Treading on the charred earth and burning corpses, we walked out of the valley that had just been bombed, and followed the rugged mountain road in the direction where the gunfire came from, I didn't know what the road ahead would be, and I didn't know when this damn war would end, all I could do was step on the corpses and fight my way out alive.

There are more than 40 people in our team who can fight, and some of the wounded are left in the valley waiting for rescue from the base, and those people are also a burden to carry with them, it is better to let them go back, maybe they can save a small life, of course, they have to pray that the rescue force will find them before the Taliban soldiers, otherwise they will regret coming to Afghanistan.

Standing on the top of a mountain and looking at it, there are endless mountains, one after another, with peaks and peaks, ups and downs, and there is no end in sight.

Even if 100,000 troops are spread out in such deep mountains, it is difficult to find traces, not to mention that the Taliban and al-Qaeda have been lurking in the mountains for a long time and are well aware of the environment here.

Afghanistan is located in the southwest of the Pamirs, with harsh natural conditions, most of which are between 5,000 and 6,500 meters above sea level, and the rolling Hindu Kush is flanked by barren desert and exposed rocks, and we are now at the tip of the mountains.

Locals say that walking along the mountains will lead to beautiful snow-capped mountains and low grasslands, but unfortunately we don't have the sight to see bare hills and treacherous valleys, as well as rocks that glow slightly red in the sun.

In other places, ten kilometers of mountain roads are not worth mentioning to us, but on this plateau at an altitude of several thousand meters, our march speed is like climbing, and even then, the recruits behind are always left behind.

In desperation, I was sent to the back of the team to prevent the situation of falling behind, and in such a treacherous place, there was only one result of leaving the team, and that was death, and even the body could not be found.

"How far is it?" We walked for about two hours, and the previous gunfire was long gone, and if the Canadian special forces really encountered a large number of rebels, even if we found those guys for such a long time, we would have to collect their bodies.

"According to the coordinates, the mountain in front of them is where they sent the rescue signal." The monkey walking in front responded.

"Damn, it's so far away!" Looking at the mountain and running a dead horse, looking at the mountain that is close at hand, there is still a long way to go over.

"Plop!" Heidi, who was walking in front of me, fell down the hill and was picked up by two comrades next to her.

"What's wrong?" I asked after me with two quick steps.

"I ...... I'm dizzy! Before she could finish speaking, she retched again. Judging from her chest tightness and shortness of breath, dizziness and nausea, weakness in her limbs, purple lips, and flushed face, it was obvious that she had altitude sickness.

She originally lived in a bustling metropolis, living a life of watching football games and drinking coffee every day, and suddenly came to this kind of poor mountains and rivers, and I was surprised that she could persist until now, and I have to admit that European and American women are indeed wild enough.

"Let her go, she needs to adapt to herself." I took out the anti-altitude sickness medication from my backpack and let her take it, then slowly pulled her up and asked, "Are there any unbearable adverse reactions, if it's just dizziness and nausea, that's normal, don't worry!" ”

Heidi frowned tightly, closed her eyes and stabilized for a moment, then shook her head and said, "It's okay, I can hold on!" ”

"Hehe, if you can't hold on here, you can only wait for death!" I looked at the harsh surroundings and laughed silently.

"Let's go, I don't want to die!" Heidi had no doubts about my words, gritted her teeth and persevered.

"Relax your body, adapt slowly, keep your breathing rhythm, drink plenty of water, and swallow slowly!" I followed her and helped loosen the shoulder straps of her backpack, her weight was the lightest among us, but there were more than a dozen kilograms, the shoulder straps pressed the blood vessels and blocked blood circulation, it didn't matter in normal times, but it would be fatal on the plateau.

A few American GIs on the side saw my movements, and they all learned to loosen their shoulder straps twice, and I promised that this war would be more than they had learned in half a year of training in the barracks.

Heidi was not alone in suffering from altitude sickness, two GIs had also fallen in front, and in order to take care of them, the team slowed down the march again.

"At this pace, by the time we arrive, all our allies will be dead!" Rogge took the kettle and drank the last drop of water in it, seemingly talking to himself, but in fact it was for the captain.

"Is there a better way for you to abandon your fellow-citizens? Or just kill them, like shooting that pilot? The captain stood by and pointed at the exhausted American GIs behind him, sneering.

"That person is hopeless, I have no choice!" Rogge suddenly turned his head and glared at the captain, in fact, we all know that he is doing the right thing, it is much better to end the suffering of the pilot than it is for him to be abused by the Taliban, the captain is deliberately using this to stimulate him, this is the so-called nothing to find trouble.

"What about them? Don't you have a choice either? The captain asked, pointing to Heidi and the others.

"I just wanted to find a solution, and never thought of abandoning them, Colonel Reis, please pay attention to your wording." Rog's eyes widened scarlet, his voice low and his chest heaving. It seems that the captain is not lightly angry.

"There is a way, you SEALs go on a rescue mission, and the children will be handed over to us to take care of, and we will act separately!" Pandora was worried that the two sides would clash again if it continued like this, so she wanted to divide the troops into two ways, and I don't know why, the special operations detachment that came out with us to carry out the mission did not have anyone familiar with the captain, and this Major Rogge did not know the captain.

"There's no need for that, it's better for us to act together!" Before Rogge could speak, one of the team members next to him spoke first.

The captain and Pandora looked at each other, it seemed that they not only had combat missions, but were also responsible for monitoring us, and it seemed that the military department did not believe in our cooperation as it seemed.

"OK, whatever!" The captain ignored him and walked down the mountain road to the valley ahead.

"The one behind is keeping up, the mountain road is getting more and more difficult to walk, and I don't care if I fall to death!" The monkey stood at the front of the line and waved at me.

After walking for a distance, Heidi and the others gradually subsided from altitude sickness, it is estimated that the anti-altitude sickness medicine has worked, and their faces are much better, and there is a slightly flat mountain road in front of them, leading to the mountain in front of them, and turning over is the location of friendly firefights.

(End of chapter)