Super technology leader

The Great Snow Mountain outpost, at an altitude of 4655 meters, is built on the peak of a snow mountain, surrounded by nearly vertical cliffs.

Locals say that even eagles can't fly over this place, and border guards call it the "Outpost in the Clouds," which sounds beautiful, but the environment is really harsh.

Even in the peak of summer, it's often windy and snowy here, with large snowflakes falling, making people shiver from the cold.

There are two seasons here: snow season and rainy season. From November to June of the following year, the mountain is blocked by heavy snow. Strong winds of level 6 or higher blow for 300 days a year, and the temperature can reach as low as minus 40 degrees Celsius. Even in summer, the highest temperature does not exceed 5 degrees Celsius.

It's now late July. While it's high summer down the mountain, the temperature here at noon is only 3 degrees Celsius, and it's still below zero at night.

The patrol route of the soldiers at the Great Snow Mountain outpost is not long, but it is fraught with danger, especially in winter. The higher the altitude, the lower the temperature, the thicker the snow, and the more dangerous the road.

Sometimes, a foot can sink halfway into the snow, and if you accidentally step into the air, you may fall into the valley.

This area is also a thunderstorm zone. Thunderstorms occur punctually at 3 PM every day, one after another, lasting for two hours. Before the outpost was well-constructed, the soldiers had to huddle together on their beds, embracing all the electrical appliances.

This place qualifies as an extreme environment, so it was chosen as the testing ground for the powered exoskeletons. If they weren't pressed for time, they would probably wait until winter when the environment is even more extreme.

Initially, the old squad leader of this outpost was a bit at a loss. He was ordered by his superiors to cooperate with the testing team, but he didn't know how to cooperate at all.

Later, he found out that it was just normal patrolling, but with the powered exoskeletons on.

That was fine. Patrolling on the top of the snow mountain was their forte.

Moreover, they were very curious about these powered exoskeletons.

They had only seen this kind of thing in science fiction movies, but they never thought they would see a live... see a real one today.

They thought that only special forces could be equipped with this kind of thing, but they didn't expect they would have a share too.

With such a good opportunity, the squad leader naturally gave it to the young soldiers in the outpost to do the test, because the testers said that these exoskeletons could make their patrols easier and more comprehensive.

He would just do logistics work in the rear.

As a result, the soldiers had only been out for half a day when another group of testers came, reportedly with a higher level than the previous batch.

Looking at them, the leader was actually a young man.

Before he could think too much, Zhao Li introduced him: "Comrade Tang Chao, the provider of the initial version of the powered exoskeleton technology, and also the Chief Technology Officer of Navigator Company."

Understood!

Whether he was the technology provider of the powered exoskeleton or not, the squad leader didn't know, but he did know about Navigator Company.

A few months ago, Tianxia's Long March 9 rocket successfully made its first flight, and the payload was Navigator Company's Lunar Palace II lunar surface experimental module. He had indeed seen the face of this Chief Technology Officer on TV.

A very handsome young man.

If you didn't say it, no one would think that way, but once you said it, and then looked again...

Hey, it really looked like him!

He thought that this big shot was just curious and came up to take a look, and then would return to the convoy below the mountain, but he didn't expect that this big shot would actually follow the patrol team to perform patrol missions.

Starting from tomorrow's patrol mission.

Zhao Li was also shocked. Tang Chao, Tang Chao, what are you going to do!

Tang Chao didn't care, he just wanted to go. He had watched the previous documentary, and the reporter could follow all the way, so naturally he could too.

He wanted to observe the operation of the mechanical exoskeleton in extreme environments firsthand.

These people couldn't resist him, and after listening to the test mission report from the returning patrol soldiers, they could only agree.

Two powered exoskeletons were transferred from the foot of the mountain, and Zhao Li would go with him tomorrow.

Otherwise, the patrolling soldiers would be wearing the tested powered exoskeletons, and the following testers wouldn't be able to keep up without wearing them.

After confirming the news, Tang Chao was very happy. He added extra dishes that night, using the things he brought.

