Before dawn the next day, they packed up and set off.
The latest information received showed that in order to avoid being traced, the group dispersed the team, and they could only divide the team into three teams. The four people in Bai Xinyu's dormitory all followed Huo Qiao's team and sneaked into the depths of Kunlun Mountain without making a sound.
Now that winter has just entered, the snow on Kunlun Mountain is not thick enough, the road is not difficult to walk, and there are still exposed rocks in some places, but the temperature is not ambiguous at all, and it is bitterly cold.
At the junction of the China-Arabia border, there are seven connected villages. It is an area where even the names are blocked on the Internet. All kinds of miscellaneous fish crossing the border from Kunlun Mountains are mixed in, including terrorists, smugglers, smugglers, and drug dealers. People, poachers, and mine stealers almost all supply or trade here. There is no law there, and the traditional rules that have been handed down for thousands of years are in operation. The composition of the residents is very complicated, and it is a very embarrassing area. It has been cleared, except out of respect for the folk customs of the aborigines, the most important thing is to keep it unspeakable.
Crossing the border is inherently dangerous. It is impossible for the group of terrorists to cross the Kunlun Mountains with a truckload of supplies on their backs. Most of them have to secretly resupply in one of these villages, and their task is to find and kill the group of people. . It's just that it is not easy to find those people. These villages are all sparsely populated. Sometimes two families can be separated by one kilometer, and there is no road, water and electricity. If you want to find people in such places, you are actually following the snow-capped mountains. It is almost the same as fighting guerrillas here, not to mention that they only have the appearance of a few of them.
They walked for a day, and suddenly it snowed in the sky.
Bai Xinyu looked up at the sky and sighed, "This is the first snow this year."
Huo Qiao took a long breath, "Oh, I want to write poetry again."
Chen Jing smiled and said, "You are enough for the deputy team."
Huo Qiao blinked, "What's the matter, don't I have both civil and military skills?"
Bai Xinyu thought of Huo Qiao's sleazy invitation poems, and couldn't help laughing: "Deputy team, which lover are you writing those poems for?"
Huo Qiao snorted, "It's a kind of feeling, and it doesn't necessarily have to be written to anyone."
Bai Xinyu giggled and said, "Just say that you don't have a girlfriend, or it's over."
Huo Qiao kicked his ass, "What do you know, don't I dedicate my time to the country, who has a girlfriend here? Huh? Pull it out and kill me."
Several people burst out laughing.
Yan Shaozhen smiled and said, "Deputy team, what do you like? Shall I introduce my sister to you?"
Huo Qiao winked, "Does your sister have a picture?"
Yan Shaozhen pointed to herself, "She looks similar to me, is she convincing enough?"
A guy named Bald in their team immediately came over, "Little Swallow, don't give me the deputy team."
When they came out to carry out missions, they couldn't call each other by their real names, they all needed a nickname, Chen Jing was called Little Squad Leader, Yu Fengcheng was called Xiaoyu, and Bai Xinyu's was very inexplicable, called Bai Xiaoprincess, he couldn't remember who it was. The nickname given to him by Brother Wangwang was passed down to the Snow Leopard Brigade.
Yan Shaozhen pushed his face away in disgust, "My younger sister doesn't like you."
Everyone laughed again.
Yu Fengcheng gave Yan Shaozhen a blank look, "What's so good about your younger sister looking like you, you're a fool at the sight of your face."
Yan Shaozhen widened her eyes, "Hey, since when did you believe in faces? If you really want to talk about faces, your face is definitely born with a mean and ruthless face."
"Where did you see that?"
"Where did you see that?"
Seeing that the two were about to pinch again, Huo Qiao grabbed the snow ball and threw it at their faces, "Why are you arguing, show me the photo another day, and I will judge the face myself."
Yu Fengcheng frowned, "Uncle, what are you doing?"
