No one expected that the Black Storm would come so quickly.

On the afternoon of the day when Yu Hai and the others arrived at the second group, at about five o'clock, there was a sudden roar between heaven and earth, followed by a black wave. The roar was like a huge *** explosion, and then billowing smoke rose up. At that time, Yu Hai and Liu Wei, the deputy head of the regiment, had just met, Liu Wei pulled Yu Haihai to Shaliangzi, pointed to the open area in front and said: "I have tested here twice, and the information is very detailed." ”

"Why do you need to test twice?" Yu Hai was puzzled.

"I feel like there's something down here."

"The work is not a feeling, whether there is something or not, you and I have to wait for the geological experts to come."

"I think the same way, try to make the first-hand information as detailed as possible, and it will also be helpful to experts in the future."

The two of them were talking, and suddenly they saw that the sky and the earth were dark, and then there was a tank-like sound.

"Oh no, Black Storm is coming!" Yu Hai exclaimed. Liu Wei was still stunned, he almost couldn't believe his eyes, just now the sky and the earth were still clear, the sun hung in the air like a huge fireball, and the wind swept the sand and dust in the blink of an eye, and the world was darkened.

"Still stunned what to do, go back to camp!" Yu Hai's voice came, and in the space of this flash, the two of them couldn't see each other clearly. Faintly, Liu Wei saw a shadow running in front of him, he pulled his legs to catch up, and a wind and waves hit, and he was knocked down hard.

The wind pulls the sand, the sand pulls the earth, and the whole world shakes.

In the makeshift camp, there was chaos at the moment, the tents were lifted, the kite rolled up into the sky, and the soldiers' luggage and clothes were all swept away like leaves. Yu Haizheng, who arrived in advance, commanded several cooks to grab the instruments in the nest, but he didn't think that the nest that Liu Wei and they dug temporarily was not called a nest at all, it could only be regarded as a larger pit. Yu Hai was still calling, and the wind had filled in the small pit. There was no way, Yu Hai had no choice but to beckon the cooks to overturn the pot, and detain a few instruments and materials that were not brought out under the pot. By the time Liu Wei stumbled back, the campsite had long since disappeared, if it weren't for the five-peaked camels forming a circle and covering a hiding place for people, I am afraid that all the people would have been swept away.

"What to do, the fighters are all at the measuring point." Liu Wei was the first time to comprehend the Black Storm, and this time he was weak in his heart and shouted at Yu Hai's ear.

"What else can I do, this is the limelight, and when the limelight passes, we will find a way."

Every time he shouted a word, he had to pour a large handful of sand into his mouth, Yu Hai forcibly pressed Liu Wei under him, signaling him not to worry, depending on the situation, the limelight will not last long, this is the law of black storms, the more fierce it comes, the shorter the limelight. As long as it is not scraped overnight, the lives of the fighters are not in danger.

Sure enough, the storm lasted for half an hour, and the people were still in a state of panic, and the wind weakened. Yu Hai tried his best to open his eyes and look around, Mom, everything around has changed, even if the soldiers are all alive, I'm afraid no one will be able to find this place.

You can't wait, you have to gather the team before the second limelight comes!

Yu Hai stood up and ordered the cooking team to light a fire immediately, at this time, only the fire could tell the people in the distance that the camp was here. Two members of the entourage and three cooks braved the wind and sand in five directions, trying to light the fire on the high ground. But this is too difficult, although the wind is weak, but the residual wind is enough to block people's footsteps, plus the five people are holding firewood in their arms, and they are all beaten back by the wind and waves after taking a few steps. I had to put a fire on it first.

After a long time, the fire was finally lit, and Yu Hai's heart calmed down slightly. The fire quickly spreads to all sides by the wind, and in the desert there is a lot of dry wood and hay at this time, as long as the fire is controlled and not spread too widely, this fire becomes a beacon. Taking advantage of the fact that others were collecting firewood everywhere and building a fire in Gaoli, Yu Hai said to Liu Wei: "I guess there won't be too much wind tonight, and we have to be ready to return overnight." ”

"I'm afraid ......" Liu Wei wanted to say something, but he stopped halfway through. Yu Hai understood that Liu Wei was afraid that the soldiers would not be able to come back, which was what he was most worried about. But at the moment, there is nothing else to do but wait. The two men were silent until the wind weakened and the desert calmed down, and neither of them spoke again.

