The way back was much smoother, because my heart was no longer heavy, and my goal was clear. In addition, my back was to the wind, so everyone supported me and walked smoothly.
But even so, after everyone returned to the outpost, their hands and feet were basically frozen. Old Wu knew some medical skills. When he saw the herdsman being carried back, he immediately rubbed his back and body to relieve the cold.
As for the eight soldiers, after taking off their coats, their hands and feet began to move. Lin Yi was the first to recover because of his strong body. After all, his four points of physical fitness were there.
Squad Leader 8 was lying on the ground trying to calm down. Lin Yi saw his eyes rolling and knew that Squad Leader 8 was fine at the moment and would be fine when he calmed down, so he didn't care about him.
Then he took the initiative to find the soldier who fell to the ground first. After taking off his cotton trousers, he found a line of blood on his trouser legs, which had already frozen into ice.
This appearance startled Lin Yi. The blood showed that the pants might be damaged. Lin Yi quickly touched his leg muscles and then felt relieved.
Fortunately, although there was obvious freezing reaction in his legs, he was not frozen to the point of dehydration yet, so he should be able to recover. Fortunately, he came back in time, otherwise, if he continued to drag on, even if he returned to the post alive, he would have to
Amputated.
Except for the two people who were taking care of the herdsmen, the people on duty at the outpost were also busy getting some hot water to rub everyone's bodies.
Half an hour later, Squad Leader 8 slowly recovered and sat up from the ground. After exhaling a breath of cold air, he called out: "Here's a cup of milk tea to warm up."
The backup staff immediately brought a teapot and poured a cup for Squad Leader 8. Squad Leader 8 held the cup and slowly sipped it into his mouth one mouth at a time, and then gradually spread out like ice that had been warmed.
With the help of their comrades, the others also sat up. The coldness was finally over.
After the 8th squad leader drank a cup of milk tea, he was basically fine. He stood up reluctantly holding on to the wall, looked at Lin Yi, and gave a thumbs up, "Platoon leader Lin, you are so amazing, your intuition is so sensitive."
"But what surprises me even more is that your body is so strong. I almost didn't recover when I returned to the post, but you actually recovered early. You have such a strong physique."
Lin Yi doesn't feel well now either. He breathed too much cold air into his body and his throat still hurts. But fortunately, his health is basically fine now.
"My physique is quite good. Being tired here is just because I don't have enough oxygen intake, but it does not mean that my recovery ability is not good. If I were in the plain area, I am not joking to say that compared with fighting and physical fitness, I would fight five in one
Woolen cloth."
At this moment, Master Wu ran out and said: "The herdsman's body has also recovered. It should be fine. It only takes two days to recover. We can report to the regiment headquarters now."
The 8th squad leader nodded and looked at the communications soldier, "Report the current news from the outpost to the regiment headquarters."
The deputy commander has been paying attention to Class 8. The current blizzard weather is no joke. If you are not careful, something big will happen. So after he issued the order, he has been sitting in the regiment headquarters waiting anxiously.
It wasn't until Class 8 reported the news that the soldiers and herdsmen were safe that his heart dropped. Then he immediately stood up and took the phone, "Let Platoon Leader Lin from Class 8 answer the phone."
When Lin Yi heard the fire, he immediately ran over and took over the radio intercom, "Report to the deputy leader, I am Lin Yi."
The deputy commander's laughter soon spread, "You are so awesome. You did something big right after you came to the post. How does it feel to survive the disaster? Our plateau area is hard enough."
Lin Yi nodded, "It's not just difficult. If we had come back ten minutes late, there would have been eight more cemeteries behind our Eighth Squadron outpost. This time it's really thanks to the Eighth Squadron Leader. Without his experience, we really wouldn't have been able to find it."
Come back people."
The deputy commander smiled and said, "Our 8th squad leader is the most experienced veteran squad leader in the whole regiment. I won't praise him now. I'm waiting to earn a second-class merit for him. Follow him, can you?"
Learned a lot.”
"By the way, when the blizzard ends and the border guards come to pick up the herdsmen, the regiment will declare second-class collective merit for you. You got the merit as soon as you came. It's really amazing."
Although the second-class collective merit is not as useful as the second-class individual merit, it is still second-class merit, and the honor is not lacking at all. This is a great affirmation.
Lin Yi was naturally filled with joy and shouted to everyone: "The deputy leader said that he would apply for second-class collective merit for us. How many people can't get the second-class collective merit in their lifetime, we have done our best."
After hearing this, all the soldiers at the outpost cheered. They collectively received second-class merit. This is a solid achievement. As long as the conscripts work hard, it will not be a big problem to be promoted to corporal.
The promotion of corporal to sergeant and sergeant to staff sergeant are basically very stable.
Master Wu came out at this time and said: "You guys should eat first, I will make you some ginger soup later to keep you away from the cold."
Everyone was not pretentious. After suffering such a severe cold, they needed to supplement their nutrition, so they all cooked it and put it on the table.
But after scooping up the meal, Lin Yi suddenly realized that he could no longer hold the chopsticks. To be precise, his fingers were frozen and could not move flexibly.
This situation happened not only to Lin Yi, but also to the seven people who went out together just now. However, they seemed to be not surprised and just ate the rice with their chopsticks.
Seeing Lin Yi hesitate to move his chopsticks, squad leader 8 explained: "We call it return to cold. We have caught a cold, and the coldness in our bodies has not yet been discharged, so it is normal for our fingers to be inflexible. Let's drink some ginger later.
Soup, have a good sleep and you’ll be fine the next day.”
This was Lin Yi's first experience, and he was somewhat unaccustomed to it.
So he breathed hard into the finger joints, and after a while, the touch of Lin Yi's fingers slowly returned, and he could bend normally. This made Lin Yi feel happy, this trick was effective.
But just when Lin Yizhi wanted to share this method with everyone, his hand suddenly became violently itchy. The itching sensation was no less than a hundred claws scratching the heart.
Lin Yi wanted to buckle, but as soon as he put his hand on it, he was grabbed by squad leader No. 8, "Don't buckle if your hands are itchy, they will bleed if you buckle. It's very difficult to have wounds on your skin in such a cold weather, just bear with it."
Lin Yi had no doubts about the words of squad leader 8. His plateau experience was among the best in the entire group. But it was harder to endure the itch than the pain. The itch radiated from the heart and was too difficult to control.
At this time, squad leader 8 picked up a piece of chicken drumstick and handed it to Lin Yi, "Just grab the drumstick with your hands and eat it. Just distract your attention. The itchiness will stop after a while."
Lin Yi immediately did as he was told, picked up the chicken leg and stuffed it into his mouth. The pepper and sesame chicken was seasoned by himself just now, and it tasted quite good. This was not Lin Yi's boast, but the chicken stewed by Master Wu. The meat was quite strong.
.
The sauce you prepare yourself is just the finishing touch.
The effect was immediate. Lin Yi's attention immediately shifted to the pepper chicken. After chewing a chicken leg, his hands were basically not itchy anymore. The method of Squad Leader 8 was really effective.