flstandardbreds Chapter 135 Shortcut
Chapter 135 Shortcut
Upon hearing Zheng Xian's words, Bai Luo immediately began to take action.
The two slowly retreated, and once they were completely out of the Japanese soldiers' sights, they quickly got up from the ground.
Zheng Xian stood up, looked around, and then spoke to Bai Luo, who was carrying a sack of remote-controlled bombs.
"Xiao Luo, let's hide the bomb nearby. It will be easy to retrieve when we bomb this airport later. The Blue Party Intelligence Agency has a base in Zhengzhou and is not short of explosives. Our top priority is to get to Zhengzhou as soon as possible."
Upon hearing Zheng Xian's words, Bai Luo immediately found a large tree, climbed up it, and threw the large sack in his hand onto a branch.
By the time Bai Luo climbed down from the tree, Zheng Xian had already determined the direction of Zheng City.
Under the cover of night, the two headed straight for the Japanese airfield in Zhengzhou.
However, their journey to Zhengzhou was not smooth, as the Japanese soldiers had set up far too many checkpoints.
There were also Japanese soldiers driving armored vehicles.
This was something they hadn't expected. Not only was the search in the Yang City direction thorough, but the search in the Zheng City direction was no less rigorous.
We often encounter planes in the sky and patrol teams on the ground.
This greatly slowed down Bai Luo and Zheng Xian's progress.
When the two men hid in a patch of dry grass again, they watched a Japanese patrol slowly making its way from south to north in the distance.
Zheng looked at the sky, then glanced at his watch. It was already 1.30:6 a.m., less than six hours until dawn.
But they have only advanced less than 10 kilometers so far, and are still more than 50 kilometers away from the outskirts of Zhengzhou, not to mention the airport east of Zhengzhou.
But the two of them couldn't speed up now; the Japanese soldiers wouldn't let them pass. Unless someone lured the Japanese soldiers away.
But now there are only the two of them. If Zheng goes, he might not come back, and if Bai Luo goes, it's probably going to be tough for him too.
Bai Luo also learned from Zheng Xian that afternoon that the Japanese heavy armored forces had arrived in Gongxian, and that most of the troops currently blocking Gongxian were this heavy armored mechanized force.
If Bai Luo makes a big commotion, the Japanese soldiers will arrive to provide support very quickly.
Meanwhile, one of Gangcun's own troops was responsible for guarding the Blue Party's garrison in Yang City, preventing the Blue Party forces from launching a sneak attack while his side was short of ammunition.
The rest of the troops were reinforcing defenses in Gongxian County and searching for any poison gas bombs that might have been hidden in the county town.
Zheng Xian looked anxiously at the Japanese patrol team that was gradually disappearing into the distance. Just avoiding this Japanese patrol team had wasted nearly 15 minutes.
Zheng Xiandu was considering whether changing the route would reduce the number of Japanese patrols.
They can also travel faster.
Just as Zheng Xian was about to discuss changing routes with Bai Luo, a sudden inspiration struck him.
Yes, let's take a different route.
Zheng Xian suddenly thought of a route that would take him close to Zhengzhou.
So he immediately turned to Bai Luo and said.
"Xiao Luo, how's your rock climbing?"
Bai Luo: "...That's awesome."
Zheng Xian: "..."
Twenty minutes later, Bai Luo looked at the cliff in front of him. It was about 40 meters high, and the mountain was basically vertical with a 90-degree angle. It was so steep that people without some skills would not be able to cross it.
Zheng Xian stared at the mountain wall in front of him, seemingly recalling something, before finally snapping out of his reverie after a long while.
Turning his head, he saw the little boy in front of him carefully examining the 40-meter-high cliff and thought Bai Luo was scared.
I knew you were just bragging.
Zheng Xian said in a teasing tone.
"How about it, Xiao Luo? Do you think it's okay? Are you confident? If not, we'll wait until Brother Zheng goes up and then we'll pull you in."
Bai Luo shifted her gaze from the cliff to Zheng Xian, and heard Zheng Xian's somewhat sarcastic words.
He thought to himself that it was wrong to look down on others; how could a man say that he was incapable?
Besides, I already bragged about it.
As soon as Bai Luo began to examine the cliff in front of him, he had already marked out the fastest and best routes to climb it in his mind.
His human weapon skills are no joke; they include master-level rock climbing skills.
Bai Luo ignored Zheng Xian's words, chose a route, and rushed to the bottom of the cliff. When he was almost at the bottom, he used his left foot to push off the rock face.
Using this force, Bai Luo leaped upwards, simultaneously reaching out with his right hand to grab a protruding rock.
Then, using his left hand to grip the crevice in the rock face to steady himself, he planted his feet on the protrusions on the cliff face and, with a sudden push, leaped towards the next pre-selected foothold.
With these two bursts of power, Bai Luo is now nearly 5 meters off the ground.
Zheng Xian below was dumbfounded, thinking to himself, "This little guy must be a monkey."
Others climb by crawling, but this little rascal jumps!
In the few seconds that Zheng Xian was stunned, Bai Luo had already climbed to the middle of the broken wall.
After regaining his balance, Bai Luo turned around and looked down. He saw Zheng Xian standing there staring blankly at him, and Bai Luo called out to him in an annoyed tone.
"Brother Zheng, hurry up! What are you standing there daydreaming about? Are you watching a monkey show?"
Looking at Zheng Xian below, who only came to his senses after hearing her words, Bai Luo was somewhat speechless.
Just a moment ago I was frantically going around in circles because the pace of progress was too slow, but now that I've found the way, I'm starting to space out.
After being brought back to his senses by Bai Luo, Zheng Xian quickly walked back to the route he had climbed before.
He thought to himself, "Isn't this just watching a monkey show? No, even a monkey show isn't this impressive."
Compared to Bai Luo's agility and skill, Zheng Xian was much more steady and methodical.
Five minutes later, Zheng Xian, who had climbed to the middle of the cliff, fixed himself in place and rested for a while.
Looking up, Zheng Xian saw Bai Luo standing on the cliff top, peering at him intently. By the moonlight, he could clearly see the "can you do it?" look in Bai Luo's eyes.
This made Zheng Xian a little flustered, and everything he said down there was immediately taken back by Bai Luo with just a look.
Although Bai Luo didn't speak, Zheng Xian couldn't bear the obvious meaning in her eyes.
Zheng lowered his head, avoiding looking at Bai Luo above him.
Take a deep breath, adjust your angle, and continue climbing upwards.
At the same time, silently recite in your mind
"I am a human, not a monkey, so I cannot be compared to a monkey."
Ten minutes later, Zheng Xian finally climbed to the top of the cliff and lay on the edge, panting heavily. He made up his mind that he must strengthen his training when he got back.
I can't even compare to a child now.
Just as Zheng Xian had said, once they crossed the broken mountain, they were out of the Japanese encirclement. They hardly encountered any living people along the way, let alone Japanese patrols.
The two of them picked up speed immediately.
But for the two who had already broken free of the encirclement, time was no longer of the essence.
After all, if the two of them had been surrounded by Japanese soldiers by daybreak, they would have been in danger.
If Bai Luo and Zheng Xian were to travel within the encirclement in broad daylight, they would easily be spotted by Japanese reconnaissance planes or patrols.
As dawn broke, Zheng Xian and Bai Luo arrived at a small town, which was also the closest town to Zheng City.