Ulanqab is the seat of the administrative office, a small steppe city along the railway, in the early morning dawn, as far as the eye can see, full of low bungalows, the railway station is a red brick building, the outer wall is painted with revolutionary slogans, and the waiting room is hung with the statue of Marnleth, cold, depressed, and old.

The time is too early, they have nowhere to go, they have to rest in the waiting room, the stationmaster on duty wearing a blue railway uniform took the initiative to come forward to talk, Liu Yan said that we are from Beijing on a business trip, waiting for the garrison group to pick up the car, the stationmaster brought a pot of hot water to help them make tea, took the cigarettes from the front door handed over by Liu Yan, and chatted with the passengers who came from afar.

"The troops' cars can still break down on the road." The stationmaster said very experiencedly, "The cars of the garrison regiment often break down, and last time there were a few cadres of the troops, they didn't wait for the car, and finally rode back." ”

"Do you have a phone here?" Liu Yanzhi asked deliberately, and sure enough, the attendant said that the station only had a special railway line, and the army was also a special military line, which belonged to an independent telephone system and could not be contacted at all.

"Can you help us find a few horses?" Liu Yanzhi looked back at the party's patriotism, "We have an important task, and the chief needs to rush to the Siziwang Banner as soon as possible." ”

The stationmaster said: "No problem, there are horses in the People's Armed Forces Department, just borrow a few." ”

The grassroots government has a people's armed forces department, Ulanqab belongs to the border area to resist the invasion of the Soviet Union, the people's armed forces department is more shouldering an important mission, managing a large number of militia troops, has its own arsenal, and there is no shortage of war horses.

The whole process of borrowing horses was very smooth, the party's patriotic temperament was not bad, and every gesture was full of the grandeur of a big chief from Beijing, coupled with a letter of introduction stamped with the official seal of the War Department of the General Staff Department, how could the local cadres dare to be lazy, not only arranged horses, but also helped them prepare a few skins full of mare's milk wine.

"It's better to drink two cups at noon and get a whole roast lamb." The leader of the Ministry of People's Armed Forces held the party's patriotic hand and was reluctant to let go, and said boldly.

"Time is tight, the task is urgent, the wolf in the north is ambitious, and the burden on our shoulders is very heavy." Dang Ai Chinese said earnestly, "Put the wine away, and we will drink it again after the mission." ”

He didn't say what task he was carrying out, and the comrades of the People's Armed Forces Department were also very interested in not mentioning this stubble, just in the second half of last month, a border conflict broke out in the Tielekti area of Xinjiang, and a patrol unit of our army was dumped by the Soviets, and the whole country knew that a war with the Soviet Union was about to start, a big fight, an early fight, and a nuclear war, and the comrades of the General Staff Department must be exploring the terrain and building a new defensive position.

Seeing that they were only wearing pistols, the leaders of the People's Armed Forces Department were worried about encountering wild wolves on the road, and suggested sending militia escorts, but this involved the issue of secrecy, and finally the minister discussed with the political commissar and decided to take the initiative to lend a few guns to the leaders from Beijing.

The party patriotically agreed, and signed for the acceptance of two Type 56 submachine guns, two Type 56 semi-automatic, as well as belly pocket ammunition carriers and hundreds of rounds of ammunition.

"There are wolves on the grassland, but there are also many yellow sheep, so it's good to beat two to improve the food." The minister's black face was shining with red light, he was a native of Hunan, he was transferred to Inner Mongolia, his face was blackened by the ultraviolet rays of the plateau, and he dreamed of being transferred back to the mainland, and he tried to get the chief from Beijing, and there were also factors in this regard.

"On the return trip, we ate yellow mutton, drank mare's milk wine, and rested when we got drunk." The party patriot and the minister shook hands, saluted each other, turned over on the horse, and the movements were extremely neat, so that the comrades in Inner Mongolia secretly admired, but they did not expect that the head of the office still had such skills, they did not know that the party patriot was a member of the equestrian club, and usually rode a purebred horse imported from Arabia.

In the unwalled campus on the side of the road, hundreds of students lined up to do exercises, and a deep male voice came out of the loudspeaker: "The fourth set of radio gymnastics in the People's Republic of China is calling, ready ~ up." ”

In the children's energetic morning exercise, Liu Yanzhi shook the reins, galloped on his horse, and the rest of the people followed, and a small cavalry team rushed out of the city under the surprised gaze of passers-by and ran towards the endless grassland.

In the era when there were no GPS satellites, the special navigator was located by the position of the sun, moon and stars, and the necessary premise was only to enter the current accurate date and time, and the navigator began to work from the second they crossed to Cuiwei Mountain.

The destination of the crossing group is the place where the Kosygin plane crashed near the Siziwang Banner, that is, the location where the meteorite landed, the coordinates are more than 100 kilometers away from Ulanqab, and it is necessary to cross the grassland of the middle banner of the right wing of Chahar, the grassland in September is flourishing, the horses are running happily, and the nervous and depressed mood of the members of the crossing group is also relieved.

"Let's sing." Guan Lu saw the heroism of the prairie for the first time, and couldn't help but want to show her singing voice.

