The mirage lasted for more than an hour, and Xing Yu and Shi Hui kept taking pictures until the phone ran out of battery, and then they remembered that they were still competing.

When it comes to nature's magic, everything is less important. The competition doesn't matter, the results don't matter. Another important task of the Tour of the Tower Race is to introduce the scenery of the frontier, and some people run races to be able to go to these inaccessible places to see the scenery.

Now that you can see such a view, this time the ring tower is already worth the trip.

Stepping on the track again, Xing Yu seemed to be still calm in the infinite scenery just now. When two corners in a row were wrong, and Shi Hui wanted to slap him, Xing Yu slowly entered the state.

Just as the base camp was about to close, DMAX rushed into the collection platform.

The first thing I did when I got out of the car was to take off my helmet and pour water on my body desperately. The temperature in the desert was even hotter than the one next door, and when I got out of the car, I felt as if I had been roasted.

Many riders gathered at the base camp, and it was clear that there were not a few people who saw the mirage today, and everyone was there to show off the photos they had taken on their mobile phones.

Xing Yu looked around and found that what they saw was not as complete and clear as himself.

"You should have informed us that this is a rare real mirage in a century, and you have seen it, it is extraordinary. After someone saw Xing Yu's photo, he said unwillingly.

In the desert, the sand and gravel are scorched by the sun during the day, and the temperature near the sand layer rises very quickly. Because the air is not good at heat transfer, the heat exchange between the upper and lower layers of the air is very small when there is no wind, so that the vertical difference of air temperature between the lower layer is very significant, and the air density of the lower layer is smaller than that of the upper layer.

In this case, if there is a tree in front of you that grows in a relatively moist area, the light projected downward from the treetop will be refracted because it is from the dense air layer into the less dense air layer. When the refracted light reaches the hot and thin air layer close to the ground, it is fully reflected, and the light is reflected back into the denser air layer above by the air layer with low density near the ground.

In this way, through a curved ray of light that recesses downwards and downwards, the image of the tree is transmitted to the human eye, and the reflection of a tree appears.

Since the reflection is located underneath the real thing, it is also called a mirage. This reflection can easily give people the illusion of the shadows of trees at the water's edge, thinking that there must be a lake in the distance. Anyone who has ever traveled in the desert has had a similar experience.

The photos of the mobile phone are far less clear than those seen at the scene, although there are many people who have seen them, but there are still some differences from what Xing Yu described, many people think that Xing Yu is stunned by the heat, or motion sickness, heat stroke, and hallucinations.

Because there were too many people in the heat stroke in this competition. The only star driver of this race. The star driver mentioned here only refers to Xiao Qi, who is the one who sang the girl opposite.

As early as 2011, Xiao Qi had represented the Baosteel Group Bagang Racing Team in the ring tower, but had to retire due to a broken rib caused by a crash. Originally, everything went smoothly today, but in the middle of the race, in order to overtake other cars, causing their own mistakes, the car rolled over, causing a fire, fortunately two people climbed out in time, but the car had completely burned out, and had to withdraw from the race.

In addition to Xiao Qi's UTV, there are three other racing cars, which also spontaneously combusted due to high temperatures to varying degrees, and had to end the journey of the ring tower ahead of schedule.

In addition, the foreign racers of the road and bridge team, who had led the way before, had to withdraw from the race because they were not adapted to the fine sand of Kumtag, and when they broke through, they bent too fast, causing them to roll over after picking up the tires, and they were miserable at any time.

Shi Ningxia of the Panda team, in order to rescue the same convoy, damaged the vehicle, causing his own vehicle to pull the cylinder, and can only choose to withdraw.

Xing Yu and Shi Hui met, and a trolley from Ruiqi's team ran out of fuel thirty kilometers before the finish line, so they could only be dragged to the camp by other teammates. Trailer to the finish line, it happens from time to time in the ring tower race, you still want results or friends, it is not a difficult problem to choose in this field, the ring tower is not a stage for one person. The ring tower is the embodiment of the power of unity, friendship, care and mutual assistance.

In the arena of the ring tower, there is speed and there is an accident, and there is a story for someone.

For cross-country rallying, finishing is a sign of success. If you don't finish any stage of the Dakar Rally, you can't continue the race, which is a challenging but also brutal rule.

The 2012 Tour de la Rally used similar rules to the Dakar Rally, but many participants found it difficult to agree with.

Since 2013, the Organizing Committee of the Tour of the Tower Rally has clearly stipulated that players who fail to finish a certain stage will be given a maximum penalty of 100 hours. Although this means that the entrant is no longer competitive for the overall score, he or she can still continue to compete. However, there will still be some contestants who will withdraw from the race due to technical problems or personal health reasons.

Since 2013, there have been two finishing criteria for the Tour de la Rally in the strict sense: 1. Complete finish: all stages are successfully completed. 2. Finish: Completed all the races without retiring. The latter contains the former. This year, a total of 143 cars and 22 motorcycles participated. A total of 100 cars and 16 motorcycles completed the race, with a completion rate of 70.3%, 46 cars and 12 motorcycles completed the race, with a complete completion rate of 35.2%, 32% for cars and 54.5% for motorcycles.

