It was already around 7 o'clock when we set off again. Looking up, the hillsides and roads were all covered in white with thick snow. The top of the mountain and the sky seemed to be flush with each other. Under the cold sunlight, they reflected a kind of

Strange light.

I set up an arbor and squinted my eyes to see, the blue sky was pure, the snow top was pure and bright, everyone was stunned.

After a long time, Lao J raised his head and sighed: "Just a few meters apart, there are actually two worlds. It's amazing!"

The "bandit" exhaled a breath of white air, rubbed his hands and continued: "Sir J, it looks good here, but it must be colder up there."

There were not as many sighs as they did, but Zhao Bankuo was glad in his heart. Fortunately, American planes airdropped thickened military uniforms. Otherwise, the cold alone would have prevented them from walking, let alone finding a plane.

He is from Henan, and his hometown has always had four distinct seasons. Although this large area of ​​snow-capped mountains and natural scenery is very fresh, it is not to the point of losing control. Just as he was about to ask everyone to continue walking, the military doctor seemed to have never seen anything in the world.

, suddenly grabbed a handful of snow and put it directly into his mouth. Just as he was shouting that the old man had never seen snow before, he quickly frowned and spit it out, shouting: "Damn, why is this snow so fishy and salty?"

"Bandit!" They laughed loudly, and Wang Sixiang said: "You old idiot must be crazy about meat. You can even eat meat out of snow."

"Four eyes, just fart." The military doctor grabbed another handful of snow, carried it over directly, and shouted, "It is indeed salty. If you don't believe me, try it."

Wang Sixiang immediately stretched out his hand and pushed it away. The others also looked on with smiles, enjoying themselves and watching the show. Only Xiao Daozi walked over without saying a word, dug out a handful at the spot where the military doctor grabbed the snow, and put it away.

After sniffing it under his nose, his expression changed and he immediately started kicking.

Zhao Bankuo also realized something was wrong and walked over. He soon saw an arm exposed under the snow kicked away by the knife.

The arm was frozen into a hard lump, with blood dripping from the blue skin, and the flesh was exposed. There were a few pieces of torn yellow clothes frozen outside. Wang Sixao followed up and took a look, frowned and said: "It seems

It's the Japanese again." Zhao Bankuo nodded and waved to others to clear the snow together.

This place is close to the dividing line between warm and cold in the snow-capped mountains, and the snow is not too deep. A group of people followed the arm and soon pulled out a corpse. It turned out to be a Japanese soldier.

Things suddenly became strange. Judging from the traces just now, the Japanese's progress was not much faster than theirs, but judging from the degree of freezing of the Japanese corpse, it felt like he had been dead for seven or eight days, and the military doctor also found another clue.

Thigh, it can be seen that more than one person died. Zhao Bankuo and Wang Sixiang looked at each other and ordered: "Continue digging."

Several people continued to dig out, and finally dug up seven corpses. The corpses of these Japanese soldiers were all very strange. They maintained the same state and appearance as before death. The exposed skin had some mold-like corpse spots and many traces of decay.

, but it doesn’t look like it will completely rot after death.

How could the Japanese soldiers die here?

Except for the military uniforms, the corpses had no military ranks or weapons, so it was impossible to guess their origins. There was no way, Zhao Bankuo winked at the military doctor, and the military doctor squatted down to check.

After working for a while, the military doctor shook his head and stood up and said: "Some wounds on the dead Japanese are rotten, and they are rotten from the inside out."

Zhao Bankuo asked: "How could this happen?"

The military doctor thought for a while and said: "It may be a chronic disease. The climate here, as well as the food you eat or the water you drink, may be the source."

The "bandit" took a step back and said in disgust: "Is it a plague? Is it contagious?"

The military doctor rolled his eyes at him and said, "If you don't understand, don't talk nonsense.

What’s the plague in the cold weather?”

Zhao Bankuo asked: "Old J, what do you think of this matter?"

Old J was looking at the corpse in deep thought, as if he hadn't figured it out yet, so he didn't answer directly. He paused for a while and then slowly said: "I'm sorry, I only know about physics. I don't understand medical matters."

Wang Simao came up and suggested: "Captain, whether the Japanese die or not has nothing to do with us. These Japs may have been from that military camp and they all died here. As for how they died, we don't have to think about it."

Zhao Bankuo nodded silently, but he had a hunch in his heart that the death of the Japanese would not be that simple.

The next road, because the mountains were covered with thick snow, was only certain of the direction surveyed by Lao J. The snow on the road slowed down their march. After climbing for a long time, they only walked through a small hill.

Head, the top of the snowy mountain still looks far away.

As the altitude increased, the snow under my feet became hard and slippery, making it difficult to exert force on my feet. Later, I asked everyone to chop the soles of military boots rougher with knives, and the situation got a little better.

Following the direction pointed by Old J, everyone walked step by step until dusk, when they finally climbed to the middle of the snow-capped mountain. Zhao Bankuo accidentally looked back and saw that the woods under his feet were all a dark, withered yellow color.

I couldn't see the details, but compared with the white snow top, I suddenly felt a sense of loneliness.

After passing halfway up the mountain and going up, the mountains and roads became more and more complicated, and the snow slopes were covered with strange-looking rocks. The military doctor became nervous again, holding a knife all the way, and everyone moved forward cautiously.

Ice and snow that have been frozen for thousands of years go all the way down the huge rocks. Some are hanging in the air, some are wrapped together with other rocks, forming the shape of monsters, and some look a bit like mandrills at first glance.

Maybe it's because the stones here can absorb the temperature. The originally monotonous snow and ice are so vivid here. The white snow is wrapped in the black rough stones, and the bright ice is set against the variegated mountains, forming a strange scenery.

