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Chapter 18 Will you still be a vegetarian if you are used to eating meat?
In the early morning of the 25th, after crossing the pass of Anjula Mountain, there is no need to climb the mountain for the rest of the journey to Lingzhi.

The oxygen-deficient environment at high altitudes not only causes altitude sickness in the human body, but also overwhelms the engines that do not have supercharging devices today.

At this altitude of more than [-] meters, theoretically, the engine power can be reduced by as much as [-] to [-]%, and the car gives the driver the feeling of weakness, and the accelerator pedal is soft.

When parking at the foot of the mountain to rest, Xie Wancheng sighed: "It took a lot of effort again, and I can finally rush to Lingzhi in one breath."

"I think I arranged the marching distance very evenly, neither fast nor slow." Zhou Changfeng took the map and gestured, "Now there are [-] miles left, and it happens to arrive at noon tomorrow."

"Indeed, as expected of the battalion commander."

Later, a communication soldier came to report that the engineering battalion of the follow-up large force had completed the emergency repair of the Nu River cable suspension bridge, and now continued on the road.

Originally, the distance between the main force and the first battalion as the leading unit was only half a day, but due to the delay caused by the attack on the suspension bridge, the distance between the two has now been stretched to about [-] miles, which is a day and a half.

"Call back, the staff department will arrive in Lingzhi on time in accordance with the order of the governor's office of the Uzbek capital."

"The distance between Lingzhi and Baimagang is full of lofty mountains. When you arrive, the battle may be over." Liu Wanyun, who was a few steps away, said slowly.

"It's none of your business?" Zhou Changfeng glanced at her, and replied in a neutral tone: "I don't know if Lingzhi will survive or not, so don't be confused."

It was impossible for him to let his guard down on this woman, no matter how submissive she was and how hype she said, she must not be taken lightly.

Someone who catches a crab may inadvertently get his fingers pinched, let alone such a professionally trained spy.

Before Zhou Changfeng asked her if she should send a report if the sneak attack was successful, the latter said yes.However, Zhou Changfeng still did not agree to let her generate electricity in the end. After all, there were no professionals in this field among the crowd, and she probably took advantage of the loopholes.

For example, the code word for a successful sneak attack should have been "the grape rack has fallen." If she lied that "the apple fell to the ground" was the code word for a successful sneak attack, wouldn't it make the other party suspicious if she sent it out?What's more, she may also secretly tamper with in the process of encoding the codeword through the codebook.

With her hands bound, Liu Wanyun lowered her head and whispered, "I don't know much information..."

"Who would believe such nonsense?" Zhou Changfeng snorted coldly.

"I can only say that the vast majority of infiltrators are actually bribed Ming people. There are not many people like me, and there are even fewer British people. In many cases, they also use single-line communication." Liu Wanyun replied.

"Taiping has been around for too long, and it has been infiltrated like a sieve. The local inspection department has no vigilance at all. Otherwise, how can you be so arrogant? Damn, these guys don't know how to repent if they don't suffer." Zhou Changfeng got angry when he mentioned this, and waved his hand Said: "Press it, press it."

Xie Wancheng, who came over to report on the supply situation, stopped when he heard the conversation between the two.

To be honest, he thinks playing a female spy is really nothing. If you set up a tent and lay out a blanket, you can get it done.

However, it seems that his chief didn't mean that, but was asking serious questions, which made Xie Wancheng a little confused. One must know that Zhou Changfeng is very famous in the mixed third brigade because of his excellent military quality, and second because he has always been flirtatious and fond of flirting. .

So a few days ago when Zhou Changfeng threw the gun to Xia Xiaoshi when they set off at the train station, Xie Wancheng thought it was him flirting with the little girl again.

But now he doesn't seem to be interested in this female agent at all?How strange.

People who are used to eating meat dishes will suddenly switch to vegetarianism?Xie Wancheng didn't believe it.

Since the reports on the battle situation in the past two days have been very good, it can be said that good news has been reported frequently, so the whole army has relaxed a lot, and the tight string in their hearts has also loosened a lot.

That's why Xie Wancheng dared to bring up other topics now, "By the way, does Battalion Commander have any plans to get married yet? I'm going to take a long vacation after this class teacher, and go back to my hometown to get married."

Zhou Changfeng pretended he didn't hear the first half of the sentence, and just said calmly: "It's pretty good, I'll prepare some money for you when the time comes."

Seeing that he deliberately avoided key questions, Xie Wancheng simply asked: "What about you, Battalion Commander? Among all the officers of the Third Brigade, you are the only one left unmarried."

"This may not be very important, let's talk about it later." Zhou Changfeng prevaricated directly.

He has figured out what kind of temperament the original "Zhou Changfeng" is now. Although he is roughly the same as himself, his hobby of flirting is really...

As for the marriage, before crossing, his plan was to wait until he was 30 to retire and change careers before going on a blind date, but his parents asked him to be demobilized early, which disrupted the plan, and he was punished for this, which can be described as extremely depressed.

But now, "Zhou Changfeng" has a family of four. His father was an artillery officer of the New Army and died in a border conflict with Tsarist Russia. At that time, "Zhou Changfeng" was only a few years old.After that, only the mother was left as the backbone of the family. Although she lost her husband early, the most difficult years were survived because of the high pension.

Because of the loss of her husband, the mother has always opposed her son joining the army, fearing that the same mistakes will be repeated, and "Zhou Changfeng" has a bad relationship with her because of this, which can be described as very rebellious.Fortunately, there was an older sister who acted as an intermediary to reconcile, and in the end it went according to his wishes.

However, two years ago, "Zhou Changfeng" studied mobile unit tactics at the Saumur Cavalry School in France. Due to the long journey, when we finally arrived home, there was only the funeral.

Thinking of this, Zhou Changfeng added, "Besides, I haven't passed Ding You yet, so don't think about it."

It has been a tradition since ancient times to mourn after the death of parents. To rule the world with filial piety, civilian officials usually wear mourning for three years or 27 months, while military officials only give a [-]-day leave.

But now, in order to adapt to the fast-paced industrial society, this tradition has been greatly changed—the mourning holiday is unified to 27 days, and after the end, you will return to your original job, but there are still no marriages, celebrations, and banquets within [-] months Act of.

On this day, when the first battalion was still rushing to Lingzhi, the Ming army on the front line of Assam had already noticed something unusual.

No.30 The [-]rd Battalion of the [-]th Regiment of the [-]th Division ran into the British and Indian troops who were waiting in full force in the early hours of the morning, and organized several attacks in succession but failed. The evening also failed to achieve a breakthrough, so the offensive was suspended.

Not only the [-]th regiment, but several troops on the entire front have encountered the same situation-the enemy army, which has been repeatedly defeated and retreating before, has stabilized its position?

Is it to find the weak joints of the enemy's front and continue the attack, or to stop the attack and start a confrontation?

Tan Xuan, the commander of the No.30 Fourth Division, ordered to stop the attack, and all units were turned to defense on the spot, and only a small reconnaissance unit or patrol team was allowed to dispatch; at the same time, this situation was immediately reported to Lingzhi's rear headquarters.

(End of this chapter)