mortars were practically chasing him back.
Tiger admitted this time: "I have been to Country S. In the special forces training camp there, I was among the top few compared to those guys with long arms and legs. However, I cannot beat you. I know that water snakes must follow the river water to come down. What about you?"
Mortar sat down, drank a bowl of water, and wiped his mouth: "I came back from the air!"
The tiger suddenly realized: "You came back without touching the ground?"
The water snake didn't understand.
Tiger nodded, holding the water snake in one hand and the mortar in the other: "I want to take you as my master!"
The water snake shook his head: "If you don't tell me how the mortar came back, I won't teach you!"
Tiger nodded: "Do you know the origin of his name Mortar?"
The water snake frowned and suddenly understood.
It turns out that the origin of this mortar has an anecdote.
It was during a war. Although our army's preparatory artillery fire was fierce, many of the enemy's hidden bunkers could not be destroyed. When the attacking troops launched the attack, they were immediately blocked by the enemy's cross bunkers. Due to the complex terrain, the guns were on the ground and could not hit the enemy's bunkers at all. Our blasting team suffered huge casualties.
This mortar didn't have this name at the time, so he was anxious to climb to the top of the tree to scout the enemy's firepower. This was his unique skill, a skill he had learned from others since he was a child in order to avenge his father. He could climb to the top of the tree and stand, and move between the branches as if walking on flat ground.
At that time, the artillery fired according to the direction he pointed, but because it was a blind spot, they could not hit the enemy. He jumped on the tree in panic, and the artillerymen also jumped up: "You think you can see it, but we can see it too!"
A sentence reminded him: "Drag the cannon up the tree for me, we will fire from the tree!"
The artillerymen shouted, "Haha, you think the mortar can climb trees like you? I've never heard of a mortar climbing a tree!"
The artillery company commander was also a fearless veteran: "Even if it's a dead horse, we have to give it a try and try something new!"
Unexpectedly, everyone worked together to get a 75mm mortar up and tied it up.
"Ha ha!" shouted the artilleryman.
Why?
The enemy's bunker could be seen clearly from that tree, and with just one shot, one of the enemy's bunkers was blew up into the sky.
However, the two artillerymen also fell down from the tree, their heads were broken and bloody but they were still shouting with excitement. Only the mortar was still on top. He adjusted the gun, picked up the shells, and opened it like a machine gun. The enemy's bunkers went up into the sky one by one, and the tree branches were shaking from the recoil of the gun. But he was more stable than the mortar! From then on, his comrades called him "Mortar".
After the battle, a new training subject was added to our army’s artillery training: 75mm artillery shooting from trees.
Water Snake is a strange person, and strange people are most curious: "Mortar, you have to perform for me today no matter what! I'm itching to do it."
The mortar smiled softly: "This is just a trivial skill in Qinggong. I only know a little bit, how dare I show off!"
Tiger pointed at the mortar and said, "We don't even have a name anymore, there's no need to be secretive!"
Mortar laughed and said, "Tiger, you are my superior. If you want me to perform, you can order me, but you can't use a big hat to pressure me!"
The water snake smiled sinisterly: "Don't brag!"
Mortar got angry: "Our lives are tied together, and you keep saying this to me. It's really boring!" After that, he took a deep breath and suddenly stuck to a tree, like a civet cat, hiding in the leaves for a moment, and then appeared on the treetop again, standing on one leg. A breeze blew, and the treetop swayed. He was like a leaf, swaying with the wind, so nervous that he dared not speak. Suddenly, Mortar's feet seemed to soften, and he plunged into the tree.
"Good skills!" the tiger roared.
The frightened water snake looked hurriedly and saw the mortar's figure moving among the branches like a monkey, from one tree to another, as if it was effortless.
The water snake immediately shouted: "You are learning monkey boxing!"
Suddenly, the mortar flew over from the tree, picked up the water snake's hat in mid-air, and fell on the tree over there.
The water snake was so anxious that he yelled, "Hey, taking off your hat is rude, it's bullying!"
Mortar laughed: "If a monkey doesn't pick something, can it still be called a monkey?"
With the return of Yin Yang Wuchang, Sharpshooter, Egg Biter, Machine Gun, Old Monk, Gong Yangzi and Clairvoyance, the unlucky Big Mouth also returned.
