Chapter 398 The Happy Life of a Truck Driver
The people of this Stars and Stripes will definitely laugh at themselves, what kind of lights? You don't need it at all, you can jump with some music and some wine.
Xiao Peng grilled a tray full of meat skewers, handed over the oven to Yang Meng to be in charge, and carried a box of Coke with meat skewers to comfort the group of military police.
"Xiao, what do you care about them? It's these people who have caused these troubles!" Seeing that Xiao Peng was going to deliver barbecue meat to those military policemen, someone protested.
Xiao Peng waved his hand and smiled: "Hey, buddy, don't be so hateful, they're just working." The division of labor is different, and the division of labor is different。。。。。。 ”
"You're so kind. The crowd laughed.
Xiao Peng smiled and didn't speak, and ran to the position where the military police set up the card: "You guys have worked hard, come and try it." ”
"This。。。。。。 Unruly. Someone wanted to refuse, but one of the people next to him couldn't stand it anymore and pushed him: "Thank you." After speaking, he directly reached out and took the tray, took a skewer and started eating. Then keep your thumbs out.
Xiao Peng was proud in his heart, no one could refuse Huaxia's skewers! Hurriedly gave them a drink, and quickly got into a fight with them.
Of course, Xiao Peng is not here to be a living Lei Feng, but to probe the wind. Because Xiao Peng is driving a small car, and the Huaxia skewers are so delicious, these Stars and Stripes military police don't have any confidentiality agreements in their heads, which really makes Xiao Peng know why he is so excited.
It turns out that Xiao Peng really picked up an amazing thing! It turns out that the bat-like manless machine is none other than the famous 'Stingray' MQ-25!
As we all know, the most powerful country in the world for aircraft carriers is the Stars and Stripes, and the Stars and Stripes have studied aircraft carriers in depth, and no one in the world can control them.
At present, the subject of the research of the aircraft carrier of the Stars and Stripes country is the problem of unmanned aircraft on the ship. So some time ago, a carrier-based stealth unmanned attack aircraft has been being studied.
As a result, this project was inexplicably suddenly cut, and suddenly turned to a new direction of development, from the original stealth unmanned attack aircraft, suddenly became a stealth unmanned tanker. The 'Stingray,' codenamed MQ-25, is a new type of stealth unmanned tanker designed by Boeing! At present, there are only two prototypes, one for testing on aircraft carriers, and the other for continuous improvement in the 'ghost factory'.
Why are the weapons of the Stars and Stripes so advanced? It is because the Stars and Stripes have studied all kinds of weapons to the extreme! In order to test the aircraft carrier's ability to resist attack, they can put an aircraft carrier on the sea and let people bomb it with all kinds of missiles until it is sunk, and this new plane will also have to undergo all kinds of inhumane tests, including crash tests.
The 'stingray' that Xiao Peng picked up was used to test the damage of its uncontrolled crash, but why did it disappear inexplicably?
At first, everyone thought that the crash site was not found, according to the satellite display, it disappeared at the junction of Illinois and Missouri, but it was not found, even if the remote control turned on the positioning system, it was still not found, as if this damn 'stingray' had never existed in the world.
Now Boeing was dumbfounded, and quickly reported the matter to DHS, which is a big deal!
This 'Stingray' really can't fall into the hands of anyone else!
Don't look at it as an 'Stingray' is an unmanned tanker, it really represents the highest level of science and technology in the Stars and Stripes! Moreover, for the Navy of the Stars and Stripes, this 'Stingray' is what they need the most!
Because the Stars and Stripes naval aviation lacks large tankers, they can only adopt the method of 'partner refueling' between fighters to lengthen their poor 'little short legs'. According to the current practice of the Stars and Stripes Navy, on the first day of air combat, at least five fighters are needed to refuel other carrier-based aircraft in the air, which virtually weakens the combat effectiveness. So the latest unmanned reconnaissance / tanker aircraft 'Stingray' appeared.
The non-manless aircraft has a larger load capacity in the same volume because it reduces the space occupied by the pilot and related operating facilities and supporting equipment. This natural advantage is used as a fuel tanker, and it is really suitable!
And this 'Stingray', as the latest unmanned machine in the Stars and Stripes, has too many secrets: stealth technology, radar technology, manipulation technology, refueling technology, and reconnaissance technology。。。。。。 If this technology is leaked out, it is no exaggeration to say that it will be a huge blow to the aviation and military industry of the Stars and Stripes! Therefore, it must be found, and now the entire Stars and Stripes have also been mobilized.
Xiao Peng whistled in his heart, you try your best to find it, and if you can find it, you will win!
Xiao Peng also relaxed, this thing is a good thing. There is a collection of this thing, that is old and domineering! Thinking of this, Xiao Peng happily went back and continued to open the party.
After two hours, the truckers' union and DHS finally reached an agreement, all trucks were allowed to be inspected, and the team was finally able to move on.
However, because of the delay for too long, Xiao Peng chose to follow the truck convoy to move on. In other words, these truck drivers are really not slow, and they are all driving at a speed of more than 100 per hour.
