Start from Changjin Lake

Chapter 88 Qilian, I'm going home!
At the junction of the snow mountain and the forest, there is a vigorous cold wind everywhere. This is not an exaggeration, but the icy weather that Qilian is facing.

Wu Qianli walked on the edge of the snow-capped mountain path, looked at the team slowly advancing behind, and shouted loudly: "Everyone, step on your feet firmly!"

On the way up the mountain just now, there was a warrior who dropped a bag of fried noodles on the horse's back on the edge of the cliff. He hurried to fish it, but almost fell off the cliff.

Lei Gong took two steps forward, worried: "It is not an option to go on like this, and it is easy to be dangerous if you continue walking."

Qianli nodded and understood the same: "But there are only two days left in our interspersed schedule, and the division headquarters must arrive at the designated place before the 23rd!"

Lei Gong: "Then we can't disregard everyone's lives..."

Qianli looked back.

Many of the soldiers of the Seventh Company were exhausted. It wasn't that their soldiers were dying, but because of the weeks-long trek after entering North Korea. They had little time to rest, and they were marching almost day and night, and they had to worry about the U.S. aircraft all the time. , whether there are traces of enemies along the way.

Is there any soldier who sleeps peacefully?

Although the cotton coats given by fellow villagers in the Northeast of Ji'an Station and the blessings of the Americans on the way, the soldiers' cold-proof clothes were barely sufficient, but more than 150 people were not completely enough.

There are still dozens of soldiers who need to change their clothes in turn. Some wool socks and cold-proof underwear of the US military have been changed into various kinds of clothes by Lei Gong, and this is already excellent among the marching teams.

A few days ago, they just passed by a team. Several of their soldiers froze to death on the road, and a large number of them were frostbitten. walk.

In the end, I really couldn't leave... In order not to delay the interspersed mission, I had to stay where I was.

The soldiers of the Seventh Company distributed some cotton clothes on the spot and gave them to the brother army.

They don't know how many teams like this, volunteers like this, there are in the whole of North Korea...but they know that they are lucky.

Qianli thought about it carefully, looked at the forest in front of him, and said, "After passing this hill, rest in that forest for a while..."

Lei Gong was overjoyed immediately: "Good!"

"It can't be too long..."

But Lei Gong has already gone back to greet everyone:
"Everyone hold on for a while, we will soon reach the forest in front, and we can rest!"

"Yes!"

Many soldiers showed joy on their faces.

After 10 minutes, everyone speeded up and finally passed the mountain range. On the other side of the mountain was a dense boreal forest.

Strange to say, not long after they walked into the forest, the wind and snow gradually became lighter.

Yu Congrong said happily as he walked: "Company commander, how long shall we rest!"

Qianli looked at the wind and snow in the sky: "If the snow stops, we will rest for three hours. If it doesn't stop, we will leave in half an hour."

"It's only been three hours..."

Yu Congrong automatically omitted the second half of his sentence.

Qianli ignored him and told everyone: "Don't take it lightly, keep the equipment at hand, and take care of it at any time."

"Yes, company commander!"

The soldiers dug some shallow pits along the bottom of nearby tree trunks to sweep away the snow—that was all they could do, the frozen soil couldn't be dug down at all.

Soldiers in twos and threes lay in the pit and spread American military overcoats, hugging each other for warmth and wrapping them tightly. Regardless of their posture, they immediately took a rest when they fell down, and a slight grunt sounded in a few seconds.

Wu Qianli looked at everyone's exhausted appearance, and felt a little guilty, but he knew that as the company commander, he had to complete the task and do that.

In addition, he has been running tirelessly, and the silent ice and snow under his feet on the road will also make him have no time to think.

But at this moment, he looked back at the sleeping soldiers of the Seventh Company, and there was a trace of peace in his heart.Once quiet, he will think of someone.

His...brother.

He could only close his eyes in silence, trying his best not to think about those things.

Taking a break.

Suddenly at a certain moment, a soldier who was on duty nearby suddenly ran in from outside the forest with a gun in his hand.

