Chapter 53: Departure
According to my observations in the past few days, our team has a total of 11 vehicles, and the team has a total of 29 people, some of them are three or four people in a car, and some are one or two people in a car.
But when we set off in Ruoqiang, I was surprised to find that there were fifteen cars in this team.
Beard also found out that these were joined halfway, I don't know what kind of force it is, let me not take it seriously, this team itself is secretive.
After a day and a night, we finally crossed the tourist attraction of the Cherchen River and went deep into the desert.
The team stopped during the three-hour drive into the desert, where the team had its last resupply depot for its final rest. Then we went in to find the camel team left by the first echelon, and then we rode a camel in the desert to find 'Yingloulan'.
At first, I had only seen the desert on TV, but I could only appreciate the cruelty of it when I was there.
The endless stretch of yellow sand connects with the heavens and the earth, and from a distance it is all yellow, and there is no other reference around it, and sometimes I can't even feel whether my car is moving. And that's just the edge of the desert. The temperature difference between day and night can be 30 to 40 degrees, and I don't know if it will be worse if I wear cotton pants during the day and cotton pants at night.
When I arrived at the camp, I saw the people in the four extra cars. It was a huge force, twelve men in all, almost all of them tall Americans, better equipped than almost all of them here. I think only that eight-person squad can compare to that.
All AK rifles, one per person. I was stunned when I saw it. I knew that Xinjiang was chaotic, but I never expected it to be so chaotic. Satellite phones, walkie-talkies, pistols, gasoline generators, military tents, you name it. I doubt these guys really aren't poster commandos?
The appearance of this group of people immediately made the rest of the team nervous, especially the forces of those eight people, who seemed to have some more concerns, or precautions, after seeing these people.
In comparison, our equipment is like that of a hunter with artemisia. All of them add up, and the slightly heavy Miao knife can make people pay attention to it.
The woman also had three Tibetan mastiffs.
I asked Wu Kai, who bought this equipment.
Wu Kai said that the three of us were prepared by Feijing, and he shivered a little, but don't do it, and when I go into the desert, I will find a way to get two guns from the foreigner.
I'll just listen to it as a joke.
The foreigners did not spend the night in the camp, and after a short rest, they drove into the depths of the desert.
Although our team is complicated, there is still a leader and a guide, and I wonder why the leader didn't stop them.
Beard said, don't worry about it, it seems that they are going to chase the first team. That leader was only selected by us on the spot, and no one would listen to him when he really arrived, let alone these foreigners. What he is worried about now is that there will be no way to get a gun as soon as the foreigner leaves, sighing there.
I said that if we don't follow this group of masters, they are so well equipped that it will be safer by their side.
Fart.
Hu Zi scolded and continued: "Let me tell you, we are going to find Ying Loulan, not to fight, and the equipment is not very effective in this kind of place." The danger in the desert is definitely not something that can be solved by guns and ammunition. ”。
I just casually said that I didn't really want to follow them.
But we didn't follow, but someone followed.
The eight-person team and the two people of the Seven Colors, as well as another group of six foreigners, also set off, and this time half of our team was gone. The camp was also much more deserted.
I saw that the Tibetan mastiff girl was still alone at the edge of the camp, and I felt a little pity in my heart, thinking about whether to let the family Taoist team come to the middle.
The beard told me not to be nosy. I said to him again, the foreigner is gone, so that the night vigil will have to be arranged. I asked Wu Kai if he had discussed with the team leader to see if someone would be arranged for a vigil.
Wu Kai said that this is still a tourist place, and it is a fart night. Let's sleep in the team, even if something happens, it won't be our turn. Besides, you see that the woman pressed the dog in three different directions of the camp, how can you be more in charge than the dog?
It was only after he said this that I noticed that the three fierce dogs were indeed guarding in the three directions of the camp. The woman and the mastiff were on one side, and the other two green wolves were on the other side, guarding the camp in a triangular position.
I can still trust the vigilance of the Tibetan mastiff. At the moment, I felt that this woman was really a bit of Lei Feng's spirit, and she silently contributed to this team, and I couldn't help but be grateful.
The next day we woke up early, after eating. The team leader silently opened the way in front. I think his identity is really a wretch, and no one will ignore him.
This time, there were only five cars left in the team, thirteen people, plus three dogs. Such a team in the Taklamakan Desert is not too much to say a lot and a lot less, and it can just be swallowed up by this desert god without realizing it.
After Hu Zi said this, Wu Kai opened his mouth and scolded. I listened to the ridiculous, smoking a cigarette and looking at the yellow sand world outside, and suddenly there was a sense of pride in my heart, although the heat was unbearable, but the mood was indescribably refreshing.
After driving more than 100 kilometers along the highway line, the car suddenly turned left and entered the depths of the desert.
The road ahead is a little better, it is still at the end of the road trip, there is not much danger. At first, there would be people racing cars or something, but then the car wilted, and in the end, they all obediently lined up to move forward.
Later, the car drove slower and slower, and in front of it was a place where no one had set foot for hundreds of years or thousands of years, because you didn't know whether it was quicksand or that kind of hard sand shell or sand and gravel under the yellow sand, and the car might fall into it if it pressed over, so it was all terrified. I almost always walked with the wheel prints in front of me.
Beard complained that the Hummer had become as fragile as a donkey in such an environment.
Fortunately, there was no wind today, and as long as the car was pulled away from a distance of 100 meters, it was still possible to see the road ahead.
I asked Beard how to find Ying Loulan? Just shake it up? Is it luck?
Beard said how is it possible, there is less chance of trying luck here than pooping and collapsing into your mouth. The code name of Ying Loulan is not obtained casually, as long as we echo the opposite direction of the Loulan ruins on the other side of the Peacock River, it is possible to find it.
It's possible? These three words are too much, what if it doesn't work. Besides, there is not even a single identification object in this place full of yellow sand, how can you be sure that you are walking in a straight line.
Feijing said that you can rest assured, the guide is not invited for nothing, his job is to bring us to Yingloulan, everything is arranged, don't worry about it here.
I always feel weird when I hear that. Anyone who doesn't know anything dares to go on a rampage in the desert like this, and no one with a brain would do that.
I look at Wu Kai's confident look, and I always feel that something is wrong. Where does his self-confidence come from? It's like this guy is hiding something from me.
His words always felt unreliable to me, a police officer.
This kind of fatal thing, who can be so confused.
Even I think it's child's play, didn't this genuine captain find out?
I looked at Wu Kai and the beard driving and said, "Two, now we are sitting in the same car, and we are quite familiar." If you're hiding anything from me, it's your fault. After speaking, he looked at the two of them with a suspicious eye.
Wu Kai sighed deeply and said, "Brother, if you don't tell you, I'm worried that you'll be afraid." ”。
My heart says what's going on? Is there really something to hide from me?