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I was eager to know the situation of Xiao Guolin's group. Seeing that they had temporarily stopped fighting, I quickly squatted down to check Hu Aiguo's injury. As soon as I touched him, I knew that the trauma Zhao Squad Leader caused to him was not the main reason. Hu Aiguo I am still breathing, even though it is very weak, but this is the thing that makes me feel most fortunate. However, his body temperature was very low and his body was naturally curled up. It was obviously not a natural protective action made by Zhao Squad Leader after he was hit, but because of the cold. I asked Zhao Squad Leader to hold the torch, opened one of Hu Aiguo's eyelids, and his pupils were dilated. Zhao Squad Leader and I said in unison: "Hypothermia." We who often work in the field know a lot about hypothermia, and I have had experience with it. But I wasn't as serious as him at that time. Hu AiguoThe current situation should be very dangerous. I am still checking him, and Zhao Squad Leader has started giving artificial respiration to Hu Aiguo. His clothes were almost wet, which I couldn't understand, but I didn't have time to think about it. I immediately took off his clothes and said to Zhao Squad Leader: "Your soldier, please keep him warm." Zhao Squad Leader felt embarrassed and said $ (): "Grass." The sleeping bag was turned into a robe, and Hu Aiguo was dragged into the robe, and the two men got into a sleeping bag naked. Their postures are like this, Zhao Squad Leader is lying on the ground, and Hu Aiguo is lying on top of him. I looked at their postures and felt that I couldn't watch them anymore. He turned to Liu Squad Leader and said: "You give him artificial respiration, and I will bake his clothes." Liu Squad Leader didn't say anything, and immediately knelt on the ground to give Hu Aiguo artificial respiration. The skin on Hu Aiguo's body is all blue, which is obviously a sign of severe hypothermia. Whether it is to warm him or perform artificial respiration, it will be a long process. The person who performed artificial respiration was feeling better, but the Zhao Squad Leader who was delivering his body temperature was obviously very uncomfortable. If I were asked to do this, I think I would collapse too. At this time, Zhao Squad Leader and Liu Squad Leader have a tacit understanding, no more teasing, no more disputes. It's just that the two of them didn't have any communication, and their expressions were weird. I will quickly bake Hu Aiguo’s clothes. Hu Aiguo didn’t have any food on his body, but his marching pot was filled with water. Another thing that puzzles me is that he doesn't have the automatic rifle on him. A gun is like a second life to a soldier. Just like Zhao Squad Leader, he didn't throw away his pistol even though he knew he was going to die. I don’t know if Hu Aiguo can be saved, Zhao Squad Leader and their actions are just doing their best. When hypothermia reaches this stage, the chance of death is very high. Although I desperately want to get news about Xiao Guolin and Cao Mingzhe through him, it is very likely that I will get nothing. I need to be mentally prepared for this. I started to guess the problems that Hu Aiguo might encounter based on his current situation. Of course, he must be in trouble. For people of his age, hypothermia can only occur in one situation, and that is if he is exposed to a low temperature environment for a long time or falls into the water. The temperature in the passage would not cause hypothermia even if he was naked. Combined with his wet clothes, I concluded that he had fallen into the water.
The passage was filled with water, which was undoubtedly good news. With a source of drinking water, our survival time would be greatly extended. If there were edible creatures in the water, we might even have a chance to live.
However, another question arose. The temperature in the passage indicated that the water source wouldn't be too cold. Even though the rate of heat loss in water is fifteen times faster than in air, it still takes a considerable amount of time for someone to suffer from hypothermia in water that isn't extremely cold. Moreover, for someone like Hu Aiguo to experience severe hypothermia, he would need to be submerged for at least an hour in water that isn't frigid. Considering how long they had been in the passage, it wouldn't have taken them such a short time to reach this point; thus, he shouldn't have been in such dire straits unless the water here was at an extremely low temperature. This was the only reasonable explanation I could come up with.
If that were the case, then Xiao Guolin and Cao Mingzhe's conditions were even more concerning. If a young and strong warrior like Hu Aiguo was in such a state, those two older fellows would likely be worse off; they might already be... The thought weighed heavily on my heart. I felt a sense of guilt; it was my insistence that had put them in danger.
Using the torch to dry clothes felt like a luxury at that moment. Fortunately, the flame was strong, and our clothes dried quickly. Zhao Squad Leader and I hurriedly dressed Hu Aiguo, and then Zhao Squad Leader pulled him into a sleeping bag and held him close. I saw Hu Aiguo let out a long breath; it seemed that holding another naked man wasn't an easy task.
I pointed at the torch and said to Zhao Squad Leader, "I want to extinguish it."
"Go ahead," Zhao Squad Leader replied. "I need something to eat; otherwise, if he doesn't warm up soon, I'll be cold too."
Liu Squad Leader, who had been giving Hu Aiguo artificial respiration, paused. I heard him swallow hard, followed by his stomach rumbling loudly. It was an unspoken protest.
I knew that at this moment, no one would be satisfied with anything. But before I could voice my thoughts, Zhao Squad Leader resolved the issue smoothly. "If either of you is willing to take my place warming him up, I won't mind giving him my share of food."
Without thinking twice, I said, "I agree you should eat."
Liu Squad Leader fell silent and resumed giving Hu Aiguo artificial respiration.
Watching Zhao Squad Leader pull out a handful of fish meat from his bag made me salivate uncontrollably as I extinguished the torch with my foot. Then came the sounds of chewing in the darkness, swallowing, artificial respiration, and Liu Squad Leader's stomach rumbling.
Saliva enhances the ability to break down food; without food, it became torture. Unable to bear my craving any longer, I almost wanted to tear open the sleeping bag and devour it piece by piece. Suddenly struck by inspiration, I reached into the sleeping bag's lining and began to search around. In fact, during my last food search, I had already thoroughly checked the sleeping bag; this time was merely out of hope. But luck was on my side—I found something! Bringing it to my mouth revealed not fish meat but a cigarette instead.
Without considering whether this thing was edible, I immediately bit down on the remaining half and started chewing. Although the sound was not loud, it was still heard by Liu Squad Leader.
"Brother Qiang, what are you eating?" Liu Squad Leader paused his artificial respiration to ask me.
Reluctantly, I handed over the half of the cigarette. "Here, there's still half left."
A hand reached out and found the half cigarette in my hand, and then I heard Liu Squad Leader chewing away. After a while, he let out a satisfied sigh.
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