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The 100,000 mountains in the west are bounded by Vietnam in the south, and the 100,000 mountains in the east are densely packed, so it is called 100,000 mountains. Because there are many poisonous insects and beasts, and the mountains and rocks are everywhere, it is not convenient to open up fields and not easy to live in. Therefore, since ancient times, for Guangxi people who lack land and living space, this place is also a place that is unwilling to settle down. From the map, this is a land without any marks. Only the four words of the 100,000 mountains are displayed on the map to inform the place name here. But one thing that can be confirmed is that in Duan Guoxue's straightforward vision, the boundary line between the south and Vietnam is probably going to advance a lot to the south.

However, although the people are unwilling to settle down, it does not mean that no one is willing to go. Since 1926, on the periphery of the 100,000 mountains, there have been several groups of officers and soldiers driving large construction machinery coming here to station. They started to build roads from outside the mountain. Although the progress was not very fast, they also extended to the depths of the mountain little by little.

However, few people know where these highways lead, because first of all, there are not many households living nearby. Even after these troops enter here, they leave here under the arrangement of the local civil affairs department. Moreover, due to the large number of poisonous insects and beasts in the mountains, there are a large number of miasma and even more unbearable mountain lees and poisonous mosquitoes, even the best old hunters among the indigenous people dare to go deeper easily. What's more, at the entrance of the foot of these newly opened highways, there are soldiers from the army stationed at these entrances, and these soldiers will often patrol from time to time, so no one knows where these highways lead.

Although these mysterious highways and outsiders are eliminated on the ground to explore secrets inside 100,000 mountains, air reconnaissance is also another method of snooping and reconnaissance brought about by the progress of technological civilization. However, you can think of this, so wouldn’t the people in power who have absolute air superiority on this land think of it?

Not to mention that there are a large number of air defense radars, anti-aircraft artillery positions and air force patrols outside this mountain. Even if you can really break through the outer defense system and enter the sky above this land, it is difficult to find these highways even if someone can fly over the sky.

Because these winding highways plant many trees on the hillside above the highway, these specially reinforced inclined trees extend their branches and leaves above the highway under artificial intervention. The dense branches and leaves cover the possibility of peeping from the sky, leaving only the branches and leaves and the passages remaining on the road.

(ps: Yimu experienced such a simple road when he went to Hechi to shoot a tourism promotional video with Zhejiang TV in 2002. The local Tourism Bureau Director introduced that this was specially built during the Cultural Revolution to prevent American spy satellites. Although it was just a simple road with loess sand and gravel, the roadbed was strong and could run directly into tanks. In a county where Yimu works, there was a command center built during the turmoil. As it has now been designated as a forest park reserve, the road leading to the command post on the highest mountain was built forty years ago. However, the difference is that there is no trace of human reinforcement. It is covered by the self-growth of the abandoned plants in 2008. When I was anti-freezing in 2008, Yimu took a flashlight and dragged the generator equipment to leave this deserted road that made Yimu terrified.)

There will be several forks in this hidden highway extending into the mountains. If you walk through these forks, you will come to a gate made of huge steel and concrete. Here, after the guards passing the gate pass the inspection, the huge and thick gate will slowly open. When you walk in, you will find that this is a tunnel dug by a large culvert of ten meters wide. The tunnel is wide and can be run side by side. In the depths of the tunnel, the tunnels in some places are even wider. A large number of military vehicles are directly parked on both sides. The vehicles are loaded with various combat supplies from food to military clothing, ammunition, oil and other materials, as well as many armored vehicles, and tanks are also parked here quietly. One day, we will suddenly attack the invading enemy.

In the deeper depth, you will find that these culvert tunnels are connected and connected, but they are also protected by thick iron gates at the connection. This defense system is where Duan Guoxue hides troops as a surprise soldier. The geographical location of the Hundred Thousand Mountains is very good. It is not only a key point of the south gate of the land, but also a fatal point that guards the important transportation route of land land. Moreover, under the design of those who are interested, this is not only a place for Tibetan soldiers to prepare for war, but also has more important uses.

Today, in this culvert tunnel that has been under construction, a group of soldiers are continuing to dig the holes here.

