Rebirth begins with the waste wood returning home

Chapter 216
"It's raining!"

"It's raining!"

Someone soon exclaimed.

Most of these people have experienced war, and of course they have been through a hail of bullets, and they still have some military merit, otherwise they would not be assigned to schools for further study.

Naturally, many of them had been in the mountains and forests, and their faces became a little solemn when they saw the rain.

Rain is the most taboo when walking in the mountains, especially when the weather is getting hotter, thunder is most likely to occur, and if it is a heavy rain, landslides, this road, this dangerous...

"Wake up, wake up quickly, it's going to rain, come to an open space quickly! Come to an open space quickly!"

Jiang Defu ordered urgently.

It's not that he is anxious, it's that in this era many danger awareness is not very strong.

He originally thought that many people came out with bullets and bullets, and some people, such as Xueshan Grassland, should be very experienced. After contacting them, he found that they had some experience, but really not much. They were more resigned to facing unknown dangers!

Many people can survive with only one word, and that is: hard life!
For example, when drinking water in the mountains and forests, although they try to choose mountain springs, many people don't care about so much when they are thirsty. They just lie down in a small ditch and drink water without caring about so much.

It rains this season. Jiang Defu is not worried about the muddy mountain roads. These days, there are many muddy roads in the city. What he is worried about is thunder. There are trees everywhere. In case of lightning, they rest under the trees. , a bolt of lightning struck down, and that little life was over.

And if it continues, the road will be muddy, and if a landslide blocks the road and delays the trip, it may be dangerous.

Especially on rainy days, the mountain is prone to landslides. For safety reasons, you can only walk up, not down.

The group of people stood up quickly and quickly moved to the open area to continue walking.

It started to rain on the first night, and everyone became nervous instantly. The weather in the mountains was changing rapidly, and this trip was destined to not go smoothly, so everyone couldn't help but pay attention to it.

The journey on the first day is quite urgent, and many people are in better spirits on the first day and walk farther, so they have less time to eat and rest in the evening. After walking for a few hours, it is already dawn the next day. .

The rain stopped, but there was heavy fog in the mountains, the dense forest was heavily covered, and the light was dim. It was impossible to see the dawn. Jiang Defu still took out the pocket watch hanging on his chest to tell the time.

It is indeed inconvenient to hang a watch on his chest, but he still did not choose to use a watch. The main reason is that watches are an extreme luxury these days, and few people can own them. Even in the Artillery School, a unit of this level, a school. The watch is also limited and is used in school to tell the time.

If drills were needed in the previous training, it would be good for each company to be equipped with one. This time they were not equipped at all. It may be to test their ability to survive in the mountains and wild fields.

It's better when the weather is sunny. You can see the sun and the sunrise. But it's a big problem on a cloudy day!

Before setting off, Jiang Defu heard that Wang Zhenbiao and his group seemed to have found an hourglass through connections or something, which should be used to measure time. This person can think of this, which can be regarded as having some ability.

However, since they were notified that they were going to practice, they were not allowed to go out at all. They were worried about cheating when they bought something. Many people heard that Wang Zhenbiao and his team secretly used hourglasses. Many people talked about it, but they could turn a blind eye to this matter. Close your eyes!
It's actually a bit risky to snitch and hug someone in this place. As graduation approaches, many people don't dare to take risks.

Before entering the mountain, Jiang Defu ordered everyone to make a hiking pole at the foot of the mountain. There is no shortage of trees these days. In addition to assisting in climbing, hiking poles can also drive away some animals, such as snakes or other things encountered on the road.

After waiting for a few more hours, the sky finally became slightly brighter. According to the time, it was already around ten o'clock in the morning. Although the sky was bright, it was still cloudy.

Among them, they also met the people led by Guan Yunpeng in front. When they heard someone behind them, they directly ordered them to move forward.

Because of competition and fear of being overtaken by the other team, the three teams rushed forward. I heard that the team led by Wang Zhenbiao marched for three days in a hurry just to leave them behind.

"Old Jiang, if we repair now, will we miss too much!"

Lao Ding came over with deputy instructor Huang Bin and asked worriedly.

Huang Bin is 28 years old, older than Jiang Defu and Lao Ding. He is low-key and reserved, has a good physique, and usually has good grades. According to the previous selection of personnel, he should be selected to Wang Zhenbiao's company.

