No one knows when Huo Qiao started to have a fever. He was indeed fine when he set off, but this seven-hour continuous raid can drag down even a person with the best physical fitness.
They are chasing desperately in the direction of the other team. I don't know how long it will take to see the end of this journey of life and death.
More than an hour later, when the sky dawned and the wind and snow subsided, Ah Si found the satellite signal. He said with mixed feelings: "I have located that group of people, and they are less than twelve kilometers away from us. The good news is that we have passed two more Mountains, you can reach a relatively large town, there may be medical facilities there, the bad news is that they are heading in that direction, and there will also be transportation there. Can't catch up..."
Huo Qiao grabbed the snow and stuffed it into his mouth, coughed twice and said, "Chasing, before they cross the mountain, we will definitely catch up."
Bai Xinyu knelt on the ground, untied his hat, and rubbed his face with the snow. The piercing chill forced his brain to wake up a bit. The good ones are about to die, no one knows if I will be the next one to die of exhaustion, but it is better to die of exhaustion than to stay here and wait for death...
A strong arm lifted him from the ground, Bai Xinyu looked up, only two eyes were exposed on Yu Fengcheng's tightly wrapped face, the long eyelashes were covered with hoarfrost, and the eyes were full of tears. Bloodshot, Bai Xinyu could clearly see the worry inside. He felt sore in his heart. Brother Zhao's sudden death made him realize that life is impermanent. No one can guarantee that he will be able to return alive this trip. If it's too much to deal with, then I'm afraid I won't rest in peace even if I die. This time, instead of waving Yu Fengcheng's hand away, he stood up with strength. Even if Yu Fengcheng was not his person, he was still his life and death comrade-in-arms, which was no different from other people in the team.
They supported each other, gritted their teeth, and walked forward in the snow.
The 20 minutes of rest played a little role, and the tight time forced them to dare not relax for a moment. Their bodies were crumbling, but they never fell down.
The vast whiteness between the sky and the earth, the boundless snow scene with no reference, made Bai Xinyu gradually lose track of where the plane is, and he even had the illusion that he was walking sideways or backwards, he just felt dizzy and disgusting He felt like vomiting, his throat was burning hot, and the frostbitten mucous membrane of his throat was hanging in his throat, which made him feel an unbearable foreign body sensation. Every time he coughed, it seemed that he would cough up his entire throat. There was no movement at all, and he was completely unable to speak. Bai Xinyu thought to himself, will he become dumb? He has already prepared for this. If it was in the past, he might not be able to accept that he would never be able to speak again, but Brother Zhao's death made him realize that even if he became dumb, it would be a blessing in misfortune. Like Brother Zhao, his internal organs were frostbitten, so he would be the one who died in Kunlun Snow Mountain without a name.
He just wanted to go back alive.
It is not an exaggeration to say that they are chasing those mercenaries with their lives. This is the first time that Bai Xinyu believed in the power of faith. This power supported the group of soldiers who were already exhausted and might faint at any time, and ran wildly tens of kilometers.
Ah Si shouted hoarsely, "That's the mountain!"
Yan Shaozhen said weakly: "They have already climbed over the mountain, right?"
Ah Si said anxiously: "There is no signal again."
Huo Qiao climbed to the top of the ridge, he climbed more than ten meters, and suddenly said: "There is no need to look for the signal, I saw them."
"What?" Everyone climbed up to the high place with hands and feet, and they saw a group of people in a valley four or five kilometers away. They were about to pass a mountain pass. Arrive at the village at the foot of the mountain!
Lao Sha thumped the ground hard, "I'm afraid it's too late!"
The distance between them is so far, it is impossible to fight, and it is almost impossible to catch up. As long as they get off the mountain, they will be seen by the other party immediately, and the other party will speed up, even if they are ten or twenty minutes earlier than them. , is enough for that group of people to get transportation!
Even Huo Qiao sat on the ground, with despair in his eyes. It would take them at least half an hour to climb the straight-line distance of four or five kilometers. He gritted his teeth, "We have to try no matter what. Seeing them, can't give up here."
Looking at the group of people the size of a matchbox, Jin Diao almost bit his lip to bleed.
Huo Qiao stood up, "Chasing!" As soon as he finished speaking, he became dizzy for a while and fell backwards.
