Chapter 136 Looking for water! After crossing the river again using kayaks, the special forces members began armed rock climbing. After reaching the cliff on the other side of the port, they followed the edge of the cliff and came to a cave. The cave was filled with waist-deep water, and the surrounding stone walls were wet. From time to time, water dripped down, hitting the water surface and making a pleasant "drip" sound. The cave is quite humid, but it is very cool. The cool breeze blowing through it gives the special forces members wearing heavy individual equipment a refreshing feeling. The cave is not too long, only about one or two hundred meters. Su Chen squatted down, took off his gloves, scooped up a handful of water, put it to his nose and smelled it, and observed the water flowing through the gaps in his palms, frowning and thinking. Gao Yi saw Su Chen stop and asked the team to stop as well, "What are you thinking about?" Su Chen said in a deep voice: "After we pass through the cave, we need to march for nearly a hundred kilometers. I am wondering if we have enough drinking water!" The Middle East is a vast region, and the average temperature in different areas varies greatly. However, now in September, many areas around Kumar are in the desert. Even at the end of summer, the average daytime temperature is nearly 40 degrees, while the night temperature is as low as around 20 degrees, with a large temperature difference between day and night. They need to travel nearly a hundred kilometers in an area that is almost a desert, and the hot weather consumes a lot of body water.

You should know that, generally speaking, in a hot desert environment, each person needs at least 5-8 liters of water per day to maintain the most basic physiological needs and avoid severe dehydration. If high-intensity marching activities are carried out, the demand for water will be even greater. Although as special forces members, they can endure extreme environments better than ordinary people. But special forces are not supermen. In particular, they need to ensure their marching speed and maintain full combat effectiveness after arriving at the mission area. Conservative estimates show that they need at least 10 liters of water to be guaranteed. A single soldier's water bottle can usually only hold 1 liter of drinking water, which means that they must ensure that they can get timely water replenishment when marching. Hearing Su Chen's words, Gao Yi immediately shouted to Hao Dahai: "Mechanical tiger!" Hao Dahai responded, "Here!——" "Come and check the water source here to see if it can meet drinking needs through a simple filtering device!" Gao Yi ordered. Hao Dahai said: "Yes!" Immediately, Hao Dahai took out a water source detector from his combat backpack and drew water from the accumulated water and water dripping from the stone wall for testing. Soon, after Hao Dahai finished the inspection, he said in a deep voice: "Report! The ground water source contains a large amount of bacteria. Even if it passes through a filtration device, it cannot meet the most basic drinking needs." Su Chen, Gao Yi and others couldn't help but frown and feel depressed when they heard this! At this time, Hao Dahai then threw out a good news: "However, the water dripping from the stone wall can be used for drinking if filtered. At this dripping rate, it will be difficult to replenish our needs for the next march!" Gao Yi asked in a deep voice: "Is there any other way?" "Yes!" Hao Dahai nodded, "We can first find the source of the dripping water on the stone wall, and then replenish it!" "........." Gao Yi's face darkened when he heard this. He glanced at Hao Dahai dimly and said with a dark face: "Next time, say everything you want to say in one breath. If you gasp for breath again, I'll kick you to death!" "Uh..." Hao Dahai scratched his head, "Yes...!" The process of finding water sources is not complicated. First of all, the frequency of dripping water is stable, which means that the water source is relatively stable, possibly coming from a larger water storage area or groundwater flow.

