Captain Garlic glared at his son: "If you don't investigate, don't laugh at others!" ”

Ai Zezi was very unconvinced: "Do you still need to investigate? Xinjiang is the deepest inland, 48,000 miles away from the ocean, except for the mountains and deserts, and even the Tarim River, the largest river, is an inland river. ”

I coughed, embarrassed to interrupt him.

"Brother Ai Zezi, it's not a dream, it's possible to go to sea from Xinjiang."

"Yo, Mr. Yan, I want to hear it." Ai Zezi sat on the arm of the sofa and continued to ask unconvinced.

"Big brother, you are right, the Tarim River, the largest river in Xinjiang, is an inland river, which flows around the Taklamakan Desert, which originally flowed into Lop Nur, and later because of diversion and damming, it now flows into Lake Taitma.

The second largest river is the Ili River, which flows westward and is also an inland river that flows into Lake Balkhash in Kazakhstan.

"In fact, the third largest river in Xinjiang is no longer an inland river, it is the Irtysh River in the Altay region, the Irtysh River turns a bend under the Altai Mountains, and then exits in the northwest, flows into Zaisangbo in Kazakhstan, and finally turns north, joins the Ob River in Russia, and flows north into the Arctic Ocean from the Ob River, which is the only river in China that belongs to the Arctic Ocean water system.

"And the flow of the Irtysh River is very large, and Jaisampor has now been converted into a reservoir by the Kazakh government, so if you build a boat and go down the Irtysh River and finally reach the waters of the Arctic Ocean, it is theoretically possible."

Ai Zezi was speechless for a moment. Captain Garlic snorted coldly and said to his son, "How is it?" I am only a shallow learner, and I still compete with others for short and long? ”

Hua Fei happily hugged my neck and pecked me hard in the face.

"Honey, you know so much!"

"How do I think this sentence is a line that is ready to kill people......" I said with a smile.

Captain Garlic looked at me appreciatively and said, "Xiao Yan and Teacher Shen, the two of you are one scholar and one martial artist, what a good pair!" ”

I couldn't laugh or cry - if Shen Yu knew that she had changed from an intellectual responsibility to a military responsibility, I don't know how she would feel.

Captain Garlic continued: "Teacher Yan is right, the village of Kurgak Tuzi is located along the Irtysh River, and the mountains and forests are lush, and logically speaking, it seems that it can build ships to the north. But if you really think about it, you know it's impossible.

"First, the local area is too poor, the transportation is very inconvenient, the economic conditions are poor, the people in the village are herdsmen, the whole village does not even have a chainsaw, it is possible to build a canoe, and it is simply impossible to build a boat to the sea.

"Second, even if you have the tools and can build ships, no one wants to deal with a madman.

"Third, even if a boat is built, there are exit procedures to go abroad along the river, and once caught by the border guards, it can only be repatriated.

"Fourth, even if you sneak out of the country, Jaisampo in Kazakhstan has become a reservoir, and you can't get past the dam there.

"Fifth, there are more terrible things......"

Hua Yan interrupted him a little impatiently: "Uncle Garlic, just say, in the end, this person named Ade and He Lik did something big." ”

……

It was the day after Army Day in 1994.

Near the exit of the Irtysh River, there is a Beiwan border station, and the border station has a company garrison.

North Bay is a place that is famous for one thing in the world, in addition to the vast and clear Irtysh River, lush pools and meadows.

That's the mosquito.

This small place is one of the four largest mosquito areas in the world.

How many mosquitoes are there? It is said that there are as many as 1,700 per cubic meter! Reaching out and grabbing it is a handful, and a high-five in the air can kill dozens of mosquitoes.

In 2013, the company once installed a mosquito killer in the camp, and three days later, more than six catties of mosquitoes were piled up around the mosquito killer!

Don't think that mosquitoes are just disgusting, there are so many mosquitoes, if the skin is exposed to them, it can really be fatal.

Since the establishment of the Beiwan Frontier Defense Company, there have been nine dogs that have been bitten alive by mosquitoes, even if the pigs in the pigsty, the soldiers have to cover them with mosquito nets, if the mosquito net accidentally breaks a big hole, the pig's head will soon be bitten into a pig's head by mosquitoes.

On August 2 of that year, two border guards were in charge of patrolling the Irtysh River. Both of them are from Shandong, and it just so happens that one is surnamed Qi and the other is surnamed Lu.

At dusk that day, Xiao Qi and Xiao Lu were dressed tightly and wore mosquito shields on their heads, and they walked out of the outpost with their guns in their hands, and walked in the direction of the Irtysh River one after the other.

The mosquitoes can probably sense the scent of humans, and they frantically attack their "prey", and before they can take a few steps, thousands of mosquitoes are already flying around in front of them, covering everything they can see with a thick layer of "snowflakes".

The two of them waved their hands to chase away the mosquitoes as they walked towards a small dirt slope on the Sino-Kazakh border.

This dirt slope has no name on the map, but the fighters at the border post called it "Heights 182".

The slope of the 182 Plateau is gentle, there are few shrubs on it, and it grows all weeds, but its geographical location is very important, because standing on the top of the slope, you can just overlook the Irtysh River at the exit.

And because the soil slope is high, the grass and trees are very low, and the wind speed is fast, mosquitoes are also much rarer. Taking a breath at the top of the slope, blowing the wind, and looking at the magnificent border scenery is also one of the favorite things that soldiers do when patrolling.

But that evening, when Xiao Qi and Xiao Lu ascended the 182 heights, they heard a dull sound of motors coming from the river valley in the distance. They hurriedly looked and saw a wooden boat at full speed, tracing up the border from Kazakhstan!

said that it was too late, it was too fast, Xiao Qi hurriedly raised his gun, and then fired a warning shot. But the ship was so close to the border that it didn't pay any attention to it, and as soon as it refueled, it rushed into the country!

Xiao Lu also hurriedly took the walkie-talkie and reported that the company had a ship illegally entered!

The company commander of the North Bay outpost was surnamed Fang, and as soon as he heard the alarm, he hurriedly led the team and drove towards the bank of the Irtysh River!

Although the road was full of potholes, the boat was much slower than the car, and soon the company commander intercepted the motor boat at a bay two kilometers into the country.

Since the establishment of the North Bay outpost, it has never encountered such an act of crossing the border in broad daylight. Therefore, half of the soldiers of the whole station rushed over, and more than a dozen people ran to the river dock upstream and chased after them in speedboats.

They set up guns on the river beach and began shouting at the boat in Chinese, Russian and Kazakh.

"You have illegally trespassed into the territory of the People's Republic of China, please stop the ship immediately and accept inspection!"