My Military Career in a Parallel World

Following Zhang Zhibin into the store, Jiang Chen finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Uncle Zhang, I came here this time to find out more about the situation in the camp over there." Jiang Chen said bluntly.

Before the two of them became familiar with each other, Jiang Chen was as old as he was in two lifetimes combined, so it was nothing to call him "big brother".

Now that we're familiar with each other and know his 'real' age, plus Zhang Zhibin is almost as old as this body's father, it doesn't seem right to call him 'big brother' anymore.

Zhang Zhibin was slightly stunned, then he laughed: "Why, you still want to set up a stall with me?"

Jiang Chen quickly shook his head: "No, I just want to understand the situation."

Although I don’t know how the leaders of both sides discussed it, my company commander was able to provide detailed intelligence about the camp, and the Second Battalion might also have their information.

If things were really as he guessed, and he wanted to follow Zhang Zhibin to the camp like he did in the morning, then what would be the difference between that and delivering goods to someone's door?

Jiang Chen doesn't want to gamble on this probability.

Moreover, it is a bit too late in terms of time.

He came to see Zhang Zhibin simply because he wanted to get some information from him.

Of course, Jiang Chen also knew the rules here, so he took out a hundred yuan from his pocket without saying anything, and said, "Uncle Zhang, give me some Huazi!"

There was no store at the production company, so if one wanted to buy something, one had to go to the regiment headquarters. It was a good opportunity to do the same thing as I had promised Hu Kai, which was to treat him to cigarettes.

"Wow, are you so classy? You even smoke Huazi!" Zhang Zhibin teased.

"Hehe." Jiang Chen didn't explain. Seeing that Zhang Zhibin didn't object, he took the initiative to throw the red bills in his hand into the money box next to the tricycle.

"Okay, let me think about it..."

Zhang Zhibin did not refuse. As he spoke, he walked into the store, took out a pack of Zhonghua cigarettes from under the shelf and threw it to Jiang Chen.

This is because he often deals with the army and is accustomed to preparing some high-end cigarettes. If it were an ordinary village store, there would be no need to carry high-end cigarettes like Zhonghua that cost sixty or seventy yuan.

Jiang Chen took the cigarette and the change, knowing that the matter was settled. He did not disturb the other party's thinking and waited quietly by the side.

Zhang Zhibin leaned against the tricycle, lit a cigarette for himself, frowned and thought for a moment, then slowly said, "Speaking of intelligence, I actually have one here..."

"What information?!" Jiang Chen's face lit up when he heard it, and he asked quickly.

Zhang Zhibin slowly exhaled a puff of smoke and continued, "Yesterday, after the soldiers set up camp in the mountains, I wanted to push the cart over there, but at that time I saw their people patrolling on the nearby mountain roads..."

Hearing him say this, Jiang Chen felt something inexplicably moving in his heart. Those people in the Second Battalion should be preparing to cover up the traces later.

If we had known the news earlier, Hu Kai and I wouldn't have to be so suspicious.

Putting these thoughts aside for the moment, Jiang Chen pricked up his ears and continued to listen.

“Also, towards evening, several military vehicles drove into the camp. I happened to be coming back from purchasing supplies when I encountered this convoy on the way.

From what I've seen, some of the vehicles are loaded with supplies such as vegetables, and some look like troop carriers."

Jiang Chen's eyes suddenly lit up, it turned out that his trip was not in vain!

This information may seem ordinary, but perhaps useful clues can be found in it.

He quickly asked, "Uncle Zhang, when did you see the vehicle transporting supplies last night? What time was it? How many people were on the vehicle? Was there a lot of supplies?"

Zhang Zhibin recalled for a moment and said, "It was probably around 7 or 8 in the evening. There weren't many supplies. Only the last two vehicles were loaded with supplies. The other vehicles seemed to be filled with soldiers."

Jiang Chen clapped his hands suddenly, that's right!

When he was collecting intelligence earlier, he had heard about this incident from the casual conversations of the soldiers who came to buy things. They came in batches, and one group of them came in a troop carrier, or military truck.

"Uncle Zhang, are you going to sell things?" Jiang Chen asked, looking at the tricycle that was already full of goods.

Zhang Zhibin shook his head and explained, "We were delivering goods to the village on the next mountain. When we went to the city to buy goods yesterday, they asked me to bring some for you."

Jiang Chen nodded somewhat disappointedly after hearing this.

However, he did not dwell on it and changed the subject to continue asking Zhang Zhibin about information near the camp.