Various pastries, eight-treasure duck, crabs, seafood, etc., were all things that couldn't be eaten on the top of the snow mountain, as well as fresh vegetables and fruits, allowing the soldiers to celebrate the New Year in advance.

The mission report was the formal kind. When the soldiers were eating, they talked about the testing process of the first day in a chatty way.

Tang Chao could see that the soldiers all had smiles on their faces. Obviously, today's patrol was different from their usual patrols. It was much easier, and they liked these powered exoskeletons very much.

In the evening, although there were spare beds in the outpost, there were not many, so only Tang Chao and the others who came later stayed here.

Those testers who came earlier went down the mountain before dark. They had thought about accommodation before they came, so there was no problem.

After breakfast the next day, Tang Chao joined the increasingly large patrol team and embarked on his first patrol on the top of the snow mountain.

After setting off, Tang Chao realized that the previous documentary only recorded a small part of the patrol route, and most of it was not included.

They started from the outpost at an altitude of more than 4600 meters, went down the mountain to 4000 meters, and then went up again, following the small mountain road that the soldiers had previously stepped out, all the way up to an altitude of 6500 meters.

Along the way, they passed through bottomless mountain streams, climbed towering snow mountains, inspected base stations and antenna equipment, and observed the opposite Indian outpost at fixed locations. The closest distance to the border was less than 30 meters.

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In the second half of the journey, the weather began to deteriorate. This place was already covered with snow all year round, and now with the wind and snow, it was even worse.

However, according to the soldiers, the powered exoskeleton helped a lot. If it were in the past, they might have been in danger.

First of all, the powered exoskeleton provided them with assistance, reducing their physical exertion and allowing them to have the energy to deal with any situation.

Then, the powered exoskeleton increased their load-bearing capacity, allowing them to carry more equipment and supplies, ensuring that they could cope with any situation.

Speaking of increasing load-bearing capacity, every time they came out, they had to wear bulletproof vests, carry guns and ammunition, and carry a single-soldier radio.

The communication conditions in the Great Snow Mountain are very bad, so the single-soldier radio is also relatively large, weighing twenty or thirty pounds. Adding other things, dozens of pounds of weight would not be easy to patrol on the plains, let alone on a snow mountain at an altitude of five or six thousand meters.

Low temperature, snow, wind and snow, low pressure, hypoxia, etc., are all their "enemies."

Now that they are equipped with powered exoskeletons, which are specially designed for snow mountains, when they walk to places with thick snow, the foot can open the folded panel to form a snowshoe, allowing the soldiers to walk easily on the snow without having to wade through the snow manually.

With the support of the powered exoskeleton, the weight of the single-soldier radio is no longer a problem, and they can even increase their equipment.

For example, a military-grade six-rotor drone suitable for the plateau and snow mountain environment.

This drone and control platform are relatively heavy, reaching more than ten kilograms or even heavier. If a single person carries it, they will not be able to go far.

However, their patrol work requires drones very much, because the mountainous terrain is rugged and steep, some corners will form dead zones, and some places can be risked to go down, and some places cannot even go, so they can only be left empty.

The superiors once equipped them with drones, but small drones are not suitable for the plateau environment, and even fall when the wind blows.

Large drones are okay, but large drones are too heavy. The radios they carried on patrol before had to be carried in turns, plus the heavy large drones and operating systems, they would not be able to patrol, and could only find a place to squat.

Now it's good, the powered exoskeleton is here, and all obstacles are smoothed out.

The soldiers have been staying on the plateau for many years, and everyone's face is tanned, but their teeth are very bright.

Especially when operating the drone to inspect the previous blind spots, they will show smiles, and everyone's teeth are brighter than the snow on the mountain and the light in the sky.

But Tang Chao felt that their hearts were brighter!

Because he knew that the soldiers were not happy because they were playing with drones, but because they had observed the blind spots that they could not observe before.

They guarded every centimeter of the motherland for the motherland!

Chapter 2, 11 o'clock