Chapter 29: Demining

It was easy to ask Wang Xianru to raft a few mines, but it was not so easy to find mines in the US military's defense zone. Although the US military also buried many mines in this area during the previous few battles, after they reoccupied the place, in order to prevent accidental casualties, they had already cleared these mines before the beginning of winter. In the end, Wang Xianru had to climb into the forest and took great effort to find several mines.

"Captain! I can't find more mines!" Wang Xianru walked up to me with the sack containing mines, and said with a sad face: "It's not that I can't line up, it's really difficult to find mines in this place..."

"It's okay! These mines are enough!" I opened the sack casually and saw the black guy who was flat and round inside, and couldn't help but ask with a numb scalp: "These mines are already safe!"

I am worried that when I hang them around my neck to show off my power, will they give my head a bad mood...

"It's safe!" Wang Xianru nodded: "Captain, don't worry, even if you kick them as a ball, they won't explode!"

Wang Xianru told me the words, and I couldn't help but blush. I took out two of them embarrassedly, tied them with a rope and hung them around my neck.

"Wang Xianru, you have two more!" I ordered: "There are also a few of you, each holding one in your hand. Remember, we are now the puppet army minesweeping force, and we are here to clear the American mines. When we arrive at the US military's defense line, no one is allowed to speak!"

"Yes!" The soldiers responded, and then several people came up to take a mine.

The soldier who had not received the mines cut off the telephone line set up by the US military from the ground, rolled it around a few circles and carried it on his body, then wrapped a few pieces of wood in cloth, and used it as a mine detonator, and instantly looked like an engineer unit.

Uncovered the unique water bottles of the Volunteer Army and towels with Chinese characters and buried them in the snow. After observing each other, they did not see any suspicion, and the soldiers embarked on the road of marching again.

At first we didn't dare to take the highway, because it was not far from the 394.8 Highland, our puppet army team easily reminded the US military of the enemy who infiltrated their positions. So although we were wearing full puppet military uniforms, we were still very careful to get into the forest and walk the mountain road. It was not until after walking for more than an hour that we almost arrived at the US military's defense line, and then we walked onto the highway in a swagger.

I was a little nervous along the way, not because I was afraid of being discovered by the US military, but because I was worried about the two mines hanging around my neck...

I regret why I was so popular that I had these two things hanging around my neck! I was frightened by landmines during the third battle, and I still had shadows. When I saw this shape, I felt a little scared. Because of this, I carefully held these two things on my shoulders like a servant of my ancestors, and I was worried that if they got angry... Fortunately, the soldiers were marching carefully along the way, so my actions did not seem strange. The soldiers thought I was guarding against the Americans!

Sometimes I also want Wang Xianru to check again, worried that he had made a mistake and missed a thread, but as the leader of the group, I really couldn't afford to lose face, so I had to give up.

After walking on thin ice for a while, I arrived at the US military's defense line.

Most searchlights on the US military’s defense line are aimed at our positions, but there are also several searchlights illuminate the winding roads at the foot of the mountain. Looking at the greater role of these searchlights, they should lead the way for the troops marching at night!

"Hey! Who are you?"

When a searchlight shines on us, only the Americans at the light source can be heard shouting loudly at us.

Their vigilance is not high, which is my first feeling. Because I didn't even hear the sound of pulling the bolt. So I calmly pointed to the mines hanging around my neck, and shouted loudly at the light source in English: "We were ordered to come to clear the mines! I heard that there were mines on the road ahead, so we were not wrong!"

What I said was a risk, and it was also an excuse for myself.

The destination we were walking was the section of the road where Wang Xianru buried dozens of landmines a few days ago, so I said this.

At this time, the US military should have discovered landmines on that section of the road, or there were already casualties on that section of the road. It would be even better if they reported the situation to their superiors and asked for support from engineers. I would soon dispel all their concerns after asking this question.

But... if the US military is very efficient in its work and has sent people to clear those mines, my words will undoubtedly expose us again.

So I added another sentence to the end - we are not wrong!

"Oh, that's right!" The US military's answer made me ecstatic. Although I couldn't see him at all in the dazzling light source, I could still feel his smile.

"Welcome!" he said: "The damn red elements blocked the road with our mines, and for this we lost a truck of food and a few people. We were just talking about when the engineers would arrive!"

"Is that there?" I suppressed the smile in my heart and pointed to the other end of the road with a questioning knowledge.

"That's right!" the American replied enthusiastically: "There are four miles left. I will notify the brothers in front of you to guide you. Good luck!"