Although everyone in the Snow Leopard Team knew about the relationship between Yu Fengcheng and Huo Qiao, this was the first time Yu Fengcheng called Huo Qiao "Uncle" in front of so many people. The others did not respond, but Bai Xinyu was taken aback. He doesn't bother to seek relationships, so he never discloses his background, and now he calls Huo Qiao "uncle" in public, which gives Bai Xinyu an inexplicable feeling, as if... Yu Fengcheng felt that he couldn't question Huo Qiao as a subordinate, so To put on the identity of a nephew. Is it because Yu Fengcheng hates Yan Shaozhen
Huo Qiao shrugged, "Okay, okay, stop talking nonsense, have we slowed down? If we arrive later than Lao Sha and the others, I will cut you off."
They stopped playing around and speeded up their march.
Bai Xinyu walked beside Yu Fengcheng, and after a while, he said in a joking tone: "It doesn't matter if Shaozhen's family background is good, his sister must be pretty too, maybe she's a good match for the vice team."
Yu Fengcheng glanced at him, and said in a bad tone, "Don't talk nonsense."
Bai Xinyu frowned, could it be that Yan Shaozhen really annoyed Yu Fengcheng that much, or did he adore his uncle and couldn't tolerate his uncle looking for the sister of someone he hated, even if it was just a joke? He couldn't tell what he felt, but it was a little weird.
After walking for more than 70 kilometers, they arrived near the village at four o'clock in the morning the next day. The local villagers mainly make a living by grazing and hunting, and some of them specialize in border smuggling and smuggling. The place.
They found a hidden ravine to rest, and at the same time contacted the other two teams not far from them to discuss the battle plan.
Yu Fengcheng and Bai Xinyu were watching the night, and each of them yawned. Seeing that everyone else was asleep, Bai Xinyu leaned on Yu Fengcheng, and said coquettishly, "I'm so tired, I really want to have a warm time with you in bed."
Yu Fengcheng grabbed his hand and kicked it into his pocket, "Soon, I can go back after the mission is over."
"Are you a little nervous? First real mission."
"No, I'm excited, I've been waiting for this day for a long time."
"Is it a real mission, or a mission with Huo Qiao?" Before Bai Xinyu could stop him, the question slipped out of his mouth. After speaking, he held his breath and waited for Yu Fengcheng's answer.
Yu Fengcheng was silent for a while, "All of them."
Bai Xinyu was a little disappointed.
They stopped talking and quietly leaned together to watch the night. Bai Xinyu looked up at the starry night sky, and suddenly thought, this is somewhat romantic, right? The relationship between the two of them is really independent. When others watch movies, they read criminal investigation textbooks. When others eat, they chew wild vegetables. In fact, he is quite a romantic person. He used to chase after female stars in a different way. But now they can only take the night watch and watch as a date, looking up at the invisible starry sky in the city on the rare Kunlun Mountains, but it is the love that sprouts under such conditions that people will never forget.
After dawn, they sent a few Uyghur soldiers disguised as stowaways to infiltrate the village to inquire about the news, while others searched for traces of the group nearby.
In the afternoon, according to the information they gathered, they had a team of more than 30 people. They would set off from the village in the early morning and planned to walk along a tributary of the Heishui River. They decided to intercept the group of people at the tributary of the Heishui River. .
Those people bought horses from the village and they were faster than them, so they had to set off early. Under the leadership of the guide, they hurried for more than 30 kilometers overnight.
Walking along the tributary, Huo Qiao scolded his mother, "Damn, why isn't there even a place to hide?"
The Kunlun Mountains are relatively barren. The tributary of the Heishui River is rocky on both sides, and there is no vegetation in winter. Looking at it, there is no place for them to hide. How can they set up an ambush? Wouldn't it be pointless for them to rush here desperately.
Yu Fengcheng took a look through the binoculars, "There is really no suitable place, no matter how far away it is, we have to hide on the snow-capped mountains. By the time we get down, people will have already run away."
