Chapter 25 Plan B
In the middle of the moon, from time to time, a cool breeze blew across the grassland, bringing various sounds in the distance.
Under the night sky, a bonfire stands out in the endless grassland, but there are no unsightly animals that have the idea of approaching. In addition to the shock of the flames, the presence of the beastly aura also tells these guys who come out to forage at night that there are big guys who are not easy to mess with.
The deer's legs, roasted with golden skins, swirled gently above the flames. A thumb-thick branch was inserted along the broken bone at the end of the deer's leg, and the other end was placed on a section of dead wood across the ground, which Wang Ping held down with his paws, stepping on it from time to time.
Gu Lang fell ill in the tent, so naturally there was no one to help him deal with the fur on the deer's legs, and as for what he did in the end, Wang Ping really didn't want to think about it. But at this time, the deer legs that had been roasted and crispy, and the tooth marks covered with them seemed to be silently telling something.
Xiaohua had eaten her fill, and the rest of the venison was dragged into the buggy and hidden under the seat.
I don't know if the leopard has the habit of hiding food, or if it needs to make some reserves because of the injury. It can be seen that both humans and animals have their own ways of survival.
Different from Xiaohua's simple thinking, Wang Ping seemed a little preoccupied.
Gu Lang's situation was more serious than he expected. Although the antipyretic patch controlled his body temperature, the physical illness could not be solved by a small antipyretic patch.
At the end of the day, the conditions here are so poor that if there are any complications, the most troublesome thing is the problem.
When getting sick on the grasslands, especially in Africa, the most terrible thing is often not the disease, but the cause.
If Gu Lang was just a natural reaction of the body's immune system after being frightened, or a fever due to a slight infection of the wound, it would be okay to say. The most feared thing is to be infected with the killer of humanity in Africa: malaria.
The faint aroma of meat came from the roasted deer legs, but Wang Ping suddenly lost his appetite.
"Forget it, human life is at stake, it's a big deal, just walk your legs!"
After making a certain determination, Wang Ping's heart was also much more relaxed.
The first thing that comes to mind is the rescue team.
Putting the roasted deer leg next to Gu Lang's sleeping bag in the tent, Wang Ping ran back to the car, staring at the two pieces of metal wire that he had broken. Judging from Wang Ping's cognition, this thing doesn't look like a network cable, but a bit like the internal structure of the vehicle antenna.
If someone really planned to rescue Gu Lang before, they would definitely find a way to locate him. If the internet connection in the car can be restored, maybe someone will find it.
But how do you pick up this thing?
Looking at the colorful thin copper wires leaking out of the broken thread gap, Wang Ping's eyes reflected bewilderment.
If it was to repair a dismantled pistol, or some simple positioning device for individual soldiers, it was not beyond his ability. But how to connect a misshapen metal router to the network in the field without tools really stumped Wang Ping.
Without the internet, there would be no rescue teams. Is it necessary to put a capital SOS on the ground?
Of course, Wang Ping had another choice, that is, to go to the nearest city immediately and send Gu Lang to the hospital.
In terms of distance, the off-road vehicle will not stop more than 100 kilometers from Makuyuni, and if it is fast enough, it will be able to arrive on the same day.
But this also faces two problems:
First, with Gu Lang's current state, if he is thrown into a place where there are people, in such a foreign environment, especially in this kind of security conditions in Africa, if no one steals all the belongings on his body, Wang Ping will write his surname upside down.
Unless it is a professional rescue team or encounters Chinese compatriots, Wang Ping will never send Gu Lang out like this.
And, of course, the most important second point: who drives to Makuyuni?
After thinking about it, if you want Gu Lang to be properly treated, the most reliable thing is to let the rescue team take over.
But it was only Wang Ping's guess, whether there was such a rescue team or not, and Wang Ping himself muttered a little.
After studying the route for a long time, I still can't figure out how to pick it up. And the independent thread with a diameter of less than a millimeter is less than a hair on his body, and it is beyond the range of a badger's hands-on ability.
"Rub it, this product is so far away, and you don't even have a satellite phone?"
Wang Ping couldn't help but slander, how could he not worry about going anywhere.
However, if he knew that Gu Lang had only planned to go around Hendney from Duoduoma and had never thought of going deep into the grassland at all, he might not have thought so.
"It's not that my brother won't save you, it's really difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice!"
Wang Ping muttered silently in his heart and began to observe the structure of the car.
Since the rescue team can't count on it for the time being, it's time to carry out Plan B.
If you look at the straight-line distance alone, it is not far from the security stronghold placed near Karatu. And this road is all roads, which is much easier than crossing the grassland before.
The security team's base is equipped with first-aid medicine and surgical equipment all year round. And by sending Gu Lang to his teammates, Wang Ping was also more at ease.
This does not conflict with Wang Ping's purpose of trying to find his teammates, and it is also the most effective rescue plan at present, provided that Wang Ping can get the car moving.
Going around, whether it is Plan A or Plan B, it is inseparable from a driver master who can drive the car. As for how to pull Gu Lang and Xiaohua on the highway in the future, it is a trivial matter.
This night, Wang Ping did not rest and was busy.
Not far from the tent, there is a small grove. The woods are not big, and there are only dozens of dwarf trees growing sparsely there.
There are very few trees on the grassland that grow particularly tall, and trees that can exceed 5 meters are considered talented. One of the main reasons is that the grassland is windy and there are few trees. In the absence of shelter, small trees can easily be blown off by the wind or uprooted during their growth. The so-called "wood shows in the forest, and the wind will destroy it", this is the truth. Another point is the distribution of soil layers.
Large grassland areas like this are generally shallow, thin, rocky soils that do not have the conditions for the growth of large tree roots. Trees that occasionally reach deep into the soil are rare in grasslands. Whenever it appears, it is the most obvious signpost.
But even if it is a small tree, it is not something that Wang Ping can easily shake. No matter how shallow the shallow soil layer is, it is much deeper than Wang Ping's height.
Wang Ping walked around the woods a few times, originally planning to get a few branches to use as auxiliary tools. It's a pity that I used the strength to eat milk, and in the end, I couldn't even get a branch with the thick mouth of a bottle. In the end, I had to settle for the next best thing, and found a bush of thorns that was still thick to replace.
Dragging a few thorny thorns back to the campfire, Wang Ping remembered the plants he had just seen in the woods, and turned back.
Under a dead stump that had apparently been blown off by the wind for a long time, there were a few newly sprouted willows.
Although willows are rare in the grassland, it doesn't mean that there are none. Especially now, for Wang Ping, wicker is a good thing, because it can be used to cool down Gu Lang.
This is what Wang Ping heard Jacob say when he was in the team, the epidermal branches and leaves of the willow tree contain something called salicylic acid, which is as effective as aspirin. If you encounter a fever and cold in the wild, boiling a pot of wicker water is a natural antipyretic.
Boiling water is unlikely. Wang Ping was very worried about any accident on his small body, so he burned himself to death before the pot was put on the shelf.
Wang Ping used a simpler, cruder method.
After picking up all the new shoots on the branches, Wang Ping returned to the tent with a handful of willow buds, rubbed his two front paws vigorously, and squeezed out the juice from the rotten willow buds into Gu Lang's mouth.
Probably also extremely thirsty, Gu Lang, who was already semi-conscious, squirmed his mouth, swallowed all the green juice without a drop, and his entire mouth turned green.
Throwing away the residue that could no longer squeeze out the juice, Wang Ping looked at his paws with some disgust, rubbed them on Gu Lang's sleeping bag, and then ran to the car to find water.
Help people to the end and send the Buddha to the west. The "medicine" is all fed, so let's feed some water by the way!