The news that the command platoon had been without food for more than half a month spread throughout the division headquarters. Especially since the Chinese New Year was coming soon, everyone was very nervous. Everyone knows that the current divisional farm is without power, water, and communications. If coupled with the cold wave and heavy snow that has not been seen in a century and the lack of food and coal, it will be a very serious matter, especially what the regiment reported. According to the news, the life and death of these more than 20 comrades were uncertain, and the division headquarters decided to dispatch a tracked snowmobile from the engineering battalion to fully cooperate with the rescue.
Wu Xiangyu learned about this a little late. She sent more than 20 letters one after another, but did not receive a single reply. Now that she knew it, she felt terrified!
Is the "Dead King Ke" whom she cursed countless times in her heart before, still alive now? She didn't dare to think about it!
She has a fellow villager who works as a correspondent in the duty room of the headquarters. She has no choice but to ask her fellow villager to inform me as soon as possible if there is any news. The reason she gave that fellow countryman was that there were still a lot of things left in the command platoon that had not been retrieved!
Returning to the division hospital, Wu Xiangyu was assigned to the publicity office of the division hospital, where he could have access to more documents and read more newspapers. She believed that there were many things that Wang Ke could use in the future, so she made a scrapbook and carefully cut and pasted many good management experiences, good methods of leading troops, and good technical and tactical training cases from newspapers.
Are these things still useful today? Life is better than anything else. Even if we can't see each other every day, it would be nice to know that each other is safe and well. The deep friendship formed between comrades unknowingly took root and sprouted in her heart.
Will miracles happen again? She was looking forward to, praying, and wishing that she could return to the farm with the snowmobile and rescue her comrades with her own hands.
The same mood as Wu Xiangyu was shared by all the officers and soldiers of the artillery company. Tan Xiaoqing, deputy squad leader of the driver squad, was the one with the strongest demands.
"Company Commander, I went to the command platoon to deliver supplies. I'm familiar with the route. Let me go and I'll ensure the mission is completed!"
Deputy company commander Lu Zeran was even more anxious, "Lao Tian, Lao Ding, I'll take the car, and I will try to bring them out."
Normal people, if there is water, can live for ten days or more. If it snows heavily, if the command platoon can save food and find substitutes, it can still survive even if it is without food for more than half a month. hope.
Deputy company commander Lu Zeran was so confident because Wang Ke was in the command platoon. He firmly believed that Wang Ke would find a way and he would survive.
The company branch committee made an emergency decision: Deputy company commander Lu Zeran took the vehicle, driver squad deputy squad leader Tan Xiaoqing and health worker Yu Deben set out overnight with the snowmobile supported by the division headquarters to complete this arduous and extremely difficult task.
A cart full of food, including a basket of ready-to-eat steamed buns, pickles, rice rolls, and white wine, as well as various vegetables, non-staple foods, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, coal, firewood, and medicines and coats to treat frostbite.
Arriving at the edge of the divisional farm, it was less than a hundred kilometers and the car traveled all night.
Tan Xiaoqing, deputy driver's squad leader, searched back and forth for a long time before he found the dirt road leading outside the farm. He directed the snowmobile to drive up immediately, with the Jiefang Vehicle behind, carefully driving forward along the newly pressed ruts. The tire chains on the wheels are unreliable and they still slip, wander and get stuck from time to time.
There used to be drainage ditches on both sides of the road, but now they are filled with snow. If you fall into the ditch, I can't help you.
The snow was deep and the road was lost. We walked for more than two hours before we were five or six hundred meters away.
It was completely white and there was no end in sight. If we keep this pace, we won't be able to reach the venue even after dark.
It's rare that it doesn't snow today, and the sun really rises, and the crusty snow on the snow begins to melt. This is a good phenomenon, but also a troublesome thing. Because slippery snow makes it easier to get stuck.
Deputy company commander Lu Zeran jumped out of the car and turned around anxiously. If we delay it until night, the road will be different from the one we just came on. There are reference points on the road, but now there is nothing in the farm fields. How to recognize the road, we must move faster.
A gust of wind blew over and lifted the corners of his coat.
With that, Deputy Company Commander Lu Zeran took off his coat and spread it out under the front wheels. The car drove really well.
"Quick, get in the car and get your coat."
After taking down dozens of coats, he and the hygienist Yu Deben laid them one by one on the ruts of the snowmobile, extending all the way forward. The car drove forward, then pulled up the coats that had been pressed down, and then Spread to the front. Although it is a stupid method, it obviously speeds up the process.
When it was noon, Tan Xiaoqing, deputy squad leader of the driver's class, finally saw the lonely farm department from a distance. It was silent there. After hearing this, deputy company commander Lu Zeran climbed up on the roof of the car, put up a pergola and looked carefully, and shouted in surprise: "There is smoke in the chimney."
There is smoke in the chimney, which means that the person is still alive. Deputy company commander Lu Zeran jumped out of the car and hugged each other with health workers Yu Deben and Tan Xiaoqing. Tears could not stop flowing down. The pain and fatigue of these ten hours were worth it.
Several people's confidence increased greatly and their speed accelerated significantly. He ran towards the smoking house and moved forward slowly.
After walking for more than an hour, we were finally less than 500 meters away from the command platoon, but the car could not move. The reason was that the dozens of coats could no longer be carried, they were crushed to pieces and mixed with slush.
what to do? Take off your cotton clothes!
Deputy company commander Lu Zeran took the lead in taking off his cotton-padded clothes and placing them under the wheels.
Next came the cotton-padded clothes of hygienist Yu Deben, and the cotton-padded clothes of Tan Xiaoqing, deputy squad leader of the driver class.
