march to victory

The soldiers of the assault company have all received swimming training, but due to limited conditions, they have never trained on the river, and many of them are even seeing the river for the first time.

Seeing that some comrades were only holding on to the side of the boat with nervous faces, Niu Yingwu smiled lightly and said, "Comrades, there is no need to be so nervous. Just keep your heart in your stomach. This water area is the safest. Every year we go from I don’t know how many times I’ve walked here, but there hasn’t been a single accident. And this time, in order to cooperate with the main force, the sailors on the five ships were carefully selected to ensure that even if they fell into the water, they would be rescued in time.”

Sure enough, it was the waterway that was often taken. When the big boat came to the other side of the cliff, Niu Yingwu skillfully grabbed an iron hook connected with iron chains from the bow, and quickly hooked an iron hook the size of a sea bowl on the edge of the cliff. inside the ring.Immediately, due to the water flow, the iron chain stretched instantly, but stopped.

Looking at the guerrillas on other small boats, they are all like this, skillfully and orderly using the iron hook on the stern to hook the iron ring exposed on the cliff.Obviously, as Niu Yingwu said, they are all experts in this field.

Seeing that the boat had come to a complete stop, Niu Yingwu took out the flashlight, turned on the light, shook it from side to side three times facing the straight cliff, and quickly turned off the light of the flashlight.

The people on the cliff had obviously noticed these boats a long time ago, and they responded immediately when they saw the signal.

I saw someone at the top of the cliff draw three circles below with a flashlight.

"Okay, everyone, get ready for rock climbing."

Soon, I saw five two-finger-wide ropes slowly extending down like spirit snakes in the darkness.

Niu Yingwu stood at the bow of the big boat, grabbed the rope, pulled it hard, nodded in satisfaction, but gave up his body, and smiled to Qi Zixuan behind him: "Platoon Leader Qi, you go first."

"Brother Niu, should you go first?"

"Platoon leader Qi, you are all comrades from your own family. You are welcome. You go up first, and I will take care of you below. If there is any accident, we can rescue you in time."

Qi Zixuan thought for a while, nodded, and thanked... He didn't know that there was another reason why Niu Yingwu let him go up first: the water vapor here is relatively light, but if the rope is hung in the air for too long, it will inevitably be contaminated with water vapor , making the rope slippery.In other words, the further you go, the harder it is to climb up with the help of ropes.Niu Yingwu also felt from the nervousness of the crowd when he crossed the river just now, that these people might not be used to climbing up on the water with the help of ropes. Swim to the rescue.

However, the assault company is elite after all, and has received intensive training in this area. Although it was a little nervous to cross the river for the first time, Niu Yingwu was amazed by the climbing ability.

Qi Zixuan stretched out his hands to grab the rope, and pulled it with a dark force. After feeling stable, he pushed his hands hard, and the whole person stood up on the ground. Hook the rope, roll it again, let the rope wrap around the center of the left foot, and then step on the instep of the left foot with the right foot. Straight, the whole person went up about half a meter.

Watching Qi Zixuan climb like this once twice, although the speed at the beginning was slow, but the speed was average, and, at a glance, it was much less labor-intensive than just climbing with both hands. Other methods are much faster.Niu Yingwu, who was watching, sighed in his heart: I heard that the assault company is the main force of the main force, but I didn't expect it to be quite capable... Why didn't I think of this climbing method before?kindness!Let the comrades do the same in the future, so as not to climb the tens of meters of ropes, and have to rest twice in the middle, which is really underestimated-their climbing methods are very different, and everyone will bring two extra ropes Thin rope, when you need a break, tie a thin rope with a slipknot on the thick rope, tie it under the armpit, and tie the other around the thigh to rest.

Afterwards, Niu Yingwu not only did not dare to underestimate the members of the commando team, but also paid attention to the high altitude and secretly tried to figure out each climbing member.

"Xiaojiang, pay attention to the situation above, ready to dive for rescue at any time, I will go up first." After the people on the other small boats climbed up, the small boat leaned against the big boat again, and dispersed the people on the big boat among these small boats , to facilitate climbing on the other four ropes.There were only two soldiers of the assault company on the big ship, and Niu Yingwu was really itchy. After giving instructions to his subordinates, he smiled at the two soldiers: "Two comrades, I see that your climbing technique is novel. I want to try it, can you give me some pointers?"

After getting an affirmative answer, Niu Yingwu excitedly followed Qi Zixuan's example, stretching his hands high, grabbing the rope, and pulling with a dark force, the whole body was hung on the rope, then, his feet were bent, entangled with the rope, and he could be picked up after a roll. When he came down, although the toe of his left foot could hook the rope, he couldn't wrap the rope around the center of his left foot after several attempts.

Seeing this, one of the soldiers hurried forward to give instructions: "Captain Niu, don't let the whole left foot circle around the rope, but use the left ankle to turn, the toe should hold the rope, and then circle... Yes, yes, that's right. In this way, the right foot must be stepped on, otherwise, it will fall due to the sudden loss of gravity... Yes! That's it... The rope is too heavy. At the beginning, you can hook the rope to climb, but after more than ten meters, you can only climb once. Once the hook rope climbed..."