Chen Jing said: "What if I am ambushed on the way?"
Huo Qiao shook his head, "They have horses, and it's even more difficult to fight on the road. This is a valley area with bare sides, which is the most favorable terrain for them, because they can't hide people. Judging from the distance, they probably If you can reach this area, you will definitely rest near here, this is the best place to ambush."
"Then what should we do?"
Huo Qiao pondered for a while, "I can only hide in the water."
Everyone was shocked. Hiding in the water? Now that the river is full of ice balls, one can imagine how cold it is. Although they have waterproof clothing, the waterproof clothing cannot prevent much cold. If they stay underwater for more than 15 minutes, they will die.
Chen Jing said in a deep voice: "Deputy team, the hidden water is very dangerous."
Huo Qiao nodded, "Yes, but other than that, there is no better way. We can catch them by surprise, otherwise the battle line will extend tens of kilometers forward, and we don't know what's going on. Besides, they have horses , we will lose track sooner or later."
Yan Shaozhen said: "Hiding in the water is hiding in the water."
Huo Qiao said: "Princess and little squad leader, you two are in ambush on the mountain. The effective distance from the nearest sniper position to here is about 500 meters. With your skills, there should be no problem. Little squad leader, your gunshot is our assault weapon." Signal. Little Swallow, you are moving fast, you will act as a scout this time, you will immediately return along the road, track them, and notify us by radio when they are approaching."
Yan Shaozhen nodded.
Huo Qiao looked at the river water with white ice floating on it, "The rest of you will dive into the water with me, everyone should change into waterproof clothes."
Bai Xinyu swallowed, and looked at them worriedly. The ultra-low temperature of the river was not a joke. Staying there for a few minutes might freeze people to death.
Yu Fengcheng glanced at him, and said softly: "It's nothing, it's not like I haven't swum in winter before."
Bai Xinyu wanted to say that winter swimming is moving, it is motionless, but he didn't say it, and it didn't make any sense. From the time they put on the clothes with the snow leopard head armband, there was no danger, difficulty, or pain. Another reason for them to back off.
Yan Shaozhen disappeared in the way he came from as quickly as possible, the others put on waterproof suits and started doing warm-up exercises on the spot, while Bai Xinyu and Chen Jing dispersed and went to look for sniper positions.
At this time, the heavens began to snow again, and when the wind and snow blew, the sky and the earth were vast, which increased the difficulty of sniping several times. In addition to the distance of nearly 500 meters, this was probably the worst Bai Xinyu had ever experienced. The sniper environment is over, but he must succeed. If he misses a bullet, his comrades' lives will be in danger.
He hid behind a rock on the mountain, adjusted the sight, and aimed at the comrades by the river. Huge snowflakes kept floating in the sight, which greatly affected the sight. As he moved, he calibrated the sight. Before he knew it, the sight pointed at Yu Fengcheng. Yu Fengcheng's face, which had been magnified many times, clearly appeared in front of him. The bridge of the nose and the thin lips that were turning blue from the cold were unobstructed, and Bai Xinyu sighed inwardly, how handsome his grandma is.
Yu Fengcheng's gaze was looking in one direction, as if he was concentrating on it, Bai Xinyu's heart moved, and he remembered Yan Shaozhen's words: Who is Yu Fengcheng's eyes always following, have you observed it? He slowly moved the sight along Yu Fengcheng's line of sight, and then Huo Qiao's face came into his sight.
Bai Xinyu's hands trembled and his heart trembled violently. He took his head off the scope and looked at the comrades gathered on the shore in the distance. From this distance, the faces could not be seen clearly with the naked eye. It was already very easy for him to tell who was who. Not bad, but in the scope with magnification function, everyone's expression and demeanor are so clear... Yu Fengcheng was looking at Huo Qiao just now.
