Chapter 216: The Snowstorm of Baikal VI
When Yamamoto Heizaki drank a large mouthful of hot fried rice porridge into his mouth, his tears flowed out.
This is hot and comfortable.
Too hot!
The built-up snow wall blocked most of the wind and snow outside, and only scattered snowflakes fell from the head.
After drinking a large pot of porridge, the two of them were sweating all over and finally warmed up completely.
"Get a good night's sleep today and go on tomorrow!" Yamamoto Heisaki said with satisfaction.
"No! If you want to leave, you have to leave immediately! Sleep for a few hours, the snow may be less than the knees. We can't even leave even if we want to. In the end, we can only wait to be rescued and arrested." Qian Xiaobao shook his head and said.
He pulled the sled and walked a hundred kilometers in the snow one or two feet deep without thinking. In the end, he either froze to death or asked for help from the Mongols who could see it and then fell into the hands of the army.
Yamamoto Heizaki looked at Qian Xiaobao blankly and then slapped his thigh and said, "Okay! Let's go out soon!"
Due to the snow wall, the snow piled up nearby was very thick. The two of them pulled the sled and took the most effort to rush out.
If you sleep and walk like what Yamamoto said, the snow piles blowing near the snow wall will be as big as yurts.
Yamamoto Heizaki's hands wearing leather gloves were pulling the sled with Qian Xiaobao, and holding a compass in the other hand.
The two of them walked south in the direction guided by the compass.
The strong wind blew the snowflakes and slapped the two people. There was a vast white patch between the heaven and the earth.
There is only one advantage of such weather reconnaissance, that is, it is difficult for the enemy to discover people.
There was no one seen dozens of meters away. The footprints behind him were soon smoothed out by the wind and snow.
Although Yamamoto Heizaki couldn't see far, he still did not forget to observe the surrounding terrain.
This area is full of vast grasslands with endless terrain. If railways are to be built in the future, the speed will be very fast.
Especially in the event of emergency military needs.
The two of them pulled the sled like two legs walking. Qian Xiaobao stood on the left side of the sled and always pulled the sled to the left intentionally or unintentionally.
In this way, the sled will continue to turn left. Turn left means going east. The closer you go east, the closer you get from the border line. And to the east is Manchuria.
The two of them stumbled on the snow field for six or seven hours. The wind and snow did not decrease at all.
Qian Xiaobao and Yamamoto Heizaki fell into the snow from time to time. They were so tired.
Qian Xiaobao pointed to a forest in the distance and said, "Get into the woods and make another snow wall, raise the fire and roast the boots, and be sure to roast the feet!"
In fact, Yamamoto Heisaku had already regretted it. The decision he made to go south to enter Mongolia to investigate was too reckless. If he were alone, he would probably not be able to get out of this vast snowfield.
Now, he naturally listens to whatever Qian Xiaobao says. It is obvious that Qian Xiaobao has much more experience than him in this weather environment.
Now entering the woods is not afraid of being discovered, but because the wind cannot blow through the snow, it will become thinner. And you can easily break the branches and burn them.
When the two of them were burning the fire, their faces were covered with water. The frost on their fur hats and eyebrows were now melted and flowed on their faces.
Qian Xiaobao took a lot of effort to pull off the boots. The foot binding cloth was frozen inside the boots.
"Boards, foot binding must be dried!" Qian Xiaobao instructed Yamamoto Hei.
He now felt that his ears were very itchy, and he felt like he couldn't help but reach out to grab them.
Never freeze your ears. Qian Xiaobao prayed in his heart.
This time, after roasting the fire and drinking the fried rice porridge, the two of them were shaking their bodies and their eyelids couldn't help but fight.
"It doesn't matter if you have a sleep?" Yamamoto Heizaki asked. He was so tired that he wanted to have a good sleep.
"No! The snow is getting thicker and thicker. In the end, I can't leave and I can only wait to be caught." Qian Xiaobao shook his head and said.
Yamamoto Heizaki must not be captured by the Mongolian army. In that case, he would be sent to the Soviet army for harsh interrogation.
He would rather raise his gun to commit suicide before being caught!
For Japanese people, death is the best way to solve the problem. As long as you take the initiative to die, all the mistakes and mistakes in the past can be erased.
Yamamoto Heizaki feels a little ashamed now. Why is he not even as good as a Manchu?
"But Chief Yamamoto, as you told me just now, what we saw after we walked so far was flat terrain. This is very suitable for building railways. Can this mission end here? Let's turn east and cross the border to return to Manchukuo?" Qian Xiaobao asked.
Hearing Qian Xiaobao's question, Yamamoto Heizaki bowed his head and pondered.
He and Qian Xiaobao have been walking on the snow field for more than twenty hours. They walked very fast at the beginning. Now the snow is too thick, so they walk much slower.
However, the distance you walk should be more than one hundred kilometers.
Yamamoto Heizaki took out the map and looked down. He originally planned to go south to Bayintu Gate 200 kilometers away. It seemed that he could only give up now.
"Okay, let's turn around now and cross the border eastward!" Yamamoto Heizaki said.
One day later, Qian Xiaobao struggled to pull the sledge alone on the snow more than one foot deep.
Yamamoto Heizaki is gone.
His feet were frostbite and he limped when he walked. In the end, he could not walk at all.
There was no choice but to let Qian Xiaobao lie on the sledge and wrap him in it with an animal skin tent.
Qian Xiaobao threw away all the skins that filled the water and other miscellaneous things.
Looking at the map is only a few dozen kilometers away from the border line, you don’t need these things at all.
It is said that people who are frozen to death have smiles on their faces. If they open the animal skin tent, they can see that Yamamoto Heizaki is like this.
He seemed to have fallen into a coma, but there was a faint smile on his face.
Qian Xiaobao tied the rope that was pulling the sledge to his waist and trekked hard in the snow. Every time he walked a distance, he had to use a compass to determine the direction.
The snow was still falling constantly. Qian Xiaobao hoped that the heavy snow would continue to fall and not stop. Only in this way could he pass through the border smoothly.
Xiao Juehuang, the head of the Manzhouli branch of the Kwantung Army Intelligence Department, was woken up by his subordinates late at night.
The search team of the 23rd Division of the Kwantung Army found two people near Kerren. One person knew from the mouth that they were from the Kwantung Army Intelligence Department.
"What are their names?" Xiao Juhuang said to the phone.
"What? Yamamoto Heizaki and Qian Xiaobao?" Xiao Ho asked in surprise.
According to the scheduled plan, shouldn’t the two of them be near Chita now?
"Okay, I'll hurry to Kerren!" Xiao Juhuang said at the end.
Chapter completed!