With the guidance of the master, it was much better than groping by himself. Soon, Niu Yingwu mastered the door knocking. He was so happy that he laughed and tried his best to climb up.

No matter what climbing skills you have, it is bound to be very strenuous for the 60-meter-long rope.Especially for Peng Peng who was the first to climb to the top, not only was he struggling, but he was also distracted to pay attention to the situation above - in case there was an enemy ambush above him, even if he died, he had to send a signal to the comrades climbing below. Otherwise, it will become a joke of catching a turtle in a urn, and the whole army will be wiped out.

Gritting his teeth, he persisted until a man in his 30s, dressed in ordinary clothes, stretched out his hand to grab him with a smile. At that moment, Peng Peng didn't feel tired at all, but looked at him and the people behind him with high nervousness.His first reaction was not to grab the opponent's hand, but took out his gun in an instant, pointed at the opponent, and asked in a low voice: "Who are you?"

"I am Luo Dachun, the guerrilla instructor of the Communist Party's Niulan Town." The other party probably guessed why Peng Peng did this, and reported his name first without changing his smile.

After looking at the other party for three seconds, Peng Peng breathed a sigh of relief, grabbed the other party's hand, and stepped on the ground with one foot.He didn't believe the other party's words, but based on his feeling, the other party's smile was full of sincerity. It was a kind of happy smile when he saw his comrades. He believed that such a sincere smile could not be faked.If the other party is really an enemy, then, no matter what, you can't see it in the enemy's face and eyes.

Moreover, when he came up, he grabbed a box cannon, but not only did the people around him not "do something" with him immediately, but everyone carried a gun on their backs and actively helped the next comrade to come up.Only then did he completely believe that these people were members of the Niulan Town guerrillas, otherwise, the most favorable opportunity for the enemy to arrest him had already been missed.

He persisted, and waited for more than ten people to come up. Seeing that there were more people on his side than the other side, he let out a long breath and told Qi Zixuan, "Shoot more sentries and go out." He sat down on the ground—— Almost exhausted.

When the comrades who came up saw Peng Peng standing there, they knew that these people were their own people, so they accepted the other party's help, but they refused the other party's support forcefully, gritted their teeth and walked aside, lying or sitting on the ground one after another, Breathe heavily and drink water.

After Zhang Qingshan reached the top of the mountain, he asked the same question, "Has the sentry sent out?" After receiving an affirmative answer, he walked to the side and sat directly on the ground panting.And Luo Dachun also knew that this was not the time to talk, so he shook hands with him, handed him the water bottle, and went to help the next person who came up.

After resting for a while, Zhang Qingshan stood up and began to look around.

No wonder Niu Yingwu confidently said that even if the enemy got close, he would not be able to find this place. He was right: there was a large open space purposely opened up around him, and a small patch of thorns was left from time to time.At a glance, as far as I can see, except for the occasional few trees, there are all thorns.Not to mention the enemy, I am afraid that if you come to patrol by yourself, you will probably think that even if there are enemies coming up here, you will not be able to get out.

Looking back at the busy guerrillas, Zhang Qingshan had some admiration for them: Fighting guerrillas is the hardest part, but for the sake of the revolution, these people can think of what the enemy dare not think and do things that the enemy dare not do. A hiding place, using wisdom to walk out of a waterway transportation line.Without their help, even the gods would never have thought of crossing the river here.

With respect, Zhang Qingshan quickly walked up the mountain to help, but he couldn't help but saw where the two pieces of rope were: the bottom end of each rope was connected to a bowl-sized iron ring, and the bottom end of the iron ring was inserted into the ground.Taking a closer look, Zhang Qingshan suddenly found that those thorns that had been chopped off seemed to have been chopped off not long ago.Look at other places, it is the same.

Unable to bear the doubts in his heart, he asked, "Director Luo, is this place just opened up?"

Luo Dachun wiped his sweat with his sleeve, sat beside Zhang Qingshan, and said with a smile: "After we received the order from our superiors, we were very happy when we knew that you were coming. Originally, we wanted to use the previous waterway transportation line, but I’m afraid it’s not safe. It’s only a dozen square meters in size, and it’s not very useful. After we discussed it, we decided that it’s safest to cross the river from here. So, I took my comrades to work all night, and finally opened up a place big enough , Otherwise, if you come up, you won’t even have a place to stand.”

Although Luo Dachun said it easily, he didn't care, as if he had done an insignificant thing.But look around, the long safe zone is definitely hundreds of square meters, and this is in the thorns, you can't use fire, let alone make loud noises, you can only chop it out with a knife with a dark force, and you have to add You can imagine how hard it is to clean up with your butt.

Zhang Qingshan grabbed Luo Dachun's hands, and opened them under the moonlight, and sure enough, these callused hands unexpectedly had a few blood blisters abruptly.

Looking at these hands with a solemn expression, after a long time, Zhang Qingshan helped Luo Dachun up, stood at attention, and saluted...