The strongest soldier

It is a helpless move to divide the troops. Everyone's actions have been exposed. It is very difficult to evacuate with more than a dozen wounded people. It is only a matter of time before they are discovered. One team must go out to distract the enemy's attention and buy time and opportunities for others to evacuate. Ghost The alertness and strength of the hand became the first choice. Without the burden of the wounded, Luo Zheng believed that the ghost hand could complete this arduous task, but he still gave a few worried words and watched the ghost hand leave with a particularly heavy heart.

"Are we ready to leave too?" Lan Xue reminded in a low voice.

"Brother Snow Leopard." Luo Zheng did not answer Lan Xue's question, but shouted loudly.

"Here!" Snow Leopard agreed loudly.

"Take your people and be responsible for their evacuation. Don't leave anyone behind." Luo Zheng shouted, pointing at the rescued wounded, his eyes became sharp, he looked around, landed on the mountain eagle, and continued to shout: " Your people are responsible for digging the dikes and releasing water. Remember, we started half an hour after we evacuated, and then came along the underground river to join them."

"Yes!" Snow Leopard and Mountain Eagle agreed quickly, their morale was like a rainbow.

"Let's go!" Luo Zheng looked at Snow Leopard and shouted loudly, walking downstream.

Shi Qian looked at Luo Zheng's back curiously. Just now he was discussing the issue of evacuation upstream. How to go downstream? But seeing that no one asked or bothered to say more, they glanced at Cao Xi and followed him. Snow Leopard led people to escort the rescued people to evacuate, and carried those who couldn't walk on their backs without putting any of them down.

Luo Zhen had no choice but to go downstream. The terrain upstream was high and the underground river was deep from the ground. It was very difficult to dig a tunnel out. The wounded could not survive their injuries for too long and had to evacuate the desert as soon as possible. The terrain downstream was low. , easy to get out. At the same time, after the water is released, the river water can wash away the traces of everyone's evacuation, which has a certain concealment effect. Anyway, it has been exposed, so getting out as soon as possible is the right way.

The team ran forward quickly, gradually getting further and further away. The mountain eagle and the people waited in place, glancing at their watches from time to time. Vice-captain Zhou Gang came over and said softly: "Captain, why don't you go upstream? I have no other intention. I just want to know the reason and learn more skills. The old captain’s tactics are unpredictable and I can’t understand them. Can you give us some pointers?”

Seeing the others coming over curiously, Shandiao thought for a moment and said, "Okay, I'll tell you, let's discuss it. As Zhou Gang said, your old captain's tactics are too advanced, and I may not be able to guess them. I guess there are four points. The first point is that it is too busy to release the water. A lot of things will happen in an hour, so we must evacuate this place as soon as possible. The second point is that the terrain in the upper reaches is high and there are many sand dunes. It is inconvenient to go out to the ground. The third point is to release the water. Finally, the fish in this lake will wash down and become our food virtually, ensuring that everyone can stay in the underground river for a few more days. The fourth point is that releasing water and walking upstream will leave traces, and walking downstream will Water washes away traces.”

"In other words, we can only walk on the bottom of the river for a while, not on the river bank?" Zhou Gang asked curiously.

"That's right, you got it right." Shandiao praised, glanced at everyone, and said seriously: "The Ghost Hand brothers team is going to perform a dangerous and arduous task. We are only responsible for the rear. If we can't do this well, How can we meet people face to face? Half an hour is enough to run a certain distance, and this distance cannot leave any trace of anyone passing by. Therefore, after we release the water, we must walk into the river without leaving any clues."

"Yes!" everyone said in a deep voice.

"There may be weird creatures in the river. Such creatures eat all the same kind and will definitely not let us go. Therefore, we must be careful and run as fast as possible. If we run fast, the weird creatures will have no chance to attack. There is no need to worry. Do you understand?" The mountain eagle solemnly warned.

"Understood." Everyone shouted in unison, not paying attention to the weird creatures, and their morale was high.

After a while, the mountain eagle saw that the time was almost up, stood up suddenly, looked at the lake embankment and shouted: "Brothers, let's do it, be careful, focus on digging the middle part first."

"Yes." Everyone put their backpacks and weapons on their shoulders, took turns with the engineering shovels, rushed up, and dug desperately. The lake embankment was just made of sandbags, and soon many of them were overturned, forming a gap, and the lake water rushed down. More sandbags were taken away and the water increased. Everyone did not stop and continued digging.

The hole got bigger and bigger, and the water rushed down much faster. After ten minutes, all the lake embankments were lifted, and the lake rushed forward in a mighty way, turning up waves. Everyone stood on the sandbags and watched. At this scene, seeing the water in the lake getting less and less, I became less excited.

After waiting for a while, the lake gradually bottomed out, and many strange creatures could be seen rushing downstream in panic. The largest ones weighed more than 20 kilograms. They were paddling in the water with all four limbs. They looked very scary. Some people were raising their guns to attack, and the mountain eagles were trying to kill them. I quickly stopped it and looked upstream. I saw that the water was getting less and less, and I couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"Brothers, while the river is flowing downstream, let's rush upstream for a certain distance to create the illusion of going upstream, and then turn back and go." The mountain eagle said in a deep voice.

"Yes." Everyone agreed knowingly and rushed upstream without hesitation. They found that the river was only about a foot deep and crystal clear. The bottom of the river was quite solid when stepped on and was filled with gravel. Everyone ran for a distance. After crossing the open lake, we came to the upper river, and after running for a while on both sides of the river, the mountain eagle estimated that it was almost done, and quickly let everyone enter the river and turn back.

The team rushed all the way along the river, worried about being attacked by strange creatures under their feet. They walked quickly and did not dare to stop. Soon they came to the entrance of the passage where everyone came down. Seeing that the rope was no longer there, they guessed that they had been taken away by ghost hands. Continuing to rush forward, after running for about half an hour, everyone caught up with Luo Zhen and others.

Shan Diao briefly explained the situation to Luo Zheng, and the team continued to move along the underground river. The speed slowed down a bit. Fortunately, the river course did not change much. It was still so big that everyone could walk. They walked forward for another hour. To the left and right, there was a fork in the road ahead, and the river became smaller.

The situation changed, the team stopped, Luo Zheng came up to check, and looked at Cao Xi. Cao Xi also looked at the river seriously, looking east and west with a flashlight, as if he was doing some scientific research, but no one else Urging, they all waited patiently.

Luo Zhen estimated that Cao Xi needed some time to judge the trend of the underground river and choose the most suitable road, so he let the team rest where they were and eat something to replenish their strength. He walked to Cao Xi and asked in a low voice: "The river has become complicated. Now, which way is appropriate?"

"From a geological point of view, the river cave on the left is wider and should be the most suitable. However, from the perspective of water flow, the water on the left is very fast and is obviously going downward. This is not suitable. I suggest going to the right." Cao Xi said seriously. .

"Okay, then go to the right and rest for five minutes before setting off." Luo Zheng agreed.