（128）领导和同志们的劝阻，都没有效果，白求恩抱病和医疗队在大风雪中出发了。山路很滑，非常难走，白求恩折根树枝撑着，艰难地向火线方向挺进。

(128) Neither his superiors’ dissuasion nor his comrades’ objections could stop him. Despite his illness, Bethune set out with the medical team through a raging snowstorm. The mountain path was treacherously slippery, yet he pressed forward—snapping off a tree branch for support as he painstakingly advanced toward the front lines.