Volume 1 Chapter 24: The Sword Begins to Shine

Three cars after sending away the 4500 of the Eastern Army. Xing Yu got into Manni's car, that is, the race was not regular. Otherwise, it is impossible to change players in the field, and there will be substitutions in the middle of the game. But as long as everyone doesn't say it, the organizing committee has no chance to manage.

Putting on the helmet, Xing Yu sat directly in the car. There is no air conditioning in the car for power, and the heater in the car is also turned on to the maximum in order to dissipate heat. Sitting in without a racing suit, absolutely sweaty.

Fasten your seatbelts, although they are also cottage seatbelts. But Lai is also a four-point type, which is much safer than the ordinary kind of seat belt.

The interior of the car has been dismantled, the roll cage is not soft for fire prevention, and if you don't wear a helmet, it will be fatal to bump back and forth, and the insurance company will not care about you if you touch a concussion.

At this time, the roll cage was only welded with a seamless steel pipe with a thicker wall. At that time, I didn't know chromium-molybdenum alloy, and the selection of cold-drawn seamless carbon steel pipes was already very advanced.

But don't think that everything will be fine with this, I can tell you very clearly that there are many reasons such as design and welding. Roll cages also have design limits. Like Donald in the Fast and Furious, driving the car down the cliff. That's just a movie, in reality...... That's suicide.

Copycat bucket seats, with seat belts. Rigidly fixed Xing Yu. The left hand picks up the microphone to prepare for communication, the right hand holds the GPS to see the current position, and the co-pilot is firmly attached to the simple road book, which can be seen at any time.

Xing Yu didn't care about the curves and turns drawn in the road book. Directly see the next must pass point, and prepare to plug in a straight line. Xing Yu has seen the rules, there is no need to completely follow the trajectory of the organizing committee, you can choose your own path.

In this kind of team competition, it is not only necessary to find the way, as the first car, but also to report the road conditions to the vehicles behind at any time. After all, the final result of the race is the last car in the team to arrive.

The high sand beam increases the throttle, the broken slope (that is, one side of the small slope is upright) to slow down, the soft sand area, and the detour...... Manni gave a brief explanation. Xing Yu got started.

At that time, Xing Yu was really catching ducks on the shelves, and he hadn't learned about it before, but he had learned a little bit in the past few days. It doesn't matter that much, just drive in a straight line on the GPS, fortunately, Manni's driving skills are also quite good, and some of the organizing committee choose to detour the big slope in order to reduce the difficulty and rush up directly.

The road conditions are communicated to the two cars behind in time, and everyone is much more relaxed, just follow the ruts of the first car. Manni will also tell Xing Yu some simple driving skills at any time, and Xing Yu will follow the cat and repeat it directly to the remaining two cars.

Because it is a straight line, there is naturally more on the slope. There are places where rushing up is a waste of time. Manni will also choose the road section by himself with experience, so although he needs to take a little detour, Xing Yu also corrects the direction at all times, which is overall time-saving. What to do to challenge those high slopes and deep ravines, it is not necessary to pass the point, and it is the real choice to bypass and save energy and time.

Arriving at a must-pass point smoothly and quickly, Xing Yu was relieved, after all, it was the first time to lead the way, and if he couldn't find it, he would live up to the trust of others. The feeling of being an eye on others was not so good at first, and I was afraid that I would make a mistake and choose the wrong path, delaying the time of the whole team.

The three cars are not repaired, and they run directly to the remaining must-pass point, and when they are completed, they can directly cross the finish line, and victory is in sight.

I still didn't go straight all the way according to the map of the organizing committee, and the last must pass the point, but I couldn't find it. Obviously, when you get to the neighborhood, you can't find the last red flag that must pass, and there is an alarm sound after the GPS must pass.

Three cars circled around the nearby sand dunes, but they couldn't find the red flagpole.

Xing Yu thought that there was a mistake in the GPS, and the three cars also separated and looked around for a little red in the vast sea of sand. The vehicle rushed up the nearest high slope, stood on a high place, and looked around with binoculars......

To say that the organizing committee is really a pit, the last one must be crossed, designed in a sinkhole. It might be a little more challenging, but it's really unfriendly and hard to find for the team.

This sinkhole was tested a few days ago, Manni ran over, it was easy to go down and difficult to come up, and it took a few laps of shabu-shabu to come out. The passing point is just set at the bottom of the pit, and there have been cars passing before, I don't know if it was intentional or accidentally knocked down the flagpole, and the flagpole was half buried in sand. If it weren't for the team's sharp eyes, it would really not be easy to spot.

At this time, Mani was ready to start the car and rush down. It is enough for the team to have one car with GPS to do the dots, and there is no need for all three cars to go down, and they have to come up and continue to run forward.

