The snow was still falling, and the endless grassland was already covered with a thick layer of silver.

Standing at the door of the dormitory, there was only a white expanse left between the heavens and the earth, and my eyes ached after a long time.

"Junbao, come back, don't look at it."

Lao Geng's shouts came from behind him, and Zhang Junbao closed the door and returned to the house.

"In the future, when it snows on the grassland, don't stare stupidly, you will get snow blindness, and your eyes will be blind."

"Got it, squad leader."

The fire in the room had been lit, bringing a burst of warmth to the cold dorm.

"I wonder what happened to the herders in Chahar?" Lao Geng looked out through the window, his face still full of sadness.

At the 385th regiment station, the regiment commander was standing in front of the regiment headquarters building to carry out disaster relief and mobilization work, and thousands of people stood on the snow-covered ground in the wind and snow, but no one shouted cold.

"Comrades, the time has come for the party and the people to test us!"

"We have just received a notice from the Meteorological Bureau that our area will usher in a burst of heavy snowfall in the next three days, which will seriously endanger the life safety and production of local people."

"After receiving the notice from the superiors, all the officers and men of our regiment immediately entered a state of combat readiness and all members participated in the disaster relief work."

"Comrades, the snow is still falling, and the people are looking forward to it, do you have the confidence to open a channel of life!"

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

A deafening shout sounded in front of the regiment headquarters building, and with the shouts of the people, it was as if the snowflakes falling from the sky had been blown back.

The head of the regiment, Li Jianjun, waved his arms and shouted loudly: "Everyone, kick off immediately." ”

As Li Jianjun's voice fell, Chief of Staff Wang Guozhi ran to the front of the team and shouted: "All battalions and companies should be led away according to the formation!" ”

"One battalion, turn right, run and go!"

"Second battalion, turn back, run and walk!"

……

Under the leadership of the commander-in-chief, all units have rushed to the depot and made preparations for disaster relief.

Li Jianjun and other leaders of the regiment stood at the entrance of the regiment department and held an on-site meeting.

Li Jianjun said: "Political commissar, you stay at home and command, and I will lead people to the front line." ”

"Okay," the commissar nodded solemnly.

"Chief of Staff, you are responsible for commanding the officers and men in the regiment to carry out disaster relief work, and the division of tasks among each battalion and company must be clear, and as many people as possible can be rescued."

"Don't worry, I'll leave with the car." The chief of staff nodded to the others, turned around and ran out.

"Director Tian (Director of the Political Department), you cooperate with the political commissar to stay at home, keep communication unimpeded, and ensure that the communication radio station of each class is reached, as well as do a good job in logistics and material support, and the head of the logistics unit must strictly control and personally go into battle."

"Yes!"

"Don't worry, Captain."

"I almost forgot just now, political commissar, see if we are in contact with the division headquarters, we don't know what the situation of the rescue troops of other brother units is, don't make a mistake when the time comes."

"Don't worry, Lao Li, I'll leave this matter to me."

"That's okay, I'll take people out immediately and try to come back as soon as possible."

"Stay safe!"

Li Jianjun left the regiment headquarters with a group of staff officers and officers, and the mighty convoy of the 385th Regiment left the city like a long dragon and entered the grassland.

"Call the 385th regiment, this is the engineering battalion, please answer if you receive it."

"The 385th regiment received, I am the regiment commander Li Jianjun, please tell me something."

"Commander Li, our department is connected to the order of the higher authorities to assist your department in opening up the road to the grassland, and now it is in place, please instruct."

"Open the way."

……

Sitting in the passenger seat of the big truck, Li Jianjun put down the walkie-talkie in his hand with a worried face.

A puff of black smoke rose from the front of the convoy, and large construction vehicles could be faintly seen clearing the snow in front of them, opening a life passage for the follow-up troops.

However, this is still too slow!

Hundreds of kilometers long, I don't know when it will be the end.

"Chief of Staff, order all officers and soldiers to rest well, and if they can successfully reach the disaster area tonight, they will participate in the rescue work overnight."

"Yes!"

The convoy slowly approached the depths of the grassland, and the white, olive-green convoy was like a greedy snake.

……

In the conference room of the Army Aviation Brigade, all the pilots at home sat here.

Brigade Commander Zhang Tongzhou sat at the front, turning his head from time to time to look at the white snowflakes falling outside.

"It's time to test us!"

"Now the whole area is snowing heavily, and the meteorological department has notified that there will be large-scale snowfall in the next three days, and the people are waiting for us to go to the disaster."

"You all know the situation, the snow is too big to take off properly, so you have to be ready to go to work at all times, and as soon as the snow stops, you will leave immediately."

"Yes!"

The chief of staff suddenly turned his head and whispered to Zhang Tongzhou: "The No. 23 plane that departed in the morning has not yet returned, and it cannot be contacted at present." ”

The corners of Zhang Tongzhou's eyes trembled violently twice, and he asked in a low voice, "What's going on?" ”

"As soon as the snow stopped in the morning, the No. 23 plane flew to the small town of Chahar, which was responsible for delivering relief supplies."

"But at their flight speed, when it snowed again, they were only halfway there."

"I couldn't get in touch with ...... after that."

"What is logistics for? What about pilots? What about communication assurance? ”

Zhang Tongzhou slapped the table twice angrily, such a big snow forcibly took off and was designated to crash the plane, and even the pilot couldn't come back even if he was even unlucky.

"Immediately contact the special operations brigade of the group army and ask them to help find the missing plane, as well as the pilot."

"Yes!"

……

Special operations brigades are also ...... operational.

In the dormitory of class thirteen, five people sat quietly around the fire.

Xiaobai also felt the cold outside, and lay on the ground too lazy to move.

The sound of propellers coming into the house through the dilapidated windows made people stunned for a moment, and then their faces showed joy.

"Could it be that the birds from the Army Aviation Brigade are coming?"

"It's fast this time, huh? Dare to fly over with such a big snow, he is a great character. ”

"Stop talking nonsense, hurry up and go out and have a look."

A group of people put on overcoats, wrapped themselves tightly, opened the dormitory door and rushed into the snow.

The knee-high snow made it very difficult for people to walk, and seeing this situation, Lao Geng decisively let Brother Qiang, Brother Xiao Ma and Zhang Junbao stay in the small courtyard.

A green Mi-171 was staggering and trying to make a forced landing, and the landing place was the tarmac that Lao Geng and the others had carved out.

"Squad leader, isn't this right?"

"yes, they have to be called back."

Brother Xiao Ma muttered, and then shouted loudly: "Lao Geng, Da Fei, come back first, the situation is not right." ”

"It's okay, let's go check it out."

Lao Geng and Da Fei should not be stupid, and they can see that the plane is abnormal, so Zhang Junbao did not speak again.

The helicopter hovering in mid-air was still spinning "hulala", the speed of the propeller seemed to be getting slower and slower, and when it was about to approach the ground, Zhang Junbao could see the propeller blades from dozens of meters away.

This situation is not normal no matter how you look at it.

With a muffled sound of "bang", the huge Mi 171 landed on the ground, and Lao Geng and Da Fei stood in the distance and waited for a while before running over to check the situation.