The next morning, it was a ten-kilometer long run as usual.

Wang Ke ran back with the whole platoon, and it was just getting light. They were standing on the small stone bridge at the intersection leading to Longquanzhuang. Wang Ke pointed to the white poplar trees beside the bridge and said with a smile: "Is everyone still energetic? Who is there?

Can you climb up? Look at the old stork's nest up there."

"Platoon leader, let me give it a try." Niu Suozhu spat into the palm of his hand, jumped up with his feet, and climbed up. This kid had practiced martial arts for a few days before becoming a soldier, and he was relatively dexterous in the reconnaissance class.

But crawling, crawling, it was less than ten meters before I slipped down.

"Let me try." Xue Lin from the wireless class started to use the stupidest method in his hometown, twisting his legs and climbing up. But the tree was too thick and he couldn't climb up at all.

"I'll do it." Xiao Gao from the telephone class stood up. Although he was taller than Xue Lin, his body was more dexterous. He rotated his hands as if walking, moving left and right, and climbed up "squeezing".

Next, around the tree, four of the telephone class got up, two of the reconnaissance class got up, and none of the others could get up.

"Comrades, don't underestimate tree climbing. Everyone in our command platoon must be able to climb trees."

As soon as Wang Ke said the words, the whole platoon was stunned.

Gu Maolin said: "Platoon leader, you have been leading us to play for a long time. Isn't this part of the training?"

"Gu Maolin is right! Comrades, from now on, our training content will not only include the content in the lesson plans, but also include content that is not in these lesson plans. For example, breaking doors and locks, climbing trees and walls, riding horses to chop firewood... In a word,

We have too much to learn." Wang Ke looked serious, and the whole group was speechless.

"Let's go. After we come back from the long run, everyone will climb trees here. Those who can't climb must learn how to climb at least twice a day."

"Yes!" The command platoon returned to the station and got busy.

After breakfast, the company gathered to study military topography.

At the entrance of the village, Wang Ke took the remaining four men of the reconnaissance squad to meet up with the old platoon leader Hu Zhijun. Unexpectedly, deputy company commander Lu Zeran also followed wearing a belt, carrying a water bottle, and holding a tree stick.

"Hello, deputy company commander." Wang Ke raised his right hand and gave a military salute.

Deputy company commander Lu Zeran handed the tree stick to his left hand, and gave Wang Ke a military salute with his right hand, and then said: "Commander platoon commander, I will study with you today. It seems that the knowledge of actual combat training in the army is really great."

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"Platoon leader, let's go." Wang Ke asked the old platoon leader Hu Zhijun.

"Set off."

"Let's go." Wang Ke waved his hand back.

This time the reconnaissance team did not go through the grassy beach and the swamp, but directly bypassed the elephant's leg-like cliff from the left, and followed a path up the mountain from the junction of the cliff root and the unknown highland.

Today they want to explore all of this ridge covered with pitch pine, and at least try to figure out how the artillery company can penetrate from here while carrying equipment.

This ridge is about ten kilometers long, and the mountain has been covered tightly with pitch pine for hundreds of years.

Pinus tabulaeformis is also known as short-leaf pine and red bark pine. If it grows on the plains, the tree can reach a height of more than 20 meters. The bark is grey-brown and split into irregular scales. The old tree has a flat top and thick branches. But here

On this mountain, the pitch pine here can grow up to three to five meters long. Just like the pitch pine next to the imperial mausoleum, it spreads out in all directions in twists and turns.

This way of growing makes most of the pitch pines intertwined with each other. Climbing under the tree is too low, and stepping over the horizontal branches is too high. Squeezing between trees makes it impossible to walk.

I got stuck after just two steps.

When the command platoon passed through here that day, they suffered a lot. Along the ridge, they were sometimes climbing, sometimes jumping, sometimes their faces were scratched, and sometimes their clothes were torn.

When they reached the ridge, Hu Zhijun stopped. Even in broad daylight, let alone midnight, you would not be able to pass smoothly.

Note that although the thorny hairs of the pitch pine can sting your hands and face, they are not really like needles. People can still bear it. The key is that those tree trunks are twisted and twisted like beards.

The bow deceives the ape and the arm becomes weak in autumn; the sword weeps and the beard is frosty at dawn.

"Command the platoon commander, what should we do if we encounter this kind of terrain?" Before walking far, deputy company commander Lu Zeran and senior platoon leader Hu Zhijun stood down. Not to mention carrying equipment, they were just one tree after another.

Climbing from tree to tree, I can't walk fast even if I want to.

As we said before, these old pitch pine trees have flat tops and thick branches. They are spread out in all directions in twists and turns, and the trees are intertwined. Climbing under the trunk is too low, but you have to climb over the trunk.

, and too high.

"This is simply a natural barrier and barbed wire!" Gu Maolin shouted. He was particularly upset today. As soon as he went up the mountain, the clothes on his shoulders were scratched.

"Platoon commander, let's take a break?"

Wang Ke did not follow the words of deputy company commander Lu Zeran, but looked around, pointed to a relatively empty place, and said to the old platoon leader Hu Zhijun.

"Okay. Let's take a rest and let's discuss it. If we interrupt like this, we will definitely not be able to leave."

The four people in the reconnaissance squad, plus Wang Ke, the old platoon leader Hu Zhijun and the deputy company commander Lu Zeran came to the open space. Everyone sat on the ground. Although it was morning here and the sun had already risen high, on the top of the mountain, there was only

Seeing the sunlight shining through the tops of the treetops, this clearing looked eerie.

Although the tree is not very tall, it is still three to five meters high. It seems to have grown specifically to shield people.

