Siheyuan: Start with a big car

The comrades of the rescue team still maintained their style on the battlefield, and almost trotted all the way when carrying supplies.

It took less than half an hour to complete the preparations.

After brigade Liu reported the situation to the headquarters and the Gobi Desert via the radio, he waved his hands: "Let's go!"

Two land behemoths roared out of the capital.

Although the roads in this era are rugged, there are almost no vehicles on the roads.

Pedestrians on the road heard the roar, saw the bright red flag on the front of the car, and gave way to the road after a long distance.

Due to time constraints, Li Weidong didn't care about saving fuel, so he drove nearly 400 kilometers in one morning.

When the sun was hanging in the sky, the water meter had bottomed out.

There is a clear river beside the road, and two big oxen are drinking water by the river.

Li Weidong blew his horn twice to drive away the two cattle on the side of the road, and slowly drove the truck to the side of the river ditch.

"Liu Brigade, I can't take it anymore, and the truck needs to be filled with water. Let's take a short break."

"Take a break!" Team Liu raised his wrist and glanced at his watch.

Jump out of the car and inform the rescue team in the car: "Hurry up and take out the kerosene stove and cook."

Rescue team members jumped out of the truck holding the black kerosene stove.

Someone went to fetch water, someone prepared food, someone set up a kerosene stove, everything was tense and orderly.

By the time Li Weidong and Xiao Meng fetched water from the creek with oil drums and helped fill up the truck, the black iron pot sitting on the kerosene stove was already boiling, emitting white smoke.

Team Liu took the compressed biscuits handed over by the team members, drew a sharp dagger from his waist, cut the compressed biscuits into small pieces, and threw them into the pot.

Then, close the lid.

After waiting for 5 minutes, when the lid was lifted, a home-cooked meal of the field army was out of the oven.

The compressed biscuits in the iron pan had now turned into a tan black paste.

"It smells good, shall I try it?"

Xiao Meng hadn't eaten compressed biscuits before, so she couldn't wait to pick up a spoon and filled two spoons.

Putting it in his mouth, his face suddenly became very strange, he opened his mouth to spit it out, but felt that it was a waste of food, so he quickly swallowed it again.

I blushed and had a thick neck.

The rescue team members next to him looked at his embarrassment, and all showed complacent expressions in unison.

Bitter, not everyone can eat!

However, when they saw Li Weidong take out sugar, pickled radish strips, and peanuts from under the car seat, they were a little confused.

Is it necessary to endure hardships to perform the task well?Why doesn't this little driver play cards according to common sense?

"Brothers, some?" Li Weidong picked up a strip of pickled radish and chewed it in his mouth, making a crisp sound.

The expedition members set their sights on Team Liu.

At this time, Team Liu had already moved to Li Weidong with a lunch box, picked up a peanut and stuffed it into his mouth: "Comrade Weidong, this peanut is really good, crunchy, how did you fry it?"

"I don't know, it was given by a neighbor in our compound." Li Weidong said.

"Really? It's delicious. It seems that there is too much salt. I'll try it again." Team Liu's chopsticks were like raindrops.

Expedition members: "."

After eating and drinking enough, without too much rest, Li Weidong started the truck again.

When he left Xiaohe, he saw the two big oxen staring at him disapprovingly.

"Bah~"

"Moo~"

"."

Two days later, the convoy arrived at a small town outside the Qaidam Basin.

This is the nearest town to Qaidam, and further forward is the endless Animaqing Mountain, behind which is Qaidam.

The roads in the town are narrow, and there are cramped adobe houses on both sides. The sand and stones flying in the air give it a somewhat old color.

Only the bright whitewashed slogans on the walls glowed in the dim sunlight.

Under the guidance of Team Liu, Li Weidong parked the truck in front of an adobe house with a slightly larger frontage.White-painted nameplates hang on the walls of the house.

The comrades in the commune seemed to have gotten the news a long time ago. Before the truck stopped, four or five comrades in black padded jackets rushed out of the yard.

"Comrade Liu, you're here, the supplies are ready for you."

"Secretary Hu, I don't have time to chatter, hurry up!"

"It has been prepared for you a long time ago, and your exploration team is really serious. If such a big thing happened, why don't you let the people in our commune rescue it?

I organized my staff and borrowed a tractor from the commune next door.

Confidentiality, confidentiality, is human life important, or confidentiality is important. "

"Old Hu, some things are indeed more important than human life! This is the organization's decision, don't be verbose, hurry up."