Hearing about the various accidents in the game, Shi Hui was very glad that although he had encountered a lot of problems, at least we could continue without giving up the game.

The mentality of Shihui competition has changed, protect the vehicle, the first few stages, the completion of the main, the last look at the results, if you can fight the top few, the last two stages will fight to the death, if the results are not ideal, this competition is still based on learning and accumulating experience.

In this race, several drivers who have participated in the Dakar have withdrawn, and there are more people who have been penalized, as long as they can finish the race smoothly, the final result will not be bad, with this mentality, Shi Hui specially held a small meeting for Xing Yu.

At present, DMAX, has found a lot of problems, has not been an effective solution, in order to ensure the smooth completion of the track in the future, the appropriate slowdown, the pursuit of stability, is the main task of Shihui at present.

Now it's only the third stage, and there are still six stages waiting for me to challenge, if you don't protect the vehicle, I'm afraid you won't even be able to get to Xing Yu's hometown, so you will have to go home early.

The hot tools, after checking all the items that can be replaced, today's desert road section is really much less harmful to the vehicle, and the entire chassis needs to be replaced except for some rubber parts, and no other problems are found.

Tomorrow's race is the longest stage of the race, with a total mileage of more than 600 kilometers, which is the longest special stage in the history of the ring tower, this stage is commonly known as the "sea road" by the contestants because of the legendary sea road area, the area through which the stage passes is the underwater world of ancient times, the desert and Gobi are intertwined, and the Yadan Mountains are lined up, which can be called the most characteristic stage of this race.

At the Riders' Meeting, the director of the Ring Tower said: "It's a big adventure to challenge you for more than 600 kilometres at this stage. Although the rescue means have been very advanced, the racing equipment has been upgraded, the racers have rich experience year by year, and the ability has improved, but in June in the Turpan area, the surface temperature on the day of the race is as high as more than 50 degrees, and the race is carried out under such bad weather conditions, accidents may occur at any time, the car is hot, the racers are heatstroke, and even the rescue helicopter cannot guarantee the completion of the work under such weather conditions. ”

He introduced the difficulty of this stage, but no racer gave up.

Since its birth, the Tour de Ta Rally has always been a testing ground and training ground for domestic drivers to advance to the Dakar family.

The devil's stage in Dakar, with a maximum length of more than 800 km, is also tougher.

If domestic drivers want to go out and get the rankings, they must constantly challenge their limits.

It's like the chivalrous dream that Xing Yu did yesterday. The rally race has no swords and blood shadows in the rivers and lakes, and there is no heroic horse leather shroud.

But it's still addictive, you can choose not to come, but what you miss is the magnificence of that moment, where the world is turned in front of your eyes.

If you can, please never ask.

Just come and you're good to go.

It doesn't matter if it's facing the scorching sun, or toward the rising sun.

Don't ask about the return date, don't ask the way.

But it left a mark on my heart.

The imprint is very deep, engraved in the life of all people, and the imprint can also be very shallow, and once the wind and sand have passed, it will never be found again.

If, one day, they meet each other again in the desert.

Maybe at that time, we are all old, and we can talk about nothing else, just the years.

Zongma Jianghu Road, this life is free.

The pursuit of the race is the limit of the car, the limit of people, if you don't push yourself, who can know how strong you are.

The organizing committee did not persuade anyone to give up, and although only three tracks had passed, almost all the cars were already scarred.

In addition to allowing the two rescue helicopters to arrive at the predetermined location ahead of schedule, they were able to add three groups of pursuit and rescue vehicles to increase the observation points and shorten the disposal time.

The next day was still hot, and every car was picking up speed as it set off, not because someone was chasing after them, but because the whole track was like a big oven, and if you didn't want to be baked, you had to keep going.

After running for more than an hour, Xing Yu noticed that the water temperature had exceeded the red line, and warned Shi Hui three times in a row before he found a piece of the shady side and stopped.

The few mineral water in the car were poured three or four bottles on the modified large water tank in a row, and the temperature gradually returned to normal.

"Thief, Lao Tzu bakes baiji buns in the store every day, but I didn't expect that one day I could be roasted as a baiji bun. Shi Hui's chapped lips were still telling jokes.

Xing Yu, who didn't stop talking all the way, is now a little hoarse, and can only laugh twice to represent his own meaning.

There is not much mineral water on the car, and people have to replenish it. The car also needs to be cooled down.

Shi Hui thought for a while and continued: "If you have urine, you hold it, urinate on the water tank, urinate on the tires, and urinate on the brakes." We're a diesel car, it's not that expensive. ”

Xing Yu quickly thought that if he really urinated on the water tank and was dried by this heat wave, would the vehicle smell of commotion at that time?

Thinking of this, Xing Yu couldn't help laughing.

Before the race, I considered the temperature problem, changed the enlarged water tank, installed a silicone oil fan, and the warm air in the car was always turned on to the maximum.

But the problem of high temperature still exists, and drenching and peeing can only be a psychological comfort poured on the edge of the tank after the engine has cooled down slightly.