Volume 3 The Ghost Boat of the Sand Sea Chapter 44 The Story of the Past
"By the way, poor ghost, when you met the wolves just now, why did you ask me so desperately to get out of the car and refuel? Wouldn't it be better to wait a little longer and hunt for a while? Maybe we'll be able to have an all-wolf feast tonight! "The altar asked me.
I smiled wryly: "Do you think I don't want to eat the all-wolf feast?" But you've got to have a life! I'm afraid that if we stay there any longer, not only will the whole wolf feast not be eaten, but it will become a whole feast for those wolves. ”
"What's going on?" Jar asked. Xu Yunshu and Azmat also came over, obviously they were also interested in this matter.
"Okay, since you want to hear it, then I'll tell you!" I looked up and thought about it, and then began to speak slowly to them......
"My old man told me about it......" I began to tell the story I had heard from my father, "My father was a driver in a transport convoy when he was young. At that time, they had ten tanker trucks in their fleet, which were dedicated to transporting diesel. At that time, it was 823, that year my father and his convoy took over a big job, which was to transport diesel fuel from the Alxa Right Banner in Inner Mongolia to a large construction site on the edge of the desert, ten cars, two days of travel, a day of rest in between, and a round trip for five days, not near but not far, the time was two years, until the end of the project. However, there are deserts on both sides of the road, and the road is not particularly easy to walk. However, this is nothing at all for some veteran drivers. But something happened on the second departure......"
The altar asked, "What's wrong?" ”
"At that time, my father had a driver in their convoy, surnamed Gu, what was the specific name, and my father didn't tell me, just kept calling him Lao Gu. He is much older than my father, he is a master who has been driving for many years and has a lot of experience. But on the second job of the transport, something happened to him. I said, "The tankers in the convoy were all filled up that morning and were waiting to go." As a result, Master Gu had a bad stomach that day and couldn't get out of the toilet squatting. At first, my father and the nine of them waited for him, but before he had come out and walked a few steps, he went back to the pit. There was no way, my father and the four of them had to set off first in order not to delay their work. Before leaving, they also specially asked the old master if he remembered the road. Master Gu said: "I have been running sports cars for so many years, and I can write down any route as long as I walk it once." You go first, and I'll catch you with a few feet of oil!" They thought about it, although Master Gu was only in his forties, he was the most experienced driver among them, and Xiao Wu among them was still an apprentice brought out by Lao Gu. So they were relieved to hit the road first......"
"Who knows that my father and they haven't seen Lao Gu all this time, originally they thought that Lao Gu would not leave the car this time, and waited for the next trip to come with them. But after returning to the company, I heard from the people in the company that half an hour after we left, Lao Gu also drove off...... Later, the other side of the construction site called and said that there was a lack of fuel, and they knew that Lao Gu had not been delivered to the construction site at all. But by this time, it had been five days since the day of departure. At first, my father thought that Lao Gu's car had broken down somewhere, but when they thought about it, they didn't meet Lao Gu's car when they came back all the way, and there was only one road from the company to the construction site, so how could they not touch it? They hurried along the road to look for it, but there was no trace of the old man or the car. At this time, the company was also anxious, so it called the police. The police expanded the search area and finally found the old man and car in the depths of the desert, but that was more than a month later......"
"How's old Gu?" Tanzi and Xu Yunshu asked with concern.
I smiled slightly, and didn't say it directly, but talked about Lao Gu's experience: "It turned out that Lao Gu also drove off shortly after my father and they set off, but along the way, it was stop-and-go, and after pulling several times in succession, he was already weak, and even showed signs of collapse. In a daze, he drove the car onto a fork in the road, and it was only after driving into the depths of the desert that he realized that he was on the wrong path. At this time, he wanted to turn around and go back, but after walking a few kilometers, the car ran out of gas and starved to death. That's when he remembered that he hadn't refueled after running the car last time. However, this is also difficult for Lao Gu, because he pulls diesel fuel on the car, as long as he gets some out and adds it to the fuel tank, it can solve the problem. But he didn't have much strength at that time, so he thought about resting for a while and then getting out of the car to get it. But he didn't expect that before he could rest for long, four wolves appeared outside his car......"
"Isn't that the same as what we met before?" Jar said.
"You'll soon find out why I asked you to get out of there with gas as soon as possible." I said to the altar, and I continued: "At that time, Lao Gu took out a shotgun, just like the altar. In those days, those who ran long distances would always carry a little self-defense with them. The shotgun was equipped by the unit for their long-distance drivers, one gun per driver, fifty rounds of ammunition. Although the gun was issued to you, the management was still very strict, and every bullet could not be used at will at that time. If you use it, you must explain the purpose in detail, and there must be evidence or witnesses to prove it, otherwise the unit will send you directly to the police station...... Lao Gu took out his shotgun, loaded it, and shot it at a wolf. Lao Gu's marksmanship was not as good as that of the jar, and one shot did not kill, but only injured one of them. The four wolves hurried out of there. After Lao Gu quickly changed the bullets, he found that the injured part of the wolf he injured was the hind leg, and he couldn't run fast at all, so he made up another shot and killed the wolf, but the other three still ran away. ”
Lao Gu was very proud at that time, got out of the car and carried the dead wolf back to the cab, thinking that he could show off to the big guys when he went back. He pondered that I should not leave first, wait for these wolves to come back, come a few and I will clean up a few, and when the wolves are almost cleaned up, I will rest enough, and then refuel in the back of the car. However, he didn't expect ......"
"What didn't you think of?" Xu Yunshu asked.
"He didn't expect that those three wolves would attract the entire wolf pack, and there were more than seventy of them in a rough calculation, even if he shot one, he couldn't wipe them all out." I sighed, then continued: "He hurriedly shot at the wolves, but he didn't hit every shot. He fired a dozen shots before he killed a few. The wolves were also very cunning, and after the death of several of their companions, they all knew that the bullets were fired from the cab, so they all dodged. Those wolves were scattered everywhere, either hiding on the car's oil tank or under the car, and many of them were lying down close to the car's body, all of which were dead corners that the old gun's muzzle could not be aimed at, so he never shot again. If he wanted to hit more wolves, he would have to roll the window down and stick the whole gun out of the window to aim, but then he would be attacked by the wolves hiding under the door. He tried once, and no sooner had the head of the gun been stretched out than a wolf pounced. He hurriedly rolled up the window, but the upper edge of the window was knocked off by the wolf, and after that, Lao Gu never dared to open the window again...... At this time, Lao Gu couldn't drive the car, so he couldn't leave here. For a while, Lao Gu and the wolf fell into a stalemate with each other...... However, Lao Gu is still safe for the time being......"