The two chatted for a while, and Jiang Chen learned some about the daily routine and activity patterns of the Second Battalion, as well as the conditions of some nearby roads.

Looking at the time, almost an hour had passed, so Jiang Chen stood up and said goodbye to Zhang Zhibin.

"Uncle Zhang, thank you for your help. I have to go back quickly." Jiang Chen said gratefully.

"Well, I have to get busy too. It will be dark soon if I stay up any later."

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After leaving the small mountain village, Jiang Chen quickly rushed towards the direction of the second battalion.

Along the way, his brain was working rapidly, constantly thinking and perfecting his action plan, looking for the safest and most effective way to sneak in.

When Jiang Chen returned to the forest near the Second Battalion's camp, the sun had already set.

After finding a secluded place near the mountain road, Jiang Chen took out the map and combined it with the information he got from Zhang Zhibin to make final adjustments to his route of action.

Jiang Chen currently has two plans.

One is the most conventional way of infiltration, relying on the intelligence collected by Hu Kai and himself, and finding an opportunity to try to sneak into the camp under the cover of night.

There's not much to say about this, it's pretty much the same as the previous exercise.

The only difference is that this time Jiang Chen is going to sneak into a place with a full battalion of garrison forces, and he is the only one there, so the difficulty is far greater than before.

The advantage is that as long as you are not discovered in the middle, if you feel that the thing is impossible, you still have the opportunity to regret and make a new choice.

The second plan was a bit risky.

The operation is extremely difficult. It is no exaggeration to say that it is dancing on the edge of a knife. One must be careful enough and alert enough to have a chance of success.

Moreover, it also depends on whether his speculation is accurate and whether the other party gives him a chance.

When Jiang Chen decided to take an unconventional approach and sneak into the enemy camp, the first image that came to his mind was the scene in "I Am a Special Forces Soldier" where Xiaozhuang hid under the car and followed the convoy back to the enemy's headquarters.

Of course, before this, this idea just flashed through his mind, and Jiang Chen didn't even take it to heart.

It was not until Hu Kai left that Jiang Chen, who was hiding in the dark to collect information and plan his route of action, suddenly thought of the contents of the intelligence given to him by the company commander, as well as his and Hu Kai's experience of disguising themselves as villagers to collect intelligence.

Only then did he start to think that it was not completely impossible for him to replicate Xiaozhuang's actions.

Once this thought arose, it could not stop spreading in Jiang Chen's mind. Then he risked violating the rules and ran to the village to find Zhang Zhibin to inquire about information.

As long as he can replicate it successfully, the infiltration process will be much easier and there is basically no possibility of being discovered.

Jiang Chen has already made up his mind on what to choose.

Based on the intelligence collected so far, Jiang Chen speculated that there should not be many supplies in the camp. There are more than 300 people in a camp, and the amount of food, drink, and defecation in a day is not a small number.

When Jiang Chen disguised himself as a villager and went to the camp gate to collect intelligence, he didn't think much about it.

But now looking back, weren't these soldiers from the Second Battalion too active when buying things?

When I went to the village yesterday, I just cleared out the shops, so Zhang Zhibin had to go to the city to purchase goods overnight.

This morning when he, Hu Kai and Zhang Zhibin pushed a tricycle there, the place was cleared out in less than half an hour.

It can't be explained by just two words: greedy.

Their reconnaissance camp is in such a remote place that there is a canteen in the camp.

Is there any in the barracks of the Second Battalion?

What Zhang Zhibin sells are not rare items. In fact, compared with the canteen in the camp, many of the items here are counterfeit goods.

The taste is so different from the original.

As a result, these guys are buying like crazy.

Jiang Chen speculated that there might be two reasons.

The people from the first and second battalions are the same as them. Their training period will not be too short this time, so they are stocking up on supplies in advance.

However, this is somewhat unreasonable.

After all, Zhang Zhibin’s powerful military vehicles are not coming just once. As long as they don’t leave, there will be plenty of opportunities to buy them. There is no need to be so anxious.

Second, there were not enough supplies in the camp.

To be precise, it was probably because of the anti-reconnaissance training that they took the initiative to reduce some of their supplies to avoid making too much noise and increasing the risk of intelligence leaks.

After yesterday and today's consumption, the supplies stored in the camp may no longer be enough.

What Jiang Chen is unsure about now is that when he was observing just now, he didn't see any vehicles leaving the camp.

It is not known whether the car had already set off while they were resting, or whether a subsequent supply vehicle delivered the supplies directly.

If they have already set off, it would be fine. He would just have to wait a little longer, but if it was another possibility, it would be a bit troublesome.

