Chapter 527: Cooking Smoke in the Karakoram Mountains (Page 1/1)

After finishing their condolences to the Space Launch Center, the group continued to march westward into Western Xinjiang.

After a short pause in Hami, the whole team began to divide into groups, with one team heading north. The other group continued southward, reaching Kashgar on the Pamirs.

And Han Li is naturally in this southbound team, in addition to him, there are naturally Zhao Xi and her camera who don't talk much, as well as a dozen or so other condolence members.

After visiting some grassroots troops along the way, Han Li and his entourage finally arrived in Kashgar, an important border town.

Because the form of security in recent years is not optimistic, as the front line of counter-terrorism, the troops here have relatively heavy tasks both in training and in combat.

Therefore, Han Li and the others also felt a different atmosphere from other troop stations here.

However, for the arrival of the condolence team, the grassroots troops are still very welcome. not only sent people to follow and protect, but also warmly entertained them.

In particular, many soldiers from the mainland were very cordial and enthusiastic to Han Li, who had passed from the mainland.

Looking at the somewhat rough faces of the soldiers who were polished by the wind and sand, Han Li also saw the fortitude in the hearts of these soldiers who were about the same age.

And it was this fortitude, as well as the sunshine and positive spirit shown by the soldiers, that made Han Li's heart completely shaken and even cleansed.

If he thought that this condolence activity was more about going through the motions and dealing with errands, now he also realizes the importance behind this event.

Yes, looking at the expectant expressions of these warriors, he understood the meaning of what they were doing. In the words of a veteran literary soldier who traveled with him, although it was very hard to go to the grassroots level for condolence performances every year, they still persevered every year. If nothing else, just to give hope to these soldiers who are fighting at the grassroots level and fighting on the front line.

After the condolence activities in Kashgar, the team marched again. However, this time they will act in groups and finally meet in the city of Wu.

The reason for the grouping is that the rest of the trip is some remote grassroots army stations or border posts. The garrison units are generally relatively small and the conditions are very limited, making it not suitable for them to go there en masse.

Therefore, the condolence team felt that it was divided into several squads, so that not only could they travel lightly, but also covered a wider range, and the troops that could be condoled would naturally be more.

Because they had promised Zhao Xi before, Han Li and Zhao Xi walked with them this time. In addition, there are two literary soldiers, a man and a woman.

The man's name is He Yuan, who is more than Chinese New Year's Eve years old today, and he can be regarded as a veteran on the literary and artistic front of the army. The woman's name is Zhang Chunli, only twenty-four or five years old, and she is considered a recruit.

In addition to a few of them, there are also two propaganda officers of the army, who are used to coordinate their condolence work.

After learning about the itinerary, Han Li felt that he was cheated by Zhao Xi. Because of Zhao Xi's condolences this time, or the interview route was very tortuous and arduous, and even the final destination was actually set at one of the most difficult outposts in the legend, and it was also the most famous Immortal Bay outpost.

Why choose this place, because it is the most famous, because it is the hardest, because it is typical. As the official media, Zhao Xi's task this time is to publicize this place and publicize to the society the fine style of the army's hard struggle.

For this place, Han Li is actually quite curious, why this place is called Fairy Bay. But along the way, his intuition told him that the trip would be difficult.

But since he has already promised others, he must grit his teeth and insist.

Sure enough, the reality also verified Han Li's psychological expectations.

Soon after setting out from Kashgar, the group was blocked by a sudden avalanche in front of them, and finally they passed through the avalanche area with the assistance of the emergency repair force.

Although several people have had the experience of being on the plateau, everyone has more or less some altitude sickness as the vehicle drives on this mountain road. Even Han Li, who had never felt anything, felt a headache in the car.

And the only two girls in the team, Zhao Xi and Zhang Chunli, have already begun to take oxygen.

Although the straight-line distance they were not too far from their destination this time, due to the twists and turns of the road and the hardships of heavy snow covering the mountains, they set off early in the morning, and they had not walked half the distance until two o'clock in the afternoon.

And Han Li and the others have not closed their eyes and rested since they sat in the car. Although this road is commonplace for drivers who drive, it is a first for everyone.

In particular, seeing the cliffs on both sides of the highway and the narrow road that can only be used by one car in one direction made everyone's hearts beat faster.

There is another reason, that may be that everyone is a little high, and they can't sleep at all with a headache.

Considering that there was still a long way to go, the group decided to take a break and continue after lunch.

Since there were no troop stations nearby, and there were no military stations, their lunch was settled by themselves in the snow next to the road.

This seemed to be a common occurrence for the soldiers who picked them up, and they started to get busy as soon as they stopped.

If ordinary people want to make a fire to cook in the hinterland of the Karakoram covered by heavy snow, there is basically no such possibility. Because it is located in an alpine desert area, not to mention firewood, there is very little dead grass, so there is no way to make a fire.

Then there is the water, and although the snow melts and it is also water, the snow is not clean. If you are not an experienced veteran, you will not be able to melt and drink the snow you find, because there are too many impurities.

The experienced warriors, apparently unaffected by this, built a stone stove out of stone, and then a few more warriors went to find some dry grass and some cow dung.

Han Li, who has had experience in the plateau, immediately understood that in fact, on the plateau or on the grassland, trees are also very scarce, so the herdsmen usually use these dried cow dung for cooking.

It is even said that in the pastoral area, whether a family is rich depends on how much cow dung there is, so cow dung is also regarded as a symbol of wealth in the pastoral area.

For the soldiers to boil water with cow dung for cooking, Han Li can also understand and accept. But not everyone can accept it all at once, such as the female literary soldier Zhang Chunli, and Zhao Xi's male videographer.

Zhang Chunli can understand that she is a girl with no experience in this area, so everyone can accept it. It's just that Zhao Xi's male cameraman, the big guy doesn't understand it very well.

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