Chapter 61: The Perfect Weapon

"Sea buckthorn and cacti are the most commonly used plants in this desert. Setting deadly traps with sea buckthorn trees and cacti like this is like hiding in a tall building, secretly throwing trash bags at you. Once an inertia forms in those enemies' minds, when they see sea buckthorn trees and plants, their first thought is not fresh water, but deadly poisons and grenades loaded with bullets that can cause large-scale casualties!"
Zhanxiage narrowed his eyes, pointing at the vast, seemingly endless desert before him, and said coldly, "So whenever they collect fresh water from sea buckthorn trees and cacti, they are always terrified. No matter how many times they extract fresh water from trees and plants, they keep using all sorts of methods to test for poison." This way, the freshwater they already lacked would be wasted in large quantities! The cloth I tied to the sea buckthorn tree, the grenade and the magazine I tied—I didn't care how many could be poisoned or blown up. What I wanted was to plant a shadow of danger in their minds. I wanted them to be on edge, to make them tremble with fear! In such a dry and scorching desert, with no fresh water and nerves so tight, I want to see how long they can hold out! Once their mental defenses completely collapse, it's time for the two of us to launch a major counterattack! ”
Zhao Haiping pondered Zhan Xiagage's words for a long time, but in the end, he took out his small notebook and obediently wrote down every line of the song. To quote Zhanxia Ge, there's no rush. Once they return home alive, there's plenty of time for him to savor it slowly! What he needed to do now was to memorize every action and every word the war hero said firmly in his heart, firmly in that little notebook.
He was foolish, but not stupid. As long as he persevered, he would eventually master the essence of the war hero's song of planting sinister mines on the battlefield.
After designing this trap that serves both real damage and psychological intimidation, the two continue moving forward. As Zhanxiage gazed into the distance, something suddenly caught his eye.
Zhan Xiaoge pulled Zhao Haiping over. A camel's skull, whose length of time was unknown, was half-hidden in the sandstorm. In its hollow eye sockets, those two faint streaks of darkness seemed to be telling Zhanxiage and Zhao Haiping about its helplessness and sorrow in the face of its final moments.
Zhanxiage picked up the camel's skull and smiled, "This is a good thing!" ”
Before Zhao Haiping could react, Zhanxiage stuffed another high-explosive grenade with the safety bolt removed into the camel's skull!
Now, not only Zhao Haiping but even the special forces soldiers sitting in front of the TV couldn't help but widen their eyes. For a moment, countless special forces soldiers around the world raised their hands, watching the instructor who was slowly savoring and nodding repeatedly, clearly seeing through the situation. These humble, eager soldiers loudly asked, "Excuse me, instructor, who exactly is that Chinese soldier trying to blow up by sticking a grenade into a camel's head?!" Was it that Chinese soldier was too confident, thinking that leaving a grenade would always bring bad luck, or was he tired of having too many weapons and too heavy, so he decided to use this method to reduce his own load? ”
"What do you know?!" An instructor sighed repeatedly, glanced at the soldiers he trained with an almost pitying gaze, and said, "Master, expert, truly a master!" To master Tricky Mine tactics to this level, this Chinese soldier can truly be called a master of such tactics! ”
Seeing all the soldiers still staring in confusion with wide eyes, the instructor said, "The tricky mine tactics used by this Chinese soldier have already gone beyond what you'd find in conventional military textbooks. You could say that every trap is an extraordinary creative weapon created by him, based on the realities of the battlefield and his deepest understanding of tricky mines and human behavioral psychology." Not to mention you Boy Scouts—even I spent a long time thinking before figuring out the secrets inside. ”
"In hilly deserts, aside from yellow sand, you can hardly see anything else. Over time, people experience visual fatigue. Snow blindness may occur not only on snowy plains but also in deserts. But if, at this moment, a strange object suddenly appeared in the desert—like the camel's skull—no matter how far away or how small it was, it would still attract their attention when facing a pursuing force of over two hundred men. ”
