Chapter 444 The Devil's Land
Bering Strait.
The Bering Strait is a waterway connecting the Chukchi Sea and the Bering Sea between the Chukchi Peninsula of the Russian Federation and the Seward Peninsula of Alaska, the United States. It is the only channel connecting the Pacific Ocean and the Arctic Ocean, and it is also a must-pass place for Russia's northern maritime routes connecting its coastal ports along Europe and Asia.
The climate of the strait is severely cold, with the lowest temperature in January being minus 43.8c, the average temperature in July being 5c. The water temperature is from August 4 to 8c, and the ice is from October to June of the following year. The ice is 1.2 to 1.5 meters thick. It can be navigated normally in August and September, but there is still floating ice on the sea surface.
From the perspective of geopolitics in the Western Pacific, there are two opposing forces: China's power and the US, Japan and Taiwan's power.
This is an extremely important strategic location, the shortest route connecting Asia, Europe and America. Once the Arctic channel is opened, it will promote a super strong Arctic economic circle dominated by Russia, North America and Western Europe, and thus affect the economic and geopolitical pattern of the entire world.
There are many islands in the strait, basically in the sleeping stage. But the sleeping time will not last too long. Sooner or later, these islands will wake up with the Arctic waterway through, and will be developed one by one, becoming strategic places for economic and military.
Xiao Yuanchao and Reddy rented a boat and headed north into the Bering Strait. The Shared Intelligence Department of Multinationals did not know about their actions, and Xiao Yuanchao did not intend to inform the Intelligence Department of the operation.
To some extent, he has to cover up Reddy. Even if it is exposed, he has to wait until Angelina is rescued.
This is an island with a extreme north climate, and the entire island is covered with primeval forests. The highest point of the island is a snow-capped mountain. From a distance, it looks like a holy mountain believed by some pilgrims, without any impurities.
The sea water around the island is frozen. In the absence of ice-breaking tools, Xiao Yuanchao and Reddi walked up the island on the ice.
"Hu..." Reddy, wearing a polar outfit, breathed a sigh of relief.
The breath was spit out, and when it encountered the cold air, it turned into a white mist, and then floated on his face, causing his eyelashes to instantly rise into a layer of white frost.
It's cold, very cold. In such a cold place, people can't even stretch out their hands, and even guns can be frozen.
Xiao Yuanchao was also wearing a polar suit, carrying a rifle, holding a ski stick in his right hand, and stepping forward on the ice with one foot deep and one foot shallow.
"Xiao Yuanchao, I actually don't agree with you because there are dangers that you can't imagine. If it's time to look back now, here..."
"What else do you say when you have arrived?" Xiao Yuanchao moved the goggles on his face, looked at the island not far away and said to Reddy: "I just hope you didn't bring me to the wrong place, otherwise this will be your grave."
This is the most unsuitable climate condition for combat, even though Xiao Yuanchao had received training in this environment.
The northernmost part of the acceptable ice and snow training is only to reach the Changbai Mountain area, and the climate of Changbai Mountain is absolutely mild compared to here. It lacks the experience of combating the extreme north environment, even if it is prepared.
The rifle behind him was kept by the cold-proof gun oil, which was enough to resist the severe cold of minus 40 degrees Celsius. However, Xiao Yuanchao could not guarantee that he would not explode when shooting. Based on this environment, the PM sniper rifle he brought was decomposed and put in a box, carrying it in a luggage.
"Brother, before entering the island, I need to persuade you again." Reddy stopped and looked at Xiao Yuanchao with a complicated face and said, "If you can, don't go, really, I won't harm you."
Reed almost said this all the way, and advised Xiao Yuanchao not to come. But how could Xiao Yuanchao not come? He had to rescue Angelina. He had to get the core information from Angelina and to give full play to the role of his chess piece.
"Reddy, nothing can scare me. You know, I used to be a professional soldier in China, and a professional soldier in China has a motto." Xiao Yuanchao also stopped and took out an energy bar.
"Oh? What motto?" Reddy asked.
"If you join the army, you will die." Xiao Yuanchao spit out his unique motto and bite the energy bar.
Hearing this sentence, Reedy's complicated eyes became even more complicated, and he wanted to say something but wanted to say it but stopped.
"What?" Xiao Yuanchao asked.
He had long seen that Reddy's face was abnormal, and from the moment he set off, it seemed that the island was full of devils, full of devouring devils.
As long as a stranger step in, he will be swallowed up and not even his bones will remain.
"If I guess correctly, this motto is not common to the people of the ** people, but to the troops you are in, right?" Reedy stared at Xiao Yuanchao's eyes and whispered: "It's very perverted, very powerful, and very kind. Xiao, I think you may be able to fight them hard now, but it's not you, but the troops you are in."
"Oh, is that?" Xiao Yuanchao stared at Reddy's eyes and slowly chewed the energy bar.
"Maybe...Okay, from now on, I will never persuade you again, but you have to remember that everything you advise you is for your own good." Reddy seemed to have made some decision.
"I believe you are for my own good." Xiao Yuanchao said lightly.
"Do you believe it?" Reddy was stunned.
"Yes, I believe it." Xiao Yuanchao said affirmatively: "Although you have concealed a lot of things, and although your **** behavior makes me look down on you, I think you are not bad."
"I just..." Reddy smiled with a silent face and said with a self-deprecating smile: "I just lack brothers too much..."
The self-deprecating smile was filled with loneliness and desolation. It was hard to imagine that this expression would appear on Reddy's face.
Everyone has their own story, and everyone has their own unspeakable secrets. Xiao Yuanchao will not break Reddy's unspeakable secrets. Concealing does not mean deception. Sometimes hiding something may not be a good thing.
The two walked side by side onto the island, walking hard in the knee-high snow.
There is snow everywhere, and there are evergreen coniferous forests with strong vitality everywhere. Occasionally, the snow on the trees falls, and in addition, the whole world is silent.
There are no traces of life, and there are not even squirrels jumping. This is a dead island. Although it looks particularly beautiful, it is a pity that it is full of yin energy.
"Travel around." Reddy suddenly stopped and pointed to the high places protruding from the northeast and said: "There is a group of machine gun bunkers."
Looking in the direction of Reddy's finger, Xiao Yuanchao tried hard to distinguish before seeing the high ground protruding under the snow.
It is a machine gun bunker, yes, it is dense, all of which are machine gun bunkers.
"There is a machine gun bunker there, this is a minefield." Reddy pointed to the direction he was about to detour and said: "There is a machine gun bunker group in front of the minefield, this is the devil's land!"
The land of the devil, the territory of the devil. All the territory is devil, and the devil is something that people cannot compete with.
Terrifying and mysterious, powerful and terrifying.
Chapter completed!