The most glorious thing was that Dazui came back on the back of an elephant. It turned out that he saved the mother elephant and was regarded as a friend by the elephants in the entire jungle. The elephant's friends are of course the distinguished guests of the jungle, so when he encountered difficulties, the elephant came in person.
He rode on the elephant, and everyone was jealous and yelled at him, "Big Mouth, remember, the higher you praise, the harder you fall!"
Big Mouth said: "I know, I know!"
The elephant leaned down, and he came down, stretched his arms and kicked his legs triumphantly, and saluted: "Boss, I'm back!"
The tiger glared at him: "You are so proud, as if you got first place!"
Big Mouth shook his head: "No, no!"
"Then why are you so proud?" The tiger seemed to want to eat him.
Big Mouth turned around and touched the majestic elephant: "I'm not proud, I just think that now that I have an elephant friend, I won't be afraid of tigers anymore."
The tiger was so angry that he pounced at the big mouth like lightning, but the big mouth did not move. What greeted the tiger was a nose, a nose that he had never dealt with before, a nose so big that he was helpless, an elephant's nose. The nose immediately rolled up the tiger's waist and lifted it up high.
Big Mouth quickly hugged the elephant's trunk, stroked it gently and said, "No, no, you are a friend, my friend." Only then did the elephant put the tiger down and let out a long cry.
The tiger rubbed his waist and tried to stroke the elephant gently with his hands. He couldn't help laughing: "You should be proud of yourself, you should be proud of yourself!"
Everyone laughed.
Tiger frowned: "Where is the warrior?"
A warrior is a very special soldier, and only tigers know this.
When his participation in this special team was submitted for review, there was controversy because of his family background, but his unit believed that he was the best candidate.
The superior specifically mentioned that he should be placed next to Qin Mingyang. Qin Mingyang smiled and said, "I only want a soldier. If he proves himself to be a soldier, I will want him. As for his safety, I will do my best! However, the probability of sacrifice is the same for him and me!"
The tiger walked out alone and stared at the sun in a daze: Did the warrior encounter any situation?
Mengshi was a proud man. He thought he was an excellent person since he was a child. Therefore, he refused the luxurious clothes and food provided by his family and insisted on living and eating at his nanny's house. When he was studying, he wanted to be the best in everything, moral, intellectual and physical.
The year he graduated from junior high school, his classmates wanted to join the army. He also signed up as a wet nurse's son. Because of his strong physique, the commander of the recruiting unit selected him to join the reconnaissance company. During the reconnaissance training, he competed for the first place in all military skills.
Because many reconnaissance soldiers have martial arts skills since childhood, he was at a disadvantage when he first started learning grappling techniques. However, his proud personality made him unwilling to admit defeat. He insisted on taking all his comrades as his teachers within a year, studying hard and practicing diligently. After a year, all his comrades were embarrassed to give him the title of master.
During the war, he set records for being the first to catch a "tongue" and the first to charge, and was awarded the title of "warrior" by his comrades.
Why did he fall behind this time? Of course, there must be something unavoidable going on.
When he was descending from the plane, he encountered a strong wind that blew him onto a high rock platform. He could neither go up nor down. He had to tear the parachute into strips, connect them one by one, and then descend to the bottom of the valley. It took him a whole day.
When he reached the bottom of the valley, he found that it was a very deep and narrow ravine. There was no way down. There were cliffs on both sides and a rushing stream in the middle. He had no choice but to go upstream. Although the terrain upstream was higher, the mountains on both sides were also higher, almost endless. Another day passed.
He rested for a night, and at the beginning of the third day, he decided to climb up the mountain.
He chose a place with many trees and designed a path for himself to climb the mountain. Perhaps climbing a mountain was nothing to a warrior. After it was completely dark, he climbed to the top of the mountain. In the moonlight, he lit a fire, used a torch to find water, washed himself, drank a bellyful of water, and fell asleep.
The next morning he was awakened by hunger, stood up, walked around, and couldn't help crying out: "What a miserable place!" It turned out that this was a solitary peak, with the narrow ravine he had climbed up on one side and cliffs tens of feet high on the other three sides.
Fortunately, Mengshi always faced difficulties head-on. He drew water from the spring to make a fire, dug wild vegetables, cooked a breakfast, and filled his stomach. Then he cut down some trees, peeled off the bark, and began to weave ropes. He worked until late at night and finally weaved a rope that was thirty feet long.
The next morning, he started down the cliff with a rope, so the warrior was the last one to return to the camp.