"Thank you! Good luck!" The American undoubtedly gave me another unexpected surprise, because I knew that with his words, it was almost unobstructed to go along the way.

What surprised us even more was that the US military was so enthusiastic that he used searchlights to illuminate the way forward!

I suddenly felt that the US military was actually really good to the puppet army.

Of course, except for the US military who likes to use puppet troops as cannon fodder.

With the help of that enthusiastic US military, our "engineering force" successfully passed one level after another of the US military, and along the way, there were US military searchlights to help us illuminate the way forward, giving us a sense of pride of being respected.

But I think, maybe this is because the Americans are too bored! If it were me, I would have been walking around with a cold searchlight all night, and I think it would be a mouse, and I would be willing to illuminate the way back to my nest.

The US military estimated that it was very accurate. After walking two kilometers, we saw a checkpoint of barbed wire, wooden fence and machine gun positions on the road ahead. Several US troops were smoking cigarettes boredly in the machine gun positions on the roadside. Seeing us walking up, one of them was carrying a carbine and waved at us carelessly.

"Hey! Here!" He shouted at us loudly: "We used to ask you to clear mines, and we always had to wait two or three days or even longer. What's wrong with you this time? We arrived before dawn! We must have eaten most Viagra so that we couldn't sleep!"

"Haha..." The other US troops then burst into laughter.

This made me realize that not all US troops are so enthusiastic about the puppet army.

"No, sir!" I stopped and replied as if nothing had happened: "We came overnight because we were worried that you wouldn't sleep. If you think we were doing this for nothing, we could come back at dawn!"

As I said that, I pretended to take the soldiers and left, and at the same time cursed in my heart, these Americans just wanted us to clear mines and be cannon fodder, and I'm afraid you won't be able to do it?

The US military did not expect me to do this trick, and the laughter stopped.

"Wait!" The US military officer quickly stopped him and waved to us to walk forward.

I couldn't help but laugh in my heart. Actually, if the US military really let me go, I don't know how to end it!

So he pretended not to disobey the order, and unwillingly led the soldiers to the front row of the US military officer and saluted a military salute. Of course, the military salute of the puppet army. At this time of war, it is no secret for us how the puppet army salutes.

"Where is your mine detector?" The US military officer looked at us for a while and asked in confusion.

I couldn't help but be stunned and secretly hated myself. Why did I forget that the United Nations Army are all modern equipment troops, and how could I clear mines with bare hands like our volunteers just by bayonets and feelings?

At this time, I didn't allow me to think too much, so I quickly saluted and replied loudly: "Sir! We have many years of mine clearance experience, and demining with bare hands is faster than using a mine detector!"

"bullshit (nonsense, nonsense)!" The US military officer circled around us with a disbelieving smile, looked us up and down, then put his big nose in front of me, staring at me with two shimmers of doubt in his eyes and said, "Are you kidding? Even in the snow, you can clear mines with bare hands? I believe no one can do this unless you think I'm easy to cheat!"

"We can, sir!" I stared at the US military officer without any permission. I suppressed the smell of smoke in his mouth and forced myself to push myself to his big nose.

I knew that the US military officers had already become suspicious of us at this time. If there was a little timidity in my eyes, even a little bit would be enough to make the US military officer order a thorough investigation of our details.

The US military officer stared at me for a while, and his eyes finally weakened. He snorted and spread his hands and said, "Okay! Since you said you can, then let's take a look! William, turn on the searchlight..."

With a "bang!", the searchlight illuminated a section of the road more than ten meters away from the checkpoint. There was a pit that was blown out by landmines. It was black around it. The cars and corpses must have been towed away, leaving only a few twisted parts and a pool of blood.

"It's there!" The US military officer pointed to the road and said: "This road is the only way for us to transport material to the 509 Highland, but we don't know when the mines were laid on the red molecules. We also found that these mines are American, including the m16 type!"

"Hey!" One of the US military quipped: "Don't you Viagra eat too much and can't sleep? Bouncing betty will make you feel good!"

"Haha..." The US military laughed again.

"What? bouncing betty?" I couldn't help but look at Wang Xianru in surprise.

I have never heard of what the m16 mine is, but I have heard of bouncing betty. It translates into Chinese to mean "Bounce Betty". The reason why the Americans gave it such a feminine name is not because it is gentle, but because this mine will bounce shamelessly to about the height of the cross section before it explodes. So people who step on it are usually injured, and what's more shameless is that the loading of this mine is just right to cause injuries and not to die... It can almost be said that this is a fast eunuch generator...

