"Liu Wei," Major Ma'o said in the jerky Longguo language: "Now that I know their identities, if possible, I will help you apply for cremation of their remains."
At this time, Liu Wei, whose eyes had been blurred by tears, did not speak. He held back his trembling body and nodded slightly in agreement. He secretly vowed that he would take the five brothers on his way home.
In the Gobi Desert at this time, the sun finally hid into the horizon, and the residual heat of the setting sun slowly dissipated with the squalls of the Gobi. The bodies of Xiaosha, Lieutenant Colonel and Jiang Minghao could clearly feel the sudden drop in temperature. Both Xiao Shao and Jiang Minghao couldn't help shivering under the raging wind, exactly like bacon hung on a bamboo pole.
Xiao Sha received some desert survival training in the Border City Military Region for a period of time, so he was somewhat able to bear it, but that was also based on absolute logistical support. The situation now is much more terrifying than it was then. Jiang Minghao on the side has completely endured it. The coldness of the desert made him fight with his teeth. What's more terrifying is that once this gust of wind turns into a sandstorm, they will undoubtedly die, let alone survive and serve the motherland.
They both hid under the sand dunes, with their backs facing the direction of the wind, but the lieutenant colonel did not seem to be afraid of the cold, as if his body was colder than the temperature of the desert, and he stood on the sand dunes against the wind and looked out. In the distance, at this moment, he said in a trembling voice:
"Comrade Jiang, I thought you were born with a plug-in, no... I didn't expect... You are also afraid of the cold!"
"Crap... nonsense, uncle... His mother is also a human." Jiang Minghao admitted for the first time, and he recognized so arrogantly and shamelessly.
"Brother Hao, you...look." Chishu shrank his arm and stretched out a finger, trying to ensure that the body does not make too much movement, so as not to dissipate the body temperature, and pointed to the lieutenant colonel on the sand dune trembling. He said: "Up...the one above is not a human being. On such a cold day, he...he is still standing and enjoying the coolness!"
"I have never been in a desert before... No... I didn't expect this desert to be so terrible!"
In such a terrible environment, no matter how strong your body and mind, and how strong your will, you will be destroyed as fragile as glass. Even people like Jiang Minghao who have been deliberately trained since childhood will slowly let go of their own at this time. Shield armor, because in a harsh environment, what they have to defeat is not only the enemy, but the nature that dominates everything and the self who cannot control fate. In front of such an enemy, there is no righteousness, let alone faith, and some just survive. So if you want to live, you must either defeat them, or obey and adapt to them, and the lieutenant colonel chose the latter.
"Smelly boy, the desert is more terrifying than you think." The lieutenant colonel suddenly jumped off the sand dune and interjected. Seeing him jumping alive, he didn't feel cold at all, as if the body was not his at all. When Jiang Minghao and Chisao watched him standing in the wind, looking relaxed and relaxed, they secretly cursed in their hearts: abnormal.
"Looking at the onset of the wind, it should stop within two hours, and it should not cause a sandstorm, but the dark night gives the snakes and beasts the best cover. They will take advantage of this time to come out for food, so I want to tell you There are only two points. The first is not to forget to breathe, and the second is, even if someone is on guard, you should keep one eye closed when you sleep. I don’t want this to keep you from waking up forever."
The lieutenant colonel seemed to be in a few words and said something mysterious, but this was the experience he summed up for so many years, and it was with this experience that made him survive that battle by avoiding hunting and killing alone. , His survival is by no means a fluke, although he has lived in pain and guilt since then.
Never forget to breathe, this sentence comes from ancient yoga in India. It is said that those ancient yoga masters can spend months in the harsh environment like hell without eating or drinking. When they enter the world again, they can still live and live. The lieutenant colonel’s research on them contained only one sentence, don’t forget to breathe, because human body organs can enter a state of automatic dormancy under certain circumstances, and the basis of their dormancy is the continuous supply of oxygen in the air.
As for opening one eye and closing one eye, anyone who has seen the Water Margin knows that when Leopard Head Lin was rushing to the Fengxue Mountain Temple, he went to drink and drink at the foot of the mountain. The owner told him to open one eye and close one eye when he was sleeping to prevent the enemy In the final analysis, the sneak attack requires him to be more vigilant. As a soldier, especially an excellent soldier, he must always be vigilant no matter when and where he is in, and fully adjust his body to the best condition to prepare for the challenge.
But for Jiang Minghao and Xiao Shao, all this is completely blind reading. They are completely blank (blind). When you look at me and I look at you, they don’t bother, each closed their eyes and rested, and the lieutenant colonel shook helplessly. He shook his head. In his eyes, these two were completely new recruits who had just learned how to fold the quilt, so let's be on guard!
