Chapter 349: Chapter 349 Arrival Chapter 349: Chapter 349 Arrival An Zhiyuan hung up the phone and blew the assembly whistle.
This morning, upon rising, everyone had already packed their backpacks, and there was no need to bring anything else. In the small square of the train station, An Zhiyuan counted the numbers; they were ready to board the train.
An Zhiyuan glanced at the bustling city they were about to leave.
Dear family, dear loved ones, we are leaving.
He didn’t know that a day after he left, Bai Xiao also embarked on the same journey with her luggage.
Bai Xiao arrived in a certain province and began transferring trains to her destination with her comrades.
Under the illumination of the searchlight, the train could be seen lying quietly on the tracks like a giant dragon.
This train was headed to the front.
Bai Xiao could see many vehicles, under the direction of the command staff, slowly moving towards the wide steel plates leading to the train, then being firmly secured by thick steel ropes. Along with the various artillery and military supplies, she walked into the carriage with her teammates.
Under the dazzling lights, she heard the sound of water rushing and saw that it was the work of crew members pouring water onto the top of the train with rubber hoses—the weather here was truly hot.
Although she had mentally prepared herself, the clothes and white coat she wore still made her sweat profusely.
This was to cool down the carriage.
Bai Xiao entered the carriage and saw two large iron buckets at the door filled with big chunks of ice. Moreover, every few paces, there were two buckets, all filled with ice, each bucket containing at least forty to fifty pounds, now emitting a white mist.
They were sitting in a sealed carriage.
All the team members had been arranged; everyone was here, the floor was covered with cool mats, one closely following the next, and Bai Xiao could tell that most of the team members were not unfamiliar with such an environment.
However, she was not in this carriage, as she belonged to the Health Team.
She had to pass through to reach the last carriage.
The carriage of the Health Team was also a sealed carriage; all the medical personnel were here. To ensure ventilation and accessibility, the door on the left side of the sealed carriage would stay open, a chain secured across the middle, and so long as everyone paid attention to safety, it wasn’t much of an issue.
The train they were on.
After a lengthy departure, it finally stopped at a station.
They received notice that this was the final station.
Of course, they then moved into the local barracks.
It was said that the team members from here had already moved to the front, leaving some rooms empty.
They rested here for but one night, and before dawn the next day, they started moving forward motorized.
The Health Team had thirty people, moving alongside the others.
Bai Xiao then understood that even before reaching the front, they were already utterly exhausted from the journey.
After two days of travel, they reached a small county town, and just beyond that was the border line.
Passing through the county town, their convoy did not stop, and Bai Xiao learned from other team members that in another ten or so kilometers, they would be in a truly dangerous area.
Along the way, they saw the black telecommunication lines; here there were no so-called telegraph poles, but rather the lines were casually laid on the earthen slopes, in great numbers, many of them tightly bundled together, each as thick as a bucket. The telecommunication lines were specially made, and so long as no intentional damage occurred, even if buried in the ground, they would not be affected.
All of them could already smell the pungent odor of gunpowder.