Liu Yuan and Wei Jiayue were the soldiers who volunteered themselves, the two of them followed after Qin Xiu to the forward truck to assist them.
After being advised, the female soldiers no longer carried their negative emotions that affected the entire teamwork that stemmed from their personal grudges.
“The snow shovels are all in the truck, when shoveling snow, keep one person on watch, and keep an eye on the surroundings at all time, especially the mountaintops, the moment you discover some sporadic snow start to shave off, start running towards the carved mountain road immediately.”
Qin Xiu, who had traversed the Highway four times, wasn’t completely easy with the decision of keeping the other five female soldiers here, and very carefully gave them orders to prevent another accident, “The supplies in the car, first get them off and move them into the mountain road, in case another avalanche happens, you can hide inside and have something to eat and wear, that’ll be enough to last you till rescue personnel arrive.”
He didn’t offer comforting words that would make the female soldiers not feel afraid. Instead, he told them in a responsible manner, as long as they still remained here, danger always remained so that they would be mentally prepared, heightening their caution to face any possible dangers.
The female soldiers had been shocked, tense by his words, and hints of fear could be seen behind their pupils.
“Alright ladies, we’ll start working. Not for anybody else, we must face this bravely so we can live! Hao Zhen, Wu Ziwei, Fu Hui, Ning Anwen, Lee Fei, the five of you stand watch on rotation, whoever gets tired of shoveling snow stands watch, make sure that four people are shoveling, one is standing watch.” Wei Jiayue calmly ordered, she had been in the military the longest, and she needed to set an example at a time like this.
With a female soldier setting the example, that was enough to make Qin Xiu’s plans to unfold sooner. After helping them lift two-pack of supplies from the truck onto a safe area, only then did Qin Xiu bring Liu Yuan and Wei Jiayue away.
“Will Liu Yuan and the others be in danger? The entire route had been sealed off by the snow, and they’d had to crawl across the piled up snow to get to the forward truck.” The greenest soldier, Fu Hui, who was on the first watch, stared at the figures who walked towards the mountain-like snow pile without even turning back; a worried expression could be seen on her face.
The female soldiers who had taken out a few foldable construction shovels from the toolbox and couldn’t help but look forwards, … who would know if there would be danger?
“No wonder the male soldiers and Reporter Qin on our car had left for several hours, it turns out they had climbed over the snowpile to search for the forward truck. Liu Yuan and Wei Jiayue, the two of them are quite gutsy, and with Reporter Qin taking care of them, they’ll be fine right?”
“Alright, let’s stop wasting breath, and pick up the pace! Reporter Qin had tied two ropes onto our truck’s rear tires, probably the forward truck is quite close, otherwise there’s no way the rope could be dragged over here.”
Ahead, the three figures were already climbing the snow pile; after the wind in the snowy mountains and chilled their hands and feet, the five female soldiers stopped standing around; with the construction shovel in hand, they started shoveling snow onto the truck.
High altitudes lacked oxygen, so their working pace couldn’t be too quick; if their heartbeat too quickly, it’s easier to develop altitude sickness.
No one would want their bodies to go haywire at a time like this, so they needed to keep a tempo while shoveling snow.
At the front, Qin Xiu was the first at climbing up the mountain-like snowpile while searching for the forward truck; after walking through the snow pile, even a big man like him had a layer of cold sweat forming from fright.
The snow piling up into a mountain was extremely steep; at that time, when he followed the veteran in front of him, he climbed less than two meters and glanced down, and was frightened by the bottomless abyss below that his heart had skipped half a beat, when he had completely climbed past it, even his knees were feeling like jelly, and only managed to regain his spirits after the veteran had supported him for a while.