This special forces instructor, with rich combat experience, pondered, "In my hometown, hunters always use a decaying goat carcass as bait when hunting wild beasts. Some of those beasts aren't used to eating carcasses, but even from several miles away, they can smell the scent of the decaying goat carcasses." Even if curiosity is the main culprit, they will come over to take a look. Even if they don't eat rotten meat, they can't help but go up to smell it and touch it with their paws. ”
As the instructor spoke, a quick-witted special forces soldier who was also skilled at making tricky mines showed an expression of sudden realization. He shouted loudly, "I understand!" The Chinese soldier set a trap in the camel's head precisely because he captured the physiological and psychological trait of 'curiosity' shared by living beings. Terrorists chasing behind Chinese soldiers—so many people will notice the camel head that the Chinese soldiers have specially placed in a prominent spot. Although they are exhausted, someone will always walk over—maybe someone will pick up the camel head and shake it as a toy, or maybe someone will just kick it as a disposable soccer ball in frustration! ”
At this point, the quick-witted special forces soldier had already thought of an even more serious problem. Sweat instantly rolled down his forehead, and he asked in a slightly trembling voice, "Instructor, if we have to pursue an enemy like that Chinese soldier on the battlefield, what should we do to effectively avoid the traps he sets?!" ”
The instructor stared at the figures of Zhanxiage and Zhao Haiping on the big TV screen. After a long silence, he said, "If you want to hunt down such an enemy, you need to watch more, think more, move less, and run less. Try to avoid dangerous areas where traps might be set." Also, if you encounter an enemy as cunning as this Chinese soldier, you better pray to God to take good care of you! Finally, let me remind you one more thing: don't focus all your attention on the traps and tricky mines designed by Chinese soldiers! They could endure heavy machine gun fire from helicopters in the dense forest and contend with Chechen guerrillas a hundredfold their size for fifty days without a scratch. Calling them 'Jungle Tigers' is no exaggeration! If you think you've finally caught up with such enemies and no longer have to worry about traps and tricky mines, you might realize that this is the beginning of the most brutal battle with them! ”
The entire venue fell silent.
A dedicated team doctor from the special forces raised his hand. After receiving permission from the instructor and captain, he stood up, looked around the room, and said loudly, "I have some more things I'd like to add." ”
"I have to admit, I was scared by that Chinese soldier! I'm a doctor. Although I can shoot, know how to fight, and can operate most cars and tanks, compared to you, I'm still just an outsider, so I don't want to discuss this issue further. What I want to talk about is the physical condition of this Chinese soldier! ”
The team doctor said, "I won't mention that slightly shorter Chinese soldier. Although he's also very outstanding, based on the data I've collected, he's still within the normal range. In fact, many of you here could do better than him, but...... That Chinese soldier who has already shocked us so much—I must say, he was not even human! ”
All the soldiers around widened their eyes. The team doctor raised his folder and said, "As long as I read the data I've collected from surveillance over the past few days, everyone will understand why I made such an evaluation of that Chinese soldier!" ”
"I monitored him for nine days in total. During those nine days, he carried a backpack weighing about forty kilograms and walked roughly 420 kilometers across the desert. He took on almost all the guards; while his companions rested, he set traps and collected fresh water, and his daily rest time never exceeded six hours. During these nine days, the amount of fresh water he drank daily definitely didn't exceed ten pints! ”
All the special forces soldiers were in an uproar. They had received desert combat training and knew clearly that when temperatures exceeded 37.8°C and carrying dozens of kilograms on their backs over long distances, the human body had to replenish 1.1 pint of fresh water per hour, and even below 37.8 degrees Celsius, they needed to replenish 1 pint of fresh water every hour.
In other words, to maintain normal physical condition in the desert, you need to drink nearly twenty pints of fresh water every day! Yet that Chinese soldier drank only half the amount of fresh water and managed to last nine days. Judging by his physical condition, it seemed he could continue using this inhumane method for quite a long time.
No flaws, no weaknesses—only terrifying combat capability and technology. These high-eyed special forces soldiers finally understood what perfect war means in that Chinese soldier!