The commune secretary shook his head and threw a bag of food into the back of the truck.

Comrades from those communes filled the oil drums with water.

During the whole process, Li Weidong didn't even have time to get out of the car and move his body.

Before the residual heat of the truck engine disappeared, he set off again.

Approaching Animaqing Mountain, the weather suddenly turned cold.
The cold wind was raging on the road, and even sitting in the cab, Li Weidong couldn't help but shiver.

Team Liu took out a military overcoat from the truck and handed it to him.

Oh, the size is just right.

Li Weidong squinted his eyes, buttoned up his padded coat, felt warm all over, stepped on the accelerator, and the truck drove towards the endless Animaqing Mountain.

The roads in the mountains were temporarily opened by comrades who exploited oil.

On both sides, you can see the temporarily assumed bridge and the big trees that have been sawn off one by one.

Big trees are the kind that cannot be hugged by one person.

It is conceivable that they have grown in the mountains for hundreds of years, and only stumps are left at this time.

Driving on this temporary mountain road, Li Weidong was more careful, driving slowly along the mountain depression most of the time.

In particular, there are places where the roads are so narrow that trucks can be said to 'squeeze' past them.

The difficulties along the way can no longer be described in words.

Fortunately, the comrades who opened the road chose a better location, and the distance from the mountain road is not too far.

Three hours later, the truck emerged from its mother like a newborn baby.

At this time, Qaidam was still an uninhabited wilderness, full of gravel.

The road is where the truck goes.

Driving in the endless wilderness, the surrounding scenery was roughly similar, and Li Weidong quickly lost his sense of direction.

Team Liu had already prepared, and took out the compass and the hand-painted map and spread them out on the instrument panel.

After driving for more than two days, Li Weidong was already exhausted, but he persisted with the belief in his heart.

What made him feel uncomfortable was that since entering the Tarim Basin, Team Liu began to limit the water used by the team members, and each person could only use three catties of water per day.

For this reason, Li Weidong had to give up the habit of brushing his teeth and washing his face.

"Old Liu, I'm about to become a barbarian. When I return to the capital, you have to explain it to my wife."

Li Donglai took out a cigarette from his pocket, threw it to Team Liu, and then took out one himself.

Commander Liu struck a match and lit a cigarette for him with both hands: "Don't worry, as long as you rescue the person, I will personally ask for credit for you from above."

"Hush, huh!"

Li Weidong opened the window to let the cold wind pour in, and he immediately became more energetic.

The truck dragged clouds of dust as it raced across the wilderness.

When he saw a large piece of rusted barbed wire in front of him, Li Weidong knew that his destination was approaching.

With a vision of 5.0, he even saw the words that were almost peeled off on the wooden stakes tied with barbed wire: "Forbidden land, no entry".

Passing through the barbed wire, many dilapidated wooden simple houses appeared in the distance. The roofs were covered with sand and gravel, and they were almost collapsed.

Next to the simple wooden house, there are more than a dozen military tents.

Several survey team members who stayed behind rushed over when they saw the truck.

"It's saved, the comrades sent by the above are here!"

As soon as Li Weidong stopped the car, Hu Guangliang in the car rushed down.

He hugged an exploration team member and hurriedly asked: "Comrade, Ye Zizi, she"

"Comrade Ye Zi is still alive. We can vaguely hear the noise from the cave above. They must be calling for help." The prospecting team member wearing glasses said, biting his lip.

Hu Guangliang breathed a sigh of relief, and slumped on the ground, his face that had been tense all the time finally turned a little bloody.

Team Liu jumped out of the car and asked the members of the exploration team about the specific situation.

Then he turned around and walked to the cab: "Comrade Weidong, the only cave in the middle of a hill three kilometers away from here is almost no road to pass through. Are you confident to send us and the equipment there?"

"Yes!" Li Weidong replied loudly without any hesitation.

He gestured to Meng Ren, who was sitting in the cab of the rear car, to 'follow my wheel mark'.

Step on the gas pedal to the bottom.

The road is similar to what Team Liu said, rugged and narrow, and some places can only accommodate a truck.

On several occasions, the wheels of the truck rubbed against the mountain.

Fortunately, Li Weidong is a man who has driven a truck [-] times.

The driving skills have been perfected, and the road has been safe and sound, and arrived in front of the collapsed mine.