"Welcome Dr. Kwan to sing us opera." Liu Yan said with a straight smile, he knew that Guan Lu had many years of study abroad experience, and he was influenced by lofty hobbies, how did he know that Guan Lu opened his mouth to be a popular song: "Let us be accompanied by Hongchen, live a chic and sprinkled life, ride a horse and gallop to share the prosperity of the world, sing the joy in my heart when I am drinking, and vigorously grasp the youth in my heart~~"

Lei Meng sang along: "You are the wind, I am the sand, lingering around the end of the world......"

Everyone was amazed and laughed.

"What's the matter, don't you allow others to watch "Huanzhu Gege"." Guan Lu smiled, "That's my favorite next time." ”

Today is September 8, 1969, the day of the burial of President Ho Chi Minh, at this moment Soviet Premier Kosygin is still trying his best to contact the Chinese delegation in Hanoi, but to no avail, Premier Zhou has returned to China in advance, and Vice Premier Li Xiannian, deputy head of the delegation, has been reminded by the Albanians that he will ignore the accosting of the Soviet side, and the communication through the Vietnamese side has not been effective.

There are still three days before the meteorite lands, and there is enough time for the crossing group to believe in the horses on the prairie, and the party patriotism and the old forest walk side by side, talking about life and history like old friends.

"Look, Yellow Sheep!" Liu Yan pointed straight into the distance, deep in the grassland, a large area of yellow sheep was migrating, as if the entire grassland was moving.

"Professor, get two of them for the tooth sacrifice." Ray was eager to try.

"Don't kill indiscriminately." The party patriotic commanded.

The men rushed out with their spears and prancing horses, and their mouths let out wild howls, and the ram in charge of the guard sensed that danger was approaching, and gave a warning signal, and the yellow sheep began to run, moving so fast that even the war horses could not catch up, but there were always some weak young sheep who could not keep up with the group, and gradually pulled down.

A male yellow sheep tried to lure away the hunter, first made a provocative gesture to the war horse, and then turned sharply and ran to the other side, Lei Meng and Yu Hanchao were smoothly led away, but Liu Yanzhi did not have a plan, still maintained the direction, ran to a distance of 100 meters from the yellow sheep mother and son, and steadily raised the submachine gun.

Suddenly, the yellow sheep stopped, stood still, motionless, waiting for the bullet, and the young yellow sheep also stopped, looked at the mother stupidly, came over and licked it, and the yellow sheep put her head on her child, telling it to run for its life.

Liu Yanzhi hesitated for a moment and lowered the muzzle of his gun.

Guan Lu also rode the horse, stopped behind Liu Yanzhi, saw this scene and couldn't help but have tears in his eyes, and said in a low voice: "Let them go." ”

Liu Yanzhi got irritable with the war horse under his crotch, shaving his hooves and snorting, as if he was very dissatisfied with the benevolence of the rider's woman, the descendants of Immortal Heaven and the descendants of Genghis Khan would not be so sissy, and they did not dare to shoot when they saw their prey.

As if realizing that there was no escape, the yellow sheep simply fed the young sheep, its expression was calm, its big eyes were staring at the muzzle, and the life on the grassland had a natural indifference to death.

"Please." Guan Lu was about to cry.

Suddenly, Liu Yanzhi quickly raised his gun to the fire, and with a click, a crisp short shot.

"Don't!" Guan Lu's screams resounded through the wilderness.

The mother and son of the yellow sheep did not lie in a pool of blood, and the young yellow sheep who were frightened by the gunfire ran away, and the yellow sheep looked back and ran away.

Liu Yan stepped forward with a clamp on the horse's belly, rolled the saddle and dismounted, and brought out a steppe wolf from the knee-length grass, and the bullet penetrated through the wolf's eyes, blowing the wolf's head out.

"Good marksmanship!" Guan Lu praised.

Liu Yanzhi put the dead wolf on horseback, turned back, and joined the brigade, at this time Lei Meng and Yu Hanchao also returned with a full load, they beat a 100-pound ram sheep, elated.

"The scientific name of the yellow sheep is the Mongolian gazelle, light reddish-brown, with white spots on the buttocks, usually forty to eighty pounds in weight, you beat this one very big, maybe it is the patriarch of the yellow sheep family." The party patriotic half-joking.

"The patriarch is hanging, isn't this flock of sheep a group of dragons without a leader?" Yu Hanchao's use of adjectives is very inappropriate.

Lei Meng smiled and said: "Do you think it's the old Jin family in North Korea, without their grandfather, the people of the whole country will starve to death, the leader of the yellow sheep is really serving and sacrificing for the group, it dies, naturally there will be a healthier and more powerful ram to take over, maybe the sheep will be brought to the broad road." ”

It is difficult to take away the whole yellow sheep, and they are tired after a day of walking, so they rest on the spot, roast the mutton for dinner, the temperature difference in the grassland is large, the sun is dazzling during the day, and the fire is roasted around the bonfire at night, the leg of lamb is roasted on the shelf, and the mare's milk wine in the wooden bowl is very mellow.

The stars are shining tonight, Guan Lu looked up at the starry sky, and suddenly a meteor pierced the sky, and she said faintly: "That meteorite, is it still on the way to the earth, you say, it crossed the galaxy, traveled through hundreds of millions of light years, just to find this blue planet?" ”

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