Crossing the Western Tianshan Mountains

When Fang Ya returned to the camp, she learned that Wu Yongjie had led a team deep into the mountains for surveying. She was immediately worried and couldn't get through to Wu Yongjie on the phone.

Ye Minglang was also stationed at a herder's home when he received a call from Fang Ya. He said, "The sheep epidemic has been initially controlled, and most of the patients have gone to the hospital. There are still some mild patients in the camp receiving injections, and some medical staff remain in the infirmary. As for Captain Wu, he was afraid you might worry, so he specifically instructed us to say we're stationed at a herder's home when you return and ask."

Fang Ya was a little angry. "Isn't this just trying to cover up the truth? I can't even get through to him on the phone, and he's trying to hide it from me. Doesn't this make me even more worried?"

Ye Minglang said, "Doctor Fang, are you really worried about Captain Wu?"

Doctor Fang hummed, "Xiao Ye, what's true or false about this?"

Ye Minglang smiled and said, "Captain Wu said, if you are really worried about him, let me write down your concerns at the time and tell him when I come back."

"This Wu Yongjie!" Fang Ya's face turned red and she quickly hung up the phone.

This Wu Yongjie is so old, but sometimes he speaks and acts like a young boy. It's really hard to do anything about him.

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As for Wu Yongjie, it was already the second day in the deep mountains.

He was covered in snow, like a standing polar bear. He watched his technicians struggling to fiddle with the surveying instruments not far away. Then he moved his fingers, which were very stiff, inflexible, and painful. After he got here, he felt as if all his bones were frozen and it was very difficult for him to move.

It was originally thought that these "weak scholars" in the survey team might find it difficult to hold on, but in the end, the ones who really couldn't hold on were him and the security personnel brought in to protect them.

Isn't it said that they have strong wilderness survival skills and rich wilderness survival experience? In fact, they almost froze to death that night. It was because Wu Yongjie had the experience of almost freezing to death in the Western Tianshan Mountains that he barely slept that night, taking care of the people in the three tents.

Tents are almost not something that can keep you warm here, because the tents you carry with you are too thin. When you put them up, the wind blows in from outside the tent, making it feel like sleeping in the cold wind.

Fortunately, everyone brought a sleeping bag, so we just made do with it for the night.

Wu Yongjie thought that he couldn't continue like this today, otherwise he would really freeze to death. So when the team members were surveying, he shouted sullenly, "The three of us are going to collect firewood. Don't go too far."

Li Jianguo and Wu Zhuoyu responded and continued to work.

They did look weaker than the workers, but it was only at such times that Wu Yongjie witnessed the strength and persistence of the surveyors.

They have a strong core hidden in their weak bodies and seem to be unafraid of wind and snow.

Wu Yongjie took two strong men with him to collect firewood. Nurlan was going to follow him, while Yerlan and Borat stayed in the camp and set up a big pot to cook lunch for everyone. Due to limited manpower and supplies, they could not drink milk unlimitedly, so they just melted the snow water in the pot. Then Borat threw the fried yellow rice, solid butter, milk lumps, and some dried meat into the pot to cook.

There were no other seasonings or side dishes except salt. They took some dry naan from the sled and roasted it over the fire with branches. There was not much dry firewood left, so Wu Yongjie and the others had to go collect some.

Ye Erlan called out to Li Jiannan and the others, "Don't keep burying your head in work, or you'll freeze. If you feel cold, come back to the fire and warm up a little before working again."

Li Jianguo and Yan Zhuoyu responded, but no one came back.

Li Jianguo took out a piece of chocolate and shared half with Yan Zhuoyu. The sweet taste gradually spread in his mouth. Li Jianguo said, "What should I do? Is there really a glacier? I don't know how big it is. I don't even dare to see Captain Wu now."

Yan Zhuoyu's brow furrowed with worry. "We need to survey the actual area of ​​the glacier more carefully. We will definitely need to change the route, but I'm worried that the glacier is too large. If the cross section is covered with glaciers within three kilometers, it will be difficult to change the route and the project will be abandoned."

Li Jianguo said, "It's all my fault. I was the one who selected the 14th site. If we had followed the original plan for the 11th site, maybe there would have been fewer problems."

"Stake 11 might be able to avoid the glaciers, but who knows if there's an extremely long fault zone there? Construction of the tunnel at Stake 14 has been quite smooth so far. Although there have been some problems, they've all been successfully resolved. The geological conditions in the Western Tianshan Mountains are too complex, and any route chosen wouldn't have been a smooth one."

Many people had said this to Li Jianguo before, but he still couldn't get over it... He simply changed the subject, "Brother Yan, don't you regret coming here?"

Yan Zhuoyu was stunned for a moment. "It's the organization's arrangement. There's no regrets. We'll go when it's our turn."

Li Jianguo nodded and said, "Sometimes, I really think Xitian Mountain is quite nice. I don't even want to go back."

"Why would you have such thoughts? Because you've been heartbroken, or lost?"

"I don't know. What about you? Don't you like Gulinar? Are you willing to leave Xitian Mountain?"

Yan Zhuoyu thought for a moment. "I do like Gulinar a little, but I absolutely cannot marry her. My family will break my legs. Comrade Xiaoye is different from us. She has Secretary Ling to call the shots, so everything is easier for her. Besides, what's so good about the Western Tianshan Mountains? It's horrible. We might not be able to return tonight and freeze to death."

Li Jianguo thought this was unlucky and said quickly, "I heard there is a mountain god here, and he can hear us talking. We can only pray to the mountain god to bless us."

As he spoke, he quickly clasped his hands together and bowed to the mountain god, which made Yan Zhuoyu laugh, "When did you become so superstitious?"

But then Yan Zhuoyu naturally put his hands together and bowed. What should I say? There is no need to answer this question. In this place where it is difficult to fully control your own life safety, don’t you have to believe in heaven, earth, ghosts and gods?

As for Wu Yongjie, he had long discovered that there was a small Haloxylon ammodendron forest nearby. Although it was very short, it was indeed a forest. This was the reason why they suggested stationing here. At this moment, they entered this small forest to collect firewood. Although the trees were very short, it was strange that in such cold weather, the branches still maintained a little toughness and could not be broken.

After taking out a knife and chopping for a while, the knife was also old. Wu Yongjie tried to reach his hand into the deep snow to feel around, and he actually touched some broken branches and leaves hidden in the snow. He grabbed a few dead branches covered with snow, which was actually easier than chopping the branches on the ground with a knife.

So the three of them transformed into "foxes" and dived into the snow to look for dead branches. Fortunately, there was no one else in the mountains. If others saw their strange behavior, they would be scared.