Section 21: Side Slip

  If there's anything in this world that's colder than the snow floating over the plateau, it's Hu Song's gaze, Zhao Zhong has always thought so.

  From rage to silence, the change on Hu Song's face did not exceed half a minute. This was not because Zhao Zhong had arrived in front of him, but because he finally saw clearly how Zhao Zhong drove.

  Zhao Zhong's car seemed to be swaying forward randomly, but that was not the real situation. It was just that the distance was too far, or it could be said that he had not adjusted the focus of his binoculars, creating an illusion.

  "If you can't avoid skidding, then you should learn how to control it."

  Noticing the Jeep's four-wheel drive characteristics, Zhao Zhong finally managed to create a perfect drift. Using the wheels' swing to actively control the drift, making high-speed progress in the drift. Watching the Jeep slithering forward on the road, Kabar was filled with admiration for Zhao Zhong.

  Just like downhill skiers always use big turns to control their body center of gravity during high-speed sliding, if you don't want the car to slow down too much on the ice surface, snake-like progress is almost the only choice.

  Of course, in order to keep the car always under control within the range of the road during high-speed drifting, it still requires quite high skills.

  "It turned out that this was not the blessing of the Snow Mountain God after all!"

  As Zhao Zhong's distance drew near, Songba also saw that he was driving in a snake-like manner, rather than swaying back and forth, and for a moment, he didn't know whether to feel happy or regretful.

  As an excellent soldier of the People's Liberation Army, he must have a materialistic heart. However, as a highlander, he cannot give up his dependence on the gods of the snowy mountains. This is not only reflected in Songba, but also in Xude and Kaba, and in all highland warriors.

  "Squeak!"

  When they were still 200 meters away from Hu Song, Zhao Zhong began to slow down the car and tried to keep it within a straight line. However, this made things even more dangerous, as the car started to shake violently from side to side, which not only startled Hu Song and others outside but also frightened Song Ba inside.

  But for Zhao Zhong, this was also an unavoidable situation. If the car didn't swing properly, it would probably spin on the ice immediately, after all, the previous speed was still too fast.

  As Zhao Zhong's car approached, Hu Song and Song Ba got out of the car. When he saw Zhao Zhong's car slowing down, it was even more dangerous than when it wasn't slowing down, Hu Song's face sank again.

  "Awesome! The driver of the transportation team is..."

  "Zhao Zhong, get down here. How are you driving this car? Why is it swaying back and forth like that? And what's with the snake-like advance? Is this a place for you to show off recklessly?"

  As soon as the car stopped, Hu Song rushed up first, and his angry roar also drowned out the cheers of Sa Wang and Dan Dong.

  In the car, Zhao was stunned for a moment. He felt wronged and couldn't understand why he had been treated this way after finally managing to get Kabba on board. This wasn't how he wanted to drive, and even if the car slowed down further, it would be hard to avoid skidding.

  "Instructor, don't blame Zhao Zhong anymore, it's because the ground is icy that he drove like this."

  While opening the car door and getting out, Kabar began to help Zhao Zhong explain.

  "Freeze?"

  When they heard Kabar's words, everyone looked down at the ground. Although there was only a thin layer of snow on the nearby road surface, several people could still see the shiny ice fragments from the tire tracks left by Zhao Zhong's car, not to mention that the black frozen soil on both sides of the road had long since turned into a vast expanse of white.

  "Sorry, Zhao Zhong. I was wrong to blame you, you did a good job."

  After understanding the truth of the matter, Hu Song will no longer put on any airs. Seeing Zhao Zhong get off the car as well, he nodded at him to show his apology.

  "No, that's just how it is on the ice road. Instructor, hurry up and let Songba get on the bus! You also quickly take Kaba to the mountain, Class Leader said there might be a whirlwind."

  For the first time seeing Hu Song apologize to himself, thinking that it was always him apologizing to him before, Zhao Zhong felt a bit awkward and quickly changed the subject.

  But Hu Song also knew that Zhao Zhong was telling the truth, and the wind power nearby did show signs of weakening, and the snowflakes began to get bigger, just like the appearance of a blizzard about to start.

  "I've already heard about it, Kabar. Do you think it's feasible for Hu Song to bring Songba down the mountain?"

  "No problem at all, I've never seen anyone drive so well, it's like being on a roller coaster... Oh no! He drives very safely, indeed has experience driving on snowy and icy roads."

  Suddenly mentioning roller coasters here is also inappropriate, so Ka Ba hurriedly changed the subject.

  Although Kabba is small in stature, his heart is not small at all. He has always had the ambition to travel around the world. Even though it's not possible now, he would still go to the provincial city and nearby big cities during his holidays. It was there that he first took a roller coaster ride, and the thrilling feeling has been hard for him to forget. However, from today on, this feeling will probably be replaced by Zhao Zhong's driving.

  "I got it, what's up with you, Songba!"

  "Director, I'm willing to go down the mountain with Zhao Zhong and let him take me to the county hospital!"

  "Songba, I know you're anxious, but nobody wants anything to happen to your eyes either. You'd better first get together with the road engineering team and see what Xu De thinks about the weather conditions before doing anything."

  Seeing Song Ba's slightly excited look, Hu Song naturally understood his mood and patted him on the shoulder to comfort him.

  "Thank you for your concern, instructor. You also be careful on your way."

  He knew that Hu Song was genuinely concerned about him, and Songba would never conceal his gratitude in front of him. With a loud "crack!", he shook off the snowflakes on his body and gave Hu Song a stern military salute.

  After giving a solemn military salute to Song Ba, Hu Song turned to Zhao Zhong. Seeing this, Zhao Zhong also hastily stood at attention, although he didn't make a sound like Song Ba did, and saluted with his chest out: "Please rest assured, Instructor, I guarantee that I will complete the mission, the vehicle is safe, the person is safe, the vehicle is... uh!"

  He didn't expect to be choked by his own words, Hu Song's face was very embarrassed, and Sa Wang and Dan Dong on the side even "heh heh!" laughed out loud.

  "Never mind! You're still being fooled. Hurry up and take Songba away! First, take Songba to the Road Engineering Brigade and meet with Xu De before anything else."

  "Don't worry, instructor, I guarantee I'll complete the task."

  At this time, Zhao Zhong also knew that he couldn't make any more mistakes, so he called out to Song Ba and the two of them immediately got in the car and sped away.

  As he watched Zhao Zhong's car start to shake and sway, then follow the tire tracks left behind earlier, slithering away at high speed, Hu Song did not hurry to put down his raised hand. He wanted to stand here and salute until Zhao Zhong and the others completely disappeared from his line of sight.