Chapter Eighty-Nine: Nature's Counterattack

The speed at which the Japanese army of Ma Gao was drawn was obviously much beyond Tang Cheng's expectations, and before Tang Cheng, who was carrying a large number of jade rough stones, rushed back to the red soil slope, Mike had already contacted Tang Cheng urgently through the guò radio, saying that the forward troops of the Japanese army had appeared. Mike had already arranged countermeasures, and now he was waiting for the Japanese army to attack, but unfortunately the Japanese advance only sent sharp scouts to search the red soil slope, and the large Japanese army had not yet appeared.

Tang Cheng had no choice but to find a proper place first, bury the jade rough stone carried by the captives deep into the ground, and then ordered to kill Matsuda and their group of captives, Tang Cheng would not expose his whereabouts in the past two days to others. The ruthlessness of Tang Cheng and his subordinates once again frightened Cai Jincheng, more than 20 Japanese prisoners said that they would be killed, and Cai Jincheng planned to be cautious when he got along with Tang Cheng in the future.

After nightfall, the cold wind swished on the laterite plains, especially against the edge of the woodland, and the dark night was even more gloomy. In the first half of the night, everyone was still wrapped in a military blanket and fell asleep, and at 2 o'clock in the morning, Tang Cheng had already woken up to wake everyone up, and it was time to set off. It's dark at night, visibility is almost zero, it's close to the jungle, and there's always fog at dawn, but you don't feel it, you just feel cold. Out of the forest, there was no moon at night, and although the visibility outside was not much different from that inside the forest, it was vague, and something could be seen.

What everyone could see was the fog on the mountain, right next to everyone, they couldn't grasp it, but they could feel it. The wind blew cold, and now everyone was divided into three groups, Tang Cheng and the dice were in the first group, and the dice were still the first to open the way for everyone. Everyone stumbled out of the forest, and touched forward according to the zigzag of Tang Cheng's drawing and practice before dark, only a few dozen meters away, everyone was quite cautious, just afraid that if they were not careful, they would deviate from the direction.

The dice at the front carefully peeled off the branches and shrubs, and every step was taken carefully. The route and direction were decided before dark, it was not a route that could be changed at will, and finally after a long 500-meter open field, in front of the dice was a path hidden in the grass. Turning on the torch covered with a rag, the dice saw that it was the thatch that grew at low altitudes, and it seemed that the ground was not as high as the north behind them.

One by one, everyone began to glide like snakes in the grassy path, slowly squirming like insects, and moving forward one after another. No one dares to make a noise, this is absolutely forbidden, no human sound will do, who knows where the enemy is? Maybe they're also lurking around, waiting to pick off their bodies with bayonets. As the minutes ticked by, about an hour after leaving the edge of the woodland, everyone finally arrived at the intended observation point without a sound and lurked. The dice and the dice climbed to the edge of the cliff at the front, where there was a clump of grass, and the hand stretched forward again, and the front was already a cliff.

This is a place that Tang Cheng has been optimistic about during the day, and the dice who have taken on the role of scouts have also walked through the field, lying on the cliff, you can see the movement of the Japanese army in the distance. Suddenly, Tang Cheng, who was lying on the ground and moving forward, felt that the soil under him was very loose, which scared him so much, could it be that the Japanese army had also buried mines here? It's okay to come all the way, but don't get a mine here and crash yourself.

Tang Cheng, who was lying on the ground, didn't dare to move, so he could only slowly pull out the short knife on his waist and probe in the remaining dirt, maybe his worries were a little redundant. In fact, the Japanese army was not so godly, such a desperate ridge was directly exposed to the blows of Japanese artillery fire, and there was no way to retreat, and the Japanese army would not worry about what tricks someone would do there. Tang Cheng carefully probed with his hands, but fortunately, there was nothing in the slightly soft soil, but there was something crawling on his hands, itchy and crispy, I don't know what it was. It didn't feel good at all, maybe an ant, coming down his arm to his shoulder.

It was pitch black everywhere, making the light too dim, and when Tang Cheng was still rubbing his arms, the dice beside him were motionless, and only the sound of his breathing was heard. After a while, Tang Cheng felt that something was really wrong, why was his body so itchy everywhere? Arms, chest, back?????? Ant nest, Tang Cheng finally understood. He had just moved a nest of ants, and now the ants were all disturbed and crawled on top of him.

Ants are the permanent residents of this ridge, they are all outsiders, compared to these aborigines of nature, they are really invaders, just now he accidentally destroyed their home, ants are scurrying, crawling everywhere on Tang Cheng's body, he has to endure the torment caused by his carelessness. Now that he was close to him, the ants crawled almost all into his clothes, and they were biting, biting, like pins and needles.