"Damn it, I've never seen a tree like this before. It doesn't grow upwards, but grows sideways." Gu Maolin was still scolding. Just now, his clothes were scratched when he got under the trunk of the tree.

"Old problem, trees still grow upward, but just like you, when they reach a certain height, they don't want to grow anymore." Sweet potato Liang Xiaolong interjected. At this time, he deliberately wanted to tease Gu Maolin and started to call him his nickname.

Old problem" means veteran.

"Wherever they grow upward, they basically grow sideways." Gu Maolin was unconvinced and pointed at the trees.

The two were bickering here, and Wang Ke was thinking with his chin in his hand.

This kind of terrain is an extremely special terrain. If it is encountered on a future battlefield, it will be very difficult to climb over just a few kilometers of ridges without a few hours of crawling.

Frankly speaking, trees grow upward, and they all grow upward, but they don’t grow very high. In addition, the crown of the tree is larger, heavier, and droops down, which creates a special landform. Not only does it block the way forward,

, and also blocks the transparent space for observing the surroundings. If the troops really want to conduct interleaved training here, they must find a solution.

"Command the platoon commander, have you found any good solution?"

The old platoon leader Hu Zhijun came over and asked Wang Ke. When he saw Wang Ke holding his chin in his hand, he knew that Wang Ke was thinking of a solution.

Wang Ke didn't answer. He suddenly lowered his body and crawled down the mountain from the ridge. He jumped a few times and came to a place seven or eight meters below, where he stood on the hillside and watched.

At this time, it was difficult for everyone to see Wang Ke. They could just barely see a figure through the cracks in the trees. The old platoon leader Hu Zhijun followed him over.

"What did you find? Command the platoon commander."

"Old platoon leader, look at these trees." Wang Ke pointed at the trees and said to the old platoon leader Hu Zhijun.

These pitch pines grow on the hillside and are still growing tenaciously upward. They are just taller than the trees on the ridge. However, due to the slope, the crowns on the upslope side are piled on the slope, while those on the downslope direction

, the tree crown also hangs low, covering the tree crown below, forming waves upon waves.

After looking at it, the old platoon leader Hu Zhijun also discovered the clue. "Command the platoon leader, you mean..."

"Yes, it's easier to get around on this half-hill than on the ridge. Especially on the downhill side of the trees, the space is much larger, at least two meters high."

“What if we walk from the superposition of tree crowns?”

"No, that would be too slippery." Wang Ke immediately rejected Hu Zhijun's suggestion. Why is it called pitch pine? Those needle-like pine tree hairs, if you step on them, it will be like stepping on watermelon rind, which is very slippery.

The old and new command platoon leaders discussed it there, drilled a few more trees on site, and finally decided on the insertion plan.

"Platoon commander, do you want to talk to all the comrades in the artillery platoon about this?"

"No need. They have to find the correct answer by themselves, and we just set up difficulties." The old platoon leader Hu Zhijun replied, and then walked up with a smile on his face.

"Lao Hu, how are you? Have you found a solution?" Lu Zeran, the deputy company commander, immediately got up from the ground when he saw the two people coming up. This journey was indeed not easy.

"We have found a way, but we need to set up a training subject at this place so that the artillery squad can learn to locate fixed points." After the old platoon leader Hu Zhijun finished speaking, Niu Suozhu immediately took out the map and marked the location.

"Wait a minute, how did your reconnaissance squad find this location?" Deputy Company Commander Lu Zeran was curious, because on this ridge, surrounded by pine trees that blocked the sky and the sun, nothing could be seen and could only be barely seen.

Is the position of the sky above your head determined based on the clouds in the sky?

"Deputy company commander, there is so much knowledge here. It's so simple to derive another unknown coordinate based on two known coordinates." Since he is training outside, Niu Suozhu doesn't have so many rules.

"What are the two known coordinates?" Deputy company commander Lu Zeran looked around and saw that in addition to the crown of the pine tree, there were only the branches of the pine tree.

"One is the eagle's beak, and the other is the elephant's leg we just touched." Niu Suozhu pointed in two directions. Deputy company commander Lu Zeran looked up and realized that he had been fooled.

"Nonsense! Do you have clairvoyance? Where is the eagle's beak? Where are the elephant's legs?"

"Report to the deputy company commander, the elephant's leg is in our one o'clock direction, and the eagle's beak is in our eleven o'clock direction. And we are now about 860 meters away from the elephant's leg. Considering the terrain, this place is definitely right.

." When Niu Suozhu saw that Lu Zeran was serious, he didn't dare to joke anymore, and immediately tightened his chest and said.

"Just go ahead, Niu Suozhu, how do you know we are 860 meters away from the center point of the elephant's leg?"

"Lao Lu, what Niu Suozhu said is right, it should be about 850 meters. We just walked all the way and we all memorized the steps." The old platoon leader Hu Zhijun stretched his head to see Niu Suozhu's position and said to the deputy company with satisfaction.

Changlu Zeran said.

"Have you all memorized your steps?"

"Yes!" The five soldiers in the reconnaissance squad answered as they stood at attention.

"I am eight hundred and seventy meters." Digua Liang Xiaolong pointed at his position, which was almost the same as Niu Suozhu.

"Gu Maolin, where's yours?" Deputy Company Commander Lu Zeran still didn't believe it. He looked at Gu Maolin's and it was almost a pinhole away.

"Deputy company commander, in future wars, the soldiers of our reconnaissance squad must not turn around at any time. They must remember the path they have taken. Come on, deputy company commander, you can go up that tree and you will definitely be able to go in that direction.
Chapter completed!