Chapter 104: New Equipment for the Bodhisattva Soldiers

The next day, Jiao Xingchen got up early.

Just to get the supplies earlier.

He turned on the radio.

After confirming the news,

he took the members of the squad and went out together.

Down the mountain.

Although it was winter here,

the time wasn't very long.

The road was barely walkable.

Jiao Xingchen couldn't let the people run so far to send them supplies.

Walking down the mountain, just as they were about to reach the mountainside,

Jiao Xingchen finally saw people.

"Tashi Dondrup! I'm here!"

Tashi Dondrup saw him and immediately drove the yak herd and ran to Jiao Xingchen's side.

The people beside him saw it and immediately followed.

"Uncle!"

"I sent the supplies to you."

Tashi Dondrup said happily.

"Good, good, good, good child!"

Jiao Xingchen stroked the head of the thirteen-year-old boy.

"Who is this?"

After Jiao Xingchen exchanged pleasantries with Tashi Dondrup,

he asked.

That person immediately introduced himself:

"Hello, I am an engineer from the Qingtian Military Factory."

"Qingtian Military Factory, is that the very famous military factory?"

Jiao Xingchen was a bit dumbfounded.

He often paid attention to the news and military broadcasts.

He had heard of Qingtian Factory for a long time.

He heard that they had built many very powerful weapons and equipment.

"What are you here for this time?"

Jiao Xingchen asked suspiciously.

"I am under the order of the division headquarters."

"To send equipment to you."

"Don't look down on these."

"These things, other than you, and other border defense stations, outposts in the southeast coastal areas,"

"only elite units like the Tiger Regiment have been the first to change equipment."

The engineer pointed to the things on the three horses behind and said.

"Thank you, thank you."

"What is your name?"

"Just call me Lu Xiuyuan."

Lu Xiuyuan said.

"Alright, alright, let's go up first."

Jiao Xingchen thought so too.

So he led everyone up the mountain.

Along the way, Tashi Dondrup found an opportunity to chat with Jiao Xingchen.

"Uncle, are you soldiers especially handsome!"

"Hahaha, not handsome at all."

"It's all responsibility."

"Then Uncle, I also want to be a soldier!"

"I want to take over for you and guard here!"

Jiao Xingchen touched his head.

"Don't you want to go to the big city?"

"There are many, many things you have never seen before."

Tashi Dondrup shook his head like a rattle-drum.

"No, this is my hometown."

"I'm not going anywhere."

"And the big brother next door has already gone to be a soldier."

"I also want to be like him."

Jiao Xingchen looked at Tashi Dondrup with a smile.

He knew who that brother was talking about.

It was a comrade on another mountain nearby.

After such a long time of running-in,

the villagers and the soldiers had long formed tacit cooperation and good relationships.

It was common for all the young people in the whole village to be soldiers.

And they were all in this snowy mountain area nearby.

"Good, good, good, then I will fulfill this wish of yours today."

Then, Jiao Xingchen took off his hat and put it on Tashi Dondrup's head.

"Little Tashi Dondrup, you are a soldier today. How about it?"

"Yay!"

"I'm a soldier!"

"I finally became a People's Liberation Army soldier!"

(People's Liberation Army soldier = Bodhisattva Soldier = People's Liberation Army)

Jiao Xingchen heard this term.

For a moment, he was actually a bit dazed.

This name hadn't been called for decades.

Looking at Tashi Dondrup jumping around,

Jiao Xingchen hurriedly went up to protect Tashi Dondrup so he wouldn't fall.

However, he did useless work.

Tashi Dondrup, who grew up in this snowy mountain, was steady on his feet.

On the contrary, Lu Xiuyuan was very embarrassed.

He needed assistance from Long Haochen on the side all the way

to walk smoothly.

"It wasn't easy for you to come here, right?"

Long Haochen asked.

"That's certainly not easy."

Lu Xiuyuan said with a bitter smile.

"Took a dozen hours of flight to get here."

"And it was a military plane."

Although the Y-20 had a great improvement compared to the Il-76,

it was a military plane after all, without the comfort of first class on civil aviation.

As for economy class, it's the same no matter who sits for a dozen hours.

"Then, transferred to a car, took a train to get here."

"Came to the city and found that only a tricycle could get to the foot of the mountain."

"This road shook my waist to pieces."

Lu Xiuyuan said with tears in his eyes.

"Hahaha!"

"You're still considered good."

"When I came here, I walked from the county town."

Long Haochen laughed directly.

"That's true, we can't compare our physical fitness to yours."

Lu Xiuyuan said with a bitter smile.

"It's okay, look ahead, we're almost there."

Long Haochen pointed to the top of the mountain and said.

Next,

Lu Xiuyuan knew that there wasn't a single true word in Long Haochen's mouth.

Looking at the top of the mountain, it seemed quite close.

In fact, a team of people walked for a full three hours.

When they finally saw the gate of the outpost,

Lu Xiuyuan was crawling up with his hands and feet.

He still had oxygen in his mouth.

The plateau reaction was truly too severe.

Cui Xingchen hurriedly let Lu Xiuyuan rest in the room for a while.

Then he let the original guards change shifts.

Took people to send Tashi Dondrup back.

Poor Lu Xiuyuan just lay on the bed like this.

Spent his first night at the outpost.

By the next day, Lu Xiuyuan, who had finally recovered, forced himself to pull it together.

He found Jiao Xingchen.

He said, "Squad leader, I've finally recovered."

"Your body still hasn't adapted to the altitude here."

"Go lie down for a bit longer first," Jiao Xingchen said with some concern.

"No, no," Lu Xiuyuan waved his hand hurriedly.

"I came here today to teach you all how to use the equipment I brought."

Afterward, he walked over to the several large crates that had been unloaded yesterday.

When the first crate was opened, what shimmered inside were drones flashing with a silver light.

They were oil-powered.

This was because Zhang Wen had not yet overcome the problem of battery power decay in low-temperature conditions.

"Squad Leader Jiao. This is a drone."

"You should have heard of this thing, right?"

Lu Xiuyuan asked.

"I know it. I've seen this kind of thing on the radio and in military newspapers."

"That's good, then you'll be able to understand."

Lu Xiuyuan let out a long sigh of relief.

He had been to a border outpost before, and it had taken a huge amount of effort to explain what a drone was.

"This was custom-made by our factory specifically for your high-altitude, oxygen-deprived environment."

"It uses a diesel engine for power."

"And considering the factor of avalanches,"

"we also specifically performed noise-reduction treatment."

Lu Xiuyuan handed the drone to Jiao Xingchen.

"This is the control terminal."

"There are also several satellite positioning devices. They all use our country's Beidou satellites."

"No need to worry about leaks."

"And these, these too."

"Light machine guns, portable rescue devices, thermal insulation devices."

"These are all very useful things."

Jiao Xingchen took these items.

One look and he knew.

The funds spent on these things were definitely not small.

"Squad Leader Jiao. These things are now in your hands."

"I will also stay here for a while, until you have mastered them proficiently."

After speaking, Lu Xiuyuan looked at Jiao Xingchen.

"Defending the border will depend on you all."