Chen Jing, who was closest, supported him, "Deputy team!"
Yu Fengcheng also ran over and said anxiously: "Uncle..." He touched Huo Qiao's forehead, it was so hot.
Huo Qiao stared wide-eyed at the cloudless sky, every breath seemed difficult, he held onto Chen Jing's arm tightly, opened his mouth, and let out a breath of white air, "It's okay..."
Yu Fengcheng raised his arm and put it on his shoulder, "Uncle, I will carry you on my back."
Huo Qiao took a deep breath and pushed his hand away, "No, I can walk by myself."
"Uncle!"
Huo Qiao patted Yu Fengcheng's face, "Silly boy, you can't carry me on your back, I can walk, you don't mind me." He was dragged up by Chen Jing and Yu Fengcheng, staggered a few steps forward, and said in a hoarse voice :"Chase… "
A group of people scrambled and scrambled to run down the mountain. In many people's eyes, they no longer had a normal focal length. Sometimes their feet were unstable, and they couldn't get up after lying in the snow for a long time. If no one dragged them, they might be suffocated to death. In the snow, they just dragged each other and crawled forward.
The group quickly spotted them and immediately sped up their speed, but it could be seen that the other party was also exhausted, and now the competition was not physical strength, but perseverance.
When they got down to the middle of the mountain, Chen Jing suddenly asked, "Where's the golden eagle?"
Many people have lost their consciousness and have not responded to what he is saying.
Chen Jing looked left and right, and said in horror: "Where is the golden eagle? Has any of you seen the golden eagle?"
As if waking up from a dream, the group of people looked around one after another. That handsome and enthusiastic Tajik guy really disappeared
"Golden Eagle—" Lao Sha shouted at the top of his voice.
As soon as Bai Xinyu raised his head, his 5.2 eyes immediately found a person on the top of the other side of the mountain who was almost integrated with the snow, and was slowly crawling in the opposite direction to them. He wanted to shout, but only Can make a weird sound, he desperately pointed up the mountain.
Everyone looked up the mountain.
Huo Qiao's eyes widened. He looked at the surrounding terrain and seemed to have realized something. He shouted: "Golden Eagle, come back!" His hoarse voice was blown away in the snow, and he didn't know that the Golden Eagle Did he hear it, because he didn't look back at all.
Everyone gradually understood, and started running back like crazy, trying to stop him, "Golden Eagle! Don't do stupid things, Golden Eagle—"
They were too far away, and the golden eagle had already climbed to the top of the mountain. He turned his head, waved to everyone, and shouted loudly: "We will definitely catch up with them!"
Everyone watched helplessly as he opened a grenade, threw it forcefully into the distance, and then ran back with all his might.
There was a loud bang, and the grenade shook the entire snow-capped mountain. The snow on the top of the mountain was like a broken ice layer, slowly shifting and sliding, and finally rolled down with the momentum of swallowing mountains and rivers. Before he had time to run far, he was instantly swallowed by Bai Xue!
The rest of the Snow Leopard Squad just happened to be at the bottom of a steep slope with very thin snow. Most of the snow that fell from the mountain was absorbed by the mountain, and a small part of the snow that slipped through the net would not pose a threat to their lives. They just stood there stupidly. Down the steep slope, watching the ice and snow devil completely obliterate the figure of the golden eagle.
"Golden eagle-"
The avalanche was unstoppable, thousands of tons of white snow rolled down from the top of the mountain, and soon caught up to the mountain pass, forcibly blocking the mountain pass! The power of the snow was much lower when it reached the bottom of the mountain. The mercenaries ran forward in a hurry, but several of them were still knocked down.
Bai Xinyu staggered up a few steps, but couldn't move anymore. The snow mountain quickly returned to calm, but there was no trace of the golden eagle in the white snow. Buried in the center of an avalanche, is it possible to survive
There was a dry howl in the team, and the painful sound directly penetrated the human heart, so heavy that it was almost unbearable.
Huo Qiao covered his eyes, shook his body twice, choked up and said, "Bald, you take three people to find the golden eagle, and the others go down the mountain quickly, don't waste the time he bought for us."
Bald nodded to two people and struggled to climb up.
The others didn't bother to wipe away their tears, and ran down the mountain, they will definitely catch up, they must catch up!
