It's late at night. It's already late at night, and it's not long before dawn. There are constant shrill sounds of wind and howling wolves in the distance. But close by, on the shore of this lake surrounded by mountains, there is a shelter from the wind.
A great place. The snowflakes here are still falling quietly, and the snow on the ground is already up to your ankles.
On the pebble beach by the lake, a bonfire was burning brightly, with flames more than one meter high jumping, pine trees crackling, and countless sparks constantly flying into the sky. There were two tents, one large and one small, beside the bonfire. In the big tent
Several people were snoring loudly. The small tent was far away from the big tent, so no sound could be heard from here.
A guard hugged his gun and sat guarding by the campfire, dozing off little by little. Suddenly, the pine wood exploded loudly in the campfire, which startled him. He grabbed the gun and looked around, feeling somewhat sober.
. He looked at his pocket watch in the light of the fire. It was already past three o'clock at night. He would be able to change his shift in half an hour.
He lost his sleepiness and looked up at the stars to pass the time. There was a sky full of stars above his head. The starry sky here was as clear as the pictures in the textbook, and almost every one of them could be seen clearly. Almost all the famous constellations in the northern hemisphere were visible.
He was able to find them one by one. He successfully found the Ursa Major and the Big Dipper.
The constant howls of wolves coming from all directions, as well as the increasingly lower temperature, made him shiver a little. The guard picked up the wooden stick and turned the bonfire a few times, letting the flames below rise up. Then, he started again
He picked up the pine branches next to him and threw a few in. There was a crackling sound and the flames became much brighter. He got close to the bonfire and rubbed his hands to keep warm.
At this time, he suddenly remembered that he had not seen the dog for a long time. Not only for a long time, but also since he was called up to change his shift an hour and a half ago, he had not seen the dog again. Where did it go? There are wolves around here.
The howling is constant, and sometimes unknown animals pass by in the forest, which is very creepy. Not only are there wolves, but there are also bears. If a bear plans to attack you, at least a dog by your side can help you in advance.
Sound the alarm!
The guard couldn't sit still anymore and stood up with a submachine gun, planning to walk around the area to look for the dog. In the middle of the night, the wolf dog wandered into the woods, maybe trying to get some snacks for itself.
"Chirp, chirp, chirp... prosperous wealth..." The guard held a gun and tiptoed around the camp, calling in a low voice, "Chirp, chirp, chirp... prosperous wealth, prosperous wealth... chirp, chirp, chirp..."
He didn't dare to go too far away from the camp. The dark and gloomy woods were really scary. But he didn't dare to get too close to the camp for fear of waking others up. Suddenly, he stepped on something soft under his feet, which startled him. He
He quickly took a step back and looked down, but he couldn't see anything. It was too dark in the forest, the starlight couldn't come in, and the firelight in the distance could only come in a little. He slowly squatted down, took off his gloves, and touched with his hands.
, and found it to be a ball of furry stuff.
The guard felt a sense of fear in his heart - he basically understood what it was. He immediately looked around nervously, holding the trigger of the submachine gun with one hand, and slowly continued touching with the other hand, and soon touched the dog's legs, tail, and head.
There are also two pointed ears. Isn’t this their wolfdog?
The dog had no body temperature at all and was already stiff. On the wolf-dog's neck, he touched a deep wound and the blood had completely coagulated.
The wound was long and neat. It was not an animal bite, it was a knife wound!
The guard's heart was beating wildly. He held his submachine gun with both hands, held his breath, and slowly moved towards the camp. At this time——
Suddenly, there was a gust of wind, and two big hands twisted on his head and turned violently. He only heard a "click" on his neck, and then his chest felt cold, and a dagger was inserted into his chest.
The man held his back and slowly lowered him to the ground without making a sound. Then, he reached for the submachine gun in his hand.
However, perhaps because the neck-twisting technique was not perfect, the guard still had some consciousness left. He used the last bit of strength in his body to pull the trigger in his hand.
"Da da da da..."
An orange flash flashed in the night, and a crisp explosion resounded throughout the lakeside, echoing among the mountains for a long time.
…
The camp was blown up over the bonfire. Several people got out of the tent yelling, and there was a loud "clatter" of gun bolts. But immediately two tracer bullets flew out from the forest, and hit the tent with "clack-clack".
Go up. The few guards who had just emerged were immediately bloody and fell to the ground screaming. At the same time, there was a burst of Russian shouting around the forest:
"Ceasefire! Ceasefire! Capture the bandit leader alive!"
"Comrades, charge!"
"Ula——!!!"
The two or three people who survived in the big tent crawled out, crawled a few meters away, and climbed behind a big tree. Then they immediately got up and ran towards the small tent.
In the small tent, Xiang Xiaoqiang was sleeping in his sleeping bag with his arms around Fourteen Gege. Suddenly they heard gunshots. Both of them reacted surprisingly quickly. Without saying a word, they quickly got out of the sleeping bag and grabbed their clothes.
With their shoes on, they ducked out of the tent and ran hand in hand towards the depths of the jungle.
Seeing a pair of naked men and women rushing out of the small tent, the Russians behind them shouted:
"Catch them alive!"
"The bandit leader has escaped, catch them!"
"Catch them alive!"
The sounds of footsteps, shouts, rifles, machine guns, and the sound of resistance from the Ming army's submachine guns behind them intertwined into a terrifying chorus.
The two of them supported each other, panting heavily, and drilled directionlessly in the dense pine forest. Their bare feet had already been pricked painfully by the pine needles and branches in the forest. But they did not dare to stop, with the Soviet Union behind their heads.
"Swivel machine gun"
The bursts of "empty, empty, empty!" and the cry of the Soviet soldiers to kill reached their ears without a sound. The bullets drilled through the woods, tearing through the air with "whooshing" and hitting the trees with "popping"
inside……
Fear added infinite energy to the two of them, and they could no longer feel the stinging pain at their feet and the coldness all over their bodies.
"stop!"
Fourteen Gege suddenly pulled towards Xiaoqiang and pulled him to a stop. The two of them squatted down, breathing heavily.
There was also a faint Russian voice coming from the front.
Xiang Xiaoqiang gasped and shouted at the top of his lungs:
"It's over, it's over... I said the Soviets are going to take action, but you don't believe it... What should we do now? Damn it, we are dead..."
Fourteen Gege ignored him and just looked around warily. On the right was a steep hillside, stretching towards the main peak of Bogda a few kilometers away. On the left was the narrow Tianchi. The water was dark in the night, with only slight reflections.
The starlight in the sky looks unfathomable. The "Swan Lake" during the day now looks like a big asphalt lake.
Fourteen Gege stood up and looked hard at the other side of the lake. Then, he squatted down and said to Xiaoqiang:
"You're right, the Soviets are attacking us... You see, the lake here is only a few hundred meters wide at most. Let's swim across it... It's no problem for me, no problem for you, right? I remember you were very busy in the Yangtze River in the winter.
I can swim..."
"What!" Xiang Xiaoqiang was startled, "Are you crazy?"
Fourteen Gege frowned, pointed back and forth and whispered:
"You see there are Russians in front and behind. Climbing up the mountain on the right, we can only climb to the top of the snow-capped mountains... There is no way out. We can only cross the lake to the left. They have to go around such a long lake, and they can't do it in less than an hour.