But the heart is tighter than the other.

At about nine o'clock in the evening, a voice came from outside the camp, and Yu Hai shouted: "It's here!" He ran to Shaliangzi, Liu Wei followed, and saw a soldier walking towards him.

One, two, all of them were dirty, as if they had just been pulled out of the soil, and when they asked about the black storm that had just passed, they shook their heads one by one, their faces, their expressions, as if they had just come down from the battlefield, and their hearts were still immersed in misery, and they didn't dare to reminisce. Yu Hai motioned to Liu Wei, and asked again, hurry up and count the number of people, do you see all of them? As soon as I counted it, it was only halfway there. The cooks had already prepared the rice, naan sauerkraut, and a spoonful of porridge per person. While eating, some people rushed back one after another, and the appearance was even worse, some were swept out of five or six miles, some fell into the cave, and a little soldier broke his leg, and the two comrades-in-arms took turns to carry it back. In the middle of the night, there were still four people who didn't come back, Zhang Xiaotian, Du Lili, and the fat man Zhang Shuangyang and Xiucai Wu Yipeng.

Keep waiting, or do you want to leave? Political commissar Yu Hai and deputy head Liu Wei had a difference of opinion, Yu Hai advocated withdrawing first, not waiting any longer, and then dragging it out, if the second limelight came again, the entire second group would not be able to return to the camp. Liu Wei resolutely disagreed. "We can't leave them alone, that's not our style."

"Now is not the time to talk about style, we have to take into account the overall situation." Yu Hai said.

"At this time, why don't you talk about style? What does it mean to take care of the overall situation, does it matter whether your comrades live or die, and you run for your own life to take care of the overall situation? Liu Wei spoke a little impulsively, which was also inevitable, after all, Zhang Xiaotian and they didn't come back, he was more anxious than Yu Hai.

Fighting back and forth, still not reaching a consensus. At this time, the guide, Uncle Timur, spoke, and he meant that he could not wait any longer, and set off now, before the second limelight came, and the team should be able to reach the camp safely. However, Uncle Timur said a suggestion that neither Yu Hai nor Liu Wei expected, he stayed and waited for the second battalion commander in the temporary camp.

"This ......" Yu Hai was a little embarrassed, and letting the guide stay and they evacuated safely didn't seem to be a soldier's style. Why don't you take everyone away first, and I'll stay with Uncle Temur. He turned to Liu Wei and said.

"If you want to go, you go, I won't go!" Liu Wei said angrily. Although he had learned the power of Black Storm, he couldn't do it if he wanted him to abandon his comrades and withdraw safely by himself. I remember when he was the battalion commander, his infantry battalion worked with a Kuomintang regiment for a day and a night, and in the end there were only three people left, and the wounded deputy battalion commander asked him to retreat and cover himself, he laughed angrily and said, who do you think of me, even if you die, I will go to Hades before you! As a result, they fought hard for another three hours, and finally the second platoon commander died heroically, and in desperation, he still crawled out of the pile of corpses with the deputy battalion commander on his back.

"Comrade Liu Wei, I am not greedy for life and afraid of death, I am ordered by the regiment commander to take the comrades back to the camp safely."

"Safety? In my Liu Wei's mind, if you want to die together, you want to live together, this is safety! ”

"Comrade Liu Wei, I am now conveying the order of the regiment commander, immediately assemble the second group and withdraw to the camp!"

"You-"

"You two don't fight anymore, just do as I say. Evacuate quickly, otherwise, no one will be able to leave when the black wind comes. Uncle Timur, the guide, was also anxious, he was really worried that if he encountered a storm on the way back, the consequences would be worse than staying in the temporary camp.

"I'm not going back, I'm going to stay with my Da." Ahargul said suddenly. A few people fought over it, but they actually forgot about this guide girl.

"No, you have to come with us." Yu Hai turned to Ahargul and said.

