This is a bare island with a radius of about one kilometer. There is only sparse vegetation on the island, the rocks are blue-black, and there are seaweed and the dried corpses of various small creatures everywhere.
Countless seabirds feed here, and a thick layer of guano accumulates on the beach. Apart from seabirds, there are almost no other species. This is a paradise for seabirds.
After landing on the island in a lifeboat, the people on Yan Fenghuo's side and the American soldiers on Hong Scar's side were clearly separated, more than 20 meters apart.
This distance cannot achieve a one-hit kill, and it is absolutely safe. Although the opponent can be killed with a gun, both sides only have one gun, and no one is sure to kill all of the opponent at the first time. Yan Fenghuo did not dare to move, firstly because of his body
, the second reason is because the opponents are all U.S. Navy soldiers who have received formal training; Hong Scar wants to kill, but he is taboo about the person hidden among Yan Fenghuo's group, which makes him feel that it is quite difficult to kill him.
If you don't kill, I'm afraid it will become more difficult to deal with next; if you kill, will you really get what you want?
The two groups simply adopted a tacit agreement to stay away from each other. As for the two rifles, they aimed at each other at all times. If there was any abnormal movement, they would shoot immediately.
"Jack, are you sure you can kill the opponent's shooter with one shot?" Red Scar asked in a low voice as he walked forward.
The American soldier holding the gun shook his head and said: "It can't be done. The Chinese has always blocked the shooter's fatal part, and the terrain here is relatively flat. Once the precise shot fails, we will inevitably suffer casualties. The distance is too short, even if it is the first
People who use guns for the first time can put us in harm's way in panic."
Hong Scar nodded and stopped talking, using the corner of his eyes to glance at Yan Fenghuo's group who were walking side by side with him. He found that Yan Fenghuo's actions were exactly what his soldiers said, and he always covered the shooter without leaving a trace.
As for not being able to get them to take the first hit.
Yan Fenghuo was also extremely vigilant. The mixed-race woman and the Southeast Asian woman supported the injured Chinese woman. Karl held the rifle and Smith followed closely behind, showing great vigilance.
"Slow down our speed and try to fall behind them." Yan Fenghuo warned, slowing down his already slow pace.
"Senior, why don't we kill them directly?" Karl said in a low voice.
"That is seeking death." Yan Fenghuo squinted his eyes and said: "Karl, we are in danger now. If we are not careful, we will be killed by them. So we must not take it lightly. The best thing is to stay alive."
Karl nodded desperately, deeply agreeing. His years of drug trafficking career made him deeply understand a truth: if you keep green hills, you don't have to worry about running out of firewood.
As Yan Fenghuo and the six others slowed down, the speed of the people on Hong Scar's side also began to slow down, and they were always in a relatively parallel state. No one wanted to walk in front of the other, and no one wanted to expose their backs to the other.
With the slow progress, they quickly moved forward for several hundred meters. The two sides stood still and looked at each other.
"Yan Fenghuo, this island is not big. How about we use this center line as the boundary. You are in the east and we are in the west?" Hong Scar suggested.
The radius of the island is only about one kilometer and its diameter is only two kilometers, and it is not a regular circular island. It can be said that you can light a cigarette and walk around the island, even if you are at the other end of the island.
It can also be seen from a distance.
This suggestion was very good. It would at least temporarily relieve a certain degree of crisis, so Yan Fenghuo readily agreed.
"Yes, but there is one thing," Yan Fenghuo asked: "How long can we have peace? One hour? Two hours? Or one day? Two days?"
This is the key to the problem. Since both sides want to make peace, then this time is critical. Just like international wars, after a ceasefire line is drawn, no war will be launched for a period of time, and each other will live peacefully.
It lasted for a while, until one party took the lead in attacking.
This kind of thing can only rely on oral agreement, and any written agreement has no restraining effect. In fact, the so-called contracts in modern society are useless. If there are no constraints of human cooperation factors, any written contract is useless.
A piece of waste paper.
To put it simply, the extent to which a relationship can be maintained is not a piece of paper with legal effect, but a person. The law only plays the role of supervision and coordination at a certain level.
Just because a man and woman have received a marriage certificate does not mean that they cannot cheat, and signing a labor contract does not mean that they will not be owed wages.
"How about this? Let's give each other three days to take a good rest. What do you think?" Hong Scar said with a smile.
"No problem, please." Yan Fenghuo made a gesture of invitation and motioned Hong Scar to walk towards their west side.
"OK."
The seven people on Hongscar's side walked cautiously towards the west. The last soldier was always on guard with his gun. It wasn't until they walked more than a kilometer into a rocky place and hunkered down that Yan Fenghuo led the group towards the east.
Walk away.
The two each occupy an east and west corner, hiding behind rocks to avoid each other.
Three days is just a verbal agreement, and no one knows who will unilaterally break the verbal agreement within three days.
Many unexpected situations will occur in three days, maybe a fishing boat will appear in the surrounding waters, maybe the weather will change suddenly... In short, as long as unexpected situations occur, the temporary verbal agreement between the two parties will change.
The most important thing is that the seven people with red scars are all soldiers and have received professional training. They recover very quickly, and it only takes a day to recover. When they fully recover, people like Yan Fenghuo will only be at the mercy of others.
Coming to the back of a tall rock, Yan Fenghuo sat down and breathed heavily. He was very tired and just wanted to have a good sleep.
"Thank you." The mixed-race woman thanked Yan Fenghuo.
"Thank me for what?" Yan Fenghuo shook his head weakly.
"You saved all of us. If it weren't for you, we would have died long ago."
