Chapter 438 The Secret in the Mountain
Xiao Lei took out the rope from his bag and tied it to the pine tree. Just as he was about to be the first to climb up, the "Monkey Eagle" screamed several times. Old Man Ouyang quickly said: "The 'Monkey Eagle' wants to be the first one." Go in, it's afraid there's danger inside,"
Before we could say anything, the "Monkey Eagle" fluttered its wings and flew in. This moved us all. It was such a loving and righteous bird.
We followed closely behind and climbed into the cave along the rope. The initial part of the cave entrance was narrow and could only accommodate one person. But after climbing more than ten meters in, the space in the cave suddenly became larger. After standing up, our heads could not even touch the roof of the cave. We felt extremely relieved that the "Monkey Eagle" was in front of us to clear the way for us.
Crazy Six told everyone that the Japanese and the blind man Gao may not have expected that we could find the exit so quickly. Moreover, we now have the "Monkey Eagle" Yang Qi protection, and its effect will not be worse than the human-faced bug. The blind man Gao's It is difficult for mind reading to work, and the blind man's meridians are at their weakest, and all his super abilities will be greatly weakened. Therefore, the faster it is, the better it is for us.
What makes us even more happy is that this cave only has one tunnel, not even a fork in the road, so we can just walk forward.
And this kind of cave is very familiar to us when we walk, because it is similar to the cave in the cliff, which is spiral-shaped. Although the cave is very dark, the ventilation is pretty good. Walking inside, there is a cool breeze. And there is no fishy smell like Amphibian Man.
Everyone held flashlights and walked up the spiral cave. Although they didn't know how long it would take to get out, their hearts were still full of hope. They felt that as long as they kept going up, they would definitely be able to get out.
But after walking for about forty minutes, the cave suddenly changed. It no longer spiraled upward, but became level. I didn’t expect that there were such horizontal caves in this big mountain, and even the ground changed. It had to be smoothed out, and not only that, the tunnel was actually straight without a single bend.
Seeing such a tunnel, all of us were shocked. It was definitely not formed naturally, but was built artificially. But who could have the ability to build such a large-scale tunnel in the mountain? The work** is incredibly big.
Walking in this flat and straight cave, we have the illusion that we are walking through a long artificial tunnel, and at the end of the tunnel, there may be bright sunshine.
But what we didn't expect was that this straight tunnel was so long. After walking for about half an hour, we still couldn't see the end when we used a flashlight to shine.
Where on earth is this going to lead, my God, it's so hard to imagine.
As we continued walking forward, a bend suddenly appeared in this straight cave, and this bend was a standard ninety degree. Could this be an abandoned military project or the tomb passage of an ancient emperor?
However, we didn't bother to discuss this before we walked out. We all knew that in this dark and mysterious cave, various dangers could appear at any time.
After turning the corner, the oncoming wind suddenly became much stronger. From the wind, we seemed to be able to smell the breath outside, which made us excited. Everyone knew that we were almost at the exit.
Sure enough, after turning two more 90-degree turns, a cave appeared in front of us. Everyone put away all the flashlights in their hands and shined their light on the cave entrance. I was about to shout and rush out, but Xiao Lei grabbed me. Said: "Slow down, look carefully at the entrance of the cave,"
After Xiao Lei stopped me, I took a closer look and found that there seemed to be something wrong with the hole, although I couldn't tell what was wrong at the moment.
When we walked slowly over, we discovered that the entrance of the cave was actually on the cliff. Could it be that there was an abyss beneath the entrance of the cave?
Because it was a cloudy day, not a single star could be seen in the sky. The night outside was so dark that it felt a bit depressing, and it was impossible to see the surrounding environment.
We used the flashlight to shine outside, trying to see what was around us through the light of the flashlight, but the light of the flashlight was as weak as an oil lamp in the vast mountains. Apart from the vague cliffs in the distance, there was nothing else. Can't see clearly either.
"It seems that we can only spend the night at the entrance of the cave and wait until daybreak." Crazy Six took a long breath and said. We looked at our watches and saw that it was just past nine o'clock at night, but Crazy Six was right. Now it is really It was so dark that I could hardly see anything outside, so I had to wait until daybreak.
When everyone stopped, they immediately extinguished all the flashlights. However, the cave made people feel safe. Four or five meters in front was a 90-degree corner. From the corner to the entrance of the cave, it was like a small of the cave, and the "Monkey Eagle" was standing at that corner, and the ground in the cave was really smooth. When I walked in the cave, I looked at the ground specifically and found that it was all polished and smooth. slate.
Xiao Lei took out his sleeping bag and spread it on the ground. Everyone sat on it. Although he couldn't completely get out, he could smell the fresh air outside because he was very close to the entrance of the cave. There were also gusts of cool breeze from time to time. The outside breeze comes in, which makes us feel a lot more at ease.
