Chapter 94: Keeping the Cold
Because this mountain peak is very steep, the speed of the avalanche is very fast, and a few minutes after the sound came, the valley where everyone stayed just now was now foggy, and the rolling snow waves instantly covered the entire valley, and continued to advance along the way.
Fortunately, the old serf reminded him just now, and the rolling snow waves rolled past the heels of those who had fallen behind, and even the splashed ice slag hit the backs of those people.
Everyone who was lucky enough to survive looked at the old serf with grateful eyes, but at this moment, these pious serfs ignored the cold of the snow, and all lay there praying in the direction of the snowy mountain.
Although I don't understand why these serfs are still in the mood to do such a thing at this time, their atmosphere of reverence for nature still infects the whole team.
All those who escaped after the disaster, whether they were military miners or staunch atheist revolutionaries, all silently watched the rolling snow waves and said nothing.
"Fortunately, it was decided to take in these serfs in the first place, otherwise this time the loss would have been great."
Major Davis, who was holding Major General Oprah, touched his forehead reflexively, although it was impossible to sweat in such a cold weather.
"Maybe this is providence, although we are all atheists, but we must also look at causality dialectically!"
Looking at this unrivaled power of nature, Major General Oprah was also very emotional.
The avalanche came and went as fast as it came, and after ten minutes, the whole valley fell silent again.
However, looking at this valley, which was obviously much higher, Major General Oprah's heart was much heavier.
The loose snow cut off the way for the team to move forward, and although it was possible to make a detour, after asking the old serf, the idea was also broken.
Because this section of the road can only reach a broken valley of the snow peak in front of it by crossing this valley, if you want to detour, it will take at least several days, and the mountains over there are more steep, and the probability of avalanches is greater, so the idea of detouring is obviously not feasible.
There is a bigger problem in front of the major general, although the sky is now cloudy, and the sun cannot be seen at all, but judging from the time of the pocket watch, it will be evening in a few hours, and on this mountain, there is no shelter from the wind, which is absolutely fatal on the cold snow-capped mountains, because this kind of place is so windy at night that it is impossible to set up a tent.
"Old man, can we find a way to wade across this valley and find a sheltered place to repair?"
At this time, I can only turn to these old serfs who live on the plateau all year round, Major General Oprah found the old man who reminded the avalanche just now and asked.
"Honorable High Priest, are you worried about camping?"
After listening to the interpreter's explanation, the old serf thought for a while and asked.
"Yes, old man, what can you do if you don't have it?"
Seeing that the old man immediately asked the point, Major General Oprah immediately looked at the old man with anticipation.
"Don't worry about this great sacrifice, as long as you have the heart, the Immortal Heaven will not create a hopeless desperate situation for people. All you need to do is use the snow to build a temporary camp. ”
The old serf prayed to the sky reverently, and then pointed to the snow on the hillside.
"Ah, old man, are you saying that this snow can be used to build a camp?"
When the interpreter said the words of the old serf, not only Major General Oplar, but all the officers and soldiers present looked at the soft white snow in amazement, and they really couldn't imagine how to use the soft snow to build a camp for so many people to hide from the violent storm and snow.
"Yes, honorable high priest, you are a noble person in the Central Plains, and it is normal not to know this, and once we are driven out of the territory by the master, or called by the master to pick snow lotus on the snow mountain, we can only use this snow to build a residence."
Immediately after, under the guidance of the old serf, all the people mobilized and began to build a magical igloo on the hillside.
First of all, it is the manufacture of snow bricks, the snow is put into a suitable mold and tamped, the block snow bricks are poured out, and then the burned snow is poured on the snow bricks, in this environment of more than minus 30 degrees, it will not take a few minutes for a solid ice brick to be presented in front of everyone.
And in this step, the heavy machine gun bullet boxes that Terry exchanged for played a very important role.
Since the bullet boxes produced by the system are all made of thin iron plates, and the smooth interior becomes the best rectangular mold, and this high-quality iron box is also a good tool for boiling water.
In the environment of the plateau, it is difficult to burn the snow if you use an ordinary iron pot, and at this time this kind of tight ammunition box becomes a simple pressure cooker (of course, people at this time do not know what a pressure cooker is), as long as the snow is filled with ammunition box, and then cover the tight lid of the ammunition box, fasten the buckles on both sides, and boil water faster than the marching pot I don't know how many times.
As for fuel, this is thanks to the dead sacrificial pinecone dried cloth "Lord", the revolutionary army found a large number of briquettes when searching the warehouses in his territory, which is the best fuel on the plateau, and it is easy to transport, so this time it brought a lot, there are many people and strength, and more than 1,000 serfs and miners with the army Although it is more difficult to supply, but the transportation capacity is also a lot more.
There is no shortage of materials, enough manpower, and in less than 2 hours, igloos that can accommodate dozens of people have been built with everyone's efforts.
When everyone entered this igloo, which was about a dozen square meters, they immediately felt that the temperature was much higher.
Because there is no cold north wind blowing directly on the body, the body temperature loss is slow, so everyone has this feeling, but with this igloo, this night is not afraid.
At this time, those ammunition boxes played a huge role again, and soon someone thought of transforming it into a heating stove, and after lighting this stove, the temperature of the igloo instantly increased. But the strange thing is that although the temperature of the furnace is very high at the moment, the igloo shows no signs of melting.
At this time, it was also dark, and when all the people of the Revolutionary Army began to wrap themselves in blankets and lived the first warm night after coming to the snow-capped mountains, there were some poor fellows shivering in the cold wind.
A few dozen kilometers away from the entrance to the mountain range of the revolutionary army camp, a group of about 500 Imperial soldiers was hesitating in a valley.
Although it has not yet penetrated into the snow-capped mountains, it is still very cold, and these people do not have the help of the locals, let alone know the way to keep out the cold of the snow-capped mountains, and the thin marching tents cannot stop the north wind blowing back from the snow-capped mountains, so at this moment they can only endure the cold of minus twenty or thirty degrees.