Chapter 1039: Blizzard (I)
Li Yaoguo, the leader of the first squad, walked in front of Zhao Yongqi, tightened the buckle of his cloak for him, nodded for fear of his shoulder, and then walked in front of the three soldiers and said in a loud voice: "Today's weather report says that there may be a snowstorm in the mountainous area. However, our mission will not end. I hope that you will keep your patrol regulations in mind, pay attention to safety, keep your eyes wide open, and see clearly every enemy that may appear! Remember, behind us is the motherland, that is, our homeland, and here is our last line of defense! Let's go!
"Yes!" In a neat response, the group lined up in a straight line, braving the wind and snow that had begun to slowly become stronger, walked out of the warm camp, and slowly walked towards the mountainous area where the wind and snow were raging.
More than an hour later, a long queue of several people had gone deep into the mountains. The snow here is long below your ankles, and it takes more effort to take every step. At this time, the wind and snow were getting stronger and stronger, and the howling wind blew the white windproof snow cloak on Zhao Yongqi's body. The invisible wind, like a sharp blade, whistled by, causing the skin exposed to the air to feel a tingling pain.
"Go there and rest for ten minutes!" Although it was close at hand, Li Yaoguo's voice seemed to come from a very long distance, even if he was hoarse, he still felt very ethereal in his ears. Fortunately, gestures could convey more meaning, and the warriors who braved the wind and snow followed behind Li Yaoguo and walked towards the depression surrounded by mountains and rocks on three sides.
Without the strong wind, although there were still a lot of snowflakes falling overhead, everyone couldn't help but take a deep breath, and their bodies as if they were about to freeze slowly began to come to life.
"Squad leader, today's snowstorm is so big!" Niu Jinshan pulled down his mask, frowned and said: "I've been here for more than a year, except for the one during the freeze last year, I don't seem to have seen such a strong wind." ”
Li Yaoguo, who was resting on the rock, also nodded, looked at the already dark sky with some concern and said, "I will patrol forward for a while, and if the weather is still like this, we will turn back." ”
"Okay!" Hearing Li Yaoguo's words, Niu Jinshan couldn't help but be happy, took out a bag of emergency rations from his innermost arms, opened the heating ring at the bottom, and saw bursts of white mist rising from the breach after only a while. Regardless of whether it was hot or not, Niu Jinshan took out a spoon and put the high-calorie food similar to beef sauce into his mouth, and ate it with a suck.
Zhao Yongqi also knows that this is not as gluttonous as Niu Jinshan, in this kind of weather, people's body temperature drops quickly, and it is easy to feel tired if they do not supplement caloric food. At the same time, eating faster is also to be able to eat warm food. If you slow down, the bag in your hand will soon turn into a lump of ice.
After taking out the food from his pocket and helping Xiao Tian heat it up, Zhao Yongqi grabbed his food bag, and like Niu Jinshan, he sent it into his mouth before the heating was completely finished.
"Xiao Qi, how do you feel?" Li Yaoguo asked Zhao Yongqi in the gap between supplementing food.
"Squad leader, don't worry, I'm fine, it's okay. Zhao Yongqi swallowed the last bite of food in his mouth, took out the food bag, and found that there was only a little residue left, so he simply poured it into his mouth, and stuffed the bag into his outer clothing pocket.
Zhao Yongqi originally thought that this was for environmental protection. But in fact, after listening to Li Yaoguo's explanation, I knew that this was to prevent possible cross-border enemies, and to know the location of the patrol team based on the food bags. Therefore, no matter what you do in the field, even if it is a cigarette, you have to bring back the ashes yourself.
Seeing that Zhao Yongqi looked good, and although Xiao Tian looked a little tired, there was no big problem, Li Yaoguo was still a little worried, but now he finally let go.
After resting in the small mountain col for more than ten minutes, Li Yaoguo gave an order, and the soldiers who had finished their gear looked down at the ground and found that there was nothing obvious left, and then formed a long line again and marched towards the predetermined road.
Now Li Yaoguo is in the front, Zhao Yongqi is second, followed by Xiaotian, and finally Niu Jinshan.
At this moment, the wind and snow have become heavier and heavier, and the surrounding scenery has been completely covered by the wind and snow, and if you want to see the road ahead, you must raise your hand to wipe the windproof goggles every minute, and even then, the inside will be frosted due to body temperature, which will affect your vision.
The howling wind obscured almost all sounds, and several warriors could only rely on gestures to know the general meaning.
Li Yaoguo probably also felt that it was too dangerous to go on like this, and after finally climbing up to a piece of high ground again, he raised his binoculars to look around, and waved his hand to signal a few people to turn around.
This is a relatively narrow mountain road, one side is a mountain wall, the other side is a long slope, usually three people should be able to parallel the mountain road, at the moment because of snow and frost, it looks a little wider, but everyone still does not dare to be careless, leaning on the side of the mountain wall, according to the safety regulations, one by one, the one who did not turn around first protects the turn, and then continues, repeat the above actions, until the whole team turns.
It was supposed to start with Zhao Yongqi, but I don't know why Niu Jinshan, who was at the end of the queue, was the first to turn around, so that the unprepared Lin Tian was hooked by his backpack belt, and the whole person slipped and fell directly.
Zhao Yongqi was turning halfway at the moment, seeing Xiao Tian's head and feet slipping towards the direction of the slope, without thinking about it, he fell to the ground and grabbed Xiao Tian's ankle.
If there are only two people, then Zhao Yongqi and Xiaotian will be safe, and they only need to take a little time to let Xiaotian stabilize his body, and he will be safe. But it's not two people at the moment.
Xiao Tian was knocked down by Niu Jinshan, who suddenly turned around, and his falling action hit Niu Jinshan's leg again, and the whole person turned over on Xiao Tian's body, so that Zhao Yongqi grabbed Xiao Tian's ankle with one hand and looked a little weak.
After all, with thick gloves on his hands, the ankles of thick cold pants are not so easy to grasp. As soon as the weight of the two people came up, Zhao Yongqi only felt that his hand slipped, and the ankle that he originally grabbed now became a grasp of the sole.
Li Yaoguo, who was slightly higher on the ground, had already pounced in these few seconds and suddenly grabbed Xiaotian's trouser leg, but at this moment, he only heard a soft click from under Niu Jinshan, who was being dragged by Xiaotian at the outermost, and a large piece of ice and snow shattered, and suddenly took Niu Jinshan, who had no support, out.
Li Yaoguo, who had just pounced, slid forward almost at the same time, and was carried by this momentum to slide towards the slope.
At this time, Zhao Yongqi, who was in the most stable position, would have just let go of Xiaotian's toes, at least he would not be taken out, but he subconsciously hugged Li Yaoguo's thighs.
This is not flat ground, it only takes enough strength to drag the bodies of three people. Zhao Yongqi's body was covered with ice and snow, even if he had tried to grasp the ground with his empty hand, he was still unstoppably carried outward.
"Let go, let go!" was the last sentence that Zhao Yongqi heard Li Yaoguo shout at him today......