The communications soldier quickly made a voice report. After receiving a reply from the regiment headquarters, the 8th squad leader looked at Lin Yi, "Every time you go out on patrol, you must report to the regiment. This will also facilitate the regiment's command and dispatch."
The next hour's journey went up and down, walking in the valley with gravel paths. Lin Yi felt that it was okay and not as difficult as he imagined.
Perhaps it was because the wind was not strong now that Lin Yi felt that patrolling here was okay.
But soon, Squad Leader 8 stopped and looked at Lin Yi, "This is a snowy area. The depth of the snow is about two meters. We have to wade there. Everyone, tie your shoes and try not to get into the snow.
Otherwise, we will have to walk on with wet feet."
The cold-proof boots issued by the army are of very good quality and they are fastened tightly. Under normal circumstances, snow cannot get in.
Moreover, I also wore winter-proof pants, which have two layers of snow-proof properties. I didn’t mind walking on ordinary snowy roads at all.
But Lin noticed that everyone was re-tying their shoelaces very carefully and followed suit, although he thought it was not necessary, after all, they had just walked through the snow.
But when he entered the snowy area, Lin Yi knew that his idea was too naive. Walking on a snowy road is a snowy road. At most, you will have your legs stuck in the snow, but at least you can stand up.
But when passing through snowy areas, you have to lie down on the snow, because if you stand up, the snow may not be able to bear your weight, and half of your body will fall into the snow.
As for digging a road from top to bottom, this is unrealistic. Just the distance of 20 to 30 meters from the sentry post to the dry latrine would take a day's work of the backup staff. This snowy area is 200 meters long.
, it is impossible for patrol personnel to spend ten days digging a snow path.
What's more, in the plateau area where there are at least two winds this week, the speed at which you dig a snow path will definitely not be able to match the speed at which the wind blows the snow.
No wonder the 8th squad leader asked everyone to tie their shoelaces again. If they were not tied tightly, snow would easily get into the shoes when crawling forward, and the next five hours of patrol would be really torture.
Don’t think about it, if there is snow in your boots, just take them off and throw them out. In the strong wind of minus 30 degrees, the body temperature is far lower than 30 degrees. As long as you dare to take off your shoes, the weather will damage your feet.
It is not impossible to suffer severe frostbite and even amputation of limbs due to severe frostbite.
So even if you get snow in your shoes while patrolling, you have to wear it like this. At least when you return to the post, your feet will be preserved and you can still patrol normally on the third day. It's just a biting cold that makes people crazy.
It took almost ten minutes for a few people to climb through the snowy area smoothly. Looking at the hard snow surface, Squad Leader 8 was quite happy. Then he approached Lin Yi and shouted in his ear, "Platoon Leader Lin, you're here."
The timing is right. If it comes in spring and the snow melts here, the snow surface will not be solid, and the whole body will be soaked during the trip, which will be uncomfortable."
Because the wind was very loud, Lin Yi couldn't hear clearly. He could only roughly hear that this area was more difficult to walk in the spring, so he took out a pen and paper again and recorded it.
Next, we walked on a gravel road for a while, but when we saw Squad Leader 8 stop again, Lin Yi suddenly became nervous again. As long as Squad Leader 8 stopped, the road below would be difficult.
The wind noise in this area is low, and you can hear clearly what squad leader 8 said, "Platoon leader Lin, when you can walk, you must step firmly on your feet. Remember, you must step on it. We are going to cross the cliff area.
The cliff is not high, only more than 200 meters from the valley bottom, but if you fall, you will almost die, so you must be careful."
Lin Yi nodded solemnly, braced himself, and stared at every step of Squad Leader 8.
In fact, the cliff area here is not without any protection. There is even an iron chain that can be used to walk, but the length of the iron chain is not long and disappears every few meters, so people can only walk at an angle.
In this cliff area of more than 20 meters, squad leader 8 took every step carefully, and stepped firmly on every step. He had to spin in a circle before he dared to take the next step.
Lin Yi followed suit, but when he was halfway there, Lin Yi unconsciously glanced at the bottom of the valley. It didn't matter if he didn't look at it. He was so frightened that his legs felt a little weak.
Squad leader 8 did not dare to shout for fear of scaring Lin Yi, so he could only whisper: "Hold on tight, step on the ground, look at me, don't look down, and pass quickly."
When Lin Yi heard the voice of Squad Leader 8, he immediately raised his head and stared at Squad Leader 8, not daring to look down the valley, and then walked over smoothly.
Although the remaining warriors have walked this path many times, they are still cautious every time they take a step.
This is the most dangerous place on the entire patrol line because there is no trial and error mechanism here.
This place is not like the 20-meter-deep sloping valley just now. The road there is flat and continuous, and the slope is not large. 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 snowy area, it was just difficult to walk and far from posing a life threat.
But this cliff is different. It's 200 meters high. Once you fall, even the gods can't save you.
So this is also the place where progress is the slowest.
However, after years of patrolling, everyone was quite familiar with it. After they all passed by smoothly, the 8th squad leader continued to shout: "Let's go on."
After walking for almost an hour, the road was still rugged and the snow was still thick. While walking, Lin Yi was hit by a sharp stone on his leg. Fortunately, it hit the upper of the cold-proof boots. His leg did not bleed, but it hurt.
Lin Yi knew that there was probably some bruises there.
But it's not a big deal. As I walk and the blood becomes activated, the pain becomes much lighter.
Guessing that the patrol was almost over, Lin Yi didn't find the use of the pickaxe. He couldn't help it, so he asked: "Squad leader 8, what is our pickaxe used for? And the rock climbing rope. I thought the rock climbing rope was at first
It was used to cross the cliff, but it turned out that it was useless. What part of the road do we need to walk next?"
Squad leader 8 pointed to the mountain in front, "That's the end point, but to get there, we have to climb another glacier with a drop of one hundred meters. It's all old ice. We can only use pickaxes on the ice.
Knock out a hole in the ice and use your hands to climb up the hole."
Phew, there is actually ice. I don’t know if the snow melts in the summer but doesn’t melt completely. In the winter, it turns into ice.
The surface temperature here is slightly higher, so snow can melt 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. Geothermal heat could not have caused such a thick ice surface.
At this time, squad leader 8 found a place leeward, took out some dry food, and looked at Lin Yi, "Let's eat some dry food first to replenish our physical strength. Climbing on the ice is very energy-consuming. We don't have enough body heat now, so we can't climb up in one go."