In this uninhabited place, seven or eight heavy-duty dump trucks with twelve wheels, such as the Yellow River brand heavy dump truck, parked on a platform by the mountain stream. Look, this platform was filled with soil and stone dug out from a large number of culverts. The earthwork needed to build such a huge platform indicates that the culvert has been dug deep. When these heavy dump trucks poured out dozens of tons of earth from the huge truck with the help of hydraulic lever arms, a group of soldiers came over from a temporary residence not far away.

"Xiao Sun. Is the car entering the hole?" A third-level official from afar called the driver in front of the convoy.

"Go in. Lao Qian. I will take you a ride." Xiao Sun leaned out and replied while driving.

The truck fleet drove into the culvert tunnel at a constant speed at the unfinished site. It was just at the entrance. The tunnel was built with cement. Long preset wires and lighting lights illuminate the construction site and point to the deep hinterland of the mountains.

The convoy went deep into the road for a long time. There were some hidden external ventilation shafts along the way, but there were also some huge vertical shaft projects under construction. As for the functions of these vertical shafts, the soldiers didn't know. They just built the infrastructure of these vertical shafts according to the drawings. After the construction was completed, what should be further built here. The soldiers had only heard of missiles, rockets and other places.

"Lao Qian. I'm at the station. You'll leave by yourself in front of me." Xiao Sun stopped at a newly built vertical shaft. Xiao Sun embarrassedly explained to Lao Qian why he couldn't continue to take the lead.

"It's okay. Thank you so much for avoiding such a long way. Brothers, get off the bus!" Lao Qian was not at all unhappy. He called the brothers on the bus to get off the bus and walk forward.

After walking in for more than two kilometers, after passing a reserved isolation door construction site, Lao Qian and his brothers came to the place where they worked, a vertical shaft that was being excavated.

Each shaft has a huge engineering volume. Not only should the shaft be opened to the outside world, but it also needs to be built with a larger internal construction.

Although I don’t know what it is for, Lao Qian judged from its own T3 basic equipment and several of the most sturdy and difficult stress points. Lao Qian estimated that these reserved spaces were used to turn a thick and long thing into the external vertical shaft.

"Lao Qian, did you come here so early?" A man who resisted the rank of second-level sergeant chief on his shoulders greeted Lao Qian.

"Well, it's not too early. I just took a ride all the way when I came in. If you finish work now, you might be able to follow Xiao Sun and the others when you go out." Lao Qian reminded the old guy to take a ride.

"Okay, you are tired. Class 2! Clean up!" The second-level sect chief informed his subordinates to pack up and prepare to return to the dormitory.

"Old Qian, please pay attention. There is a turquoise stone on the shaft. Pay attention..." Before the second squad leader finished his words, a large stone fell from above the shaft. There was no one directly below the large stone, because this was required by construction safety. The things that fell here would be dug by the excavator. However, there happened to be a huge rock where the big stone fell, and the big stone was a little round. The big stone jumped to a supporting beam next to it. The beam that was squeezed by external force fell down, and there was a little soldier in the direction of the fall, and he was facing his back to the huge beam that was facing towards him.

Just when everyone had no time to remind the little warrior, a familiar figure rushed forward and pushed away the little warrior who was sure to die. The huge beams and the roaring sounds and smoke covered the familiar figure.

A week later, when Lao Qian woke up from his coma, the first thing that caught his eye was the white ceiling, and then he saw a young nurse in white, and then... Lao Qian found that his left leg was gone.

Two weeks after the accident, the platoon leader, company commander and battalion commander of the team came to visit Lao Qian with big bags of things. Facing Lao Qian, who is the most skilled in the team, now, the platoon leader, company commander and battalion commander were a little uncomfortable. They should have smiled and encouraged the wounded and sick, but they didn't know how to speak.

"What do you look like? Do you want to cry when you see me?" Lao Qian was not so pessimistic. Instead, he laughed and scolded the superior who now had an ugly expression than crying.

"Old Qian is right. Your two faces are ugly now than crying." The battalion commander has experienced this kind of thing so many times than the other two, so he sniffed and suppressed the sourness and scolded the remaining two.

"What are you saying about Battalion Commander? How could my face look ugly now than crying? It's even worse than the company commander's look ugly than mine."

"Stop talking nonsense. Why are your eyes red? You're going to lose your cat's urine."

"Damn it!! I knew I was so excited that I didn't sleep until I fell asleep yesterday. Company Commander, your eyes were no longer red. Did the company commander stay up all night with my sister-in-law last night and work hard all night?" The platoon leader teased his commander with some metaphorical words.

