Circumnavigating Ingkodasaka, the elevation drops off a cliff, but when the vehicle descends the national highway and heads into the mountains, the elevation rises again.

This feeling is like magnifying the feeling of riding a roller coaster many times, so that when the officers and soldiers of the Tiger Battalion get off the train, there is no superfluous thought in their minds at all, just one word - dizziness.

But what they didn't expect was that in this place where the altitude was still as high as 4,600 meters, there was actually a squad of soldiers stationed at this time.

Hearing the sound of the vehicle, he walked around from behind a slope and saluted Shen Yun and the others very excitedly:

"Hello chief, a certain squad of the 12th Frontier Regiment has been ordered to guard the materials, please check it with the chief. Squad leader, Wu Jiehui. ”

It is not known how long this squad of fighters has been here, because it is not even discernible from their faces that they are age.

Gao Yuan's red face became not very obvious under the dark skin, but the chapped lips and frostbite on his hands made Shen Yun's heart tremble.

Looking at them, Shen Yun saluted very solemnly, and then nodded: "It's hard work." ”

Squad Leader Wu grinned, and blood oozed from the chapped mouth on his lips instantly. But that didn't affect his smile in the slightest:

"It's not hard, we have long read it from the newspaper of our military region, saying that the Tiger Battalion won the first place in the year-end assessment of the 21st Army in one year after it became an army. It is an honor for us to be able to guard supplies for such troops. ”

Shen Yun suddenly felt a sour nose.

Thinking back to his past, the channels for getting information ranged from computers to televisions, and finally to newspapers.

But the fighters here, perhaps the newspapers are their only source of information. And if Shen Yun remembers correctly, the report that the Tiger Battalion won the first place is just a tofu block in the military newspaper of the Northwest Military Region, but even so, the squad leader still remembers.

"No, it's our honor to have you watch over our supplies. Squad Leader Wu, let's go, go over and take a look at our supplies. ”

Ignoring his physical exhaustion, Shen Yun's eyes were red, and he nodded at the few backbones behind him, and then led them to follow behind this group of soldiers and walked towards the place where the materials were stored.

Bypassing the two small hills, several backbone forces behind Shen Yun were a little out of breath.

Squad Leader Wu, who had never spoken all the way, heard a heavy wheezing sound, and then came back to his senses: "I'm sorry, chief, I'm used to patrolling in normal times, and I forgot that the chiefs are coming to Karakoram for the first time." In this case, let's rest for a while, we have to go to the place where the supplies are stored, and there is still some way to go. ”

Shen Yun nodded and motioned for the officers behind him to sit down and rest, while he himself walked to Squad Leader Wu's side.

"Old squad leader, how many years have you been here?"

Squad Leader Wu grinned, his slightly yellowed teeth were the whitest places on his body.

With a sincere smile, he gave Shen Yun an unbelievable answer: "It's been almost five years." ”

For five years, Shen Yun was silent.

For five years, this old squad leader was only a first-class non-commissioned officer. Counting the time in the boot barracks, the old squad leader should have left the army a long time ago. But he was still standing here, leading the way for Shen Yun and them.

Looking at Shen Yun's expression, the squad leader seemed to understand Shen Yun's intentions.

"The border defense is hard, there are few people who can adapt to the environment, and even fewer are willing to stay. Our outpost is full of people every year, and people are leaving every year, coming and going, and we can't make ends meet. If we go any further, there really will be no one. ”

It seems to be an explanation, and it seems to be a sigh.

But when it fell on Shen Yun's ears, it was sour in his heart.

When he handed over everything to the army a few years ago, he always felt that he was a real soldier and deserved the honorary title of soldier.

But when he came here, he saw what a group of real soldiers looked like.

It seemed that he felt a little heavy to say these words, and squad leader Wu changed the topic again: "If we can see the chief, you guys coming, to be honest, we are very happy, except for the comrades-in-arms who send supplies here, few people come here all year round." With so many coming this time, our place is also full of life. ”

Shen Yun barely squeezed out a smile: "Old squad leader, when we finish ordering supplies, I'll go with you to see your outpost." When the time comes, walk around each other more. ”

"That's a good feeling, if the company commander knows, he will definitely be very happy."

The two chatted for a while, and after watching the officers rest, Shen Yun proposed to move on.

After walking about three kilometers or so, I finally arrived at the place where the supplies were stored.

In a sheltered col, a tent was set up alone. At the back of the tent are piles of supplies like hills.

It's said that it is supplies, but in fact it is more tents and some rice noodles and dehydrated vegetables. These things will be all the consumption of the Tiger Battalion for the next period of time, and at this time they are neatly stacked.

"Chief, look, these are one hundred and fifty tents, which can accommodate a regiment. And here, rice and noodles, as well as all kinds of condiments and dehydrated vegetables, enough for you to eat for a month. ”

"Fresh vegetables will be delivered every two weeks, and it is estimated that it will be a matter of the next few days. There are other fuels and other things that can be used for you for a week, and they will be sent in the future. ”

In front of squad leader Wu, Shen Yun seemed to have become a recruit, and he told Shen Yun everything about living here.

With everything in mind, when Squad Leader Wu finished speaking, looking at him who had begun to bleed from his lips, Shen Yun pointed to the tent behind him apologetically:

"Squad Leader Wu, let's go in and take a rest."

Still with a simple smile, he walked into the tent with Shen Yun.

Smelling the strong smell of oil in the tent, squad leader Wu smiled embarrassedly: "I don't dare to fire and heat outside at night, so I can only put the brazier in the tent, this smell is very smoky." ”

There were no marching beds, and the ground was covered with a few thick pieces of felt.

Shen Yun could imagine that when the brazier burned for a while, the warm ground would be immediately covered with felt, and then several people would huddle together and quickly fall asleep in the residual heat.

There were no cooking utensils in the tent either, just boxes of instant noodles in the corner piled with everyone's enamel lunch boxes.

Shen Yun couldn't help but ask, "Squad leader, how do you usually eat?" Why didn't I look at the house where the water was boiling? ”

"Hey, where is the need to boil water, just melt the snow blister. We only have one pressure cooker at the outpost, and we can't eat hot food if we bring it to Lianli. Although there is a fire here, I eat too much water and get sick to my stomach. I don't dare to give birth to any diseases on the plateau, and I can't afford to give birth. ”