Arriving at the destination on time for the first time in a row.
This is surprising.
But there is something even more surprising at the same time.
When Qi Sheng crossed the finish line, he didn't vomit, but just squatted aside and burst into tears.
It is rare for soldiers to shed tears.
Not to mention an officer.
Perhaps because he was afraid of being laughed at, Qi Sheng hid aside.
However, he was discovered by the attentive instructor Mo San.
Mo San came up and asked, "What's wrong with you, Lao Qi? Why are you crying? Are you feeling uncomfortable?"
At first, I thought it was too uncomfortable for Qi Sheng to run, and he cried because of the discomfort.
As a result, Qi Sheng wiped the corners of his eyes and said it was okay, I didn't cry.
Mo San has a bad temper, so he kept asking about this matter and said, "Stop talking about it. I saw you just shed tears and dropped them to the ground."
Qi Sheng wiped the corners of his eyes and said that it was sweat, it was sweat, Lao Mo, you saw it wrong!
Mo San stopped dwelling on this issue and helped him up, saying, "Walk around, don't squat, don't get cramps later."
Li Zheng stood at the finish line and looked at his watch. After the whole company arrived, there were 21 seconds left.
In the last section, the whole company exhausted all the remaining energy and rushed to the finish line with all the energy.
This continuous outstanding performance surprised him.
He seemed to understand why Brigadier Zhuang Yan arranged to run again in five days.
Although the physical fitness of the officers and soldiers of the first company has indeed improved due to the previous continuous high-intensity physical training, it is like digging a pond. The pond is dug larger and can hold more water. However, no water is stored during the digging process, no matter how big the pond is.
It's no use if there's no water in it.
Resting for five days actually allows the pool to slowly recover and fill up with water.
Only when the water is full can the capacity expansion effect be revealed.
With this question, Li Zheng went to ask Zhuang Yan if this was the reason.
Zhuang Yan didn't deny it, saying that you have been the deputy company commander for so long, don't you even understand this?
Li Zheng's face suddenly turned red.
He solemnly sighed and said: "You have been very good since you were a soldier, but you also have a weakness. You were assigned too many tasks back then, and you basically had no time to go to the teaching team to participate in the pre-preparatory squad leader training, and you never came back to lead soldiers. For
The grassroots leaders lack experience. The reason why I understand this is because I encountered this kind of problem myself and knew how to solve it, so..."
He nodded vigorously to Li Zheng, and said in an encouraging tone: "Leading troops at the grassroots level may seem simple, but in fact there is a lot of knowledge inside. Think carefully about it in the company, and you will really have the opportunity to become a more senior officer in the future.
Commander, when formulating any tactics or action plans, or even training plans, they will not be divorced from reality, do you understand?"
"I understand!" Li Zheng was very encouraged.
Zhuang Yan takes enough care of himself.
This can be seen from many aspects.
For a brigade commander to be so persuasive to a deputy company commander, teaching him the knowledge of leading soldiers step by step, it would be unreasonable to say that he was not taking care of himself.
"First company commander!"
Zhao Chuan came over and extended an invitation to Qi Sheng: "Do you want to go up the mountain and have a look?"
"good!"
Qi Sheng agreed without even thinking.
Go up the mountain.
Just two words.
It sounds simple enough.
But this is the highest affirmation for Yilian.
Not only was the 270th Squadron’s military recognition of the First Company, it was also Zhao Chuan’s recognition of Qi Sheng, the company commander.
If in Zhao Chuan's eyes before, Qi Sheng was just a technical officer who was good at drones, from this moment on, he was finally a qualified "old man" in Zhao Chuan's eyes.
"Everyone gather, line up, and follow the comrades of 270 up the mountain!"
Mo San couldn't wait to gather his team.
Looking up, the height of the snow-capped mountains does not seem very scary.
But this is standing at an altitude of more than 5,000 meters.