Qianli did not fall asleep, he opened his eyes immediately:

"what happened?"

"Company commander, there seems to be movement down the mountain!"

"Where? Why didn't I see it?"

Qianli lay on the edge of the forest.

After taking over the binoculars from the U.S. military, I followed the pointed direction and looked carefully, only to see a small "snow-white" figure driving on a winding North Korean road under the snow-capped mountains.

It was a jeep covered with a huge snow-white curtain, and its whole body was camouflaged in the color of snow driving on the road. If it wasn't for a telescope, it would be difficult to distinguish with the naked eye.

Qianli frowned: "Wake everyone up first."

"Yes!"

The soldiers were actually awakened as soon as the soldiers on duty came up. Everyone has already been well-trained and prepared for all kinds of situations. Although they were sleepy, everyone immediately cheered up and held their guns to be ready to deal with them at any time. .

Pinghe set up a sniper rifle beside Qianli.

Yu Congrong also leaned over and asked, "Is it an American car?"

Mei Sheng took a look through the binoculars: "No, the Americans shouldn't cover up their tracks like this? The Americans we met along the way all swaggered towards the north."

"That's our man?"

Mei Sheng shook his head: "I'm not sure either. Qianli, what should we do?"

He put down the binoculars and looked at Qianli.

Everyone also looked at him.

Qianli stared at the figure of the car on the road, seeing the car passing through their forest, his mind was spinning quickly, and then he said: "Blow a whistle to test it—a bird whistle!"

The bird whistle is to make the whistle sound like a bird as much as possible, instead of being abrupt and sharp during a combat attack, so as to pass the message without arousing the enemy's suspicion.

immediately.

Yu Congrong led a row of scouts, lying on his stomach in the forest halfway up the mountain, and then blew his whistle.

"beep~"

The clear and pleasant sound of the whistle sounded all around the road in an instant.

"It seems that they are not our people..."

The whistle stopped, but the car kept moving forward.

When they were disappointed, the car moved forward for more than 20 meters and stopped suddenly.

.........

After Xu Qing left the mountain range of the Korean army task force, he had been driving for two days.

After passing through the Langlin Mountains that straddle North Korea from east to west, Gao Xiyou drove another car because he still had a mission, bid farewell to Xu Qing and Song Weiguo, and headed towards the headquarters of the Ninth Corps behind the Eastern Front. rush to.

Only Xu Qing and Song Weiguo were left in the car.

At this time, after driving on the North Korean Highway for half a day, he was observing the surrounding situation when he suddenly felt something pointed at him in the dark.

His advanced sniper skills instantly made him feel alarmed, and he realized that there might be a sniper rifle aimed at this area.

"Weiguo, there are sniper rifles nearby! Keep going..."

"Yes!"

beep~
Suddenly there was another "bird chirping" sound from the mountain.

"and many more!"

He immediately shouted again: "This voice..."

While driving, Song Weiguo also came to his senses: "It seems to be one of our people?"

Xu Qing listened for a while, and immediately made a decision: "Stop the car!"

"it is good!"

Soon Song Weiguo stopped the car slowly, and for safety, he stopped beside a roadside stone.

Xu Qing didn't go out in a hurry, but carefully observed the mountains and forests on both sides through the gap of the car window, but the continuous snow could not get a good view.

"Don't go out yet."

Xu Qing opened the car door, jumped to the side of the stone, carefully stuck her body behind the stone, then took out the whistle on her chest and blew:

"~"

The surroundings were quiet for a while, and then there was a voice and came:
"beep~"

"It's our people!"

Xu Qing quickly understood that there were their soldiers nearby.

He continued to blow, adding some identifying signals to the rhythm of the whistle tone.

The same signal came from the opposite side immediately:
"Oriole, go, eat rice in the sky..."

This is the unique logo of the First Regiment and Third Battalion of the Ninth Corps!

Is it...

Xu Qing raised her head suddenly, and in a low mountain forest on the opposite side, suddenly stood up from the snow in rows of figures covered in snowflakes.