Bai Xinyu stayed for a few seconds, and couldn't help laughing again. What kind of nerves did he have? Just now, Huo Qiao was talking, and Yu Fengcheng looked at him, wasn't it normal? Although... those eyes were really focused, but at this time They can't be chatting nonsense, they must be talking about important things, and there's nothing wrong with focusing. Bai Xinyu shook his head, and moved back to the sight. Yu Fengcheng was still looking at Huo Qiao and listening to him. Bai Xinyu didn't want to think too much, so he moved the sight away.
Not long after, Yan Shaozhen's voice came over the radio, "I found their trail, less than ten minutes away from here."
Huo Qiao said: "Okay, let's go into the water now, little squad leader, remember to shoot at the best time, this is the time to test your judgment, no mistakes are allowed."
Chen Jing said in a deep voice, "Understood."
Hearing Huo Qiao take a deep breath, he removed the radio and put it in a waterproof backpack, and they walked into the river one after another.
Bai Xinyu should be glad that he is not the one who needs to go into the water. Even if he doesn't look at the expressions of those comrades, he still knows what it's like to dive into the water this season.
After they dived into the water, with something breathable in their mouths, they quietly dispersed. The surface of the water returned to calm. The dozen or so people just now disappeared without a trace on the shore. This is a perfect lurking.
About seven or eight minutes later, Bai Xinyu saw a team of horses on the mountain, and he prayed that the team of horses would really rest here, and that the resting place would not be too far from where they were lurking.
After the horse team walked into the valley, they really slowed down. In the end, the thirty or so people stopped at a distance of more than 100 meters from the hiding place. It can be imagined that the people under the water were enduring the biting chill and quietly swim forward.
Bai Xinyu whispered, "Squad leader, they have dismounted."
Chen Jing said: "I know, wait for the horses to go to the river to drink water, so that when they come out, there will be something to block the bullets."
"it is good."
After waiting for another three minutes, Bai Xinyu couldn't bear it anymore, "Squad leader, they have been down for more than ten minutes."
Chen Jing said: "I know, be patient."
The word "patience" made Bai Xinyu calm down a lot. He took a deep breath and secretly reprimanded himself that he was still a little impetuous. He should bring out the feelings he had when he closed the small black room. Thinking about it this way, he became much more stable. , staring at the group of people intently.
Chen Jing said: "There are five people who may pick up their guns and shoot within five seconds. We have to kill them. Princess, the third and fourth from the left, Little Swallow, the eighth from the right, and I will come to the remaining two."
Bai Xinyu swallowed, "Yes." Bai Xinyu's heart suddenly rose to his throat, and his head was a little buzzing. When he pointed the gun at a person, he understood very clearly that Chen Jing was in the same place just now. It's about who they are responsible for killing. He is going to kill, immediately, immediately, is he ready? It's not a drill, it's not training, it's real people.
Yan Shaozhen said in a deep voice, "Yes."
"Prepare."
Yan Shaozhen said: "Bai Xinyu, don't try to remember that person's appearance, you just need to remember that they are enemies."
Bai Xinyu took a deep breath, "Understood."
Chen Jing's voice trembled slightly, "One, two, three!"
Bang bang, three gunshots sounded at the same time, waking up the silent snow mountain.
Bai Xinyu had already aimed at his target, and it was easy to shoot. After Chen Jing and Yan Shaozhen fired their guns, he felt a rush of energy and blood, his brain exploded with countless chaotic sounds, and his whole body was filled with unspeakable fear. He didn't have time to hesitate, as if an instinct drove him to pull the trigger, the magnified head of the strange enemy in the sight exploded in front of him like a watermelon, yes, the one in front of the high magnification sight The head really seemed to be destroyed in front of him, he even had the illusion that hot blood and brains were sprayed on his face, his eyes turned red instantly, and there was only one thought in his mind, he killed someone, really kill! Instead of the panic and panic as imagined, after blowing a person's head off, he calmed down like a god, and quickly moved his gun to aim at the next target. That target had already jumped up and raised the gun in his direction. Before he could pull the trigger, he had already shattered his entire left shoulder with a single shot!