It's just that he seemed to have been sent out to complete some tasks some time ago, so I thought he wouldn't participate in this training session. Unexpectedly, he came back a few days ago!
Because he signed up late, the two teams were already full, so he was sent directly to Jiang Defu.

He made several good decisions in the previous mobilization meeting and was appointed deputy instructor.

"I heard that the first company has basically not stopped since its departure except for drinking water and eating dry food."

Huang Bin's eyes were also a little worried. Although they were marching in a hurry after setting off, they still rested yesterday, and now they stopped to rest and have breakfast.

"Look at the day, it's almost ten o'clock now, and it's still gloomy. If nothing else happens today, I guess it will rain. The temperature in the mountains is low, and the temperature gets lower as you go up. It's not a good meal on a day like this. Everyone will not be able to bear it.”

Jiang Defu explained.

"Is it already ten o'clock? Are you sure? How do you know?"

The two people asked in surprise.

After all, there is no timetable, they can only estimate the time.

"I have it here!"

Jiang Defu took it out from his arms.

"You...you have a watch?"

The two people were shocked for a moment. Huang Bin took the pocket watch and listened to the ticking sound of the watch, excited.

"Is this a compass?"

Lao Ding and Huang Bin looked at the pointing objects on the dial and asked with some suspicion.

This is indeed a watch, but this watch is really different from what they have seen nowadays.

"You...why do you have a watch?"

"A gift from a friend!"

Jiang Defu could only say vaguely.

Lao Ding knew that Jiang Defu had many friends, but this boy was different from him. He was slippery and had a wide range of friends. He also knew that he used to hang out in the black market.

"Are you a friend from the black market?"

Lao Ding couldn't help but ask.

"Yes!"

Jiang Defu said smoothly.

Huang Bin was too surprised at first. After all, not many people in this era had watches, and he also knew that although Jiang Defu was close to Principal Cong's family, his family was also from a rural area, and the economic conditions should not be very good. How could it be like this? Something valuable?
Hearing that he actually had friends in the black market, he was relieved.

It's safe to say it's peaceful these days, but it was actually a chaotic period before. Many people sold a lot of things in order to escape, and everyone knew that the black market came into being.

He had friends who also bought a lot of things on the black market, but he had dismissed them in the past. He had a good family background and was a little proud. He didn't expect such good things to be found on the black market, and he couldn't help but regret it.

But now that they have watches and compasses, at least they won't get too lost on the road. They can just follow the direction. Otherwise, if the weather is bad, if it is cloudy all the time, the sun does not shine during the day, and there are no stars to guide the way at night, it is easy to get lost if you are blind.

Soon, the news that they had watches and compasses that could tell the time spread among the team. Many people looked at the gloomy sky and began to feel confident.

Because they heard it was going to rain, they collected some wood and started cooking.Jiang Defu directed the men to continuously boil water in a pot, so that everyone's military kettle was filled with hot water.

The meal was naturally very simple. Boiled rice and grains were served in a large, hot pot. A lot of wild vegetables picked earlier were put in it, and some salt was added to make pickle porridge. Everyone ate it warmly. Have a full meal and then continue on the road.

When we first had a full meal, we didn't move very fast. After waiting for a while, we started moving quickly.

The further you go into the mountains, the temperature gradually gets lower.

Sure enough, it started raining again in the next few days, and it rained steadily. Although it wasn't very heavy, it didn't seem to stop.

Jiang Defu looked at the sky with some worry. Although they asked everyone to bring some dry firewood along the way in order to have a hot meal, ensuring that they would have at least one hot meal every day, it has been raining in recent days, making it difficult to light a fire. It was difficult. They brought cereals, so they simply boiled a few more pots of water, drank hot water, and ate the cereals.

As for the vegetables, they are just picked wild vegetables, blanched in water and mixed with salt!

Jiang Defu had a hard time swallowing it, but his men ate it deliciously and thought it was great to be able to eat such food in the mountains.

After all, there is not much food to eat these days, and many people basically only have these meals at home.

"Is it going to be a problem if it keeps raining like this?"

Just after eating, Huang Bin walked to Jiang Defu and asked worriedly.

Although they go to the same school, Jiang Defu and Huang Bin are not very familiar with each other. Huang Bin comes here during class. He seems to have a family in Qingcheng. Unless he has something to do at school, he usually lives outside the school. I guess he is a special household!

