Zhou Yubai's team rested comfortably on the leeward slope for a night, and by the next morning, everyone was full of energy.
The team led by Pang Yongping traveled day and night under the command of Pang Yongping last night.
But just as Zhou Yubai expected, not long after nightfall, they deviated from their direction.
By the time we corrected the direction and got back on track, it was already dawn.
The entire team traveled all night, but the progress they made was very limited.
The soldiers were also exhausted.
"Captain, we can't go on. We set out at midnight the night before, and we haven't had a rest for nearly 30 hours.
If they keep going, the soldiers' bodies won't be able to take it. "The political commissar suggested to Pang Yongping again.
Pang Yongping gritted his teeth, he actually couldn't hold on any longer.
He gritted his teeth and ordered, "Rest here for two hours."
As soon as he finished speaking, many soldiers fell directly into the snow.
When a person is extremely tired, once he relaxes, the string in his brain breaks and he falls asleep immediately.
About an hour later, Zhou Yubai's team caught up with them.
Zhou Yubai frowned when he saw people from Pang Yongping's team lying on the ground in the snow.
He ordered the soldiers in his team: "Hurry up and wake up all the people lying in the snow."
Pang Yongping was feeling upset when he saw Zhou Yubai and his men catching up with him. Then he saw Zhou Yubai's men calling his men one by one.
He suddenly felt annoyed and walked towards Zhou Yubai with his tired body, "Zhou Yubai, what do you mean?
I asked my subordinates to rest where they were, but you asked your people to wake them up one by one. Aren't you overreaching and meddling in too many matters? ”
"In order to win, you can ignore the soldiers' health and make them keep on marching. I'm not like you..." I will do anything to win.
Before Pang Yongping could finish his last four words, a soldier came over and reported to Zhou Yubai: "Captain, eight comrades in the second battalion cannot be woken up no matter how hard we try. They seem to have passed out."
Pang Yongping's face froze.
Zhou Yubai didn't have time to deal with him, and quickly ordered: "Notify the military doctor to save him."
After saying that, he went to check the situation with the soldier who came to report.
After Zhou Yubai's figure walked away, Pang Yongping was still standing there in a daze.
Shen Zhengrong couldn't help himself, and when he passed by Pang Yongping, he said bluntly: "Captain Pang, are you frozen silly? These people have been marching for a whole day and night, can they rest in the snow?
If you fall asleep and don’t even realize that your body is hypothermic, how can you wake up? ”
Shen Zhengrong's words were like a bucket of cold water poured over Pang Yongping's head.
In the cold snowy mountains, the cold sweat on Pang Yongping's back soaked his clothes.
How could he forget that when the revolutionary pioneers climbed the snow-capped mountains, they suffered heavy non-combat casualties, a large part of the reason being hypothermia.
Their equipment now is countless times better than that of the revolutionary pioneers, and they are all wearing warm military coats, but their bodies are extremely tired and they sleep too deeply in their snow caves, so they are likely to suffer from hypothermia.
If it was just a training march across the snowy mountains and his troops suffered non-combat casualties, then it would not be a question of whether he could win against Zhou Yubai.
But the question is whether he will be punished or demoted after returning.
After Pang Yongping came to his senses, he quickly followed Zhou Yubai to check on the soldiers who were suspected to be hypothermic and unconscious.
Military doctors are already treating them.
But there were three people who still did not wake up after the military doctors restored their body temperature and gave them first aid.
At this moment, Pang Yongping felt his heart turn cold.
But then he saw Zhou Yubai take out a small bag of something from his chest pocket, and took out three pieces and fed them into the mouths of the three people.
Pang Yongping's eyes widened. "Captain Zhou, is this... ginseng?"
"Where did you get the ginseng?"
Pang Yongping asked subconsciously.
Such precious things are not something you can get easily.
Even if there are treasures in the mountains, the things in the mountains belong to the public. In principle, everything dug up should be handed over to the public.
If it is not handed over to the public, it would be considered as digging into socialism.
Zhou Yubai glanced at Pang Yongping.
Shen Zhengrong said directly: "Captain Pang, what do you mean by asking this? Could it be that our captain used his own things to save your people, and you still suspect that our captain's things came from unknown sources and want to report our captain?"
Just for a moment, this thought really flashed through Pang Yongping's mind.
As a soldier, Zhou Yubai obtained such a valuable thing in the mountains, but he did not hand it over to the public, but instead kept it for himself. This is knowingly making a mistake and he should be punished more severely.
But when Shen Zhengrong asked this question, the embarrassment on his face flashed away, and he frowned and looked at Shen Zhengrong, "Captain Shen, who do you think I am? Am I the kind of person who repays kindness with enmity?"
Pang Yongping breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the three people who had just been suffering from hypothermia and coma and couldn't wake up waking up one after another.
"Captain Zhou, thank you for today's work."
Zhou Yubai glanced at him and said nothing.
Shen Zhengrong said with a hint of warning: "No need to thank me, we can't do such a thing as watching our comrades in arms suffer and not helping them.
All you have to do is not be a poisonous snake and bite the farmer who saved it. ”
While Zhou Yubai and Shen Zhengrong were concerned about the soldiers on Pang Yongping's side, the other soldiers in their team were also resting on the spot.
At this time, the problem was solved, and Zhou Yubai gave the order for a large group of soldiers to continue their march.
Their large group of soldiers had a good rest last night, so they were full of energy when they set off again.
Pang Yongping looked at the backs of their team as they walked away, his eyes full of unwillingness, but he could do nothing about it.
But then, he also began to pay attention to allowing the soldiers to combine work and rest.
However, seeing the distance between them and the main team getting farther and farther, Pang Yongping became so anxious that he almost got angry.
After studying the map for a long time, he consulted with the political commissar: "Political Commissar Li, look, we are at this location now, and our destination is at this location. Should we take this route to get closer?"
Political Commissar Li looked at the road Pang Yongping mentioned and immediately objected, "I think it's not a good idea to take that road. The snowy mountains are already full of dangers. If you change the route at will, once you encounter a gully or an area with soft snow and an avalanche occurs, it will be fatal."
After Political Commissar Li finished speaking, he slowed down his tone somewhat helplessly and advised Pang Yongping: "Old Pang, victory or defeat is important, but the lives of the soldiers are more important."
Pang Yongping frowned and said sternly: "A soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier. Why would he be a soldier if he is afraid of death?"
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