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With roads buried by landslide and bad weather hammering airborne
operations, a group of 600 soldiers and medical teams, let by
Major General Xia Guofu(夏国富), 57, Commander in Chief of Sichuan Military District,
walked 21 hours straight on foot in mountain area, carrying heavy relief
supplies, risking landslide and falling rocks.
They became the first group to arrive at the epicenter of the
earthquake.