"I won't leave, I'm going to wait for Du Lili and Zhang Shuangyang to come back." As she spoke, Ahargul plunged into the darkness and walked in the direction of the measuring point. Yu Hai shouted again, and the wind swallowed his words in an instant.

The wind was blowing again, and the desert that had just calmed down could hear the roar of the wind in the blink of an eye.

"We can't delay any longer, Comrade Liu Wei, if you don't think about everyone's safety, you also have to think about these materials, if you lose the data in the wind, the hard work of more than a month will be in vain." As soon as these words came out, Liu Wei was silent, yes, the data, the hard work of more than a month, isn't it in exchange for these two boxes of materials, if there is really a black storm on the way, no one can guarantee the safety of the data.

"All assembled!" He finally let out a roar.

Under the repeated pleas of the guide, Uncle Timur, Yu Hai finally agreed to leave the father and daughter behind, and the rest of the people were all withdrawn, on the one hand, for the sake of the two groups, and on the other hand, he firmly believed that Uncle Temur had experience in dealing with Black Storm.

Who knew that he finally returned to the camp, and when he heard that he had left Uncle Timur and Ahargul in the temporary camp, Luo Zhengxiong immediately became angry, and in front of the whole group, he lost his temper and said: "You are seriously derelict in your duties, don't you understand how complicated the current situation is?!" Political Commissar Yu Hai suddenly felt that he had made a wrong decision, but it was too late to regret it, and the moment they stepped into the camp, the second black wind had already swept over.

The black wind didn't give people a chance to breathe at all, for three days in a row, Luo Zhengxiong and they were all forced into the ground by the wild black storm, and they couldn't even take a look at the outside world. Listening to the overwhelming momentum outside, there is no face that is not stained with heaviness. Thinking that the second battalion commander was still dozens of kilometers away, there was more than just a sigh coming out of the nest. Life and death, sometimes it is so entangled, Liu Wei has lost his temper countless times, political commissar Yu Hai has been silent than dumb for several days, he is crawling in the ground and scratching his head, his mood is more depressed than his dead father. Luo Zhengxiong is more like a crazy camel, and he hasn't seen him sit honestly for a quarter of an hour for three days.

Everything is to no avail, this black storm is destined to become a big test for the Special Second Regiment, and it is also a big baptism for this team to mature.

What happened in the black wind rewrote the fate of this team in an unexpected way, so that it finally erected a monument in the history of corps construction.

When the black wind rose, Zhang Shuangyang had just finished measuring a point. These days, Zhang Shuangyang's technology is becoming more and more proficient, the readings are becoming more and more accurate, and the interest in measurement is getting higher and higher, and he can't wait to hold the instrument all day long and run in the desert. The only thing she regrets is her partner Wu Yipeng. Zhang Shuangyang found that Wu Yipeng was actually an embroidered pillow, according to the words of her hometown, this kind of man is called "Zhongguaner", with an empty appearance, plus a mouth that can speak well, he really wants him to work hard, just like pulling his tendons and picking his skin. Zhang Shuangyang looks down on this kind of man the most, what's the use of being good-looking, people can rely on their looks to eat all their lives? Moreover, there are no good-looking men in Zhang Shuangyang's eyes, only capable men. Zhang Shuangyang grew up with her brother since she was a child, and after her father died and her mother got married, her brother became her only support, and in her mind, a man like her brother is called a man. Zhang Shuangyang didn't want to be paired with Wu Yipeng, but Liu Wei, the deputy head of the regiment, said: "This is not looking for a partner, this is a job, what to pick!" Zhang Shuangyang thought about it, but she was still angry in her heart, Liu Wei regarded them as the most inferior pair to match together, according to the words of the old family, called Po Luo'er to find a broken opponent. Hmph, I call you underestimated! Zhang Shuangyang vowed to catch up with others, and her hottest eyes were Zhang Xiaotian and Du Lili. Secretly, she regarded this pair as a goal to surpass.

