all-around logistician

Chapter 106 Snow Hill Cave
Because the herdsman militia has nowhere to go, they will probably stay here for two or three hours, and then go home on horseback.

In fact, they only come to the outpost in winter, and the number of times they come to the PLA outpost is still very small. Usually, they will have to wait for a month before returning after eating the grass in this field.

In most cases, they would rather go to the militia duty station to keep warm, the reason is simple, they are a system, they are all under the leadership of the border defense brigade, and the walkie-talkies in their hands are also interoperable.

The People's Liberation Army uses single-soldier radios, and long-distance walkie-talkies will only be used if signal towers can be erected in the station.

However, in this environment, they are all contributing to the country, and there is no distinction between inside and outside. As long as you come, you are welcome. It is impossible to let you be cold and hungry.

At this time, the people who were shoveling snow outside also came back one after another. The 8th squad leader looked at the backup staff and shouted: "Take off your equipment, it's time for us to shovel the snow."

The reserve staff took off the 07 tactical vest, handed the rifle to the person who came back, then put on the cotton coat again, and rushed to the playground of the outpost.

Lin Yi didn't neglect either, he tightened the rope of his winter boots, wrapped himself in a cotton coat and rushed out.

After two hours of cleaning by the people in front, the path leading to the door has been widened to three meters, and the rest only needs to be widened to ensure that there is enough room for exercises tonight. I want to shovel out the entire playground. There is nothing that cannot be completed in two days.

Squad leader 8 looked at the two three-meter-high snow hills leading to the dry toilet, and then looked at Lin Yi, "Platoon leader Lin, why don't we get crowded with them? Let's clear the road to the dry toilet." Take out one, so that you don’t have to crawl to the toilet later.”

Lin Yi looked at the two gentle snow hills and asked curiously, "Did you just dig through or shovel out a path?"

Squad leader 8 smiled, "We were being lazy and took out a hole 1.5 meters high and [-] meter wide."

"When I first went to the outpost, I wanted to be brave and insisted on shoveling a road. It took me a whole day to shovel the road. Before I persisted for two days, it was buried by the wind and snow, which was equivalent to a day's work. Sweating in vain."

"The point is, the strong wind here averages once a week. You really can't use your energy indiscriminately, otherwise people will be too tired to hold on."

Lin Yi nodded, "That's true. Although our energy is very strong, we can't use it casually. But since it is a hole, why don't we reinforce the hole after the shoveling, so that at least after being buried, we can Take it out immediately."

Squad leader 8 pointed to the two piles of snow mounds, "Platoon Leader Lin, let's not talk about whether we have anything to reinforce it. Even ordinary bricks can't hold it."

Is it so exaggerated?
Lin Yi picked up the shovel and plunged it hard into the snowdrift, then shoveled the snow out, and found that what the 8th squad leader said was right, the snow here is too hard, it is completely different from the snow seen in ordinary areas, it is too solid .

Then we have to find a way. We can’t dig out once the wind blows the snow, which is too laborious.It takes two people a day's effort to dig out once.

Squad leader 8 didn't think much of it when he heard Lin Yi's words, "Platoon leader Lin thinks of a way to see what to do with what we have at the outpost. I'll do it here first."

Lin Yi also immediately picked up the shovel to shovel the snow first, thinking of ways while shoveling the snow.

The snow here cannot be shoveled with a plastic snow shovel, because it is too hard, and the snow shovel cannot be inserted at all. It can only be shoveled with a square shovel, unless the hard snow half a meter above is first shoveled off, and the snow below is shoveled. The snow will be slightly softer.

The top is hard and the bottom is soft, so a hole can naturally be pulled out. Can we use this feature to reinforce the hole?
At this time, Lin Yi was already a little hot, and the breath he exhaled immediately condensed when it was cold, and soon glued Lin Yi's eyelashes, and suddenly Lin Yi had an inspiration.

What if water was used to solidify these snow mounds?

The temperature here is as low as minus [-] degrees, and the water that is poured on it will freeze immediately. If we dig a hole and then cover the hole with water, won't the hard snow immediately freeze into extremely solid ice?
With an idea, Lin Yi immediately said: "Squad 8, what do we usually do with water?"

Squad leader 8 pointed to these snowdrifts. We drink the snow in winter. We have water purification equipment next to the boiler room. After the snow is melted and filtered, it can meet the drinking standard.

If you usually wash and wash your clothes, you don’t need to filter the water. The snow is very clean. After the precipitation is melted, it is quite cool.

People in our patrol team eat snow directly outside, which is very good.

As for the summer, it's easy. The superior has built a well for us, and we can directly pump out water in summer.

Do you use water to melt snow in winter?
With water so tight, no wonder they didn't have the idea to reinforce the cave with water.

Lin Yi said: "I want to use a few buckets of water to strengthen the cave wall of the snow mound, and I will go to shovel and melt the snow."

8 When the squad leader heard it, he used water to reinforce it?
It seems unrealistic, but in this icy and snowy climate, ice is the most reliable thing.

Squad 8 didn't care about Lin Yi. Lin Yi is a lieutenant. Strictly speaking, he is his superior. Naturally, the superior does not need the consent of the subordinate.

So I ignored Lin Yi and continued digging the hole.

There is a large iron pool in the boiler room, which is larger than the bathtub in ordinary households, but it is only one meter high. There is a cover on it, and it is a pool specially used for melting snow.

Lin Yi saw that there was half a tank of water in the pool, so he wanted to take it out and use it first. Master Wu saw this scene and asked quickly: "Platoon Leader Lin, what are you doing? Do you want to wash clothes with water?"

Lin Yi shook his head, "I don't wash clothes, I just use water to fix the snow hill cave leading to the dry toilet, so I need a few buckets of water."

After hearing this, Master Wu looked puzzled, "Platoon Leader Lin, why don't you stop working hard? I don't think these buckets of water can do anything. Besides, we melt snow very slowly, and only half a tank of water is melted in a day. , Excluding daily water use, there is not much left.”

Lin Yi counted the water consumption for dinner, and at most two buckets of water can be used. Excluding the water for the soldiers to wash at night, there should be four or five buckets left. If you go to melt the snow by yourself now, it will be time for the soldiers to wash at night. There are still a few barrels left.

That's about as good as it gets.

Lin Yi said: "I used to work in logistics, and I can calculate water consumption. Don't worry, I will definitely keep enough water for you, so that your daily life will not cause problems."

When Master Wu heard this, he didn't know what to say. Platoon Leader Lin said that he was a professional and that he was a corporal, so he couldn't refute it.

I had no choice but to agree: "Okay, then platoon leader Lin can use it, but you must leave me with water for cooking. This is a big deal, and there must be no mistakes. I will go to shovel the snow and come back to melt the water."

(End of this chapter)