The mountain pass was already impassable, and the mercenaries wanted to climb over the snowdrift, but the snow was too soft to climb, and their speed dropped a lot.
The soldiers of the Snow Leopard Brigade approached them more and more, and when they were halfway up the climb, they finally came within range of each other's weapons.
The mercenaries hide their bodies in the snowdrifts, ready for battle. The members of the Snow Leopard Team also hid behind the rocks, confronting them while taking the opportunity to rest.
Ah Si said to Yan Shaozhen next to him, "Little Swallow, can they find the golden eagle?" His voice was very low, but the wind and snow blowing wantonly conveyed these words to the ears of many people, but no one could. give him the answer.
Yan Shaozhen shook his head, unable to answer, he grabbed the snow and stuffed it into his mouth, their water bottle was already empty, and they could only rely on this to quench their thirst.
Bai Xinyu sniffed and tugged at Yan Shaozhen, wanted to speak but couldn't speak, his eyes were almost red in anxiety, he could only point to Xue, and then to his own throat, telling Yan Shaozhen not to eat Xue.
Yan Shaozhen said softly: "Take a good rest and stop talking."
Gunshots rang out from the opposite side, and the bullets hit the rocks where they were hiding, echoing in the valley, and they fought back, not to be outdone. The two sides remained in a stalemate for more than ten minutes, and neither could move.
Huo Qiao pointed at Yu Fengcheng and Lao Sha, "You two... find a way to get around...their side." Just after he finished speaking, he coughed violently again, which made his whole body tremble, and he threw himself on the snow, The body can hardly move.
Yu Fengcheng helped him up, looked at him worriedly, "Uncle, don't scare me."
Huo Qiao took off his mask and took a deep breath, but it seemed as if something was stuck in his lungs. He couldn't breathe out. In such a cold place, his face was covered with sweat and his face was flushed red. Coughing, fine powdery white foam overflows from the corner of the mouth.
Yu Fengcheng's eyes widened, his face was full of fear, "Uncle..."
It was the first time Bai Xinyu saw Yu Fengcheng showing a scared expression. Huo Qiao's current state is a typical symptom of pulmonary edema. In severe cases, he would go into shock. The thing they feared the most happened. Seeing Huo Qiao's painful appearance where he could hardly breathe, they were powerless. Crazy.
Lao Sha pressed Yu Fengcheng's shoulder, "Fengcheng, we have to buy time to send the deputy team to the hospital, we must kill these grandchildren as soon as possible!"
Yu Fengcheng's eyes suddenly changed, he handed Huo Qiao to Chen Jing, grabbed the gun, then covered himself with Xue, crawled to the side of the enemy, Lao Sha followed closely behind with two people.
Huo Qiao raised his finger and pointed at them, wanting to say something, but coughed violently again, as if he would cough up his lungs in the next second, which made people's hearts tug together.
With tears in his eyes, Chen Jing hugged Huo Qiao tightly, "Deputy team, don't move."
Huo Qiao grasped his collar feebly, and said vaguely: "Send someone... to the back... we can't slip away a... virus..."
Yan Shaozhen shook Huo Qiao's hand, "Vice captain, don't worry, one will never slip away." He grabbed Bai Xinyu and ordered four more people, "Follow me to outflank the rear."
While covering the cover, Chen Jing choked up and said, "Deputy team, hold on, we will definitely send you to the hospital, you can't have an accident here, and you still have an unpublished collection of poems."
Huo Qiao forced a smile, and with a cough, he said hoarsely: "Yes... the Propaganda Committee... I agree... I..."
Chen Jing's tears flowed down his cheeks, almost blurring his eyes. He wiped away the tears vigorously, and the submachine gun in his hand spit out bullets, which attracted the other party's full attention, causing Bai Xinyu and the others to go to the snow silently. Go around behind the pile.
Yan Shaozhen whispered: "Xinyu, we will have no cover if we go around this snowdrift. They will soon find us and see the man on the rock. You will be responsible for killing him in a while."
Bai Xinyu nodded.
Yan Shaozhen pinched his chin, forced him to open his mouth, looked at his blood-red tonsils and teeth that were almost soaked in blood, frowned deeply, his eyes were full of distress, "Xin Yu, we will immediately You can go to the hospital, the laryngeal mucosa can be repaired and regenerated, don’t be afraid.”
