Special Years

Sometimes, fate is sometimes kind as an angel, but sometimes it is as ferocious as a devil.

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On the third day after the first mine clearance, before the "heroic" enthusiasm of Zhuang Yan and the others had faded away, the first mine clearance team had an accident.

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As the No. 12 minefield was cleaned up for a day, it was found that the situation was much simpler than expected.

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The progress of mine clearance in the minefield was twice as fast as expected.

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According to this progress, minefield No. 12 does not need a week at all, it can be done in four days.

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So, the team decided to change the plan.

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Originally, the temporary camp was set up here because there were three minefields No. 12, No. 13 and No. 14 nearby.

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According to the order in the plan, the numbers are from small to large, and they are arranged one by one. After all are completed, the official acceptance will be handed over to the local government.

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However, there are more than these three minefields in the plan of the second major mine clearance operation on the entire border.

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Team 1 must continue to move to other areas after sweeping these three minefields to complete the sweeping operations of several minefields in that area.

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As the Spring Festival is approaching, the local people are also preparing for the Chinese New Year. A notice came from the headquarters. In order to let the people on the border have a good New Year, before the Spring Festival holiday, try to clear as many minefields as possible to ensure the safety of border residents and trade as much as possible.

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Team 1 decided to leave a row with the hunter team for finishing work in the No. 1 minefield. After all, although the hunter team had passed the test of real platooning for a few days, in the eyes of other veteran engineers, it was still a little tender.

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Minefield No. 12 is relatively less difficult to clear, while No. 13 is not.

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The No. 13 minefield is actually not far from the No. 12 minefield, only less than one kilometer.

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The minefield is located on a ridge between two mountains, and the first thing to do is to climb a mountain road.

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All the blasting equipment are carried by people, and some local mules and horses are rented to carry some.

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The difficulty of mountain demining and peaceful demining is not on the same level.

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First, use a flamethrower to carry out a fire attack, so that the mines buried at a depth of 10-25 cm will also be burned.

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Mechanized demining can also be used for demining on the ground. Just like the demining vehicle modified with bulldozers that Zhuang Yan saw before, it can be used to press and push several times in a cycle to blast some deeply buried mines.

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This is called double insurance.

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Or burn it once and push it again, and most of the mines in the minefield can be removed.

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The rest is manual screening.

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In manual demining, the minefield is usually cleaned twice, and the places you have swept are alternately swept, and another person sweeps the next time.

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Cross each other to avoid omissions.

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At the end, the commander leads the team for inspection and acceptance. After a strict confirmation procedure, the minefield will be finally determined to be safe, and then handed over to the place on another day.

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Mountain demining is of a different nature.

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In mountain demining, the minefield is on the mountain, with steep slopes, many stones, trees and shrubs, and the terrain is rugged. Mechanical demining in such a place is simply a nonsense.

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Once the complex terrain is cleared, a fire attack is usually carried out to burn out the mines on the surface as much as possible, and then the famous "mine clearing bomb" will appear.

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Mine-sweeping bombs are actually like water pipes. Just like in the movie "Heroes and Sons" when he was a child, the hero Wang Cheng shouted the slogan "fire at me", pulled the blasting tube and rushed to the enemy to die together.

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It is the kind of blasting tube, but it is relatively short, ranging from 30-50 cm, and the tail can be linked, so the scientific name is also called "demining blasting tube".

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After passing through the minefield scorched by the flamethrower, the deminers entered and connected the "minesweeper bombs" from a height, and slowly extended to the depths of the minefield, weaving a large grid of Japanese characters.

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After the grid is formed, it will be ignited and detonated.

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Once this mesh-shaped "mine-sweeping bomb" detonates, it will detonate most of the mines in the area.

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Remember, only the majority.

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Because there will still be fish that slip through the net.

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In the crevices of stones, or in some potholes, where the shock wave did not reach, lingered.

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At this time, demining engineers still have to put on explosion-proof suits and anti-mine shoes to enter the scene, and use tools such as mine-sweeping rakes to clean up a little bit like a plough.

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Once a fish that slips through the net is found, it should be dismantled by hand immediately.

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It must be said that the difficulty of demining in the mountains is more than twice as high as that in the flat land.

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Early in the morning, after the convoy arrived at the No. 12 minefield with equipment and demining officers and soldiers, the second and third platoons continued to carry the equipment on their shoulders and set off together with the rented mules and horses, heading for the No. 13 minefield. .

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The task of the second and third platoons today is to conduct a preliminary survey of the No. 13 minefield, and then conduct a fire-breathing treatment, and then use a mine-sweeping bomb to blow it up again.

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After this is done, three platoons of troops will be concentrated tomorrow to enter the minefield for manual operations.

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The No. 12 minefield has been manually sorted out, and today is just a re-examination to ensure that nothing goes wrong.

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It is always impossible to leave a mine in the area that the demining force has expelled. This is the death order of the headquarters and the headquarters.

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Nothing to lose.

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Still these four words.

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Zhuang Yan and his teammates followed a row, put on protective clothing, and entered the No. 12 minefield again.

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It has been raining a little since midnight last night.

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The air in the mountains is always fresh, and when the rain falls, there is a refreshing scent of plants everywhere, which dilutes a lot of the smell of gunpowder smoke that was originally left in the minefield.

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Everything went very smoothly.

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At noon, when the minefield was withdrawn for lunch, most of the No. 12 minefield had been re-examined.

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Everyone was talking and laughing.

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Su Huikai said that the minefield No. 12 has been cleaned up today, which is considered a great achievement. Will the captain add another goat to everyone as a tooth-fighting sacrifice?

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Zhuang Yan laughed at Su Huikai, saying that you are a foodie, and you still want to eat when you arrive at the minefield.

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Yan Guanjun broke the news, saying that the goat was not bought by Han Zizheng at the market last night, but was sold to him by the surrounding border residents, because the goat was not slaughtered~www.novelmt.com~ was hit by a landmine blown up.

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The one who killed the sheep was a villager whose leg had been blown up by a landmine. People were already poor, and if they were raised to death, it would be like cutting meat, so they sat on the side of the road and cried.

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Han claimed to have seen it, and only understood the reason after asking. He thought that the team was just about to add vegetables, so it would be better to go with the flow and buy the sheep from the frontier.

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It was only then that everyone suddenly realized that they usually buy more pigs for added vegetables, but it is rare to buy sheep.

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While there was a lot of discussion, an explosion suddenly came from the mountains in the distance.

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Zhuang Yan's spoon stopped.

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The sound came from minefield No. 13.

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I thought it was the explosion of a minesweeper bomb.

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But it's not like listening carefully.

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Because the detonation sound of the minesweeper is very loud.

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If it was the flamethrower, it would not be right, because I have seen it burning there once before, and thick black smoke was raised.

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Others didn't pay much attention.

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It is normal to hear an explosion in the demining area.

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After that noise, there was no more explosion.

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When Zhuang Yan was a little puzzled, he suddenly heard the walkie-talkie in Yang Daxi's hand rustling.

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Guarantee the third shift is completed, continue to chase the fourth shift! Complete as much as possible.

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Don't talk, let's code.