At four o'clock in the afternoon, the scorching sun that had been scorching the Japanese troops all day finally fell behind the mountain ridge.
More than two hours later, at around 7 o'clock in the evening, the temperature in the mountains finally began to drop, and it was no longer so hot. In the cool evening breeze, Xiaozhu Yoshio took Tsubuza Taka and the division. More than a dozen senior staff members of the Ministry came to the station of the 10th Engineer Regiment to express condolences to the engineers who were desperately digging wells.
Digging a well was Di Bujiagui's idea.
Since the few open water sources are controlled by the wolves, dig wells!
According to geography, as long as the aquifer is dug, groundwater will emerge from the well, and the water source crisis of the 10th Regiment will be solved. However, there is a gap between textbook knowledge and practice. According to theory, just pick a place and go down If you dig, you will eventually be able to dig into the aquifer, and groundwater will definitely emerge.
But in actual practice, it's completely different.
From noon to evening, the 10th Engineer Regiment had dug no less than 20 wells in the mountains near the station. The shallowest wells were more than five meters deep, and the deepest one was even more than ten meters deep. However, Even this well, which was more than ten meters deep, did not dig out even a drop of groundwater.
Instead of digging out groundwater, a lot of precious water resources were wasted.
Because the Engineer Regiment is engaged in such high-intensity excavation, it cannot survive without water.
The little piggy man looked at each well, and the expression on his face became more and more embarrassing.
But compared with the embarrassment on his face, the dryness of his throat was the most unbearable thing.
Although Yinan Xiaozhu is the commander of the 10th Division, he can only ration drinking water. He hasn't had a sip of water throughout the afternoon. He saved all his water and sent it to the field hospital. He gave the wounded a drink. After all, he was the division commander, so he still understood the principle of leading by example, otherwise the morale of the soldiers would be in chaos.
But even so, the military morale of the Tenth Division has begun to become unstable.
"Ono-san, how could this happen?" Tebuzaki frowned and asked Yukimo Ono, the captain of the 10th Engineer Regiment walking beside him.
Ono Yukimo has a short stature and his facial features are almost squeezed into a ball. He looks as ugly as he wants.
However, this little kid still learned geography well. He took the map and said to Dibujiagui: "Dikebujiagui. According to geological principles, the aquifer usually refers to the saturated layer below the soil aeration layer, and its medium pores are completely Full of water, there are many types of aquifers. For example, the upper and lower parts of the aquifer are directly covered by impermeable strata, and groundwater is filled with two impermeable layers, which is referred to as a restricted aquifer... "
Di Bujiagui had no intention of asking Ono Yukimo for geological knowledge, so he said impatiently: "Say it simply."
"Hai." Ono Xing paused heavily at the end and continued, "To put it simply, the underground aquifers in the entire Damei Mountain area are connected, and the altitude of where we are located is over 500 meters, which is considered high. According to The principle of the connector is that the groundwater in the entire aquifer will seep toward the lower point, so we have no groundwater here.”
"There is no underground water?" Di Bujiagui said in a deep voice, "Then why are there other water sources in Black Dragon Pool?"
Ono explained: "Most of the other water sources are just the accumulation effect of water absorbed by surface vegetation. The only exception is the Black Dragon Pond water source. I estimate that this should be the spring effect of a restricted aquifer. In other words, the Black Dragon Pond spring should be connected to the restricted water layer deep underground, so the spring water never dries up all year round."
Xiaozhu Yinan said in a deep voice: "In other words, we have no choice but to get water from the Black Dragon Pond?"
"Hai." Ono Xingmo said, "In short, there is no hope of digging wells to collect water. Due to the long drought, several other water sources will soon dry up. Only the spring in Black Dragon Pond will continue to produce water. If the imperial army does not want to If we are caught in a water crisis, we must do everything possible to seize the water source of Black Dragon Pond."
Di Bujiagui suddenly said: "By the way, isn't there an underground river even after the Buddha jumped off the cliff?"
Ono Xingmo shook his head and said: "The underground river has dried up long ago."
"Nani, is it dry?" Di Bujiagui cursed in annoyance and turned to Xiaozhu Yinan, "Division Commander, it seems there is no other way but to fight for the Black Dragon Pond with all our strength!"
Xiaozhu Yinan frowned and said: "But the Black Dragon Valley where the Black Dragon Pond is located is narrow and large troops cannot deploy at all. The imperial army can only invest one squadron at most!"
Tsubujiagui said in a deep voice: "At this point, we can only send the special warfare brigade."
"Special Forces Brigade?" Xiaozhu Yinan said, "Okay, that's all we can do."
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Zhuanshanbao led a sniper team to guard the cliffs on both sides of the Black Dragon Valley. It was actually quite hard.
After all, this is a deep mountain and old forest. The snakes, insects, and beasts in the mountains do not distinguish whether you are Chinese or Japanese, and they will not give you special treatment just because you are Chinese. Especially in the evening, the clusters of tiny , small mosquitoes commonly known as blind mosquitoes fly up and down in front of your eyes, biting you from time to time.
