all-around logistician

Chapter 117 On the Patrol
The communicator quickly made a voice report. After receiving a reply from the regiment headquarters, the No. 8 squad leader looked at Lin Yi, "Every time you go out to patrol, you must report to the regiment, which is also convenient for the regiment to command and dispatch."

For the next one-hour journey, going up and down for a while, walking on the valley with gravel paths, Lin Yi felt that it was okay, and it was not as difficult as he imagined.

Maybe it's also because the wind is not strong now, which makes Lin Yi feel that it's okay to patrol here.

But soon squad leader 8 stopped and looked at Lin Yi, "This is a snow-covered area, and the depth of the snow is about two meters. We have to wade over there. Please tie up your shoes and try not to get into the snow. Otherwise, you can only walk down with wet feet."

The cold-proof boots issued by the army are of good quality and fastened tightly. Under normal circumstances, snow can't really get in.

What's more, I wear cold-proof pants, which have two layers of snow-proof performance. I don't care about walking on ordinary snowy roads.

But Lin saw that everyone was retying their shoelaces carefully, and he also refastened them. Although he thought it was unnecessary, after all, he was wading through the snow just now.

But when he entered the snow-covered area, Lin Yi knew that his thinking was too naive. Walking on a snowy road is a snowy road. At most, your legs are in the snow, and you can at least stand up.

But when passing through the snow-covered area, people lie on the snow, because when you stand up, the snow may not be able to bear your weight, and you will fall half of your body into the snow.

As for digging a road from top to bottom, it is unrealistic. Just the distance of 30 meters from the outpost to the dry toilet will take a day's work for the preparation staff. This snow area is 200 meters long. It is impossible for personnel to spend ten days digging a snow track.

What's more, in the plateau area where there are at least two winds this week, the speed at which you dig the snow trail is definitely not as fast as the speed of the wind blowing the snow.

No wonder Squad 8 asked everyone to tie their shoelaces again. If the laces were not tightened tightly, snow would easily get into the shoes when crawling forward, and the next five hours of patrolling would really torture people to death.

Don't think about it, everyone, if snow gets in your boots, just take them off and throw them away. Under the strong wind of minus [-] degrees, the body temperature is much lower than [-] degrees. As long as you dare to take off your shoes, this weather will dare to hurt your feet. It is not impossible to be damaged by frost, or amputate due to severe frostbite.

So even if snow gets into your shoes while patrolling, you have to wear them like this. At least your feet can be kept when you return to the outpost, and you can still patrol normally on the third day.

It took about 10 minutes for several people to climb over the snow-covered area smoothly. Looking at the hard snow surface, squad leader 8 was quite happy, and then approached Lin Yi's ear and yelled, "Platoon leader Lin, you are here!" The timing is right, if it is spring, the snow here will melt, and the snow surface will not be firm, and you will be soaked all over, so it will be uncomfortable."

Because of the loud wind, Lin Yi couldn't hear it clearly. He could only hear that it was more difficult to walk in this area in spring, so he took out a pen and paper again and recorded it.

Afterwards, he walked on a section of gravel road, but when Squad 8 stopped again, Lin Yi became nervous again. As long as Squad 8 stopped, the road below would be difficult.

The wind noise in this area is relatively small, and the words of the 8th squad leader can be heard very clearly, "Platoon leader Lin, when you can walk, you must step firmly on your feet. Remember, you must step firmly. We are going to pass the cliff area. The cliff is not high, only more than 200 meters from the bottom of the valley, but if you fall, you will almost die, so you must be careful."

Lin Yi nodded solemnly, pulled himself together, and stared at every step taken by squad leader No. 8.

In fact, the cliff area here is not without any protection. There is even an iron chain that can be supported to walk, but the length of the iron chain is not long, and it disappears every few meters. People can only walk at an angle.

In this cliff area of ​​more than 20 meters, Squad Leader 8 took every step carefully, stepped on every foot firmly, and had to make a circle before he dared to take the next step.

Lin Yi did the same, but halfway through the walk, Lin Yi unconsciously glanced down the valley, it didn't matter if he didn't look, his legs were a little weak when he was so scared.

Squad leader 8 didn't dare to shout, for fear of scaring Lin Yi, he could only whisper: "Hold on tightly, keep your feet on the ground, look at me, don't look down, and pass quickly."

Lin Yi heard Squad Leader 8's voice, and immediately raised her head to stare at Squad Leader 8, not daring to look down the valley, and then walked over smoothly.

The rest of the fighters, although they have walked this way many times, are still cautious every time they take a step.

This is the most dangerous part of the entire patrol line, as there is no trial-and-error mechanism here.

This place is not like the 20-meter-deep slope valley just now. The road there is flat and continuous, and the slope is not too steep. As long as the protection is in place, even if you accidentally roll down, most people will be fine, at least they will not die.

As for the snow-covered area, it was just difficult to walk, far from posing a threat to life.

But this cliff is different. Once it falls from a height of 200 meters, even the gods cannot save it.

So this is also the place where the progress is the slowest.

However, everyone is quite familiar with the patrols that have been going on for many years. After they passed by, the squad leader of No. 8 continued to shout: "Let's go."

After walking for almost an hour, the road was still rough and the snow was still thick. When Lin Yi was walking, he was touched by a sharp stone on his leg. Fortunately, he touched the upper of a cold-proof boot. His leg did not bleed, but it was painful. Feeling let Lin Yi know that the place is probably bruised.

But it's not a big deal. After walking, the pain is much lighter after the blood is activated.

Guessing that the patrol was about to end, Lin Yi didn't find the use of the pickaxe, so he couldn't help it, so he asked, "Squad 8, what is our pickaxe for? And climbing ropes. At first I thought the climbing ropes It was used to cross the cliff, but it turned out to be useless at all, what section of road should we go next?"

Squad leader 8 pointed to the hill ahead, "That's the end point, we can go there, we have to climb over a glacier with a drop of 100 meters, it's full of old ice, we can only use a pickaxe on the ice Knock out the ice hole and climb up the ice hole with your hands."

Huh, there is actually ice, and I don’t know that the snow is not completely melted in summer, and it freezes directly in winter.

Still, the surface temperature here is slightly higher, and it can melt snow and freeze in winter.

When he walked under the glacier and saw this piece of ice that was taller than a person, Lin Yi knew that it was probably the former, and it was impossible for geothermal heat to cause such a thick ice surface.

Squad leader No. 8 found a leeward place at this time, took out dry food, and looked at Lin Yi, "Let's eat some dry food to replenish our physical strength. Climbing the ice surface is very exhausting. Now the body lacks heat, so we can't climb up in one go."

(End of this chapter)