Chapter 885: The Story of Ling and Heng (148)
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Sleeping in the same bed for the past two days, Feng Ling was no longer that wary of Li Nanheng. She tried to get used to the interactions with people around her, but the only person that she fully accepted was Li Nanheng.
The refreshing smell of the man seemed to contain something that could assure her. She didn’t know why, and when she massaged him, she didn’t really notice that the man had been gazing at her.
When her hands got sore, she began to give him a hot compress and then got up to make the bed. Her movement was so natural as if they were an old couple who had been sleeping together for many years.
Seeing that Feng Ling was used to his approach, Li Nanheng curved the corner of his lips, but when Feng Ling turned back to look at him, his face became deadpan again.
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Fattie lay in bed for five days. In fact, he woke up two days ago, but he insisted that he was not feeling well.
It was only on the fifth day that he recovered his strength, clamoring that he hadn’t eaten any meat these days and requiring to eat barbecue and grilled fish. And he said that he learned a lesson from the experience of falling into the ice, so he would be careful about the distance and angle when he went to catch fish again.
The others hadn’t planned to catch fish again. After all, it was really dangerous. They had thought that Fattie would refuse to catch fish since he fell into the ice cave and almost died.
No one would expect that the first thing this fatty wanted to do after getting up was to catch fish and eat.
The ice surface had been broken that day. After a long time of hard work, they didn’t catch any fish. Although it was a pity, they didn’t want to take risks. To their surprise, Fattie wanted to go there to fish again, so some members discussed it and decided to go fishing, but this time, they would bring a rope for safety reasons.
Feng Ling and Li Nanheng didn’t go, but they didn’t think they would have any problems this time. After all, they received a lot of training at the base, and they had learned a lesson from experience last time. So, they would be fine.
Sure enough, less than three hours later, the two heard Fattie and other members walking back, chatting, and laughing.
Li Nanheng got out of the tent to smoke, and when he heard the sounds from afar, he squinted and looked back. He exhaled a puff of smoke and looked at the bucket in their hands filled with fish. Obviously, their harvest was bountiful.
To his surprise, these guys learned another skill after being sent here. Even the glacier and snow peaks couldn’t starve them.
Li Nanheng smiled and flicked the cigarette butt between his fingers, but didn’t go to them, letting them happily and excitedly laughed and talked.
At night, they had a sumptuous fish meal, and even Feng Ling didn’t expect to be able to enjoy such a sumptuous meal in such a place. Even she who didn’t care about food felt a strong sense of happiness, let alone the foodie, Fattie.
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On the tenth day, when they were stationed at the Rogers Pass, the base delivered their supplies.
On the fifteenth day, when they were stationed at the Rogers Pass, in the early morning, Dabin, who kept watch at night, suddenly blew out a whistle that could only be heard clearly within thirty meters.
This kind of whistle could only be understood by the people of the XI base, which meant that there was an enemy approaching and reminded everyone to be alert.
Hearing the whistle, the people in the two tents opened their eyes instantly. Sleepy-eyed, they still woke up put on clothes in five minutes, and ran out with their weapons.
“What’s going on?” Li Nanheng walked out of the tent, looked at the base members who had stood in a row in front of him, and turned his eyes to Dabin.
Feng Ling followed Li Nanheng out. Without asking much, she joined other members and was ready to fight.
“Boss, there is an ambush,” Dabin said as he looked at another snowy mountain diagonally in front of him. No people could be seen on it, but from this angle, a few footprints could be seen.
No one would pass by such a place, and the construction team arranged by the US military would not come here. None of them went to that snowy mountain since last night. If there was someone on that snowy mountain, why was so quiet?
“I got up just now to use the toilet. But when I walked out, I heard the sound of a signal flare, although the voice was very small. I thought they must be something wrong and searched around, and then I found footprints on the opposite mountain.”
The people of the XI Base had very keen eyes. Even if it was all white here, the footprints were obvious in the snow.
Hearing him, Li Nanheng glanced coldly in that direction. He didn’t speak but signaled the others with his eyes, saying in a small voice, “The best sniper position is on the top of the snowy mountain. Leave five people here, and the others follow me down.”
No one spoke so as not to alert the enemy. They just communicated with their eyes and nodded.
Feng Ling was supposed to be left on the top of the mountain, but she looked at Li Nanheng’s hand and said, “Boss, I’m going with you. Dahu, Vite, and the other three members will stay. Dahu performed well in the long-range sniping assessment. Although he didn’t enter the sniper squad, he is more stable than me in long-range shooting with a short gun. Without a sniper rifle here, I won’t be able to be stable as him.”
Li Nanheng knew what she was thinking. He glanced at her and then looked at Dahu to signal him to stay here. Then he called Dabin and Fattie to follow him down, and Feng Ling quickly followed up.
They went down the mountain along the other trail that was discovered two days ago. There was only a river under the two snowy mountains, which Fattie and Dabin were very familiar with.
They exchanged a glance with each other and slowly approached the opposite mountain bit by bit along the edge of the mountain.
The enemies were very savvy. They knew they had to stand high, and they would suffer a great loss if they attacked from below. And it wouldn’t be a good choice for the people of XI Base to confront the enemies, because firstly, the camp would be destroyed, and secondly, they were like to lose.
They must send a team of people to lurch on the opposite mountain, but the enemies might think the same way, so the team might meet the enemies who came to lurk here by the river.