Here, even if a mountain seems to be several hundred meters high, its actual altitude is astonishing.
"Take out your hiking poles, which are good in your hands, and put on the safety rope. Don't lose them halfway. If you drop something here, you may not be able to get it back!"
Zhao came to the soldiers of the first company and began to explain the precautions: "Going up the mountain is not a leisurely activity. There is snow on it. Don't think that the winter snow in your hometown is so harmless to humans and animals. The snow here is very dangerous. You must line up to follow us.
Don't run around without leaving footprints. If you step into a crevice in the ice, your legs will be destroyed even if you don't die!"
In fact, without Zhao Chuan's reminder, the officers and soldiers of the first company could see that the mountain roads in this area were rugged, the ice and snow were soft, there were cracks in the ice everywhere, and rocks, snow clumps, and ice cubes that could fall from the overhanging shore at any time, it was full of dangers.
No one dares to take it lightly.
Zhuang Yan made arrangements for the people of the first company, with cadres in the front, soldiers in the middle, and backbone veterans with good physical fitness.
Five minutes later, everyone started walking up the foot of the mountain.
Everyone followed closely the comrades in front, paying attention to the footprints under their feet, and no one dared to walk randomly.
Even the instructor Mo San, who always liked to laugh and joke around, became serious.
In fact, the reason why he didn't dare to speak loudly was not only because the road was difficult and he had to concentrate, but he was also worried that he might accidentally lose control of his tone and cause an avalanche if his voice got too loud.
The road up the mountain was not difficult to walk at first, and the slope was not particularly steep. However, as the height gradually increased, the road began to become difficult to walk.
At first, there were only large and small rocks under my feet. As long as I paid some attention and didn't hurt my ankles, there would be no problem.
Later, snow gradually appeared, and as the snow became thicker and thicker, the stones disappeared.
Although the stone disappeared, everyone knew that it was not really disappearing, it was just hidden under the snow and invisible.
At this time, everyone understood the benefits and functions of trekking poles. They can be used for support when tired, and they can also be used to explore paths in snowy areas.
After walking up for about 500 meters, the slope suddenly slowed down, and a mountain-ridge-like landform appeared in front of us.
The terrain on the left and right sides of the mountain ridge is extremely steep, and it is covered with white snow.
From this position, if you want to continue going forward, you have to walk up the ridge of the mountain ridge. Above the ridge, the path you can walk is only about one meter wide.
Not to mention leaving, just looking at it can make one's calves feel trembling.
"Stop the team behind you." Zhao Chuan stopped, took out his personal walkie-talkie and started calling Qi Sheng behind him.
"Captain Qi, take out your climbing ropes, tie them one by one, pull them forward and backward, and prepare to cross the ridge. Be careful, the wind here is very strong, lower your posture when walking, I hope there is something in your backpack
Don’t forget to install it. If you are cutting corners, you have to find a stone in the snow and install it yourself. Don’t be blown away by Feng.”
The order was quickly passed on.
Everyone began to take out the climbing ropes according to Zhao Chuan's instructions and linked them together class by class. The advantage of this is that if one person stumbles, the rest of the people can pull him back together. Whenever you march to such a dangerous place or at night
You can rely on this method to ensure safety when marching in dangerous situations in the mountains.
Xu Nuo poked around in the snow with a hiking pole for a while, found a stone, dug it out and put it in his backpack.
I put a piece in, thought about it, poked out another piece, opened the backpack and put it in.
Bai Ping on the side asked curiously: "Xu Nuo, did you cheat?"
The implication is that the backpack must not be full before the promise, and the weight is not enough. Now I heard Zhao said that the wind was strong, so I was afraid, so I added stones to my bag.
Xu Nuo said: "Nonsense! Am I the kind of person who is sneaky? I just want to be safe."
After saying that, he put the bag in front of the white surface: "You can try lifting it."
Bai Ping tried it and found that it was much heavier than his own.
