The base camp of the "National United Front" is located in the depths of the Sahara Desert. Before they were stronger, they relied on their base camp deep in the desert to resist the repeated encirclement and suppression of government forces. Two companies of troops are currently stationed in the base camp under the leadership of the battalion commander Motta.

Li Dongsheng kept hearing explosions and gunshots coming from behind. He nervously scanned the mirror as he drove.

In the vast desert, off-road vehicles are much faster than armored personnel carriers. Soon, the off-road vehicle driven by Wan Lin caught up with Li Dongsheng and their convoy.

Wan Lin gave a brief report on the battle just now. Hearing that two enemy light tanks had been destroyed, Li Dongsheng let out a sigh of relief. The tank's superior firepower really worried him.

After listening to Wan Lin's battle report, Li Dongsheng turned his head to Lingling beside him and said, "Pay attention to the enemy's communications at any time", Lingling sat in the passenger seat and kept looking down at the screen of the information box on her lap, and casually promised "yes".

"Oh, that's not right. There was a communication from the back and about 300 kilometers ahead. Now there is still a signal in the back, why is the signal in front suddenly gone," Lingling muttered to herself.

Li Dongsheng replied while driving, "Is it that after receiving the information from the front, the radio silence was suddenly implemented."

Lingling carefully observed the screen and nodded, "Definitely!" It shows that there are enemies in the depths of the desert".

Li Dongsheng hurriedly ordered into the microphone, "All pay attention, be ready to fight at any time!" There may also be enemy blocking ahead. Wanlin, you car forward 50 kilometers to reconnoitre".

Zhang Wa, who was driving, received an order, and hurriedly broke the wheel from behind Li Dongsheng's car to cross Li Dongsheng's off-road vehicle and the armored personnel carrier in front of her, and increased the accelerator to drive forward.

It was two o'clock in the afternoon. The temperature in the desert had risen to forty or fifty degrees, and the commandos and members of the delegation were constantly wiping the sweat beads from their faces with their sleeves in the car. Several cars have on-board air conditioning. In order to save fuel, Li Dongsheng strictly prohibits the use of air conditioners and constantly emphasizes water conservation.

Drove for hours on end. The vast desert was originally hot and gentle; The serene blue sky was suddenly obscured by black clouds drifting in the distance. In an instant, the wind mixed with the whistling sand rushed towards you. The originally docile and charming golden desert was suddenly lifted by the storm, and the sand and mist obscured the sky.

The wind thundered from the west, roaring with waves of sand. Large waves of sand churned in the air, colliding and rubbing against each other, making a terrible cry like a ghost crying wolf.

Large grains of sand crackled against the commando's body, and the wind shook the body as if it were about to overturn the off-road vehicle.

"Immediately drive the car to the side of the big sand dune to avoid the sandstorm" In the face of such a violent sandstorm, Li Dongsheng immediately realized the danger, and he shouted hoarsely into the microphone in his ear.

Li Dongsheng knows that the best way to avoid a big sandstorm in the desert is to hide on the side of the windward direction of the big sand dune, and never hide behind the sand dune. Once you hide behind the dunes, you can be buried by the dunes blown up by a powerful storm at any time.

Lingling sat in the violently shaking car and looked at the yellow sand flying in the sky, listening to the sharp whistling of the wild sand, she couldn't help but turn pale and huddle tightly on the seat.

Li Dongsheng saw Lingling's frightened expression, patted her lightly and comforted, "Don't be nervous, this is the power of nature!" Tomorrow, you will also see the gentle, beautiful desert."

The wind howled all night from the afternoon. Wan Lin and Zhang Wa hid in the off-road vehicle with Xiaohua and watched the raging sand, and the faces of the two special combat team members who were fearless in the rain of bullets showed frightened looks. Xiaohua was lying on the driver's platform, her eyes glowing blue, and her body was huddled into a ball and stared out the window.

The sand whistled all night. Early the next morning, Wan Lin and Zhang Wa suddenly felt the sandstorm stop in their sleep. When they opened their eyes, it was already sunny outside, and the raging desert was still golden in the sun, and the endless desert showed a wonderful ripple left by the wind, stretching to the sky.

The surrounding environment has been turned upside down. The huge sand dunes more than 20 meters high next to the car have disappeared, and the originally wide sand area in front of the car has been covered with large and small sand dunes.

"Wan Lin, how are you doing?" Li Dongsheng's inquiry came from the microphone. Wan Lin looked through the front windshield of the car and saw that most of the off-road vehicle had been buried in the dust. "The car was mostly buried, the exhaust pipes and air intakes were buried, and we were all trapped in the car. I guess it won't be able to open it," Wan Lin replied.

"Wait where you are, my car was also pulled out by an armored personnel carrier," Li Dongsheng said with a smile.