At this time, there was dull thunder from time to time, and it seemed like it was going to rain outside.
"This cave should be a military facility," Xiao Lei said slowly after sitting down and taking a deep breath.
"Oh, how did you determine it?" When Crazy Six asked, there was no surprise in his tone. He seemed to have thought of this.
"Such a large-scale project would not have been completely impossible in ancient times, but it would have required at least hundreds of thousands of people and decades of hard work to complete it. The project volume ratio should be about the same as building a Qin Shihuang Mausoleum. Although I am not very good at studying history, as far as I know, no emperor in our area should have built a mausoleum here, and the vassal kings in this area did not have such financial and material resources. Judging from this point alone, it is It cannot be built in ancient times.
In addition, when digging tunnels in mountains in ancient times, because there was no explosives, the "burning and pouring method" was usually used, that is, first burning the stones with fire, and then pouring cold water on them, so that the stones would peel off and become brittle. It is very easy to dig, but in this way, there will be a special mark on the surface of the cave wall. I took a careful look at the four walls of the cave. There is no such mark at all, but more like a modern It was drilled by a drilling machine, so this cannot be an ancient tomb, but is probably a modern military facility.
Although it is very difficult and expensive to build military facilities in the mountains, it is of great strategic significance. In war, such fortifications are extremely powerful and are the strongest military fortresses. However, this military facility seems to It was abandoned,"
This is related to Xiao Lei's profession, so he speaks clearly and logically.
"Xiao Lei is right, it is abandoned. It should have been built by the Japanese, and it was built during the war decades ago,"
Crazy Six sighed and said, although his expression cannot be seen in the dark, it must be very sad. Every time he talks about that war, he always has that expression. We can all understand it, because that was the final battle. He had personally experienced the tragic war, but Crazy Six's conclusion still surprised everyone, because no one could have imagined that there would be such a huge military structure built by the Japanese in this mountain. base.
In the darkness, Crazy Six continued: "When fighting the Japanese army in this area, the Chinese troops suffered extremely heavy casualties. The Japanese soldiers stationed here at that time really made us feel elusive. For example, you see that he did not have many troops, and then Come over and fight him, but he can suddenly "conjure" a lot of troops, and the firepower is even more intense.
After I took over the intelligence work of this generation, I vaguely felt that the reason why our intelligence was always inaccurate was because there might be a Japanese secret base here, so Japan's military strength could fluctuate in numbers and numbers. Generally speaking, It is said that although the Japanese are very powerful in combat, they are not good at fighting guerrilla warfare, especially in this big mountain.
But even our troops who are best at guerrilla warfare have suffered heavy losses from these Japanese troops. The reason why the Japanese here are so difficult to fight is because they have secret bases to support them. My superiors are very supportive of my conjecture, so I I also began to search for secret bases like the Japanese army, but I never found them. In the process of searching, I was caught by Inoue and almost died. Fortunately, I was lucky, so it was a blessing in disguise.
Decades ago, I risked my life to look for it but couldn't find it. But what I didn't expect is that today I accidentally found it. Oh, what a trick of fate. If we could have found this cave back then, how many lives would have been spared. ,"
Crazy Six’s words also made us sigh with emotion.
If it were a military facility, the space here should be very large, and it should not just be this straight tunnel.
Xiao Lei further analyzed that when the Japanese built this fortification, they should have based it on natural caves. For example, the cave we walked up from the well-shaped canyon looked like it was naturally formed because there were no traces of man-made artifacts at all.
It started to rain outside, but it didn't seem to be heavy. It was rustling, like a lullaby. After walking for such a long time, when the spirit relaxed, everyone felt exhausted. Among the men, Xiaolei and I were the most tired. Young, so we discussed it and decided that we would take turns on duty, while the others could go to bed immediately.
I was on duty in the middle of the night. In order to prevent myself from falling asleep, I deliberately stood up and guarded the corner with the "Monkey Eagle". With the "Monkey Eagle" around, I felt much more at ease.
Ten o'clock, eleven o'clock, very soon, in the darkness, I could hear everyone snoring slightly. At this time, my eyelids were shaking and my whole body was even more tired.
In order to relieve my sleepiness, I had to walk back and forth, but I was afraid of making any noise and disturbing everyone's sleep, so I walked a few steps outside the corner, and then walked back. Just like that, I was walking back and forth at a distance of four or five meters. , and in the dark, the "Monkey Eagle" also followed me around, never leaving my side.
I touched the "Monkey Eagle" poop on my body. Madman Six specially asked me to carry it with me. With this kind of poop, I can avoid being smelled by that "ninja fragrance".
Suddenly, somehow, in the darkness, the "Monkey Eagle" flew onto my shoulder and called softly twice in my ear. Although I couldn't understand its words, I could vaguely distinguish it.
Chapter completed!