"Saving you is equivalent to saving me. There is nothing to be grateful for." Yan Fenghuo glanced ahead with red eyes, pointed to a depression and said to Smith: "Smith, there is fresh water there, go and get some fresh water."
return."
Upon hearing this word, Smith's spirits perked up, he stuck out his tongue and licked his dry lips, then turned and ran towards the depression made of rocks.
"Senior, how are you so sure there is fresh water there?" Karl asked strangely.
"It's very simple. This island was created by a volcanic eruption, and it took a very short time to form. Just look at the corpses of marine life in the cracks in the rocks around us, as well as the countless seabirds." Yan Fenghuo took a breath and continued.
Said: "Usually the points where volcanoes erupt will form various pits, and these places will store fresh water."
The tired Yan Fenghuo didn't want to explain too much. He needed to rest now.
"Ha, it's really fresh water, it's really fresh water! My God, you are so amazing!" Smith ran over happily holding the kettle, with admiration in his eyes.
Yan Fenghuo took the kettle, sprinkled some water purifier into it, waited for a few minutes, drank most of it in one breath, and then lay comfortably on the rock. When his thirsty and burning body was moistened by the water, his whole body
They all gave rise to an indescribable sense of beauty.
But what followed was sleepiness, extremely sleepiness.
After a simple treatment on the thrusting warship, he was almost tortured to death. If danger hadn't always surrounded him, Yan Fenghuo would have fallen asleep long ago.
The seriously injured Chinese woman had fallen asleep in the arms of the Southeast Asian woman. The successive pains were simply not something that a woman could bear.
"Fever-reducing medicine, anti-inflammatory medicine." The mixed-race woman handed Yan Fenghuo a few pills.
This was found from the first aid kit of a US soldier. Although it was very small, it was enough.
After taking the medicine, Yan Fenghuo struggled to get up with Karl's help and took a look around the surrounding terrain, and he suddenly knew something.
"Karl, it's noon, I have to rest now, so everything depends on you."
"Senior, don't worry. As long as I, Zheng Sanpao, am here, I guarantee there will be no problems!"
Karl had no doubts about Yan Fenghuo's request, because the other party had already conquered him both behaviorally and mentally. Of course, saving his life was the dominant factor.
Yan Fenghuo patted Karl on the shoulder, pointed to a position and said: "Get there, that position is enough for you to observe everything on the other side, and pay more attention to the surrounding beaches. Wake me up when the sun sets, and I will take over for you."
"Senior, just sleep peacefully!" Karl patted his rifle and said, "It's a matter of life and death. I cherish my little life very much, hehe."
"Don't laugh!" Yan Fenghuo glared at Karl and warned again: "Remember, you must wake me up at sunset, otherwise I can't guarantee that we can survive until the sun rises tomorrow."
This is not alarmist talk, but the core of the crisis at this stage: fresh water!
Landing on this island, Yan Fenghuo saw at first glance that it was a young island, and it was formed by the eruption of a submarine volcano. There is not much vegetation on the island, and the only places where fresh water can exist are the eruption points of submarine volcanoes.
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After a volcano erupts, it will fall into temporary silence. Eventually, under the water of long years of rain, a lake will be formed at the eruption point. The most famous Changbai Mountain Tianchi is an extinct volcano crater.
So as soon as he landed on the island, Yan Fenghuo judged where the volcanic eruption mouth was based on the terrain, and then asked Hong Scar and his party to go west without leaving any trace, and they occupied the area with fresh water in the east.
Although we cannot guarantee whether there will be fresh water in the west, we can guarantee that there will be fresh water in the east.
In addition, there is another point: there are more seabirds on the east side of the island and fewer seabirds on the west side, which is enough to prove the tendency of freshwater distribution.
Their crisis may turn into a battle for fresh water. The three-day agreement is just a verbal agreement. When it comes to the fundamental issues, the verbal agreement between each other is even more unreliable.
"Yes, I will wake you up before sunset!" Karl drank the remaining half of the bottle of fresh water in one breath, and walked towards the designated rock with his rifle in his arms.
After Carl left, Yan Fenghuo set his sights on Smith.
"Hey, my God, do you have any work for me?" Smith asked with a shrug.
"Of course," Yan Fenghuo nodded and said, "I need you to go to that place and keep a lookout to make sure that the other party won't come over in the afternoon and ensure that I have a good sleep."
"No problem, my life depends entirely on you, my God." Smith grinned, turned around and walked towards the place designated for him by Yan Fenghuo.
The two men left, and Yan Fenghuo's eyes swept over the faces of the three women one by one.
A mixed-race woman, named Mary, is a Filipino. She was a nurse in a hospital. She was kidnapped after drinking. When she woke up, she found herself locked in a dark cabin, filled with people like her.
Pretty much the same girl.
Southeast Asian women are very timid and seem to not speak or understand English at all. They didn’t speak to anyone along the way, but just shrank next to the Chinese woman with frightened eyes.
As for Chinese women, Yan Fenghuo also gave a brief understanding.
The Chinese woman's name is Boya, who is from Guangxi. She has been working at Foxconn, and her mother is seriously ill. I heard that one year of smuggling to the United States and working in a restaurant is equivalent to three to five years of working on her own. She was in urgent need of money and chose to smuggle herself. But she hasn't gone all the way yet.
This kind of thing happened in the golden United States. If it weren't for Yan Fenghuo, he would have been buried in the belly of the fish.
None of the three women looked like the man on the fishing boat, but Yan Fenghuo had a feeling: that man was among the three of them!