However, he was unassuming and could offer some substantive opinions. He was even more experienced and careful than Lao Ding in many aspects. Jiang Defu had a good impression of him.

"If it doesn't stop after two days, there will definitely be a problem!"

Jiang Defu said directly.

They had been marching for the ninth day, and it had been raining for almost seven days. Although it was light rain and would not cause flash floods, landslides could easily occur and affect the roads.

Roads are a problem, and there is another major problem, which is the food problem.

They were only given food for thirteen days during this training session, and the food for these thirteen days was still counted as food.

Jiang Defu and Huang Bin calculated together that if they add wild vegetables and eat sparingly, their food can last for up to fifteen days. It is better to eat sparingly, otherwise it will be gone in ten days.

The question is what to do next?
It's not really summer yet, and there aren't many wild fruits on the mountain.

The continuous drizzle makes the weather get colder and colder, making it impossible to sleep without a thick quilt at night.

Even many people will shiver when they walk during the day, unless they wear thick clothes.

In the past two days, everyone took out thicker clothes and put them on, and covered themselves with cotton quilts at night. Many people sighed and praised Captain Jiang's wisdom.

Although many people know that it will be cold in the mountains, summer is coming soon. They all thought that it would not be too cold. At most, the temperature would be lower and they would just wear thicker clothes. No one expected that we would encounter continuous rainy weather. , once it rains in the mountains, the temperature will be lower.

Although Huang Bin had some opinions at the beginning, when Jiang Defu asked him to be the deputy instructor, he still declined. His attitude was obviously just to participate, and he didn't care much about the competition for ranking.

But these days, he has become more active and comes to talk to Jiang Defu from time to time.

The next day, the rain stopped, but the sky was still gloomy.

After eating, everyone gathered together to prepare for a quick departure.

They discussed it yesterday and decided to prepare for a two-day emergency march while they still had some food and the road conditions were still good. They would wait until they got somewhere to make fire and make good repairs.

The purpose is to avoid problems on the mountain roads, and to travel a longer distance earlier and save some food.

They walked quickly for two more days, and met some stragglers one after another on the road, some of whom seemed to be sick.

Jiang Defu asked someone to come forward and ask. It seemed that some of them had diarrhea and were about to collapse.

"Do you have any medicine with you? Do you have any medicine to treat diarrhea? Save our people!"

As soon as Jiang Defu and the others arrived at a mountain road, they were surrounded by stragglers.

There are four or five people under Yunpeng, and three of them are under Wang Zhenbiao.

In fact, in every training session there are people who fall behind under special circumstances. With so many people, various accidents may occur, such as injuries or physical discomfort.

Generally, if it is a minor injury, people will be carried or supported to continue on the road. After all, stragglers are also within the scope of the assessment.

But in order not to affect the progress of the large army, two or three people are usually left to take care of these stragglers, take care of them and repair them, and then catch up with the large army, so that neither side will be affected too much.

Otherwise, it would be unrealistic for a few people to stay in large groups.

Although Jiang Defu and his company are currently ranked No. 3, the good thing is that there is no lag behind, and there is no diarrhea or stomach discomfort on the way.

The reason is to make sure to drink hot water and eat hot meals every day. After all, the weather seems to be getting colder day by day.

One of Guan Yunpeng's men seemed to be suffering from a serious condition, and the situation seemed to be life-threatening.

"Hurry up and boil some hot water for them to drink. Here is salt. After the water is boiled, put some salt in it."

Jiang Defu looked at the two soldiers. His pants were dirty and his face was a little sallow. It looked like he was dehydrated.

He simply got some hot water directly from the kettle, put some salt in it, and let the serious one drink it first.

When he came out this time, he actually brought medicine to treat diarrhea. He was afraid that if he ate something unclean in the mountains, he would suffer from diarrhea.

When pouring water, I simply put some in it.

Give them salt that also contains antidiarrheal medicine.

Those people nodded in thanks.

"If you have flour, make some noodle soup and let them all drink some!"

Those people drank some and felt better, Jiang Defu warned again.

"Captain!"

Huang Bin saw Jiang Defu busy rescuing those people, his eyes were a little complicated at first, but soon turned into appreciation.

"Company Commander, something is wrong!"

Jiang Defu was directing a group of people to continue on their way, when the sentinel exploring the road suddenly ran over.

"What happened?"

"There is a mountain road collapse ahead!"

(End of this chapter)