Two kilometers ahead is a large mountain about a thousand meters high. The mountains stretch and form a sheltered mountain col at the foot of the mountain. The mountain col is covered in white and covered with large trees hanging with transparent ice hangings. The entire search and rescue team is surrounded by
The white and transparent world of ice and snow.
It was quiet nearby, with only the occasional mountain breeze bringing patches of snow and mist flying in the air.
Li Dong led the five soldiers to walk forward arduously in the waist-deep snow. When they arrived at the foot of the mountain and searched carefully for a while, Li Dong suddenly pointed at the mountain wall tens of meters high and turned to Captain Wan.
They were shouting something.
Captain Wan waved his hand and ordered the soldiers around him to move closer to Li Dong at the foot of the mountain. As he walked, he used a telescope to observe the mountain wall and found a dark cave where Li Dong was pointing.
Company Commander Wan and others came to the foot of the mountain. At this time, Li Dong had climbed to the entrance of the cave with 5 soldiers. Li Dong turned around and shouted below, "Company Commander, there is a big cave here. It's dark inside. Come up more."
Bring some torches, there is a big platform at the entrance of the cave, you all can come up."
Company Commander Wan quickly asked the soldiers to cut some dry pine branches from the surrounding areas and tie them into many torches, and led the soldiers to climb up to the entrance of the cave. When he came to the entrance of the cave, he stretched his head to look into the cave, but he couldn't see anything inside because it was dark.
, he took out a match and lit a torch.
After the torch made of dry pine branches was lit, it suddenly burst into flames with pine oil. Captain Wan swung the torch toward the cave. The torch flew with a bright fire ball in the cave for a while and then landed to the ground.
Roll forward, and with the rolling firelight, you can vaguely see a winding downward slope inside the cave. It's so dark inside that you can't see how long the cave is.
Company Commander Wan turned sideways to Deputy Company Commander Lu Mingjun and said, "I'll lead people in, and you lead a squad to guard the entrance of the cave." He took out a pistol from his waist, lit a torch, and started to drill into the hole.
Lu Mingjun grabbed him and said, "You're outside, I'll go in." After saying that, he grabbed the torch and led the people inside.
It had just been liberated at that time, and the communication equipment of the troops was very backward. Company Commander Wan and others only brought a radio station to communicate with the outside world, and did not have individual communication equipment.
Company Commander Wan waited outside for a long time but did not hear the sound inside. He felt a little anxious and said to the soldiers around him: "You continue to be vigilant. I will go in and take a look." He pulled out his pistol, lit a torch and walked in.
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Company Commander Wan walked along the cave and suddenly heard the sound of "tick-tock, tick-tock" water dripping, and the slight sound of running water in the distance. The further we walked into the cave, the warmer it became, and outside the cave was the freezing cold winter.
, and the inside of the cave seems to have entered a warm spring.
As the winding cave deepens, a huge square in the cave suddenly appears in front. On the top of the cave, stalagmites of ivory color hang straight down from the top of the cave twenty to thirty meters high; while at the bottom of the cave, bamboo shoots spring up one after another.
Stone-like pillars rose from the ground again, leaving ripples like white waves on the spacious stone wall. Streams of water flowed down the stone wall, leaving winding and tortuous traces on the hard bottom of the cave.
The cave is full of stalagmites and stone pillars, which are constantly flashing pink reflected light under the illumination of Wanlian Chang's torch.
Company Commander Wan looked at the strange scene in front of him in surprise. He didn't understand how these bell rut caves, which are common in the south, suddenly appeared in the ice-covered northeastern region. And Lu Mingjun and the others had been in there for so long, how could they suddenly disappear?
sound?
Years of combat experience made Captain Wan instinctively feel some kind of danger. He gently loaded the bullet and slowly moved forward a few hundred meters in the hall. The wide cave suddenly narrowed, and the bell in the hall suddenly narrowed.
Suddenly, a narrow passage appeared at the end, through which only one person could barely pass.
As soon as he lowered his head and got into the passage, a burst of violent gunshots suddenly came from the originally silent passage. Following the gunshots, there was a cry of exclamation. Then he heard a burst of fast and chaotic footsteps. Captain Wan quickly turned his body
He clung to the cave wall and pointed his gun forward. After a while, a black figure quickly ran from the small hole, shooting behind him as he ran.
Company Commander Wan raised his pistol and pointed it at the black figure in front of him, shouting loudly, "Which one? I, Lu Mingjun, retreat quickly!"
Company Commander Wan quickly retreated after hearing the sound. As soon as he exited the narrow passage, he reached out and grabbed Lu Mingjun's left hand, who was retreating sideways. He wanted to pull him out quickly, when he heard Lu Mingjun suddenly yelled and pushed Wan with his left hand.
The company commander pushed him to the side of the stone wall, and then there was a violent explosion.
Following the explosion, the narrow passage suddenly collapsed, sealing it tightly. Company Commander Wan finally pulled Lu Mingjun's left hand hard, but only pulled the watch off his wrist.
"Lao Lu", Captain Wan ignored the swaying cave and falling stone pillars and ran to the passage to desperately move the collapsed stones. Soldiers on alert outside also ran into the cave one after another and tried desperately to move the stones to open the passage.
But the huge rocks had sealed the passage tightly. Company Commander Wan, who had been moving for several hours, looked at the blood on the hands of the soldiers, then looked at the sealed passage, shook his head helplessly with tears in his eyes, and ordered
All soldiers evacuated the cave.
What exactly happened in the cave, and why Lu Mingjun would rather die than blow up and seal the passage, have become an eternal mystery in the heart of Captain Wan.
During the evacuation, Captain Wan sent a report to the regiment to report what had happened. The regiment asked their superiors for instructions and ordered them to withdraw immediately. After returning that night, Captain Wan suddenly developed a high fever for no apparent reason, and his body was suddenly covered with
I had blisters of all sizes and had a high fever that wouldn't go away for a week.
The doctors at the division hospital tried every method to reduce the fever, but to no avail. The hospital had no choice but to notify the regiment of a critical illness. Unexpectedly, a week later, his high fever suddenly subsided. The doctors looked at this strange
He was amazed at all the cases, and always thought that he might have lost many comrades and had a body reaction caused by excessive grief.
Afterwards, the division ordered Captain Wan to lead a company to the site of the accident to excavate. However, the collapse of the cave caused by the explosion had completely sealed the passage. Without large mechanized tools, it was impossible to excavate. In desperation, we had to
give up.
This matter has become an eternal mystery in Dean Wan's heart. For decades, every time in the dead of night, he often silently took out the only relic left by Lu Mingjun - this watch, and thought about when Lu Mingjun pushed him out.
scene.
After listening to Dean Wan's memories, Wan Lin looked at the watch on the desk carefully. He slowly stretched out his hand to take the watch. Xiaohua, who was squatting on the desk, suddenly stretched out her right paw to stop his hand and stared at it.
Looking at Wan Lin, he shook his head vigorously, seeming to warn Wan Lin not to touch the watch.