Secondly, the direction in which the dripping water falls is not vertical, but at a certain angle. From this, we can judge that the water source is most likely on the side or diagonally above, and we can trace it upwards along the direction of dripping water. Finally, they followed the traces left by dripping water on the ground and rocks. The width and depth of the dripping water traces could be used to determine the size of the water flow. Generally, the wider and deeper the water traces, the stronger the water flow, and the water source is likely to be nearby. ...Finding water sources in different terrains is a compulsory course for special forces to survive in the wild and is also a basic skill. Special forces are experts in wilderness survival, and tigers pay special attention to this skill training. During training, they often need to survive in the wilderness for a long time without a bite of food or a drop of water, and even have to complete specific combat missions. Therefore, for tigers, finding water sources in caves by dripping water is simply too simple, just like a daily routine! The facts turned out to be just as they expected. Following the trace of the dripping water upwards, they indeed found a large reservoir, which was an underground river. Water is flowing! After testing the water quality, Hao Dahai said excitedly: "This water is indeed relatively clean. After being filtered, it is drinkable!" Gao Yi immediately ordered: "Give the folding water bottles in your backpacks to the mechanical tiger! In addition to the folding water bottles, you must immediately drink up all the water in your individual water bottles and give them to him as well!" The foldable water bottle is one of the individual equipment they carry. After opening, it can hold about 5 liters of water. It does not take up space when folded. The material is strong and there is no need to worry about it being squeezed and damaged. Although each person only replenishes six liters of drinking water, which is far from meeting their most basic drinking water needs, it is the only way. With 6 liters of water, persistence and perseverance, it is possible to complete a 100-kilometer march. If that doesn’t work, find another way to replenish the water source! Can a living person be killed by holding his urine?! The special forces members drank up the water in their water bottles, and then handed the folding bottles to Hao Dahai. Looking at Hao Dahai purifying the water source, Gao Yi said, "During this period of time, let's have a brief meeting!" Except for Hao Dahai, the special forces members gathered together. Gao Yi spoke first: "According to the intelligence from the command center, there are about 30 soldiers protecting Novikov's territory! These people are all from Bibi's army. Their equipment is unknown, but it is possible that they have weapons of mass destruction, such as rockets, mortars, infantry fighting vehicles, tanks, etc. They are heavily guarded. It is not realistic for us to kill Novikov and get away with it!" Lin Yudong frowned and said, "It looks like we have to fight another annihilation war!" "That's right!" Gao Yi nodded, then looked at the team members, "Do you have any ideas?" Shen Hang, who was also in charge of the team, said: "I think we still need the sniper team to provide fire support for the operation. Moreover, this time, relying on only the Judge and Crazy Tiger may not be enough. You see..." Shen Hang pointed to the mark on Novikov's territory on the map and continued: "Novikov's territory is relatively open, and there are no commanding heights or cover points around. Once the battle begins, if, as Feihu said, they may have weapons of mass destruction, it will be difficult for us to resist with just a few people. Therefore, we must have snipers to serve as a diversion and threat!" Lin Yudong nodded and said, "That makes sense!" "What about you? Do you have any other ideas?" Gao Yi looked around at the special forces members. Duan Pengfei from the blasting team said: "Perhaps we can consider using explosions to achieve the purpose of killing and relieve our pressure!" "If we fight head-on, I think we can split into several groups to attack from both sides. If we fight head-on alone, we will be at a disadvantage!" "..." The special forces members talked at once and expressed their ideas. These ideas played a very good role in the next battle plan. Gao Yi wrote them down one by one. Seeing that Su Chen did not say a word during the whole process, he suddenly felt strange. Su Chen was the leader of Team B of the Tigers and an important member of the command team. It was not his idea not to express his opinion? What was he thinking? Gao Yi then stretched out his hand and waved it in front of Su Chen's eyes, "Hey! What are you thinking about?" "Ah!" Su Chen suddenly came back to his senses after hearing this. After collecting his thoughts, he said, "I was thinking, as a member of a Russian spy organization, Novikov was ordered to infiltrate Kumar and participate in the election. Will his organization let him act alone? To be precise, in addition to the bodyguards assigned to him by Bibi, does Novikov have his own bodyguard team?"

Gao Yi suddenly asked, "You mean, in addition to the open attacks, there are also hidden arrows?" "We can't rule out this possibility!" Su Chen sighed, "There's nothing wrong with the plans you mentioned earlier, but I think the number of people provided by the command center may not be accurate!" Lin Yudong agreed: "I think so too. No matter what, we have to be more careful!" "Indeed!" Gao Yi nodded slightly, "But this is the general action plan for now. It's useless to guess here. We still have to wait until we arrive at the mission area and make a decision through reconnaissance!" ......... Almost half an hour passed. Hao Dahai replenished the water source and distributed it to everyone in turn. After replenishing the water source, the special forces team set out again and returned to their previous position in the cave. After walking about one or two hundred meters, Fang Fu passed through the cave and felt a heat wave on his face. The air was hot and stuffy, without a breath of wind. This is undoubtedly an uncomfortable thing for the special forces soldiers wearing heavy equipment. About three or four hours later. It got dark. The stuffy feeling disappeared, and the average temperature was only about 20 degrees. The special forces did not feel cold, but the temperature was very comfortable. After all, they were wearing too thick clothes. The vision was blocked at night, but the night vision effect provided by their tactical visors was no less than the latest four-eye panoramic night vision device equipped by the US military. They marched quickly in the desert, following the route mapped out on the map, heading towards Novikov's territory at full speed... (End of this chapter)