But the top of the cliff at the front end of the ridge is too narrow, there is no room to avoid it, Tang Cheng has been gritting his teeth to endure this itchy feeling and pinprick bite, it is really not good to have to keep scratching his body with his hands, but he can't stop the itching, there is no way, and he keeps rubbing his body on the ground. Tang Cheng now regrets that he left the camp without the insect repellent water that Mike had mentioned, which was a potion specially equipped by the U.S. Army for soldiers in jungle warfare, and it was said to be better than the powder made by the military doctor.

Tang Cheng regretted it now too late, the dice had already found a Japanese army under the cliff during the day, but Tang Cheng did not dare to move now, he was afraid of making a noise to arouse the vigilance of the Japanese army under the cliff. Tang Cheng forcibly endured the attack of the ant colony under him, probably because Tang Cheng's body was completely pressed on the ant nest, as long as the ants found a gap in his body, he would burrow and enter his underwear, he couldn't bear it anymore.

A small ant finally crawled to the corner of Tang Cheng's eye, and bit down on the eyelids there, in fact, not only the eyelids, but also Tang Cheng's neck, chin, helmet, forehead, ear outline, nostrils, there were itching touches everywhere. There are ants biting everywhere, and countless ants are crawling freely on Tang Cheng's head and face, biting as much as they want. Tang Cheng, who was still holding back, had to keep shaking his head, but unfortunately this slight swing did not have the slightest effect, and he was bitten a few more times through his nostrils.

No, Tang Cheng, who couldn't stand it, reached out and patted the thigh of the dice, and then retreated off the cliff the same way. The itching on his body made Tang Cheng almost make a sound, Tang Cheng had to bite the gun strap in his mouth, and after a while, the dice also came down the same way. Like Tang Cheng, the dice were also biting their lips tightly, kindly enduring something. Retreating from the cliff, without waiting for Tan Fei and the others who came over to gesture with him, Tang Cheng had already handed the carbine in his hand to Tan Fei, and then began to take off his military uniform on the spot.

Under the reflection of the flashlight, the color of Tang Cheng's military uniform almost turned black, and those blacks were all ants that climbed on Tang Cheng's body. took off his military uniform and kept beating in the grass, rubbing his body again, until he confirmed that there were no more ants on his body that kept biting him, and Tang Cheng, who had taken off his stripes, put on his military uniform again. Turning around and looking at the dice, the face of this thing has also been swollen by ant bites, I really don't know how the dice persevered just now.

Tang Cheng didn't want to give up this already optimistic lookout point, but unfortunately there was an ant nest on the cliff, and it was difficult for Tang Cheng to eliminate the ants on the cliff without being discovered by the Japanese army, so they could only choose to leave. The biggest danger of marching in the dark is that you don't know where the enemy will be, and if you make a noise accidentally, you may be wiped out.

The night was really too dark, and their visibility in Tangcheng was almost zero now, so they could only march according to their memories now, and pray that they would not be discovered by the Japanese troops who might be in existence while marching. After stumbling all the way, Tang Cheng estimated that he should have completely bypassed the cliff at this moment, so he slowly moved in the direction of the Japanese army again, trying to find another lookout point suitable for observing the movements of the Japanese army.

Dawn was finally slowly expanding its light in the expectation of Tang Cheng and the others, and the color of heaven and earth was a kind of yearning for Tang Cheng who was struggling to march in the pitch black. Looking at the sun rising in the east through the fog rising around me, the red and yellow halo makes people feel refreshed. With the light, Tang Cheng and the dice's wolf bèi was also seen by others, Tang Cheng and the dice, who were bitten by ants, not only swollen face, but also Tang Cheng's left eye was swollen, and one of the dice's ears was already swollen enough to fight with a pig's ear.

Xu was aware of Tan Fei's strange appearance of holding back their laughter, Tang Cheng, who was swollen with his whole face and one eye, turned around and glared at them fiercely, but he didn't know that the way he stared completely made Tan Fei and them laugh, and even the equally miserable dice couldn't hold back their laughter. Whoa?????? There was an unusual sound in the wind. Although the wind was blowing, Tang Cheng had already noticed that the sound was coming from the grass below the ridge on their left. Ignoring Tan Fei and the others, Tang Cheng made a gesture, and then ran to the grassy slope in front of him with the dice.

Everyone who saw the gesture was lying on the ground, knowing that there was an enemy, and they didn't dare to come out, so they could only watch the backs of Tang Cheng and Dice from afar. Tang Cheng and the dice, who ran to the grass ridge, lay down on the spot, but now the fog is too big, the sunlight is getting more and more yellow, and the qiē under the ridge is still not clear. Tang Cheng put down the telescope in his hand and shook his head slightly at the dice beside him, I don't know how long this fog will last, and I can't see anything in the telescope.