My Military Career in a Parallel World

Jiang Chen was in front and Tang Junjie was at the rear, and the two followed the cool breeze and went deeper.

At the end of the cave, under the illumination of a flashlight, a natural cave half a person's height comes into view.

Standing at the entrance of the cave, Jiang Chen held up a flashlight and half of his body was inserted into the cave to observe the situation inside.

However, the terrain inside this natural cave is very complex, and the light from the flashlight is blocked after a few meters, making it impossible to see what is inside clearly.

"Brother Tang..." Jiang Chen turned around and briefly described the situation inside.

Tang Junjie listened silently, the expression on his face becoming more and more conflicted.

What can we say about this kind of natural cave in the wild? It is too random. There may be nothing inside, just an ordinary cave, or it may be full of unknown dangers.

One of the most common dangers is complex terrain, where it is very easy to get lost if you enter without preparation.

Moreover, most of these caves have groundwater, and the humidity inside the cave is very high. It is normal to have accumulated water, silt, and moss, making it very difficult to walk inside.

None of these are the key points. What Tang Junjie is most worried about is whether the structure inside the cave is stable. You know, there are many caves in the wild that appear to be fine on the surface, but in fact their internal structures are very fragile and may collapse if you are not careful.

However, feeling the cool breeze coming from the cave, Tang Junjie felt a little more at ease. Since this cave has a passage leading to the outside world, its stability should not be a problem for the time being.

The pursuers behind them were getting closer and closer. There was no time for them to think slowly. Tang Junjie had to make a decision as soon as possible.

The noise outside the cave became clearer and clearer. Tang Junjie gritted his teeth and said, "Let's go in and take a look!"

Now that they had made the decision, there was no need to hesitate. The two of them crouched and quickly entered the cave. After walking through the narrow entrance of the first few meters, Jiang Chen found that it was quite spacious inside and not as narrow as he had imagined.

"Be careful, don't get lost!" Tang Junjie reminded.

Jiang Chen nodded, and the two of them groped their way forward cautiously.

The situation inside the cave was indeed as complicated as they had previously guessed. There were many large and small forks in the road, and it was easy to get lost if you were not careful.

Fortunately, both of them are scouts, and Tang Junjie is an experienced scout with rich experience in survival in the wild, so this trouble is nothing.

Every time they walked a certain distance, Tang Junjie would use a dagger to carve a mark on an inconspicuous place on the rock wall. Jiang Chen would take out a notebook and pen from his bag, hold a flashlight in his mouth, and record the forks in the road and landmark objects along the way, drawing a simple map.

The two of them followed the faint cool breeze and slowly walked through the cave.

On the other side, the soldiers of the police reconnaissance company who followed the traces all the way to the cave frowned as they looked at the half-man-high cave entrance in front of them.

If there were only a few of them now, he wouldn't mind chasing after them, but...

Turning his head to look behind him, he saw the soldiers of the infantry battalion. The two non-commissioned officers leading the police detective company looked at each other and could see what the other was thinking.

"Damn, they are lucky, let's retreat!" Liu Tao cursed with gritted teeth, then left without looking back.

The expression on the face of another non-commissioned officer next to him was not much better.

There is no need to mention Liu Tao.

The sergeant next to him was also unlucky. His team was attacked inexplicably, and the clues they had finally found were lost. He followed them in pursuit, but the enemy dived into the cave...

As I said, exercises are wars, but exercises are not real wars after all.

If it were a war, they would have ten thousand ways to deal with the two people hiding in the cave, but this was not the case during an exercise. They not only had to consider the safety of their own soldiers, but also the safety of their opponents.

No one knows what the situation is inside this cave, and whether so many people entering at once will cause any bad impact. If something happens, no one can take the responsibility.

It’s not good if too many people go, and it’s even worse if too few people go.

They had personally experienced the strength of the two scouts inside, and there were only three people on the scene who were capable of fighting them.

Liu Tao, Yang Hui, and another non-commissioned officer from the police detective company who led the team.

Moreover, the enemy is in the dark while we are in the light. If there is an ambush, they will have nowhere to hide in the narrow environment of the cave.

Even without considering other factors, if the three of them went in with their infantry battalion soldiers, even if they could capture two people, the price they would have to pay would definitely be extremely heavy.