When it got dark, Zhao Bankuo felt that it was a little difficult to get out of the huge boulder area, so he asked everyone to stop and rest first, and then ordered the knife to explore to see if there was any place to rest. Although the ice and snow in this area were still there

It’s not much, but it feels so cold that even with a sleeping bag, I definitely can’t bear it.

The small knife quickly disappeared behind a mountain of rocks. Zhao Bankuo took a breath and sat down. The others relaxed and ate their dry food. Zhao Bankuo saw the guns they put on the ground and thought that although the American weapons were great,

, but he has never used it in such a cold environment, and he doesn’t know if the gun bolt and gun oil can withstand it.

After thinking about it, I took out the gun and checked it. I didn't find any problems, but I was still a little worried, so I walked aside and wanted to fire two shots to see the gun's ammunition supply function.

As soon as he walked to the side and raised the gun, before he pulled the trigger, a three-shot submachine gun suddenly rang out from the right side of the mountain, and the surrounding area immediately became a roar. Zhao Bankuo thought that someone else was testing the gun before him.

He turned around and cursed: "Who is so ignorant that he didn't see me here?"

As soon as he finished cursing, he felt something was wrong, because he saw all five guns lying on the ground, and none of the five people made any move to release a gun.

After being stunned for a moment, Zhao Bankuo immediately understood. He immediately shouted to find cover and ran towards the rocks on the side. As soon as he lay down, there was another burst of continuous submachine gun shooting diagonally above his head. This time he heard it very clearly.

It was clear that the gunshots were fired from the Thompson submachine guns they carried.

The other five people also quickly leaned behind a few boulders and looked up, but it seemed that they saw nothing because the boulders were pressing on top of them.

After the two bursts of gunfire, there was no movement for a while, and he didn't know if it was caused by a knife. Did something happen to him? Zhao Bankuo became anxious.

He couldn't help but signal his team members to cover him, and moved towards the location where the gunshot was fired.

On the right is the place where the knife disappeared just now. There are several large rocks. I moved over and looked at the hillside behind the rocks. I immediately saw the knife lying motionless on the high stone, with the muzzle pointing forward.

After saying hello, Zhao Bankuo also climbed over. As soon as he got close, he saw the muzzle of the knife pointed at a snow slope on the opposite side. In an instant, Zhao Bankuo also pointed the muzzle of his gun at it, but after waiting for a while, he didn't see it.

If there is any person or animal, I will ask strangely what is going on.

Xiao Daozi looked at the opposite side intently and whispered: "There are a few Japanese over there. They came down from the top and met me. I shot two shuttles first."

Only then did Zhao Bankuo understand, so he asked the three Japanese soldiers why they were so weak, but there was no counterattack.

Xiaodaozi explained: "Those people seemed to have no weapons and were all empty-handed."

While they were talking, other people also climbed up and established a line of defense around Xiaodaozi. When the "bandit" heard that there were Japs, he immediately set up his light machine gun, lay down and said: "Hurry up, why are you stopping? Don't give a damn.

You're welcome, just kill it." After saying that, he pulled the trigger, and the high-speed bullets shot out a snowflake on the opposite side in an instant. However, after the bullets swept over, there was still no movement on the snow slope, so Zhao Bankuo signaled Ruan Ling to use it.

Shouting in Japanese, he, Xiao Daozi and the "bandits" surrounded him.

The three people quickly gathered in front of the snow slope. Ruan Ling shouted without getting any response. Zhao Bankuo said in his heart that he could not wait any longer and shouted. The three men pointed their guns into the snow slope.

The knife was fired with a bang, and the expected scream did not appear. When they stretched their heads to look, they found that there was no one inside.

Xiaodaozi was stunned for a moment, then frowned and said, "Damn it, those three devils hid here just now, why are they gone?"

Of course Zhao Bankuo believed Xiaodaozi's words, but it was also true that there was no one here. He stood up and looked left and right, and found that going further to the left was a cliff, and to the right was a slope that was too slippery to stand on. After thinking about it, he

I climbed over the snow slope and looked down, and I immediately discovered that there was a protruding glacier more than ten meters deep, and there seemed to be three black spots there.

Zhao Bankuo took out his binoculars and looked at them, and determined that they were three figures lying down. They were motionless and looked like they were dead. He immediately called the "bandits" and others over, and took advantage of this opportunity to observe that the figures did not have anything on their hands.

Weapon, he couldn't help but feel a little strange, he had never seen such a little devil before.

The military doctor took the telescope and looked at it. He suddenly laughed and said, "Captain, it seems that those three short-lived ghosts fell to death, so there is no need to waste bullets."

Zhao Bankuo nodded, and the "bandit" here said: "They don't seem to have guns on them. Could they be deserters?"

Wang Simao shook his head and said: "We are all here, what can we do to escape? It seems to me that they haven't even brought any dry food with them. It doesn't look like they are trying to escape, but they don't look like they are out to stand guard either."

Zhao Bankuo also felt strange in his heart. This place should not be far from the plane. It was a pity that he finally encountered a living Japanese, but fell to death again. He waved his hand and ordered everyone to go down and take a look. The Japanese

There may be clues on him.

It is easy to go up the mountain but difficult to go down. To be on the safe side, they are going down a section of the mountain road first, and then walking up another hillside to reach the glacier more safely. The road is too slippery, and this downhill road is really fatal, almost

There was no place to step, so everyone was almost on their buttocks, piercing the dagger and rubbing it down little by little. Ruan Ling almost slipped and fell in the middle. It was only Zhao Bankuo who had tied a rope around her waist and kept pulling, so nothing serious happened.
Chapter completed!