From yesterday evening to now, they have been running for more than eight hours. The lieutenant colonel looked at his military watch. It is now half past one in the morning and just not far from the border. Jiang Minghao and Xiaosha only have one and a half hours. During the break, they must hurry up before the sun comes out at three o’clock in the morning, otherwise they will not only deal with the chasing soldiers behind them, but also face the endless dangers in the desert. Buried in the desert.
Suddenly, Jiang Minghao lay on the ground struggling to talk:
"Grandpa, grandpa, why don't my parents come back?"
"Grandpa, I don't want to be a soldier, but I'm afraid you will be disappointed..."
"If you dare to say that I have no father or mother, I will kill you..."
"Grandpa, it's wolves, many wolves, and tigers, I'm afraid..."
His voice was like a moan from hell, and the lieutenant colonel was clever, wolf? tiger? What has this child experienced? How cruel Jiang Jianguo should be to him, this child is his own grandson, suddenly, the lieutenant colonel saw Jiang Minghao’s body curled up like a leech, and he was still trembling.
"No, this kid is swaying." The lieutenant colonel kicked his sleep like a pig to wake up.
"My grass, Comrade Jiang Minghao, why do you kick people while you sleep? Are you vegetarian?" The chic, who had a smile on his face and dreams, woke up from the dream, and was about to complain, but found that the lieutenant colonel stared at him. Looking at him with hungry wolf eyes, he immediately shut up, and then looked at Jiang Minghao who was lying on the ground trembling, and even a carp jumped straight up.
When he was serving in the Border City Military Region, he could see what had happened to Jiang Minghao at a glance. In the desert, the most taboo was the fluctuating heat and cold. If you enter the desert for the first time, it is very easy not to do a good job of dissipating heat and expelling the cold. With sufficient logistical support, only a few bowls of ginger soup can solve the cold syndrome, but they started halfway and decided to enter the desert temporarily. Apart from a few bags of compressed biscuits, there were less than two jugs of water left. , Some guns and weapons, others have nothing. If they are not handled properly, Jiang Minghao's life may be accounted for here.
"No, this kid is starting to have a fever." The lieutenant colonel touched Jiang Minghao's forehead and shouted, "Chase, hurry up, bring water for him to drink."
He unscrewed the kettle and poured it into Jiang Minghao’s mouth. I don’t know if it was cold or cramped, but Jiang Minghao clenched his teeth, and none of the water in the kettle fell into Jiang Minghao’s mouth. He tried to break it. Open, but he can't move at all, and he can still vaguely hear the rubbing of his upper and lower teeth, anxiously and sweating profusely, yelling at the lieutenant colonel:
"Master, it won't work, Jiang Minghao's mouth is so bitter that he can't break it off. What should I do, Master?"
"Step aside!"
The lieutenant colonel grabbed the kettle in Xiaosha's hand with his right hand, and pinched Jiang Minghao's chin with his left hand.
"Kacha..."
Only heard the sound of bone rubbing, Jiang Minghao's clenched chin unexpectedly fell off, and the lieutenant colonel removed his chin, scared the chic on the side and opened his mouth coldly. Looking at him, although he already knew that the master was ruthless, he didn't expect him to be so ruthless.
"What the hell? Lay him down." Seeing Xiaoshu sitting holding Jiang Minghao in a daze, the lieutenant colonel scolded, "Do you want me to remove your chin?"
"Ah? No, no, Master, this is really unnecessary." Xiao Sha pushed her chin with her hand, begged for mercy, and took advantage of the situation to put Jiang Minghao flat in the sand.
The lieutenant colonel opened Jiang Minghao's mouth slightly, and slowly poured the water in the pot into his mouth. With gentle movements, it was like a nurse who was breastfeeding. How could this be like a decisive, violent spirit. Overflowing war machine? It was completely different from the way Jiang Minghao had just removed his chin.
Feeling the flow of the liquid in his mouth, Jiang Minghao unconsciously squirmed his throat, swallowing the water in his mouth frantically. Human survival instinctively allowed him to unconsciously absorb the fountain of life until most of the pot of water was poured in, and he was trembling. The body gradually calmed down.
"Kacha..."
There was another screeching sound of bones. This terrible sound pierced and shivered. Watching the lieutenant colonel neatly rested Jiang Minghao’s chin, he recited Amitabha in his heart. Fortunately, he was not the one who was playing the pendulum. Otherwise, I really don’t know how much I should suffer. .
But the lieutenant colonel seemed to see through the chic mind, took off his camouflage jacket and put it on Jiang Minghao, looking at chic with a smile but a smile:
"Why, I'm afraid? Just like you, still want to be my apprentice?"
"Who said I'm afraid?" The chic body was shocked, his chest was straightened, and he replied stiffly: "Afraid I will follow you into the desert? It's just Master, your method is to save people or kill people? Your old man made a heavy hand, and Jiang Minghao's jaw was completely shattered. It is estimated that he will have to go to Bangziguo for plastic surgery."