Who knows when the other party will come. What if they come tomorrow morning?

Unfortunately, Zhang Zhibin did not come to the camp to sell things in the afternoon...

Jiang Chen shook his head and threw all these trivial things aside. If I get it, I'm lucky, if I lose it, it's my fate. There's nothing to worry about. It would be strange if everything went so smoothly.

Besides, even if his speculation was wrong and he didn't get what he wanted, the worst that could happen was that he would just follow the original plan and sneak in using conventional means.

But if his speculation is correct, then he must take the risk.

I looked at the time, it was 6:18 pm, it was still early.

Regardless of whether his speculation was correct or not, he had to make the necessary preparations. If a vehicle really showed up and he missed the opportunity because of such a small matter, he would regret it so much that he would have no place to cry.

I came to the edge of the woods, found a place to dig a shallow hole, took out some candies, chocolates, sausages and other easy-to-carry foods from my backpack and put them on my body. Then I put the backpack and some other useless equipment into the hole, covered it with branches and leaves, and then found some soil nearby and sprinkled it on it to make the camouflage effect more realistic.

Jiang Chen was not afraid of being discovered by the people from the Second Battalion, but he was mainly afraid of the villagers who came to the mountains to pick mountain products.

If it is really lost, you will not be brought to a military court like losing a gun, but you will still be criticized and asked to reflect on yourself.

Avoid it if you can...

After doing all this, the next step is to create opportunities to get on the bus.

This is more troublesome, or maybe Jiang Chen is thinking too much. He always feels that if it is really like what is shown in TV dramas, just putting some branches and wood on the road is a bit too deliberate. Unless you are a fool, it is hard not to suspect that there is a problem.

Not to mention, they had just fought each other a few hours ago.

The solution Jiang Chen thought of was very simple.

where is this place?

In the mountainous area, the roads are rugged, and it is easy to create an opportunity to stop the car.

Not to mention, Jiang Chen also specifically asked Zhang Zhibin for information in this regard.

From him, Jiang Chen learned that about two or three kilometers away, on the only way leading to the village, there was a section of road that had experienced mudslides due to floods in previous years. Although it has been repaired and reinforced since then, some mud and gravel still occasionally fall from the mountain. Every once in a while, the nearby villages have to organize people to clean it up.

No matter how hard one tries to cover it up, there will always be flaws. Jiang Chen would not let it go if he could use the power of nature.

Jiang Chen did what he said and traveled light. It took him less than ten minutes to find the place Zhang Zhibin mentioned, which was a distance of two or three kilometers.

The hillside beside the road showed signs of scouring, and a simple large net was placed across the middle of the hillside. A lot of branches, soil and gravel had accumulated in the net.

Jiang Chen was delighted when he saw this, as it saved him a lot of effort.

Jiang Chen carefully climbed up the hillside along the nearby woods, chose a good position, took out the dagger on his waist, and gently cut the net bag with the most gravel and debris.

In an instant, countless mud, gravel and branches slid down the hillside. Feeling that it was about time, Jiang Chen quickly re-tied the place where he had just scratched it.

There are a lot of gravel and dirt in the net bag. If too much is released, it will be troublesome for the villagers to clean up.

The reason why we want to set up a big network here is probably because of this consideration.

After all, if there is real danger, what use will a simple big net be?

"If I had known, I wouldn't have to give change when I bought cigarettes just now..." Jiang Chen couldn't help but think to himself when he saw the good road turned into a mess by himself.

If possible, he wouldn't want to do this, but there is no other way.

If you have the chance in the future, help the nearby villagers with farm work.

With all sorts of random thoughts in his mind, Jiang Chen lay in the grass beside the road, holding a telescope in his hand and glancing at the distance of the road from time to time.

……

On the other side, in the command center, Ge Hongtao and Liu Bo, who witnessed Jiang Chen's activities throughout, looked at the red dot on the map that had stopped moving, and were confused for a moment.

"What on earth does this kid want to do?" Ge Hongtao cursed in a low voice with a dark face.

Liu Bo seemed much calmer.

Jiang Chen is not his soldier, so no matter how anxious he is, it is not his turn.

Time passed minute by minute, and suddenly a voice came from outside the command center.

"report!"

Liu Bo said without even looking up: "Come in!"

A non-commissioned officer opened the tent and walked in. He was the quartermaster of the second battalion, responsible for logistics management, including meals, purchasing supplies, arranging the work of the kitchen team, etc.

When the company leader tried to retain Wu Liuyi during the soldiers' assault, he assigned him this position.

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