The effort and reward are not proportional.

This is the most important reason why they gave up the pursuit.

Inside the cave.

"Old Tang, listen, there seems to be the sound of flowing water over there."

Tang Junjie stopped and listened carefully: "Well, it should be an underground river."

The two walked in the direction of the sound and indeed found an underground river.

The river was not deep, only one meter wide, and crystal clear. The faint cool breeze that had been blowing before was coming from above the river.

"Walk along this river, the exit should be ahead." Tang Junjie said.

Jiang Chen nodded, and the two of them went upstream along the river.

The space gradually became narrow, and the two had to jump into the river. Although the water was not deep, the temperature was very low.

Anyone with a little common sense should know that traveling with wet shoes is definitely not a good experience.

The current situation did not allow them to make a fire. For the sake of the soles of their feet, the two men had no choice but to hang their shoes around their necks and jump into the water barefoot.

hiss~

As soon as I entered the water, the biting cold spread through the soles of my feet and spread throughout my body.

Jiang Chen couldn't help but shiver.

"Let's go, it won't be so uncomfortable when the event starts."

"Ah."

After an unknown amount of time, when Jiang Chen felt his feet were about to lose feeling, a beam of light finally appeared in front of him.

"Hurry, we're at the exit!" Tang Junjie said with a hint of excitement in his tone.

Jiang Chen didn't say anything, but his pace quickened involuntarily.

The exit of the cave is very hidden, located under a cliff. The entrance is covered by dense vegetation and one needs to curl up to barely pass through.

After climbing out of the cave with difficulty and looking at the familiar environment in front of them, both of them couldn't help but smile.

The environment just now was too depressing. It was pitch black all around, and they could not see their hands in front of them. The two could only move forward relying on the weak light of the flashlight. There was ice-cold river water under their feet. From time to time, drops of water dripped from the rock wall, which was particularly clear in the empty and silent cave.

If he continued to stay in that kind of environment, in just half a day at most, Jiang Chen felt that he would be tortured to the point of going crazy.

Fortunately, they came out.

"No one should catch up with us for a while, so let's take turns to rest." After simply wiping the water stains on his feet and putting on his shoes, Tang Junjie whispered while looking around.

They hadn't had a good rest for a whole day and night, and had been running around in the woods the whole time. After what they had just experienced, they were already exhausted.

After finding a relatively secluded place nearby, Jiang Chen took out the food he had seized earlier from his backpack. After the two of them had a few bites to fill their stomachs, Tang Junjie climbed up a big tree while Jiang Chen leaned on his backpack and entered a dream.

Although only less than a day had passed, Jiang Chen felt as if several years had passed. All his previous experiences flashed before his eyes like slides.

Without wasting any time, Jiang Chen made some simple adjustments and then started training.

He needs to review all the experiences of yesterday, sum up the experience, learn lessons, and make up for his own shortcomings.

Mutual cooperation between teammates, changes in formation during action, how to better camouflage and lurk, how to eliminate traces and hide whereabouts during the action.

There are also ways to identify sentries hidden in the dark, learn the techniques and movements of Han Li and Hu Kai to quietly remove enemy sentries, how to quickly set up booby traps, etc.

He still has a lot to learn.

The ability to improvise during operations by veteran reconnaissance soldiers such as Li Gang and Tang Junjie is not something that can be learned through training or books; it can only be understood through personal experience.

……

Jiang Chen used the retracing function of the dream space to constantly review the situation. Suddenly, a slight sound of shaking branches woke him up. Jiang Chen instantly opened his eyes alertly and looked at Tang Junjie on the tree.

Tang Junjie was holding a telescope and looking into the distance with a serious expression.

"Old Tang!" Jiang Chen called softly.

"It's okay, a group of soldiers is passing by ahead." Tang Junjie put away the binoculars and jumped down from the tree carefully.

Hearing that there was no danger, Jiang Chen's tense nerves gradually relaxed.

"Brother Tang, you should go and rest for a while. I'll keep an eye on it. I'll call you if anything happens."

"Ah."

Tang Junjie didn't say anything to refuse. He had been so busy until now, it would be a lie to say that he was not tired.