The snow leopards hiding in the river surfaced like water ghosts, pulled off the waterproof jacket on the barrel, roared and rushed over, hiding behind the horse and shooting, for a while, the sound of gunfire was loud.
Bai Xinyu, Chen Jing, and Yan Shaozhen sniped from a distance and killed several enemies. Bai Xinyu shot every single shot. After defeating four enemies, his fear and guilt faded away. Dominated by an inexplicable excitement, the gun in his hand is the judge's pen that holds the power of life and death. Those enemies are like moving targets, and they cannot escape his bullets. Every time he kills a person, he lowers his comrades in arms. Chances of them getting knocked out.
A group of people crossed the border like chariots, crushing the stowaways. More than 30 people were quickly killed by them, and some of them hid far from the shore, jumped on their horses and ran away. In the end, there were still 4 people escaped.
The three of Bai Xinyu ran down the mountain and asked nervously, "Is anyone injured?"
Sitting on the rock, Bald covered his bleeding arm and said, "It's okay, just a scratch."
Huo Qiao said: "See if there are any survivors."
They searched for a long time, and they dragged two people with relatively minor injuries. Huo Qiao asked them in Uighur, "Where will the escaped people go, do you know?"
The two pretended not to understand, and chattered in Persian. Huo Qiao was impatient, and hit their faces twice with the butt of his gun, knocking out their teeth, but the two still kept their mouths shut. .
Huo Qiao shook his body, "It's too cold, contact the border guards to pick us up and go back for another trial."
They took the captured people and walked downstream, waiting to join the people at the border station. Along the way, everyone was discussing the fierce battle just now, and everyone was beaming with joy. Compared with the pride of the veterans, the four newcomers were all silent. Everyone thought the same thing in their hearts. However, no matter how well prepared they are psychologically, killing someone with their own hands is always a hurdle in their hearts for a normal person, and it is not so easy for them to accept it for a while.
After walking for two hours, they finally joined the border guards and got into the car. Huo Qiao explained the situation and discussed the next tracking plan with a company commander in the car.
Bai Xinyu huddled in the corner, looking at his hands, they were still trembling slightly, after the excitement during the fierce battle faded, his feverish brain also calmed down, and he kept recalling the blown head in front of him and being beaten. The shattered shoulder was all caused by his bullets. He understood the reason, but this matter was still difficult to digest. He killed a living person, not a target.
After a while, Huo Qiao sat over, looked at the four of them, and said softly, "Are your hands still shaking? It's normal. Every veteran here has a first time like you, although we don't want to talk about it now. , but this first time for many people, their performance is much worse than yours."
Bald smiled and said, "No one will admit this."
Huo Qiao patted their heads respectively, "I won't let you think about it, and you won't really want to. I can only tell you that you will become numb after performing a few more missions. When you arrive at the border guard station in a while, you can listen to the border guard The soldiers will tell you how those beasts harmed our common people, and the border guards have been fighting with those people all year round, and they all want to drink their blood, and then you will only regret that you didn’t kill more when you had the chance.”
Bai Xinyu nodded, "Deputy team, I don't feel guilty or anything like that, I just haven't adapted."
Huo Qiao approached him, looking at him with deep eyes without blinking, "Oh? Are you really not used to it? You killed four people."
Bai Xinyu was startled and lowered his head.
Huo Qiao whispered: "I found that I really found a little shadow of Wu Qing in you, a natural sniper, besides shooting talent, there is one thing that others rarely have, that is, when holding a gun, That kind of 'I'm the biggest' fighting spirit, the first time you shot real bullets, do you feel that 'fighting spirit'?"
Bai Xinyu was stunned. He recalled his short-lived excitement, the excitement that was like smoking opium...