He believed that Xu Nuo was not cheating, but reminded him: "It's so heavy, don't be unable to hold it any longer."
"It's okay! I saw that the ridge was only two to three hundred meters away. If I get over it, I'll throw it away."
But Xu Nuo will soon have a taste of this "two to three hundred meters".
The team had only climbed about thirty meters, and he felt a little out of breath. There was so much extra weight in the bag, which made it worse. He hadn't gone very far before he was out of breath and plowed more than ten acres with the old ox.
It's as painful as Tian.
In fact, it's no wonder. The oxygen on the plateau is so thin. Let alone climbing mountains with heavy loads, even walking on flat ground with bare hands will soon become overwhelming. This is caused by lack of oxygen, and it takes a long time to adapt.
After adapting, various altitude symptoms may lead to hair loss, deformed nails, chapped skin, and frostbite on fingers. These are common occurrences.
The border guards stationed here have to endure the painful hypoxic environment. After returning to the low-level areas in the mainland, they still have to endure the inebriated oxygen reaction - the body that has been accustomed to the hypoxic state suddenly returns to the low-level environment with sufficient oxygen.
In areas where the body cannot digest such high oxygen content, it will cause symptoms such as fatigue, weakness, drowsiness, chest tightness, dizziness, diarrhea, etc., just like being drunk.
This is relatively mild. In severe cases, symptoms such as decreased hemoglobin content, slow heart rate, increased cardiac output and blood volume, and reversal of pulmonary hypertension may occur, which are very painful.
Among all the people in the Tiger Brigade, Zhuang Yan and Li Zheng were the most relaxed.
After all, they have received plateau combat training and have even participated in missions in such high-altitude areas, so they have long adapted to the environment and altitude here.
Although this is a snow-capped mountain and it is very cold, it is not a problem for them. Their strong physiques can quickly regulate their breathing, the muscles of the whole body relax rhythmically, the center of gravity moves slightly forward, and the posture is slightly lowered. There is no problem at all.
When passing through the middle slope of the ridgeline, a strong wind blew over, and the clouds of snow powder hit everyone like bullets, making a crackling sound. Many people almost fell to the ground and hurriedly squatted down in fear.
He didn't dare to move even half a step.
On the other hand, the members of the 270th Squadron didn't take it seriously at all.
They were accustomed to violent winds. They just adjusted their center of gravity slightly and still moved forward rhythmically in the confusing wind and snow.
This is where the plateau special forces specialize. No one knows this place better than them, and no one knows the snow-covered plateau better than they do.
This is their territory, and they are the gods here.
Finally, the mountain wind finally passed, and everyone climbed through this difficult and dangerous journey in one go.
Zhao Chuan stopped on a relatively gentle hillside and announced a five-minute rest.
He came to Qi Sheng and Li Zheng and pointed towards the distance.
"Do you see it?"
Li Zheng and Qi Sheng looked in the direction of his finger.
Zhao Chuan looked proud, pointed to the distance and said: "There! That's the border, and this is where we guard. Do you know why we often come here to climb this mountain? Every time we pass here, we stay for a few minutes.
Look at the view here."
Suddenly, an eagle's cry came from beneath my feet.
Everyone lowered their heads and looked into the distance.
I saw an eagle spreading its wings and breaking through the sky, flying over the snow-capped mountains shining with silvery white light, and hovering over this uninhabited snowfield.
Standing on the top of the snow-capped mountains, looking at the white clouds lingering among the mountains, everyone feels an inexplicable shock deep in their hearts.
This is the country.
the land of one’s own motherland.
So beautiful and so majestic.
Perhaps before I came here, guarding the border and guarding the country were just concepts in my mind.
When you actually come here, see the border, and see the land here, all the concepts of protecting the country will be most concrete, and you will be able to feel why the border guards have no regrets, and understand them
The kind of person who is willing to give and be lonely, spending his most precious youth on this uninhabited snowy plateau.