But Xing Yu was afraid that if this flagpole was knocked down, it would be delayed for a long time. Take the initiative to ask Ying to run down with GPS and run up. The plan is perfect, people can climb up with both hands and feet, the car can only be shabu-shabu, and people are definitely faster than cars.

Because I was afraid that other race cars would pass by, I would rush down and hit it. Manni disagreed at first. But the team also got lost and missed before, and now the gas is not so sufficient, and it must be a little bit more than that, too many time penalties are no different from giving up the race.

Finally, after a quick discussion, the three cars were parked around the sinkhole to block the cars coming from behind. It can be regarded as a guarantee for Xing Yu's safety. Let Xing Yu go down with GPS.

None of us are professional drivers, just enthusiasts. It's okay to run by car, but it's really hard to run on your own. Poor people and coolies don't have the foundation to play with cars. Except for Xing Yu, the remaining riders have rotten stomachs. It's definitely not as fast as Xing Yu's when he runs. So in the end, it could only be Xing Yu who ran over with GPS.

Running in the desert is completely different from the peaceful road, running down is fine, there is the acceleration of gravity, and a gust of wind rushes down. Rushing to the flagpole, GPS finally remembered the beep, found the right one, and finally lived up to its mission.

Breathe a sigh of relief, and re-insert the flagpole in order to keep the students in the back from looking around. Everyone is a brother, don't hurt others can't find a place. Friendship first, competition second. Isn't it?

Then it's a climb to the sand mountain, standing on the top of the slope to see this sinkhole feels not too far, only 500 meters away. But when you get up, it's hard work.

The abrasions on the back, sweat, and scratches against the seat, at this time the back was hot, and the limbs were also weak.

But the necessary point was passed, and the rest of the journey was for the final sprint, which was a small gentle slope. In order to release everyone's hardships along the way, the organizing committee arranged it for everyone to vent. It's a high-speed track. For the sake of time, let's climb hard,

Xing Yu climbed up panting, and everyone didn't have time to encourage. Start your car and sprint to the finish line...... The rest of the road is really much simpler, everyone goes all the way at high speed, and the guillotine that should have slowed down is a small leap of direct acceleration...... I met a lot of lost vehicles on the road, and I couldn't take care of many of them, and I didn't need to rescue them. We just overtook all the way......

Finally, I ran to the terminal and handed in the GPS first. Because I was afraid that the organizing committee would find out that I had changed people halfway, I was also worried about Lao Zhang's injury. I didn't care about the grades, so I went back to the camp first.

Xing Yu let out a long breath at this time, because he needed to communicate with the vehicles behind him all the time during the race, so he didn't drink water. The reason for the hot weather and talking a lot has long been chapped lips. As a navigator for the first time, I was really afraid of taking the wrong path, so I was careful all the way. For fear of a mistake taking the convoy to the ditch. Being able to arrive safely and without extra detours, Xing Yu was already very happy, but as for the results, Xing Yu was not sure.

Dakar legend, Peter Hansel, has won a total of 10 championships. The most regrettable time is that the pilot did not warn of the danger ahead in time and lost the championship. Otherwise, it will be a trophy.

When he returned to the camp, Lao Zhao was sitting there drinking tea with the Eastern Army. They were surprised to see Manni and they came back, we came back more than an hour earlier than he calculated.

At this time, Manny learned through the radio that because the starting time is different, the current team ranking is temporarily third. As long as there is no faster one behind, then the team is really third.

Now the camp is boiling, this is the club. Even the best ranking in the whole of Shaanxi...... The first time I participated in the team, I was able to get this result, and Manni was already happy. In this way, he showed his face to the club in front of the national riders, and the advertising effect was leveraged.

Everyone happily took out their beers and drank them together. After dinner, the organizing committee has a special evening party and an award ceremony. Unsurprisingly, the club finished third.

Xing Yu did not come to the stage when he received the award, but in private. All the drivers said that Xing Yu had the greatest credit, and from the beginning of the substitution, the team basically completed the rest of the race in a straight line.

Officials who count GPS say that some of the detours were originally for novices. Running directly in a straight line is too demanding for technical requirements. Whether it is the vehicle, the driver, the navigator is a test.

Don't think that it is easy to run a straight line in the desert, large and small sand mountains, some places must go around in circles, how far to go around in circles, and how many unjust roads to run less, all need to be judged by the navigator.

After the party, return to your camp to continue the celebration. There were no outsiders, and everyone began to throw Xing Yu into the sky.

Anyone who has run a race understands how important a good pilot is.

Lao Zhao also praised Xing Yu for his talent, and several club enthusiasts were ready to let Xing Yu be their full-time navigator in the future and go to the battlefield together......