635 Togo
"I suddenly remembered a story, let me tell you, this is our family's rhubarb's favorite story. ”
Looking at the barrage asked by your fans in the live broadcast room, Zhang Yang lit a cigarette and sat by the stove, replacing the expression that was still smiling just now with a special expression for storytelling, and the rhubarb next to him quickly pricked up his ears and listened attentively, even if he had watched the movie several times.
"About a century ago, in 1925, the Alaskan town of Nome suddenly broke out of diphtheria, this is a true story, I will give you a brief story here, if you want to know the specific details, you can go to the Internet to look it up.
The diphtheria epidemic, now virtually extinct through vaccination, was a deadly killer in those days, especially in children, with high morbidity and mortality rates, and the nearest state hospital to the town of Nome was 955 miles away, which translates to 1,085 kilometers.
In order to get the serum and save the sick children, the local government had to choose to use dog sleds to transport the serum to the hospital. ”
Speaking of which, the words 'dog sledding' just appeared, and Rhubarb, who was listening carefully to the story, instantly came to his senses, quickly stood up from the ground, and seemed to subconsciously straighten his chest.
"Wangwang~~ (Togo, Togo is coming out!)"
Zhang Yang glanced at Rhubarb with a smile, reached out and touched the soft hair on the back of his neck and continued to speak.
In order to get the serum back as quickly as possible, a relay team of 20 sled riders and 150 sled dogs was formed to carry out this life-saving mission at a hospital more than 1,000 kilometers away.
In the end, it took them only 5 and a half days to complete the relay of the race against death, successfully transported back the serum, and saved the children's lives, you must know that under normal circumstances, this trip of dog sledding takes 25 days, I have to say that it is a miracle!
But I have another version of this story here, he is the plot of a movie, the name of this movie is "Togo", the name of the movie is not a human name, it is the name of a sled dog, the plot of this movie is based on real events.
The film's main character, Togo, is a lead dog used by one of the relay riders, Leonhard Separa, whose sled team took on the most difficult and dangerous part of the life-saving feat.
In the extreme cold of minus 30 degrees Celsius and strong winds above level 7, they completed the 264-mile or 425-kilometer journey, while the other 19 teams only carried an average of 31 miles and 50 kilometers.
However, at that time, for various reasons, this legendary sled dog and its story were forgotten by history, in fact, to put it bluntly, the credit was stolen, until 2011, Gome's "Time Magazine" re-reported the story, in which they praised Togo as the most heroic animal of the 20th century!
I solemnly recommend everyone to watch this movie, it is a feat of man and dog wrestling with nature, and it is well worth watching. ”
"Wangwang~~~ (Togo is mighty, boss, let's do a sled!)"
As soon as Zhang Yang finished telling the story, Rhubarb was already happily jumping up and down in the tent, if Zhang Yang hadn't quickly controlled this guy, the tent would have been overturned by it.
"You give me a stop, let's go out to find materials later, and I'll do it when I come back!"
The people in the live broadcast room listened to Zhang Yang tell this short story, and they didn't notice anything at first, but they were attracted by this brief plot, I have seen a lot of movies that use people as the protagonists, and although there are few movies with animals as the protagonists, I have also seen them, but I have seen them very little, but I am quite few movies based on real events.
"More than minus 30 degrees, strong winds above level 7, my good man, can actually run more than 400 kilometers?"
"Are you sure it's based on real events? and not a movie that needs to be modified because of art?"
"It's true, I've really watched this movie, I can only say that the first half can make you die, and the second half can move you to cry!"
"I guarantee that after you read it, you will instantly change your opinion of Erha, and you will immediately understand why Erha likes to demolish the house!"
"Really, it's fake, then you'll have to check it out!"
"No, my focus is why Brother Yang suddenly told this story......?
"Brother Yang isn't planning to make a sled, right?"
"Didn't you plan to, didn't you hear him just say that he was going to prepare materials?"
"But he doesn't have any tools, and you can't make it even if you have wood, can you?"
"Doesn't that mean that Death Valley is about to go out? The dog sled is very fast, and the one pulling the sled is Rhubarb, although it's the only one!"
Turning around, he took the warm shoes that were baked next to the stove and put them on, Zhang Yang put the gloves on his hands again, and prepared to go out directly to find materials to make a sled.
"That's right, our rhubarb likes Togo in the movie very much, that's its idol, take this opportunity not to fulfill its wishes, not to mention that I have to hurry up and get out of here, there is something to do before the Chinese New Year, anyway, everyone has seen the dangers of Death Valley, we need to speed up the trip a little later."
As for the fact that some friends just said that there are no tools, we don't need it, a simple sleigh only needs a dagger, not to mention that I still have an axe!"
Pulling open the tent door, Rhubarb, who had been impatient, ran out first, and then waited until the drone went out before Zhang Yang walked out and resealed the tent door, and felt the warm welcome of the blizzard in his face.
"Although the temperature here is not as low as in the movie, I just looked at it and it should be about minus 15 degrees, only half of the movie, but the wind here is not to mention level seven, I estimate that there are level eight, just look at the scattered broken branches. ”
The seven-level gale will already make it very difficult to walk, not to mention the gale of about eight at this time, plus it is mixed with cold and biting snowflakes, and the snow under your feet can directly bury your legs.
Just can see the scene about five or six meters in front of him, and then look at it in the distance, it is a white expanse, coupled with the thick snow under his feet, it would have only taken a few minutes to walk the road, Zhang Yang took more than half an hour to come to the place where he found the winter mushroom before.
Whew~~~
The cold wind inside was looking for any gap in Zhang Yang's body, desperately sending the cold snowflakes into his clothes, and the goggles on his head were constantly being slapped by the snowflakes to make a continuous subtle sound.
After roughly judging the location, Zhang Yang put the axe in his hand on the snow on the side, and instantly smashed out a big hole, and then he clapped his hands and began to dig up the snow on the ground.
"It's too hard to cut down trees, I remember when we came in front of us, there were two fallen trees here, we used one to make a fire, and the other one was enough for us to make a sled."
Raised his head and shouted loudly at the drone that was close at hand, Zhang Yang and the people in the live broadcast room explained briefly, and began to dig up the snow on the ground quickly, fortunately, the snow is blown by the wind now, it looks very thick but it is actually quite empty, and he easily dug a big hole, although there is also the wind that constantly blows the snow over and fills the pit, but the speed of Zhang Yang is still quite fast.