Bai Xinyu couldn't force himself to laugh, so he could only bump Yan Shaozhen's shoulder with his fist, and made an OK gesture with his hand.
They hid behind snowdrifts, waiting for the perfect moment.
Within five minutes, gunshots came from the side of the mercenaries, it must be Yu Fengcheng and Lao Sha who made trouble.
Yan Shaozhen shouted: "Xin Yu!"
Bai Xinyu's two hands were almost numb from the cold, but this did not prevent him from shooting through the enemy's head. He froze all the pain and sorrow attached to the outside world at that moment, his heart and eyes became clear, and his brain immediately After calming down, he forgot about the burning throat and the limbs that seemed to be broken, narrowed his eyes and aimed at his target, and pulled the trigger without hesitation.
One shot to the head!
Yan Shaozhen and the other four jumped out and ran towards the enemy's rear. Bai Xinyu followed at the rear, fighting while running, covering the front-most people. Most of the enemy's attention was attracted by Yu Fengcheng on the side, and when they moved some of their firepower over, they had already run more than half of the distance, and they were about to enter the next cover point.
Suddenly, Ah Si, who was running in front of Bai Xinyu, was thrown flying by the bullet.
"Ah Si—" the comrades beside him rushed towards Ah Si.
Bai Xinyu turned around sharply, and fired a shot at the shooter. Before the shooter had time to retract his body back into the cover, the bullet had already knocked off half of his shoulder, and the bright red blood looked extremely bright in the white world. garish.
Yan Shaozhen and the others had already run into the bunker and began to fight back.
Bai Xinyu and that comrade-in-arms threw themselves on Ah Si, they didn't bother to check Ah Si's injuries, they dragged Ah Si into the bunker first.
"Si!" They turned Ah Si's body over and found that Ah Si's eyes were open and his expression was distorted.
Ah Si clutched his stomach, "I... did I get shot?"
Bai Xinyu opened his clothes and found that the bullet had hit the locator on his chest. The instrument was completely useless. Ah Si's clothes were torn, but his body was only scratched. Bai Xinyu's tense heartstrings relaxed a bit, he held Ah Si's arm tightly, babbling in his throat, showing a crying and laughing expression.
Ah Si looked at his injury and laughed loudly, but tears welled up from the corners of his eyes, "Life is fate, fate is fate!"
The battle on the side became more and more intense. Bai Xinyu didn't know the casualties on Yu Fengcheng's side, but they had successfully controlled the battle, because Chen Jing began to lead people closer in front, and the enemy was surrounded by them.
In order to prevent the enemy from escaping from the rear, they continued to move behind under the firepower. Just when they were afraid of passing the snowdrift, they saw two people who were about to climb over the snowdrift on the mountain pass, trying to escape.
Bai Xinyu lay down on the snowdrift and set up his sniper rifle. He was at least 500 meters away from the group of people, and the group was still moving. The wind and snow greatly affected the line of sight and ballistic calculation. The most severe conditions for the first sniper, but his legs can no longer run, he must take a gamble. He found the back of one of them in the sights, followed his running frequency with all his attention, and predicted the opponent's next foothold, the sound of wind and snow seemed to be far away from him, and his eyes were only on the sights The target, he took a deep breath, had to hit, had to...
With a bang gunshot, one of the fleeing people rushed forward and fell to the ground, the blood under his body was immediately stained red.
Seeing that his teammate was shot, the other person immediately ran like a dragon, and quickly opened the distance. Yan Shaozhen threw the backpack, jumped out of the snowdrift bunker, and chased after that person.
Ah Si shouted: "Princess, hide!"
Bai Xinyu didn't have time to think, his body suddenly rolled to the side, the bullets were chasing him, he saw only splashing snowflakes while rolling, and then his body was empty, and he fell directly from the snowdrift. It was soft snow, but he didn't expect that there were rocks under the snow layer, which couldn't be seen on the surface, but as soon as his weight was pressed up, his whole back hit the rocks, and there was a sudden sharp pain. He fell so dizzy that he almost fainted.
"Xin Yu!" Ah Si picked him up and patted his face, "What's the matter? Where did you fall?"