What I hate is Wu Yipeng, you can't imagine how much he hates it, it's too hot, it's not windy, it's not okay to run continuously, in short, he has too many reasons, and there are too many complaints, Zhang Shuangyang can't figure it out, such a man can actually be a soldier, and he is still in the division headquarters, is it a joke. But she is also ruthless, what Wu Yipeng is afraid of, she will find something for him, and the other team members will finish work early, she doesn't, she has to stay up until dark every day. Other team members have to rest in the middle of the test, and the instrument hand and the ruler hand have to communicate for a while, and she doesn't, from morning to night, she keeps shouting to let Wu Yipeng run, it's strange if you don't run to death! After a while, Wu Yipeng obediently obeyed and was honest in front of her.

Who has to be cured! This is a skill that Zhang Shuangyang learned as early as his hometown.

Zhang Shuangyang has been annoyed recently, not by himself, but by Wu Yipeng. Zhang Shuangyang found that Xiucai Wu Yipeng and the guide Akhar Guli, the two often frowned, and on the way to the end of work, the other team members were instrument hands and rulers walking together, discussing how to measure tomorrow while walking. As soon as Wu Yipeng finished work, he must have been with Ahargul. Ahargul is really, why can she always wait for Wu Yipeng? There were still several nights, Zhang Shuangyang saw them together, sitting on Shaliangzi in the middle of the night, Zhang Shuangyang wanted to reflect these situations to the deputy head of the regiment, but he was afraid that the deputy head would scold her for being troublesome, and she was panicked if she didn't reflect it.

On the day when the black wind came, Zhang Shuangyang wanted to make some trouble for Wu Yipeng, she could have not measured it on the other side of the qanaq, but when she saw the ditches and ditches on the side of the qanats, the terrain was very complicated, and the ruler had to keep jumping up and down, which was more difficult than running in the desert, so she commanded to measure there.

Zhang Shuangyang saw the wind at a glance, she was looking at Zhang Xiaotian, Zhang Xiaotian measured it so fast, she couldn't catch up no matter how hard she tried. As a result, when she looked up, she saw the wind.

The black wind rolled in, as if thousands of chariots were driving over, rumbling over, and the momentum was really terrifying. Zhang Shuangyang was stunned for a moment, but just for a moment, she immediately understood that the black storm was coming! These days, Liu Wei, the deputy commander of the regiment, talked to them about the black storm as soon as he was free, teaching them how to survive in the black storm, and the second battalion commander Zhang Xiaotian also used his free time to talk about several black storms he had personally experienced. The members of the second group are no strangers to Black Storm, and even have a secret expectation. You can't be afraid of being a soldier, whether it's a storm or an enemy, you can only have one thought: defeat it! In the past years, Zhang Shuangyang has encountered too many hurdles that he can't get over, and in the end she has overcome them. At every critical time, she always remembered what her brother told her before she became a soldier: You have to open up everything you do, if you open up, the other party will be afraid. This is true, whether it is for his stepfather or for those vicious people in the village, Zhang Shuangyang uses one method: open! If she doesn't live today, she won't be able to live today, and if she doesn't let her, she won't be able to walk out of Qinchuan for eight hundred miles.

Zhang Shuangyang quickly removed the instrument from the tripod, packed and sealed the back of the body, usually ten minutes to complete the action, she only took two minutes, this is still slow, when she hugged the tripod, the wind and waves from the split surface overturned her, almost swept her into the air, if not take the opportunity to grab a mound of grass, she would not have a chance to grab the tripod. By the time the tripod was snatched, the black wind had engulfed most of the desert. Against the strong wind, she strapped the tripod to her body and touched the box containing the materials. This is thanks to Zhang Xiaotian, who taught every instrument hand that the information must be put in the box at any time, and in case of emergency, the box must be protected first. After doing this, Zhang Shuangyang began to think about ways to survive. At this time, she seemed extraordinarily calm, not at all like someone in a dangerous situation. This is also a habit that has been cultivated over the years, and the more dangerous it is, the calmer she can be. She had to thank Xiucai Wu Yipeng, if it weren't for him, they would definitely be on Shaliangzi's side at this time, so she would have no place to hide. Now it's good, her location happens to be the qanats, and the deep hole that has been flooded by water for hundreds of years is enough for her to hide, and with the fierce wind, Zhang Shuangyang jumped and jumped into the front hole. I didn't think it was a dead hole, half a house was the size, and there were no other holes in it. Zhang Shuangyang felt that this was not safe, if the black storm was really as terrible as Zhang Xiaotian said, such a dead hole would not take a few minutes to fill the wind and sand. Thinking like this, she climbed out again, and by the wind, jumped into the front hole again. When she hit the ground hard, she knew that the hole was deep, and it must be the inlet hole, that is, the inlet of the qanat. By this time it was completely dark, and although she could open her eyes inside, she could see nothing but darkness. With the feeling of her feet, she walked inside, and felt the air flowing inside, so she dared to go in again. As soon as he lifted his foot, his face was hit hard, followed by a crackling sound in the cave, as if thousands of wings were flapping. She took a few quick steps back, and the noise continued, but it grew weaker. Judging by the sound, she had strayed into the world of pigeons, and this abandoned qanats in the desert were the best burrowing places for pigeons and crows, and at least hundreds of them could be hidden in one cave. Zhang Shuangyang gasped, fortunately it was a pigeon, if it was replaced by a crow, I was afraid that she would die for a while, and a flock of crows pounced on her, and within a minute, she could be pecked into pieces. She leaned down, touched the ground, grabbed a handful of bird poop, twisted her fingers, convinced that it was pigeon poop, and the fear in her heart slowly fell.