Wan Lin was scouting in front, so there was a distance of forty or fifty kilometers from the entire convoy.

More than an hour later, Li Dongsheng's off-road vehicle arrived with two armored personnel carriers. Seeing Wan Lin and Zhang Wa trapped in the car, Dali and the others hurriedly ran out of the car and dug a pit in front of the car with a military shovel, and tied the steel cable to the tow hook of the off-road vehicle.

Seeing the car being dragged out, Wan Lin and Zhang Wa hurriedly took Xiaohua to open the car door and walked down. Li Dongsheng stepped forward to look at the car and said to the two, "Hurry up and clean up the air intake in the front of the car and the exhaust pipe in the rear of the car, and get ready to go." Immediately notify the vehicles to check the oil and fresh water conditions.

A while. Each car reported the situation, and each car only had half a tank of fuel left, which was enough to run two or three hundred kilometers, and fresh water was enough to last for two days.

Li Dongsheng immediately asked Lingling to call up the map to check, and looking at the T country that was still thousands of kilometers away, he couldn't help frowning. If there were no vehicles and fresh water, the commandos could still go out, but it would be difficult to say with ten members of the delegation.

He took out his satellite phone and made a call to Yu Zhensheng, the military attache of the embassy: "What is the current situation?" Yu Zhensheng replied, "At present, the city is not only occupied by the Chinese government forces, but is also attacking the east side of the city occupied by the original government forces, and all foreigners have been evacuated from N City." I'm currently on my way to country T."

Li Dongsheng's face darkened more and more, and he couldn't go back at present, so he had to retreat to country T.

He immediately ordered to conserve fresh water and continue to advance, while Wan Lin and Zhang Wa continued to arrive to investigate.

Wan Lin and Zhang Wa took Xiaohua to reconnoiter and advance fifty or sixty kilometers in front of the commando. After about 200 kilometers, the fuel indicator light on the car suddenly turned on. Wan Lin hurriedly called Li Dongsheng, "Leopard head, the fuel indicator light is on, and the fuel is almost out of gas!" "Stop in place and wait," Li Dongsheng ordered.

Li Dongsheng came to the back of the Wanlin car with several cars behind, and the engines of the two armored personnel carriers "suddenly" gasped a few times and stopped turning. He vigorously got down from the armored car in front of him and said to Li Dongsheng, "Our two armored vehicles are out of gas."

Li Dongsheng looked up at the sky, there was no cloud in the blue sky, the hot sun was in the middle of his head, and the ambient temperature was as high as 50 degrees.

The team members jumped out of the car one after another, constantly wiping their sweat with their hands. Wan Lin saw Xiaoya get out of the car and hurriedly ran over with Xiaohua.

Xiaoya's face was flushed with heat, and she was taking off the hat on her head and fanning her face left and right. Wan Lin hurriedly took the kettle from his body and handed it over. Xiao Ya raised her head and took a sip, then poured a little into the mouth of the little flower at her feet, and handed the kettle to Wan Lin.

"Sister, how is Lao Wang's injury?" Wan Lin asked Xiao Ya, "It's quite stable, but it's too hot at the moment, and it's not good for the injury to recover" Xiao Ya said a little worriedly.

Li Dongsheng was standing beside Lingling at this time: "Isn't there any information about the enemy yet?" "Nope. The enemy must have been silent on the radio," Lingling said with a wipe of sweat from her face and a little frustrated.

"All pay attention, bring food and water with you, check your equipment, and prepare to abandon the car and march on foot," Li Dongsheng ordered everyone.

At this time, Lin Mo, the head of the oil delegation, walked up to Li Dongsheng and asked a little worriedly, "The vehicle is out of fuel, and there is not much fresh water, how can I get out of this big desert?" ”

Li Dongsheng glanced at the members of the delegation who were all panting with their mouths open, and said, "There is no way, at present, H City has been occupied by the rebels, and we can only move forward through the desert and go to Country T." You do your job as a member of the delegation, and more difficult days are ahead".

Li Dongsheng immediately called all the staff to his side and advised, "At present, we can only walk through the desert. High temperatures and little rain are the characteristics of deserts. Now the temperature is in the 40s, and if you want to get out alive, you have to keep your body hydrated."

As he spoke, he took out the sleeping bag from his backpack and tore off a piece of it and covered his face, revealing only his two eyes, "Cover your face according to my method, which not only blocks the wind and sand, but also prevents the evaporation of sweat and conserves as much water as possible in your body."

The team members quickly took out the sleeping bags and tore them into square cloths, first handed them to the members of the oil delegation, and then tied them to their faces.

Seeing that everyone was ready, Li Dongsheng ordered Dali and Hong Tao to remove the long seats on the armored personnel carrier, make a stretcher for the wounded Wang Hong, and then waved and shouted, "Go!" ”