Bai Xinyu shook his head vigorously, staring at his eyes, after the pain passed, his eyes became clearer, he shook his head, gritted his teeth and got up.
Ah Si said: "We are going to support Lao Sha and the others, can you go?"
Bai Xinyu nodded, leaned on the ground with the butt of his gun, forced himself up, and staggered out of the snowdrift.
The person who shot at him just now was gone, and he must have gone to the side to fight. There was no one behind them, and all the firepower was concentrated on the front side. In the distance, Yan Shaozhen and the escaped man had already bypassed a snowdrift, and they were completely gone. The two people who ran to support him were still halfway.
They crawled around from behind to the side, where the battle was in full swing, Bai Xinyu hid behind the cover and fired relentlessly, killing two people in a row, and when he touched his backpack, there was only one clip left. They have encountered a group of people before, and they have already consumed their ammunition once. This group of people has more ammunition than them, so they must fight quickly.
They gradually narrowed the encirclement from three sides, killed and wounded eight or nine people, and the remaining three mercenaries continued to resist fiercely, but they were unable to take it because of insufficient ammunition.
Yu Fengcheng's new lungs are about to explode. What they are delaying is not time, but Huo Qiao's life. Huo Qiao has severe difficulty breathing and may go into shock at any time. He can't wait to fly to the hospital with Huo Qiao on his back. He can't bear any possibility bad results.
Yu Fengcheng put on the last magazine, gritted his teeth and said, "You guys cover me."
Lao Sha grabbed him, "Don't be impulsive, their firepower is too strong now, and the bullets will run out sooner or later..."
Yu Fengcheng waved his hand away, his eyes were bloodshot, "I can't drag it on for a minute!" He crawled out of the rock with his body down, and ran towards the back of the three people under the cover of firepower.
A man spotted him, turned around and was about to shoot him. The man's body was just halfway out of the cover when he was knocked down by a shot.
As soon as Yu Fengcheng raised his head, he saw Bai Xinyu not far away from him, with white smoke still floating from the muzzle of his gun. The eyes of the two people looked at each other through the wind, snow and gunpowder smoke. At that moment, their eyes met, as if they penetrated everything and hit each other's heart directly.
Yu Fengcheng jumped with all his might, and jumped behind Bai Xinyu's bunker.
Bai Xinyu habitually opened his mouth to speak, but couldn't make a sound, and could only look deeply at Yu Fengcheng.
Yu Fengcheng touched his face with rough hands, and said hoarsely, "Help me."
Bai Xinyu's heart trembled suddenly, Yu Fengcheng's eyes flashed with helplessness, even though it was fleeting, he still captured it, Huo Qiao's illness affected everyone's heart, and for Yu Fengcheng, It was a catastrophic disaster. While Bai Xinyu felt sad, he also felt a little heartache. He thought he would never see this man's fragile side in his life. Yu Fengcheng was always tough, tough, and able to do anything with ease. How had he ever had such an expression? He opened his mouth and said to Yu Fengcheng with his mouth: "Okay."
Yu Fengcheng leaned down and kissed him forcefully, the dry and cold lips of the two of them brushed together, it wasn't really a beautiful kiss, but it made people feel the warmth that hit the heart directly. Bai Xinyu didn't want to care about anything at that moment, in the face of life and death, everything seemed unimportant.
Yu Fengcheng said: "Xin Yu, cover me." After speaking, he leaned out of the cover again, and the other party just happened to have a head. He shot at the other party frantically, and jumped out of the cover at the moment the other party retracted his head, approaching step by step.
Bai Xinyu used the last clip to cover Yu Fengcheng. He wanted to tell Yu Fengcheng that he was running out of bullets, but he couldn't speak, and there was no time for him to explain. He killed another man before the last clip ran out. In that snow bunker, there was only one enemy left.
Yu Fengcheng's magazine was also empty, he threw the submachine gun, drew out the dagger, and ran towards the bunker, Lao Sha and Chen Jing also rushed up from the side.
Bai Xinyu's eyes widened, and an unrecognizable cry came out from his burning throat: "Wind City—" He jumped out of the cover suddenly, and the strength he didn't know where came from his body made him rush forward. Throwing Yu Fengcheng to the ground, at the same time, gunshots rang out, and a burst of pain hit him, and he felt half of his body suddenly lost consciousness...