The destination is already clear, it is Area 9 near the northwest border.
It is famous for its high altitude, with an average of 5,000 meters!
After getting the itinerary, Han Xiaobei took one look and gasped.
It's not that he is afraid, but he is worried about Qi Sheng.
High reflection will already occur when Qi Sheng reaches more than 3,000 meters. If it reaches 5,000 meters, I don’t know what will happen.
It was a cloudy day, and the convoy drove all the way northwest.
Sitting in the carriage, everyone clearly felt that the temperature was slowly dropping.
Fortunately, before departure, the car's staff had already told Qi Sheng to put on winter clothes.
Looking out from the car, it is a winding road with no starting point, let alone the end.
Li Zheng was sitting in the passenger seat, raising his hand to look at his watch from time to time.
The altitude numbers shown on the table keep increasing.
The original altitude in the camp area was about 3,500 meters, but it gradually jumped to 4,000 meters, and it's still rising all the way.
It is obviously August in summer, but when you open your mouth, you can breathe out white water vapor.
Compared with the weather in the south a few days ago, when the weather was so hot that dogs couldn't even go out, it felt like we were in another parallel world here.
Although it was not his first time visiting such a high-altitude area, Li Zheng couldn't help but feel emotional as he looked at those sky roads and the endless mountains in the distance.
Why is it said that people must travel through the great rivers and mountains of the motherland?
China is a country with the most complete geographical and climatic characteristics in the world. It is high in the west and low in the east, with seas, mountains, jungles and deserts.
Just walk around different places in the east, west, north and south of the motherland, look at these places, and feel how it feels to be sweating in the hot summer yesterday, but today you have to put on thick cotton clothes and a cotton hat and still shiver with cold.
Just for this reason, how can you not love this land deeply?
It is precisely because of this that China's armaments are the most comprehensive in the world, because in order to adapt to combat needs under different climates and regional conditions, different weapons and equipment must be developed. As a soldier in this armed force, we also It must also have combat capabilities in all-region, all-weather conditions.
Perhaps, this time, all the drone units at brigade level and above are brought here to compete here, so that everyone can try to conduct professional operations in the plateau areas that have the greatest impact on drones, and see which unit's elite soldiers can operate in this environment. Still doing the job well.
The troops who can still maintain combat effectiveness here will be even more screaming when they return to the plain area.
After nightfall, the long motorcade finally arrived at its destination.
This is an artillery brigade stationed at an altitude of 5,000 meters.
In order to welcome their arrival, the artillery brigade specially set aside a training base where their brigade training team is located to receive these comrades from afar.
The brigade commander personally came out to greet them, even though the temperature had dropped to zero degrees at night - yes, Li Zheng saw that the thermometer on his watch really showed that it was zero degrees here.
"welcome!"
The brigade commander and several brigade leaders were waiting outside the door with the support team leader of the training base. When they saw the first car arriving, they went up and saluted each other, shook hands and said hello with the leaders of the competition organizing committee.
"The camp has been vacated and everything is ready. Leaders, I will be here with the captain of the support team for the next few days. If you need any support, just ask, and I promise to complete the mission to the letter! "
"You're so welcome, Brigadier Mao." The leader of the team here looked around: "It's not the first time I'm here. You guys have been guarding this plateau snowy area all year round. You are the ones who have the hardest work. I'm here to say hello. You learned from it!”
"The chief is too polite. In fact, I heard that this is a drone competition. Our brigade also has a newly established drone battalion. However, because it was established for a short time, it did not participate. This time I specially used drones. The battalion commander brought some key personnel over to observe and let them watch the high-level competitions of other brother units so as to learn from them. They are specifically responsible for venue security and guidance this time. With them here, the comrades in the competition will definitely be able to play with confidence. , compete with peace of mind!”
After saying that, he changed the subject and said: "It's too cold here. Let's talk after we enter the camp and go inside. I asked the cooking team to prepare a lot of butter tea. This stuff can relieve fatigue and replenish physical strength. I will send it to the participating teams later. , Chief, please come with me, let’s go into the room and sit down, and you can also relive the taste of the butter tea here!”
The convoy began to slowly pass through the camp.
After getting off the car, someone in the army suddenly started to marvel.
"Look, the stars are so beautiful!"
After hearing this, everyone looked up to the sky.
I saw stars dotted in the dark sky, densely packed as if they were hung with small lights, twinkling and twinkling, it was really beautiful.
"Look there, the Milky Way!"
Mo San also exclaimed.
The instructor was not calm anymore.
Li Zheng has stayed here and carried out missions. Of course he knows the beauty here.
Behind this kind of beauty is actually the blood and sweat of the soldiers on the border, and even some secret troops whose numbers cannot be announced. Their sacrifices here will not be announced to the public.
Without these officers and soldiers who defend the border to the death and those unknown special forces heroes, the starry sky here may not belong to us no matter how beautiful it is.
"so cold!"
Qi Sheng shivered and shrank his neck, walking towards this side.
Li Zheng hurriedly asked: "Company commander, how do you feel? Do you have difficulty breathing or anything like that?"
"cold……"
As Qi Sheng spoke, he reached out and rubbed hard under his nostrils.
"I feel like I'm going to catch a cold."
"You must not catch a cold here." Li Zheng said, "Otherwise, you will be in big trouble."
He called a squad leader and said, "Go to the cooking squad. They will definitely prepare butter tea. Make a pot for the company commander, and send two more people to see if they can prepare some in a combat basin and share it with everyone."
After the first squad leader left, he turned to Qi Sheng and said: "Company Commander, I can tell you, you are the backbone of our company in this competition. To be honest, anyone in this company can fall, but you can't, otherwise Tomorrow’s practical operation will be very troublesome.”
