Every time a disaster breaks out, there will be photos of the soldiers sleeping outside and sleeping on the ground. This is not because of lack of logistics support. Instead, the situation is urgent and soldiers can be dispatched at any time. After a night of fighting, the naked flames have been extinguished while the ground temperature is still high. One soldier of an artillery brigade of the 83rd Group Army is spotted falling asleep by the tree on March 31. Photo by Yan Xingwang
Around 200 soldiers of a brigade of the PLA 82nd Group Army take a temporary rest in a restaurant of a local enterprise after battling the fire in the early morning of March 31. They spend all the time in the mountains in the next few days. They sleep less than four hours a day and they will still be awakened by the cold even with two coats on. Photo by Wang Liang