This thing can't be driven away no matter how hard you drive it, or it can't be killed no matter how hard you shoot it, it can really drive people crazy.
It's just that this blind mosquito will torture you mentally and will not pose a fatal threat.
The real threat is the mountain mosquitoes that swarm from all directions after nightfall, especially the mountain mosquitoes with white patterns. They are not ordinary poisonous. If you are bitten by one, you will immediately turn into a big pimple, which will itch if you don't scratch it. Damn it, but scratch it, the more you scratch it, the more itchy it will be, and the swelling will continue to spread to all directions!
The most effective way to deal with this kind of mountain mosquito is to smoke mugwort.
Fumigating mugwort is also a good way for mountain people to drive away mosquitoes in summer.
It's a pity that Langya can't drive away mosquitoes by lighting mugwort, because they are performing a latent mission and must not expose their targets. If you light mugwort, doesn't that mean telling the little devils their specific location? If that were the case, the little devil would be able to kill them easily with just one throw of a grenade.
You can't light mugwort, but if you are bitten by a mountain mosquito all night, your skin will still peel off even if you don't die.
In the end, there was no choice but to cover the whole body tightly with canvas, including the head, leaving only the mouth and nose outside. However, this way, the person was so stuffy that he couldn't breathe, so He said that lurking in this summer is really not something humans do. If your willpower is not strong enough, you simply won’t be able to persevere.
Although the members of Langya are tenacious enough, they must be rotated, otherwise it will be too much.
Zhuanshanbao's sniper team has been holding out in Black Dragon Pond for a day, and next is Xiao Taohong's team.
In the evening, Xiao Taohong came up with more than a dozen snipers from the second sniper group. However, what surprised Zuanshan Bao was that not only Xiao Taohong's second sniper group came up, but also the first soldier of the soldiers. The firepower team looked at the Gatling machine gun carried by the soldier, and the Mountain Leopard was also jealous.
"Leopard, thank you for your hard work." The soldier waved to the mountain leopard who got up from the bushes and said with a smile, "The mission was completed well. Now you can go back and rest."
Zhuanshan Leopard snorted and said, "You seem to be the vice-captain."
Leng Tiefeng wanted to promote a team leader to be the deputy captain of Langya. This was an open secret in the entire Langya, so several veteran team leaders like Da Bing, Zuanshan Leopard and Siberian Tiger, overtly and covertly They all began to compete with each other, and the soldier never forgot to overwhelm the mountain leopard.
The soldier chuckled and said, "It's not a matter of time."
The mountain leopard snorted softly, turned his head and ignored it.
Xiao Taohong then smoothed things over and said, "Brother Leopard, how many Japanese have you killed today?"
Speaking of his own achievements, Zhuanshan Leopard immediately became energetic, holding the gun and saying: "Not many, only about twenty, they are all lying down in the pool."
Xiao Taohong stuck her head out from the cliff and looked down. Sure enough, she saw dozens of corpses of Japanese soldiers floating in the Black Dragon Pool. However, the flowing spring water had washed away the blood shed by the Japanese soldiers, so the pool had returned to its previous state. It was so clear that no trace of blood could be seen.
Xiao Taohong asked: "Brother Leopard, do you want to remove the corpses of these Japanese? Otherwise, this pool will stink."
"We can't remove the corpses of these Japanese." Zhuan Shanbao said quickly, "The only thing is that the water pool smells bad. If the water smells bad, the Japanese won't be able to drink, and they will have to die of thirst."
Xiao Taohong said obediently, turned around and was about to go forward, but Granny Yinhua held her back.
"My dear granddaughter, you don't need to go to the front. Just stay here and watch." Granny Yinhua took hold of Xiao Taohong and said with a smile, "With grandma here, there is no need for you to be a sentry."
Xiao Taohong said: "Grandma, I am the team leader, I have to go."
"Be obedient, be good." After Granny Yinhua finished speaking, she carried the Mauser 98k sniper rifle and moved forward. When she encountered a cliff as tall as a person blocking the road, she jumped over it. Her skill and agility were simply impossible. You can't tell that she is already an old man in her sixties, and she is no less generous than a young man.
In just a moment, Granny Yinhua climbed up to a solitary peak at the entrance of the Black Dragon Valley. Looking down from this solitary peak, she could have a good view of the entire Black Dragon Valley, especially the entire Black Dragon Pond. Within the shooting range of the peak, it can be said to be an excellent sniper observation post. The previous observation post of the Mountain Leopard was also here.
After Zhuanshan Bao handed over to Xiao Taohong, he took his own men and left.
Soon, the last trace of sunset faded from the western sky, and the sky began to darken.
As soon as the sky darkened, the mountain mosquitoes that had been hiding began to swarm out and began to attack humans wantonly. Xiao Taohong rolled down the thick canvas draped over her shoulders and wrapped her whole body almost like a rice dumpling, with her head tightly Wrapped tightly, leaving only the eyes, mouth and nose outside, and then began to lurk in silence and boredom. (To be continued.)