Qi Sheng was actually very happy after hearing this, but he still said modestly: "Come on, you Li Zheng are not bad either. I know you, so there is no problem in letting you."
Li Zheng said: "In general situations, there is no problem. If it is too professional, such as short-term fault diagnosis and emergency repair, or if there is an abnormality in the software and you need to find out the crux of the problem, I am not as professional as you."
Qi Sheng said: "Don't think I don't know. Last time I saw you operating a short-range drone, you were very skilled."
Li Zheng said: "I'm just good at short-range. I've learned those types of aircraft before. After all, I'm engaged in special operations. But like these big guys at medium-range and above, I'm not that professional, otherwise you think the brigade commander Why do you want me to come to the drone company? I just want to learn from you!"
Qi Sheng felt more comfortable after hearing this.
In fact, no matter who you are, everyone likes to hear good things.
Especially if you tell the truth.
"Don't worry, Lao Li, I won't embarrass myself in front of my old classmate again!"
Qi Sheng gritted his teeth.
"I don't have any major problems. I guess I'm not used to the high altitude. I feel like I'm not getting enough oxygen. It's too cold here. I'll drink more butter tea later to warm myself up and I'll be fine."
"Instructor, you take the company commander to take a rest first. I will organize the resettlement work here."
Li Zheng asked Mo San to take Qi Sheng away.
He wasn't trying to flatter Qi Sheng.
It's not necessary, and it's not his style.
But there are priorities.
In this competition, Qi Sheng was really the backbone of Yilian.
As for himself, this kind of place is trivial to him. He has tried fighting at higher altitudes.
Qi Sheng looked at Li Zheng and felt grateful.
He knew very well that he was also lucky.
When I arrived at the Tiger Brigade, I met a good brigade commander.
If he didn't have the solemn eyes and the keen eye to recognize talents, he was invited to the brigade, and a company commander position was arranged for him. He was paired with Mo San, a gentle-tempered instructor, and a new company commander. I heard that he was doing Qi Sheng originally thought that a spark would hit the earth this time, but he didn't expect that the person sent was Li Zheng. He was half a distant relative, and his temper was rare among the special forces. He didn't have trouble with him, but instead Use your own abilities to take care of yourself.
For these two comrades, for the brigade commander, not to mention for yourself, you have to strive for success, right?
"Okay, I'll leave this to you, Lao Li. My physical fitness is really dragging everyone down..."
Qi Sheng wrapped up his cold-proof coat tightly and stamped his feet.
Li Zheng said: "Company commander, do you know why I am fine and the instructor is fine too?"
Qi Sheng asked subconsciously without thinking, "Why?"
Li Zheng said: "He used to be engaged in reconnaissance, and I was engaged in special operations. What do you think?"
Qi Sheng stopped stamping his feet, stood there and thought about it, and said I know what you want to say...
When he arrived, he waved his hand: "Forget it, let's not talk about it. Let's talk about it when we get back."
After that, he turned around and walked towards the house.
That night, everyone drank the butter tea brought by the cooking team and ate some late-night snacks. After replenishing their strength, everyone unpacked their bedding and got inside.
It's windy at night outside.
I don’t know if the altitude is too high, but the wind is like a naughty child, running around whiningly, bumping against the doors and windows, and shaking the trees in the camp.
It wasn't until late at night that he fell asleep.
Early the next morning, Li Zheng felt nothing unusual. He got up early, washed his face and brushed his teeth, returned to the military mirror and took a picture. After putting away his things, he planned to walk around the camp.
It was still dark, there was only a hint of fish belly white in the distance, and the scenery in the camp was shrouded in a layer of looming darkness.
In the distance is a stretch of rolling mountains. Among the mountains, a towering snow peak stands among the mountains. It looks like a king and stands out from the crowd. It is extremely conspicuous.
Walking to the training ground, the training ground here is like the mountains outside, open but with a sense of desolation belonging to the west.
It doesn't have the feeling of green trees and green grass in the southern army camp.
There is more soil here.
Yellow soil.
There is also the thin green in the distance, like a thin layer of green sprayed on a piece of yellow paper, showing a kind of yellow.
Regardless of the channel, Li Zheng has become accustomed to moving his hands and feet in the morning.
Since this camp area is all used by the competition troops, there are not many soldiers in the base. Some of them are people from the support group. Moreover, they have to prepare food and drink for thousands of people when they get up early in the morning, and they are already busy with their heels. , so the field was empty, with only two soldiers holding brooms sweeping the rostrum and the parade path beside the field.
Li Zheng started running circles around the training ground.
Under high-altitude conditions, Li Zheng can feel the changes in his heart and lungs.
The air sucked into the lungs is extremely cold, which makes people feel like they are in winter instead of summer.
At first, the two soldiers sweeping the floor didn't pay much attention to Li Zheng.
When Li Zheng came over, they just glanced at him for a few times. When they saw that he was an officer, they started sweeping the floor again.
However, a long time later, when the area was almost completely swept, a superior soldier suddenly said: "Huh? That officer is still running..."
The other one was a veteran who had been a soldier for three years and had just become a non-commissioned officer. He was stunned for a moment and turned his head to look at Li Zheng.
Li Zheng was still running in circles, and the veteran thought his speed was a bit scary.
So I looked at the watch.
"He came right after we started sweeping, right?"
The superior soldier nodded: "Yes, I remember yes. I took a second look at him when he first arrived."
The veteran looked at his watch again and looked up at the sky.
It's full daylight.
"It's been more than forty minutes..."
The superior soldier couldn't close his mouth and said in surprise: "This man has really strong physical strength. He can run for so long..."
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