Chapter 64

  Sonam Dargye is the name of this brother, and the same as that of a Tibetan cadre who sacrificed his life for the protection of Kekexili wildlife resources many years later.

  Strictly speaking, Sonam Dajie was not originally a member of our unit.

  At that time, Xinjiang Military Region had a ethnic minority regiment, specifically for training military cadres of ethnic minorities, and Soinam Dachje was one of them.

  The young Tibetan man's physique, which was trained since childhood on the plateau, as well as his open-minded personality, which was nurtured in the vast and clear skies of the plateau, quickly made Sonam Tsering a standout among the ethnic minority troops. It is very likely that he will become a grassroots military officer after training.

  Kesang Namdak Zhe brothers don't work!

  There are at least five or six people in this brother's family who wear military uniforms, and they all trained in the most difficult places in Tibet. According to Sonam Dajie's words, sons should be stronger than their fathers, so they must join the toughest troops to become the strongest soldiers, only then can they proudly wear their uniforms back home.

  What a coincidence?

  At that time, there was a Tibetan military officer who was a senior colonel and had some kinship with Sonam Dajie brothers. After hearing the views of Sonam Dajie brothers, the old man waved his hand without saying a word.

  Good boy!

  This is our family's baby! If it's an eagle, it should soar in the sky; if it's a snow lotus, it should thrive on the icy peaks!

  Nothing more to say, Sonam Tsering joined our troops and started from a basic soldier.

  Sonam Dondrup and his brothers first faced a language barrier.

  Sonam Delek's brother is proficient in Chinese but not fluent, at least he can't fully grasp the pronunciation of Putonghua.

  So it turns out that Sonam Deji is indeed a formidable brother.

  He held the teaching materials day and night, bitterly practicing while listening to Mandarin teaching tapes. In two weeks, he had mastered a pure and authentic Mandarin accent, leaving us brothers from all over the country utterly amazed.

  With this hard work and perseverance, plus the fact that Sonam Tsering's brothers have military blood flowing in their veins, what can't be trained?

  Perhaps seeing my eyes that were about to collapse physically, Sonam Tsering said, "Bald head, you shouldn't struggle anymore. Just grab the back of my gun and close your eyes for a nap, I'll call you when we reach the assembly point."

  I just closed my eyes and then I fell asleep.

  I estimate it took me only a second to go from barely holding on to falling into deep sleep, and I was still standing when I fell asleep.

  Some nights now, when I occasionally lose sleep, I can always recall the scene of me standing asleep while sliding on a sled pulled by Sonam Dajie brothers.

  That was the most refreshing twenty minutes of sleep I've ever had in my life, and after Sonam Dajie woke me up, I felt invigorated all over, just like I'd just woken from a full eight hours' rest.

  Now me, is indeed inferior to the year's smart ah......

  Sonam Tsering brothers are indeed serious men who grew up on the snowy plateau, and after dragging me to the gathering point, Sonam Tsering brothers even helped two brothers who fell into a semi-comatose state quickly wake up, really making us learn from the Tibetan brothers' snow survival experience is so effective.

  It's estimated that for the past two days, everyone has been rushing to the gathering point without resting much. Although everyone arrived at the gathering point on time and no one was late, a vast majority of people's eyes have started to look somewhat disorganized, and several brothers even showed mild symptoms of snow blindness and temporary loss of control over their thoughts.

  Kuang Ming Ge and Suo Nan Da Jie are doing a bit better, next is me who slept for 20 minutes.

  Take a look, there's still preparation time and everyone is already exhausted, it's impossible to launch an attack in a short period of time. Brother Kuangming ordered everyone to rest for 15 minutes and then prepare to start the surprise attack on the material storage warehouse according to the training plan!

  After finishing speaking, Brother Kuangming also fell down.

  Fifteen minutes of sleep. And in the icy snow, this may be a punishment for an ordinary person, but for us who are exhausted to the extreme, it is heaven.

  The sound of "hū lū" almost instantly echoed through the sky.

  It was just fifteen minutes later, when Brother Gang was about to call on the brothers to get up and exercise their hands and feet, that a dozen or so snowmobiles roared towards our gathering place.

  What does this mean?

  Is the instructor going to increase our training difficulty and force us to have a counterattack training?

  The sled stopped, and the instructor who got off from the first sled suddenly shouted - stop training, everyone get on the car!

  The brothers jumped up from the snowy ground and rushed onto the sled, then fell fast asleep with a loud snore under the command of the instructor.

  This heavy snow created the most severe environment for our winter training, but also brought a lot of trouble to local herdsmen.

  With the arrival of winter, many herdsmen have already driven their livestock that have been fattened up in autumn back to the wintering grounds with sufficient forage reserves.

  There are also some herdsmen who did not have time to drive their cattle and sheep to fatten them up in autumn, staying in more remote pastures, hoping to let the grazing cattle and sheep eat a few more mouthfuls of half-yellowed green grass before winter arrives.

  A long winter, without sufficient autumn fat reserves, is very difficult for cattle and sheep to sustain themselves, and it is also quite unfavorable for next year's grazing. Those herders who pity their livestock have no choice but to take this risk.

  But this sudden blizzard also trapped them in the vast snowstorm.

  Herders trapped in the snow, what they fear most is the lack of fuel. In a prolonged low-temperature state, within two days at most, those trapped herders can freeze to death.

  The distress message was quickly passed on to the big men in the army, and we, who were closest to that grassland, became the undisputed rescue team.

  A dozen or so sleds were almost in a phalanx formation, speeding across the snowy ground. According to the clues provided by those herders, as long as we cross a relatively narrow mountain valley, we can find that basin pasture located between the mountains. Within a day's time, those herders trapped by the heavy snow would be able to stay in our sleds and follow us out of the mountains.

  As for those livestock, as long as they follow the path of our sleds, they can all be rescued, which is naturally the minimum loss.

  Strictly speaking, our task is relatively easy.

  Full speed ahead, find those trapped herders for rescue, and then it's time to head back home, maybe even have some fresh barbecue along the way...

  But heaven seems unwilling to let us have it so easy!

  In the days that followed, I often thought of the situation at that time. If it weren't for Sonam Dajie brothers risking their lives to guide us on the road and bringing with them the kind of absolute trust between brothers, where would I be now?

  It is said that Ma's place has only coffee, no tea.