Already two helicopters have completed their landing, and the third heli was on the landing course preparing to land; Xia Jinyuan looked up at the ‘Iron Condor’ that could traverse the sky of uninhabited regions, and was telling the members of Storm Commandos with extreme pride, “This is one of the world’s most dangerous and hardest flight paths, especially the Ali Plateau that had been recognized as a no-fly zone for rotary-winged helicopters, however, the soldiers of the Ground Forces’ Aviation had flown through them safely. Their bravery deserves respect.”
“They and our country’s soldiers that are stationed in the highest altitude of our country, have been nicknamed the ‘Children of Stars and Snow’ by the Xinjiang Ground Forces, the things that accompanied them through the year and four seasons are the stars in the sky, and the snow in their route.”
Xia Jinyuan had stayed in the Snowy Plateau for nearly a year; besides protecting the bases our country had constructed in secret, the rest of his time is either spent patrolling or getting to know the units in the snowy plateau and Xinjiang’s northwestern border, which was why he was able to touch on each unit’s history and their heroic feats of the past.
No matter where there were soldiers deserving of respect guarding the country’s lands, even if he was a member of the Special Forces, Xia Jinyuan was still impressed by them.
The members of the Storm Commandos listened seriously, some of them were quite far away from Xia Jinyuan, and with the sound of helicopter propellers interfering with his voice, the members who couldn’t hear clearly asked the Elite Platoon members beside them, after asking did they know the members of Elite Platoon were very knowledgeable.
While waiting, the members of Storm Commandos had been told several stories about the soldiers of the Xinjiang borders, even if the stories had been cherry-picked, it was enough to make the eyes of these men of iron and steel brim with redness.
The third helicopter completed its landing, the aircrew communicated through radar and informed the fourth aircrew to prepare for landing.
After they had successfully escorted these two units for training in the plateau, they would fly to Burang’s Border Guard Company to refuel and complete their air patrol of today.
One of the Ground Aviation soldiers with a laptop was operating a 3D aerial chart that would help them fly in the plateau, while he communicated with the fourth aircrew at the same time, “Snow Clouds are visibly gathering, promptly complete landing!”
“Roger, roger, we are 370 meters away from the second orbit.”
A series of difficult parameters about flight speed and flight altitude was reported accurately by the aircrew’s technician. The helicopter pilot followed the radar’s instructions as he entered his correct orbit and completed his landing.
Ye Jian looked at the Ground Aviation soldiers who acted in extreme concert; her eyes were filled with respect.
The Northwest of Xinjiang is a bitter and cold land; it was also our country’s land, the Tianshan Mountains, the Gobi Desert, the Plateau, and Snow Mountains, the boundless Kunlun… these were areas where not even birds would get close. Yet, they had been conquered by the soldiers stationed in Xinjiang, one after the other.
In skies that birds had never flown through, there were dauntless Ground Aviation soldiers who piloted ‘Iron Condors’ and traversed the wind and snow to guard their nation, precisely because they were guarding with their lives, that is why the country’s Northwestern borders are in peace.
“Fasten your seatbelts, the windstorm has arrived, we need to dodge.”
Entering the orbit and less than 10 kilometers from their landing spot, the windstorm that had just been mentioned swept towards them and was approaching at lightning speed.
The air lacked oxygen; it snowed heavily year-round; clearly, the sky during Summer was sunny as the radiant sun shone on the snow and making it dazzling, but in the blink of an eye, dark clouds covered the sky. It was raining hail and snow the size of green beans; even the temperature had drastically dropped a dozen degrees.
The weather was so even in Summer, don’t even mention frosty Winter, Xia Jinyuan, who was chatting with the members of the Storm Commandos, stared closely at the appearance of the fourth helicopter, with the visible appearance of snow clouds gathering in the rolling mountains, the look in his eyes turned serious and dark.