As the mutual teasing of several old brothers, the sadness that just appeared was squeezed and dispelled by the jokes and teasings between the big men and the teasing words between the men.

"Old Qian, do you have any plans?" After a long time, the battalion commander asked his future plans for the top technical pioneers in the entire engineering barracks.

"It's unlikely that you want to stay in the army if you don't have a leg. What else can you do? Wait for demobilization." Old Qian said his helpless thoughts in a silence.

"Lao Qian, you don't have to be too pessimistic. Just rely on your skills, even if the bridge and road construction units are demobilized, they are eager to get it. Just the soldiers who have gone out of us have good skills." The battalion commander used facts to dispel Lao Qian's frustration.

"I know this. Two years ago, my fellow villager left the army and went to the local construction unit due to stomach problems. He lived a good life there. But I am not worried about my future prospects. After all, I am from an engineering and technical army. I can eat the third-class skill in my body wherever I go! But I can't bear to leave the army. It's because I have trained my skills here. I can't bear to leave the machine I control every day. I can't bear to fight with the landslides and drink urine to overcome difficulties. I can't bear to leave everyone..."

When Lao Qian talked about his abilities, his eyes flashed with great pride and pride, but when he talked about it, his voice became more and more strange. His eyes, who had just had a cheerful smile, suddenly turned red. His tears and crying made the one who had been buried underground for two weeks not cry. He used his eternal cheerful laughter to encourage the new soldiers who were buried together to persist in living. Lao Qian, who was respected as eternal cheerful smiling Buddha, showed his other side to outsiders for the first time.

The ward, which was full of laughter and joy, was filled with crying again. This time, the three people who came to visit did not stop their tears from falling. They just tried to resist crying, and quietly accompanied Lao Qian to cry in the quilt. Outside the ward, a nurse wanted to come in to stop this sad voice, but was pulled by the doctor at the door.

"Don't bother them, they've already restrained themselves, let them go." The doctor pulled the nurse aside and said in a low voice.

"But..." The little nurse wanted to say something.

"Without a leg, he will leave the army soon. When you want to leave this familiar position, you will also have this mood." The doctor's white coat collar could not cover his rank of lieutenant officer who was also a soldier's identity. Only those who are also from a soldier can understand and experience the sadness and reluctance of leaving.

After a long time, when Lao Qian, who had vented his sadness, recovered, the three people who came to visit him chatted with Lao Qian for a while, but the three of them had to rush back to the construction camp that day, so they had to finish the visit and return.

"Battery Commander." When the three of them were about to leave, Lao Qian called them.

"Lao Qian, just say whatever you have. Don't worry. We will help you with what you can do. Even if we can't do it, we will find a way to help you." The battalion commander noticed that Lao Qian had several times but stopped his desire. He was sure that Lao Qian had something to ask them to do.

"Platform leader, company commander, battalion commander, I, Lao Qian, joined the army for 26 years and have been a soldier for 16 years. Here I thank the troops for turning me from an illiterate training to an engineering construction soldier who understands culture, has knowledge and skills. I followed the troops to build many engineering projects, including the 29-year Guangxi Railway Highway construction, the Yunnan Guizhou Highway construction, and the Sichuan Gansu Railway Highway construction. It can be said that Lao Qian, I, has built many culvert tunnels with the troops, and my body is already flowing with the blood of our culvert tunnel construction force, which is known as the "invincible pangolin"!"

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We have started building this place in 2018. Although we were digging this place as the future home of our Chinese rocket missile force, although I knew from the process of our construction that these troops must be very confidential, I have dug holes for so long. I want to see what rocket missiles are before I leave the troops and see what these big guys look like." Lao Qian expressed his expectations to the three commanders with great solemnity.

"Lao Qian, don't worry, we will find a way to make you fulfill this long-cherished wish." The battalion commander grabbed Lao Qian's hand tightly.

When the battalion commander returned to the garrison, the battalion commander recruited all the cadres and officers of the engineering corps together and discussed how Lao Qian's wish would be realized.

Although everyone knows that this rocket missile force is definitely the highest secret, it can be seen from the process of building the tunnel itself that although they have been organized into a mysterious force, they are only building basic tunnel facilities, and the equipment construction inside is nothing to do with them. These things are built by another direct force.