The two of them have been working together for so long, and he is still very confident in Jiang Chen.

Jiang Chen was wearing camouflage clothing and blending in with the surrounding branches. The Type 81 rifle wrapped with leaves and grass stems was ready to be fired at any time.

Unlike his usual duties of standing guard and patrolling in the camp, Jiang Chen had to stay extremely alert at all times and not miss any possible danger.

As soon as he heard any movement, he would turn his gun around until he was sure there was no danger.

From time to time, he would use the telescope hanging around his neck to observe the situation in the distance.

For some reason, the enemy's activities in this woods seem to be a little too frequent.

In less than an hour, Jiang Chen saw two teams of fully armed soldiers passing by through the telescope.

Fortunately, they did not approach the place where they were hiding.

However, the frequent appearance of enemies also made Jiang Chen curious.

What exactly is this place nearby, and why are there so many soldiers from the infantry battalion and the police detective company passing by?

Jiang Chen carefully took out the map and compass from his arms.

Based on the military topography learned previously, determine your specific location.

"Area 029 is about ten kilometers away from Area 037 where we were previously and Area 035 where we were scheduled to gather."

Looking at the location on the map, Jiang Chen couldn't help but feel a toothache.

Ten kilometers on flat ground, at most one or two hours of rapid march will get you there, but in the mountains...

Not to mention one or two hours, if you are unlucky, you may not be able to finish the walk in a day.

It might be difficult to meet up with the squad leader and the others within the scheduled time.

Putting these annoying things behind him for the time being, Jiang Chen began to recall the information about area 029.

If he remembered correctly, area 021-9 should be the mission area of ​​the second company next door. He didn't know what their current situation was.

Although my mind was full of random thoughts, my eyes were not letting down their guard.

With the help of a telescope, Jiang Chen carefully checked the surroundings to make sure there were no hidden sentries, but he didn't find any and when he tried to take action, he bumped into someone's arms.

In the dream space, he learned a lot of methods of identifying secret sentries from Hu Kai and others, which now came in handy.

It is not easy to identify a deliberately camouflaged sentry in the wild forest.

First, you need to put yourself in the enemy's perspective and determine which places are suitable for hiding and for secret observation.

This way, we can find enemies hiding in the dark faster and more accurately.

Otherwise, if we really want to check this huge forest piece by piece, it will take a long time to find the target.

Since the enemy has planted secret sentries, he must have his purpose.

A good view is the most basic requirement.

In this way, many unnecessary processes can be omitted.

Then, you need to pay close attention to any unusual movements in the mountains and forests.

For example, the sudden shaking of tree branches and the abnormal shaking of leaves and grass may be caused by someone accidentally touching them while hiding.

Secondly, pay attention to blind spots, and pay attention to those corners and hidden places that can observe important passages or areas while being in difficult-to-be-seen corners or hidden places.

Fortunately, during the training in the recruit company, Jiang Chen learned some knowledge about arranging sentries from Li Gang.

Although there are differences between the open sentry and the secret sentry, the essence remains the same. Relying on the advantages of the dream space, Jiang Chen has worked hard in this regard.

Also, observe birds and animals.

Animals are more sensitive to human presence than humans are.

Take birds as an example. In the wild, they will react immediately if there are humans nearby.

If a nearby area is unusually quiet and the branches and birds in the sky are walking around, then there is a high probability that there is a problem in this area.

Finally, pay attention to reflections. Most secret sentries carry weapons and equipment such as binoculars, which may produce reflections under the sunlight.

Similar scenes have appeared many times in movies or TV series.

However, Li Gang and Zhang Ming also reminded Jiang Chen that a qualified sniper or sentry would never expose his position because of such a small detail.

If you can't even avoid the most basic reflection, how can you be a sniper or a scout?

For example, Jiang Chen now has a layer of camouflage cloth covering his telescope.

Even in a backlit environment, there will be absolutely no reflection.

Based on the memory in his mind, Jiang Chen quickly selected several places suitable for secret sentries to hide, and carefully checked them one by one.

In fact, he didn't hold out much hope for this. He was just bored and wanted to find something to do. He could review the knowledge he had learned while on alert, so it didn't interfere with both...