The whole team staggered and collapsed on the snow, everyone was so tired that they didn't care about the cold, lying on the ground panting. At the end of this day, I asked for my own life, and everyone was tired and stupid.

"Why don't you get up, you want to freeze to death...... Hurry up...... Get up ......."

Bagan took a group of cadres and backbones of the militia brigade, and they picked them up from the ground, and then beckoned everyone to set up tents and cook immediately.

At this time, you must not lie on the snow, now the sky is dark, the temperature has reached nearly minus 40 degrees, everyone is sweating profusely, even if you lie down for a while, you have to be frozen hard, and you have to freeze to death for a long time.

The team struggled to get up from the snow, and under the leadership of their respective squadron leaders and group leaders, they unloaded various supplies from the sleigh wagons and set up tents on the snow.

Each field marching tent can accommodate 20 people, and the construction process is very simple, only a few people can be set up in less than half an hour. The tents are made of hard-wearing canvas, lined with a layer of cold-proof plastic film, supported by steel pipe supports, and fastened with cables, which are very strong and durable, and can withstand snowstorms in the cold wilderness.

The inside of the field tent is covered with two layers of thick felt, which is most effective in the cold field, and it can block the cold air of the ground when laid directly on the snow. A few more lambskin covers were made on top of the felt, and twenty people drilled into it, and they were crowded into it very warm.

Huge marching pots were also propped up, and a fire rose at the bottom, and the pots were filled with snow, and in a short time they turned into water and slowly boiled. Break the compressed biscuits and throw them in, then add the ingredients such as jerky, butter and dried vegetables, boil them into a paste, and serve a large bowl full of them for each person. Drink it hot on your stomach and end up with a strong drink or two for everyone.

Except for the sentry posts who took turns to be on duty, the rest of the camp slept in tents. At the end of the day, everyone had reached the limit state, basically falling asleep, and the tent was snoring like thunder. They fell asleep one after another.

The next day, before dawn, the hurried rallying call sounded.

Ritu didn't hear the horn at all, he was kicked awake by the squadron leader. This sleep was too sound, and it also made him recover a lot of physical strength, but his body was still extremely sore.

He quickly dressed up, followed everyone and began to put away the tents, split wood to make a fire, feed the horses and cook, and after an hour of busy work, the whole team began to trek forward with difficulty.

It's even harder to get on the road today. After a night's sleep, everyone couldn't slow down at all, so they could only mechanically drag their legs and trudge forward with difficulty. Fortunately, the wind on the grassland is less, and it doesn't blow on the face like a knife like yesterday.

The earth is silvery white, the sky is blue, and between the blue sky and the white snowfield in the distance, the vast and long-distance is refreshing.

"Shenzhou is here...... Shenzhou is coming......"

Suddenly. Someone in the team pointed to the distance and shouted loudly, and the whole team suddenly became lively. Everyone took off their hats and threw them into the sky, jumping and shouting on the snow.

That day Tu also looked in the direction of everyone's fingers, and saw several huge Shenzhou slowly flying over from a distance. He also unconsciously followed everyone and roared loudly.

After more than two months of winter training, especially all-round political and ideological education, these Mongol captives in Moxi have made them unconsciously regard themselves as a member of the Far East. Seeing these Shenzhou again, they were no longer afraid. And it became very excited.

These are several airships of the airship brigade directly under the Westward Expansion Corps, and the wind speed on the grassland is getting smaller today, and the airship unit can finally be dispatched. All the airships of the airship brigade directly under the Westward Advance Corps were loaded with relief supplies and went to the most remote areas.

After the weather conditions in the grassland improved. Song Tao immediately ordered all the airships directly under the corps to load up supplies and fly to the most severely affected areas such as Lake Balkhash in Moxi and the northeastern Altai Mountains in Mobei.

An emergency mobilization was also made to the garrisons around the disaster-stricken areas, and all units were ordered to immediately organize their forces, form disaster relief detachments, and rush to the disaster-stricken areas to provide support at all costs.

He also sent a telegram to the Central Military Commission, saying that Gao Jianguo and Li Ming also attached great importance to the white plague in the northwest, and mobilized the airboat units of the Northeast Field Army and the Southern Field Army to rush to the northwest to provide emergency assistance. Song Tao, Wang Yaowu, Qiang Quansheng and others all got on the airship and rushed to the disaster area to check the local disaster situation.

After the snowstorm, the traffic on the grassland was paralyzed, and the ground support detachments stationed in various places were greatly affected in their forward speed. At present, only the airboat detachment can rush to the affected area as soon as possible.

Taking advantage of the advantage of speed, the airboat detachment can rush to the most severely affected area in a timely manner and give timely feedback to the disaster relief headquarters, and each disaster relief unit can adjust its personnel and materials in a timely manner, which has a positive effect on the disaster relief work.

However, the airship detachment also has certain limitations, each airship can only carry a few tons of supplies and a small number of personnel, and it cannot play a decisive role in supporting the affected areas.

The snowstorm came very suddenly, and the snowstorm for several days immediately paralyzed the traffic in the grassland. At present, the most affected areas, the various nomadic squadrons are scattered throughout the disaster area, and each nomadic squadron is guarding a large number of cattle and sheep.

A few days of heavy snowfall crushed the greenhouse of the cattle and sheep, and the cattle and sheep were trapped in the snow. The stored hay and forage were also pressed into the thick snow. The nomadic squadron was understaffed, and there were only two or three hundred young herdsmen, including the old and weak women and children, and they were too busy to work.

According to the latest statistics, hundreds of thousands of cattle and sheep were trapped in the disaster area, and every day of delay would cause very heavy losses.

In the end, it is still necessary to rely on the ground troops to rush to the affected areas in time to provide support to the herdsmen in the disaster areas. So time is very tight, and disaster relief support units from all over the country are rushing to the affected areas.

The task of the disaster relief detachment led by Bagan was rather arduous, and after several days of difficult trekking, the disaster relief detachment finally arrived in the affected area. There are several nomadic detachments in this area, and various brigades and squadrons are scattered throughout the vast steppe area around it.

When everyone arrived at a nomadic squadron on the periphery, hundreds of herdsmen in this squadron were busy nervously, snatching cattle and sheep out of the thick snow, repairing the crushed greenhouse, and rescuing the pasture grass that was crushed by the snow.

But in the face of a large number of cattle, sheep and horses, a nomadic squadron of two or three hundred people could not rescue a large number of cattle and sheep at all. Although they had not slept for several days and nights, they could not rescue the cattle and sheep in the snow.

(To be continued.) )