His eyes were very good. The moment these figures stood up, there was an inexplicable sense of familiarity. They were more than 800 meters away, and Xu Qing saw who these people were at a glance!
Qilian... Qilian!

He didn't dare to speak loudly, but immediately took off his mask, stood up and waved his hands.

"..."

The soldiers who were standing by the forest on the mountain were also stunned.

Lei Gong put down the binoculars, and asked in a naive way: "Is it my eyesight..."

Yu Congrong almost jumped up: "That's right! It's him, it's him, it's Wanli—"

"Be quiet!"

Mei Sheng pressed his head down, but there was also surprise on his face, "It seems to be really..."

Yu Congrong didn't mind patting the snow off his face, and said, "That's right, it's Wanli, he's not dead! Company Commander, he's not dead, your brother Wu Wanli—he's not dead!"

Everyone looked at Qianli.

Qianli stood there with his mouth slightly open—this was an expression that the company commander, who was like a god of war in their eyes, almost never had.

Thousands of miles of telescope has not been put down.

After a long time, he said in a trembling voice:
"Second and third rows guard the surrounding area, pay attention to invincibility, and the first row...follow me to pick up people!"

"Yes!"

All the soldiers of the Seventh Company moved one after another. After the initial astonishment, everyone felt a surprise—a soldier they thought had been dead for a long time was actually still alive!

This is one of the happiest news on the battlefield.

On the surface of Qianli, it was still as usual, but his accelerated figure revealed his inner unrest.

"go!"

Qianli was the first to slide down, slid down the ice and snow downhill in the forest, and ran towards the road.

.........

"Team leader?"

Seeing Xu Qing's expression, Song Weiguo also got out of the car.

"It's our people, it's my family, I'm home..."

Xu Qing didn't look back.

He was a little excited, he had already seen a dozen figures coming down the mountain, the leader No.1 was the long-lost commander of the Seventh Company, his brother Wu Wanli, the one he was closest to in this world People - Wu Qianli!

They came to pick them up.

There is clearly a strong gust of cold wind howling between the sky and the earth, but Xu Qing looked at Wu Qianli who was walking towards him, as if there was only one sound left in his ears: the rustling of frozen leather boots stepping on the frozen snow. .

It was captured by them together at the U.S. Army in Donglin Mountain.

He looked around and saw nothing else, so he walked forward quickly.

He took a deep breath and called softly:

"Five thousand miles!"

Wu Qianli, who was walking over from the opposite side, was also excited. After hearing his shout, he was slightly stunned, and suddenly replied with a smile:

"Who's calling?"

For a moment Xu Qing felt familiar, wet, moved, and the joy of reuniting after a long absence. He really wanted to call out to him like he used to call him, "Your old man!"

But in the end, thousands of words were reduced to one word:

"elder brother!"

Both of his parents died in the later life, and he never felt the warmth of his family, parents and relatives since he was a child. After his grandmother passed away during college, he lived alone.

This is the first time he feels, and also the first time he truly admits in his heart, that he... really has an extra family member!
The soldiers behind also slid down from the mountain, and there were very familiar figures: Yu Congrong who was excited, Pinghe who was smiling, Lei Gong and Mei Sheng were standing on the mountain and waving to him from a distance, and there were many familiar faces The soldiers of the Seventh Company...

How many days and nights, how many hours has Xu Qing been away from Qilian?How many winds and snows rose and fell suddenly, how many enemies' blood flowed under the guns...

He finally crossed the obstacle of wind and snow, hundreds of kilometers of distant space, on the exotic land of North Korea, he was dressed in a military horse, trekking in the midst of war and fire, in the wind, hail, rain and snow...

At this moment, it is finally at the end.

He came in front of Qianli with blood and fire all over his body.

Looking at the faces that are familiar, excited, expectant, and stunned, there are unspeakable emotions in his heart, surging and agitating:
Hello, Qianli.

Lei Gong, hello.

Pinghe, hello.

Yu Congrong, hello.

He Changgui, hello...

Qilian, hello... Long time no see!
(End of this chapter)