The truck drivers said that the party was not fun, and that it would continue to be held in the evening. And the place where the party was held was also very interesting, it was in a gas station.
The gas stations in the Stars and Stripes are very different from those in Huaxia, especially the ones along the highways.
Their gas stations are all established by different brands of oil companies, and they are all chain gas stations, which are characterized by one thing: a large laundry room, a bathing room, a game room, a movie hall and other facilities. The size and specifications are almost equivalent to ten of our highway rest areas! Because all the people who stop here to rest are big trucks, and one front of the car must be four or five meters long.
In the Stars and Stripes, flat-headed trucks like the common ones in China are not allowed to go on the interstate highway, and if you find a flat-headed truck on the interstate highway, you will receive a huge fine, and the big trucks here are all wide, tall and long, all of them are big guys like 'Optimus Prime'. There are dozens of cars parked in the parking lot, is it okay if the gas station is small?
Generally, truck drivers will spend the night at the gas station, this is because the stars and stripes have an upper limit on working hours, driving can not exceed 11 hours a day, each car can not exceed 60 hours per week, there is a recorder on the car, and the money given by the single driving and double driving companies is the same, so these truck drivers will not be like Huaxia truck drivers, several drivers rotate continuously------- there are only 60 hours of driving time per week, and it is useless for you to rotate continuously! I drive my own car or work with my wife, children, girlfriend, etc.
When he arrived at the gas station, Xiao Peng found a feature, all the big trucks here did not die in fire!
One truck driver explained: "In the Stars and Stripes, especially in the west, there is a large temperature difference between day and night. Including our boss didn't recommend us to turn off the ignition, anyway, it was only 5 gallons of oil a night, which was not a big consumption. It's about $10 a night like ours. Anyway, the boss reimbursed us, and we had to run for about seven or eight days to run to the west, and basically the whole time we didn't turn off the fire. ”
The price of oil in the Stars and Stripes country is much lower than that in China. It is only a little more than three yuan a liter, because of the difference in tax conditions between the two countries. The reason why China's fuel costs are high is fundamentally because there are a lot of taxes implied in oil prices, such as 14.5% value-added tax, 18.5% consumption tax, and other taxes, while Stars and Stripes only have oil price tax, which is less than 15%. The base oil price is low, and the tax is low, so it is naturally much cheaper.
Xiao Peng asked a stupid question: "Don't you have any gas guzzlers here?"
"What do you mean by gas guzzler?" asked the truck driver, puzzled.
"It's the one who steals the oil! By the way, there are the one who steals the tires!" In Huaxia Running Transportation, the two kinds of people are most afraid.
The truck driver laughed: "We don't have anyone here to recycle these two things, where is the market? Besides, the driver won't go to a place without a license to refuel because he can't get an invoice." We are all company-issued fuel cards, which can only be used at such chain gas stations, not small ones. So just rush to this point, naturally no one steals oil. As for tires, the company will take the initiative to replace a full set of new tires for us for almost 200,000 kilometers, otherwise the union will solve this matter through legal channels. ”
Well, it's a union again, and that's really ubiquitous。。。。。。
Xiao Peng also found that these truck drivers didn't close the door, they wanted to take a shower and wash clothes or something, the car started, and the door didn't close and left, someone explained to him that those who can park here are generally truck drivers, everyone is high-income, who will take this risk?
That's right, in the Stars and Stripes, truck drivers are high-income, with monthly incomes about double the average income line in the Stars and Stripes. After all, the trucking industry is the economic artery of the Stars and Stripes, and there is a shortage of two or three hundred thousand truck drivers every year.
In the Stars and Stripes, there is a wide age distribution of truck drivers, ranging from elderly people traveling with their little grandchildren to graduates of UCLA (Southern California). Their economic strength can be seen from their cars: some of the trucks are the company's standard trucks, with a front of almost 10 square meters of space, double seats, bunk beds in the back, refrigerators and microwave ovens, etc. Put it in Huaxia, this is a proper luxury car.
But compared to those old drivers' cars, these are all pediatrics, and many trucks in the Stars and Stripes are ordered by truck drivers themselves, and they can have whatever they want on the basic car: satellite TV, toilets, shower rooms, miniature kitchens, etc. Such a car costs at least 200,000 US dollars, but it can still be afforded. This shows the economic strength of these old drivers of the Stars and Stripes.
There is one thing that makes everyone have a lot of opinions, especially Yang Meng, that is, this gas station has everything, but it does not provide accommodation! They can only spend one night in the car. Chris and JT simply went out to pitch their tents.
However, Xiao Peng felt that the reason why Yang Meng had an opinion should not be in the sleeping car, but was ignored----- almost all such chain gas stations, there are women who sell yin, that is called a generous, at night is to knock on the door of one truck after another, asking if you need service.
Yang Meng was quite happy at first, this is very good, the service is in place. As a result, when people looked at the car of the two, they directly chose to ignore it!
This is definitely the reason why Yang Meng is so angry!