Because the herdsmen and militiamen have nowhere to go, they will probably stay here for two or three hours, and then go home on horseback to herd the animals.
In fact, they only come to the outpost in winter, and the number of times they come to the People's Liberation Army outpost is very small. Generally, after eating the grass in this area, they will have to wait for several months before coming back.
In most cases, they would rather go to the militia duty station to keep warm. The reason is very simple. They are in the same system, they are all under the leadership of the border defense brigade, and the walkie-talkies they hold are all interoperable.
The People's Liberation Army uses individual radio stations, and will only use long-distance walkie-talkies unless it is inside a station where a signal tower can be set up.
However, in this environment, everyone is contributing to the country, and there is no difference between inside and outside. As long as you come, you are welcome, and you will not be left cold and hungry.
At this time, people who were shoveling snow outside were also coming 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 backup personnel took off their 07 tactical vests, handed the rifles to the people who came back, then put on their cotton coats again, and rushed to the outpost playground.
Lin Yi didn't hesitate. He tightened the rope of his cold-proof boots, wrapped himself in his 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. The rest only needs to be widened to ensure that there is enough space for the class tonight. I want to shovel out the entire playground.
It won't take more than two days to complete.
Squad Leader 8 looked at the two three-meter-high snow hills leading to the dry latrine, and then looked at Lin Yi, "Platoon Leader Lin, why don't we stop crowding with them? Let's clear the road to the dry latrine."
Take one out so you don’t have to crawl to the toilet later.”
Lin Yi looked at the two gentle snow hills and asked curiously: "Did you dig through them directly or shovel out a path?"
Squad leader 8 smiled and said, "We were lazy and dug out a hole that was 1.5 meters high and 1 meter wide."
"When I first came to the outpost, I wanted to show off and had to shovel out a road. It took me a whole day to shovel out the road. Before I could hold on for two days, it was buried by wind and snow, which was equivalent to a day's work.
Sweat is in vain."
"The key is that there are strong winds here on average once a week, so you really can't waste your energy, otherwise people will be too tired to hold on."
Lin Yi nodded, "That's true. Although we are very energetic, we can't use it casually. But since we are shoveling a hole, why don't we reinforce the hole after shoveling it, so that at least it can be buried after it is buried?
Take it out immediately."
Squad leader 8 pointed at the two piles of snow mounds, "Platoon leader Lin, let's not talk about whether we have anything to reinforce them. Even if we can reinforce them, they will easily collapse under the weight of the snow. The snow piled up here will weigh so much.
Even ordinary bricks can't carry it."
Is that an exaggeration?
Lin Yi picked up a shovel and pushed it into the snow pile hard, then shoveled a shovel of snow out. He found that the 8th squad leader was right. The snow here is too hard. It is not the same as the snow seen in normal areas. It is too porcelain.
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Then we have to think of a way. We can't just pick it out once when the wind blows and snows. It's too laborious. It takes two people a whole day to pick it out once.
When Squad Leader 8 heard Lin Yi's words, he didn't think much about it. "Then Platoon Leader Lin will think of a way to see what we can do based on what we have at the post. I'll do it here first."
Lin Yi also immediately picked up a shovel and shoveled the snow first, thinking of ways to do it 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 top half meter of hard snow is shoveled first, and the bottom half of the snow is shoveled.
The snow will be slightly softer.
The top is hard and the bottom is soft, so a hole can naturally be dug out. So 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. After a while, Lin Yi's eyelashes were almost glued, and suddenly Lin Yi had an idea.
What if water was used to solidify these snow mounds?
The temperature here is as low as minus 30 degrees, and water poured on it will freeze immediately. If we dig a hole and then cover it with water, won't the hard snow immediately freeze into extremely solid ice?
Having an idea, Lin Yi immediately said: "Squad Leader 8, what do we usually do with water?"
8 The squad leader pointed to these snowdrifts. In winter, the snow melts and is drunk. We have water purification equipment next to the boiler room. After the snow melts and is filtered, it can reach drinking standards.
If you usually wash your clothes, you don't need to filter the water. This snow is very clean and after it has melted and settled, it is quite refreshing.
The people in our patrol group eat snow directly outside, which is very good.
As for summer, it's easy. Our superiors have drilled wells for us, and we can pump out water directly in summer.
Do you rely on melting snow to use water in winter?
With such a tight demand for water, no wonder they didn't think of reinforcing the cave with water.
Lin Yi said: "I want to use a few buckets of water to strengthen the walls of the snow hill cave. I will shovel the snow and melt it."
8 When the squad leader heard this, he used water to reinforce it?
It seems unrealistic, but in this icy and snowy climate, ice is actually the most reliable thing.
Squad leader 8 didn't care about Lin Yi. Lin Yi was a lieutenant. Strictly speaking, he was his superior. Naturally, what the superior did did not require the consent of his subordinates.
So he ignored Lin Yi and continued digging the hole.
There is a large iron pool in the boiler room. It is larger than the bathtub in ordinary households, but it is only about one meter high. It has a cover on it and is specially used to melt snow.
Lin Yi saw that there was half a tank of water in the pool, and wanted to take it out and use it first. Master Wu saw this and quickly asked: "Platoon leader Lin, what do you want to do? Do you want to wash clothes with water?"
Lin Yi shook his head, "I don't want to 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 embarrassed and said, "Platoon Commander Lin, why don't you stop trying so hard? I guess these few buckets of water won't do anything. And we melt snow very slowly. We only melt half a box of water in a day."
, excluding daily water, there isn’t much left.”
Lin Yi calculated the water consumption for dinner, and it was only two buckets of water at most. Excluding the water used by the soldiers to wash up at night, there should be four or five buckets left. If he went to melt the snow by himself now, it would be almost the time when the soldiers wash up at night.
Could use a few more barrels.
It's almost enough.
Lin Yi said: "I used to work in logistics, and I know how to calculate water consumption. Don't worry, I will definitely leave enough water for you, so there won't be any problems in your daily life."
When Master Wu heard this, he didn't know what to say. Platoon Leader Lin said that he was a professional and a corporal, so naturally he couldn't refute.
He had no choice but to agree: "Okay, then Platoon Leader Lin can use it, but be sure to leave water for cooking for me. This is a big deal and must not go wrong. I will go shovel the snow and come back to melt the water."