However, after one night of discussion, everyone revised and rewrited an application material and handed it to the brigade commander of the engineering corps. The battalion commander stated to the brigade commander the unanimous wishes of the soldiers of the "Invincible Pangolin" culvert tunnel engineering corps.

The application materials were quickly transferred from the deeply moved brigade commander to the direct command center. The brigade commander closed the door and made a statement with his old superior for a long time. Although he could not get a definite reply in the end, judging from the expression of the brigade commander when he left, at least, there was such a glimmer of hope.

Two days later, the application materials appeared on the desk of China's top leader Duan Guoxue.

"What do you think?" Duan Guoxue asked about the opinions of Minister Huang Lin, who submitted the application materials to him.

"From the military confidentiality regulations, it is not legal to comment. But if you think about it from another perspective, just as the soldiers said in the application materials, being able to take a look at these equipment is an extremely honorable and a stimulant that can inspire their patriotic feelings. I personally think it can be approved."

"Yes, Huang Lin, have you noticed that I have always followed the route of low-key and endurance, which has both advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is that many opponents cannot know our true strength. But sometimes it is also disadvantages to be too low-key and endurance, which leads to our people not knowing what we have done, why we have done these things, what benefits we have gained after doing these things, what impact these things will have on the entire country and what impact they have on the world. Many of the things that we have done in the world, and many things that can inspire our people to bring great cohesion and appeal to our government are deliberately covered up. Although this is good in military terms, it is not good in the hearts of the people..."

"Then commander-in-chief, have you agreed?"

"I approved it! Although many things cannot be disclosed to the whole world before World War II has entered the last moment, in some local scope, we can show some things to some people.

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"It's like a military parade?"

"Yes! Just like a military parade, we can only see what is on the outside, but the power it really contains is that I believe these engineers do not understand at the first place, but also can gather a powerful momentum in a small range. And not only do we need to carry out some such patriotic emotional sublimation activities within the army, but also among the people."

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When Lao Qian, who had just healed his wound, was trying to move down the ground with a crutch, the battalion commander drove a car to a large iron gate from the hospital. Here, all the officers and soldiers of the "Invincible Pangolin" culvert tunnel engineering soldiers gathered here. After Lao Qian arrived, a major who had been waiting at the door for a long time came over.

"Hello, Xie Anbao, the commander of the Third Battalion of the 23rd Engineering Construction Chief Commander, led all the officers and soldiers of the battalion to visit." The battalion commander saluted and reported to the greeting major.

"Hello, Deng Zhonglin, the battalion commander of the Second Artillery Strategic Missile Battalion, welcome you. All comrades, welcome you to come back and see the home you built." Deng Zhonglin and other Second Artillery soldiers raised their hands to these soldiers stationed in the nest to salute the comrades who were fighting in the most dangerous places to pay the highest level of etiquette.

When the thick iron gate opened to these "pangolin" soldiers who had drilled holes in the mountains for the first time, when the soldiers who had been dealing with these dirt and stone tunnels in their lifetime saw the real function of the culvert tunnel they dug out for the first time, even if they were mentally prepared, even if they were even familiar with the size and size of the space inside, they were stunned by the scene in front of them. From the newly arrived recruits to the battalion commander, everyone was stunned by the magnificent scene.

The inside is no longer as empty as when it was built and evacuated. The originally empty inner space of the mountain is replaced by huge guide rails and huge hydraulic arms. The originally empty vertical shaft has already built a huge rail. In the guide rails and vertical shafts, a thick object has only a last bit of tail left to show it in front of everyone. Lao Qian expected to turn a thick and long thing and transport it to the external vertical shaft. A backup missile was parked.

The missile showed everyone its smooth and graceful lines. The trumpet-shaped tail flame ejection port indicates that it will eject long flames and smoke columns; its thick body tells the visitors to store enough fuel to provide the engine with a long time to push the missile to fly higher and farther. At the front of the missile, the cone-shaped warhead seems to tell everyone that there is something in their belly that makes the world scared.

Gently stroked the huge body of the missile with the hand of the broken fingers, Lao Qian's tears fell on the shell of the missile in a series of times, scattered on the concrete floor of the tunnel where Lao Qian worked and fought. Gently, Lao Qian and many "pangolin" brothers said together, while dripping tears that he could not help but shed:

"It's worth living in this life!!!"
Chapter completed!