The correspondent quickly reported the situation to the regiment headquarters. Upon hearing the news, the regiment leaders also immediately issued a notice to ask other outpost personnel to be more vigilant, especially to ensure the safety of patrol dogs.
Then the regiment held a meeting. This time it was chaired by the political commissar. There was almost no opening remarks. He looked directly at the director of the meteorological office and said, "The meteorological office will explain the upcoming weather conditions."
The director of the meteorological office opened his notebook and looked at the political commissar, slightly nervous, "Political commissar, after we collected the data, communicated with the weather from our brother units, and then conducted scientific analysis, this wind and snow may blow for more than fifteen days.
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Fifteen days?
When Deputy Commander Kong heard this number, he stood up and said, "Didn't you say it was eight days yesterday? Why did it double today?"
The political commissar pressed his hands and said, "Lao Kong, don't worry. Meteorological analysis is scientific and objective, and cannot be controlled by our regiment's small weather room. Just listen to what he has to say."
The director of the meteorological office flipped through his notebook and said, "According to the forecast of our meteorological office, there will be a temporary stop of wind in about two days. This is based on the historical data collected by our meteorological equipment.
We can take advantage of these two hours of light wind to transport supplies to the third shift post and the fifth shift post."
When the logistics section chief heard this, he quickly said: "I will arrange the supply truck and snowplow truck, but you must determine which two hours it is.
Otherwise, we’ll be in trouble if we can’t deliver the supplies after we pull them out. Meat can be frozen, but fresh vegetables can’t withstand freezing. If we wait for a day and a half, these vegetables will all be frozen and will be lost.
But it’s too big.”
The director of the meteorological office only made a simulation based on historical data from the meteorological observation device. He could not specifically determine which two hours it was.
He was not even sure whether it was two hours or not. After all, the wind period sounded very vague. Sometimes the wind would start blowing again within a few minutes, and sometimes it wouldn't even blow for a day and a half.
In addition, the climate in the plateau and mountainous areas is changeable. In many cases, it will be clear one second, but in just half an hour, strong winds and blizzards will blow.
Because of this sudden change in weather, the patrol team must carry three days' worth of dry food to ensure that they can quickly find a place to hide when encountering a sudden snowstorm, and use the radio to request help from the regiment headquarters.
In fact, asking for help from the regiment is far worse than rescuing yourself. During the last patrol, the eighth squad leader said that they would encounter situations where they were stranded on the road several times during the winter. In addition to reporting their situation to the regiment every hour
Otherwise, you can only rely on yourself to save yourself.
Lin Yi also asked at that time how to save themselves. The eighth squad leader said it was easy to dig a snow pit. Once a blizzard hits, they only have ten minutes to save themselves. If they can find a rock to hide, this is the best.
The rocks can block strong winds.
But if you can't find it, you can only dig a snow pit. Everyone quickly digs down the hole, and after digging down, digs the cat's ear hole.
This is just like an artillery defense position during a war. If a shell hits a traffic trench and people hide in the cat's ear holes, they will not be affected by the shrapnel.
The same goes for preventing snowstorms, because the snow surface is relatively hard, so you can use this method to survive. In addition, snow is much easier to dig than soil, so you can dig a traffic trench and a cat's ear hole in just a few minutes.
Everyone stayed in the Maoer Cave, leaving two people hiding outside the Maoer Cave, responsible for clearing the snow that covered the traffic ditch. They changed people every half hour, and relied on this method to get through the worst of the snowstorm.
After hearing this, Lin Yi nodded repeatedly. Through this method, he could indeed avoid the attack of the blizzard to a great extent, but Lin Yi still had something puzzling about him. If the blizzard kept blowing for several days and it didn't stop, we would only have three days.
If you store dry food, won't it cause problems after eating it?
The eighth squad leader shook his head. In fact, there will be no problem. Usually at dusk, there will be an hour for the wind speed to decrease. We can take advantage of this time to run back quickly. You have also patrolled, and you know the order of our patrol.
The trip will not take more than four hours. As long as you keep an eye on the weather and return to the outpost within three days, there won't be much of a problem.
Lin Yi asked again at that time, "Will the regiment send a rescue team?"
The eighth squad leader was not sure, "It is said that there will be a rescue team, but the rescue team can't even reach the outpost, let alone go to the patrol road. Besides, we are all soldiers. If we can't save ourselves, then
Forget about external rescue, do you think this is true?"
Lin Yi nodded, "Yes, we are the soldiers who rescue others, so there is no reason for others to rescue us as soldiers. If we can't save ourselves, it is basically impossible to rely on external rescue."
At this time, the director of the meteorological office stuttered, "According to the forecast, we should be able to determine the specific time."
When the logistics section chief heard this, Lao Gao frowned and said, "No, we want a specific time."
The political commissar also said at this time: "Your meteorological office will go back and confirm the time. If you are 50% sure, you will take action."
Then he looked at the logistics section chief, "You also have to make adequate preparations. You can prepare more food such as meat and noodles that are resistant to freezing, and you can prepare less fresh vegetables that are not resistant to freezing. Try your best to ensure that
Send the supplies."
Then he looked at Deputy Commander Kong and said, "Old Kong, you will be responsible for the mobilization work of the outposts later. Everyone is short of supplies and will be in a low mood. Let everyone persevere and survive this period. Each outpost will be given a sheep as a reward.
one time."
The logistics section chief scratched his head when he heard this.
When the political commissar saw it, he asked, "What, is there a problem?"
The head of the logistics section originally wanted to say there was a problem, but after taking into account the difficult environment of the outpost, it was no problem. The worst thing he could do was eat less mutton for the officers. How could he save these sheep? "No problem, I promise to save the sheep."
Send them all."
The political commissar nodded, "You are the chief steward of our regiment. Sometimes you should give more supplies to the outposts, so just give them more. The environment in our base below is much better than theirs. Don't always think about fairness. We are both
The hardship level of places is unfair, so what’s the point of blindly emphasizing material fairness?”
"Let's talk about the food for our officers. I think if necessary, we can completely cancel the canteen. We stay in the office every day, and we only have one day to enjoy the cold wind when we do morning exercises. The rest of the time, it is very comfortable. That's it, we still do it every day
Is it okay to eat sumptuously?"
"I don't care what happens to other troops. I know that our border defense regiment should be integrated from top to bottom and stationed in the most difficult places. We should have a higher consciousness. Otherwise, why did we apply for border defense in the first place? This is not a place to enjoy.