It is precisely because of this that this kind of landmine was promoted to the thing that soldiers least wanted to encounter during World War II. However, unexpectedly, Wang Xianru moved all this thing.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but look at my own steps, which made the US military laugh again.

When the US military officer saw me looking at the cross-department in fear, he was suspicious and a smile appeared on his face.

I think, maybe it was because he saw my reaction after hearing the name "Bounce Betty"!

Think about it, if I were a volunteer soldier, basically no one would look at the cross-department when he heard "Boom Betty", which just shows my understanding of US military mines. Unexpectedly, when I saw this, I accidentally eliminated the suspicion of US military officers of us.

"Hehe! Brother!" The US military officer smiled and punched my fist on the shoulder and said, "It's still time to regret it now. Go back and bring your mine detectors! We can find a way to airdrop material for the guys in the 509 Highland!"

"No! Sir!" I hurriedly stood up and saluted, "Please rest assured, we can complete the task!"

"Okay! It's up to you!" The US military officer shook his head helplessly, still with disbelief on his face.

I dared not speak out to order the soldiers to take action because I was worried that the Americans would understand a few Chinese words if they fought with us too much, so I just waved to the soldiers and the soldiers would set off to walk towards the road.

The red and white wooden railings of the checkpoints slowly rose, and our group slowly crossed the US military's defense and walked into the minefield.

We had already agreed in advance that all the soldiers who could not clear mines followed Wang Xianru and continued to play freely. When Wang Xianru was clearing mines, we walked slowly, and when Wang Xianru walked around, we advanced faster. Moreover, every time Wang Xianru rolled a thunder, he would put a palm print on it, followed by the warrior and then "started" him. In this way, from the perspective of the US military behind us, it was impossible to find that only Wang Xianru could clear mines.

While I was moving slowly forward, I was holding a military sting in the snow from time to time, and secretly praying in my heart: Wang Xianru, Wang Xianru, you must perform normally this time! Otherwise, if this "bounce Betty" jumps, we will never be able to live in the rest of our lives...

At this time, I found that Wang Xianru stopped in front of me, cut the pliers in his hand into the snow, then covered it with a palm print, and then walked forward as if nothing had happened.

Seeing this, I couldn't help but feel happy, and slowly walked up to squat down. Then I pretended to be a military stinger and fiddled on the mine for a while. When I opened the snow, I saw that there was a flat mine lying quietly on the ground.

I carefully stretched out a finger and touched it, like a thief sneaking into someone else's room, using his finger to test whether the sleeping master was sleeping well. But I quickly realized that the temptation just now was meaningless. If this mine exploded, my temptation was enough to make me look different...

So I carefully lifted the mine from the ground with both hands. This time I was not to show it to the Americans, but to be afraid that there would be some other thread that would lead it to detonate it. Finally, I felt relieved, stood up and raised the mine in my hand and proudly raised it towards the US military.

"Wow, my god..."

"This is crazy!"

"Did you see it? Another one was lifted out, they did it! It's so incredible!"

...

Seeing the landmines being lifted out by the soldiers, the US military exclaimed, and everyone looked at us with amazement. The US officer was stunned when he looked at him, and he no longer dared to look down on his face.

In this era, demining with bare hands is not an easy task. This is a comprehensive test of soldiers' courage, perseverance and experience. Especially for the US military with modern equipment, demining with bare hands is something that only needs to be done or has already stepped on a landmine. So like we are now, we have not used any tools, and we have dug up one landmine after another so quickly and easily, which can be described in their eyes by magical skills.

"here you go!"

“Beautiful job!”

...

When the US military reacted, they shouted at us one by one, and some people were whistling at us. Some of them couldn't wait to shout at us: "Hey! Brother! Can you teach us your skills? In this way, at least I don't need to be afraid of being blown up anymore!"

"Haha..." The Americans laughed again as they heard it.

"No problem!" I turned around and shouted to the US soldiers: "When we come back after the mine is discharged, if you don't want to sleep, we will definitely teach you. But William, you have to turn off the searchlight first!"

"Why?" William asked in confusion: "Willn't turning on the searchlight help you clear mines?"

"You're right!" I nodded: "On the searchlight, it is indeed helpful for us to clear mines, but it is also helpful for the red molecule snipers. I don't want to die without dying on the mine, but under the sniper's gun!"
Chapter completed!