Then she squatted down a little further away from the pigeon, and she had to drive away the fear from her body and make herself more calm, and only then she could save herself. The sound of the wind outside was fierce wave after wave, and even though it was four or five meters deep above the ground, I could still feel the tremor of the mountain shaking. She began to worry about Wu Yipeng, would he be able to jump into the cave like her? The moment she picked up the instrument and left the measuring point, the two looked at each other, and she waved the flag at him, signaling him to continue walking east. Then she didn't care about him, and if he went east, he believed that he would be able to jump into the cave, and even if he didn't, he would let the wind sweep him in. Thinking like this, my heart settled down, after all, he was a man and a veteran, so he wouldn't be more inexperienced than her.

Who would have thought that an accident would happen to this veteran, and after a long time in the limelight, Zhang Shuangyang was sure that there would be no danger outside, so he crawled out of the cave. With just one glance, Zhang Shuangyang exclaimed, it's over, it's over. There is still the original shadow of the measured place, except for the karez, there is still a vague appearance, and the other Zhang Shuangyang can't distinguish it.

She began to look for Wu Yipeng. This is a rather difficult process, Zhang Shuangyang was too optimistic at first, so she shouted as she walked, the wind swept her voice, flying high, but did not fall, let the wind bite it. She didn't shout for half an hour, and she couldn't shout. Although the wind weakened, she walked in the direction of the headwind, and every time she shouted, a gust of wind choked in her chest, and after choking, it was difficult to breathe. She fell to the ground, staring at the desert like a lost lamb who could not find her way home.

Zhang Shuangyang wants to cry, really wants to cry, no matter how strong a person is, once he gets lost in the desert, unprecedented despair and loneliness will come. People can stand the horror, but they can't stand the loneliness, especially people like Zhang Shuangyang. Besides, she is still worried about Wu Yipeng, this poor showman, will not really be swept away by the wind, right?

"Wu Yipeng—" Zhang Shuangyang shouted again.

In the middle of the night, she found the leveling ruler, which was the one Wu Yipeng carried, with the names of her and Wu Yipeng written on it. The ruler was broken, half of it was buried in the yellow sand, and half of it was exposed, and Zhang Shuangyang used all his strength to pull the ruler out of the sand. Stroking this ruler that can no longer be used, a very scary thought suddenly popped up in his mind, Wu Yipeng must have had an accident!

If nothing else, there is no reason for him to throw the ruler away.

"You are a broken showman, how can I explain when I go back?" Zhang Shuangyang let out a whimper.

After crying, she was still unwilling, and continued to look for it. This time, she searched carefully and did not let go of any place where she could hide people. These include dry wells, muddy flats, abandoned ground nests, and even holes made by wild boars. But until the second limelight came, nothing was found, and at this time Zhang Shuangyang was exhausted and could no longer take a step. Looking at the rolling black storm, Zhang Shuangyang muttered, God, are you finished?