Many people gathered in the collapsed mine, and they were all comrades of the rescue team.

When Li Weidong got out of the car, these people were holding their hands, and blood had already been dug out from those hands.

On the side, more than a dozen damaged steel drills and heads were discarded.

Seeing Li Weidong and the others come in, the comrades of the rescue team had light in their eyes.

Team Liu didn't waste time, and took a captain of the exploration team to the side to discuss the rescue plan.

Li Weidong took out the first aid kit from the truck, and together with Hu Guangliang treated the wounds of the injured players.

For such comrades, he is full of respect.

The rescue team was very professional and quickly came up with a plan. A dozen rescuers began to remove the equipment from the truck.

After Li Weidong and Hu Guangliang helped deal with the wounded, they also joined the rescue team.

At this time, there were no high-tech rescue equipment of the later generations, and the equipment used was relatively simple. It would take some time to completely get through the collapsed hole.

"Weidong, give me a helping hand, let's bring those diesel and diesel barrels together, this generator is a gas guzzler, and the drilling rig consumes a lot of electricity, we have to be ready to refuel at any time!
When Li Weidong heard Hu Guangliang's words, he didn't even think about it, so he agreed: "Okay!"

When people's lives are at stake, those who are trapped are people they know, but those who still have a conscience will not stand by and watch.

As soon as the two of them came to the truck, a middle-aged man with a fat figure and a somewhat bowlegged walk came over.

"Comrade Xiao Hu, you are Ye Zi's target, right? You've come!"

Hu Guangliang turned his head when he heard the voice, and looked at the smile on the fat man's face, feeling a little displeased.

"Comrade, who are you?"

"The cook of the exploration team, everyone calls me Lao Jia. Ye Zi and Professor Sun like to eat my cooking the most."

"Master Jia, hello, I'm still busy, let's talk later."

"It's okay, you are busy with your work, I like to talk to you young people." Lao Jia said with a smile: "You may not know, I have the best relationship with Ye Zi on weekdays, she always calls me Uncle Jia , She told me a while ago that she sent you a letter, didn't she?"

"Letter? What letter?" Hu Guangliang was at a loss.

After Ye Zi came to Qaidam with the exploration team, at the very beginning, the two corresponded frequently, almost once a week.

Ye Zi sent the letter to Lao Jia, who was buying food, to the small town to post.

Later, Ye Zi said in a letter that an astonishing discovery had been made in the prospecting operation, and the confidentiality level of the prospecting team had been raised, making it impossible to continue communication.

Since then, Hu Guangliang has confiscated Ye Zi's letters.

Why did Lao Jia say that Ye Zi sent me a letter?
Lao Jia saw Hu Guangliang's stunned expression, a strange look flashed in his eyes, he coughed twice, pretending to be sad: "Hey, it would be great if you came a few days earlier."

Hu Guangliang couldn't care less about the letter, his heart sank, and he asked, "How do you say it?"

"When the mine collapsed, I was just about to go in to deliver food.

Professor Sun and the others have been working in the mine for a period of time without sleeping and eating, saying that they have made a new discovery.

Five days have passed since the mine collapsed, and I'm afraid..."

Lao Jia didn't finish the rest of the sentence, but both Li Weidong and Hu Guangliang could understand what he meant.

People are iron, and rice is steel, so you panic if you don't eat a meal.

In the case of high concentration, hunger may be forgotten, but once it subsides, the hunger will be particularly violent.

According to what Lao Jia said, Professor Sun and Ye Zi said they haven't eaten for at least five or six days.

There is no water source in the mine, so it is hard to say whether it can hold on.

Li Weidong gave Hu Guangliang a look, and Hu Guangliang nodded heavily.

"No matter what, if I don't go in and have a look, I won't be willing to die."

Li Weidong glanced at Hu Guangliang with admiration, and said, "I support you!"

When Lao Jia saw the performance of the two, a strange color flashed in his eyes, and then he continued to say with that smiling face, "Then let me help you!"

However, as soon as the words fell, Li Weidong said: "No need, you go and get that oil pipe, we will need that later."

"it is good!"

After Lao Jia responded, he immediately walked in the direction Li Weidong said.

As soon as he left, Hu Guangliang looked at Li Weidong: "Weidong, is there something wrong with this person?"

Li Weidong smiled and said: "It's hard to say. Before the rescue started, he hoped that his comrades would not be rescued, and he still wanted the morale of the cholera army. This person probably has no good intentions."