Li Xiaodong glanced at them and asked rhetorically, "Why is it inappropriate for me to go?"

Staff Officer Chu said seriously: "Because you are the highest-ranking leader in our camp, you should be in command, and you should not leave the command camp to participate in the operation in person, not to mention that you went to serve as an observer, you are alone from the troops, maybe you will encounter all kinds of dangers when you act with them." ”

Company Commander Duan puffed up his chest and became serious, "I agree with Staff Officer Chu's point of view, no military unit will let the top commander of the unit leave the unit to directly participate in military operations on the front line, this is not bravery, but recklessness, and the commander should not take unnecessary risks." ”

The other officers chimed in, saying, "Yes, Colonel Lee, you should stay in the camp and not act with them." ”

Li Xiaodong nodded and said: "What you say makes sense, I understand very well that a commander should give full play to the maximum value of a commander, rather than charging into battle like an ordinary soldier, but there is a question you have ever thought about, I, the new supreme chief, am not very familiar with many situations here, and I can't even name many officers and soldiers here, do you think I can scientifically and reasonably order you to carry out operations and act like a competent and qualified commander?"

"Colonel Li, what do you say......" Staff Officer Chu hesitated, and was a little unable to answer for a while.

In fact, Staff Officer Chu and the others knew very well that Li Xiaodong, a colonel officer, had just come over, and even if his command ability defied the sky, it was impossible for him to make a scientific and reasonable military command under the condition that he was not familiar with the situation, and he must be completely familiar with the situation here before he could officially enter the role of a commander.

Staff Officer Chu said: "Colonel Li, you don't have to be too modest, as long as you spend a few days to familiarize yourself with the situation here, we believe that you will become an excellent commander." ”

Li Xiaodong said: "Instead of letting me spend a few days familiarizing myself with the situation, it is better to follow the steps and carry out the operation according to the existing deployment of your staff officer Chu." I didn't actually come here to be a commander, according to General Liu's thoughts, I should be here more of an intelligence agent, and as an intelligence agent, I should go deep into the jungle and make more contact with the team of the South Korean bases, and try to get the effective information we need. ”

"So," he shook hands with Staff Officer Chu, "you and I still do our own duties, don't determine positions by military rank, this camp is under your full command, and I, I should do my thing, such as joining them as an observer." ”

Staff Officer Chu said: "Although there is some truth in what you said, I still think it is inappropriate, after all, a colonel officer, if there is a little accident in us......

Li Xiaodong interrupted him jokingly and said: "I am carrying the rank of private on my shoulder, in your eyes, you can treat me as a private, there is no colonel here." ”

"......" Staff Officer Chu was embarrassed for a moment, smiled, and wanted to say something, but he didn't know where to start.

The entire action plan was decided according to Li Xiaodong's wishes, and Staff Officer Chu continued to stay in the camp to direct the operation here, while Li Xiaodong carried the equipment and equipment, joined several soldiers, and went to the distant snow-capped mountains with the captain instructor Chen Zhiwei.

After walking through a dense jungle and a dangerous swamp, a group of several people walked hand in hand through several snow-capped mountains, and it took about three or four hours for them to reach the highest snow-capped mountain where their destination was located.

"According to the communication between the two sides, their coordinates are halfway up the snowy mountain, and if all goes well, at dusk, we will be able to climb the snowy mountain and reach where they are. ”

At the foot of the snow-capped mountain, Director Chen changed into heavy warm clothes, then sat on a large rock and put on hiking shoes with iron thorns.

The environment and climate here are so complicated, on the flat land, the climate is like spring all year round, and the feeling on the surface of the body is quite comfortable, but climbing the high-altitude snow-capped mountains is like entering the extremely cold zone, the wind and snow are cold, and the feeling of the human body is extremely harsh. And if you go down to the abyssal canyon at the foot of the snow-capped mountains, it is a different scene, where the vegetation is more lush, like the hot and humid rainforest in the subtropics.

In fact, there are many similar climates in the world, such as the famous "equatorial snow mountain" - Kilimanjaro Snow Mountain, which is located in the South of the Great Rift Valley of Tanzania, Africa, a tropical rainforest snow mountain, Kilimanjaro up to five or six thousand meters above sea level, the mountain is covered with snow all year round, and there are extremely rare feline snow leopards, like a cold zone.

But at the foot of Kilimanjaro, there is a vibrant tropical rainforest, which is hot in the 30s all year round, with lush sugar cane, bananas, cocoa, and sisal, and the animals under the mountain are also different from the mountains, and the rainforest is often infested with giraffes, African elephants, zebras, rhinoceros and other tropical wild animals.

Seeing that Instructor Chen began to wear warm clothes, and knew that the next step was to climb this high snow-capped mountain, Li Xiaodong also found a stone, sat down, and took off his backpack from behind.

Putting on warm clothes, putting on hiking shoes with iron spikes, wearing a bib on his head, wearing goggles on his face, and then tying a safety rope around his waist, Li Xiaodong held a mountaineering pickaxe that could break through the ice and snow and hook the stones, carried his bag, and walked at the end of the line.

The tall snow-capped mountain is not difficult to climb at the beginning stage, and Li Xiaodong only needs to follow the team upwards to move forward at a speed that is not slow.

But when it comes to an altitude of more than 2,000 meters, climbing the mountain becomes less easy.

The mountain gradually became steep, full of craggy sharp rocks, there was no road suitable for walking under his feet, and there was a biting cold wind whistling around, Li Xiaodong could only be like everyone else, caught by a safety rope, followed them, nailed into the rock crevices with a climbing pickaxe, and then bit the mountain wall with hiking shoes with iron thorns, using both hands and feet, and climbed up step by step.

A group of several people climbed with difficulty for more than an hour, climbing a distance of several hundred meters at most, and the mountain above became steeper and steeper, and the stone wall began to slip because it was covered with ice and snow and became less susceptible.

There is no other reason, it is not that they are not careful, but the process of climbing the snow-capped mountain is too difficult, their equipment must have fallen off the cliff during the climbing, they only lost some equipment, not fell to death, it is already a great luck in misfortune.

(End of chapter)