Tan Xiaoqing, deputy squad leader of the driver's class, kept honking the car horn in the car, as if calling out in the ice and snow.
Finally he saw someone coming out, who? Wireless squad leader Huang Zhonghe.
He vaguely heard the sound of a car horn, and immediately ran out of the house to see that it was indeed a snowmobile and a liberation vehicle.
"Platoon leader, platoon leader, comrades, the supply truck is here!" He shouted excitedly, running toward the car one step at a time.
Then there was a "sudden" sound, and all the more than 20 soldiers from the command platoon ran out and cheered when they saw the car.
When I ran forward, I discovered that several people were all wearing thin fleece jackets, and the cotton jackets were all under the wheels. Behind them were two long, deep ruts.
Wireless squad leader Huang Zhonghe quickly took off his cotton coat and wrapped it around deputy company commander Lu Zeran. Everyone rushed forward, cheers and tears flew together. Everyone stamped and danced on the snow, and there was no winter at all.
Next, it's easy. The soldiers of the command platoon brought the hemp rope, and everyone pushed and pulled together. Soon the two cars drove to the door of the command platoon.
Platoon leader Hu Zhijun gathered the entire platoon, strode forward, feet together, and saluted Deputy Company Commander Lu Zeran.
"Comrade deputy company commander, the command platoon should have 22 people, but there are actually 22 people. Please give your instructions! Command platoon leader Hu Zhijun."
"Please rest."
"yes!"
Platoon leader Hu Zhijun ran back to the team and stood at the front of the platoon.
"Comrades!"
All members of the command platoon stood at attention, with 22 pairs of eyes staring at Deputy Company Commander Lu Zeran.
Deputy company commander Lu Zeran couldn't talk any more, and then he covered his mouth and nose and began to sob.
It’s good to be alive, it’s good to be alive.
At this time, a burst of fragrance wafted out of the room. Han Xiaoqing, the deputy driver's squad leader, shrugged his nose vigorously. What could be so fragrant?
His move also made the hygienist Yu Deben turn his head.
"Report to the deputy company commander and request to come out." The squad leader on the phone took a step forward.
"Get out of the queue." Deputy company commander Lu Zeran looked at him inexplicably.
"The dog meat in my room is going to be mushy, I'll bring it down."
The soldiers burst into laughter.
What dog meat? At this time, deputy company commander Lu Zeran also smelled the fragrance.
We are worried to death at home, but you are eating dog meat here.
"Disband!"
Following the order from Deputy Company Commander Lu Zeran, the soldiers ran towards the house together.
After entering the house, I discovered that there were strings of sparrows, magpies, turtle doves and unknown bird meat hanging on the wall; there were also several pickled dog legs, wild rabbits and hedgehogs, and there were actually some animals in the tank next to them. There were a lot of eels and loaches, and there were also a few big tortoises inside.
Opening the washbasin on the stove, the dog meat stewed inside was bubbling.
"You had a good life as a child. You had fish, meat and game. It was more nutritious than what we had in the barracks."
"Come on, deputy company commander, you have worked hard. Let each of you have a bowl of dog meat soup first. As we agreed, there is not much salt. We don't have any salt." When he said this, the platoon leader Hu Zhijun led two soldiers and carried Walked in with 4 bowls of dog meat soup.
After taking the dog meat soup, deputy company commander Lu Zeran discovered that firewood was burning under the stove.
"Where did you get the firewood?"
"Report to the deputy company commander that we have long run out of coal. It's more than minus 20 degrees, so we took down all the broken doors and windows of the warehouse behind and burned them for warmth." The telephone squad leader interjected.
After eating the broth, deputy company commander Lu Zeran looked at each soldier carefully. Not only have they not lost weight, their faces are all glowing. Can I lose weight if I eat so well?
"Wang Ke, Wang Ke, where are you?" Deputy Company Commander Lu Zeran asked.
"Where's Wang Ke? Call him here." Platoon leader Hu Zhijun is also looking for him. He was still in the queue when they were just assembled, but now he doesn't know where he has gone.
A soldier ran out and came back after a while.
"Report, Wang Ke is unloading the truck outside."
"Yes, yes, we were busy talking and forgot to unload the truck. There are a lot of good things in there. Let's have dinner tonight!" Deputy company commander Lu Zeran said loudly to the comrades.
"Oh..." Everyone ran outside together.
At this time, Wang Ke was hanging half a piece of pork from the eaves.
"Why not put it in the house?" hygienist Yu Deben wondered.
"This pork has a strong smell and can attract wild dogs. If you hang it here, it can also prevent rats from biting you." Wang Ke replied.
Everyone stepped forward to help sort the unloaded items and place them in the small warehouse.
"Wang Ke, come here." Platoon leader Hu Zhijun waved to Wang Ke and said to deputy company commander Lu Zeran, "Wang Ke is the main contributor to our persistence for such a long time."
Deputy company commander Lu Zeran smiled, "Wang Ke, tell me, what have you done?"
Wang Ke smiled shyly and said to deputy company commander Lu Zeran: "I didn't do anything. I just made a few snowmen. I wonder if the deputy company commander can see that?"
Only then did deputy company commander Lu Zeran realize that there were 22 snowmen standing in the snow in the distance, each with a different look.
He walked over, took a closer look, and immediately found that the first one was the platoon leader Hu Zhijun, who really looked like him, with a telescope hanging on his chest. The people behind were several squad leaders, and the last one was Wang Ke himself, who actually took a stick.
"What do you do?"
"Dog beating stick! Used to catch dogs at night."
